The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-07-24
Membership Increased During
Year Despite General Bust
ness Depression in State.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
MAKES GOOD REPORT

Compensation Committee Issues
Thorough Report on Confer
enoe Hearings.
! For the fourth time in the history
OF the Minnesota State Federation Of
Beautiful city Of Winona. on the Mis-
sissippi river. When the convention
opened last Monday, it was. a double
celebration; The most significant part
'Eof the social feature being the cele-
bration of the silver anniversary.
Twenty-Five years ago the State Fed
Grafton of Labor was organized.
All Hail the Day!
,"All hail the memorable day OF July
annas ssp repoft s Wss 1 the day
which our state federation Of labor.
was spoken into being, and but two
sssea dsys +. weeks or s1ee ave
niversary. Did time permit our mem
Dry could dwell lovingly, over the
pages of the past and imaginatton
ambitious wing In prospecting on the
future
"The delegates to our first conven-
ton, Al In number ,builded better
than they knew. The conventions
those pioneers of our State Federation
Of Label 't and ths only one of them ra,s, we
must feel a joyful pride in the pro-
gress that has been made by the
forces Of organized labor in the North
Star state since he helped to lay the
The organizations which took part
In. the formation Of the State Feder-
alton Of Labor were the State Farm
neapolis Trade and Labor Assemblies;
the. District Knights of Labor: the
Nationalist Clubs Of Minneapolis, and
named Of which issued the, call Tor
the. organization meeting, Only@#t two
Of tina bodies which:-.took, part in
r sna aetve are
and they are represented In this con-
vention today. They are the Trades
and Labor Assemblies Of st. Paul and
Minneapolis.
Increase Membership.
notwithstanding the depression Of
tinues the report. "As strikingly
shown by the immense army Of un-
employed men and women for at least
are able to report to. this convention
a. growing membership In the ranks
Of organized labor and the State Fed
9n Many new anions eSr have s BEEN ergan
lzed, and we are proud to see some of
them represented here today to, aid
and means Of still bettering the the CO" con-
ditions of life for the men and wo-
men who toll. We are also able to
report, through your secretarytr
"urer. paid up membership larger
than the Federation has ever had and
what I believe to be the largest num-
nsr be. Of new affiliations for any year in
;.2ss President Hall recommends in his
Il ren0rf q 4.
ness relations exist between the farm
!. ers in their equity association and the
labor unions and suggested the pos
relationship.
:: The organization work and the pro-
new members In locals already organ
lied were touched upon briefly. Ac-
c.rding to President Hall great deal
y OF substantial progress has been made
: In organization work during the year.
Conditions Deplorable.
- In his trips throughout the various
sections of the state, it was found
. that the. industrial situation was truly
lem had assumed unprecedented pro-
: port. .Men and Women women have y .as sought sh
5ssa 3g tta to wefk and
Quoted for the relief and aid of suf-
terinE nv huma1ty nn3 have 9a striysn to nd
81. affairs. Yet in spite of all this.
I have not heard Of a single reduction
IN the wage scales or contracts made
~ A Blight SPOT. spot 's"'ets'
It was with a great deal of salts
1aeton that the delegates to the WI
:: throughout the state. 'Ae
in "st1ikes f5l State among %sns nd the orsanizsd
os stSs dATS issn of fS1 find
4 has been the strike of the iron mould
, ers n shakopee against the, Mime.
manufactures the "CoraT stoves and and
ranges. The strike arose from the
d1Siteihareef itina nf Py Rya the company Of CON
:, mlsed and necessary sanitary condi.
- shnt,t1+,n tiGns IN the companys plant and the
gs6e1 nr Of wage Payments
s nents IN. non-negotiable paper. ! The
j. %conmittee also demanded Tor :, the
union a: LIAR fair adjustment of the matter
ron and return of the eelmsG reeu,ar d3e,y naE.
day. 4 The union moiders str1ck to ob.
tain "a. reinstatement aasntt1a Of the chairmar
sue. Alltheir offers ana demands wer.
refused by the company, which brought
IN str1ke-breakers and obtained re-.
straining order: from Judge wht
panders only to the industrial and. plu.
tocratic interests. II he had done ;
enjoined persons against wrongs tha;
never took place, as this judge did i,
= his order. The strikers have appealed
from the Injunction to the. , supram,
heard in October, ;afd IN the meanti1n,
: the operation sof the Injunction is sus:
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