The labor world., 1899-12-09
DULUTH

The candymakers gave their dance
at the Armory Thanksgiving night and
| it was a very enjoyable affair.
! The city council has instructed the
| charter commission to hurry up the
charter work so that is can be voted
on 1T the approaching city election.
| The city has offered 100000 for the
water plant owned by the West Du-
luth Water and Light company. Thirty
days has been given the company to
accept 1T or else steps will be taken
looking toward the building Of new
plant owned by the city.
The Duluth Improvement associa-
| tion has had printed some very at
| tractive stationery, on which appears
very complete compilation Of data
concerning the city, its business, in
dustries, educational and it's many
other advantages as a shipping center.
| This stationery will be furnished free
to anybody wishing to correspond with
persons seeking a new location.
E. G. Siggers patent lawyer, WASH
ington, D. c., reports the following
patents granted to inventors in the
state of Minnesota: B. E. Benhardus,
St. Olaf, musical instrument; w. H.
Hanna, Montevideo, udder protector;
J. Hickey, st. Paul, car transom (three
patents); o. Johnson, Hibbing, tym-
pan-gage; w. T. Rolph, Minneapolis,
sofa and bed; G. G.. w. Wernicke,
Mankato, expansion pulley.
The site chosen for the new library
now belongs to the city, the last act
in the purchase having been closed
this week. The property is located at
Second street and First avenue west,
and includes 150x140 feet of the north
west corner of the street. AS Mr..
Carnegie has formerly approved
the selection, it is expected that he will
advance his gift of $4,000 in time to
begin the operation of the building the
coming spring.
| The final meeting of the season of
the local freighthandlers' association
was held Tuesday night at Browns
hall. The association is in a prosper
Gus condition. There are about 275
members and it has been a profitable
season. Next seasons work was dis
cussed incidentally and nothing new
was proposed. The men expect to re-
turn to work on the same plan as
! last spring. The matter of wages for
next year will not be discussed until
it is time to organize for the summer
That is usually done at the opening
of navigation or little before.
An adjourned meeting of the school
board held Tuesday evening the Sec
ton providing that all blank books
! stationery and other printed matter
! ordered by the board for the schools
that were the product of local printing
! houses bear the label Of the Interna-
| ticnal Typographical union, was Or
dered stricken out, on the ground that
it was class legislation. The unions OF
Duluth have not been as watchful OF
4 their interests as it seems they should
be- No doubt the Typographical union
of the city will take the matter up at
! once. And,g while they are attending
to this matter>of the union label il
might stand them well in hand to in
vcstigate the doings of the school board
and see if the laws of the state are
being lived up to with strict fidelity
i There are ! rumors: that certain tran
i sactions in the purchasing department
will not bear public inquiry nor be
I sustained by the law We may have
l occasion to speak of this later when
we have become better informed.