The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-03-03
Superior

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| The Superior Trades and Labor AS
sembly held another interesting meet
ing last night. The session was made
memorable by the revival of the
Laundry Workers union, and the taxi
ing of the obligation, or oath, by three
lady members of the world making
brotherhood and sisterhood of labor.
| Credentials We're submitted, showing
that the following were duly accredit-
ed delegates to the Trades and Labor
Assembly:
| Laundry Workers. Union-Misses
Tena Moe. Bertha Spatig apd Julia
! Upsahl.
Musicians Protective Association
John H. Mohr to succeed s. J..
Anderson.
Federated Trades Assembly, Duluth
Richard Richer.
! Switchmen's Union Of North Ameri-
CA. P. Park, L. T. Waddel, VIM
Maddox
| All the new men-and women, too
| took the oath.
| Delegates then reported the condition
of the various trades as follows:
! Clerks, fair printers, dull cigar
makers, dull: laundry workers, fair:
brewery men, quiet; coopers, no work
bricklayers, fair: .draymen, good ::
engineers, good: flour mill laborers,
dull tailOrs. fair: musicians, fair;
packers and nailers no work; butchers,
fair; cooper machine workers, dull;
(horseshoers. dull: longshoremen, dull:
BARRIERS, quiet; sWitchmen, fair.
w. S. Lightbody submitted a COM
munication, in which he said he had
never met any member or members
of the. committee from the assembly.
He said: We have always been one
of the prime movers in early closing
land holiday closing, which seems to be
the principal objects for which you ar
Istrfvng. [ am ready to state my
position at any time your commit e
sees fit to see me-"
This letter referred to the assembly 5
recent artiOn in reference to tn,
failure of the Lightbody clerks. to Join
the Retail Clerks union-or to pay ul
and be reinstated, if they had been
members.
Messe1s. Dow, Maurer and Killiar
We're appointed a committee to wait or
Mr.. Lightbody, and talk to him or
the subject under discussion.
Senator John &. SpOOner wrote from
Washington, D. c., that he would sub.
nit to the senate the assemblys pro.
test against the free grants of public
land TO rich corporations, instead OF
poor settlcrs.)
Congressman John J. Jenkins wrote
from the national capital, also. saying
ne was heartily in sympathy with the
assembly's views on the subject.
The National Boot and Shoe Work.
ers' Union pleaded, by letter, for the
aid OF the Superior assembly in placing
union shoes, as leaders. in local shoe
stores-saying this would benefit many
unfortunate workmen. IT, writer said
his union had introduced Superior
union-made flour successfully in the
past, and would do so still more in
the future. This matter was submitted
by the assembly to it's grievance COM
lmittee. ''
The committee. whose members had
waited on Rev. Mr.. Luce (who is tc
lecture the coming spring on labor and
psychological themes as applicable tc
Superior, after the style of eff Christ
Came to Chicago'D reported. The re-
port showed that Mr.. Luce had
courteOusN received the committee and
had given the delegates careful
hearing, taking copious notes on thei.
views.
The question of electing a member OF
the Free Employment bureau-to re-
present the assembly, as by ordinance
provided-was taken up next. The
ofs!nees were f. j. Dow iC3 C.
Royal and A. Longbottom.
Commissioner Royal was reelected
to serve six months.
| The assembly then decided that it
would condemn the legislation pro-
posed in Washington making the
quarter barrel of beer the smallest bar
rel that could be stamped-no smaller
revenue stamps to be issued, in other
tWoTds. The protest is to be sent to
Superior's representa- ives in Washing
ton.
The assembly also decided to punch
up the delinquent and back sliding
BARRIERS again.
| F. j. Dow said the Sociological club
wished to know how the assembly
stood on the question Of manual train
ing.
| Opinion seemed that that type Of
Education was practical and practicable
land was fine feature of our schools
l-makiny yoltng men and women in
dependent and fitting them for posi-
tons of usefulness and stability in the
world.
Y Others declared it was a wretched
thing to introduce, for it would either
send out OF our schools half-made me-
chanics to take "scah" jobs and do
IbOtche0 work TINS dafaatinp honoct