The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-11

The St Paul Trades and Labor assembly,
held its regular semi monthly meeting at AS
sembly hall last night. The following new
members were obligated: f. A. Sc0Dy aho
Ray Robinson, fraternal delegates from Mill
Deapolis; Otto Benz, from the local furriers'
union; Oscar Johnson, woodworkers; Thomas
kavanaugh, carpenters, and h. A. Moelier.
from the bookblnders. The semi-annuaI re-
port OF Financial Secretary Henry 9lese Jr.
was received and referred TO the board OF
trustees. me report showed that the re-
ceipts were $1,000 and the expenses S2oI.O7,
ana also showed a balance OF $il4.S0 ON hanc
from the year.
1ne report of the retiring treasurer, John
Klaus, was also received and referred TO the
board OF trustees. The newly elected officers
Were installed by retiring President Q. II;
Bonn After the installation +. Ii. Friend
announced the following standing commit
tees for the next six months:
Orsanizauon-J. +. hrieger, cigarmakers
ChaIIes Hillman. stsreotyp> rs; o. S. Cush-
la: J. A McDanlels iron workers.
GrieVance-Mi inam hamilton, stonecutters;
Thomas You'd, prsssmeni A. Moshner, litho-
grapherS; Z. Quincy, Typographical No. 81;
{. ii. Bonn, stage employees.
Press and Council-G. c. Collins, typograph-
ieal union; F. J. Boyle, pIessmen; Henry f'ey-
der, cigarmakers; A. G. Anderson, book
binders; p Grengard, bakers.
Label of the Union-John Veaus, Typo
Srapnia No. IS; l.. Banz, IrSss feeders; A. e.
Donaldson, Typographical No. 80; F. W. Fer
Agitaticn-G. h. Becker, BARRIERS; A.; &.
WoO0Oury, Typographical union; NJ. Fitch
tenau, cigarmakers; NJ w. Renkhorst, car
penters; h. l.. STANFORD, retail clerks
Tn following resolutions from the broom
makers. alreaoy lndcrsed by the State Fed
GRAFTON CT Labor, the St Paul and Minneapo-
lis broom makers ard the Minneapolis Trades
and Labor assembly was indorsed by the St.
Paul aSSemb Y:
1T has become necessary to call your at
tention to the fact that the St. Paul work
is haG hpln fnrS SO1oln in1a r,lo zinc
on the market of the Northwest a line Of
eonvict-made brooms thus robbing honest
labor of its due and filling your shelves with
inferior goods, at prices which give the re-
taller no profit. We feel that in buying these
goods you have been imposed upon, as the
institution named does not sell its goods II
the open market. but distributes them through
the New York Tea company of St. Paul.
1T is hardly necessary for us to say iha
prison made goods are inferior to legitimatel!
made goods. They are made by workmer
picked up from the streets of st. Paul, wh(
without having learned the trade are put t.
work on brooms, while it takes at least on'
years time to learn how to put up thes'
goods they should be.
We believe ii is to your interest both from
moral and financial standpoint to refus'
to handle the goods the New York Tea com
that you will realize a better profit on this
line of goods, if you pay living price ant
sell them at living profit. With the eX
ception of probably two Twin City jobbers
the prison made goods are not handled, ant
as there are broom factories in the Twill
Cities and throughout the state that emplo.
honest labor. your needs can be supplied
without handling the st. Paul workhous
goods
Copies of the resolutions are to be sent tt
all dealers in the Twin Cities. The press ant
council committee was instructed to take tn,
matter up and present the same to the city
council of st. Paul.
letter from Mayor Kiefer in reference
to the small bill! boards on telegraph pole.
was received and filed and the press ant
council committee instructed to bring tht
matter before the city council.
letter from the Chicago Federation of La
Dor, II reference to the boycott of the Chi
cago News and Chicago Record was unani
mously indorsed and the delegates were in
structed to bring the matter up for actor
before their respective unions.
The Bricklayers' Union No. 12, of Gales
burg ILL.,. notified the assembly that tht
differences between the union and the manu-
facturers had been satisfactorily adjusted ans
Secretary Feyder was instructed to notify the
city council of the fact.
The committee on state of trade reported
that the trade of ten unions was good, soul
fair, two dull, one poor and one very bad
State Organizer Krieger reported that he