The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-08-01

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y q: N.aCalef has returned from Man
itowoc, where he went as delegate to
the annual meeting; '5of the American
Federation zof Labor from Superior
trades and: labor assembly. :, Mr. Calef
reports many changes in the person
mel OF Officers OF the state federation.
Matters in labor. circles in superior
are very quiet at present: All unions
are making preparations for Labor day,
the first Monday, in September, and
each individual union will strive, to out
do the others in: numbers and pres
ence at the annual picnic.> r a. .
On Friday night the Plasterers'
union held its annual election Of Of
fieers. Those elected were: President.
E. j.: McKeague; vice president, J. E.
Weir; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. c. A. Dam
The election Of Mr.. McKeague as
president IS coincident with the choice
Of two other unions in Superior. The
eldest brother, P. J. .McKeague. is presi
dent OF Typographical union No. 1853.
The youngest Iphn r. McKeague is
president of the Lathers' union. Now
the third brother has been elected the
presiding officer in the P1asterers'
union. =
The superintendent Of the Wisconsin
Free Employment agency IN this city
has made arrangements with the diff
ferent railroads leading from Superior
to the western country for transporta-
tion rates to those who desire to go to
the harvest fields Of the Dakotas, Min
nesota and other states where harvest
hands. are in demand. The service will
begin today. -.
Meetings Of the labor unions Of SUI
pertor for this week Will occur as fol-
lows:
Large hall:
Tonight, Longshoremen's union.
Tuesday. Trades and Labor Assembly.
Wednesday,, Retail Clerks union.
Thursday, Machinists' Helpers.
Friday, Lumber Showers union.
| Saturday, Car Workers union.
In the small hall the following unions
will meet during the week:
Tuesday, Brick Layers.
Wednesday, BARRIERS union.
Thursday, the Butchers Workers.
Friday, Plasterars' union.
Saturday, Building Trades union.
The Carpenters union meets every
| Tuesday IN l. o. q. r: hail.
An effort Is to be made in this city
| to form bartenders' union. An organ
! izer Of this branch Of labor has been In
Superior the past few days and has
been laboring with the mixologists with
the end In view Of perfecting an organ
| ization for the betternent or that trade.
Whether or not he WIN be successful is
yet to be learned, 49,.
At the meeting of the" Trades and
Labor: assembly tomorrow night>sever-
al matters Of importance are to come
up. The committee On resolutions, La
Dor dayeanda officers will make report
and o. warm debateS is predicted .s&sf:
|: SsAt. the last etimg e c5ontmit teeE was
appointed III 5draft B IA
|%ceived from the Mil aukse' central Ia
Dor body.protesting against the stand
made bys Senator zQuar1es III advising
against arbitration, OF the trouble exist
ing between the tanners and their en-
ployers in Milwaukee. The Labor Day
committee will report on the program
they have arranged for the annual out
ing Of organized labor. and installation
of the officers elect will take place.
The. recent discharge of the force
employed in the store of the Great
Northern railway has caused consider
able comment on the street. It appears
that about a month ago the checks for
the preceding months work were, de-
1ayed. This was caused, so it is said,
by the extra work involved in figuring
up extra time put in by the trainmen,
who had been granted an increase
which dated some time hack. The
clerks, all of whom were union men,
became dissatisfied at the non-arS
rival OF their checks ON the regular pay
day and began an agitation. The con-
sequence was that they. organized an
incipient strike. A day or SO later their
checks arrived and the strike matter
was evidently. forgotten.
Last week those who were inplicat-
Gu Ill the SlIlhe were ulSCud!6eu. NEW
men were sent hereto take their places
and worked one day. When the dis
charged men heard of the arrival of the
news men they went to, them and In
duced them to quit their jobs.
The men: discharged We're members
of a union. They did not ask the sane
ton of their union to strike, but made
an individual matter Of the situation.
After their. discharge this paper made
mention. of the matter and. the dele
cation took exception to what was said.
| They advanced the argument that the
report Of their discharge would be Cir
culated from4one e1A 1.-The country to
the other and Zthatit would be hard for
them to secure; employment on any
other railroad system. ~ ".s:: d,
| HAD thew had the sanction of their