The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-02-07

LABOR NEWS AND Comments, <
H...szsH PERSONAL, ORGANIZATION AND LEGISLATIVE.

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:: Several uni ionsSEill give dances dur
ing t! ttle.sl,lontl1 onight at Odd Eel
I lows hall the KRIS viii trip the light
fantastic to u the Hanusicf of Flaaten's
/ popullar ~ ofchest1A: The union has
mace *extensiVesgRrep for the
|: event and q d everyone attending can be
assured Ofsaagpo4 time. On the 18th
| at thea1Aarmory.Sthe Marine Engineers
Wlls give ~ thleir# i1l a!xth annual ball. This
| -ls usualiy';;. eYent Of the season in
marine martin labor ctslaes. It. is the time
when All stheSzef31 14neers in the l1arbor
get together wit t1Itheir friends and en-
| joy themselves. aFhe association has
i three members whose total weight is
said to. be nearly 900 pounds, and
1t these gentlemenHhaVe nothing else to
do but to see that, every one is well
received and scareN for. Two of them
being bachelors, Seem to like the job
rather we'll. -. ~ III ~
On the. Fourthabf March the Cooks
and Walters WillMSggive a social benefit
dance at Ode: Feslows hall. The re-
| ceipts Of this dane will go to the sick
benefit. fund ofthe union, and as this
Is worthy fund xxo support, every one
should buy tickAt.
Word comes frdn Chicago that fifty
vessel captains& have withdrawn from
the Masters and Pilots association,
because that orgah ization has voted to
| become a tradesSlnion, rather than a
mere fraternal*sorg 1t now
appears that srnoaX of those withdraw
ing are what ares known, as Captain
Vessel: Owners,xs4nd Of course any,
: thing that. saVoM Of trade unionism
does not appeal2b them very strong
ly. The mastef*aNd' pilots who are not
fortunate enou8h#1O own a vessel feel
different aboutsiE Since the trusts
have secured control Of vessels the
captains are :tre4ted no better than
common seamen.Here is an instance:
A captain, whose boat had entered
Cleveland, following a; habit before the
trust days; caledE at the company Of
flee while UP. .toWM. As he entered he
was asked what vas, wanted. He re-
piled, "Oh: nothfag in particular, I
merely ,IGopped#n while up town to
see il e Weresany %orders." well
you ca>s go bapN to- your boat and
stay there. We.Wfll send for you when
we want you, the. answer he re-
ceived. The humA Aiation Of the captain
who had ,sailedsh he q lakes: for thirty
years, and USUALLY had his own way
about doing things, can be imagined.
This captain Sfss Ine of= the strongest
||sadYoca tess tod DE- union or Or
E ~, u, mi 4; Mos;
sa. 1195aAEs
hold some e.eIect I'm
I Of city "Treas1 red oss, for The
steenth "tinne;;se Wi Mccormick for
| comptroller, and Judge Window for
municipal judge without any opposi-
tion, was flattering endorsement of
their administration Of their respective
offices. :. p
Watson S.. Moore's election in the
First ward without opposition is graft
flying to all good citizens. Mr.. Moore
has shown himself to be "a clean, able
and honest official. It would be better
for the city II: there ware many more
such men as he in public life. No
matter OF public Importance escapes
his attention in the council a. l his
conservative attitude on all questions
commands the admiration of all his
colleagues.
George Fischer is again the lucky
man in the Second ward. Organized
labor has a good friend in Mr.. Fischer,
and they no doubt contributed much
| to his election in the way of appre-
ciative votes. l
Emil Tessman had it almost too easy
in the Third. His opponent did not
| show up as well as even Mr.. Tessnan
had expected.
It was Porter J. Nef, who got the
worst of it in the Fourth ward. His
opponent was not so well known, yet
he had q powerful organization behind
him.. This organization did not sup
| port Walker because they loved him
! more, but because they loved Neff less.
They had a grudge against Nef. He
was accused Of shabbily treating some
| of the most powerful influences in the
| ward. Usually these forces are ,divid-
ed in politics, but they all united
against Neff, and the fact that Neff
secured such "a large: vote. shows that
| he made most remarkable fight
None of those who fought Neff with
| a. revengful spirit: are aebit proud OF
their work We talked; with some OF
them ui17ca Tueadav - and know how