The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-04-17
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
STATE EXECUTIVE BOARD
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because. of the undenlabie surplus of
skilled labor in the Mill City there
was opposition to the establishment
of such industrial schools as. the Dun
woody Institute, which furnishes It's
pupils only an insight into trade in
struction and then turns them over
ito the National Association Of Manu-
facturers which gives them a years
obstruction in non-unionism, and that
efforts had been made to prevent the
withdrawal of Cement Workers
Union No. PA from the State Fedora
ton Of Labor, but they had not been
successful.
In conclusion the report urged the
Council to inaugurate vigorous
campaign against the methods of the
Dunwoody Institute and similar
schools and commended the pres
ident and secretary of the State
Federation of Labor for their
energetic and serviceable activity in
behalf of legislation 1or the benefit
of the working people.
Reports From the Sixth District.
Joseph G. Reider, vice president for
the st. Cloud end OF the Sixth con-
port Of conditions in his territory.
He said that he had tried to reorgan-
ize the brewery workmen. but had
found only five of them working in
st. Cloud; that his efforts to organize
the plumbers had been equally unsuc-
cessful; that the union -four mill
near the city had burned down and
the union Of its employees was likely
to pass out of existence; that the
carpenters had struck for one day,
held a large mass meeting and won
their contentious; that the painters
had threatened to strike also, but
their demands had been granted and
the strike averted; that the BARRIERS
union had surrendered it's charter and
it's MEMBERS had affiliated with the
Minneapolis union of the craft, and
that other conditions in the city were
favorable.
John M. Taylor, vice president for
the Brainerd end Of this district, re-
GREETED that he had been ill and un-
able to give much attention to labor
matters. for several months, but was
able to report that the unions in
Brainerd were doing we'll except that
Of the blacksmiths, which was in a
bad condition.
Marandaw Tells About Duluth.
In the absence of Henry Pereault,
one of the vice presidents for Duluth,
who was to have made a written re-
port, PIT. Marandaw, the other vice
president from the Eighth congress
sional district, reported orally that
conditions in the Zenith City were
: about the same as at the last meet
ing of f. the council; that the Motion
Picture Operators union had waged
a vigorous war in an effort to union
ize the theaters in the city with only
!, partial success, but that the houses
had suffered heavily because of their
opposition to the movement; that the
=: building trades were only normally
active as the building permits for the
season so far, although numerous,
were small in amount; that the new
" city commissioners will do all they
! can to have the meetings of the city
council held at night in order that
the working people may be able to
attend them and present their wishes
in reference to legislation.
Mr.. Marandaw stated further that
ing we'll except those of the BARRIERS
and retail clerks. He said the lat
ter was now holding no meetings. and
had vanished from sight and know
ledge after the other unions had
helped it to obtain o'clock clos
ing rule, and that the BARRIERS union
needed attention and outside help.
Report of Secretary Treasurer.
In his report for the last quarter
Secretary Lawson stated that in
obedience to ~the instruction of the
council, given at it's meeting in Jan.
uary, he had spent all the time he
could spare from his office at the
state capitol working for Legislation
in the interest of the working people
under the direction of President Hall
that since the January meeting $500
pieces of mail matter, in addition tt
the regular correspondence of the Of
flee, had been sent out to the union!
in the state; that during the quarter
II unions had been affiliated with tn
State Federation of Labor, bringint
the total of affiliations since the Du
luth convention up to "a; that nj
basis of settlement had been reached
in the differences between the coun
Gil and the Minneapolis Trades ant
Labor Assembly over offensive &C
counts of the Duluth convention pub
ished in Labor Review. the offlcia
organ of the Assembly owned AM
controlled by that body, and that n
adjustment Of the dispute with Ma
chinists' Lodge No. 112, St. Paul
over the non-payment Of per capit
tax on more than one-half of it
acknowledged membership had beel
reached. With reference to thes
controversies the secretary said h
would lay before the council all tn
correspondence he had bearing o.
the matters involved.
Secretary Lawson said in his re
port also that he had made one tri
to Winona to confer with the conven
ton committee in that city and ex
pected to make another during tn
latter part Of this month; that sine
Jan. i, 1915, the receipts of the Stat
Federation had amounted to $500
in the general fund and $54S.91 i
the organization fund, and that flo