St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-15
the letter carriers and lead the fight
against the appropriation.

the letter carriers and lead the fight
against the appropriation.
The employees of thirty-nine tight
barrel cooper shops in MinneapoIis
went on strike Wednesday, against the
enforcement of notice which thew
claim, if aeceded to- would comneI
them to do considerable work e.,
which they would receive no comnen-
sation. pen
special efforts were made bv tho
cigarmakers to secure a large attend
ance Thursday night, and in conse-
quehce que thereof the largest meeting of
the season was the result An1one
other business to come up was nro,,' ,
osltion to prohibit union men from
working for certain cigar manufac-
tufef IN the SANITY city. A vote of
those IN attendance showed that tha
union was unanimously in favor of
CLOSING the factory to union cigarnak-
80 anu apphcatlon will be made to
tne international organization for its
SANCTION IN ordering a strike The apio
tation committee was instructed to aS1l
otner unions to withhold their natror-
age of the firms goods. The hiu nf
e tne Garment Workers union. aimed at
e tle tenement house manufacturers and
tne sweating system was indorsad anJ
W
20 the attention of Senator Davis and
congressman kiefer. The sentiment
against reducing wages of the makers
or cigars at the present time was I-erv
pronounced' not nay vote being cast.
me executive committees of Typo
graphlcal Union No. 80, of ST. Paul and
NO. AZ, OF Minneapolis, held con fa,.~
ence with the newspaper publishers re
the Twin Cities Monday afternoon rel-
aIlVe to the adoption of the new. scale
Inc publishers ask the printers to hind
themselves to five-year contract if
the scale is accepted by them OnIv
minor details remain to he adiusta5 y
and the indications are that the NATE,
VIII be satisfactorily adjusted to ali
concerned. ca
An evening of discussion on subjects
OF interest to organized labor. to be
ioIloWed by banquet. will be given
Dy the Trades and Labor assembly IN
March y. From reports of those in
charge. 1t Will be an unqualified sue
cess. The trades council of Minnnan-
ollS Will send a delegation of at least
nifty, while representatives from this
city will swell the number to nearly
wv The committee having, the affair
nI.,S III Cllatge. Messrs. krieger, Franklin,
Miller, Brant and Hughes, are actively
at work making arrangements for the
eNenl' AL meeting of the committee
wednesday evening it was unanimous
ly decided that each union should he
entltled to three representatives. and
tnat the employers known to be favor
! able to organized labor should he in
! vited to attend. President SmaIiev of
the chamber of commerce. and Secro-
tary Maginnis. of the Commercial cIub
Will be extended special invitations to
| deliver addresses.
Tom" You'd has accepted the
agency for the Northwest of the Car
lock Packlng company, dealers in en-
gine room supplies, etc. He viii omen
an office in st. Paul before long.
| "A special meeting of Topographic
! No. l3 was held Wednesday evening to
| consider proposition from the nro-
! prietors of the Volkszeitung looking tn
the termination of the difficulty no.
tween them and the union. The terms
oftered by the proprietors of the paper
failed TO meet with the approval of
the majority of the members of No. Is
and they were rejected.
|
The Scandinavian Section of the So
cialiSt Labor party and the Sons of
Benjamin, a Jewish benevolent and
fraternal organization. held meetings
| last Sunday afternoon in Assembly
halls.
] A special meeting Of No 80, the union
| of the English-speaking printers of ST
| Paul, is called for this afternoon at $50
o'clock. The president urges all mem
pefs TO attend, as measures Of consid-
cradle Importance will be brought up
for discussion, the most interesting of
which Will be the new scale
!
/ The hack and cab drivers earnestly
protest against the, action Of the union