The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-01-22
TRADES ASSEMBLY IS
UNDER new LEADERS

UuUlN mU LlnUIuO
A meeting of the Duluth Trades
Assembly was held Friday evening,
Jan. IA, In Kalamazoo hall. All for
mer officers except trustee Jas. Walsh
were present. The minutes of the
previous meeting were read and ap-
proved.
Delegates reported condition Of
trades as follows: Team drivers,
label league and plumbers, good;
blacksmiths, building laborers, car
penters. electrical workers, machln-
lists, typographical. painters. musi-
clans and garment workers, fair; ci-
gar makers, horseshoers, tugmen,
longshoremen and tailors, dull. The
following credentials were received:
Team drivers, Joe Miller, William
Brizinski, William Schliker; painters,
j. H. Powers, w. P. Perry, w. j. AL
berry; musicians, w. j. butcher, l.. Z.
Coffin and Chas. Helmer; all except
Briznski and Schliker being present
they were duly obligated.
The following bills were allowed
and ordered paid: Prindle & Co., hall
rent, five dollars; John Huber car
fare to Superior two dollars and for
ty cents; Labor World for directory
card three dollars; c.. B. Uncapher.
salary and postage stamps, twenty
one dollars; w. P. Perry, salary, fiji
teen dollars; P. G.. Phillips, salary and
car fare, thirteen dollars and eighty
cents.
The communications were as fol-
lows: From the Cooks and Walters
International union asking the assem-
bly, to make the fact known that there
is a local organization of the Cooks
and Walters in Duluth, the request
was ordered complied with; from
Cohen Hmmel & &C.,, was ordered
filed; from the Switchmens union,
asking for financial assistance was
complied with and ten dollars was do
mated by the assembly; from w. r.
DALEY of THE Hand That Rules
Theatrical company was ordered filed:
from the building laborers, was order
ed replied to.
The financial report of the secre-
tary-treasurer showed bank bal
ance of $31O.15 and was referred to
the trustees,
Secretary-Treasure Perry reported
that number of unions were in ar
rears in their dues to the Assembly.
1t was ordered that all such be nOti-
fled and a committee was appointed
to call on them. Statistician P. G.
Phillips reported decrease in men,
bership in several Of the local unions
and recommended that an organizer
for the Duluth district be secured if
possible.
The trustees reported that they had
examined the books, checks and
vouchers of the secretary-treasurer
and found them to be correct. The
Labor Day committee made it's
final report and was discharged. The
nominees for president were P. G..
Phillips and Frank Heideman. bal
lot being cast Phillips <received 16
votes and Heideman IL and Phillips
was declared elected. For vice presi-
dent Delegates Lee, w. R. Thompson
and several others were nominated,
all declined except Lee and Thomp-
son IL. For recording and corre-
spending secretary, c. B. Uncapher:
Frank Heideman and r. S. McGregor
were nominated. Uncapher and
Heideman declined and the secretary
was instructed to and did cast unan-
imous vote for McGregor. For finan-
cial OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES w. P. Perry
was the only nominee and the sece-
tary cast q ballot for him to succeed
himself. For reading clerk w. E.
Towne was the only nominee and the
secretary cast the ballot for him as
reading clerk. Thos. O'Meara was
unanimously elected seargent at arms
and Mrs. Catherine J. Dempsey, Jas.
Walsh and Jos. Miller were reelected
as trustees. Thos. OMeara and P
G. Phillips were chosen as delegates to
the Superior assembly. The newly
elected officers were then installed
by @retiring President Henry Pere-
ault
Delegate Mrs. Dempsey announced
that the Women's Union Label League
would give a card party on Jan. the
Gath. Delegate Marindaw of the
SWltchmen announced that the
SWitchmen were giving dance in
the K. of P. hall and invited all pres
ent to come up after the meeting and
enjoy good time.
Several of the delegates spoke in
favor of the proposed amendment to
the city charter providing for free
music for the parks. Adjournment
was taken at 9:45.
c.. B. UNCAPHER,