The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-14
regard to political views, race. conditions

| of 525 pages, In no sens. in the interests
OF the laboring classes. but document pre-
certain political party and his own re-
/ tention as labor commissioner Of the state
4 OF Minnesota, therefore. be 1t
Resolved. That. we, the delegates Of the
State Federation of Labor of the State of
Minnesota, deneunce the course taken by
| said labor commissioner.
| Resolved, Furthermore, That we respect
| fully petition his exceilency, the governor OF
the state of Minnesota, to remove from the
| office of labor commissioner the present in
cumbent and to appoint in his place some
one approved of by the majority OF at least
ten recognized labor organizations and twenty
OF the delegates to the state federation OF
| labor of Minnesota.
The eight-hour law was then taken
up and discussed at length. Delegate
Lawrence, who organized this move
ment in Minnesota, spoke in favor Of
! 1t. A resolution anent the matter was
4 sent back
Women's rights crept in, and the
/ following resolution was carried
Resolved, That the Minnesota State
Federation of Labor urge the next
/ legislature to extend the full elective
franchise to women, the same as men
| The motion was carried amid much
| laughter
The saw mill employees offered q res
olution that something be done to pre-
1 vent their employers forcing insurance
! policies upon them. The motion was
carried
CONVICT-MADE GOODS.
| The evening session was called to Or
| der at 7:15 O'Clock, and the following
resolution Immediately offered as d
! starter: Resolved, That each and
| every article. no matter of what ma
| ture, manufactured by convicts and
| put on the market for sale in the state
! or Minnesota, must wear a label which
! shall read, Convict made" This was
| offered by Delegate c. H. Becker and
was carried
Another important resolution was
| passed which read: Whereas, Cor
porations in Minnesota and other
/ states in the Union demand of their
employees a cash deposit or bond as a
! guarantee of good faith:
w hereas, Employees Of corporations
| who occupy responsible places of trust
pay interest on the amount Of bonds
given by surety company;
Whereas, The Twin City Rapid
Transit company demands of each mo-
! torman and conductor the sum Of $25,
! and also holds back eight days pay as
! a guarantee (the number of conductors
and motormen aggregate 500);
Whereas, Street car companies of
other cities demand the same deposit
from their employees and also hold back
| a number of days pay as q guarantee.
| but allow their employees a note of 5
! per cent interest on the amount de-
posted paid on the first of each year;
Whereas, The Twin City Rapid Tran
| sit company has never allowed it's en-
| ployeS interest on the money held by
| them on deposit;
Therefore, be it resolved, That laws
be enacted which shall compel cor
| pcrations to pay interest on money
deposited with them by their employees
as a guarantee of good faith:
Resolved, That the Minnesota State
| Federation of Labor place this resolu-
! ton in the hands Of the legislative
committee and instruct them to work
| to this end at the meeting of the leg
islature this winter
|; The garment workers made a resolu-
| ton that a committee be appointed to
visit the retail dealers and ask them to
| handle none but label goods The gar
ment workers denounce the action TAX
en- by the authorities at the House OF
! the Good Shepherd, whose inmates are
! employed in manufacturing garments.
! and who said that If the garment
! workers of the state created any trou-
! BILE they, the House Of Good Shepherd,
would convert every room in the insti-
| tuition into a manufactory for gar
mentS.
| A resolution was carried indorsine
/ the action Of the Magnolia Walters
| Union No. 65, of Minneapolis, in their
strike against the New England res
taurant. A protest was also made
! against the recognition Of the Walters
! Mutual Aid society.
| An attempt will be made to organize
the butchers of ST. Paul
A committee Of three was elected TO
act as arbitrators in matters that may
| arise between the walters union and
i the Knights of Labor. The committee
| consist Of Messrs. w. L. Clifford. Min
neapoliS, M. Z. Murray, ST Paul, ana
j. E. Z. Johnson, Minneapolis
The following delegates were ap-
pointed committee to visit the moth
| er superior of the House of the Good
Shepherd and Archbishop Ireland, to
discuss the complaint Of the garment
workers: P. j. Geraghty, Collins and
Murray.
A resolution lifting the boycott from
| the Lyceum theater, Duluth was car
ried, as the union there had won It's
case
A supplementary report of the
/ finance committee was then read,
/ which was as follows: Receipts at
convention, $11o: expenses allowed.
$3.50; excess over expenditures, 5000.
Frederick C. Nelson and Mic De Long
! were elected on the board OF aTIei-
/ tration for the state at large.
! The election of a representative OF
! organized labor for the coming session
| of the legislature took place next The
| nominees were j. f. McCauley, Of st.
/ Cloud; Peter Lorenz, E. r. Scott. T.
| IF.s Thomas and ]. l.. Hughes The
! vote resulted as follows:
/ McCauley, SO; Hughes. Is; Lorenz, II;
| Thomas. s. Mr.. McCauley was an
| nouneed as the next lobbyist.
The city in which the next meeting
of the federation will take. place was
then voted upon. Mankato and ST.
| Cloud were the nominees, and St.
| CIOn6 received AZ VOTES pNrpi0p off
/ victorious.
A unanimous vote was taken that
] st. Paul be made the federation coun-
/ Gil city.
The election Of officers was next in
order, beginning with president The
nominees for that office were NJ. e.
! Neary, the present executive: M. l..
Murray, J. J.. Chapman and Patrick
Geraghty. The total number of votes
! cast was IS, Mr.. Neary receiving the
| largest number. so; Murray, Is; Chap
man, 13, and Geragl1ty, g. President
| NeaI'y was, therefore, elected to serve
! another term.
The contest for first vice president
was spirited, and two votes had to be
/ taken, finally resulting in the election
4 of j. l.. Chapman, of Minneapolis. who
| received ~ votes out OF a total of 6S.
/ The other nominees We're J. G. Hughes,
| ST. Paul. receiving e1 votes. and Emil
! Skoog, Minneapolis, and John Spuhler,
Winona, receiving and votes re-
SpectiVeiy.
Miss Kate Heating, of St Paul was
| chosen second vice president by a
| unanimous vote. Miss Heating re.
| sponded to the applause with a few
| appropriate words.
For secretary William McEwen, Of
! Duluth; Frank PampuSch and w. B.
Hammond, present secretary. of st.
Paul, were nominated. The last two