The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-05-14
LOCAL NOTES.

Hank Dworschak is now styled alder
man-at large.
The telephone girls of Indianapolis
will form union.
Covington, KY, ladies union label
league has 600 members.
Saginaw, Mich. has six members OF
organized labor in the city council.
All the union laundry workers are
employed and the union is in good
shape.
Marks Bros. Co., will commence their
engagement at Normanna Hall on Mon
day, May I6.
D. D. McGinnis will represent the
American agents association at Winona,
on juno 4th.
NV. Richardson has been selected by
the carpenters union to represent that
body at Winona.
The members of the local carpenters
union held dance in Browns hall,
Tuesday evening, with good attendance.
The theatrical employees will be rep
resented at the state federation by Dave
Evans, of the bartenders' union.
Mrs. F. II. Lounsbelry is visiting rela
tives at Verndale and will be absent
about six weeks.
Mrs. w. E. McEwen is visiting friends
in Minneapolis and regaining health
after her long illness.
Joseph Valentine, of San Francisco,
has succeeded M. M. Garland as fourth
vice president of the A. F. ct L.
There was a regular meeting OF the
bartenders' union Sunday and the gath
ering was very social one.
The retail clerk will most likely be or
garized next week as some progress has
already been made in that direction.
H. H. Paulson Of the cigarmakers
union has been elected a delegate to the
Trades Assembly, W. Schwartz resigned
With the aid of machinery 100000
men now do the work which few
years ago required the labor of l6,0oO,-
600.
Many tickets are being sold for the
lecture on "Dreamers and Workers" to
be given by Mr.. Alfred McCallum on
Thursday, May 10th at the Lyceum.
Grove company, chewing gum manu-
facturers, Salem, Ohio, is on the unfair
list. Their brands are: pepsin, Jersey
fruit and fruit favors.
The two last reports of the carpenters
union were to the effect that. the mem.
bers were pretty generally all working
but on repair work as little or no new
work was being done.
The lecture on Labels which was to
have been delivered by F. H. Louns-
berry at the last meeting Of the label
league was postponed until May %. The
meeting is an open one and an invitation
is extended to all. d -.
Tomorrow, Sunday, May 18th, will
close the contest for the $40 prize offered
by the cigarmakers' union for the best
and cheapest plan for advertising the
blue label. IT,.
The Western Passengers association
has agreed to give rate of one and one
third to delegates to Winona, providing
there is one hundred in attendance. The
fare in this case will be $685. for
the round trip for Duluth delegates.
The consignment of blue label playing
cards has been received by the cigar
makers. Members of lodges, clubs, etc.,
can be accommodated by applying to
julius Dworschak, 81 West Superior
street, upstairs. II.
The committee on organizing the bar
bers of West Superior has been selected
and consists of H. E. McCullum, Josiah
Brown, j. P. johnson and George Fifer.
The meeting will be held Sunday when
many of the local union men expect to
be present. 49,.
The Colorado state federation of
labor has just closed most successful
meeting at Colorado Springs. The ex-
ecutive board reported that an increase
of about 5000 had been made in the
past year. The treasurer reported the
federation in good financial shape.
About $1,000 had been raised during
the year for organizing purposes and of
this amount half is still in the treasury.
Joy Pollard, a member of the miners
union, was elected president