The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26

consideration making 1t unlawful for any
person OF corporation to compel or permit
miners to work under ground longer than
eight hours per day.
A. j. Br1tts, a former resident Of ST. Paul
but now a resident of Butte, Mont, where he
is member of the local carpenters union
was caller at Assembly hall last night To
u b reporter he said: Butte is almost
complete union city. One of the best unions
we have there is servant girls union which
mas a very large membership. A St. Paul
nrm OF contractors named Hennessey & Cox
were paying 81 an hour for plasterers in that
country, where Dlasterers are very scarce.
MY family still reside in st. Paul, and I
am here on visit to them"
Mr.. Britts also stated that 1.-TWO DAYS after
his election United States Senator-elect Clark
raised the pay of all the laborers in his
employ fifty cents per day
The Trades and Labor Assembly of SUI
per1or Wis, has prepared for submission
to the legislature a bill regulating employ
ment and intelligence offices or bureaus The
Din provides that the office or bureau shall
obtain license from the council of the city
or village which will cost 5000. penal
bond in the sum Of $4,000 will also be re-
quired before the Office or bureau can be
opened for business. The license shall give
the name of the licensee and the place where
the business is to be conducted. The license
cannot be transferred
bill has been introduced in the Missouri
legislature to prohibit the employment of
children under the age Of 16. in factories
workshops or mercantile establishments. The
Mo. The bill also provides that no female
under the age of Il years, nor any male under
the age of 16 shall be employed in any store
| or factory before a. M, after p. M,
nor for more than ten hours per day, or
| more than sixty hours per week. 1t also pro-
| vides that women are to he paid the same
| as men when they do mems work. The pen
| atty fer violation of any part of the law
as laid out in this bill Is fine of $10C
! to $500, Imprisonment from one to six
months in the county jail Of any county
| where the violation occurs.
political labor club has been formed in
! Chicago and is to be known as the Garter
Harrison Trade Unionist club. Seventy-sl r
| labor men repr ssertils the different unions
signed the charter roll. John A. Long, busi-
ness agent of the gasditters' union, called the
meeting to order and said that under the
administration Of Mayor Harrison the labor
| ing and union man was now recognized at the
| city hall without having to pay for the recog-
| nition" The following board of officers were
! elected from the different local unions: Presi-
| dent, John Daley, steamfltters; vice president
Luke Grant, of the amalgamated carpenters
secretary, w. c. Roberts, bricklayers; fnau-
cial secretary. Ben Abbott, plumbers: treas
| urer, Ed Callahan, iron moders; sergeant at,
arms, Michael Hanrahan, steamfitters. The
| new organization, in which 1t Is proposed to
get all unions interested, has secured head
| quarters down town and all union men, both
N and outside of the city, VIXEN in Chicag,,
| will be welcome.
The Minneapolis council Friday night. with
1 but one dissenting vote, passed a resolution
! making eight hours days work on all cit,
! work and s1.75 was fixed the minimum,
wage per day.