The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-03

was managed by the following commit
tee: Reception, Ed Christopherson
Kate Heating, A. j. Kringle, Peter
Arth, Annie Nachtsheim and Henry
Feyder; introduction, Frank Hoffman
Frank Pampusch. Maggie Mcclure,
Charles Hillman and T.. F. Thomas;
floor, M. E. Murray, E. B. Lott, John
F. Krieger, c. H. Bonn and William
Matheson.
The retail clerks union Wednesday
evening elected officers as follows:
President, George B. Ashworth vice
president, A. Valleaux; recording sec
rotary, A. ]. f. Trudeau; financial Sec
rotary, G. M Thompson; treasurer, W.
J. Thone; trustees, L. D. Stickles, G. n.
Johnson and Sam Wilkes. Delegates to
the trades and labor assembly and the
label league will be elected at the next
meeting. Six applications for member
ship were received. A committee was
appointed to arrange for an entertain
ment or ball in the near future.
The Minneapolis walters have inaug-
urated a series of open social and edu-
catiOnal meetings. A lyceum society
has been organized to take charge Of
them, with J. Mcdonald president; F.
Pennington, vice president; w. VOL
colt, recording secretary; H. McDon-
aid, financial secretary and treasurer.
The theatrical stage employees union
has been endeavoring during the past
week to secure an agreement with the
management of the New Market thea
ter, whereby only union stage hands
would be employed in that house. The
union claims that the manager had
agreed to employ union men. but when
he was requested to attach his sigma
ture to q document binding him to that
effect he sets forth reasons which the
organization does not consider valid
At Tuesdays meeting Of the trade as
sembly the matter was introduced and
referred to the grievance committee for
adjustment.
The semi-annual election Of officers
Of the bricklayers' union, Thursday
evening, resulted in the choice of the
following for the various offices: Pres
ident, Timothy Jones; vice president,
Ed Powers; financial secretary, John
Elliott; recording secretary, George P.
Mccoy; treasurer Oscar Berger: trus-
tees, Charles Carlson, Fred Gehrman
and John Davis; delegates to trades as
sembly, William Brown and John Da-
Wis. 1t was decided not stot send a del
egate to the International convention,
which opens at Worcester. Mass. a,
week from tomorrow. l-s
The Joint agitation committee of the
cigarmakers' unions of the CITY and
Minneapolis, last week, appointed g.
committee to interview the Retail Cigar
Dealers Association Of MINNEAPOLIS
with view of securing from that or
ganization a decision to handle only
the union label product. Arrangements
for the future issuance and distribl1-
ton of the Blue Label Advocate vera
also considered. The committee pro-
poses to make the paper a sinteresting
and readable to the general public as
possible, and in this way make the agi-
tation 1t is perpetuating effective. The
next issue will be out Jan. 16. The COM
n1ittee meets again in MINNEAPOLIS
Jan. H.
The iron molders' union chose officers
for the ensuing term as follows at its
last meeting: President, George w.
Puppy; vice president, J. Hickey; finan-
cial secretary, Michael Fahey; record
ing secretary, G.. Hopkins; cOrrespon-
dent to official journal, Earnest Munns;
trustees, John O'Toole, John Burns and
Pat Farrell; delegate to trades assem-
bly,, John O'Toole.
Typographical Union No. 80 held an
emergency meeting at 6 o'clock last
Monday, when the scale reimbursement
at the West Publishing company was
approved, as reported by the executive
board and auxiliary committee. There
was a very good attendance.
The socialists Of the city gave a
Christmas entertainment at Assembly
halls last Sunday when an enjoyable
musical and literary programme was
rendered. Addresses were delivered by
d. A. Potter; Tom Lucas, who spoke