St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-07

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the share of the wageworkers. Is 1t
any wonder they complain and SAL,
''Why do we who produce everything
have practically nothing, while those
who produce nothing have practically
everything2''
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Rev. r. NJ. North, New York-Let uS
awake to the evils of poverty. IteiS
time to treat.it not only as an effect
but as a cause The poverty in our
great cities is a tremendous curseeGt
1t is a growing, brutalizfngs
crushing horror. which makes Ione
sneer at civilization and wonder if God
has forgotten TO be just. tits
not true that hunger and nakednesS
are an incentive to faith. Many a
sleek church member who shows ,tant
noyance at the "discontent of 1.-THE
poor would lose what he calls hisIret
ligion in less than a week If he should
find himself reduced by circumstances
to two-room tenement on the East
side of New York city, and with no
work by which to earn bread forshiS
family or money for his rent Among
wonder. not that so few become Chris
tians, but that any do. 80
It is estimated that the Brooklyn
strike. occasioned by the law-breaking
owners of the trolley lines. cost the
employees in loss of wages and money
$4,000, and that on the other side the
losses amounted to $1,000. 000-total,
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troops. the roads losing $500, 900 exc1us-
i've of 100000 damage to cars by mex
perienced men, making their loss a
round million, all of which could have
been prevented if the owners of the
/. Lines had been disposed to deal justly
with their men,,
The workingmen of Cleveland have
scheme on foot to give the public an
object lessen on the fact that society
makes better provision for its criminals
than for it's honest, law-abiding work
ingmen, who may be idle and starving
through no fault of their own. The
plan is to marshal 1000 unemployed
workingmen, who will march in body
to the city hall and demand work from
the director of public works If this
Is refused, which is altogether likely,
the men will then march to the police
court and request the judge to send
them to the workhouse. in order that
they may have work and subsistence.
In case the judge refuses, the men will
then deliberately violate some city Or
dinance, so as to be arrested and sent
to the workhouse, where they may be
furnished by society with the things
they demand-work, food, clothing and
lodging.
o. Victorin. of Minneapolis, will de-
liver a lecture this afternoon at Gar
field hall, corner of Arcade and Far
quier streets, on Socialism"
The electrical workers union will
hold an important meeting Friday
evening next, at which all members
are requested to be present. Six new
members will be initiated, and several
matters of Importance to the trade will
be considered. Signs of a decided re-
viVal of interest in union matters are
manifest among the electrical workers,
and the future of the union promises
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The Childs-Drexel club held a meeting
Sunday last and decided to give amen!
tertainment and ball Wednesday even
ing, April IT, at Labor hall, in aidi of
the relief fund of Typographical Union
No. 30. Tickets are so cents. An inter-
esting programme of numbers has been
prepared, and the affair promises to be-
well attended. /
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The theatrical employees union met
Thursday evening and initiated three
new members and received applications
from four others, which is a fair SAM
pie of the progress this union is maxi
ing. Valuable acquisitions are stead
lily being made, and the few remaining
employees behind the scenes will, it is
confidently believed, soon be in line.
The plumbers union held an inter-
esting meeting Monday evening and
transacted a considerable amount of
business pertaining to the welfare of
the organiza ton, and, with character
istic liberality, granted $50 toward rem
ovating Labor hall.
The bookbinders held a splendin meet
ing Wednesday evening, and elected
officers for the coming year. T. J.
Conlin was chosen president and Ed
Lott secretary. Some little discussion
of matters to come before the national
convention at Buffalo next month was
INDUCED in. The condition of trade is
very fair with the bookbinders.
John F. Kreiger, the popular seere-
tary of the cigarmakers' union, has
been appointed custodian of Labor hall,
and an air of business now permeates
the building. Capable, obliging and
earnest, the trustees were truly wise
in his selection. The work of renovat-
ing is still progressing, and the halls
are presenting a very attractive APP
pearance. Attention will shortly be d.
rected to the large hall, which is to be
handsomely fitted up, making it suit
able for secret societies and social
gatherings.
Edward Atkinson, the Boston baked
bean statistician, for years has been
engaged in finding out just how little
would suffice to keep the soul of
worlingman or woman in their bodies.
AT last accounts he had it down to
about ten cents a day, possibly four
cents a meal. AT any rate, in the shoe
manufacturing business, the New Eng
land manufacturers have so reduced
wllgeS that they can undersell the
London manufacturers right in Lon
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