The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-13
LABOR LEGISLATION
Carpenters Ratify proposed Employ
S I er's* IdabflifyM Law F

A large number Of unions are re-
spending to the invitation of the Fed
Grafton Council to draft bills thru
which it is intended to seek changes IN
existing laws affecting trade unions or
their members or to Introduce entire,
meet at Alexander's hall, Sunday af-
sternoon, May %, when all the pro
posed laws or changes will be consid-
cred. All measures approved by the
council will be submitted to the next
convention Of the State Federation Of
Labor, and will be- either approved or
rejected by that body. ir
At the meeting Tuesday evening,
the st. Paul Carpenters Union rat1-z
fled the following proposed bill defin-
ing the rights Of employees to recover
for personal injuries, and the same
will be submitted to the federation
council for approval:
An Act to Define the Liabilities Of En-
ployers in Certain Cases in Relation to
Damages Sustained by Their Employees.
BE It Enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That every person, o-part-
nership or corporation doing business or
operating in this state shall be liable Tor
| all damages sustained by any agent ser
want or employee on account of personal
Injuries received by such agent, servant
or employee in the course Of his employ
ment without contributory negligence on
| his part In consequence Of the fault or
negligence Of the master or the fault or
negligence of any other agent, servant or
employee Of said master or employer, in
each Of the following cases:
First-When such injury Is received in
| the course of running, operat ting or main
tanning any street car system or street
cars which are propelled by any but ami
NAL power.
! Second-When such injury Is received
| in any trench, sewer, or excavation into
which the employee is required to de-
scend for the performance Of his duties.
Third-When such injury is received in
the course Of the doing or construction Of
any public or private work, as defined by
the laws Of this state, by or thru the use
| of any pile driver, locomotive, engine,
steam shovel hoist, derrick or any ma
chine or appliance operated by mechan-
/ ical power.
Fourth-when such injury is received
in the course of the erection or taking
down or demolishing of any building, and
such injury is caused by the defective
condition or insufficiency Of any scaffold,
hoist, derrick or tool or appliances.
Fifth-When such injury is received in
or about the opening or working Of any
! mine, canal or quarry, or the construction
or doing of or in or about any private
works, as defined by the statutes of this
state. ys
sixth-When such injury is received In
any work requiring the use Of explosives
Ior in which explosives are used.
Sec. 2. When any, servant or employee
of any employer in this state receives per
sonal injuries by reason Of the defective
isconditfon or insufficiency of any tool. In
strumentality or appliance furnished by
the master, such servant or employee sc
receiving said injury shall not be deemed
Ito have assumed the risk of such injuries
UNLESS it shall affirmatively appear thai
1.-THE person SO injured had actual knowl-
edge Of the existence Of such defect OF
the insufficiency of said tool or appli.
ance and appreciated the risk attendant
upon using the same.
Sec. 3. In any action brought to re.
cover for injuries sustained by such EN-.
Iployee the burden of proving that he hae
such actual notice and assumed said risl
shall be upon the master or employers, ant
shall be a question of fact to be deter
mined by the jury.
Sec. 4. This act shall not be construed
nor is it intended to repeal any statute
of this state imposing liability for negli
gence, but IS in addition thereto.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect ant
be in force from and after its passage.
MIlers Elect Delegates