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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
Editorial Section.

union, No. 10. has been appointed district Or
ganizsr by his International.
fa T. Rainm has been chosen business agent of
the Carpenters district council. 8 4.
IS st. Sundays meeting of the Typographical
union, fourteen new members were admitted,
making 2SI taken in since the Inauguration of
the eight-hour strike
Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmens union,
NO 50. will hold the fourth annual picnic Sun
day, July 8. at Jordan.
Minneapolis Stage Employees union Is max
Ing a bid for the next interna tional convention,
and ]. B. Quinn, who Is representing the local
in the convention being held in Boston, Is armed
with the necessary credentials to warrant the
assertion that Minneapolis will receive consid-
Grafton. 5st,i AZ ga "a
/ Regular meeting Of the Garment Workers
union has been postponed until Tuesday even
ness will be up for consideration 81
I J. Moren has been elected president of Hoist
ing Engineers union, No. SO. Other officers are !:
/ Vce-president, A. Hail; recording secretary, W.
A. Worcester; financial secretary, G. F. Carey;
treasurer, ]. Early. a. 49, -,
! w. S. Fisher and Elmer Klingelsmith fra
! ternal delegates to the St. Paul Carpenters
union from the Minneapolis local paid an Of
fetal visit to the former union Tuesday even
! ing. t.E. .-. -. r.. 81
! Painters and Decorators union will elect the
| delegates to the trades assembly and the paint
| ers district council Tuesday night I*EG. -
| Local pasterers, who have been enjoying a
| Saturday half holiday, making an effort tC
/ bring their ST.. Paul brethren into line. com
! mittee from the local union visited the st. Pau
local and received assurance that the matter
would be considered. ~.@. W.T. ...
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VOTE ON AMALGAMATION
Carpenters Take UP Question Of Union
of Two Bodies

Friday evening, July 6, Carpenters
union, No. 7, will again vote pom the
question of the amalgamation of the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
and the Amalgamated Society of Car
penters. For more than eight years
negotiations looking to the merging of
on, but 50 far nothing has resulted.
Now, 1t is asserted, conditions have
been modified to such degree that
favorable action is anticipated.
Of late both organizations have been
eager, as a whole, to merge interests,
but a large per cent of the member-
ship of the Amalgamated society was
DESTROYS of carrying the insurance feat
ure of their body into the proposed
new union. Because of the fact that
the membership of the .Amalgamated
society was for the most part composed
of men Of advanced age, who would
shortly become eligible to pensions, it
was impossible to secure any arrange
ment. 1t is not definitely known just
what concessions have been made to the
brotherhood in the way Of insurance,
but it is limited that everything has
been settled to the satisfaction Of all.
Friday evening next, delegates will
be chosen to attend the national con-
vention of the brotherhood, which will
be held this year at Niagara Falls.
There will probably be big field of
candidates, but the only one to an
nounce his candidacy so far is William
Murphy, financial secretary of No. Z
who is actively in the race.
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BAKERS OFFER. AGREEMENT
New Rules Provide for Arbitration and
Other Important Features.

A committee of the, Bakers union is
visiting all the local hotels and restaur-
ants in behalf of the union. Interest
in this work is stimulated by the an
nounccment that the international will
aid the local financially in the proposed
work of organization to be carried on
this summer. 49,
A copy Of the new agreement, which
is receiving some favor at the hands of
the employers, is at hand. It provides
for a 10-hour @workday and a scale of
SIG a week for day foremen and $19
for night. Bench hands and oven men
are to receive $l4 a week for day work
and SIS for night. Overtime is to be
at the rate of IS cents an hour. But
one apprentice is allowed for every
crew of four men. All employees must
be union men before the employer is
allowed to use the union label. An ar
bitration clause is a part of the agree
ment, and provides for board to con-
sist of one, person selected by the union
choose the third, and both parties to
any arbitration are bound to abide by
the findings of the board.
The annual steamboat excursion of
the local union, held recently, was a
success, and the treasury will be en-
riched to a considerable extent as a
result.
Election of officers will take place
der's hall. Leslie Sinton, who now
holds the office of president, will not
be candidate for reelection. Mr..
Sinton is shortly to take position as
foreman with a new concern, and will
begin his duties about Aug. l. Z.
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CENTRAL COMMITTEE NAMED
Body Is Composed of Young and
ENERGETIC Men,

+. Owing to the fact that he was off
ciating at the institution of new
union of millers at Eagle Lake, Gar
field Morrison, the Mankato member of
the Federation council, was unable to
be present at the meeting held re-
Gently. in st. Paul.
President McElroy made a partial
list of members Of the new state cen
trail committee known as follows: First
district, H. W. Libby, Winona; sec
ond, G. Morrison, Mankato; fourth,
J. J. McHugh, st. Paul; fifth, John
Wahlquist, Minneapolis; sixth, Morgan
Flaherty, st. Cloud; eighth, Joseph
Shartell, Duluth. G.. W. Deacon of Min
neapolis and W. @. Ives Of st. Paul
are the delegates large: Members
are yet to be selected from the third,
seventh and ninth districts.
Favorable comment is heard on all
sides as to the makeup of the commit
tee. The men chosen are of the younger
element. with one or two exceptions,
and represent some of the brightest
minds in the labor movement. Messrs.
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tting the rights Of courts to issue. in
functions; extension and strict enforce
ment of child labor and compulsory edu-
cational laws; institution of a system
of government savings banks; enact
ment Of more stringent state and
national pure food laws and the estab-
ishment of an effective system of in
gpectlon which would render evasion
impossible; an employers liability act;
graduated income and inheritance tax;
limitation of large fortunes: initiative
and referendum; abolition Of contract
convict labor; enactment of a law ex-
Guiding Chinese, japanese and other
lator detrimental to the American
workingmen; that all material used in
construction of state, municipal and
county buildings, so far as possible.
be crown, quarried and manufactured
IN the state; municipalization of street
railways, gas, electric, telephone and
other utilities; recall by petition of the
majority Of voters Of any or all elected
officials who shall prove derelict to pre-
election pledges.
The platform committee was made M
as follows: G. c. Collins, j. !. Nc
Hugh, A. H Garfield, c. H. Blye and
j. w. Enright, and their report was
adopted without amendment.
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CONVENTION rs ASKED
Western Federation of Miners Pulls
One More Labor String.

Local unions are receiving a circular
which is being sent broadcast under
the direction OF the United Hebrew
Trades of New York, with offices at
ITS East Broadway, calling for a con-
vention of organized labor "for the
purpose of devising ways and means
of exposing to the world the nefarious
methods used by capitalistic conspir-
aters in their efforts to fasten tho
crime of murder upon innocent men
who are loyal to the cause of trade
unionism.''
1t is desired to make final arrange.
ments for the proposed gathering be-
fore July Is, 1906. the convention to
be held providing 100 local unions out
side of New York express their will
lingness to send delegates. If the neces-
sary cooperation is guaranteed, the
date of the convention is to be Aug. 10.
So far as is known none of the local
unions. has taken favorable action upon
the proposition, and it is not consid,
cred likely that any of them will
Other matter in the circular gives a
history Of the trouble of the officers
of the Western Federation of Miners
and the character of the whole cir
cu!aE Leaves cay no no, S doubt as to, where i
I
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INTERNATIONAL SUNSHINE SOCIETY

board and the state officers are spend
ing the day at the cottages, giving a
final inspection.
The citizens of Forest Lake are great
" interested in the good work and
have extended any assistance the So
ciety may need in making the work a
success.
Everyone is delighted with the lodge,
which Is ideally situated, surrounded by
big oaks. The yard is full of great,
tall ferns and wild flowers and the
glimpse Of the lake thru the trees s
delightful. There is fine bathhouse
and boat, painted in the sunshine col
ors, and the guests cannot fail to have
a week of delightful rest and pleasure.
The Northern Pacific railroad has
been exceedingly generous as to trans
portation, promising all that the socie-
ty may need for it's guests. The So
ciety yet needs more money to carry
on the work, but has faith that that,
too, will come. It does not believe
that kind-hearted ones will let the
work suffer now that Miss Davis has
given it such start.
The cottages are open to visitors and
Sunshine extends a special invitation to
all those who have helped the cause
to visit the lodge sometime during the
summer: There, are several trains a
day and it is a delightful place for a
picnic. - ~. "
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baby. and many Of the articles have
been for years the dearest treasures Of
mothers, who, at the appeal for the
blind babies, gave them up for the
sake Of these little helpless ones. Every
room bears a brass plate with the name
Of the donor and one plate on which
was written I'm memory OF a family
story of one mothers great loss. The
room was charmingly furnished with
five little white beds, and at the foot
of each was a cretOnne-covarad box for
each child g own possessions.
Like all Sunshine work there is no
expense beyond the actual operating
expenses Of the home: "Mama Ire
superintendent, has given her services
free ever since the work Of which she
was the prime mover, began, and to her
it is wholly labor Of love. There is
real mother love in her eyes when she
looks at the babies and no one can
question that her heart is in her work.
Some day the children must leave the
home for the institutions for the blind.
but they will become better men and
women, mentally and morally, for their
stay in the Sunshine home.
Several children have been brought
to the home who were thought at first
|, to have weak minds, but with few
months Of loving care and of patient
teaching they have every one responded
and one or two have become really pre-
cocious mentally.
One of the happiest hours for all Of
them is when they have their singing
lessons which is kindly given them by
Brooklyn teacher. They know all the
kindergarten songs dear to babyhood
and sing them with enthusiastic spirit.
One little girl named Annie has already
become of sufficient age g years) to
be taken to the state home for the
blind, but the state commissioners have
given her permission to spend her va
| cation at the Sunshine home, which is
the only home she knows.
The children were especially happy
the day the Minnesota Sunshiner visited
them, because, as Abraham announced
to every visitor with great glee, they
were going to have Hparty with Ice
cream and lot Of good things" Some
little boy in Brooklyn, whose parents
were. wealthy, was going to give the
blind babies party on his birthday in
stead of having one of his own and so
anticipations were running high.
The home is supported entirely by
voluntary contributions and Mrs. Alden
says everything comes that she asks
for. 1t costs So a week to keep the
babies and many of them are kept there
in memory of lost baby, while others
are. supported by Sunshiners all over
the world. However, no blind baby is
ever turned away because no one is
ready to furnish the support. The home
is open to all.
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Ives, Morrison and McHugh, among
those abroad are particularly we'll
known, while locally John Wahlquist
and G.. W. Deacon are popular and
energetic workers.
The committee will meet this after
noon at Federation hall. st. Paul. to
effect a permanent organization. Work
incidental to the campaign will be
taken up Immediately, and those, Sc
lected to fill vacancies in the third.
seventh and ninth districts will be
announced.
Letter2 from the Manufacturers asa
ISOLATION and the Citizens alliance
were read at the Federation Council
meeting, but their contents will not
be made public until they are printed
for general circulation by the council.
These letters will be sent to all at
fliated organizations and to officers.
A stat ement of the standing OF
unions with the Federation will be is
sued quarterly in the future, and a
list of delinquents will soon be sent
out. The next regular meeting Of the
Federation council will be at Alex
ander's hall, Sunday afternoon, July
%, at 2:30.
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Sunshine from Brainerd.

The In-As-Much branch of Brainerd
sent, dozen pillowslips for the Mary
Davis Sunshine Lodge. Sunshine is
very grateful, as plenty of bed linen
of the new branches, the members Of
which are all young girls, and it has al
ready scattered, sunshine to many needy
ones The president of the branch is
an invalid and her patience, and her
sunny ways inspired her girl friends to
start the Sunshine branch. The meet
ings are all held at the home Of the
peess S nna tes IN nfyf fHnd a hap
cheer to Others.
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Sunday, July i, 1906.

years ago, the society now has fine
home in Brooklyn very
nicely furnished, and this summer the
Crcpsey family gave the babies the use
of their old home, which has been in
the family for nearly hundred years.
The grounds run down to Gravesend
bay. and there is a magnificent view
of the ocean and the children have the
benefit Of the health-giving salt breezes.
The babies have been in their home
now for over two months, and when a
May they were found to be the happi-
est lot Of little ones imaginable. Some
kind friend had supplied each with a
sand pail and shovel, and houses and
forts were IN process of construction.
It is pathetic, the sight of these little
blind ones, and there were few Of the
hundreds Of women who visited the
babies during the Sunshine convention,
who left the home without tears in
their eyes. AS yet the babies do not
realize their condition, and they sing
and play all day without care. It is
really wonderful the way the little ones
go around alone. The nurses are ever
in readiness, but the babies are taught
grounds and to help themselves as much
as possible. The spirit of unselfshness
and helnfulness is early impressed upon
them, and the oldest ones are always
willing to pilot the little toddlers and
look after them, showing a strong sense
of the responsibility placed upon them
The house is ideal for the summer
home of the babies, with it's large, old
fashioned rooms. The front hall, run
ming the length of the house, has a
quaint old winding stairway with Q
mahogany rail that Is almost black with
Wg Thu Thu a nv sbs mas nd sma ta6 ds,
each table has it's bouquet of fresh
flowers, for all the children dearly love
the flowers of all kinds. There is &
large, pleasant living room and the 9th
er rooms are devoted to the schoolroom
the playroom and the sleeping rooms
Nearly every room in the house wal
furnished in memory Of some deat
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Sunshine Lodge Now Open.

The first guests for the season Of the
Mary Davis Sunshine lodge will be sent
out tomorrow morning. OF the twenty
eight guests, seventeen are children
ranging from a baby in arms to. Is
years Of age. Mrs. McMullen, the state
president, has been at the cottages all
the week, getting them in shape for
the season, and it is expected practic-
ally everything will be in readiness for
the pleasure and comfort Of Sunshine 3
guests Monday. .t\> ~
y Today the members of the advisory
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A Housekeeper for North Dakota.

Sunshine has received request from
a woman living in Oberon, N. D., for
position. as housekeeper, preferring TO
ow with no family and a very capable
woman. She has the best Of references
and would require references from her
employer. Sunshine will give her name
and address to any one who desires
frst-class housekeeper.
The society has other applicants for
housekeepers' positions, and the names
will be "passed on to those who wish
to employ one.
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Sunshine from The Journal.

Sunshine is very grateful to The
Minneapolis Journal for the gift of a
set of dishes for it's Mary Davis Sun
shine lodge. When George Bickelhaupt,
the manager Of the circulation depart
ment, heard that Sunshine needed more
dishes he at once came forward with
his offer giving pretty set and a num-
Der of extra cups and saucers and
plates. Mr.. Biclelhaupt has also or
T h e J Journal sent every day to the
lodge so the guests will have their
paper. "Mrs. Wiggs' said she did not
think the summer would be half as
nice if she could not read T h j our
nal r.
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MINNEsorA HEApoUARrERs

%aE,s MINNESOTA HEADQUARTERS.
Courthouse Minneapolis. Telephone N. w.
Main. lTO4. jr
All Sunshine news for publication in the sun,
shine deDar tment of The Minneapolis Journal
should be addressed to Miss Eva Blanchard, 139
East Fifteenth street.
ADVISORY BOARD.
Judge L. W. Collins.
Rev. Marion D, Shutter.
J. s. McLain.
Mrs. Marion D. Shutter. W.
Miss Corinne De Laittre.
Miss Mary j. Davis.
STATE OFFICIALS.
President. Emeritus-Mrs. Theodore Haynes.
President--Mrs. D. H. McMullen, 80 Eleventh
street S. Telephone, n. w. M. 1853 2.
First Vice President-Mrs. w. II. Kirk. j
Second Vice President-Mrs. J. A.. Brant.
Third Vice President-Mrs. N. A. Sprong.
Fourth Vice President--Mrs. ], F. Wilson.
Fifth Vice President-Mrs. Il. W. Kingsley. a
Sixth Vice President-Mrs v. G.. Gilman.
Recording secretary=-Miss Nellie Broom. , e
Treasurer-Miss Eva Blanchard. ~
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. 6. w. Parker.
State Organizer-Miss Lillian Ellis.
INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.
9e Filth avenue, New York. Cynthia West
over Alden, founder and president general.
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More Contributions TO Sunshine

Mrs. H. II. Leavitt has sent Sunshine
high chair, child's bed and some
other chairs for the lodge. Mrs. Cooper
has also given high chair and a St.
Paul friend has given one for the use
of the small guests at the lodge. Mrs.
Hubbard has given a large bundle of
colthing..
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800 for Sunshine.
'THE state, officers of the Sunshine
society, were surprised and de-
~ liohta1 last Thursday when 8

THE state officers of the Sunshine
society were surprised and de-
lighted last Thursday when a
representative Of the Princess Bonnie
company brought to the headquarters q
check for $l00 as gift from the com
pany. Sunshine was more pleased than
it can say, for money is badly needed
to carry on the outing work this sea-
son at the Mary Davis Sunshine lodge,
and the 800 could not have come at
a more opportune time. aF.'.
The "Princess Bennie' company in
cludes number of the students of
Central high school and the money
which was raised at an entertainment
given before school closed has been
given to various charities and it was
voted to give Sunshine share. IT,
Sunshine extends cordial invitation
to the members of the company to visit
the lodge at Forest lake this summer
and see how much happiness they have
given poor women and children during
the hot summer days The state presi
dent would like very much to have the
name Of the manager of the company
so a personal letter of thanks may be
written. The messenger presenting the
check failed to leave any name.
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Summer Home for the Blind Babies
One of the most beautiful features
Of the Sunshine work is the branch
formed to care for blind babies. Tho
this work was commenced but three
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INDEPENDENT TICKET WILL BH
PUT IN FIELD.
Sentiment to Work Thru Old Parties Is
. Unpopular and Nominating Conven-
tion Will Be Held July 2O-Outlined
Platform Includes Everything Dear to
Union Mans Heart.

st. Paul unionists have taken the pre-.
1iminary steps for the organization OF
q workingman s party and will place an
tndependent ticket in the field at the
coming election.
G. c. Collins, who is one Of tho lead.
ers in the movement, is firm believer
in independent political action, assert.
ing it is the only method thru which
labor unions can get satisfactory re.
suits. At the preliminary meeting some
opposition to IN independent political
organization developed. some advocat'
ing working thru the older parties as
a means Of securing desired legislation
and the election of candidates favorable
to organized labor. These were over.
ruled, however. Among those who spoke
favoring Independent action were J. J.
McHugh, recently appointed member of
the State Federation central committee
on political action; c. H. Blve Of the
cigarmakers' union, John Gieske of the
BARRIERS, A. H. Garfield of the retail
clerks and others.
Favors Old Parties.
T. F. Thomas of the typographical
union said he thought it was a waste
of time to organize an independent
party, and declared that labor should
strive to obtain control of the old po-
litical parties This could be done, he
said because a majority of both repub-
icans and democrats in the large cities
were wage earners. He also cOntended
that an independent movement was not
contemplated in the action taken by the
American Federation of Labor or the
State Federation
1t was decided to hold nominating
convention on July 20, when it is pro-
posed to place a full ticket in tho
fClpd Ratio Of representation will be
one for every twenty-five members, but
unions having less membership than
twenty-five are entitled to two dele
gates.
John T. Krieger was selected as
chairman and John L. Gieske secretary
of the temporary organization.
The preamble cites decisions in the
courts adverse to labor by Judge
Holdom and Judge Humphrey of Chi
cago; protests Against the treatment ac-
corded the officers of the Western Fed.
Grafton of Miners; favoring the enact
mcnt of new laws favorable to the
cause of the workingnlan, and express
ing the belief that the conduct of our
government and the course of legisla
ton have emphaticallv demonstrated
that only those interests that are es
pccially represented can hope to secure
legislation at the hands of law-mal:ing
bodies. and also that such legislation
can only be had by activity in political
affairs.'
Gist of Platform.
The platform stands for government
ownership; right of the government tc
control and regulate trusts; abolition
of life tenure of office for Judges OF
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Labor Notes.

Steamftters union, No. 49, has postponed the
regular semi-annual election of officers until
Thursday evening next.
W. P. Dahl, business agent of Steanftters'
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WHEN THE FIRE IS HOT.

CIeVeIanu PIHln Dealer.
They have succeeded in producing a black
potato in the Congo"
''Pshaw. we've got a cook who can produce
black potatoes right in Kitchen =