St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-27
An Interesting Stir Afoot
Among st. Paul Laboring
Is. Classes.
The Trades and Labor As
sembly Has It's Usual
Warm Session.
Dissection Of the Events Of
the Week in the Line
Of Labor.
Events to Come and Comment
and Gossip Of the Stu
alton.

From present indications it appears
that Labor day is to be generally OBJ
served in st. Paul. The programme
thus far includes sermons from the min
listers on the labor question the Sunday
preceding Labor day; the city, council
will be asked to pass a resolution max
ing Monday, Sept. |, a holiday, so that
all classes of workers may have an OPP
portunity to take part in the celebra-
ton; a speaker of national reputation
will be invited to deliver a suitable adj
dress; there will be several thousand
organized men in a grand parade, fol-
lowed by picnic at Silver Lake. This
will be the first ATTEMPT in st. Paul to
observe Labor day, and the celebration
will probably be as general as Ill any OF
the Eastern cities.
Secretary Thomas Ward, of the Stone
cutters union, has just returned from
Duluth, where he organized union OF
journeymen Stonecutters, with forty
charter members. This helps the st.
Paul men, as Duluth has been the means
of prolonging the strike here, as no
union work was done there. In st.
Paul there are now three union yards.
employing large number OF men, and
prospect that within month all diff
fculties will be adjusted between the
bosses and journeymen. and that st.
Paul will be strictly union city so Tar
as stonecuttorS are concerned.
There are quite number of carpen-
uers who have spent tine last few days
industriously, studying union prlncl-
pies, The recent strike on the opera
house set them thinking. and it is likely
MANY of them will be admitted to the
union tomorrow evening, if they are
found worthy to become good union
men.
The grievance committee of the trade
and labor assembly have for investiga-
ton case where foreman seems to
Systematically i'll treat workmen, some
times even endangering health and life
/ by his brutality. He is we'll known to
all members of the building trades, but
/ has succeeded in making them so afraid
/ of him that they fear to enter any COM
I plant. The grievance committee will
/ carefully sift all evidence and take no
action unless there be ample evidence
to Justify decisive action, but, it the
| cases reported be true, it is safe to say
that public sentiment will demand
either reformation in the mans meth
DDS of work or the substitution OF some
one who will treat employees with COM
mon fairness.
/ In one of the manufacturing shops
/ there is considerable quiet agitation go
|. ing on among the girls employed. The
goods are used almost wholly by work.
ingmen, and the retail prices. about the
same as those of other establishments.
The employees are however, only paid
from half tostwo-thirds the prices cur
rent among ether manufacturers. The
girls have lately been talking the mat
|, ter over, and are likely to demand the
|: scale of prices paid mother shops. The
| shop is also in a bad sanitary condition,
and would probably be put in better
shape if tha health inspector should
| look over the premises.