The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-16
ASSEMBLY HALL BULLETIN.
Meetings to BE Held There This
Week.
LABOR DAY PROCLAMATION.
Mayor DCran Requests Business
Houses of All Kinds to Close.


Mayor DCran Requests Business
Houses of All Kinds to Close.
Mayor Doran on Thursday issued a
proclamation advising the closing
down Of all manufacturing plants. as
well as the closing of all business
houses in the city on Monday. Sept.
z, so that the laboring classes may
take advantage Of the one day in the
year set apart by national and state
laws for their exclusive benefit The
following is a copy of the official doc
ument: - "a
Whereas, By the Laws of the State Of
Minnesota, the first Monday of September OF
each year has been designated as Labor day,
and the said day thereby established as a
legal holiday.
Now. Therefore, In fuIanment Of the spirit
and purpose which untlerlfes the establish
ment of Labor day as day of rest. recrea-
ton and cessation from worldly cares l.
Frank B. Doran, mayor of the city of st.
Paul, do hereby advise and recommend that
on Monday, the TIN day OF September 1876,
all factories offices, stores and other places
where labor is employed, remain closed. and
that, SO far as practicable opportunity De
given to all who labor to celebrate the day
in manner BETTING the purpose to which
It is dedicated, to the end that the repre-
our city may celebrate the one day set ape IT
by public authority IN recognition OF the
grandeur and dignity # labor m such man
rer as may commend itself to tfem.
Given under my hand this 18th day of fu-
gust, A.vsDs- 1896 -.- f4.---A a4ss-
Attest:
Matt Jensen, City Clerk.
A special meeting of the tin, sheet
iron and corhice workers union was
held Wednesday evening. The business
was of secret nature, but boycott
proceedings against a certain firm
were inaugurated.
Remember, in union there is
strength. Show it by turning out in
the parade on Labor day
An item is going the rounds of the
labor press of the country to the eff
feet that there will be no parade on
Labor day in st. Paul this year, owing
to the fact that the. labor organiza-
tons had decided to take. par, in the
G. A. r. Interpretations of the week
previous. This is q Justification of
facts, as the question of turning out
in any parade during encampment
Trades and Labor assembly. or by any
single union to the knowledge of the
writer. Slight opposition was encoun-
tered from two or three delegates to
the assembly, on the ground that. ow
ing to the widespread 1ndustr1aI de-
preston, from which ST. Paul has not
been exempt, the parade could not be
made a. success. After considerable
discussion Delegate Thomas, from
Typographical Union No. 80, moved to
refer the matter to the unions of the
city for settlement. The motion was
carried, and at the next meeting of
the Trades and Labor assembly, a
majority of the labor organizations
having voted i'll favor or the parade,
by a vote of the delegates present it
was decided to turn out. A committee
of eleven was chosen to make all nee
essary arrangements. T. F. Thomas
was elected marshal, with c. H. Bonn
and Ed O'Connor as assistants. The
delegates to the assembly will be head
ed by a band, while up to date the
bakers and brewery workers have
both reported that they would have
music. Other unions will no doubt
furnish bands for the occasion, and
the prospects are bright for large
turnout. The pressmen, pressfeeders,
printers, bookbinders, web press help
ers. cigarmakers, brewery workers,
bakers iron molders, garment work
ers, bricklayers, hack and cab drivers,
bindery girls, plumbers, harnessmak-
ers, cornice workers, boilermakers and
several other organizations have al
ready signified their intention OF par
ticipating, and when Labor day ar
rives it is safe predict that not more
than three out of the forty unions in
the city will be found out of line when
the bands begin to play
The next convention of the united associa-
ton of boiler makers will be held at Mil
waukee Wis. on the last Monday in Septem-
Der The local association will send dele
gate.
The harness makers union will hold an
open meeting Tuesday evening. All collar
makers and harnessmakers of the city are
invited to attend.
Bricklayers, Benevolent Union No. 1 in
structed their delegates to the trades and
labor assembly, at their regular weekly meet
ing Thursday evening. to find out what
arrangements had been made for the
Labor day picnic and parade and re-
port at the next meeting. About 100
will be in line In the parade from this
ORGANIZATION. Election of marshal will take
place next Thursday evening. A great many
Of the boys are out Of the city at present,
but will be home in time for Labor day.
The union label of the cigarmakers has
been granted to a new manufacturing firm
Of cigars and tobacco doing business In st.
Paul Two new members were added to the
already large membership at the Thursday
evening meeting. Joseph Scharhbillig was
chosen as the unions marshal in the parade
on Sept T. All members who do not turn out