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ever, it acted off hand on the eX-parte
statement of the members of the cooks
and walters unions
NO COMPLAINT HERE
Little Sunday Labor as Compared
With Conditions Elsewhere.

Whatever the justification for Lieuten-
ant Governor D. G. Coates recent caustic
criticisms of the attitude of the church
in Colorado toward Sunday labor, such
talk as he made would certainly be out OF
place here in Minneapolis. Coates was
former labor commissioner Of Colorado,
and his speech was made before the Min
listers Alliance Of Denver. He wanted
to know what the church was doing while
the. working men were trying to get
away from Sunday work. The ministers
were preaching to the men who owned
the shops and smelters, he charged, not
to the men who toiled on the Sabbath
in those shops and shelters.
In Minneapolis labor enjoys its day Of
rest and gladness as his employer does.
In the building trades it Is rare that men
are asked to work on Sunday, and when
they do SO work they are paid double
wages. On rush occasions, lasting some
times at the most but few weeks, the
flour mills run Sundays. For this work
the men are paid at the rate Of time and
one-half, and they consider it no hard
ship. Otherwise, outside of the lines of
work mentioned in Labor Commissioner
O'Donnell's article in this column, there
is but very little Sunday labor in Minne-
apolis.
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WOMEN AT WORK
Figures Showing Increase in Num-
Der OF Women Wage Farmers.


In ten years time there has been an
enormous increase in the number OF
women wage earners in Minnesota. Com
pairing 1890 and 1900, the. state labor
bureau finds the following increase: Men.
5Y per cent; women, 1874 per cent; chill
dren, AZ per cent. The proportion of
women to men is seven to one.
Women in manufacturing establish
ments numbering 1904, were distributed
as follows in 1900; Textile industries, AZ
per cent; laundries, 16 per cent; printing
establishments, II per cent; bakeries and
confectioner establishments, 10 per cent;
cigar factories, 8 per cent; grass mating
works, 3 per cent.
In mountaineering establishments
there were 1892 women employed, of
which 81 per cent were employed in de-
partment stores, % in small retail stores,
graph and telephone work.
Child labor has shown gratifying de-
crease in the ten years. In 1890 there was
one child employed to 81 adults, and in
1900 the proportion was to 81. In Wis
consin the record shows 1 child to "a
adults; in South Dakota, / to every &c,
and Iowa, in go Child labor is divided
as follows among the 1873 children en-
ployed: Printing establishments, 30 per
cent; clothing factories, per cent; mil
linery, 1915 per cent; cigar factories. Z
| per cent; sawmills and lumber product
factories, 6 per cent; knitting works. AS
per cent; brickyards, 40 per cent; shoe
factories, 81 per cent, and confectionery
stores, 2.7 per cent.
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PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN sUPPLIEs-DE-
partmemt of the Interior Ofire Of Indian At
fairs, Washington. D. C.. March /, 1907
Sealed proDosalr Endorsed Proposals for
beet hour. ETC. as the case may be, and d.
rectd to the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs,
2353 johnson st. Chicago, Ill.,, will be received
until o'clock p. N. of Tuesday, April 15 1902,
for furnishing for the Indian SERVICE beef
hour, bacon, beans, coffee, sugar, rice, tea,
and other articles Of subsstence: also for
boots and shoes. groceries, soap, baking pow
der, crockery. agricultural implements,
paints, oils, glass, tlnware, wagons, harness,
leather, shoe findings, saddlery, etc, hardware,
school and medical supplies, and long list
OF miscellaneous articles. Sealed proposals
Endorsed Proposals for blankets, wooden and
cotton goods, clothing, etc. as the case may
be, and directed to the Commissioner Of In
dian Affairs, Nos. II and 70 Wooster st, New
York city, will be received until l o'clock
?. ~, of Tuesday, May Is, 1902. for furnishing
for the Indian service, blankets, wooden and
cotton goods, clothing, notions hats and CAPS
BIDS must be made out on government blanks.
Schedules giving all necessary information for
Indian office, Washington, D. c.; Nos. II and
T9 Wooster st, New York city; 235 Johnson st,
Chicago, ILL.,; No. SIS Howard st, Omaha,
Neb.; the commissaries OF subsist ence u s.
A, at Cheyenne, Leavenworth, St. Louis. St.
Paul and San Francisco: the postmasters at
Sioux City, Yankton, Arkansas City CaId-
well. Topeka. Wichita and Tucson Bids will
be opened at the hour and days above stat ted
and bidders are invited to be present at the
opening. The department reserves the right
to determine the point of delivery and to re-
1ect any and all bids, or any part Of any bid.
w. A. Jones. Commissioner.
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lnL.abor' ield
2 BEGUN, 2 ENDED.
The Strike Record for the Past
Week.
ELECTRIC STRIKE is STILL ON
Transfers Gain Their Requests
Linseed Oil Difficulty Easily
Adjusted.

Two new strikes started and two
settled, one OF the latter an old one,
is the record for the past week in local
labor circles. One of the two new strikes
was happily settled within tWenty-four'
hours, so there now remains but one con-
tention between employer and employe
in Minneapolis, that involving the cleo
trio linemen and wiremen in the employ
Of the General Electric company. About
twenty men are out. They want the union
wage scale and nine-hour day, instead
OF ten-hour day. Manager Robertson,
of the company, declares that the cond1-
lions of the work are such that 1t is I'M
possible to concede the nine-hour day, and
1t looks as though there was no chance
of an immediate settlement of difficulties.
Mr.. Robertson also insists that the men
have broken faith with him, as there was
tacit agreement made last September,
when they were given an advance IN
wages, that the men should ask for no
change in the scale for year. He de-
clares that the company will abandon It's
plans for extensive improvement this year
rather than concede the demands of the
strikers.
Fifty pressmen employed at the Mid
land Linseed Oil companys plant In
Southeast Minneapolis, quit work
Wednesday on the refusal Of the manage
ment to grant an advance of 1-5 cents
per hour Ihe company neld out 1oi
twenty-fou hours and then granted the
advance asked for. The pressmen will
now receive TN cents per hour for a
tWelvehour day.
The old strike was that of the team
sters' union, which struck for an eight
hourtd day and the old wage scale OF $500
per day. Most of the contractors, being
rushed with work. conceded the demands
at once, pending further consideration OF
H. Toto 1,f r
alone held out against the demands of the
men. Yesterday the Leighton company
came to an agreement with the union and
the other contractors made their former
temporary arrangement for the advance
permanent. The result is a notable VIC
tory for the transfers. They get practl-
cally all they asked for, an eight-hour day
with pay at the rate of $3.50. In case the
contractor chooses to work nine hours the
pay is 81. and II ten hours, $3.50.
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tions call for It,. and, on the other hand,
the unianS -ara in naSitinn To advance

tions call for It,, and, on the other hand,
the unions are in position to advance
prices of labor should the conditions
later in the season make it advisable.
This is a most unusual situation in local
labor circles, and there is naturally a
keen interest in the outcome with both
the association and the various trade
unions.
The contractors appear to be satisfied
to let things remain in statu quo, which
suggests confidence on their part that
there will be some advantage in the
situation to them later in the season.
Indeed, they frankly admit to holding a
belief that, following the rush part7of the
| season, they will be- in a position to die
tate more favorable terms with the
trades. The effect Of this would be to
stimulate winter building, especially Of
residences. Under the former agreements
with the trades the wage schedule re-
manned in force clear through the year
and there was no advantage in building in
winter, as nothing could be saved in
cost thereby.
| If there is any disadvantage connected
with the new arrangement it would seem
I, as though it would accrue to the build
Ing trades. On the other hand, the unions
are free, II the conditions justify it, to
move for still higher wage scale during
the rush season.
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THESE HAVE LONG HOURS
Drug Store Employees and Attendants
of Electric Plants.

of Electric Plants.
The conditions of labor, especially as to
length of the working day Of drug store
employees, of attendants of electric light,
heating and power plants and of men en-
ployed in livery stables, are at the best
very unsatisfactory, declares Labor Com
missioner O'Donnell. He has been max
ing special efforts to get at the full facts
in connection with the above employments
and finds conditions to justify criticism
and emphasize the necessity OF change
of policy on the part of employers. Com
missioner O'Donnell made his investiga-
lions along this line the text Of a paper
which he read at the recent convention OF
state labor commissioners held at New
Orleans He said in part:
OF the total number Of drug CLERKS from
whom we have secured information only 1870
per cent work less than ten hours on week
days; 13.49 per cent work ten hours; lo.o3
per cent work eleven hours; 24.57 per cent
work twelve hours; 657 per cent work thlr-
teen hours; 1915 per cent work fourteen
hours; $40 per cent sixteen hours, and 2.oS
per cent work seventeen hours. But aside
from this a. considerable amount OF Sunday
work is required from prescription clerks.
We have been able to show that of 2S9
persons only Al enjoy freedom from labor on
Sunday; 161 have to be in attendance each
Sunday, and 81 each alternate Sunday. Whlle
the work of the drug clerks does not require
great physical exertion, the hours OF at
tendance are unusually long on week days as
we'll as on Sundays.
In electric light, heating and power gener-
ating plants we find only III per cent of the
total number of employees working less than
ten hours daily, but the largest number, 6l.6S
per cent, work twelve hours daily, and IN
some instances thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and
sixteen hours daily go to make up the work
of the men SO employed. Sunday work Is
performed by 1851 per cent OF all employees
in this kind Of work, the time ranging all
the way from three to fifteen hours, but the
greatest number, 1856 out Of 587, have to per-
form twelve hours work every Sunday.
The length of the working day IN livery,
boarding and sales stables has been an
other subject of special investigation by the
! department, which has established the fact
| that in this particular vocation some persons
have to devote eighteen hours out OF every
twenty -four to work, or at least must be in
attendance that length OF time. Only about
25 per cent of all the wage earners IN this
line of work have regular ten-hour work
day. The greatest number have to work from
eighty-four to eighty-nine hours weekly, and
in some instances we have found men who
work 1926 hours every week.
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NO AGREEMENTS. SIGNED
Contractors, 1t Is Said, Will Proceed
Without Them.

Without Them.
Ten days of the working season of 1902
have passed and the Master Builders 'asso-
citation has not yet signed contract with
a single trade covering the wages and
working rules Of the season More than
that, it is now said there will be no con-
tracts made between the association and
the trades this year, with possibly one
exception.
The various building trade unions sub
mitted their 1902 schedules to the associa-
tion before April 1, as usual. and since
that time have, been working under the
terms Of the new schedules. But no
formal agreements have been made by the
contractors to accept the same, and it is
said to be their deliberate plan to make
no agreements this year.
This arrangement leaves the contractors
free to refuse to pay the wage scale in
any branch OF the building trades at any
time In the year ending April next,
whenever in their Judgment the condi-
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Iowa Mems COmpany.
Special to The Journal.

oPeCIdI 20 I HI JUuTHdI.
Iowa Falls, Iowa, April 1.-THE LiIooet
Gold Dredging company, which has just been
organized by Dubuque and Iowa Falls capt.
talists, will develop the claims of the com
pany along the. Frazer river in British Col
umbia. The new company will be formally
organized under the laws of that province
and the principal stockholders will leave for
that country the 25th. c. T. Hancock, a
prominent Dubuque capitalist, will be presi-
dent. B. B. Bliss Of this city secretary, and J.
Mulholland general manager The reports
made by the state geologist Professor, Calvin
who has just returned from an inspection oil
the claims. are so flattering that steps will
be taken at once to develop them
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BARRIERS Organize a Union.

Special to The journal. r....
La Crosse. Wis, April 1.-THE BARRIERS have
followed In the steps of many of the trades
in La Crosse and organized a union with the
following officers: President, G. johnson; vice
president Emil Kirchies; financial secretary
and treasurer, Alex Wiedner; corresponding
secretary, Edward Rossberg: recording secre-
tary, Albert ID. Carpenter.-The first annual
o'clock dinner given by the La Crosse Pro-
gressiye Association last evening at Germania
hall was attended by 300 young business men.
The leading speaker was Amos P Wilder of
Madison. Others were Rev. Ambrose Muir
ply, Frank Winter, Rev. Henry Faville, N. C.
Kelley and Charles II. SchWeizer
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MAY RECONSIDER
II. and l.. Councils View Of wu,.
Visit Changes.

i. and l.. Councils View Of wu.s
Visit Changes.
Some Of the members of the Trades and
Labor Council have been led to see new
light In the past few days in the matter
of Minister Wu's proposed visit to Minne-
apolis and it is possible that at next
weeks meeting of the council an attempt
will be made to bring about reconsid-
Grafton of the councils recent action dis
couragtng the project to bring the Chinese
minister to Minneapolis It is realized
now that tire council, out Of sympathy for
the cause of the cooks and walters,
unions, and upon their urgent insistence
did not give the matter the mature con :
sideration that it merited Ordinarily
the council, which has the record Of being
a pretty conservative body Of men, would
have postponed final action for two weeks
pending investigation. This time, how
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Schuyler Sworn In.

Special to The Journal
Fargo n. d., April 1.-THE change in the
personnel Of the landofhce force here has been
made, and G.. G. Schuyler now acts as register,
vice c. n. Valentine Mr.. Schuyler is Of
Fargo and was selected for the place in the
kindergarten" session in st. Paul.-Another
new paper has been started in North Dakota,
and the News at Wishek is the latest claim
ant for attention. "A. P. Guy Of that city is
the editor, and the first issue shows liberal
patronage. Wishek sprung uD when the 500
was built through Mcintosh county.
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Not in the Artesian BELT.

Special to The Journal.
Webster, s. D., April 1.-THE attempt to
bore ], $50 feet with the hope of striking an
artesian flow on the property Of the Webster
Mill company, has failed and the outfit will
be shipped to another point Three holes
were bored from 800 feet to over 1900, and
were abandoned. This locality is, without
on the new waterworks and electric light
plant, which was suspended last fall, has
been resumed and will be pushed to compile
tion.-A gasolene launch with capacity for
forty people, has been purchased to run on
Pickerel lake this commissioning in this
locality will generally begin the first of next
week,
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ELKS SAY GOODBYE
The Two-Day Dedication Exercises
Closed ut Sioux Falls.

Closed ut Sioux Falls.
Sioux Falls, S. d., April 1.-THE fes-
tivities in connection with the dedica-
ton of the new Elk building were closed
last evening by the presentation by the
Elk opera company, composed of local
talent, of the comic opera 1.-The Mascot"
at the new theater, followed by a recep-
ton, ball and banquet at the new club
rooms.
During the two days festivities a class
Of eighty-four was Initiated into the mys-
teries of Elkdom by working teams from
Minneapolis, st. Paul, Huron, LeMars,
Sioux City and Sioux Falls.
Grand Exalted Ruler Pickett and other
officers of the grand lodge departed late
last night for Omaha, where they will
be guests of the Elks of that city.
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Special to The Journal.
La Crosse. Wis, April 1.-THE remains OF
Record Herald at Chicago, who died in tina
city Tuesday, were brought to this city fol
burial to-day. Mr.. Nevins was a former La
Crosse boy and learned the business in La
Crosse, starting in the office of one of the
local daiies as printers devil. In 1874 he
opened a job printing office. but year later
disposed of it and started as local reporter on
the Republican and Leader, and in 1880 start
ed the La Crosse Daily News.
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Not Il Cent for Their Trouble.

Special to The Journal.
Menominee, Mich, April 11.-Thieves en-
tered the postof1ce at Daggett and broke open
entered the general store of John Durham
and stole a complet outfit of clothing MAX
ing the change of apparel in some near by
dry kilns. The clerk was sleeping in the
building at the time, but was not awakened
A committee of the Commercial Club met
this afternoon and adopted plans for the new
600 opera house.
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Painters' ana Decorators, Council.

The painters and decorators of the two
cities came together in st. Paul Sunday eve-
ming to organize a district council and will
held April II. The district council will be
composed OF delegates from the unions OF
both cities. and they will meet alternately in
Minneapolis and St. Paul The purpose Of
the organization is to unity the interests Of
the trade In the twin cities.
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SObered by u Shot.
Special to The Journal.

SpeClaI TO The JOURNAL
kenmare, N. D., April 11.-Theo Harrington,
who lives near Kenmare. had "a bit Of strenu-
Gus life recently. Two intoxicated men insist
ed on his furnishing them with whisky, and
when 1t was shown he had none they loaded
up his lumber and started to drive AWAY. His
orders for them to desist were disregarded,
and careful aim with his old shotgun was
effective that the pain sobered the tres
passers and caused them to hastily unload his
In nha
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Slate May Be Broken.

Special to The Journal.
Fargo, N. D., April lit is probable there
will be IA break In the municipal slate for
Fargo. 1t is said there is already protest
against some of the proposed appointments,
and changes are CONTEMPLATED in one two
of the most important positions. 1t is cur
rently announced that Dr.. S. J. Hill will be
named for city assessor. and If this is true
Mayor-elect Sweet has made happy hit
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Connecticut Free Bureau.

The operations of the Connecticut free en-
ployment bureau in February give pretty
good idea of the possibilities OF state activity
in this line. There were 34S applications for
employment, Of which 96 per cent were located
in some line Of work.
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Burned by an Incendiary,

Special to The Journal $500 =
Ontonagon, Mich, April 1.-THE logging
camps Of D.. J. Morton. comprising seven
having been destroyed by fire. It was the
work of an incendiary. The camps were un-
occupied, but contained valuable cont ents
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which a certain standard OF cleanliness and
ventilation is required.
There are no sweat shops in Minnesota, y
said Mr.. O'Donnell this morning. There are
some places where clothing is taken home for
work, but all such quarters that we have
visited have plenty of room and light and
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NO Sweat shops ~ Mfnne.ota.

Labor commissioner O'Donnell has received
which 247 red dots show the location Of sweat
shops. These shops are fruitful sources Of
infection. Last week the Maryland legisla-
Il urs passed q factory inspection law, under
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kerr'S Millinery

Never before Hats charming this
In the way Of medium priced Millinery showing ~
some beautiful creations Of Chiffon Lace Ribbon and
We have prepared for Saturday collection Of n
charming
shops at $lb and $8 Saturday
the Hats hand
somey draped They start $125 and high
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IOWA OVER WISCONSIN
Fourth Annual University Debate at
Iowa City.

Iowa City, Iowa, April 1.-THE Univer-
sity Of Iowa won the fourth annual de-
bate with the University of Wisconsin,
held here last night, on the question of
1.-The desirability of amending the ma
tional banking laws SO as to permit ma
tional banks to establish branches"
Iowa universities speakers had the at
frmative
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-07-13
Man,s Cruelty to woman

Chicago Post.
As an illustr alton of extreme cruelty we
find 1t difficult to parallel the case of the
Chicago man who stands charged with
the crime of awakening his wife at night
ito see ghosts in the room" In her APP
plication for divorce the wife merely In
cludes this among the specifications, but
IL seems to us the limit of satanic inga-
nnity. Ghosts are not pleasant compan.
ions even when we come upon them In
our waking moments and with full ex-
pectation OF their visit; but to be awak-
ened for the express purpose of enjoying
their society, and taking down their COM
munications. II they are communicative,
is distinctly disagreeable and annoying.
Even mouse would be welcome diver
sion after such an experience. 1t Is UNI
derstood that a wife should be the part
ner of mans joys and Sorrows but when
his joys include nocturnal interviews with
ghosts, the courts are prepared to sustain
a demurrer. A man has no more right
to insist that his wife shall help him en-
terrain his ghost friends than has the
wife to drag him off to her afternoon
teas and receptions. There are certain
privileges and dignitiss of Sex which
must be respected.