The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-06-06
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GREET MEN| Or Toll
Federation Convention VIII be Most
Notable Gathering of Labor Ever
Held in North star: State.

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Important Business to- Come Before
Meeting Attempt to Lesisiate Pres
ent Officers Out Of Movement.
On Monday next the epresentati ives.
of Minnesota'ss sons OF toll will gather:
in Little Falls. for conferenc That IT.
will be notable meeting goesWjt thout
saying. There will be atSleast 259.deks|
egates in attendance: The arrange ~
ment committee at Little Falls have
everything in readiness for: ne con-
vention There will be an1usements Is ofI [
various kinds after the business of the#s(
day is over On Monday afternoon: |
there will be a ball game in the even
ing mass meeting will lie held and
the people of Little Falls:;willz be iad-
dressed by some of Minnesota's beading
labor men on the economic questions,
of the day. - tts< r.. 3 x s
At 10 o'clock Monday morning the
convention will be- called#to order ~
B. G. Bradley. chairman of the com
mittee on arrangements: He ssWill.in-.
troduce Mayor. Chas. Vassaly, who is
an old union printer. Mr...Na assaly Will
welcome the delegates. in behalf ss,ofs the
city. To this President NJ, E..Neary
will respond, after which the report
of the committee on credentials will
be received. There. will he an address /
Immediately following this 7by MI. ohm
O'Donnell, labor commissioner Of Min
nesota. %:z<:- sSs :: {: . !. S ::z:
After this it Will be business until
the convention :ad djourns: I The reports
of President Neary, Secretary McEWen
and the Federation Council will ali Be !
read at the first days session
The most important thing TO come
before the convent ion,Willb be- the con =: y
sideration Of several proposed amend -
| rnents to the constitution offS THE sFede-#
ration. Some ofstheseS arezo a radical
departure, and Wi thout doubt viii 4
cause considerable debate & One 81
them, which is destined zlegislate tesouts
| of the movement s5all people: who hold
political POSITIONS Isl mot SZcausing such
a stir as::Waa expected 5of The Car
penters' .u11ion.ofF NIInneapo least
some of its represe1t llavs been:
sending circulars to al Ssthe unions
in Minnesota: ashins y loSa union 4stps
instruct their.de for.ssh amend
ment. Every union az fused
to endorse the prop Sc Or. rheSe ar.
penters' union Oh ST..
down., andSSt throughosatat SlkafeN
but feV:Sun ions
EdeaIIs. S
pro fo fast
ent POI itical por vefnent the
| state will be "a ken by edera
ton, and strange; to SAY such old
timers as John 3: Swift. |of .Minneap apo $.
lis, are instructed to vote for such a
scheme. This proposition will Sun-
doubtedly be submitted to 5as referen-
dunn vote of all the unions.#<, =
The matter Of continuing the work
of organization. will be- deserving of
more attention: in the convention than
any other matter. So little attention
is paid to this subject at conventions
that the delegates often wonder what
to do about it.. If more attention was
paid to the work of organization, and
| less given to personal matters the
! conventions of the State Federation
would be ar more fruit than they ever
did.
The most interesting business will
be the election Of officers. Who will
be president?' It will take the con-
vention to decide that point. The can
didates are NJ. E. Neary, the present
incumbent; A. c. Bainbridge of Min
neapolis, G. E. James and A. III. Gar
field of St. Paul.
| For secretary-treasurer there will
be two candidates. c.. E. James Of, st.
Paul, has a large following, and the
friends of the present incumbent are
interested in his success. The con-
test will be good natured one, and
whoever is elected the other will give
the successful one his hearty support.
Duluth would like to have the Fede-
ration Council, but the chances are
that it will be kept in either st. Paul
or Minneapolis.
This city will be represented in the
convention by thirty-five delegates.
Most of them are we'll known in local
labor circles, and all are able men.
That Duluth will be well represented
is a foregone conclusion, and that the
labor movement Of the state will re-
ceive an impetus as a result of the
convention, nc one will deny.
The Duluth delegation will leave to-
night over the Northern Pacific and
will arrive in Little Falls at sos Sun
day morning. The fare to Little Falls
by way of Brainerd is $3.50, and by
way of St. Paul it is $1.07.@= -
AMERICAN LABOR UNION.