St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-26

over the matter he suddenly decided that he
had found the solution to the annoying prob
lem. He seized large monkey-wrench lying
invitingly near at hand, when whack! bang!
and with the remark, 81 guess I've fixed the
blamed thing now" he fed the Gordon a nice
white sheet, and after the press had done it's
part he stopped to examine the result of
the "monkey-wrenching" he had given the
form. The look of establishment that over
spread Johns face when he discovered the
result of his ingenuity was beyond descrip-
ton. The big black spot was still there, but
about two feet away, at the further side Of
the sheet, where Franklin had placed a
small ornament, there loomed up something
that resembled the whole of the Chinese al
phabet used at one time. }''Great Scott!'
were the only words Krieger uttered and
now when the boys say: How is the orna-
ment, John?" he quietly hands out the cigars
with Don t-give-it-away'' expression that
would cause an Egyptian mummy's heart to
throb with sympathy.
H. 7. Newhart, Of Danbury, Conn.,. ad-
dressed the members of the cigarmakers'
union Thursday evening on the subject of or
ganization and other questions to come before
the convention in Detroit in September. The
loaning system and the apprentice problem re-
ceived considerable attention. The boys are
enthusiastic over the outlook for bringing the
H. E. Driese company to time. The union in
dorsed the candidacy for Office of ]. F. Krieg-
sr, j. j. Ryder, Cornelius Quincy and M. ].
Daily. Seven new members were admitted
and several applications will be acted on at
the next regular meeting. The union has a.
membership Of nearly 2o0 and it is expected
that from now on five to ten applications will
be acted on each meeting.
Unions No. 212, of West Superior. and No.
2S4, of Duluth, have submitted the following
amendment to the apprentice law of the con-
sttutlon of the International Cigarmakers'
union: Article 81, section T. New section
NO manufacturer who does not employ at
least one journeyman for his full time shall be
allowed an apprentice. 1t shall be optionaI
with local unions to enforce this section on an
prentices who may be learning the trade at the
time OF the adoption of this section. Section 4
70 pe section o. In advocating the adoption
or the amendment, the representative secre-
taries of the two unions, speaking for the
members, say: 1.-The amendment we nronose
can be easily enforced as we are only making
law for our own members and not our en-
ployers. We believe 1T is the first duty of a
union man, If he has job open, to employ a
fellow-member, especially in these times
when several thousand members are tramnino
from one end of the country to the other look
ing in vain for work, only to see one or more
apprentices in every shop they go into, hold
ing the jobs that they, the members, should
have. When the boys have served their time.
they may not be able to get work at home.
and are compelled to become .shoboes." and
devote the greater part of their lives to tramp
ing about the country looking for lob. They
might as well become "hobees" without po,np
to the trouble OF learning the trade"
The Harness and Saddlemakerss union at
their meeting Tuesday evening elected the fol-
lowing officers to represent It during the COM
ing term: President, T. A. Harvey; vice pres
ident, E. O'Connor; recording secretary. ].
Dubbe. financial secretary. H. E. Menge: mar
shal. F. Hoye; trustees G. Gies NJ. Ruhlmap
and A. johnson. The union Has withdrawn
from the International Hairless and Saddle