The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-02

cfal meeting at Assembly hall Tuesday even.
Ing 1t was secret session.
At their last meeting the bindery girls
union adopted a constitution and bylaws.
Harry Franklin addressed the members on
the advfsability of taking part in the Labor
day parade, and the union, after Harry s
lecture, voted to turn out en- masse Miss
Kate Heating, a prominent member of the
United Garment Workers of America made
a few remarks on the benefits of organiza-
ton.
Three members from the Minneapolis union
attended the Monday evening session of the
local boilermakers organization. The mem
bers have always turned out in large num-
bers in the paradeL on Labor day, and will
have the usual representation Monday, Sept
.. {. several communications were received.
one from the American Federation of Labor,
requesting members ito abstain from smoking
certain boycotted CIGARS 39slyE
From 1881 to the middle of 1894 there were
Il, $50 strikes, which affected 69167 establish
ments. throwing 3,714,40 employees out of
WORK ana causing asmonetary loss as follows:
wage loss, by strikes, $163, S07, S66; lockouts
S26 6S5, BIC; loss to employers, by strikes $50 :
6sOSS6; by lockouts, $12,235 ,451. -
The Order of Railway Conductors will meet
at Knights of Pythias hail. Bowlby block.
this afternoon at 8 O'Clock Several new
members will take the initiatory, degree, one
OF OF whom has been in the railway service for
members of the order in st. Paul at the pres
ent time and about $50 in Minneapolis = -
The plumbers union installed officers at the
meeting held Tuesday evening. One applica-
ton was received and referred to the proper
committee for investigation. A communica-
ton was received from the general secretary
OF the international cigarmakers' union in
forming the plumbers that the boycott against
oLenDerg g Co., manufacturers of cigars and
tobacco, had been declared off as fhe Arm
had unionized their factory The following
were the officers installed: President. g. r
Leonard; vice president, James Doherty; re-
corolng secretary, P. A. McQuillan; financial
Stark.
All loyal union men should be in line in
show ones colors
John Elliott, secretary of Bricklavers'
benevolent Union No. |, has gone to Madi-
son, Wis, where he will remain for he next
TWO months. Oscar Berger, treasurer Of the
union, In the absence of john is acting
as secretary. At Thursday evenings meet
ing two applications were received, and a
large batch is expected at the next session
G. H. Brown, of the stage employees I'M
ion, says the next convention of the. inter-
national union will be held at Buffalo NJ
Y, the third week in July, 1897
The pressfeeders' union protest against the
use OF the label by the Vokszeitung job
printing office, because 1T has in its employ
an apprentice pressman whose application
was rejected by the unon.2 Steps will rS~b-
ably be taken to deprive the office OF the
of the same. AIS
The executive board of the cigarmakers'
union. j. F. Krieger vice president, acting
as chairman, met at Assembly halls Thurs
day afternoon. communication was received
from the American Federation of Labor call
ing attention to boycott placed on the prod
ucts of firm manufacturing cigars and to-
bacco in New Yorw city; also one from the
iron moiders' union of Detroit, Mich. boy
cotting stoves manufactured there Both COM
munications to the union for action The
board approved the application of the cigar
makers Of Montreal, Canada, to. strike, and
Der of the Louisville, KY union who has
been deprived of his eyesight. The money
Is raised to send him tor Philadelphia TO take
a course Of treatment in one OF the eye in
1rmaries there
The letter carriers band will go to Min
nehaha Sunday and play for the benefit of
the veterans Of the soldiers home
The Trades and Labor Assembly meets
Friday evening. Several committees, in
GLIDING the label grievance, agitation and or
ganzation, also the subcommittee of the
Labor day committee will make reports. The
officers elected at the last meeting will be
installed, and several measures of considerable
Importance will come up for action.
1t took ALT. Bailey of the Pioneer Press
job room chapel, just three days to go to Pipe
stone, 235 miles, on a Westminster bicycle
He returned on the cars, accompanied by his
wife, Friday evening.
Are the members of your union going to
parade on Labor day? If not, why not?
Charles A. Towne will deliver an address
to the workingmen Of Duluth and vicinity
on Labor day.