The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-09

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The report of the executive council of
! the State Federation of Labor to the
! next convention of that body was out
lined at a meeting of the council held
Tuesday evening". The recommends
lions which will be contained in the
| report are of considerable Importance
| and of an interesting nature, not only
| to organized labor, but to the general
| public and sundry politicians as we'll.
| A recommendation of interest to the
| last named class proposes the creation
! of fund which will be at the disposal
| of the council to be used in circulating
| and giving publicity generally to the
| records of legislators up for reelection.
| The object is to secure the defeat of
| those who have proved themselves I'M
| friendly to organized labor and the
| election of those whose attitude in the
| past has been one of fairness to labor
measures.
Letters were read at the meeting of
| the council from President Mckinley,
/ Senator Davis and Representatives
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| tive to the rumored candidacy Of State
i Senator w. E. Cullzin as commissioner
| of the United States land office at Du-
| luth. The fight against the senator's
appointment will be continued.
| Arrangements are being made for
! the st. Cloud convention of the fed
| Grafton, to be held on June Is, and
many unions are reported as having
already elected delegates. A fare and
one-third rate has been granted by the
railroads, and it is hoped that every
union in the state will be represented.
| The carpenters of Minneapolis have
[ passed the 600 mark in their work OF
organization, and are now making for
the 1000 mark. John Swift, the union
organizer, says the organization start
ed with twenty-seven members, and at
! the present time there are over $50 on
the rolls, and before the first of next
year there will be over twelve hundred
names on the membership list; or, in
other words every carpenter in the
city will have been enrolled. The union
was organized on broad lines, all par
tisanship- is kept out of the organiza-
tion and the carpenters are being edu-
Gated in economic subjects.
The local union is anxious to reach
similar state of perfection, and at
| Tuesdays meeting, when it was an
nounced that a dispensation had been
/ received from headquarters allowing a
temporary reduction in the initiation
fee to so cents, it was determined to
elect walking delegate, whose whole
time is to be devoted to the work of
securing new members. G, II. STRAIT
tor was chosen to the new position.
A communication was read at the
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+ that the New York district councils
I have decided to handle no manufact-
Jred material shipped in from other
| points unless the same was produced by
union workmen working eight hours
per day at no less than 45 cents per
hour. Architects and builders all over
the country have been notified Of the
decision.
Only one delegate will be sent to the
Detroit convention of the International
Printing Pressmens union, which meets
on June Is, by the pressfeeders' and
Job pressmen's union. This was de-
termined Thursday evening when the
previous decision to send two was re-
considered and an election ordered to
choose between the supposedly fortu-
nate delegates-elect of the meeting
before. Frank Pampusch and ]. j.
O'Rourke. The result of the ballot
was a victory for the former. MI
Pampusch acknowledged his thanks
and appreciation of the honor conferred
upon him and promised to exert every
energy in behalf of the particular
branch of the printing craft which the
union represented. j. j. ORourke also
made brief address, in which he COM
mended the choice of the union and ex-
pressed himself as perfectly satisfied
with the result. Three new members
Cd nd
was made in favor of the State Fed
Grafton of Labor legislative fund. Il
L. Mcdonald was appointed to va
cancy on the auditing board. Dele
gates will be chosen at the next meet
ing to the convention of the fedora
ton Of labor.
Over $50 couples attended the fifth
annual. dancing party given at As
sembly hall last Saturday evening by
the pressfeeders' and job pressmen's
union. Twenty-four numbers were
danced to the excellent and up-to-date
music of the popular J. H. Brass union
orchestra, and a good time was en-
joyed by every one of the unusually
large number Of dancers in attend
ance A feature of the evening was
the elaborate supper served, under the
direction of Chief Jim Mccarthy, being
like unto a banquet rather than the
committees who managed the event
under the. direction of Master of Cere-
monies Frank PampuScn, were as foI-
lows: Floor, William Marek. ]. p.
Schroeder, J. E. Hofbauer and Frank
Manshek; reception, j.. L. McGeehan
II. l.. Mcdonald, c. A. Rinke, ]. j.
O'Rourke and Frank Mccullough. Over
S125 will be realized as a net result OF
the event. .
A number Of vacancies in it's staff
of officers were filed by the bindery
girls union at it's regular meeting Mon
day evening by the election of Mollie
Devereaux to the vice presidency, and
of Rose Parquette as delegate to the
label league. The call for the next
semi-annuaI convention Of the State
Federation of Labor, which will be
held in Sit. Cloud on June Is, was read
4 and the election for delegates resulted
in the choice of the same able young
ladies who represented the union in the
December convention, Maggie Mcclure
and Annie Nachtshefm. A committee
Of five of which Gertie Burch was
| made chairman, was appointed to ar
range for an ice cream social and hop
to occur in Assembly hall on June TO-
The other members Of the committee
are Cornelia Carter, Nellie Milan, Liz
zie Heider and Nellie Klein. Five new
| members were received by invitation
| and two applications for membership
filed.
Another conference, In which the
| journeymen coopers, trades and labor
| council, boss brewers and boss coopers
will be represented will be held in Min
neapolis tomorrow, when it is expect
/ ed that the first step toward an adj
iusfment Of the cooperS difficulties ex-