St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-15

PEELED to take the opposite side of the
street. A committee from this union
brought the matter to the attention of
the trades and labor assembly grievance
committee, who will investigate the al
legged partiality and report at the next
meeting.
The open meeting Of the BARRIERS of
st. Paul, at Assembly halls, Monday
evening, was an enthusiastic and large
ly attended one, the final result being
that an organization, to be known as
the Boss BARRIERS Protective associa-
tion, was formed with nineteen-twen-
tieths of the employing BARRIERS of the
Capital City as members. For its first
president the association elected L. H.
Wilkes; vice president, M. e. Murray;
secretary, James Fellows; treasurer.
Adam Schuster Messrs. Jackson,
Smith, Fellows, Howard and Kueppers
were appointed a committee to put the
objects of the association into writing.
The association arises out of the effort
made by the BARRIERS of the city to es-
tahlish 25 cents as the price for hair
cut In this attempt they were entire
ly successful, with the exception of
one barber. who decided that he would
cut hair for Is cents. This man re-
naming obstinate in his refusal to
raise prices, the other BARRIERS said they
could not remain in the agreement An
other meeting is called for Monday
night at Assembly halls, when addl-
tional measures for the successful con-
duct of the association will be per-
fected.
The journeymen plumbers had busi-
ness of an interesting nature TUESDAY
evening, and 1t was later than usual
when they adjourned. The state as
sociation is to meet at Duluth In April,
and it was the opinion of those present
that it would be good policy for the
members of the organization in the
Twin Cities to discuss measures direct
ly affecting the two unions. To carry
out this idea a committee of eight was
selected to visit the Minneapolis plumb
ers and arrange for a joint meeting,
which will probably be held in AS
sembly halls during the next two
weeks. The plumbers are growing in
number very rapidly and are one of the
strong unions of the city. Several can
didates were initiated and several ap-
plications will be acted on at the next
meeting.
At the platform meeting to be held
at Plymouth church, Sunday after
noon, March 20, at o'clock, the labor
organizations will take a prominent
part. 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's topic will be
THE Church and Cheap Labor"
These subjects are of especial interest
to members of labor societies. and
those who attend may rest assured that
the subjects awarded to Messrs.
FRANKLIN. Morrow and Ryder will be
ably handled.
Eugene V. Debs, in speaking on "The
solution of the Labor Problem" re-
Gently said "A large number of work.
lhgmen have opportunities and fail to
take proper advantage of them. In a
IeW years they will find that thew
themselves are doing very much in the
line or solving the labor problem.
want them to do some of it, to add a
nttle something to their stock of knowI-
cage and heighten their intelligence,
10 something in the line of self-im-
PtoVefnent Spend their leisure hours
a. "a. nolhe. Ihe labor problem is not GO
ing to be solved in the saloon can
thlnk of no more beautiful picture than
that or a Workingman who returning
nome, nndS the beacon light SHINING
at the window; takes his supper. tben
draws up his old arm chair to the fire.
slue, conVerses with his wife and PLAYS
WIN ms children. The man that docs
labor problem" 't'e
10 ENFORCE the law that was PASSED
ny the legislature of 1887 the boss har-
oers brotherhood of MINNEAPOLIS baWa
commenced crusade against trans
SCISSORS, and action will be brought
1EorIt u5"insl nose nose who have been doing
work on Sunday. is
Market hall was crowded Nondav o,,o,;u-
70 nsten to Walter Thomas Mills on e.Dinns
ine a.lon n1o organized labor and the WORK
tiis classes generally turned out in Iorn
nulnDers Grant Robinson of the T Tabor 50 80
oanse' ns' acted as chairman. Mr. Mills is an
baant mese " advocate OF measures dear to the
nedII OF the laboring classes generally auono
Which are the initiative and referendunas
Which ne knew from observation to he nran
@ Ilcai by adopting them all citizens would
With the equaI @ rlghts, and it would do away
mllH the present system OF embodyng their
lueaS or wishes in the personality of third
person. who oftentimes BETRAYED the trust
agposed ,Ilo IN him by too-confding public He
dISo cidlmeu that municipal governments
%oulu De greatly improved if important or
dlnances were submitted to the people for ac
I eeptance or rejection, and legislation would
be simpliied If all laws were secured nv
! popular majorities.
Labor Commissioner Powers has just re-
celVed from England a pamphlet of a sta
| llstlcai nature treating on labor disputes and
/ strikes in that country in 1895 During that
year there occurred 1,O61 strikes and disputes
wnlle the number of people directly inter-
ested in them was 324245.
The carriers association was largely rep-
resented at the funeral of DR.. Day Wednes-
DAY. Many OF them had carried mail for
Uncle Sam when the doctor was postmaster
and all speak of him in the highest praise
+ The Letter Carriers association met in
| Nc. l of Assembly halls Saturday evening of
I last week Owing to the resignation of the
| former incumbent of the Office of sergeant
+ alarms, j. NJ. Clark was elected for the re-
! mainder of the term. AT this meeting the
| carriers decided to give musical and liter
| ary entertainment on Saturday night April
4. Admission will be confined to members
! and their families. Three candidates were
! initiated. After adjournment, a fashIight
| picture of the distributors of good and bad
tidings was taken.
| At Saturday evenings meeting among
| other business TO come UP of interest to the
local pressmen, was the nomination of Of
| icers for the ensuing year also a delegate
| to attend the convention of the international
association to be held at Chicago some time
| during June. The election will take place
| at the next regular session, April 4. spe-
| cial meeting of the union, for the purpose
! of revising the constitution so that it will
| conform to that of the International Print
! ing Pressmen's union, is called for the even
! ing of Saturday, March 21 Committees were
| appointed to make arrangements for a dance
| to be given May 2
On Monday evening the Socialist Labor
| party met at the Globe hotel, on Sixth
! street. A paper read by A. Paradis,
| who took for his subject THE Free Coinage
of Silver Is Not the Permanent Question for
| Workingmen to Consider" After consider
able discussion pro and con, and the problem
| still remaining unsolved, it was decided to
! call a meeting at Assembly hall tomorrow
| fnT fhn TNIIrr Of n lnh