The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-31

laH.E)((E
been acquired by those actively interested in
| its work. The league was handicapped from
| its inception, insomuch as there was not
| successful body in the country with similar
| objects after which the local organization
might pattern. The experience OF four
| months has demonstrated several Things.
| First, it is deemed too large ana unWieldy
| for the speedy accomplishment of its single
| purpose. Second, that representation shoulu
! be restricted to those who have a direct IN
terest in its work, namely, unions or COM
| binations Of unions, which nave laDeis OF
| shop cards thus centrahZing and eXpedltlng
| the work. The league at its last meeting aP-
| pointed committee on reorganization, ana
| meeting will be held at o'clock THIS after
! noon to consider the matter, when IL is prop
| able a recommendation Will be formulated
/ that the league reorganize on basis Oh one
| delegate from each union having label OF
| shop card. 1t is possible that plan to merge
! with the trades assembly, within which the
! work could be prosecuted with as good elect'
! will find favor However, whatever the dlS-
position, the work underway will be contln-
| ued as if nothing happened. The com
mittee which is preparing to issue the d.
| rectorv of places where union label-bearlng
goods may be obtained will also meet THIS
! afternoon to prepare its plans
1t is reported that convict labor bill is
| in course of preparation, and Will De lntro-
duced in the Illinois legislature as soon as
completed. 1t will provide for uniform text
| books, TO be manufactured by conVlcts me
books to be distributed free, and the paper
used in the manufacture to be made by the
convicts ard the books printed complete
This is in direct accordance with the views ex-
| pressed by Gov. Tanner in his Inaugural! ad-
! dress and is a proposition that it is safe to
! say the printers Of the state will oppose to
the bitter end Such a movement, II Is
claimed, would make paupers OF tne printers ,siI5
of Illinois. and a convict labor bill that Wlli
work so much injury to hourishing indus
try is net the one to fill a long-felt want
The tenth annual ball Of st. Paul Lodge
No. 122 Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
given last Wednesday evening, was a sue
cess in every way. The dancing hall was
deliberately decorated for the occasion Ihree
huge locomotive headlights, hundreds of red,
white and green lanterns, flags flowers, ever
greens and bunting had transformed the hall
into charming bower. The attendance was
large, over 200 couples, including delegations
| from Minneapolis and Saltwater, taking part
! in the festivities. The dancing programme,
decorated with scenes from the every day life
of a member of the order, contained thirty
one dances, and few were the ones missed by
the CUES 5. At midnight a supper was served
Dy INN Idul6S OF the auxiliary t0dSe. ne
following We're the committee on arrange
ments: J. P. Gallagher, II. P. Ellerbeck,
Thomas Clark, w. F. Morgan, H. P. Con-
nors, W. J. Mahoney.
The stage employees union is waging vigor-
Gus on the Metropolitan opera house.
Meetings are held every night, when men
are told off to dc picket duty. During the
week the following official statement was
| issued by the union: The grievance against
the house has existed for two years. Com
/ froV,7 h.
sembly repeatedly asked for it's adjustment
but we're fatty refused. In few instances
Mr.. Scott the manager, does pay the union
scale. In a majority of cases however he
pays far less than the union rate. 1t may
be true that Mr.. Scott has heard no griev-
ance from his men, but they did complain of
their low wages to the union and asked that
1t intercede in their behalf because they
feared that if they made complaint to Mr..
Scott he would discharge them at once. It is
we'll known in labor circles that Mr. Scott has
forced some of his men TO withdraw from
the union, and thus proved his enmity to
organized labor in general and to the theatre
cal stage employees in particular We also
deny thar we have ever asked for the dis
charge Of any of Mr.. SCOTS old employees
bill has been introduced in the house Of
representatives at Washington by Congress
man G. n. S0uthwick Of Albany N V
establishing 81 a day the minimum rate
OF wages to be paid by the government for
manual or unskilled labor This is a matter
, OF signal Importance to all wage earners
now important VIII be seen when it is known
that at posts where the government EMPLOYS
considerable number of laborers the rate
PAID thes9 government 5laborers has invariably
| Influenced the rate paid by contractors and
others IN that section of the country In fact
instances have been known where q reduction
nIaae IN the wages paid government Iaborers
would be Immediately followed by the reduc
tloh IN the wages Of laborers EMPLOYED nv
private parties. ~
me musicians union takes a. lively inter-
r noo ~ me trades and labor assemby's open
IrII,,ltgs; several Of the members appearing
T T4iuHCdiILy each evening to render selections
me union has expressed a desire to annaar
III 0ody with their instruments on some
n oitte occasion, and the organization com
mlCtee OF the trades assembly. who have
! charge Of those meetings, are deyisinq means
whereby they can take advantage of the offer.
The following item appeared in the nonors
last week: GU III Che papers
W, me state treasurer has received from the
western Union Telegraph company SIG 9O6 20
IN payment Of the tax imposed nv The CO..
stltutfonal amendment for the taxafion nf
these companies at the last election The
laA Is IS mills on valuation of 1855. 500 The
payment was made under protest as tba to1
go So aPh companies propose to test the valid
Ily OF the new plan of taxation in the courts
VIII the constitution be declared unconsfi
tutional? q
=, Inc state Labor JournaI, successor to The
;;adSnoila waters Sentinel, of Minneapolis
Iaoueu its hrsI NUMBER yesterday. r. G. Har-
Vey Is editor and Edward c. Seibert is man
ager: 1t is to be seven-column weekly de-
voted to union labor and the union iaheI
me journal is ambitious and hopes in time to
not oniy Ill the Twin City field but a ma
tional demand. =" H'-
The retail clerks held meeting m Wednes-
day evening, which was well attended Ar
engagements were completed for their card
party TO be given on Wednesday, FEB. 8.
J0hn d. Peterson was elected vice Dresi1ant
to I'LL a vacancy. Ed Lotus was elected tn
the label league -
The quarterly report of the national secre
tary showed that the receipts were 81. 500 in
excess CT the expenditures
The bricklayers union Thursday evening
approved the report of the Twin City confer
ence committee making the wages for the
coming season 40 cents an hour.
Henry Feyder, secretary Of the cigarmak
ers union, is confined to his home with an
attack OF lung fever. Frank Haelmut is
acting as secretary in the meantime.
The joint agitation committee of the St.
Paul and Minneapolis cigarmakers' unions
last week decided to meet regularly in this
city hereafter. The Blue Label Advocate will
De issued one week earlier than usual
The Webb press helpers union reports that
they have enrolled every helper in the CITY
This organization will hold an imDortant
meeting tomorrow evening.
The bakers union has succeeded in intro-
uuclng It's union cracker label in this city
and the members are much pleased as a re-
{ FNa rrTIO