The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-10-16
BOYCOTT STILL ON.
hoodoo on imperial miI' Pro.
duct Not Yet Lifted Speedy
Settlement Hoped For.
Laundry Workers in Trouble
Employers Alleged to Use
tho Black List.

The trades assembly meeting Frida.
evening developed nothing of particula
interest except the laundry workers
trouble with the association proprietor
and the session was shorter than usual
The laundry workers. grievance wa
brought up early in the session. Presi
dent McMurchy explained the position
of the union. He told how the associa
tion was endeavoring to break up theil
organization and virtually black -listeo
every member who insisted on living w
to his duty as union man to his fellow
craftsmen. He explained that Berger
had been expelled for refusal to submit
to discipline and then had been taker
into the service of the association and
was now by misrepresentation seeking
to discredit the union with the public
The Importance of standing by the only
two union laundries in the city was also
emphasized. The association of laun.
dries, while employing union help in
most instances, do not display the union
shop card, and SO long as they persist in
blacklisting, members of the union
would not be allowed to do so. The
fair laundries are the only hope of the
members of the union for employment
in the city, as all that would be necess-
ary, had the association full control,
would be for one of the latter to dis
charge a member whose activity they
did not appreciate, for some trumped up
offence, and he would be compelled to
leave town.
Miss GuiIbeault, manager of the
Globe, was also present and detailed the
methods employed by the association to
ruin her trade.
The delegates were instructed to re-
port the situation back to their unions
and delegates Mueller, johnson, Dwor-
schak, Scott and Baker were appointed
a committee to draft resolutions inform
ing the laundry proprietors' association
that it must reform or there would be
war.
The committee to wait on the mana.
ger of the Parlor theatre made it's re-
port. Mr.. Dahlsteins reply was not sat-
isfactory, nor in accordance with the
story told by the draymen. Delegate
Harwood said committee from his
union had been invited to emigrate
where ice never grows, so Mr.. Harwood
was added to the committee and the
Parlor man will be interviewed again.
Delegates johnson, Baker and Walter
johnson were appointed committee to
assist the painters in bringing some un-
fair firms to time.
In the matter of the work on the
dredges, Delegate Allard of Superior
reported that they had communication
from the secretary of war. The matter
was continued to give the committee
time to interview the United States at.
torney.
The discussion was postponed until
next Friday evening. Delegate Savard,
for the benefit OF anyone who wanted a
debate, announced that in discussing
the Initiative and Referendum he would
take position in favor of those reforms.
In this connection Acting President
Cobb announced the course of Ely lec-
lures and said that Prof. Ely was the
author of the History of the Labor
Movement" the only adequate work of
the kind in existence.
Delegate johnson asked the members
from the Superior trades assembly to do
something to assist the wood-workers.
A request for assistance was also made
on behalf of the laundry workers
across the bay, and strong delegation
will probably visit Superior in short
time.
Acting President Cobb brought up the
boycott on the Imperial Mill and said
that report in some manner had gained
currency among certain classes of peo-
pie, who were little in touch with organ
lied labor, that the mill had been bov-
cotted because it had put in some ma
chinery; that then the mill sent the ma
chinery back, but still the obstreperous
unionists refused to lift the bovcott.
Members of the committee emphatically
denied that there was any other differ
ence between the union other than the
use of union made barrels. The
committee announced that negotiations
we're still in progress. In this connec.
nection, however, it was impressed upon
the members that the boycott was not
lifted by the mere fact that negotiations
we're pending. This thing has been
holding fire for about three months, but
We are apparently no nearer the end than
when we started. The prevailing senti.
ment is, however, that settlem ent if
in sight. H..