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


The trades and labor assembly held
well-attended meeting Friday evening
at Labor hall. The most important mat
ter that came before the assembly was
the acceptance of a proposition from
the cooperative hall board to take
charge of the halls known as labor
Headquarters, or Labor hall. The idea
has prevailed for some time past thai
the management of the building could
be more successfully conducted by the
assembly than by the hall board, and il
reached a elimination Friday evening
by the assembly assuming charge. A
committee, consisting of Messrs Frank
lin (chairman), Kreiger, Boon, Hughes
and NoyeS, was elected to supervise
the new arrangement Material changes
are contemplated by the committee
looking towards the improvement of the
halls, and confidence is expressed that
the building will not only be made to
meet running expenses, but can be con-
Quoted at a profit.
The committee having in charge the
proposition from the Cooperative Age
Publishing company to print a weekly
labor paper reported progress, and
asked further time to consult with Mr..
Cowell.
Lengthy discussion was INDUCED in
regarding the various labor bills before
the legislature, and the opinion was eX-
pressed by some of the legislative COM
mittee members that the prospect of
securing legislation beneficial to labor
from the present legislature was very
slim.
a large amount of routine business
was disposed of, after which the assem-
bly, adjourned.
There is a bill before the legislature
providing for the introduction of q
revolving ballot box at elections. The
argument advanced for its adoption
is that under the present system
where large number Of workmen
vote at a polling district they general
ly do so in a bunch, making it possible
for the election judges and others to
determine how they vote. Cases of
this kind have been reported, resulting
in the discharge of workmen for eX-
ercising their conscience. The idea of
the revolving ballot box is to so mix
the ballots that it will be impossible
to determine how any one or any
number voted.
The Joint legislative committee of
the labor organizations held several
conferences during the past week in
connection with the various bills be-
fore the legislature. Interest centers
upon the Schurmeier prison labor bill.
haan mr. trio
by the members of the house commit
tee and the labor representatives. At
q conference Monday night the op-
ponents of the bill laid great stress
upon the fact that to carry out it's pro-
visions, upon adoption, it would be
necessary to make a large appropria-
ton, the possibility of which was very
slim. n compromise proposition was
submitted to the labor people, which
was not accepted, the committee ex-
pressing itself in favor of the original
bill. Just what the outcome of the bill
will be is rather difficult to predict at
present but the indications point to
defeat, the prison managers being
strongly opposed to a change of any
kind, and the members of the legisla-
ture appear to be Indifferent to tho
great Importance of the bill to a large
number of people. 1t was not a COM
mltttee of labor representatives that
went down to the prison to investi-
gate the matter recently and was
sumtuously banqueted by the manage
ment.
The following meetings will be held
at Labor hall during the week:
Monday-Boilermak BARRIERS, A.
r. Z. PA, plasterers.
Observation-Disclosures, carpenters.
Wednesday - Steamfitters, tail
clerks.
Thursday-Bricklaye cigarmak ers
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. A. r. u. $780,
coopers.
The stereotypers' union held a very
enthusiastic meeting Thursday evening
at Labor hall. The attendance was
large, and much interest was mani
tested in the nomination of officers for
the next term. The stereotypers are
stronger now than ever before in their
history.
The mass meeting at Market hall
Wednesday evening to protest against
continuance of the present contract
system at the state prison was largely
attended, and addresses were deliv-
cred by Edward Peterson, James Nor
row and Col. Keatley. The protests
of the speakers against the present
arrangement at the prison were heart
lily applauded, going to show that the
sentiment was strongly in favor of a
change.
The theatrical employees union initi-
ated six members at it's meeting Tues
day night and received three appli-
cations. This union is steadily grow
ing, and the members have every
reason to be satisfied with the out
look.
Max Forker, of the editorial staff of
the New York Volkszeitung, and one
of the most prominent representative
socialists in the United States, has
been in st. Paul for the past week.
Mr.. Forker's trip West is of propa-
ganda nature-spreading literature.
featuring and organizing. In speaking
of the socialistic outlook, Mr.. Forker
Expresses nlInSelI as Sangulne of q
rapid growth of organized effort. and
as being well pleased with the worl,
now going on. Socialism, said he.
cannot be escaped any more than
any other natural evolution. The in.
dividual method of production is fas,
going, and is being supplanted by the
collective method. Huge department
concerns have taken the place of the
small stores. Whichever way we turn
we find large production-co-operat
efort-conquering one field after an.
other, completely shutting out all
chances of individual competition. Ac.
cordingly, the method of production
mas undergone transformation from
the individual to the collective.
The adaptation to the changed con
ditions of the system, under which
shall be owned what under such cir
cumstances becomes the nations ma
chinery for production-its land anf
Its machinery, its natural and it's So
cial opportunities-beco a socia
necessity Where production is now