The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-10
LABOR NOTES.

The following unions will meet to-
night: Plumbers, retail statesmen and
carpenters.
The Longshoremen's International as
ISOLATION will meet in Duluth today,
when some five hundred delegates viii
be present for five days. The convention
proper will meet at Odd Fellows hail.
and will be called to order by President
is fl. G. Barter. of Detroit The ses-
sions will be executive and secret. Du-
luth trades will be represented at the
deliberations by Fl. Dumont, T. J. Ulti-
man. James Dunn and John Mcdonald,
or the Freight Handlers and Lumber
unions Much of the time of the con-
Yentlon Will be taken up by efforts to
ing unions at all lake ports on both
sides of the International line, and COM
mlttees will probably be appointed to
meet with the Lake Carriers associa-
tion,. an organization of vessel owners,
on the wage scale.
In New York "sandwich" men who
carry advertisements along the streets
union. They are paid from 81 a day up
ward. They complain that others are
crowding into the field who offer to do
the same work for Is cents day.
New York local unions Nos 6l $40,
1852, 473 and SOC. of the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners, have
been suspended by the general executive
board Of the brotherhood for violation of
The Boot and shoemakers' unions of
the Pacific coast have started another
crusade against Mongolian labor and in
favor of home industry
Managers of New York Hebrew thea
tiers have organized. They will not en-
ploy union actors, and the scale of wages
will range from $14 to $2S a week.
The general strike of the members of
Brooklyn Electrical Workers Union No.
for an increased wage scale of 81
day has not yet been abandoned by the
union.
Columbia university has adopted the
eight-hour system in the boiler and cleo
trical departments of the university.
Both departments are kept working day
and night. and the twenty-four men en-
ployed have been kept at work twelve
hours each When President Low learn
ed that such was the case he ordered
without any reduction in pay.
Twenty-Five press feeders struck at
the Pioneer Press job department yes
terday afternoon. A meeting of the union
was held Yesterday afternoon at Assem-
bly, han. 1t is expected that the strike
difficulties will soon be adjusted.
The plumbers strike is gradually
drawing to a close, as both bosses and
men are in concilatOry mood Yesterday
Schiller Bros, 103 East Fifth street, sign
ed the tourneymen's scale. which rein
states three men who have been out on
strike. 1t Is expected that five or six
more of the bosses will sign the scale
today.
The fremen and stationary engineers
Were organized last night by State Or
ganizer j. r. Krieger.
The printing committees for Labor day
met last night, when they decided that.
nothing but union bands would be en-.
gagged for the the parade on Labor day.
They also caused 100 copies of a resou-
ton to be printed and distributed, uTg-
ing the generous support of all unions;
also 400 copies of a resolution printed and
distributed throughout the wholesale dis
trict, asking the wholesale merchants
and manufacturers to be represented in
the parade with banners and floats and
as well to make the day a holiday for
their different establishments.