St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-10
An Artisan Congress to Form
ulate Upon Desired
Legislation.
The Arbitration Statute Sat
Upon as a Practical
Farce.
Compulsory Education, Anti
Child Labor and Inspec-
ton Acts.
Demand for a Stated Labor
Day to Become a Legal
Holiday.

yesterday AFTERNOON there was large
meeting at Labor hall on East Seventh
street. called out by the following circu-
lar, which was recently sent over the
state:
To the Officers and Members of All Labor
OrseniZauonS IN the State of Minnesota,
Greeting;
:, Owing to the fact that the meeting OF the
minnesota stste legislature is near al hand. it
IS deemed advisable TO call joint meeting OF
me State Federation of Labor and Eight
Hour League, 10 be held at Labor hall 70
East seventh street, St Paul at 200 p.
IA, Oct. 9, for The purpose of drafting s
scneop!e OF statutes III the interest Of labor
salo schedule 10 he presented 10 the various
cSndloales Ter state and national legislative
hohoFs Tor their approval or rejection, so
tha' organized labor may Re enabled 10 vote
iniel!!Sently in It's own behalf at TIE com
Ing election, and for such other matters as
may be brought before the meeting for The
cement OF labor organizations in the state,
Iech olfsnlzatlon Is entitled 10 three dele
cates on the payment of two cents per CAPITA
ioT 81 members in coed standing up 10 July
!. 1892
danes &oTIew, president CT the state Fed
CT The Siaie EiehtUcur leagGe.
President Morrow called the meeting
TO order shortly before 5 O'Clock. and it
was nearly O'Clock in the evening be-
fore the body adjourned. In calling
ORDER he stated that two years ago labor
aid not secure at the hands OF the legis-
iature al it should have had. This was
Que 10 the fact that the labor element
reIled upon tie mere promises OF can
dldateS for tie legislature and upon
what committee of the labor organiZa-
tlons might accomplish by lobbying
IN The legislature. Now a differ
ent plan was devised. 1t was
1TOflOSfi0 n lot
Tor the legislature before he is voted
fer, and present TO bin what is wanted
or the legislature and secure from him
a promise 10 vote fer il II POSSIBLE. III
he Will not promise We can act accord
lngly. or at least we will hayethe pleas
ure OF knowing Just what we are doing
II we vote for him.
A committee OH credentials was ap-
pointed. Il. b. Martin. editor of the
Northwestern Labor Union. CT Mime
apoiis. and the candidate for secretary
or state OF the Peoples party. being
chairman. This committee reported TIE
following delegates
Entitled so Seats.
Retail CLERKS Unicn. St PauI-W. II.
Mitchell j. j. Rysn, Ban Harms: ana fo- The
Eight, Hour league. Il. II. Njele " 7 rbo,1a
F. L. Eerig
Cornice, Workers, Minneapolis u ,essrs.
Ier-. bockmSn n, Sterling.
Brotherhood CT Slacksmiths, ST. Paul..
C2rtuthers- n. DUyer. c. /. T.lqUisl
Ha.lessInakerS. 81. Faul-S. n. BepDett
joseph Martin, Henry Wenz.
Clga3 makers Union = George Rheirart.
Peter Shire, J. t. keleger.
HernessmakeIs' Union. Nirneanolis-F 7
Nlml ID. heEdsl. VI. Dixon
SteamaiteIs, -. Paul-Joserh Sweenev.
Wai.ers' Union, 81. Fau!-Tnorlss Kelly.
Robert MCGOWAN, joseph White
Ei2StCrerS /
.reit. Harry Lihleford, I. L. Larson.
W ogTspnieal Union. &iInea polis-W. IL
Haleh, H. :. Eclcon4n, I. S. French ald ".
Printers Cnien. s.. Paul-Daniel Barnard.
Trades Assembly, Minnea poIis-Eisht-nou
league, B. Ness, John Cgi0w. Fl. A. Hanson:
1eGeF3qon, Il. b. Martin, Thomas Il. Lucas.
North Star Labor CIub-Tncmas A. Clark
John IS. Swift, James O'IeGrv
l. A. 15lo, h. Of L, s.. PaUl-Alhert John
sen fauI Bengtson. Herman Chergee
Dynou.
Labor Clnb Assembly &c, St. Cloud-A
B1ant P. Il. Gribbier. P. !. Seeherger.
shoemakeTs Union, ST. Paul.. Il. Fey
Machinery Woodworkers No. IL. ST Pau1-
joseph Veileux, William Buoy, David Rhsin
Corniee Workers Union, St. Paul-p lie
land. Leonard 6. Eick.
Plumbers Union. MINNEAPOLIS M
Nearv, 5. A. Koran, u. P McA;ernr.
he chairman appointed 4 lot Of cn,,Y-
mitteeS, the important enc being con
mltiee on presentation of the statutes
and on legislation as follows: Thomas
Clark. minneapolis. chairman: E.essrs
Dynon, Minneapolis. and Dwyer. RYAN
and Barnard, OF 81. Paul.
The business OF this committee during
The meeting was to receive the yari-
Gus suggestions, both written and oral
as to legislative measures desired. con,
sider them aid report the outline of
such measures as were deemed adj
yiSable.
After the committee hal been in lis
room over an hour. it sent cut the fol-
loving as part OF its report, TO be
acted upon while it was grinding out
the remainder OF the grist: