The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-08-31
LABOR DAY PROGRAM
!: COMES IN FOR ROAST
Trades Assembly Delegates Take
Exception to Presence Of Non
Union Advertisements.
Non Union Institutions Were Civ.
en- Prominence in Questionable
> Union" Booklet.

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The Trades Assembly held q real
live meeting last Friday evening at
the Kalamazoo building. There was
the largest attendance of delegates at
the meeting, that the assembly has
had for some time. President Hunt
was absent, and Vice President Perry
of the painters union occupied the
chair. A number of new delegates
were obligated.
A large batch of communications
were disposed of with dispatch.
Among them was an appeal from the
American Society Of Equity asking for
cooperation in the establishment Of
an exchange in Duluth. A committee
was appointed to see that necessary
steps were taken to launch the new
plan.
The committee appointed to act with
the BARRIERS union reported that it has
visited the barber shop In the Wolvtn
building, and the one owned and con-
Quoted by Deputy Game Warden John
Green, between Fifth and Sixth ave-
nue. west. In the first instance the
proprietor gave the committee some
hope for the placing of the union shop
| card Of the BARRIERS union In the
shop. In the case Of Mr.. Green 1t
was reported that the proprietor en-
tertained an old grudge Of many
moons against the BARRIERS union, and
he declared that he would never
unionize his shon
MIR. Green acted very courteous to-
wards the members Of the committee,
but he was Arm in his position. and so
the Assembly by unanimous vote
| placed the barber shop of John Green
on the 1--WE don't patronize list" of
| organized labor.
The delegates from the electrical
| workers union asked the cooperation
Of the Trades Assembly in a campaign
! to be inaugurated in systematic way
against the Bell Telephone company.
| The request was granted, and a COM
mittee will b eappointed by the AS
| sembly to work with the union.
The real fun Of the evening came
when Mrs. Bessie Cayo, president Of
! the garment workers union protested
| against the action of the Labor Day
| committee, In giving precedence to g.
| non-union manufacturer Of overalls.
She commended that as there was but
one union factory in Duluth it should
have the preference in the program.
This started the scrap. Delegate
Kelley of the switchmen's union
didn't like it a bit. In his character
istic manner typical of the rough and
ready switchman, he told the dele
gates very emphatically that it was
| not the proper union spirit. He asked
the delegates to be consistent Final
| ly the matter was temporarily settled
! by motion from Delegate Walsh,
which authorizes the officers of the
Assembly to have printed 5000 circu-
! lars advertising the label Of the gar
ment workers union.
| A copy Of the Labor Day program
was quietly slipped to the editor Of
the Labor World, and as his eagle eye
reviewed the pages Of that memoir
able booklet, he came across the ad-
vertisement Of the Oliver Mining COM
pany, the constituent company Of the
great Steel Trust, which is waging a
death struggle against organized
labor on the .Mesaba Range, and
which Is hiring professional strike
breaking thugs to shoot down work
ing men upon the least provocation
This brought forth the wrath of his
union spirit.
There were advertisements also
from other companies of the Stee
Trust, and also one advertising the
Radiant Home stove, for many years
on the Unfair" list of the American
Federation Of Labor. The Unior
Clothing company, on the Unfair
list Of the retail clenf1s union, was
also given prominent space. My, bu
there was something doing for a time
and the way the delegates applaudet
the protest was sufficient to indicate
that the committee was rather reck.
less in its desire to secure a revenu,
for the Assembly.
The Labor World has taken ad
vertisements from some of these in
situations, but it would not accept on
while there was a strike on or Will
1t was unfair to organized labor
we should our paper would b.
promptly boycotted by union labor.
AS. matter Of principle no homes
and consistent labor editor would b.
guilty Of advertising an article tina
was obnoxious to union labor. W.
simply asked that the Assembly b.
true Of its. colors. It is regretabl
that the incident should occur. pu
We would be direlect in our dut,
should we permit it to pass withou
q protest.