St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-10
The WORLD OF WORK
Printers Greatly Interested
in the Coming Internas
tional Convention.
An Amusing Phase Told of
the Recent Brief Paint
erS' Strike.
Events Past and Prospective
in the Interest Of the In
duStries.
minneapolis Comment and
Gossip Of Special Concern
to Labor.

NiiNlCuCC WAS SclIltu Tile painters came
back to work and found the owner wait
ing for them. He told them they could
go TO work at their own terms, but he
would be the employer. He had dis
charged the contractors. That meant
loss of several thousand dollars to the
contractors; but the painters are salts
fed, and so is the owner of the house.
The union clerks now wear A. T. of
IL. badges, procured to aid in keeping
patronage for union clerks. The device
seems to be popular one.
A remnant of the feeling of rivalry
that has sometimes existed between the
Twin Cities is shown by a friendly con-
test now going on in the stOnecutters
national union. The president. Mr..
Hughes, lives in Minneapolis, and the
secretary, Thomas Ward, in st. Paul.
In the various branches all over the
country nominations are now being
made for officers for the ensuing year.
With somewhat questionable taste, the
president announces himself as q candi
date for the position of general secre-
tary. Thomas Ward has so many friends
that he becomes candidate for re-elec-
tlon whether he will or no. The contest
is a perfectly good-humored one, but
would be more exciting if there were
any doubt as to the result. AS it is Ward
has so many admirers that there can be
no question but that st. Paul will keep
the office here for another year.
The Alliance Independent club is
talking of sending delegate to Cincin-
natl on May 10. But no candidate ap-
pears who wants to pay his own ex-
penSeS for the honor of representing st.
Paul at the national convention.
Considerable interest is being mani
tested by members of the typographical
union in the outcome of the national
convention which meets at Boston next
month. Not only are there several i'm
portant amendments to be considered,
including one relating to shorter hours,
but there is also question of local i'm
portance which is especially interesting
to the local union. An effort will be
made to induce the national union to
select st. Paul as the place where the
convention In 1892 should be held, and
the delegates received instructions to
spare no efforts to attain this object.
The membership OF Union No. 80 will
be proven all advantage when the place
for holding the next convention is con-
sidered, as it is favorably known abroad.
But the natural advantages of st. Paul
for affairs of this kind will also be
urged. 1t is contemplated, if the ven
ture is successful, toInterest the cham
Der of commerce in the affair. and obtain
the aid of the common council in making
this convention noted one. The print
erS are always well entertained in the
localities where they meet. In Denver,
for instance, several thousands of dol
lars were spent last year by the city
authorities to make the convention a
success. And the enterprise and liber-
ality that has been shown in entertain
ing the conventions held here lead some
of the members to believe that the COM
mon council and other public bodies
would sustain their reputation should
this convention be held in st. Paul.
The recently issued law supplement
is ar interesting document from the
working peoples point of view, and it is
being carefully scanned for what labor
laws 1t may contain. Although the last
legislature paid but little attention to
the demands of the labor organizations,
still there have been several measures
enated which had their origin in the
State Federation of Labor. Among
these are: the act to regulate the en-
ployment of peace officers, better known
as the anti-Pinkerton law; law to reg
ulate the recovery of costs in action for
price Of labor or services; this allows a
plaintiff in suits for recovery of wages
extra costs; a law limiting the cutting
of stone at the st. Cloud reformatory;
limiting the labor of railway employees
to ten hours day; a law was also
passed making election day legal holi-
day, which was quite generally asked
for by the State Federation and other
organizations In the state.
The cornice workers. strike is still
pending, but the Northwestern Cornice
Workers association. composed of en-
ployers, is making preparations for the
renewal of activity in the trade. They
have drawn up uecalogue for their
employees. which, at this time, is OF
special interest to members of the craft
1t is as follows:
First-Workmen are requested to be at
their places al the regular time.
Second-W Workmen coming in late will be
docked half hour for any fraction thereof
and must report TO the foreman before COM
mencing work.
Third-Workmen quitting before time must
report to foreman and get permission and
report time in full
Fourth-Smoking during working hours
will rot be allowed
Fifth-Street car fare will not be allowed
except in extreme cases.
SiXth-Eyery workman will be required to
furnish his own tools, except soldering cop
pers.
Seventh-W orkmen sent out of the city
will be allowed half board.
Eighth-Workmen will not be allowed to
waste time talking to others during working
hours.
Ninth-All overtime will be allowed time
and quarter.
Tenth-Workmeh will be paid Tuesdays.
The bakers unions of the Twin Cities
have made demand on their employ
ers for reduction in hours to ten day.
The rule is to go in effect June 6. As
the journeymen bakers have a we'll es-
tabllshed union it is expected that there
will be no difficulty in securing the
ch0rtar hOurs