The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-25
Transfers WILL UNITE
NEARLY ONE HUNDRED OF THEM
MEET AND TALK ABOUT
FEDERATION
SPEAK FOR HOME sPRINKLING
They Claim That All Teams for This
Purpose Should he Provided
by Local People E1
clusiVely.

Nearly 100 teamsters and team owners
gathered last night at the Arlington ho-
tel and took steps toward organizing a
union. A temporary organization was
effected, and a committee consisting OF
Ed Roberts, Paul Patel and Hugh Muir
name appointed to meet the state organ
izer of the Federation of Labor for the
purpose of completing the formation OF
the union. The attendance was large and
enthusiastic. A petition was prepared
and forwarded to the city council, bearing
on the work Of street sprinkling for the
year. 1t reads:
We, the undersigned, hereby petition
your honorable body in the matter O.
hiring teams for the sprinkllng wagons
that the teams should be furnished anc
owned by st. Paul parties exclusively /
has been understood by the teamsters O.
this city that the teams TO be used The
coming season may be brought from tn,
Wisconsin pinerieS, and this we mos
earnestly protest against
Inc petition bore the names of Jane:
Page, F. S. Cartwright, Jas Burwell
Frank Jansen, Frank Peters, Thos.
Walsh, Tom Kelly, Tom Buckley, r.
Walsh, M. T. Hayden, J. H. Rochat and
seventy-six others.
The meeting was called through the
SSOAiSS VI a WdiIl I!lSSILeU III the CITY
papers by James Page a teamster living
at 306 Sherman street.
Some difficulty developed in securing a
temporary chairman to conduct the bust
ness of the session. A dozen names were
proposed, but each man in turn stated
that he knew nothing of talk and parlla-
mentary rules, and declined To save the
day, George Shaw finally accepted the
nomination and took the chair. Ralph
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ter of the sprinlling petition was the first
order of business, and it. developed con-
siderable desultOry argument.
The majority of those present were
heartily in favor Of presenting the petit
tion to the city council at once. The only
difficulty lay In the matter of procedure.
1t was finally laid aside for the time be-
ing, but was taken up again later and
every teamster or team owner present
affixed his John Hancock.
A. E. Donaldson, of the Trades and La
Dor assembly, was present, and urged that
the organization be perfected at once, and
that steps be taken RUr is affiliation VITA
the other labor organizations of the City.
In the argument which followed express
sions were heard Indicating that the
teamsters will take a decided and
against the custom of employing out i'd
teams and teamsters to- do city work.
Complaints were presented that men from
Saltwater and from farms lying near the
city infringe on business rightfully be-
longing to men who live in st. Paul AMI
pay taxes here.
Not a man present made the slightest
objection against organizing as a labor
union Of the line Some years ago the
teamsters and team owners had a local
organization which proved entirely SIC
cessful. The temporary officers will act
until the committee appointed to confer
with the Trades and Labor assembly peo-
pie can report and the union can be plac-
ed upon a permanent basis. TIE repre-
sentation al last nights session was very
large, controlling, it is estimated, more
than two-thirds of the teaming business
IN the city. $3.50