St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-12

that would not be guessed by an QUIT
sidor. An organized labor man is more
conservative in his views touching theft
interests than are the agitators who are
unfamiliar with questions affecting
labor people. and it is net uncommon4to
hear the comment made about some
politician who claims TO speak against
the oppression of laborers, that he is
too radical, or he is not the true friend
OF working people. Organization has
made the workingman self-controlied
being, and his utterances are conserva-
tive aud moderate, but nevertheless
firm and convincing.
Trades and Labor Assembly.
The trades and labor assembly had a
large attendance at Friday nights regu-
lar meeting. There was large amount
of business before the body for cOnsid-
Grafton, part of which was put over to
special meeting to be held next Friday
night. New delegates were admitted
from the retail clerks. the horseshoers
and the K. OF l..
After some informal discussion the
further consideration of revision of
the constitution of the assembly was
laid over until the special meeting. In
the meantime the delegates will have an
opportunity to st udy the proposed
changes.
The department store was discussed
in its bearing on laboring people. 1t
was asserted that stores in the suburbs
are having their trade hurt by these,
and no cheaper prices are made. The
employment of small children and
cheap help in the department stores
was also condemned. A special COM
rittee of ten was appointed to,discuss
the cooperative store plan and stoee
what may be done in counteracting the
deleterious effects of the department
stores.
There was a discussion over the
starting of weekly paper to take the
place of the Monthly Bulletin. The
purpose is to have paper devoted to
| politics as well as union labor matters.
No conclusion was reached OH the mat
ter.
A Labor day demonstration was dis
cussed. 1t was the sentiment of the
assembly that the day should be some-
! thing more than an occasion for parade
| and demonstration by organized unions
alone, but that all classes of laborers;
should be asked to participate in a dem
onstration. one feature being a parade
of the unemployed of the city. 1t Is
very probable that the demonstration
will not be con6ued to trades UNION
| affair exclusively. 1t was also deemed
| advisable to have a souvenir number of
\ R,Il FOr i,a
| The further consideration of the ar
! engagements was laid over until the adj
journed meeting of next Friday even
ing.
The election of officers, begun two
weeks ago, was completed, and the new
officerswere installed and the retiring
! officers thanked for services. The roll
of officers for the ensuing term is as
I; follows:
Pre- sident, John Fisher, of the cigar
! makers uniOn; vice president, G. G.
Hare, OF the A. r. U. No. 253; record
ing secretary, John D. Fry, of the boot
and shoe makers union; financial secre-
tary, Frank Kneppers, of the BARRIERS
| union; treasurer, James Morrow. of the
retail clerks union: sergeant alarms,
| j. }. Dougherty, of the A. r. u; trus-
tees. B. l.. Noyes, of the b. l.. E. 81. A.
Mcdaniel, of the machinery mouders,
, and +. Pampush. of the press feeders
! union; executive board, <. Il. Beck
F.; lord, Cannon, Becker, Conlin, Cavan-
! augh, Rainey and j. G. Krieger.
Not only the assembly but all
| other unions are making active prepar-
ations for Labor day demonstration on
| the first Monday in September.
i The TaiIors' Meeting
The tailors' union held their regular
| meeting Monday night. They voted aid
/! to the locked-out tailors in New York
! and to the Pullman strikers. 1t was de-
| cided to take an active part in Labor
| day demonstration. K. II. Beckjord
/! was elected as marshal for the union on
| that occasion. Mr.. Beckjord is one of
the good citizens of this city. He has
been member of the order since its or
/ ganization and has five times been
j elected as its president. was a delegate
| to the national convention at ST. Louis
| in 1891 and to the one held in this city
| in 1898. Mr.. Beckjord was born in
Roliag Nummedal. Norway, in 1885,
| came to America i'll 1867, has lived in
Wisconsin and Iowa. where he followed
| his trade as journeyman tailor. In
! 1871 he came to st. Paul to reside, and
has acquired some property in the city.
de has family consisting OF a wife and
/ four sons. He has always taken an
i active interest in the work of his union
| and other organizations through being
delegate to the trades and labor as
| semby. The tailors' union has grown
/ to membership of 125 and is in eX-
i cellent working condition.
Horseshoers as Lecturers.
| The master horseshoers arranged at
i FRIDAY nights meeting for a course of
/ lectures on topics interesting to the
| craft. The first of the series will be
| delivered at the next meeting bye
Terrier, his subject being. Balancing
the Action of the Horse by Shoein g.y
| At each succeeding meeting others viii
take up additional subjects. The
| course as arranged includes a lecture
| by A. Harnish on how to shoe the front
| feet of interfering horses from a prac-
| tical standpoint. John G. SiInous will
| give some points on hind feet in his
| dissertation. j. Koch will tell his
! fellows how to prevent overreaching by
horses. d. ConneH will discuss the
| merits of cold fitting of shoes as COM
| pared with hot fitting. The local
/, association is in a flourishing condition,
ana Is working up an interest IN the
| line of benefiting the horseowners in
| general. A correspondence has been
/ commenced with the unions at MIN
J neapols and Duluth with a view of
| getting up good delegation to attend
the national convention, which meets
! in Boston Oct. s.
| ShOemakers Protest
The boot and shoemakers' union held
! an Interesting session at its last maat-
ing. Trade was reported good and pusi-
ness in general better than in other
cities. 1t was determined to keep up
the efforts to secure the abolition of
manufacturing boots and shoes at the
penitentiary by convict labor. A pro-
test was made against this matter so me