St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-29
TAKE HIGHER GROUND
Education and Improvement
Noticed in Local Labor
Ranks.
Benefits That Have Accrued
From Perfected Organ
iZation.
Trouble Which Grew Out Of
the Recent Assembly
Resolution.
Industrial Information Item
lied for the Average
Reader.


CARNATIONS of the city has been materi-
ally improving for months. The men,
bership Of the various unions has largely
increased. The treasures have been
repleted. and have in many instances
large SURPRISES. The educational work
has made rapid progress, and the social
feeling has been augmented. Organized
labor of today, as compared with that of
even a couple of years ago, shows that
the daily tOilers for bread have become
much more intelligent and able to give
good reasons for concessions by the en-
ployerS.
There are about forty labor organiza-
tons In the city now, of which five are
K. OF l.. assemblies and the others are
unions. These cooperate In their efforts
through the trades and labor assembly.
There has been in the past, and there is
still, disposition among the K. of l..
people to dabble somewhat in politics;
or rather, some of the Knights have
drawn the assemblies into political
StrifeS. The unions have
Fought Shy of Politics,
and claim that the work of labor organ
iZations should be to improve the social
condition of the laborers by edu cational
and refining influences. This DISPOSE
ton is prevalent in most of the unions,
and led the trades and labor assembly
to pass a resolution rejecting two dele
gates who hold political offices. The
immediate cause for adopting this reso-
luton was because Deputy Building
Inspector Fitzgerald was dabbling
in politics to such an extent
that it was feared the assembly
would be drawn into political contro-
versy. Fitzgerald and Martin were
chosen as delegates from K. OF L. as
Sembiy. When made aware of the
adoption of the resolution, Martin re-
signed, but Fitzgerald showed fight and
appealed from the decision of the as
sembly refusing to admit him. Thus far
a dozen organizations have voted on the
appeal. OF which eight sustained the
assembly and four X. of l.. organiza-
tons sustain the appeal, although, when
asked as to their opinions, the Knights
say they favor the spirit of the resolu-
ton, but say it was not passed in con-
stitutional way.
The Knights don't seem to think that,
il they sanctioned the course of the as
sembly, they would thus demonstrate
their concurrence in the proposition to
keep pc liticS out of the organization.
-s The War on Fakes.
At the suggestion of the retail clerks
the assembly and the body of labor Or
carnations have determined to make
war on auction and bankrupt stores that
come to the city for few days at
time and impose shoddy goods upon
gpllible people at what are really high
prices. The bricklayers' union has in
creased its membership by over sixty in
the past two months, and the bosses
annnnGnH IN inn hnir rf,e
from 40 cents to As cents, and only re-
qnire nine hours work after June 1.
; Several new organizations have been
p. formed during the past winter. and
, Monday night the laundry girls will be
organized at Labor hall after the con-
clusion of literary and musical enter
tainment held for their benefit. There
are very few branches of laboring peo-
pie in the city now not represented by
an organization.
The trades and labor assembly has
determined to give monster May day
demonstration, at which the people will
have an opportunity of learning some
thing of the growth of organized labor
in numbers and education. The com
mitteemen having the preliminary
arrangements in charge are Goheen,
Schick and Miss Lee.
The question of establishing a rental
agency and labor employment bureau
has been agitated, and the cooperative
hall board has had the subject commit
fed to it for the purpose of establishing
an office at labor headquarters.
Messrs. Nash. Mum and Mcclure, of
the clerks union. have been chosen a
committee to confer with the CONNER
cial club, and to carry on the work of
making war OH fake stores, and to en-
fIn, .af,. 0c
tries.
The retail clerks have received COM
municatiOn from Elizabeth E. HoxsIe
relative to furnishing room in st.
Luke's hospital for the use of sick
clerks. and the union will take favOra.
BILE action on the matter at its next
meeting. The union asked for such
privilege. and has only been waiting
for reply to the proposition.
The painters have difference with
the builders exchange on their hands,
and conference is On hand relative to
the matter. The painters and carpen-
tiers claim that the builders exchange
is making an effort to compel all con-
Of being forced to leave the city, and
that this step is preliminary to making
war on union painters and carpenters.
LlbOr Meetings.
The bakers union held a largely at
tended meeting Saturday night. at
which it was reported that the friends
of their defaulting treasurer, Fred
Kampper, had made good his defalca-
ton of S14l.65. This union has decided
to establish an employment bureau in
the Mitsch block, at the corner of West
Seventh and st. Peter streets.
The blacksmiths ground out their
usual routine programme at Saturdays
meeting.
The steam6tters held regular. meet
inc; Saturday night.
The shoemakerS gave a successful
ball Saturday night al Garfield hall.
"A r SOrjaI and literary entertain.