The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-13
IN LABOR'S REALM.

| business before the meeting was the
arranging Of a literary and musical
| programme and ice cream social, which
| will be held in about two weeks time
Louis Nash was appointed chairman
| OF the entertainment committee, and
he says it is his intention of breaking
the record this winter in the amuse-
ment line. His living pictures Of last
winter will be remembered by all who
witnessed them.
The Coopers' union initiated one new
member Tuesday evening. A fellow
workman from Pennsylvania reported
the outlook In the East as anything but
encouraging in this branch Of the bust
ness, and as the local union could hold
out no inducements for work in St. Paul.
they subscribed certain amount Of
money to assist the stranger in his
endeavor to secure employment else
where. The statement in q morning
paper that the boys in the parade on
Labor day who wore aprons were
brewery workers was not true The
aprons were worn by the Ecoopers and
We're representative Of the garments
worn by them during working hours.
Paul j. Mas and Patrick Enright
started for Mexico Thursday on a mis-
sion that will be fraught with special
interest to every laboring man in the
United States. The two men go as
Trades and Labor assembly for the
purpose of making a thorough and i'm
partial Investigation Of the economic
conditions which prevail in Mexico.
They are to find for themselves without
any suggestions from the organiza-
ton they represent, or from any other
sources, the true status Of the work.
ingman in a free silver country. The
information they may gain and the
conclusions they form will be submit
ted in report to the Trades and La
Dor assembly as soon as they return
to Chicago, which will be about the
LIST of October.
The Garment Workers union will
give an ice cream social and hop at
Assembly hall on Thursday evening of
this week. The committee having the
affair in charge-Miss Kate Heating,
Kate Geehan, Alice Pinlzus, Mary
Brennan, Mary Manning, Mary Farley,
Frances Dwelly and Lena Schmidt
met last Thursday and completed ar
rangements for the same. Brose's
Union orchestar will furnish the music
for the occasion. The dining room will
be handsomely decorated with bunting,
flowers and palms, and 100 Japanese
lanterns will add to the attractiVeneSs
of the floral decorations. AS the adj
mission is small there should be
large attendance of the friends of the
members Of the union.
G. Fl. Bonn, member of the execu-
tive board of the International The
atrical Stage Employees association, re-
turned home Sunday from a two
weeks business trip to Chicago and st.
Louis. He succeeded in forming a
union Of scenic artists, carpenters and
helpers at Chicago of fifty members
The executive board called on one of
the theatrical managers there who
had been dilatory in paying salaries
to his employees and succeeded in get
ting him to sign a cast iron agreement
to square up back pay and in future
to employ union men only
Notification was given the garment
workers in one Of st. Paul's factories
last week that on and after tomorrow
working hours would be from to 6,
instead Of 7:3O to 6, as heretofore In
addition a cut equal to 40 per cent
was made in wages, and the employees
were informed that if they did not care
to work at the reduction proposed they
could call for their time and leave the
establishment.
The coal barons evidently have no
mercy for Gods poor. One year ago
coal sold for 1928 and 1878 per ton
Today it is worth $S.25, and will un-
are lower today than they were a
year ago; more are out employment,
and yet they are asked, no, compelled,
to pay over 81 more per ton.
A special meeting of the cigarmah-
ers' union will be held some evening
this week for the purpose Of hearing
the report of a special committee Of
three who were selected to look into
the advisability Of instructing their
delegate to Detroit, Mich, on certain
measures which will come before the
convention of the International Cigar
makers union which will open on the
2Sth inst. There will be at least 200
delegates present, and the convention
will be in session from six to eight
days. The delegates are allowed trans
portation, hotel expenses and S. per
day. No attempt will be made to Sc
cure the next convention for ST. Paul
A committee from the garment work
ers' union visited the meeting Of the
cigarmakers Thursday evening in the
interests of the ice cream social and
hop to be given by the former organ
iZation Thursday evening.
well-attended meeting of the CT
garmakers' union was that held Thurs
day evening. d. S. Heimerdinger, gen
eral organizer for the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, addressed the mem
bers on the advisability of more ener-
getic action in matters pertaining to
the advancement of the cause Of Or
ganized labor, and the cigarmakers in
particular, and his remarks were SO
plain that no one could misconstrue
them. Several new members were
given the glad hand" and five ap-
plications for membership were
brought in by as many different mem
bers. The delegates to the trades and
labor assembly were instructed to fa-
vor the formation of local label
league.
Two brand new members were
taken in by the plumbers union Tues
day evening. Trouble has been brew
ing between two employing firms and
the union for some time over an al
legged violation of recent agreement
on the part Of Messrs O'Neil and
Dwyer. and on Monday last the boys
went out on strike. There may be
trouble in some of the other shops in
the city, but 1t is believed that the
present difficulty will be amicably adj
justed in the course of a few days.
The pressmen's union met Saturday
evening, Sept. 5. Beyond arranging
for the parade on Monday last, bust
ness disposed Of was Of routine ma
ture.
The theatrical stage employees had
under consideration the practicability
of creating a new scale at their Tues
day evening meeting. The consensus
of opinion among those present was in
favor of revising the present one, which
will probably be done and submitted
to the managers of the local theaters