Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-12
The Milwaukee Company Denies Any
Hostile Intention Towards
st. Paul.
A SHORT LINE TO MINNEAPOLIS
They Say Is All They Desire to
Accomplish.
POSITION OF SIOUX CITY co.
They Don't Object to the Minneapolis
Line, But Want Their Rights
Respected.

Respected.
The midnight raid of Messrs Mitchell, Mer-
rill, Carey e Co., of the Minneapolis g. st
Paul railway, upon the right of way of the ST.
Paul q Sioux City railroad company-fall de-
tails of which were given in the GLOBE of yes
teroay mornlng-contlnued to be the exciting
topic OF conversation wherever two or three of
our citizens were congregated together yester-
day And among them all there was but one
expression, and that was in favor of standing
ny the interests Of this otto and fighting any
railroad or organization which should sttempt
to interfere with the plans of our advancement.
AS to any purely railroad controversy the feel
ing was general that the courts could take care
of that but when it came to other matters.
which were feared to be the impelling motive
OF the raid there was equally general feel
ing that the citizens should mix in" in be-
half OF local interests.
The vigorous position taken by the GLOBE
with reference to the transaction was most
heartily endorsed, and the milk and water
half and half, good Lord and good devil stand
OF Bill Kings Minneapolis paper, published in
ST. Paul, as heartily condemned.
temporary increase in the excitement was
added by report that the people Of Minneap-
OILS mad espoused the cause of the new corpor-
atlon-as was to be expected-and that party
was being organized to come to the defense of
their working force it, perchance, force should
be necessary to dlsposscss the trespassers and
restore the invaded property to the Sioux City
Nha
rally on the part of Minneapolis,
was the appearance on our streets,
about III o'clock, of a reporter of an evening
issue of that burg, and he was such meek look
ing cuss that all fears from that source rapid
ly disappeared, and discussion of the situation
reverted back to its original status.
And the original status or rather why
Messrs. Mitchell, Merrill & Co., if their object
was simply to build short and direct rail
line between st. Paul and Minneapolis, with
out jeopardizing St. Paul interests, should feel
it necessary to commence operations in the
dead of night, is what our people cannot un-
derstand. st. Paul favors closer rail
connections with Minneapolis, but it
Goes not favor such connection,
1t 1t is to be secured at the expense of other in
terests rail and general, in which st. Paul is
vitality interested. Such was the tenor of the
general talk on the streets yesterday-talks in
which the leading men of the city took part;
men who have spent long years in building up
It's railroad, commercial and manufacturing
interests, and who are to-day heavily taxed for
large bonuses to the very company Gas we'll as
other corporations), that appearances would
indicate is now antagonizing itself to the city.
But while such fear has found Judgment in
many minds, no one has yet been found to
give any reason for such proceeding. The
officers of the st. Paul q Sioux City company
confess their inability to give any such reason
and the representatives of the Milwaukee com
pany positively disclaim any such intention
and with equal positiveness assert that their
only object is an immediate construction of
short rail line from st. Paul to Minneapolis.
There are however, many rumors ahoat as to
the real object sought to be obtained by this
move of the Milwaukee company, some of
them of very startling character, aud which
verified, would fire the st. Paul heart as it was
never fired before. But st. Paul does not pro-
pose to judge harshly or act unwiseIy. Neither
does 1t propose to allow any foolishness. The
determination is, that having bought certain
rights, they shall be preserved to their
own use and advantage. So much to the
expression of the public sentiment of st. Paul
as voiced in the general discussion of the situa-
ton yesterday. and now to the actual occur
rences OF the day.
WORK CONTINUED.
The force of noted by the GLOBE as at
work at IL o'clock Tuesday night. were found
still occupying the ground yesterday morning.
though increased until 1T numbered some thirty
men. About 10 o'clock in the forenoon Mr..
Prior, of the Milwaukee company, who with
Mr.. Carey engineered proceedings the day be-
fore, made his appearance at the general office
of the company. Mr.. Prior had to run the ma
chine alone yesterday, Mr.. Carey having left
for Milwaukee the night previous. Soon after
arriving in the city GLOBE reporter met
Mr.. Prior, but the gentleman had nothing
especial to advance except that excited
Minneapolitans had greatly worried him that
morning. some of them calling before he was
out Of bed, and that he expected Manager Mer-
rill here to-day. This latter supposition was
confirmed later by a telegram from Merrill, an
nouncing his arrival here by the afternoon
train to-day.
THE SIOUX CITY OFFICERS.
The reporter next called at the general offices
of the St. Paul & Sioux City company where
he found both President Drake and Gen. Bish-
op. To the inquiry, Anything new this
morning ON the railroad imbroglio?" Gen.
Bishop in response said there were really no new
Informed him Mr.. Merrill would be
reasons for believing that an amicable
arrangement would then speedily follow.
But in the meantime to preserve their rights
in the property entered upon by the agents of
the Milwaukee company, it had been determin-
ed to enjoin them from further operations the
papers for which were then being prepared
under the direction of Mr.. Drake. Visiting
that gentleman's office the reporter found him
just on the point Of leaving for the office of his
legal advisers, Messrs. JAS Smith, Jr., & Eagan.
and thither the reporter also wendell his way.
delay of an hour here occurred in the prepa-
ration of the complaint, when Mcssrs. Drake &
Smith turned their steps in the direction of (
Judge Simon's office in the court house. The
judge, after carefully pernsing the facts set
forth upon which the injunction was asked, |
issued the necessary order, and the papers We're
turned over to Deputy Sheriff Harrison to serve
THE COMPLAINT.
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