The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-03-06
.REGU[AR SESSION Of T:
THE TRADES ASSEMBLY
Official Proceedings as Recorded
by the Secretary Of the
Assembly,.
Building Laborers Dissatisfied
With Treatment Given Them
BY Their International.

The regular bi-monthly meeting of
the Federated Trades Assembly was
held in the Kalamazoo hall, Friday
evening February 26.
| All officers were present except
sergeant-atarms Phillips, and Trus-
tees James Walsh and Mrs. Dempsey
! The delegates reported condition Of
| trades as follows: Bakers, Black
smiths, Carpenters, Machinists. Paint
ers, Sheet Metal Workers, Steam Engi-
neers, Musicians, Plumbers, Switch
men and Steam Filters Helpers, fair:
BARRIERS, Butchers. photographers and
Team Drivers, Good; Building Labor
! ers, Cigarmakers, Longshoremen, Lea
therWorkers. and Tugmers dull.
New Delegates.
! Leatherworkers: JOS" H. Miller and
Charles Nelson; Steamfitters, John T.
Gilbert, F. Cody and H. Hanson;
Plumbers, Ed. Blackwood; Electrical
Workers, W. McCullum; Musicians
E. G. Simpson: Butchers E. Richard:
BARRIERS No. 81, Joseph Bradshaw.
Bills.
From the Daily STAR advertising
zoe: Fraternal Order Of Eagles, hall
rent, $1,000; both were allowed. Bills
were received from Bayha & Co., and
H. c. Kendall. liverynan, but were
! referred to the treasurer for invsti-
cation.
Communications.
From the International Union Of
Flour and General Mill Employees stat
ing that milling company Of Duluth
. is circulating the report that it's flour
/ is union made and soliciting the pat
! ronage Of organized labor. The CON-
munication states that the only flour
that is union made is that which bears
i the label, and the flour in question
does not bear the label.
From tine Shirt and Laundry Work
ers international Union containing
letter from Samuel Gompers to Ernest
Bohn secretary Of the Central Federal
ed Union of New York in which he
stated that the label Of the Shirt,
Waist and Laundry Workers Inter
national union had been recognized by
the A. F. of L., as the bona fide label
on shirts, collars and cuffs as we'll as
on laundry work.
From the Hatters International I'M
ion appealing for financial assistance
in their fight for the union label.
From President Gompers setting
forth the status of the case against
the American Federation of Labor
brought by the Bucks Stove and
Range company. ">; "': Il"
edging receipt of our do1la ton to be
used in defending the Injunction suit
brought by the Bucks Stove and Range
company; also acknowledging receipt
Of SIS inzpayment'f for premium ON bond
for the secretary treasurer. =:
From the Stott-Power Co., stating
| that. they are compiling a history Of
Duluth and asking the privilege Of
photographing the assembly for the
purpose of making an engraving for
this work. The request was granted
and the secretary instructed to notify
them that the assembly would be
ready for the photograph at it's next
meeting.
Report Of Committees.
| Delegates Pereault and Blackwood
reported that they had been working
on the organization Of the broom
workers but that their efforts had
been futile. A meeting with the
broom workers was fixed but only
one of them bowed up.
Brothers Mortified and Heideman
were elected to represent delegates to
| the Superior Trades assembly to sue
coed Delegates Phillips and Cody
The secretary was instructed to
| write letters thanking the speakers
who so ably spoke at the mass meet
ing held on Lincoln's birthday.
Delegate Uncapher spoke of the poor
lights in the meeting hall of the as
sembly and moved to instruct the sec
rotary to write Prindle & Co., and