St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-14
Spring Hats and OVercOats.
The Plymouth Clothing House.
THE FEDERATION PRESIDENT
To Be Received With Honors -
Railway Employees Club Men
Fail to Appear.

To Be Received With HOnors-
Railway Employees Club Men
Fail to Appear.
The trades and labor assembly met
last evening and Immediately took up
the matter of President Gompers' lee
ture to he held at Harris theater on the
evening of March 80. The reports from
other cities show that he is receiving a
perfect ovation. The st. Paul labor or
CARNATIONS are anxious to make the af
fair an event to be remembered. the
cigarmakerS' union reported that it
would furnish band to escort PreSi-
dent GOmperS to the theater and eX-
tended an invitation to all other unions
to Join with it lin doing honor TO the
president Ol the Il. + of l.. Further ar
engagements will be left to the committee
of arrangements. The committee are
Delegates Casselrly, Brown, Nalesh,
Myers and Ives.
The st. Louis beer boycott is arousing
considerable interest both within aud
without labor circles. AT the request of
several delegates special committee
will consult with President Gompers on
his arrival here and endeavor to get
full history of the entire trouble. The
question is being raised by agents of the
company as to whether the boycott is
juStifiable. An investigation shows that
the American Federation of Labor had
ample cause for its action; but the as
sembly will secure several interesting
facts in regard 10 the matter and, prob
ably, have them published.
The Railway Employees club came up
for discussion. Some of the prominent
members of the club had promised TO
meet the trades assembly in open debate.
but they failed to appear. An inveSti-
CATION shows only fifteen employees Of
the railroads as members OF the club.
outside of the officers whose names fig
ure on their printed list. 1t seems that
the Railway Employees club has not
held Il meeting for several months past
The delegates to the assembly were
much disappointed that no representa-
tiveS of the employees club were pres
ent. The following letter lid not at all
fill the aching void:
To Frank Valesh. President State Fedora
ton OF Labor-Dear Sir The attention of the
club has just bcen called TO the following
proposition made by a member of your coun-
ell to one of this club. viz: THAT our com
mlltee meet the trades assembly in conven-
ton for the purpose of defining our relative
interests
By direction of the executive board. anu
instructed to state that proposition so wide
welfare of railway employees. But if con
sistent with YOUR views a committee from
this club Will take much pleasure in con
ferring with like committee COMPOSED of
railway employees from the trades assembly
Awaiting your pleasure, | am respectfully
yours. W. E. PERRY.
rhe assembly regarded this as plan
on the part OF the railway employees TO
get an opportunity to blacklist the
members of legitimate railway organ
izations and declined to accept the
proposition.
The BARRIERS complain that their early
closing movement is being endangered
by the Portland shop and that OF Sathe L
on Seventh street. Keeping open on
Sunday is also another source of annoy
ance, and the present Sunday closing
law is not i'll shape that it can be ell
forced.
The delegates from the cigarmakers
union stated that plans are being
| formed to secure patronage for the blue
| label in country districts. The Farm
ers' Alliance is friendly to the move
ment and will probably give considera-
| BILE aid.
The report of trades showed: Print
| ers, fair; cigarmakers, fair; clerks
| dull; painters, dull: carpenters, quiet;
| pressmen. slow; bakers, dull: walters,
! good: plumbers, good; bricklayers,
| dull: horseshoerS, fair; stonecutters,
| dull; boiIermakerS. fair: wood caryers,
| brisk: iron molderS, dull; paper hang
! ers, slow; pIastererS, dull; shoemakers
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