Daily globe., 1880-08-24
STRIKE ENDED

The Question Considered all Day Yester-
day-Wise Counsel Finally Prevails and
Resolution to Resume Work Adopted.
The difficulty between the workmen in the
machine shops of the st. Paul, Minneapolis
& Manitoba railroad company came to an
amicable conclusion yesterday. The GLoBE
has kept its readers advised Of all the par
ticulars connected with the strike. The men
all quit work on Saturday forenoon aud
since then they have held several meetings
to decide upon line of action. The only
cause of complaint was against the master
mechanic of the road, Mr.. A. A. Aokerly, and
the foreman of the machine shop, Mr.. Jo-
seph Wortsmith. The meeting on Sunday
afternoon adjourned until 10 A. M. yesterday.
As a measure of precaution squad
of policemen under the charge of Capt.
Clark were at the shops at 2 o'clock
Yesterday morning, as 1t was feared that
some attempt might be made to interfere
with those who desired to 60 to work and
who did not sy mpathize with the movement.
A GLOBE reporter followed closely upon the
heels of the justice and on arriving ut the
shops found that some twenty or thirty men
had resumed work. Shortly after General
Manager Hill. Assistant Superintendent
Rice and Train Dispatcher Archie Guthrie
arrived. Very few of the strikers were visi-
BILE but about 8 o'clock they began to arrive
and collected on the bridge over the track
ON Mississippi street. They were qniet
and orderly, and but for the comparative
silence which reigned in the various shops,
nothing out of the ordinary course of things
would have been observed. Mr.. Ackerly
was at his post as usual, and did not show
any appearance or sign of uneasiness. BY
ten o'clock, the hour fixed for the meeting,
some 200 of the men had assembled and
repaired to the park at the North end of tho
bridge, and were called to order by Mr..
James Field, who nominated Mr.. V. B.
Parks as chairman.
Mr.. Parks ssaid we have cengregated here
for some purpose. What is that purpose?
There are few here who say they have been
imposed upon. Let them come forward
and speak. If there are no reasons for these
complaints let US know it. There are over
200 men lying idle. The committee have
had q talk with Mr.. Hill, and he had told
them to bring forward the charges, and if
sustained, he would remove the obstacle.
If the charges are not proven our shop will
go to work at l P. NJ, at least he would.
Mr.. Field next addressed the crowd, and
said the time had arrived for decided action.
Charges of wrong had been
made by the men in the different
shops, and they were there to right their
wrongs. We want to know what those wrongs
are, and, if sufficient, we will all join in hav-
ing them redressed. We have all our little
homes here and have to labor for living.
We cannot afford to waste time. We must
heve practical work. and we want
justice done. Your complaint,
however, must be tangible
one. You must satisfy the general manager
that you have wrongs to complain of. For
myself have no complaints to make.
Joseph Morrissey being called on said,
personally, he had no wrongs to complain
of either on the part of Mr.. Ackerly or Mr..
Hill. AS an individual he had nothing to
say.
Messrs. William and Thomas Klein,
Harnty, Speyer, Cook, Shank, Mortimore,
Sproal, Turner, Gillen, Rawley, Upper,
Proudman, McOarty, Carey, Otis, Mercke,
Buckley and others arose and stated their
grievances against Master Mechanic Ackerly,
and Foreman Wortesmith, ONE of them
speking in bitter terms of his abusive Ian
guage and petty tyrancy in overworking them
The entire forenoon was occupied in hear
ing their complaints, and at II O'Clock noon,
the meeting adjourned until 2 P. NJ, to meet
at Knauft's Hall, on Lower Seventh street.