St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-22

| strlke lOr relgnt hours Work, eight hours
pay and eight hours to sleep or play"
The regular meeting Of the Printing Trades
council will occur at Assembly halls Thurs
will occur joint meeting Of all the printing
trade unions Of the city. This will be the
most important meeting the council has ever
ena the sgneSt for
teresting evening Don't stay away. An
election of a secretary-treasurer, to fill q
vacancy. will take place.
The employees of the Konantz saddIery
company one day last week waited upon H.
W. McCool, superintendent, and also upon
r. A. konantz, manager. and ]. H. Bidle-
man, vice president, with view of securing
| an increase OF wages. Their claims to a
raise were carefully considered, with the re-
suit that substantial increase was granted
which gave mutual satisfaction to all inter-
ested. The boys were SO elated over their
GOOD luck that they have been telling all
their friends of it.
| The committee selected at the last meeting
Of the trades and labor assembly-Harry
Franklin, e. Christopherson. ]. L. Hughes,
sentiment in favor of employing union
labor on Minnesota's capitol building, met
Friday evening and discussed ways and
means looking to the accomplishment of the
object sought to be attained.
The Socialist Labor party will celebrate the
twenty -llttn anniversary OF the Paris COM
mune, at Assembly hall today at D, m,
Besides fine literary and musical entertain.
ment, Ed Peterson will deliver an address
on 'Labors Struggles" while Mrs. NJ Blees
VIII give an Grafton entitled ''The Paris
Commune"
AT the meeting of the chamber of commerce
Monday morning, resolution was introduced
tnat the presiding officer request the capitol
commission to employ Minnesota material
ana st. Paul labor on the capitol building,
Minnesota labor was substituted for St. Paul
labor. motion was then made that the
rules be suspended and the resolution be put
70 VOTE Objection was raised to this course
ON the ground that the subject was one of
considerable importance; that the iron and
steel nd we work could not be done in Minnesota,
committee ON public buildings.
Victor, Bonn, a prominent member Of the
trades and labor assembly, died Tuesday and
was buried Wednesday afternoon Members
nd the union sIrH ned out IN large numbers
comrade to the cemetery.
j.. T, Krieger, of the oigarmakers' organ
ization, and prominent in all matters pertain
ing TO union labor. was chosen alderman from
the sixth ward at the regular meeting OF. the
common Ss;aIao council Tuesday evening, Johns
frlends among the toiling class are legion,
and one and all extend hearty congratula-
tons, with the hope that the short term for
which he was elected may prove to be one
OF indefinite termination.
AT the special meeting Of typographical
Union No. 30, Sunday afternoon last $2o was
appropriated to an out-of-town union of
printers. The scale question affecting news
paper employees came up for consideration,
but was finally referred back to the executive
committee. On Monday afternoon the COM
mtttee had conference with the publishers,
who submitted another proposition, which will
be presented to- the union at it's next regular
meeting in April.
Arrangements will be made at Wednes-
day evenings semi-monthly session Of the
retail clerks association for their coming en-
tertainment. The boys say it will eclipse
previous efforts.
The cigarmakers will have their second
meeting Of the month on Thursday night,
March 26. Several measures of Importance
to the union are to be deliberated, and the
secretary Is very DESTROYS that each and
every member should attend.
e. A. Christopherson, local secretary of
the tin, sheetiron and cornice workers
union, gives the following as the officers
elected at the recent convention in Detroit of
the international association: R. NJ. Ryan,
Branch, first grand vice president, Peoria,
ILL.,. James somers, second grand vice presi-
dent. Cincinnati, O.; J. F Hughes grand
treasurer, Cincinnati o.; G.. M. Hockett,
grand outer guide, Indianapolis. Ind. Ex-
ecutive board, H. H. Branch. James Somers,
]. J. MeGinnis. Detroit, Mich; A. D. shu-
man, Toledo, o., and L. G.. Emery, Chi
cago, Ill.
The proceedings Of the international con-
vention of the tin, sheetiron and cornice
workers has been received by Secretary
Christopherson, of the local union. The
death and disability benefit, out-of-work sys-
tenn and permanent headquarters were voted
down. The reports show decided increase
in membership. proposition. which will
be submitted to all unions under the juris-
diction of the head organization is to change
the present name to Amalgamated Sheet
Metal Workers Of America. which will en-
brace the tin, sheetiron and cornice workers
and the steel range and hot-air furnace
builders.
$50
The cooDers occupied their quarters in As
sembly hall last Saturday. The condition of
trade was reported fair for this time of year,
with plenty Of home artisans to do all work
required.
The brewery workers held their first meet