St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-11

! toward socialism," Mr.. Forker will
! leave early this week for Minneapolis
| and New Uln, returning to st. Paul
next Sunday.
While there is nothing but common
J sense and business acumen in a dec
! laration such as is quoted below, how
| often do we see the principle violated
| Mr.. Bowlby, of the Boston clothing
house, in addressing Architect Gilbert
| in reference to the Boston's new
i house, says:
IN preparing the specifications fol-
the new building to be erected on the
property recently acquired by me or
| the corner of Robert and Sixth streets
! it is nay desire that in the furnishing OF
: all material of whatever nature re-
CURED, together with the labor neces-
sary for its construction, preference in
every case be given to st. Paul manu-
facturers, contractors and mechanics.
Supported, as we are, in a liberal meas
ure, by the workingnen of this city,
it is essential that no foreign labor ba
brought in to complete the structure.
Enough to say l desire to encourage In
every way possible home industries and
;
benefit. In carrying out these wishes,
you will greatly oblige.''
In the defeat of the Sunday closing
bill before the legislature last week
the BARRIERS We're especially affected
The present law governing Sunday
work is defective in it's most essential
feature, and is worthless, and it was to
remedy this evil that a new bill was
drafted and presented for passage.
But the august Solons thought the
present law was good enough, and re-
fused to support the improved bill.
The vote would suggest the conclusion
that while willing to work only four
or five short days week for the state
themselves, they were satisfied to make
it necessary for BARRIERS to work seven
days a week to maintain occupation
and sustain life.
The Socialist Labor party of ST.
Paul will hold it's annual celebration
in commemoration of the French COM
mune at Labor hall next Sunday aft
ernoon. Speakers in English, German
and Scandinavian will deliver address,
cialist, will address the meeting.
Members of the BARRIERS union are
enjoined to attend very important
session of that organization at Labor
hall this evening. Matters of vi
tai Importance to every member of
the union will be presented for con-
sideration, and full attendance is
earnestly desired.
The carpenters union held a rousing
meeting Tuesday evening Eleven
members were initiated and four appli-
cations received. The new additions
being made to the union are mainly
from the younger element, who are
enthusiastic in their interest in the
organization. The next meeting will
be held Tuesday evening, which all
Journeymen carpenters are invited to
attend. Good speakers will address
the meeting.
The stage hands of st. Paul will give
a masquerade ball at Turner hall
April 16.
papers which so firmly demand in
cases of strike, such as the Chicago
and Brooklyn strikes, that first there
must be peace-if those newspapers
were, we say, to join hands and in
slst logically on the supremacy of law,
there would be less occasion for strike,
and none at ali for disorder But they
begin in the middle of row and work
to one end of it, utterly blind prac-
ucally to the other end, which is the
beginning. They do not seem to COM
prehend that it is as reprehensible for
corporations to violate law as it is for
Workmen to resort to riot The fact
that the corporations violate laws
quietly, having able lawyers to advise
them how to do this unostentatiously
and with least danger of prosecution.
does not make them any better cit
liens than the Workmen who are ir-
ritated by this sort of law-breaking
into the rough law violations of the
mob. The goody-goody newspapers,
If they are honest, will note this and
insist upon the strict enforcement of
law, regardless whether this incon-
Veniences the rich and the powerful.
If they were able newspapers they
would have done this long since. and
thus prevented the abominable imposi
tons which have moved workmen.
tired OF waiting and hungry withaI. to
take the bit in their teeth and bolt
National Labor Tribune.
The Trades and Labor congress of
canada is endeavoring to secure the
passage of a bill making eight hours
a legal work-day on all government
works.
Is labor and capital to strut around
the industrial arena during the next
century, each daring the other to
knock a chip off it's shoulder, or is
our superior civilization and our su-
perior intelligence going to knit their
interests so closely together that peace
and good will to all men will prevail
IN this land whose star of destiny is
continually in the ascendant? -Rail-
road Telegrapher.
There is brighter day dawning for
the Wage-earner, whether he be the
man who guides the engine or he who
guides the plow. 1t will come when he
! is made an interested shareholder. a
partner in the wealth which he Gre
ates.-Age, Chicago.
The theory of a divine right, to
rule doesn't weigh with much force
/ before the light of civilization. Edu-
cation and enlightenment bring about
! the establishment of an equality of
rights. A trades union is the primary
school for education in the rudiments
of relief from the thralldom and or
; preston imposed by wealth and mo-
! nopoly. Strengthen your organiza-
lions and increase your power of re-
sistance against further encroach-
ments upon your rights and liberties
! Typographical Journal.
| Another blow to contract convict
labor has been given in Mississippi.
the new constitution of the state for
bidding the lease of state convicts
! after the present year. Mississippi is
! now making arrangements to work