St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-11
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.

The tin, sheet iron and eornice work
ers' union met Wednesday evening at
the hall on Exchange street. There
was large attendance. s. 0. Muckle,
j. Tltheraton and E. Seitz were elected
delegates to the trade and labor assem-
bly,. Two new members were admitted
and several applications received. The
union is discussing the eight-hour day
with considerable interest. An effort
will probably be made in that direction
next season. The union will meet again
Wednesday evening, Jan. 81.
The stereotypers' union met at labor
headquarters Thursday evening. Dele
gates were elected to the trade and
labor assembly, and the unions charter
will hereafter be hung in one of the
halls at the headquarters.
The boss BARRIERS met Friday after
noon and discussed many matters of in
terest to the craft. The secretary states
that the union is constantly adding to
Its membership, and the boss BARRIERS
are becoming as much interested in Or
ganization as the journeymen.
The bricklayers' union yesterday
afternoon attended in body the funeral
Df one of their members. Joseph Sales.
They met at the hall and marched to
lhe church. The deceased member was
, well-knOwn and highly respected
member of the union.
The paperhangers met Monday even
ing and elected the following officers:
President, Oscar Gardelin; vice presi-
dent, William Mccoy; financial and re-
eOrding secretary, Charles Ring: Con-
huctOr, T. Gray; warden. G. Gehlke;
preceptor, T. Gray. Trade is very dull
in this craft during the winter, but the
nnion says the prospects for spring work
lre much better than last year.
The plasterer's union met Monday
evening and elected the following Off
GERS: President, George Champ; vice
president, William Grier; recording
secretary, James McVean; correspond
ing secretary, r. Savage; financial sec
rotary, p. Thill; treasurer, Herman
SchWebel; sergeant-at-arms, A. LIE
Fond. As delegates to the trade and
Keller were chosen. The trustees are
J. Blair, ]. Clancy, A, Christian, A.
Pfenning and A. Peterson.
The machine and wood workers
union met Tuesday evening and de-
cided to withdraw from the K. of l.. and
affiliate with the international union.
This step has been under consideration
for some weeks, and the st. Paul union
finally decided to affiliate with the in
ternational because nearly all organiZa-
lions of the craft already belong to that
union. The following officers were
elected. A. Knight, president; u.
Daley, vice president; d. G. Ericsson,
recording secretary; j. Veilleux, finan-
cial secretary; 4. r. Jauss, treasurer.
The painters and decorators installed
officers Tuesday evening, and elected
Charles Gray as an additional delegate
Barnard, S. II. Holcomb and w. Spelicie
were appointed to select suitable quar-
tiers for a reading room. Many of the
members are idle during the winter
months and would willingly aid in
establishing a reading room where they
can spend their spare hours.
Local Assembly 1898 met Wednesday
evening and installed the newly elected
officers. E. Kinney was elected dele.
gate to the trade and labor assembly.
Thomas Powers. the delegate from
the st. Paul Bricklayer's union, left
Tuesday for Toronto, Canada, to attend
the annual convention OF the interna
tional which opens tomorrow.
The cigarmakers' union held its regu
lar meeting Thursday evening. Frank
Nalesh, j. II. Amos, j. G. Aleman, ii
Hickman and j. N. Schmidt were ap
pointed a committee 10 visit local deal
ers, and in other ways make the "blut
labeP' popular. w. Jones, j. C. Ale
man and Henry Hickman were ap