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Show LABOR NOTES. A number of new unions are being organized io this city and other parts of the territory, which will be affiliated with the Federated Trades council. At the next meeting of the Federated Trades council, which takes place June 12th, matter of importance will come up iu the interest of the laboring classes. The Federated Trades council and the Building Trades assembly are to have now constitutions and by laws printed which will be ready for 'distribution 'distri-bution in about week. Since work has been resumed on the Ontario hotel and other lame buildings btaned.jjthu leeling among the bui ding trades is more hopeful and they expect ii a short time to see all their Lien employed. em-ployed. Nearly all the unions report matters about the siime as last week with prospects pros-pects of a slight improvement for the building trades. Everything is working work-ing smoothly iu all the unions at the present time. The Building Laborer's union is in a prosperous condition and generally meet with success in gettiug union prices. Their new banner on exhibition exhibi-tion Leo Hollander' window on Main street, shows that the boys are not going go-ing to be eclipsed by the other unions. The prospects for the building trades season i not so good hs hist, hut it is expected that iu a few weeks the foundations foun-dations for a large number of buildings will be put in. The excavations are now being pushed forward with a vim, that is affording employment to a large number of laborers. Tho building trades of this city have perfected an organization iu connection with the Federated trades. It is entitled enti-tled the Building Trades assembly. John II. V. Woodl-urn is president, John J. Dodds and K. M.l'orcher, vice-presidents, vice-presidents, with (icorge B. Blum as secretary. This organization will be of great benefit to the building trades, and will have a tendency to harmouize all dillieulties iu the building line. Matters must be prosperous with No. 207 of the Brotherhood of l'ainters aud Deojrators as another member of that union is about to take to himself a partner part-ner in the matrimonial iino. This time it is that genial mauipiilator of the brush Harry Hamlin." June 1st will be the. auspicious day. The union has also gained another member by the increase in-crease in the family of M. J. Jones, au-other au-other energeiio and worthy member. |