St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
IN LOCAL LABOR CIRCLES.
Doings of the Week Among the Sons
of Toll.

Doings of the Week Among the Sons
of Toll.
Representative Sperry, of Connecti-
cut, from the postoffice committee, on
Wednesday reported to the house the
bill agreed upon by the committee fix
ing the maximum salaries of letter
carriers in cities of more than $4,000
population at 81, 200 per year, and in cit
les of less than $4,000 at $1,000 per
year. The free delivery service, accord
ing to the accompanying report, is now
the source of quite large income to
the government, and should the bill
become a law 1t would be more than
self f-sustaining. It is believed that car
riers who are faithful, having full
knowledge Of their duties and the resi-
dences Of those they serve, would be
willing to continue in the discharge
Of their duties, and would not be look
ing for other positions, If this change
in salaries could be obtained. It would,
says the report, put the service on
more stable foundation, and the bene-
fits intended to be derived from the
civil service would be realized in part
should the bill become a law. The car
riers in. st. Paul will be we'll satisfied
If the bill should become a law.
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Tuesday evening the plumbers
union elected five delegates to repre-
sent it at the state convention to be
held at Duluth, Sunday, April 5. Those
chosen were William P. O'Brien, Martin
Feehan, P. McQuillan, Robert Stark
and A. H. Gerber. The convention
promises to be an interesting one, and
numerous important measures will be
brought before it for action. The Min
neapolis and st. Paul plumbers have
held joint sessions during the past
ten days, for the purpose of promul-
eating matters of interest to the unions
of the two cities. An effort was made
at the Tuesday meeting to elect a
member of the board of directors. The
vote, however, resulted in a tie, and an
other attempt will be made at the next
regular meeting to unite the tie"
Delegates to the trades council are
asked to remember that the next reg
ular meeting will occur at Assembly
halls Thursday evening, April 8. The
meeting will be the most important
ever held by the council and the sub
ject of discussion, "Non-union Offices
should fill the hall. The office of Sec
retary-treasurer is vacant, and an cleo
ton will occur for the purpose Of fill
ing 1t.
This afternoon at o'clock, the plat
form meeting at Plymouth church oc-
ours. Invitations by the pastor, Rev.
Millard, were extended to the labor or
ganizations some time since to have
representatives present to speak on
subjects of interest to labor. AS a re-
suit, Harry Franklin will speak on
''The Relationship of the Church and
the Workingmen," James Morrow on
''The Church and the Shorter Work
Day." while j. J. Ryder will address
the audience from the workingmen's
standpoint on "The Church and Cheap
Labor" It is not often that an op-
portunity is given the laboring classes
to present their views to the people
from the pulpit of any church. and
they should show their appreciation of
Rev. Millard's courtesy by turning out
en- masse today.
Letters were received last week by
several of the local unions from both
Senator Davis and Congressman Kief-
er, in which they stated that they
were in hearty sympathy with the bill
now before congress providing for
tax on sweat shops, and that they
would use their best endeavors to Sc
cure the passage of the same. Sen
ator Davis was emphatic in his de-
nunciation of the system.
The BARRIERS union, at its meeting
Monday night, elected r. J. Coyne
president. to- fill the unexpired term
Of F. Kueppers. who was compelled to