New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-08
STATE LABOR CONVENTION
Minnesota Federation Meets in
New Ulm Next Week.
Delegates Are to Discuss Import
ant Legislation.
Monster Mass Meeting Will be
Held Tuesday Night.


Held Tuesday Night.
Labor leaders and members of or
ganized unions to the number of 4
several hundred, will gather in New
Ulm next Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday, June 18th, 18th and 18th, to
attend the annual convention of the
Minnesota State Federation of Labor.
Indications point to the largest at
tendance in the history of the FEEDER
alton and far-reaching results are
expected from the deliberations of the
delegates. Legislation of the greatest
Importance to labor interests will be
discussed and there are a number of
judicious bills which will probably be
recommended to the state legislature
for passage.
The annual meeting of the State
Federation of Labor is one of the
most important conventions held in
Minnesota. A year ago at Little Falls
upwards of 400 delegates attended and
the New Ulm gathering promises to be
on even larger scale. It will mean
considerable to the city, as the major
portion of these men will remain in
the city for nearly four days.
A special train from the Twin Cities
to arrive next Sunday night will bring
the an guard of the army Of dele
gates. It will carry the delegations
from St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth,
ST. Cloud, Brainerd and other places
in the northern part of the state, while
those from east and south of here are
scheduled to make their appearance
Monday.
Sessions are to begin that afternoon
and will continue until Thursday night.
Monday evening the delegates will be
entertained by the New Ulm Turn
verein, when the Second Regiment
band will give an open air concert in
Turner Park, to be followed by gym
nastic exhibitions by several of Prof.
Herman Helm S classes. Tuesday even
ing there will be monster mass meet
ing in Turner Theatre and to this, as
we'll as to all the other sessions. the
public is earnestly invited.
At the mass meeting speeches are to
be made by w. E. McEwen, secretary
and treasurer of the Federation; M.
E. Neary, it's president; G. E. James,
chairman of the Federation Council;
Harry Dix, president of the Mime
apolis Trades Council: A. Fl. Garfield,
vice president of the ST. Paul Trades
and Labor Assembly; John O'Donnell,
the Minnesota labor commissioner,
and others. All of these are speakers
Of note, men qualified by experience
and study to deliver addresses upon
the topics they will handle, and their
expositions of the aims and objects OF
organized labor will be we'll worth
hearing.
A sharp passage at arms is expect
!, ed when the matter of electing the
Federation president is taken up. M
E. Neary, the present executive, is ou1
t for reelection and he has three worthy
: opponents in Harry Dix of Mime
/ apolis, and C. e. James and A. Fl
f Garfield of st. Paul. All of the candi
: dates have enthusiastic foliowings
t and a hard struggle will preeede th,
t choice.
In st. Paul Sunday meeting. o
IL the executive council was held to pre-
: pare matters for presentation to tn
5 convention. Included among thes
4 questions are several bills of benefi
4 to labor unions and the Federation
d will doubtless ask that they be favor
f ably acted upon at the next session 0
: the state legislature.
e During the convention the FEEDER
r alton headquarters will be at th
Dakota House and all sessions are t
take place in the Turner Theatre.