The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-03-26
LOCAL NOTES.

The Label League meets Monday
night at Odd Fellows hall
If the goods have a union label you
know they are fair product
CIV. Greer, who went as far as Fort
Wrangel on the Klondike road, has
come home.
The Building Trades Council elected
Mr.. Healey delegate to the Home Con-
sumers' league.
w. D. Tomlin, secretary of the steam
engineers, was elected delegate to the
Home Consumers league.
In all probability the cooks and fire.
men of the tugs will be organized be-
fore the season opens.
Mrs. w. E. McEwen, wife of President
McEwen of the Trades Assembly, is
quite seriously i'll.
There is some talk of establishing a
labor headquarters and liberal offers are
being made IN the way of hall service.
The first arrival from the north shore
was recorded this week and Thursday
the harbor tugs began opening the
channels.
Frank Schultz claims he has a plan
that will win the $40 prize the cigar
makers are offering for the cheapest and
best way of advertising the blue label.
And ordinance by Alderman Simpson
was introduced Monday night fixing the
annual rental of telephones at SIS in
residences and S25 in business houses.
"A consignment of valves for the hold
ers of the Prindle franchise has set
afoot the suspicion that Mr.. Prindle in
tends to exercise his option.
Endorsements of the Home Consum-
ers' league have been received from the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners,
the steamftters' union and the book
binders union.
The public schools will be closed next
week for the spring vacation. Examln-
atoms for teachers in certain cases will
be held Friday and Saturday.
George Brown, proprietor of the
Lyceum barber shop, and family, have
returned from trip to the Pacific
coast.
Get all your friends to patronize
laundry that employs union labor, that's
all. Then you won't have to use the
Objectionable word boycott. 49,.
The porters' union is now affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor
and will hold regular meetings the first
and third Thursdays of each month at
the marine engineers hall.
Secretary Tomlin reports the national
union of steam engineers to he in
1ourishing condition and many applica-
tions for membership are being re-
ceived. ~.
Build up union interests and union
trade and it doesn't matter what be-
comes of the non-union trade. It is
sometimes easier to draw the Goals
away from a flame than it is to blow it
out. :
The communication from the Trades
Assembly asking that eight hours bs
made legal day in all city work, was
referred by the council to the committee
on ordinances. IN.
The sentiments of organized labor on
the subject of home consumption will
be presented at the meeting of the
Home Consumers league at the Y. M.
G. A. rooms Monday evening.
It is reported that interested persons
will try to have ~ or 5 per cent bonds
issued in the water purchase deal.
Mayor Truelsen says he knows that As
will find a market and no higher inter
est will be offered if he can help it..
Through the efforts of the steam en-
gineers' union, working on the plan
adopted by the Home Consumers
league, q large steam boiler which other
wise would have been built in Chicago,
is now being built in Duluth.
IF we don't somebody else will'' seems
to be the attitude of all parties az the
lumber jack comes out of the woods.
And about the only kind interest Jack
receives is an anxiety lest some other
fellow will get the chance to rob him
first.
The retail grocers association is re-
vived. Monday night they decided that
they need trades union in their bust
ness-rather sooner than the Labor
World supposed they would find it out.
AS condition of union it was agreed to
abolish the coupon or trading check
system, which indirectly cut prices.
The Place to Buy.
Don't miss reading G. w. Ericson's
ad. in this issue. Ericsons store is the