The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20
COL0RED MEN FORM =.
NEW LOCAL UNION
Hotel and Restaurant Employees
(Colored) Of Minneapolis Per-
feet Union Organization.
Charter Membership Composed of
Men Who Command the Re-
spect Of All Citizens.

(The following special from Mime
apolis is one of the most gratifying
news items that we have received in
some time and we take great pleasure
in prophesying for the new union,
Circle No. I'll, successful and pros
porous career.-E,ditor Labor World.) }
Special to Labor World:
MINNEAPOLIS, March 1S.-The
colored employees of the hotels and
restaurants Of Minneapolis have per-
fected the organization Of local
union.
This is the first union Of colored
walters in this state and the earnest
| ness and enthusiasm manifested on the
occasion clearly point to a most sue
| cessful and prosperous future for the
| new organization.
Tht local was organized by Grand
! Organizer E. Koviliski on Thursday
evening, March II, ana starts out with
twenty seven charter members. It will
be known as Circle No. I'll Of, the
Hotel and Restaurant Employees In
ternational Alliance and Bartenders'
International League of America.
Officers Installed. -. -,
The, following officers Were. duly
elected and installed for the current
term:
President, Philip p. Hall; vice pres
| tdent, Menry Lee; recording secretary,
W. Stirnan; financial secretary, Ern-
est B. Yarnes; treasurer, Luke Itch
nor; chaplain, Rev. H. E. Beasley; in
| spectoor, Albert Most; guard, Ed
Shelton and Leonard Oliver.
| The membership of the new circle
! are diligent, Industrious and steady
workers, and come from the ranks Of
the most respected of the colored
| population of this city, and as a result
| Circle No. I'll will at once be accord
ed an influential position in the de-
hberations of organized labor.
At the conclusion Of the work Of
the organization addresses were deliv-
cred by National President T. ]. Sulli-
van, Bro. Frank Hoffman and Presi-
dent Philip T. Hale. All Of the speak
ers emphasized the fact that what
ever the place allotted to us by Provi-
dence, that place is for us the post Of
| honor and duty. God estimates men
! not by the position they are in, but
by the way in which they fill it.
The speakers also impressed upon
the members the value Of being earn
! est devoted to their local circle and to
the cause Of trade unionism; waver-
ing, vacillating, half-hearted individ-
| ual make just the differenct between
a signal defeat and splendid
victory. There is no substitute in
trades unionism, nor in any move
| ment for that matter, for thor
ough-going, ardent and sincere
earnestness Of endeavor. It was a
saying Of a certain wise man that "a
man in earnest finds means, or if he
| cannot find, creates them"
The speakers also dwelt upon the
lessons to be learned and observed
| during periods of ,adversity. One
speaker said that "adversity was the
diamond dust with which Heaven pol
ished it's most precious Jewels" "Re-
member" said another speaker, "that
| all experience teaches that it is not
the calm and pleasant and easy expe-
riences of life that make and develop
men, but its rugged experiences, its
storms and tempests and trials. A
smooth sea never made a skillful ma
| riner."
The intense interest shown by the
membership is proof that they are fully
1mbued with that loftiness of purpose
which insures success in every under
taking and that the day is not far dis
tant when Circle No. I'll will be an
| honor to the cause Of organized labor.
The address Of the president of the
new organization is P. F. Hall, 1112
Spring St., N. E., Minneapolis, Mimi