The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-24

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form of organization through which
| labor can hope to effect aught for the
| protection of society or II its own WEI
fare is the organization OF traces
| unions. 49,. E -
Labor is still power in the land;
| II is that power we invoke III II VIII
| but respond We can do good by pelhs
| faithful to it's interests and our CON
| victions The Union Advocate may Ole
the death of many such publications.
hut. while it lives, 1t will speak fear
lessiy and independently, Justly and
sGberly as becomes an American jour
nal advocating the cause OF tfaaes
unions and the American people
The executive council Of the state
| federation cf labor met last Tuesday
evening, every member being present.
President Neary, of the federation.
was also in attendance. All bllls or
| interest to labor introduced in the leg
jslature up to that time were reviewed.
and those suspected of hiding wood
chucks thoroughly dissected, the fed
erations representative in the third
house being instructed in accordance
with the findings. Arrangements were
made for the preparation ana 1ntfoduc-
!
heslying legislation demanded by the
fe leration. An interesting discussion
IL fssffUwed the Introduction in the meet
kirg*5Of the seEat e. resolution providing
dt4Or can investigation of the state laDof
4iburt&au. which was concluded with the
teaaCption OF the following resolution aP-
tilf9ving the action of the upper house:
Whereas. the State Federation of Labor, at
its meeting in December, adopted unanimously
| a resolution condemning the present c0mnls-
siorer of labor and his methods OF conducting
the labor bureau and
Whereas, That body asked the dismissal OF
said labor commissioner, and yet IN lace OIL lIs
protest he re-appolnted; ana
Whereas, Although its request was ignored,
we note that the senate has ordered an IN
yestgation of the bureau, and we feel That
this action is recognition OF our protest.
Resolved, That we heartily endorse the ac-
ton of the senate in appointing committee
OF investigation and clothing it with full
powers;
Resolved further, That we call upon the SEN
ate committee to thoroughly scrut1nize the
work of the bureau in every respect as pro-
vided in the terms Of the resolution creating
the committee.
After arranging TO retain an attorney
to represent the council in the investi-
CATION, an adjournment was taken to
tomorrow evening.
The stage employees transacted only
routine business aside from the con-
sideration of the unions boycott on the
Metropolitan Opera house Tuesday
evening The members of the union
declare that since Mr.. Scott has seen
fit to ventilate the subject through the
press by denying their statements of
| the situation, which they assert are
| true, that the fight will be prosecuted
with even more vigor than it has been
thus far. ~s=.s----.1
Resolutions were adopted by the
| trades assembly Friday evening in
dorsing the action of the senate in ap-
pointing a committee to Investigate the
state labor bureau. A strongly Worded
resolution. proposed by the text book
committee, criticiSing the city council S
action in the premises and thanking
those who supported the proposition.
The Union Advocate was accorded the
assembly's Endorsement and made it's
official organ.
The anti trust bills pending in the
| legislature were accorded very
| thorough airing, which concluded with
the adoption of the following resolu-
ton: 5,..-s. - a..4s
Whereas The interstate commerce law and
the Sherman antitrust law, both aimed os-
tensibly against trdsts, were used against
labor organizations;N tqe Ugh
Resolved, That the. trades assembly places
itself on record as opposed to the Sheehan and
Johns antitrust bills unless a section be
added exemptfng labor organizations from its
provisions. .
Labor Commissioner Powers has Sc
= lected as the members of the commits
sion to examine the applicants for the
position Of factory inspectors in the
department, f. M Armstrong man
ager of the Diamond saw mill in Min
. neapolis; J. H Gill, professor Of me
: chanical engineering at the state uni
md NON 0rIax
st. Paul Hoist and Derrick company
Prof. Gill will be chairman of the com
mission. The first meeting was held
last evening. when the date for the
= examination was fixed. There are three
5 factory fnspectorshfps to be filed, and
/ up to date there are sixteen candidates
2 for the places.
= The garment workers union Thurs
day endorsed the stage employees un-
ion boycott. Lillian Smith was elected
delegate to the trades assembly, vice
1 | Lizzie Stencil. resigned. One new mem
Der was initiated. A committee was ap-
? | pointed to visit all unions to urge
| patronage for union label goods only
t A union meeting OF the Brotherhood
| Of Locomotive Firemen embracing
New York, Pennsylvania. New Jersey
7 | Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, was held
! | in Cleveland. O., Thursday and Friday
:. | with First Vice Grand Master Harra
l | han, of Peoria. in the chair The meet
, | ing was held behind closed doors Be.
= tween 400 and 500 delegates We're In
z | attendance, as well as several grand
r officers Of the order At Thursdays
= session, work under the new constitu,
= | ton, adopted at the Galveston conyen-
{ ton last year was exen1plffied. One OF
the most important questions taken ul
at the meeting was the proposed FEEDER
: alton Of all railroad organizations into
one body. The Ohio delegates are max
ing a united effort to have the biennial
convention Of the order in 1900 held in
| Cleveland. and in this they will likely
be successful. The next biennial con
| ventiOn will be held in Toronto in 1898
| The local cigarmakers' union has
c1Osed1fup It's accounts for the past
: year and has again demonstrated its
} | values .tD the members as an agency
for, looking after the interests of the
craft. Its record for relieving the needs
] of members. brought on by the stress
I | of hard times and through sickness
: | Is especially commemorative The tota
/ receipts for the year exceed So, 900. Oh
= | this amount the following sums were
! expended in various benefits: To un-
employed members, s788.68; to sick