The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-06-21
DULUTH DELEGATES
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Special to The Labor World.

Special to The Labor World.
ST. CLOUD. Mimi, June 1.-THE
Duluth Family IS the sobriquet Civ.
Ell the delegation from me Head II!
the Lakes And the title has been.
| merited. Not only have, the; Duluth-ss
| ians had perfect marks in attendance
! and department but. they have res
| manned together throughout the pro-
| ceedings., They took an important
| part In the proceedings OF the con-
vention and introduced resolutions
/ that have been moulded into con-
crete laws. 49,. !. 49,. 80. -. 49, T
S. S. Mcdonald, new vice president
| Of the Minnesota Federation Of Typo
graphical unions and vice president
for the third time of the state fed
| Grafton, brought out a vigorous ap-
plause Tuesday when he suggested
that collection be taken up for the
striking papermakers of the Little
J Falls and: Watab mills. The presi-
dent appointed committee to pass
around the hats, and $90.36 was re-
! ceived for the benefit of the strikers.
| Pete Schaefer,- member of the Gre
dentials committee, arrived in town
Saturday and worked all day Sunday
land until the convention opened aud
iting the credentials.''. He came down
with Deputy Sheriff Ed Shubisky. of
| st. Louis county, who brought two
prisoners to the state reformatory
here.
| After turning his charges over to
! the care Of the state institution the
deputy, who is a member Of the <Du-
luth Cigarmakers' union, went over
to headquarters and visited among
the delegates. Later he went down
| to Lake City for 10 days vacation.
! Abe GAMBLER, fiat and funny who
Is representing the United Hatters at
the convention, was in Duluth last
week, working among the trades. At
the grand ball given for the delegates
and ladies' Monday night Abe drew
the prize as the most graceful dancer.
Tom Bayless Of Los Angeles, who
Is here, did organization work in Du-
1uth a year ago. >
H. r. Tinkham of the Duluth
Plumbers union, introduced and Sc
cured the passage Of a resolution,
asking for a state law licensing
plumbers. This is beneficial not only
to the plumbers but to working men
in general.
Joseph Miller Of the Trades and
Labor assembly was appointed a
member Of the credentials commit
tee when the seats of Delegates sspen-
Ger and Carlin were, contested :
G. T. Winberg Of Minneapolis, who
was elected president Of the FEEDER
ated typos, is we'll known among. the
Duluth trade unionists having worked
up there a number Of years. Gus
sold papers In Duluth before being
promoted to long trousers. -
| J. e. Jensen OF the Trades and La
Dor assembly and r. e. Jensen, his
father, delegate from the Printers
union, are as constant and close as
the Siamese twins. During the three
days in which they have been here
the father and son have been In each
others company throughout.
P. r. Marandaw of the Duluth
delegation lost his compass Monday
night and could not find his way
home. He said he knew: that his
room was five blocks to the.south and
two. blocks to the east from the. con-
vention hall but he had forgotten
whether or not the house was white
with green gables or green with white
gables. A photographer who had a
photo Of the residence obligingly left
''the feathers around the midnight
hour and gave him the picture which
p. +: used to find home.
The st. Cloud Times tells of a SINH
lar experience Of T. r. Hancock as
follows: .' :
1T. r. Hancock. delegate from Du-
luth, became lost in the vortex of st:
Clouds commercial activity Sunday
night. He could not locate his room.
He was forced to go to neighbor's
house and inquire and was then sub
mitted to the undignified procedure
of crawling through a window, be-
cause others of the fraternity had
taken the key inside"
Henry Perault was appointed chair
man of the officers reports commit
tee and proved q good selection. He
worked consistently for his commits
tee which brought In an excellent re-
port. -
A. G.: Catlin is the balancing wheel
Of the Duluth delegation. Delegate
Catlin has a record for having said
the fewest words of any Of the trade
unionists since coming here. His
forenoon's conversation Is limited to
''Mornin'," his midday conversation
to merely '1Howdy,'' and at night
when he feels particularly CONVERSE
tional he becomes verbose enough to
say 1T wac a good day: good night!''
E. A. Richard of the Trades and
Labor assembly delegation is engaged
with Tommy Hancock in Mutt and
Jeff'' role A local theater offered
them contract for three nights but
Brother Richard was taken up en-
tirely tn entertaining at pink teas.
! D. M. Robertson, only Socialist
member Of the Duluth delegation, has
been at every session Of the conven-
ton and has worked hard on COM
mittee, being a member Of the. labels
and union label organiza ttons body.
4 Fred Osborne, Carl zehnteer, and
i Adam Stenglein Of the Duluth Brew
cry workers Union No. 1873 have
been actively engaged during the