The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-07-16
TRADES ASSEMBLY / N IS
GOVERNED BY y new
SET OF OFFICIALS

Last Friday night was election time
at the meeting hall of the Duluth
Trades and Labor Assembly and the
| members did themselves proud by
/ putting through slate that is a
| credit to any organization in the
! country. !.
Several of those who had served
! with credit in the past were re-elect-
ed and the weak spots in past office
| holding were strengthened by the
election of earnest, wideawake union
| members
P. G. Phillips, whose energy and
! tireless activity has been apparent
| the past six months in the capacity
OF president, was reelected, and the
| assembly can congratulate them
selves on their choice. Mr.. Phillips
is always ready to donate his time
| and strength in the cause of organ
lied labor and has served with ability
and foresight that has surprised even
his friens. w. ] butcher, OF, the Mu
sicians' union, was selected as record
ing and corresponding secretary and
IAAO d9SculDly has ldlu lLScll ODcl ~
fluctuations on being able to secure
SO wideawake and enthusiastic man
for the place
The other officers chosen we're w.
H. Thompson reelected vice presi-
dent; w. H. Perry, secretary-treas-
urer; e. Rickert, reading clerk; L.,
Schriner, sergeant-at-ar and James
Walsh, Mrs. Dempsey and j.. Miller,
trustees.
w. H. Thompson, L. Schriner,
Richard Jones and ]. H. Power were
| named as Labor Day committee.
The matter of the early closing
movement was the most important up
before the assembly and the commit
| tee appointed at the last meeting af-
ter reporting, was empowered to
meet with the committee from the
! Woman's Label League and the Early
Closing committee to confer on fur
| Their action.
! The assembly Is heart and soul
pledged to promoting the movement
and it's members hope for early sue
| cess.
The report Of the committee show
ed that a large majority Of the mer-
chants favored the innovation but
that fear Of competition from a few
who would not close was lettering
several who would otherwise be glad
to give their clerks the desired boon.
Routine business occupied the bal
ance Of the evening in which the
receipt and. adoption Of the report OF
the delegation sent to the Fargo con-
vention had place.
The following is the full text Of the
report Of the delegates as made by
Richard Jones of the Photographers,
secretary of the delegation:
To the Members of the Duluth Dele
! cation to the Twenty-eighth annual
Convention Of the Minnesota: State
Federation of Labor:
| Greeting:
The twentyeighth annual conven-
of Labor was held in the City of Far
60 North Dakota. June 1922. Two
hundred and six regularly accredited
! delegates were present with five fra
| :" ates from the Jamestown,
North Dakota, Trades Assembly. The
! convention was opened by Charles A.
! Fraser, president of the, Trades and
L 1Sape d A1semb,y Of cargo Addresses
Adams, Mayor Lowell and W.. G.. Gill
breath, State Labor Commissioner OF
North Dakota.
From the first to the last day of the
| convention the weather in Fargo was
OF the hottest variety. the thermome-
ter registering as high as 1O5 in the
shade h and to add to- the inconveience
the o@ @ale e D nGt only ny from from
rest OF the state as we'll, let it be
known that Fargo is a peerless town,
made so by an energetic though heart
| less state legislature
| President HOw1ov altar raSnop6jn
appropriately to the several addresses
Of welcome, declared the convention
formally opened for business and
on credentials. Secretary McEwen
read the main report of the committee
1t named the delegates entitled to
seats and also the fraternal delegates
who were entitled to seats: On the
! question Of seating the delegates OF
the Womens Union Label League in
the state on the same basis as the
delegates from trade unions, the COM
| Minneapolis and Van Brunt Of ST.. Paul
recommending that they be admitted
only as fraternal delegates, and Dele
gate Richard Jones of Duluth submit
ting q minority report recommending
that they be seated on the same basis
as delegates from trade\unions. There
was very spirited debate over the
report was adopted BY the Convention
and the lady delegates were seated
with voice and vote and all the privil-
| eyes Of other delegates.
Following the report Of the Com
mittee on Credentials, President How
ley announced the appointment of the
regular committees. Duluth was rep
resented on the several committees as
follows: Auditing and Credentials
Richard jones'; Rules and Order OF
Business. William Pearson; .Organtza-
ton, S. S. Mcdonald; Officers Reports
James Walsh: Constitution and Law
William Perry; Resolutions, S. r
| Skrove; Legislative and Political tAc-
| ton, Henry Pereault and John Bar
ron; Labels and Union Label Organiza
4 ton, Ernest Rickert, P. ]. Marandow
Building Trades, Charles Rigdon and
j. H. Powers. i ~: -
Following the announcement of the
committees the convention adjourned
until O'Clock. - 49, = =
The annual reports of President
Howley. Secretary Treasurer 1McEwer
and thes Federation Council, occupied
the attention Of the delegates durine
the afternoon. In his report Presi.
dent Howley paid great tribute to or.
ganizers whom he had appointed from
time to time to assist him in the work
He referred especially to the assist.
ance given by Mrs. Catherine Demp.
sey of Duluth, Mrs Maud Batlo$ Of Rec
Wing. Mrs. Klox, Of Fargo, and Johr
Chubbuck of Minneapolis. Presiden1
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