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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-04-27

. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., April g.
The Trades Council at their last meet
ing was presided over by Vice Presi
dent Louis Hansen. Four new dele
gates were seated. A feature of the
evening was the seating of a lady dele
gate from the new bag factory work
ers' union. M. E. Neary, who repres-
ented the trades council in St.. Paul
during the session of the legislature,
made full and complete report of his
efforts there. After the acceptance of
the report Mr. .Neary was given an un-
animous vote of thanks and endorse
ment for his efficient work in behalf
of the council. A committee was ap-
pointed to endeavor to bring about a
peaceful settlement of the difficulty
between the musicians of Minneapolis.
The Minnesota Federation has been
experiencing a very healthy growth dui,
ing the last few weeks. A circular let =.
ter was sent out early in March,. asking
all unions to affiliate. The responses
have been very satisfactory. Last week
the following unions affiliated: Coop
SA . NAAOA VI NJ ouA, ~. dNi / AulA~
bers, city firemen of Minneapolis, Min
neapolis Pressmen, Minneapolis Team
Owners, Bag Factory Workers of Min
neapolis. >.
The Federation Council has instruct
ed the secretary to issue the call for
the annual convention of the: Mime
sofa State Federation OF Labor, to- he
held at MankatO on Monday. June 10.
The Modern Woodmen's convention
will be held at St. Paul at the same
time, so that the unions of Duluth may
expect an exceptional cheap rate to
the convention. This should. guarantee
full representation.
A letter from Little Falls, Mimi, this
| week requests the state federation of
| labor to send an organizer to organize
| the mill men of that locality, who are
very desirous of forming union. Their
hours of labor are eleven hours per
day.
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#@@ DULUTH SUPERIOR SATURDAY

ST. Louis who had lost ansarm. "A cir
cular was received from the Ciga.rrnak-
ers' International union asking the as
sistance Of organized labor to defeat the
objects Of the American Tobacco ,5 com. On
pany and Kerbs, Wertheim & schif-
fer, manufacturers Of scab cigars, in
their efforts to disrupt the. Cigarmak-
ers' unions of New York; The: circular
closed with request to ask for union
label cigars. The request was complied
with: Edwards was admitted to
membership. The report of the trus.
tees showed the union to. be- in good
financial condition, there being the sum sum
of $1,646.40 in the treasury. Business
Agent j. B. Morrison made his weekly
report, in which he said he had called
out three men who were working with
non-union men. Receipts, 1926; dis
bursements, s..
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BUTCHERS UNION.


To Issue Shop Cards to Strictly ,union
u Shops-New. Constitution. 80
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 2e.-The Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workers, Union
held an interesting and we'll attended
meeting on Tuesday evening. a COM
mittee Of three was appointed. to- look
up the advisability. of issuing union
shop cards at some in the near future,
but before their issuance all applica-
tions must, be presented to the union
and acted upon at a. regular meeting
of the union, and cards will not be is
sued to any shop not employing union
men exclusively. A committee Of fiye
was also appointed to prepare a new
constitution and bylaws. In order to
insure a good attendance at meetings
of the union the secretary was directed
to notify all members by postal card
of the time of holding the first meeting
in the months Of May and june
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ST. PAUL TEAM DRIVERS.
Initiate New Mennbers-Win Raise
/. the Initiation Fee. ...~ 9.

1n1tl0tc New MembeF0-Wtif Raise
/. the Initiation Fee. .-~ q.
(. ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 26.-There
were about Is members present at an
adjourned meeting OF the Team Drfv-
.ers union on Friday evening last, when
President Page occupied the chair
Five applications for membership were
received, two OF which were accepted
and three referred. The delegates to
the Building Trades Council were with
drawn. The receipts of the meetin;
were $12.50.
Another meeting of the union was
held on Wednesday evening, when
there were six applications for men,
befship, which were accepted. A dele
CATION was present from the Mason
Tenders union, and made several sue-
gestions that will aid in the different
unions working in harmony. The union
unanimously refused to accept ain offer
of $75 month for drawing coal, for
which is demanded 35c per hour. The
initiation fee was raised to $40. To take
effect June 1. The union accepted al.
invitation to attend an open meeting
at the, Minneapolis union last night.
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WOODWORKERs' UNION.
Employers May Object to Reductio
in WOrkin9 Hours. ~.

Employers May Object to Reduction
In Working Hours. ~4&
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., April 2s:: =
The woodworkers,s label seeaas TO be
tie bone e 4 cont VI VI
Ethe TACT flaf ~
scaFe of wages ana hours fof hes tis-
suing year has not; been sig1,etI and
the present agreement expires on May
l, makes the matter a little more cum
plicated than it would otherwise be-
The woodWorkers are asking for very
little change in the scale Of last year.
the most important change being a re-
duction In the hours from ten hturs to
nine. There is some objection to this
reduction on the part Of the employers,
but 1t is so reasonable a demand, con-
sidering the general ..n1 9ncy ell over
the country towards & reduction of
hours, that it is not likely that there
will be any serious trouble arise over
it's enforcement.
At the conference which was held On
Wednesday evening between commit
tees from the union and from the en-
ployers. the most friendly feeling was
exhibited and there seems to be a real
desire on the part of both sides 10
come to an agreement satisfactory to
all.
If such an agreement can be reached
it will doubtless have considerable
! weight in settling the differences be-
tween the carpenters and the ccntrac-
tors. The men are willing to make
some concessions, but very rightly
think that the demands thai they have
made for a shorter work day are SO
| rereasonable that there is very little
room for, any concessions in that re-
gard, and will doubtless insist that the
| nine hour day be granted.
In the meantime they stand ready to
consider any proposition for compro-
mise which is fair, and the chances
seem very bright for a speedy settle
ment, and the adoption Of an agrce-
ment for the coming season.
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STOCK SELLING WELL.
Zenith Oil i'm Demand-Small Invest
orr Deeply Interested.


The only squirt in business this week
is the remarkable interest in oil specu-
lation. Many small investors from
evey class are becoming interested and
they conf1dentially expect great returns
for their money. The Labor World rep
,esentative visited the offices of the
various companies during the week and
the situation very ffattering.
Mr.. G. H. ClaypOOl secretary of the
Zenith Oil company. says that his
company has already given assur-
ance of being one of the most popular
propositions ever listed here. He has
had the stock on sale but a few days.
and says the demand has been sur
prisingly good. The company reports
extensive sales direct from it's office.
Among the outside people remitting
for stock were two women from a
neighboring town. 1t Is said that wo-
men are among the most careful in
vestors in stocks. and study advertise
ments and prOspectuses' with far more
diligence than the men.
Speaking of the Coalinga oil proper
ties. which are owned by the Zenith
Oil company, Mr.. Claypool says it
seems fair to predict that in a compar-
atively short time every factory. loco
motive. steamship, and. in fact, every
industry on the coast where at present
coal is used for fuel purposes, will
find oil a nearby and economical sub
stitute. since it has been shown that.
on a theoretical basis. oil at 81 per
barrel is equivalent to coal at $3.50 per
ton. and the cost of coal in California is
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b MIyNEAFD lilI u h. Aplrif ee,sss $
The Internal ioral steam Engi gineers re.
port matters quiet iil their lIne, and
that the union IS having a very satis-
factory growth. Over fifty ,appltca-
tions for membership have been receiv-
ed within the last few weeks, and the
members are considering the advisable
ity of holding weekly meetings in order
to handle the large amount of busi-
ness which is before the organization.
Mr.. A. W.: Turner, who is one of the
most energetic workers in their ranks,
informs us that in st. Paul conditions
are also in very satisfactory condi-
ton, so far as the smachinists are con-
cerned. - 2.''.z =. r j
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LABOR MEN PROTEST.

Z : ~ = =. Z 5rtt ...3 80
Montreal Federation Objects to, Ex-
pensive Entertain,nent Of Royalty
A dispatch says that the Federated
Trades and Labor Council of Montreal:
has passed the following resolution: &
Thatzthe Federated Trades and abor
Council protests against the action Of
the city council In voting $4,000 to en-:
tertain the Duke of Cornwall believing,
that the money might be better spent
i'm establishing a free library or home
for incurables. s ssAss s,tSss;s;'
That this council is OF the opinion
that the entertainment OF this gentle
man, should be left TO private Interests
thereby giving the rich men Of Montreal
q chance 70 show their loyalty. .s1S. 81
And further. that we petition the
Quebec government to deprive the city
council OF the right to vote. money for
such purposes. s4ss 9S5 81 IS
This is deemed to tbe an intimation
that the masses Of 4 the people are not
likely to he as complainant i in their
submission to- King Edward b VII AS
they were to- Queen Victoria. 1T sis
said that Wlen the spring drills are sbe<:
gun many OF the members Of the,
militia will refuse 70 re-enlist and
swear aifesiance to the sking.
d 80 Y,
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TEAM OWNERS
Union Is PrOspering and IncreasInG
in ,Membership. ,


Union Is PrOspering and IncreasIng
i'm Membership. y .
|: MINNEAPOLIS, .Minn., April %
The team owners union is growing
much more rapidly than even the most
sanguine of its friends could have ex-
pected, and every meeting finds a large
number of applications from rev MEM
bers. The union has affi'io ted with
the Trades and Labor Council, and
last meeting it was decided 70 affiliate
with the State Federation of Tabor. :.
There has been an attempt mad: by
some persons, opposed to the organSz.-
ton, to give the impression that. the
team owners will attempt to raise the
price Of hauling to an unreasonable
rate, but there is not the least ground
for any such report, ae the union has
no thought or intention. ~, .-."..
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BOYCOTT IS LIFTED.

.3- = fe5s- g I a..
Colum bia and Hartford Bicycles Are
s...- Now Made BY Unien Labor. @.,,s5.
President Lynch of the Metal Polish
ers, Buffers and Brass Workers Inter
national Association, announces that
the boycott on the Columbia and Hart.
ford wheels has been declared of. He
recommends them to all union men and
their friends as follows: 5ss s,=57& 5S
For over four years a boycott by our
organization has been on the bicycles
manufactured BY the Pope Marlufact-
:uring Co, Hartford, Conn.,, manufacl-
urers Of the Columbia and Hart
ford "a committee, with Presiden,
Lynch waited on the firm last week, and
an agreement was reached, unionizine
the shop, and the Arm agreeing to live
up to union rules in the future with
this agreement signed, the National
Union has slifeted the boycott on the
''Columbia' and Hart ford,' and we
recommend the bicycles manufactured
by this siifm as union made and by the
members ssof our organixat on. 5E9s u
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PLUMBERS RS UNION.

A Number Of Menberr. Called Ont
In sympathy with Carpenters.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. April 90
About thirty members Of the union who
were employed on jobs wnele the car
penters were locked out, we're called
off, and will do no more work on these
jobs until the matter is adjusted. The
plumbers may always be depended up
on to stick for the big show when they
can assist q fellow union by 80 doing.
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New Federation Organizer.

MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., April 26.-
The many friends of A. W. Turner
will be pleased to- hear that he has been
appointed an organizer for this district
by the American Federation Of Labor
Mr.. Turner has done some very eff
cient work in the line of organizing,
and has met with much success.
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j ATTENTION, INVENTORS

- ATTENTION INVENTORS! SIS .
E. G: Stiggers, Patent Lawyer, Wash.
-ington, D. c., whose; ad.aappears In, our
columns. is an attorney Of tWenty-one
years active. practice and is. we'll rec.
commended to us. His rating wills be.
found in ~Dun's and Bradstreet's reports:
as he owns the Inventive Age. He has
sent .us application blanks and other.
papers and inventors who are intend
ing TO apply for. patents would save
time by calling at this Office and get
ting the papers before presenting their
applications through any, other source.
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from 81. so to $500 per ton. zl "
2 While excitement pervades the whole
state, the greatest interest fs now man
ifested in the Coalinsa district. in Fres-
no county. where some fabulously rich
wells have been found. At present. in
vestments in oil stocks present attrac-
are carefully made. large returns With
in reasonable time are almost as
sured, since statistics show that 1914
per cent of the wells drilled in Califor-
mia strike oil.
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TO THE DEAF.

A rich lady, cured Of her deafness
and noises in the head by DR.. Nichol-
sons Artificial Ear Drums, gave SO, 900
to his institute so that deaf people un-
able to procure the Ear Drums may
have them free. Address No. 597sc The
Nicholson Institute, 7s0, Eighth Avenue,
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[ The executive board Of the United
Mine workers last week decided that
operators In the jackson district VII
have been having trouble with thel
men must either pay the scale or close
down their mines. A number OF mel
are now out on strike there. Ks t:tE ''ss5ss 'ss
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ST. PAUL CABINETMAKERs.
Decide to Affiliate With the Building
Trades Council. r.

Trades Council. r. -.
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 26.-At. the
meeting of the Cabinet Makers Union
Wednesday night it was decided to APP
ply for admission to the Building
Trades Council,7 from which body J. L.
Hughes appeared as it's representative
and addressed the meeting. Albert
K1utt and Louis Breitswert were initi-
ated, and two applications for mem:
bership were referred to the examining
committee. The secretary was request
ed to reply to a letter of inquiry from
Great Falls to the effect that. the Bohn
Manufacturing Company was not q un-
ion shop. Il ~ - IS. .',>...- f4
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GOOD FINANCIAL. CONDITION.
,Carpenll,t'2e,rs'I 4 Z

|Carpenters' UnlOn Treasury IN Heal
thy Condition.
ST. PAttL, MINI, April Is President
Hughes presided sover: the deliberat tions
Eof The CARPENTERS ntJioh On .Tuesdfay
evening. q donat tion was made To- d
member of the ClEar armAk .untol 81
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nj SfI''|l.[ : ] :. Il
THE MARINE ENGINEERS, STRIKER
s. ! FULL FORCE. s#
NJ Elexela1A on sanaay.
Important Develepnaents-The Lake
Carriers Want strike Prolonged.
+ To COunteract This the Engineers
Win Increase Their Demanas To
the Length 81 the Strike. ~ # tTs=;ss ~

s.s 81. ~ - 80 d. -
W Where are we at?'' is the question
so many of the marine engineers are
asking this week The only news to-
the public was given throught the As-Ss
sociated Press reports. The engineers
are. silent, and will says nothing until
today. They held meeting last even
ing in their hall in the Hunter Block,
and listened to the report OF Delegate
Bishop, who returned Thursday from
Cleveland where he has been in 1T
tendance as delegate to the confer
ence held there on Sunday last. Allo
the. engineers on tugs in the .harbor are.
given the privilege Of going to work, as
it was discovered early in the week that
the operation Of the tugs would nol
embarrass the situation SO far as the
engineers We're concerned. The tug
lines are paying the scale called for BY
the engineers. A. report from cIeve-
land stated that ten engineers went to-
work on tugs at Buffalo Tuesday. upon
condition that they should withdraw
from the Marine Engineers Association.
now, on strike. The tugmen belong also,
TO the Licensed. Tugmen's. Protective:
Association. The report was poaitiyely
denied at the local engineers head.
quarters. All along the lakes the men:
are given the privilege, Of dealing with
their employers. dircctt, upon condition
that they get, the wages called for by
the association. q. It was learned at.
Cleveland Monday that the Lake Car
:riers' Association is anxious that the
strike be prolonged, as they believe
that it will be favorable for higher
freight rates. To ceunteract this the
engineers have resolved to ncrease
their demand for wages, so that at the
end Of the season. they will have earned
as much as II they worked the entire
season. In other words they will en-
deavor to collect for time lost DUR
ing the. strike. A report yesterday
charged that. President Uhler was
Econspiring with the vessel owners for
the purpose of prolonging the strike, 50
that rates would be increased, the engf-
neers to be reimbursed for time lost.
Those who gave out the report knew
1t was false, as the resolution to In
crease the demands according to the
llength Of the strike was agreed to g
1.-THE dele8ates at the cor fferenceftpp
lst .a1sll l
ssa3
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| Work on the new Mckay hotel at the
corner OF Fifth avenue west and First
street commenced yesterday morning
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ana sanit nv emo 6ns ot it.n,anuf fsctprs
Will appeal Is all consumers. The mer-
chant ~ willing to adopt any new line
Of advertising which win attract more
trade. ~ - = '''f O. % ~! up
Then think similar committee
should visit every club and fraternal
organization Of every character. Ar.
range beforehand to have one OF your
good speakers give brief lecture on
labels; what they mean and their adj
vantage to the consumer. Big charts
with pictures of the union labels is an
important adjunct to educate the eye
as we'll as the ear: .~---''j <-1]S+'' ~
Union labels form most interest
ing topic If rightly handled and no
club would refuse to listen to d novel
lecture of this sort if proper arrange
ments are made beforehand. y: = z
/ Strangers are not likely to be inter-
ested in the wages side of the argu-
| ment, but there are plenty of other
good arguments that will fix their at
| tention. >. ~ =. r..;.s;.: -, !
SWomen's clubs run very much to
! fads, but it would be good thing to
utilize their organization and desire to
! keep before the public by getting them
interested. '& know the Women's
| Union Label League is doing splendid
! work in this direction: but think it
could be much aided by the active CO.
operation of central bodies. :e,zz
What we want for union labels now
is ''publicity"@ Advertise them 50 much
that no consumer can help being famil-
lar with them and awere Of the merits
of the union made goods &ts5 - ~
|: It seems to me that central bodies
can do much useful work in this direc-
ton with no expenditure of money and
1t need be no great burden on any In
dividual delegate il the work is proper
sly distributed Eva Mcdonald valesh.
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STATE lABoR. IS
NOTES OF INTEREST TO THE WORK.
ERS OF THE STATE.

President Neary Comp1imented For
! His Efficient Work Before the Leg
j: islature-State Federation to Meet
! at MankatO June Tenth-Little
Falls Asks For an Organize IRWIN
City Labor News.
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ths d e
SV,isa bilit 81 q NH iatinGli IL fhess
|Ferican Federation Of Labor. It il III
|tderstood that this strike Is teaching t1e
engineers the necessity of becoming -
up-to-date trade union ..ssts.ssss5H .ss:ss ss'
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''R. AND l.. To-
It's got you: all guessing! See April
4th issue of this paper.
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[NDai 10,

d got yo,. aif guess siiiis iiil See AApriI
,,4tlf issu ofs ais - 81 ss;
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hour .workday in that climate will give
much better results to him than the
forcing of wearied employees to long
hours Of toll. which would be very bur-
densome even in q cool and bracing
climate. # ~. RI z
I President Gompers of. the American
Federation OF, Labor, and President
O'Connell, of the Machinists, are max
ing a lecture trip through the. eastern
and northern cities In the interest of
the forthcoming, demand of the ma
chinists for the nine hour day. @ =.
: They have been greeted with enthus-
iastic audiences of working people, and
the notices In the daily press would in
|dicate that public sentiment is with the
machinists. '.t[.S -. 70 .s, = =; =;
f. OF course it all SINNERS down to the
thoroughness of organization and the
sympathy and assistance. given by
other trades. -r.' = >.,' x p. -
+ The machinists and allied crafts in
the metal trades have been perfecting
their organizations at rapid rate for
several months past. 49,: -. %*:'. - -.
~ It is an evidence of the sympathy for
the movement that every organizer
that can be obtained by the fedora
tfOn has been put on the road to speak
and organize for the metal trades and
every, local organizer has been asked to
help in the god work. ''" ',.."->, $3.50, .
The prospects seem very good for
the obtaining of: the nine hour day
without serious strikes. There will be
trouble in some localities, but public
sentiment, which is really the great
lever In these matter, Is pretty we'll
educated to the belief that better work
is turned out by skilled workmen and
quite as much of it in the nine or eight
hour day as under the ten hour regime.
By the way, I always feel like saying
a: word Of encouragement to- the local
| organizer. It is to his voluntary work
| that we owe much in the way Of trade
union progress. Such work does not
receive much public recognition, but
there is no doubt but the work Of To-
cal organizers has vast influence for
good in the, general movement.
1 get a number of letters from MEM
bers of central bodies asking for sug-
lgestions to make union label agitation
more effective! <:s.: ,,,;,7i..s 81
While it is. true that If every union
man bought only union label gods the
Sufficient demand would be created
right there. yet we all know that
union men are only human and a Ger.
tain proportion of them, while know.
ing all about the merits Of the unior
label, will neglect to patronize 1t a
they should. .;>>t --~,s.r .- -, "a.
It is all right; to keep hammerinl
at the people within our own gates
but am very much in favor Of extend.
ing the crusade to the outside public
I believe that committee from tn,
central body in each city to the loca
:lmerchants wpnld meet; WITH gIp,od suc
u D =
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STEAM. ENGINEERS.

s,.ts .ls,s 4. 81 n \ M 81 d
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HENRY c.. BARKER.
- - Secretary-Treasurer