The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-05-29
Local Labor Notes.

labor.
The West Duluth sawmill work
ers held an open meeting at Great
Eastern hall last night. Mr.. Wood
and others made addresses.
The shoemaker's union have got
ten out their new shop cards.
Every union man should see that
his work goes to a shop that has
one on display.
Isaac Hill, who lost a leg as the
result of a cave-in at the Auburn
mine near Virginia, in the district
court, Tuesday, secured a verdict
against Winston Bros. of Minneap-
oils for $1,000.
w. S. Schwartz, member of the
cigarmakers' union, will represent
the label league at the convention
of the state federation of labor.
which will be held at st. Cloud,
June -. He is also a delegate to
the state label meeting which meets
at the same place.
Unions should take some steps
whereby reform literature could be
distributed among the members.
At the. present time majority OF
the members of the organization
read nothing but the metropolitan
dailies-the avowed and everlasting
enemies of organized labor.
At the Salt Lake meeting of the
Western Federation of Miners, the
following officers were elected"
President, Edward Boyce, Wardner,
Idaho; vice-president, ]. T.. Nc
Dowell, Virginia City, Nevada;
secretary-treasurer, James Maher,
Butte, Montana; delegate to Amer
lean Federation Of Labor, J. }.
Bennett, Delamar, Idaho.
The scale presented by the brew
erv workmen's union has not yet
been signed. The policy of the
organization is not to- make any
rash movements and to be sure of
the energetic cooperation Of their
national organization and the local
trades assembly. It is rumored
that a representative of the ma
tional organization will shortly
visit Duluth to investigate the local
situation. III
The State Federation meeting at
st. Cloud, June ID, is attracting con
siderable attention in Duluth.
About 40 delegates will go from
here, the largest ever in attend
ance from this city. The more per
feet organization of the state will
be the principle business before
the conventions: and an. attempt will
be made to put organizers in the
field and extend trade union doc
trine into every portion of the state.
An open meeting of the Central
Duluth saw mill workers was held
Sunday afternoon in Normanna
hall. Addresses were made by Or
ganizer Findley, President Nc
Even, Organizer Wood of c. /. o.,
and Mr.. James Travis. Mr.. Woods
address was eloquent and instrcut-
i've and highly appreciated by his
hearers. The attendance was large
and the interest highly indicative
of healthy growth of union prin-
ciples in Central Duluth.
The law licensing horseshoers
provides thateall horseshoers must
file an affidavit with the city clerk
within six months of April 16,
setting forth that they were en-
gagged in that trade on or before
that day, and on payment OF %
cents will receive a certificate en-
titling them to follow their trade.
After October Is, all horseshoers
coming into the state must pass an
examination before the state board
of horseshoers before being granted
a certificate.
The boycott on the Lacrosse
brownies is one that deserves the
hearty support of every fair
minded man in any part OF the
country where that product is
sold. 1t began with the locking
out of employees because they
would not forego their right to or
ganize; and the latest outrage in
connection Herewith has been the
imprisonment of. organizer +. }.
Weber of Milwaukee. on charge of
conspiracy, while attempting to
bring about settlement of the
difficulty. 1t looks as If the tree
dom we boast of so much in this
country were yet to be obtained