The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-24
Coliseum Workers Will Make
Grand Hustle for Sub
scriptions Tuesday
LABOR UNIONS DO WELL
Seventy-Five Per Cent of Organized
Labor PIedged-PIans for Col
iseum Day Demon
stration.

Tuesday next has been fixed upon by
the board of directors of the Coliseum as
Soclatlon as a day when all of the can
vassing committees shall arouse them
selves to particularly active efforts, and,
as one of the members has expressed
II, get out and get the money"
The board of directors as previously
announced, met yesterday afternoon at
the Commercial club to discuss the cues
ton of canVasSing and the members of
the 4S subcommittee were particularly
requested to be present. While it ap-
peared from the reports that progress
was being made in the work it was the
opinion of some of the directors that the
business of securing wage-earners' sub
scr1pt1ons could be much accelerated by
united effort on the part of the commit
tees; and particularly that the movement
would be much promoted by the immedi-
ate distribution of the Coliseum buttons
Some members also suggested, as highly
desirable that all who have the buttons
should wear them conspicuousIy, that
others may be inspired with a desire to
get the buttons and wear them. 1t was
agreed that the buttons should be made
so general an adornment in st. Paul as
to make the man who has none feel sin
gular and conspicuous, and therefore
lacking in one of the essentials of a we'll
dressed citizen.
BY motion it was determined that the
members of committees shall meet al
the Commercial club at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning and start from there on theiI
respective routes. In the meantime leaf
let's will be printed setting forth plainly
and as briefly as possible the purposes
for which the subscriptions are being
collected, and the fundamental plan OF
management under which the Coliseum
association is operating. These leaflets
Will be- used by the committees for dis
trlbution in business houses where the
members of the firm have not personally
taken charge of securing the subscrip-
lions of their employees.
Labor Unions Do Well
President Shaw, of the Trades and La
Dor assembly, who has charge of the WORK
of canvassing among the trades unions,
reported at the meeting that the sub
scriptions Of rs per cent Of the organized
labor in the city had been secured, and
he would not relax in his efforts until he
had made it 100 per cent. His statement
was heartily applauded. Mr.. Shaw also
stated that at the suggestion of the fore
man in charge of the repairs on the cycle
paths he had visited the men employed iii
that work and had found them willing.
and in some cases eager, to subscribe to
the fund, although they are working by
the day and in some cases are aged men.
The suggestion was made that there
should be some sort of public demonstra-
ton to mark May 20, the day on which the
wage earners have dedicated their earn
ings to the Coliseum fund. No definite
plans were decided upon, but a parade
was suggested for the afternoon, and the
idea which seemed TO make the most IA
vorable impression was that there should
be grand entertainment at the Audi
forum in the evening to which only those
wearing Coliseum buttons should be ad-
mitted. H. Hinrichs was appointed chair
man of special committee to arrange for
such an entertainment.
The board of directors will meet again
with the canyassing committees on Mon
day evening at the Commercial club to
prepared for the work of Tuesday.