St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-26


been speakers at the meetings. AS a
result of these gatherings of working
people, 5000 men and women have
been organized in Newburg, where a
central labor union has been formed
A central labor union and a black
smiths union have been organized in
Yonkers; reorganization of the brick
layers union in Poughkeepsie; a print
ers' union and a hod carriers union in
Kingston; starchers' union at Troy;
unions Of bookbindery girls and boiler
makers at Albany, and a trades council
at Glenn's Falls
The strike Of the clothing cutters in
Chicago, which was inaugurated over
three months ago, and in which $4,000
employees were involved - garment
workers and cutters combined-is said
to have been declared off as to the
former and the indications are that
the latter will give up their fight,
which has been one of the most bitter
ever waged, the employers declining to
arbitrate, although representative cit
liens of that city did all that was pos
sible to bring about such result.
The Midland Mechanic advocates the
substitution Of the words marble
heart for that Of the word boycott
and it does so on the ground that the
latter word is not as forcible as the
former. When person or business
institution is given the marble heart"
it simply destroys his or its life; in
other words, it kills them as far as
! business is concerned.
The following constitute the prin-
cipal amendments to the constitution
adopted by the Journeymen Tailors'
Union of America, and went into eff
feet the first Of the present month:
Proposition No. 4, section 4S, relates to
strike or lockout benefits, and allows
Sc per week per member to those en-
gagged therein, except during the
months of January, February, July and
August, when the amount is reduced to
81. Proposition No. 5, section so, grants
widows of deceased members the priv
ilege of remaining members of the ben
eft fund by paying Is cents a month
dues and levies for funeral funds.
When the widows die their heirs will
receive the amount allowed for the
wife's benefit. Proposition No. 6, Sec
tion "a, prevents local unions from
ceased member unless the burial ex-
penses are paid, and are only entitled
to the exact amount expended on for
warding claim to the general secre-
tary.
The trades and labor councils of Mon
tana have been taking the census of
the laboring men out of employment
in that state, and the result is any
thing but encouraging. In Helena there
are 1000, Butte 5000, Great Falls and
Cascade county combined 1900, Ana
conda 500, Missoula and surrounding
country 1,500. Estimating those out
of employment elsewhere in the state
at 1900, there are today 5000 idle men,
all anxiously looking for work.
The government telephone service in
Australia costs $40 per year. In the
United States the cost ranges from $96
to $3.50 for the same length Of time.
President Gompers, Of the American
Federation of Labor, states that over
100000 men will make demand for
shorter day on May 1, and that most
of them will get it without a struggle.
Mr.. Gompers said: 81 do not want to
predict that there will or will not be
strikes When movements Of this kind
are started there is no telling where
they will end. At the present time I
do not know of any great strikes con-
templated or that any will be neces-
sary." When asked what branches of
trade would join in the movement, he
said: 1.-The building trades generally
have the eight-hour day in large cities,
but the trades that will make the re-
quest are the carpenters, horseshoers,
stonecutters, bridge and structural iron
workers and several other crafts. There
have been many conferences lately in
all the cities between the representa-
: tives of the trades unions and the en-
ployers in reference to the eight-hour
rule. The men have been met in
spirit of fairness. The result Of these
conferences will be seen in the large
industrial eenters about May 4, which
is the first Monday in the month. The
days work will be lessened, but there
will be no decrease Of pay"
The new labor commissioner of New
York, John T. McDonough, is a law
yer. He succeeds Thomas j. Bowling.
prominent member Of organized la
: Dor. The actionsef Gov. Morton in re-