The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-05-26
COMING MEETING
LABOR WILL CONGHEGATE IN LARGE
NUMBERS Ar RED WING.

From all Indications the Red Wing
| Convention Of the State Fedora n
| ton Of Labor Will he the Largest II
Ever HeId--N" Program has Been b
| Outlined. bat Considerable Time
viii b.. Ised In Discussing Plans
| for Organization Work.
The coming convention of the State
Federation of Labor promises to be
the largest gathering OF labor ever
held in this state. Tine interest that q
is manifested all over the state insures
the officers of the Federation of an UNI
usually large attendance. At this writ
ing the elec1xbn of over sixty delegates e
has been reported at the office of thtes
secretary treasurer. These delegof $40
will represent but 90 unions, OUT
that are affiliated. Il for figur-
,<tsing the above as a basisl that there
| ing, it can be safely sGdes in attend
will be over $50 delegHowances for un-
ance after making afford to send rep
| ions that cannot e
| resentat ives. = making elaborate prep
Red Wing iythe entertainment of del
aratlons tor< committee on arrangements
egates A,ork, and every person who at
are at ythe convention may expect real
| tendsd time.
| gW 1t is probably little early to out
LII line a program for the meeting. There
will be a great many new delegates
present and one can hardly judge at
this time what will be done. 1t can be
safely asserted however, that the con-
vention will dwell much upon the work
of organization
The Federation officers have acom-
u plished considerable along that line.
III Their work which has been so success
fully initiated must be still carried on
with a greater vigor than ever. Plans
will undoubtedly be discussed whereby
Fl q strong corps of organizers may be
kept in the field. The principal draw
h back in the past has been the want of
IS funds. Now as there is a fair balance
FL in the treasury, and as it is still grow
81 ing. that obstacle has been somewhat
q removed. Two organizers at least may
be put in the field for two months,
and it is needless to suppose that they
N will do much good work.
n The great difficulty in organizing
81 new unions in the small cities is their
aptness to get into trouble too soon.
X Among the unorganized workers. the
wages have sunk so low that immed-
4 aUly after an organization has been
q perfected the members imagine that
~ they should receive an immediate ben
81 eft. and hence go on strike before they
81 are properly organized. The present
q demand is for good organizers who can
IL impress this on the minds of the men,
u bers of the unions, and counsel with
q them to be cautious
II Many promising unions fail because
of ill-advised strikes, and when thew
do fail, it takes a long time to insti-
tute another union in their place. There
Ii will be the usual number of superf1uous
resolutions proposed that will take up
considerable of the conventions time
~ AS this will be the last session Of the
- Federation prior to the next meeting
D. of the legislature, many proposed
X measures for the relief of the working
+ classes will be considered. The FEEDER
alton may take some political action
~ but it is not expected, unless possibly
II it be independent political action.
III One thing is certain, however, that the
political enemies of organized labor
will surely here something drop.
e The following is a list of delegates
thus far reported:
IL Minnea Dolis-Trades cOuncil-John
O'Donnell, Glen Foster, Max Conrad,
III. H. Porter; Bindery Girls union
y Miss Kittie l.. Kennedy, Miss Lenore
Ii Michealson; Cooper Machine Operators
AL. A. Kaltenback, John Nee; Car
~ penters' union-L. F. Blakefield, Phil
Carlin, John Walquist NJ. N. Rogers;
Musicians union A. c.. Bunker, O. A.
Bronson; Practical Stone Masons-Pet-
Fl err Carlson, P. F. Jordan; Woodwork
ers No. 55-John Roth, P. A. Erickson;
N Coopers' union No. 22-J. H. Carver
n d. Nipple, F. A. Scofy; Building Trades
council-D. A. Fallon, A. w. Field St.
Paul-Trades and Labor assembly-E
B. Lott, A. E. Donaldson, Con Quincy
Henry Giese, Jr., c. H. Brown: Book
makers union No. 9S-Henry Feyder
F. E. Hoffman, Chas Butzenhart:
Hack and Cab Drivers union-Martir
Igo: Pressmans' union-R. M. Roller
Woodworkers' union-J. F. Sullivan, E
S. HUSKY; German Typographical un.
ion-John Klaus; BARRIERS union-M
r. Murray, Fred Schwabel, John Gies.
Ike, w. M. Conway; Coopers' union
Chas. Kath; Brewery Workers unior
|-Anthony Priesen; Typographical un
ion-J. M. Christie, J. E. Dempsey, H
w. GOetZinger, j. c.. Herbert; Winonf
BARRIERS union-Frank Soldering: St
Cloud Granite Cutters-Morgan Fla
herty.