The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-20
LABOR NOTES.

The Federation Council ard Stationary
Firemen hold meetings this afternoon
and the Electrical Workers and Building
Trades council Will meet Monday even
ing.
About forty girls have signed the petit
ton asking for charter for the Servant
Girls union in Minneapolis. The girls
don't like the title Servant Girls union
they decided last Thursday to change
1t to Servant Girls Protective associa-
ton That sounds more dignihed they
! of the real character of their organiza-
ton. The word union" Is what they OBJ
ject to. They say it is too suggestive
of strikes and walking delegates.
The Team Drivers union is now one of
the most promising labor organizations in
Minneapolis Its membership is close to
the two hundred mark, and new recruits
are coming in so steadily that the officers
predict the union will contain 500 team
Sters before spring.
Louis Hansen has been elected president
of the Trades and Labor council, Mime
apOllS.
The members of the Bakers union, of
Minneapolis, are agita ting the matter Of
taking some action that will reduce the
length of their working day and put an
end to night work. They claim that in
this respect the bakers OF Minneapolis have
fewer advantages than any other tabor
organization in Minneapolis
AT Il meeting held in Alexander hall
Friday evening the barkeepers of Mime
apolis organized union with a member
ship Of ten and elected temporary officers.
Those barkeeperS who have already uni
tied with the organization want the union
to adopt system Of examination similar
to that in use by the BARRIERS association.
The eXamina ton they propose will con-
sist of tests in mixing drinks and must
be taken by all who unite with the as
ISOLATION. Its advocates contend that by
its use only competent men will be adj
mftted to the union.
Omaha painters are now working under
a tWo-year agreement with the contract
ors. This contract specifies that during
the first year all painters working under
the union schedule shall receive IS cents
per hour for an eight-heur day, and after
the expiration of that time they shall
receive BIZ cents per hour for an eight
hour day.
The Trades and Labor council. of Min
eapoiiS, Is soon to publish a pamphlet
in the city that do not employ union
labor, and this pamphlet will be distribut-
ed among all the union sympathizers in
the city.
John Mcdonald. the new labor commits
sioner, is an earnest advocate of the re-
construction OF the child labor law. He
will urge the appointment of a deputy
inspector of milieS to be located c0n-
stantly at the mines. He favors an
amendment to the accidents law, reqIir-
ing employers to report the cause and ex-
tent of injuries.
Senator MCGOWAN. of Minneapolis has
introduced bill in the legislature which
seeks to establish eight hours as legal
days work in this state for state en-
ployes and persons working on moACiaI
used In state work.
The bill refers to "all laborers. work
men, mechanics a31 clerks employed
employed by the state or in the en-
ploy Of any person or firm contracting
with the state
Except in cases of extraordinary emer-
gency," 1t IS to be made unlawful to
permit or direct employees to work be-
yond the time limit. In cases of sHch
overwork. additional pro rata compensa-
ton shall be paid
Anthracite miners are raising fund
with which to buy a home for President
Mitchell as a mark of appreciation Of
his services
The miIlwrights union, at Minneapolis.
has adopted scale of wages of &c
per hour on all contract work. to take
effect May i. This applies to work in and
outside Jobs, railroad transportation both
ways will be required in addition.
London. England, which. in the appli-
cation of modern municipal reforms, is
well advanced curfously continues TO
farm out to private corporations the work
of supplying the great metropolis with
water.
The New River company IS the name
Of the oldest of these corpora tions, and
the source of Its water supply is among
the hills Of Hertfordshire. It is operat-
ing under a. franchise granted in 1919.
nearly 800 years ago. and during that
time the value of its shares of stock
have advanced $1,000 per cent.
As an Indication of how rare and rich
the investment In one of these shares Is
considered. the fact has just been pub