The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-01-07
.BA|NBR|DCE'S SUN HAS
SET IN. MINNEAPOLIS
Painters of Flour City Elect a
New Business
Agent.
Labor Leaders of Minnesota s
Metropolis Given a.
Surprise.

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 5.-The sur
the announcement of the defeat of A.
G. Bainbridge for the office of business
manager of the Painters union. He
has held the office for the past five
years and has seen the organization
grow to one Of the largest in the state.
There are 700 members in the union
and Mr.. Bainbridge's opponent, S. w.
Moore, was elected by majority Of
one.
Mr.. Bainbridge has been a prominent
figure in local and national labor mat
ters for many years, and it is just pos
sible that he may be candidate for
| one of the principal offices of his in
ternational union next year. He is
third vice president of the Structural
Building Trades Alliance of America,
of which organization he was one of
| the organizers.
Mr. Moore, who will succeed Mr..
Bainbridge next April, is we'll and fa-
vorably known locally, having served
number of terms as financial and cor
F.! responding secretary of No. 1856.
| ger A. G. Bainbridge made his annual
report to the union. The showings are
highly satisfactory. and, while in some
respects the figures are not as large
! as those of last year, this is due to the
| fact that the northwest is now pretty
thoroughly organized and WOrkmen of
! the craft coming to Minneapolis from
| outside towns are already members of
T~>S< <s@As
amounting to $2,367.50 were collected.
which is $1,21S.50 less that in 1903. Dues
collected, $1,43S.s0, bringing the total
collections up to $3,806.30. The sum of
$616.5o was paid upon application fees
by applicants who have disappeared
without being initiated. In 1904, seven
| ty-four members were initiated, against
135 in 1903.
! During the year trouble was reported
ON 6S4 jobs, and in most cases an ad-
! justment made. Union men were COM
| PEELED to leave twenty-seven jobs be-
cause of the employment of union
! lists, but in only two instances was the
trouble serious. From the middle Of
April until the middle of June, it was
impossible to supply the demand for
inner, aHd 4se 4neHsyseF sent from heaslls
+ quarters 70 work on Jobs In the re-.
naming months there was always a
surplus of men. Calls to the number Of
11S were made on sick or injured men,
bers, in addition to those made by men,
bers of the sick committee. Letters
numbering 563 were sent out, besides
I literature in the interests Of organized
| labor in general.
Three meetings of the Structural
Building Trades Alliance were attend
ed, at Chicago and Indianapolis. The
| business manager attended all but five
meetings of the Building Trades coun-
| Gil, and every meeting of the Trades
! assembly since the union has been af-
! filiated with that body. The work of
! the office required his presence at
! meetings averaging four each week,
! until II to l o'clock, with at least one
| Sunday month given to the work.
! Six contra ctors have agreed to union
! conditions during the term, but these
do not offset loss through two large
! shops letting out their union men.
| There was not a single case of violence
| on the part of union men against nom
unionists in the year. Nearly all the
| men locked out or called out have Sue
! ceeded in securing good positions, in
| some cases at better pay.
Several members have opened shops
and stores of their own and have been
very successful. in some cases employ
! ing as many as forty union men.
Friendly and Harmonious relations ex-
| list between the employers and the
! union in all but few cases. Conclud-
! ing, Mr.. Bainbridge says the union is
| On more solid and substantial basis
! that ever before in it's history with a
| seemingly bright future in prospect