The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-01-04
''R 81: MEETING |: o.
Trades ASSEMBLY.
Attendance Large and; Delegates
Filled With Exultation Over
Righteousness Of Cause.

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Stirring Address by George B
I &Howley, President of the State
Federation Of Labor.
| Judging from the enthusiasm and
! intrepidity which pervaded the entire
assembly, the favorable outcome OF
present lockout is not the subject of
! any misgivings on part Of union labor
Ten or twelve years ago such an at
tack as the present, coming from the
so-called National Association of Man
ufacturers, through local agencies
might have staggered the unwary, and
perhaps wholly discouraged others, but
1.-THE day of such discomfitures is over
For several years organized labor
has made Industrial and economic edu-
cation the BEACON lights Of it's member.
ship. and as result the humblest in
dividual in any ordinary local, has to
he reckoned with upon a. higher plane
! of understanding than obtained in
years that are gone. The so-called
National Association of Manufacturers
underestimated the object, of it's at
]
When the true inwardness of this
cowardly lockout is understood by the
public, even the members of the Real
Estate Exchange will be "crawfshing.'
| Business Session.
| In the absence of President w. J.
Hunt, Vice President William Perry
called the assembly to order and pre-
sided over it's deliberations. y.
! -. Roll Call Of Officers.
All officers responded to their names
with the exception Of tine president
statistician and trustees. The trustees
appeared later.
Minutes Of meeting held Decembe,
| 18th were read and approved.
Roll Call Of Delegates!
T.. Responses on behalf of unions repre-
sented and condition of trade were as
follows:
Boilermakers, r., fair; Bakers, fair;
Brewery Workers, good; butchers
good; Clerks. quiet; Electrical Work
ers, lockout; Leather :Workers, poor;
Typographical Union,:r fair" Painters
and Decorators. lockout Sheet & Meta:
Workers, lockout; Steam Engineers
fair; Cement Workers, fair; Dock. &
Ship Carpenters dull; Building Labor,
ers, lockout. Carpenters. lockout;
| Freight Handlers, fair Machinists
dull Team Drivers, good, Plumbers
Gas Filters, lockout Ore Dock Hand
lers, dull; Newspaper Machinists
good; Blacksmiths, dull.
: e. 'N New Delegates.
Credentials were presented by the
following named persons to represent
their unions in the assembly,:
F. A. Burren, Machinist Union No
PA.
Fred Heckler, Team Drivers Unior
No. All.
Mr.: Burren being present approached
the. presidents desk, was obligated il
due form and seated as a. member o.
the assembly.
H. g. Bills Presented and Allowed. *.
i. William Prindler, rent. $50; Georga
{Northheld, six rlatonths' salary, $1,000
: George Mortified, books and station
). cry, 1850; Labor World, letter heads
1878. :: 49,
Said accounts having been duly ap
proved by the board Of trustees, O,
i motion warrants on the treasurer wer'
ordered drawn for. the payment there;
Of. -:
Communications.
4 From Trades and Labor Assembly
Marshalltown, Iowa, part only of which
! was decipherable, asking cooperate,
Of Duluth assembly in introducing {
trowel made by Brockmor company.
Referred to Plasterers' Union.
+ From B. A: Larger, general secretar.
United Garment Workers of America
| relative to the firm of M. Shore & CO
1 Accepted and filed.
From Boston Central Labor Union
soliciting aid for the relief Of the fam
lily Of Edward Cohen5 president, of tn
Massachusetts, State Branch A. F. o
L., and the family Of Dennis d. Dris
GILL, secretary treasurer of that organi
cation. While waiting for conference
: with Governor Guild at State House, OF
| Dec. 5, 1907, Cohen was fatally shot
: and Driscoll dangerously wounded, b!
bullets from revolver welded by al
irresponsible party.
Communication referred to the: secre
tary, with instructions to answer tn
same and inform the Boston brethrel
of conditions here.
From William Dobson, secretary o
Bricklayers & Masons' Internationa
Union, Indianapolis, Ind, expressing -;
hope that all trades in the city Of Du
lutn would stand shoulder to shoulde
In the fight against non-union condi
lions.
Communication accepted and secre
tary Instructed to request Mr. Dobso1
to have the International Union use it