The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-12-18
LABOR IN COUNCIL.
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Submits a Program of Reform
Measures to the Charter
Commission.
Gompers Coming to the North.
west-Labor Day Finances
Show a Small Deficit.

Reports of unions at the Trades Assem-
bly, meeting as to conditions Of trade is
| characterized by much uncertainty.
No two delegates, when they say trade
/ is fair, mean the same thing. The del
egate from the boiler makers union at
the last meeting, however, defined the
| word fair" so as to hereafter leave no
ambiguity. "Trade," he said, "is fair;
half the men are working" Those who
base their brags about the return of
prosperity on these reports will hereafter
have to revise their evidence. These re-
ports are peculiar things anyway. With
some unions the character of the report,
regardless of other considerations, al
ways varies with the delegate making it.,
and with some delegates with the cir
cumstance as to whether or not the DEL
egate is himself working.
The organization committee reported
further progress IN getting the station
ary engineers started. The Imperial
boycott committee reported that Church
was absent, the directors had held no
meeting and the officials interviewed as
to the proposed settlement were very
glum. Delegate Weiss, of Superior,
said that the company in Detroit had
applied for an Injunction against tho
central body working the boycott, but
had been turned down by the courts. It
was said the mill is about to shut down
for the winter. Blk told of city en-
ploye who said he would buy that flour
just because there was a boycott on it.
The committee will Investigate.
|; President McEwen reported for the
labor day committee that the receipts
were $642.17 and the disbursements
$508.40. In receipts were included the
loan of 500 advanced by the trades
assembly, so that tho actual balance on
hand is $3377. Under the contract the
driving park management has put in a
claim for something over $50. so that if
this be paid the assembly will be about
$50 in the hole.
Gordon O'Neil reported for the CON-
mittee to visit the liquor dealers associ-
alton that the latter had instructed its
secretary to inform the Quincy Show
Case works that none Of it's members
could purchase it's goods until trouble
with the wood workers had, been settled.
The committee to solicit funds for the
continuance Of the economic discussions
reported success. President McEwen
explained in detail the progress being
made with the bazaar project and the
committee from the Economic club sub
mitted the reform which it. is proposed,
on behalf of the workingmen, to ask to
have inserted in the new charter.
There was no discussion to speak of.
A number Of questions were asked and
satisfactorily answered. Delegate Find
Icy made few remarks in which he re-
ferred to the charter commissions evil
dent distrust of the people and their
efforts to curtail the powers of the coun-
Gil. The council. he said, is that feature
Of the city government that came most
directly from the people and, right or
wrong, the people have to depend most
ests. His remarks were received with |
applause and the report of the commit
tee unanimously adopted. The commit
tee was continued to present the report
to the ommission.
! A communication from the twin cities |
said the reports sent out from there that ,
Foote, Schulze & Co. had made an as
Segment was false. It was a dodge to
break the force Of the boycott. !
Another communication was read
from President Collins of the state fed
GRAFTON in regard to the visit of Presi- !
dent Gompers; of the A. F. of L.; Presi-
dent .Ratchford. of the U. M. w.; and !
President Martin Fox, of the Iron
Moulders' union, to the Northwest.
Mr.. Savard said that i would be good !
thing to have MIR: Gompers visit Duluth |
during the bazaar and the president was
instructed to arrange with President
Collins to that end. >~ - &.
The committee on economic discus
sions reported the remaining topics and
leaders for the series of meetings, as
printed in the last issue of the LABOR |
WORLD.
Mr.. Palmer suggested the sending of
a letter to the Nashville convention ell
dorsing the postal savings bank system.
A motion to that effect was carried. A
committee, composed Of Delegates
Baker, Julius Dworschak and Richard
son we're appointed to work with Mr..
Palmer in further agitation of this re-
form in Duluth.
Delegate Cobb received letter from
Spring Valley, ILL.,, acknowledging the
assistance rendered by Duluth to the
representatives of the Spring Valley
miners.
An invitation to attend the meetings
of the socialist labor party was received
and filed: A committee was appointed
to visit the shoe dealers in the interest
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