The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-14
NASH WAS SENSITIVE.
Did Not Like the Way Newspapers
Used Him

Three dozen delegates attended an
open meeting of the Trades and Labor
assembly last evening. A resolution
was passed directing the proper officers
Of the organization to prepare papers
for charter from the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. This was supple
1uented by another resolution declar-
ing it the desire of the Trades and
Labor Assembly of st. Paul to become
S11lliated with the same organization.
]. L. Hughes, Miss Kate Heating, J. J
O.Rourke, Frank Pampusch and G. H.
Becker were appointed delegates to
the State Federation Of Labor, which
meets at st. Paul Dec. IS. A commit
tee of five on the ma tier Of Legislation.
to be brought before the delegates to
the state federation convention was
appointed, consisting of J. F. McNaliy
=. T. Dunn, A. ]. Metzger, John O'Toole
and J. Cuthill
A proposition from the publisher of the
Twin City Guardian, offering to make that
publication the official organ of the organiza-
ton and allow the use of page each week
Tor printed mater. laid over until the
next meeting for action.
A committee of three was appointed by the
president to push along the boycott against
two local firms.
Delegate Nash took occasion to call atten-
ton to the report Of the last meeting as pub
lfshed In an evening paper, in which his per-
sonal appearance was dilated at length.
He stated that he was in favor of open meet
Ing of the trades and labor assembly and
was OF the opinion that if reporters were al
lowed to attend they should represent and
not misrepresent, speakers and matters dis
cussed.
Delegate Valesh called attention to the fact
that the cigarmakers union had contributed
$40 toward fund to be used in lobbying for
and against measures which would be intro
duced at the coming meeting of the legis-
lature. This gave rise to considerable dis
cussion. One of the delegates stated that so
far as he had observed, all legislation which
benefited the workingman, when it reached
the supreme court was thrown in the waste
basket The only thing he could recall at
this time where the laboring man was ben
ehted by legislation was when the bill re-
curing the yestibuling Of street cars was
passed. Nearly all the good of this measure
was taken out by the subsequent discharge
OF all the union men employed on the lines
ana the employment of new men. Another
delegate was Of the opinion that confidence
having been restored. there was no need of
lobbying, and in addition to the restoration
OF confidence only friends of the laboring
men mad been elected to office. For these
reasons there was no need of lobbyists Del
egate Hammond, secretary of the state fed
Grafton of labor. said about 5000 had been
and he was Of the opinion that the next con-
Vention of the organization would order the
work continued. There was not much done
in the way of passing measures but good
work had been done in preventing the pass
age Of laws which were detrimental to the
wage-earners. The matter was referred to
action.
The secretaries Of the local unions were
directed to write Manager Scott of the Met
ropolitan with view to having the stage
employees formed into union and the union
scale Of wages paid
Delegate Nash called attention to tele-
gram published in the Chicago Tribune last
Friday bearing St. Paul date which stated
that three factories employing fifteen hundred
men each would be Immediately started in
St. Paul. He requested the secretary to as
certain where the factories were located and
advise the local unions soon as this was
ascertained.
Michael Raphael, business agent of the
cigarmakers' union Of New York, addressed
the meeting on the matter of the position
taken toward the union he represented by
Herbs, Fertheim & Schiller, cigar manufac-
turers of New York. The firm, he said. was
opposed to union organizations and had dis
charged employees who attempted to organize
A large part Of their stock, he claimed, was
made in tenement houses and it was to the
interests Of organized labor to induce dealers
and jobbers not to patronize the firm. The
matter was referred to the label league, and
letters will be written the firm from the local
unions Of this city.