The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-09-12

Quarterly Session 81 Federation
Council Convened ID st. Paul
August 30th.
ACTION or PRESIDENT
* aoMPEBs IS SUSTAINED
Exhaustive Reports Presented
From All the Congressional
Districts. s=

From All the Cong ressional
Districts.
:, ST. PAUL, Sept Il. The first quar-
terly meeting of the State Federation
Council OF Minnesota since the VII 4
mona convention of the State Fedora
ton OF Labor was held at Federation !.
hall on August 30th. s
The Council is composed Of the
president and secretary of
the State Federation Of Labor and one
for each congressional district except
the Seventh and the St. Paul and
Minneapolis districts, each Of which
has two. The gentlemen who make
up the council are: Geo. B. Howley.
Minneapolis, president; W. e. Mc-s
Even, Duluth, secretary-treasurer:l
p. ]. Warren, W1nona; s. A. Rouse.
| Mankato; o. M. Nordley, Red Wing;
Joseph Maiden and A.. L.. Rich, st.
Paul; A. E. Ksllington and e. G. Hall,
Minneapolis; L. r. Porter, st. Cloud; !;
S. T. Skrove, Duluth, and B. F. Lath-
rope, Fargo, N. D. The Seventh con-s
gressional district has no representa-
tion in the council because there are
no labor union in it. ~:
All of the above named gentlemen
were present at the meeting. Several
| visitors were present also, among
| them Louis Peterson, treasurer, and
Gust Almquist, financial secretary Of
the St. Paul carpenters union,- and
Thomas Lees, editor OF the labor de-
partment Of the Minneapolis Journal
The following are brief! excerpts
from the councils offocial proceed
ings. IT,, y.: .s
Presidents Report. -
President George B. Hewley; report
ed that he had paid a visit of "a week
to Grand Forks and one Of similar
length to the city Of Fargo, to look
after the interests requiring attention
In each place. -.
In Grand Forks the BARRIERS had
been In: the habit of keeping their
shops open Oh Sunday, and the mem
bers OF the unions who worked In
| such shops had been. fined by the un-
ion and in consequence dropped their
membership; that the. master barr
bers had agreed to- obey the law,
but were not doing 1t, and he had
taken the matter up with the attorney
general. .-.| =
| In Fargo he had consulted with a
number Of the leading politicians with
a view to securing desired labor legts-
lation at the coming session of the
legislation, and believed he had 50
Impressed them that the legfslation
asked for will be enacted.
He reported that he had sent r. @.
Hall into Rochester and .Faribult to
dc organizing work, and had attended
the county convention and picnic Of
the American Society Of Equity at:l
Andstrom on August. %. and had
addressed the meeting. =
He stated finally that on a recent
visit of President Gompers to the
Twin Cities he had given President
Howley assurance that the American
Federation Of Labor would assist tho
Minnesota work all it could and eH4
pressed himself wei lpleased with The
situation here.
Secretary y-Tresaurer's Report. 8.
Secretary-treasurer McEwen sub.3
mitted his quarterly report in wrttttin.
It stated that, although President
Howley was authorized to use his ]
own Judgment about organization
work. he had wisely divided his timsl
among the places In which good could |
be done, and with little expense to-
the Federation; that he was engaged
in compiling a list Of the known un.y|
ions in the state not afriliated with
the Federation with a view to START ]
ing efforts to induce them to JOIN ita3
that the growth Of the Federation hadI
rendered q more complete system Of /
book keeping necessary, which hads
been adopted, and which the report.
explained in detail; that more sys-l
tematic way Of filing the correspond
ence Of the office had also been found
necessary and put In operation with
the purchase Of a modern fling case
for the purpose; that the proceedings
Of the last convention had been COM
piled and printed ready for distnbu-
ton within one month after the aai-
journments Of the convention; that
after consultation with President
Howley and two other members OF the
council, the secretary had, In responsel
to- q request from Secretary Easton.
OF the State i-Tubercuiosissl sleaguesl
caused to- Be printed In chart fornal
the resolution passed on this subject
lby the Winona convention for pub-t
licity purposes at the Inter. E.tstiona1l
Eexhfbition to be held at iWaahington.
ID. c.. this month. and recommended
chat the copies on hand be put apll
IN labor halls throughout the stake:
that 80 0oopies OF tho PROCEEDINGS %
the last Nederation corv vsaltion hd
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