St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

| II T,.cu nef9re the union. submitted by the Dual
lily City Punhshlng association, asking for
substitution of the time system for fhe mos
ent piece scale. They offer to nav s20 ner
week to the newspaper men for a work dev
OF eight hours and S23 for night work. They
also ask the printers to sign contract for
one year.
Il. w: bennett, organizer of the Interna-
tlonal typographical union for the Tenth
district, on Wednesday placed an order with
the Minnesota Type foundry Of st. Paul.
Tor 500 worth, of material for the Grand
Forks union, which will establish a paper at
that point for the express purpose of waging
merry war" against a paper with wyom
they have recently had trouble.
Typographical Union No. 80 will meet next
Sunday. Important business will come up
for consideration, and several new members
will be initiated. Three delegates will be
selected to attend the trades and labor as
sembly.
The bricklayers' union meet Thursday even.
ing. As rule, the handlers of the trowel,
plumb and square always have something OF
interest to report.
The first meeting of the month Of the Jour-
neymen horseshoers takes place Friday even
inf
saturday Of this week will occur the regular
monthly meeting Of the pressmens union.
Election Of officers will be the principal feat
ure Of the evenings business.
The coopers' union held meeting last Sat-
urday for the purpose Of preparing a scale of
prices, to go into effect April 1. The employers
refused to sign the scale asked for last year
until committee from the trades and labor
assembly waited upon them. No advance is
demanded for the present year. but it was de-
cided that the consumers agree by contract
to pay the price fixed by the union for the
manufacturer. The scale affects beer barrels
only, and exempts ordinary barrels, mostly
made by machinery. Some of the members OF
the union believe their propositions so lust that
no trouble will result therefrorn but there are
others not SO sanguine, who think the brewers
will not bind themselves to pay a stipulated
sum for any length Of time.
At the regular weekly meeting of the brick-
layers benevolent union Thursday evening a
vote of sympathy was rendered Mrs Susan
Bernard on account of the death of her hus-
oand, a member Of the Organization. The re-
port Of Delegate Mccoy, their representative to
accepted -N
The coopers' union had a special session
wednesday evening the result of which is that
they decided to present their new scale to the
Of May. ms
The Miehle Printing Press company. Of Chi
cago, have taken ten tickets for the nressfeed-
ers dance on the evening Of April 1s
F. Pampusch, secretary of the Allied Print
lug IIducS council, mas received a letter from
A. G. Wines, secretary of the International
Typographical union, indorsing the idea of
joint meetings of the printing trades of St
Paul. and believes much good Will accrue to
the craft in general in consequence thereof.
ON the night Of April 5 the tailors' union
VIII vote on the proposition to levy tax of
% cents per member in support Of several of
their organizations on strike throughout the
At the meeting OF the bookbinders' union
next Wednesday the principal business will
be the election Of officers for the ensuing
year. There are several aspirants for the
different positions, and an exciting but friend
ly contest is looked for:
From present Indications the local press
feeders association will send two delegates
to represent them at the convention of the
international organization, to be held at Chi
cago in June. Frank Pampusch and J. l..
Mcclellan will probably be the ones chosen.
Tickets for the dance to be given by the
press assistants, feeders zaRds7job pressmen's
union on April IS are beipg disposed of at a
rate that. Is exceedingly gratifying to the
members. but there are still a few left to
be had for the askinGss