The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-09-17
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
FOR NEXT LABOR DAY
Superior Trades Assembly
Takes Time by the Forelock
and Will Act.
Has Already Started Work for
Next Year With Enthusi-
astic Hope.

Though poorly attended, the Superior
Trade and Labor Assembly held most
Interesting meeting last Tuesday even
ing. President Ferguson, member Of
the machinists' union, was in the chair
hnd handled the gavel with Judgment
hnd caution. The meeting started pre-
cisely on time. and the regular order
pr business was suspended to permit
the delegates from the electrical work
Frs to Introduce a set Of resolutions re-
guessing the common council to refuse
10 permit the Bell Telephone company
known in Superior as the Douglas Coun-
ty Telephone company, to install its
telephones in the new city hail. The
reasons given in the resolutions were
that the Bell company was unfair to
organized labor; that it was opposed
TO the best interests of Superior, and
that the Independent company, which
bad secured a franchise from Superior,
bad broken the monopoly established
by the old company. and had given the
people Of Superior telephones at
greatly reduced cost.
Telephone Company Wants Monopoly.
1t was argued that the Independent
company had enabled WorKingmen to
have telephones in their homes, while
The Bell company is still charging
prohibitiVe rate. The Bell company Is
Attempting to drive the Independent
company out of business. If it's tele-
phones are installed in the City Hall,
t will give the company an advantage
IN this direction. The Independent COM
pany is unable to get it's telephones in
1ron 1o~ / Ia
offices There is always an affinity
between large corporations, sort of
brotherly love. The company offers
Inducements to managers for using the
Bell telephones in this manner. It gives
concern a telephone for the sum of
e54 per year. This is $24 more than is
charged by the Peoples company. Nat
nrally the local manager will object to
Such a price, and then the company
very magnanimously offers to give him
2 home telephone absolutely free of
cost The Trades Assembly endorsed
the resolutions.
DULUTH UNlONiSTS SPEAK.
Henry Pereault. w. E. McEwen and
s. M. Kelley were present from the
Duluth unions at the Tuesday evening
meeting Of the Trades and Labor
Assembly. They were called upon
TO speak. Mr.. Pereault referred to the
Labor Day episode at Zenith Park, and
related how the police officers of Su-
perior had very informally put dam
per on the picnic. 1t was plain to be
seen that Mr.. Pereault was warm I'M
der the collar, and it required consider
able effort to restrain his feelings:
Considerable ginger was worked in
to the discussion when a Superior dele
gate from the: Bartenders' union re-
piled to Mr.. Pereault by stating that
he believed that the mayor was all
right, and that it was not necessary
tor anyone from Duluth to come to su-
perior to tell the citizens of that city
what kind Of a mayor they had.
w. e.. McEwen said that he was
simply representing the Labor World,
and had come to Superior for the pur-
bose of creating an interest in the pa
Der. He stated that he wished to es-
1ablish a Superior department in the
Labor World and asked for the sup
port Of the Assembly, which was very
generously given him. He then discuss
ed the labor movement in general and
devoted the balance of his time appeal
Ing to the delegates to give their loyal
support To the movement.
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