The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-04-16
LOCAL NOTES.


The new printing trades labels have
been distributed among the union
houses. See that it is on your printing.
B. G. Ferguson ls now in Seattle and
promises to keep the Typographical union
posted on Klondyke matters.
Mrs. McEwen. wife of President Nc
Even of the Trades Assembly, is i'm
proving after several weeks of severe
illness.
The marine engineers gave their an
nual ball at Odd Fellows hall Thursday
evening. About sixty couples we're
present.
The Home Consumers league is max
ing progress against those who find an
Individual interest in sending their work
out of town.
President Gompers is in Kansas City
trying to fix up the trouble between the
labor organizations and the Armour
Packing company.
An effort is under way to revive the
old produce exchange. The first meet
ing resulted in no quorum, which was
much the way of the old organization.
The cigarmakers request that mem
Z bers of organized labor refrain from
smoking the products of L. Livine and
Oliver Cole, as they are both producers
of scab cigars
Alfred McCallum, of the cigarmakers'
union, who has been to the Hot Springs
for the past three months undergoing
treatment for rheumatism, has returned
home fully recovered.
The freight handlers union has elect
ed James Dunn, president; Samuel SEQ
va, vice president; Frank Burk, record
ing secretary; Frank Willet, financial
secretary, Stephen Harkey, treasur er
and Peter Corrigan, marshall. -
The johnson Nickel Mining company
is said to have $4,000 acres Of land in
Z Cook county bearing the oest quality OF
nickel steel ore. And after it is stripped
they expect to dig up high grade armor
plate. Everything grows in northern
Minnesota.
The demand for union labelled cigars
is increasing, in conseq uence of the good
work being done by committees appoint
ed by other unions to assist the cigar
makers. In view of the able assistance
given by other unions the cigarmakers
union at the next meeting will appoint
a standing committee. of about five to
give assistance, of any nature, to all
unions desiring help. 81
The; Socialist j. Labor Party: held "a
meeting last Sunday night at Norman
ma hall. Mr.. Opperman gave an inter-
esting add-ass on Hard Times" There
was a good crowd present. These meet
ings are growing in favor as they are
becoming better known to the thinking |
people of Duluth. / !
The brotherhood of locomotive engin-
GERS and the brotherhood ct locomotive
firemen held their first annual ball last
Monday evening at the Armory. About
200 couples danced to music by Flaaten's |
orchestra. Refreshments were served
by Mitchell's restaurant.
There was another land Office rush |
Wednesday morning. For one piece OF
land with pine said to be valuable, there
we're twenty claimants. The state might
make much better use of it's natural
resources-it happens to be the federal
government in these cases-than to give
it away to men who sell it to the timber
man for half price. ..=
The prize of slO offered by the cigar
makers union for the best and cheapest
plan to advertise the blue label, is Great
ing considerable interest. One enthusi-
asst advanced very gooa idea in this
way: Each and every citizen appoint
himself committee of one and when
ever calling for cigar demand the
union label. Really, if this were done
there would be no need of ADVERTISING
the blue label. =,
A branch of the national alliance OF
hotel and restaurant employees was
formed in Duluth Thursday night. The
alliance includes cooks, bakers and wait
ers and these three unions in Duluth
form the chapter. The first officers are
David Lapham president, Thomas sa-
ward vice-president, John Bumpus re-
cording secretary. D. S. Wood CORE
spending secretary, Frank Jamison
treasurer, G. w. Carpenter seargent-at-
arms. David Lapham was elected dele
gate to the June convention of the state
federation of labor. Thomas Savard
was made delegate to the annual con-
vention of the national alliance, also in
June, with instructions to vote against
the present vice president and secretary
of the national body.