St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-19
THE STRIKE IN ST. PAUL.
Some Trains Handied..The Feeling
Among officials and Among the
Strikers.

Some Trains Handled..The Feeling
Among officials and Among the
Strikers.
More work was done yesterday in the
several freight yards than at any time since
the strike commenced The officials an
nounce that the work of handling freight
is but little delayed. The places of the
strikers in the union depot yard who went
out on Sunday have been filled by brake
men and conductors. and the passenger
service has been uninterrupted. The
Burlington g. Northern sent out train to
the Transfer yesterday under the protection
of the police. but had considerable trouble
in making up the train, one yardmaSter and
an assistant comprising the crew at work.
The Omaha worked two crews of yard
masters and conductors during the day, and
with the assistance of the police made trans
fers from the yard at the foot of Chestnut
street to the East st. Paul yard. At the
Transfer yesterday things were unusually
quiet, YardmasteI Mattson and Supt. Sulll-
van doing the work Of the thirty switch
men who struck. A detail of police
were on duty there. and the best that has
been done was to prevent no delay to the
stock shipments. But few cars are being
handled by the limited force at work. The
Duluth road experienced considerable diff
Guilty yesterday, their force beng limited,
and about O'Clock the strikers boarded an
engine near Post Siding and ''klled"
it. Word was sent to police headquarters
and Sergt. Lowell and twelve men were
started for the scene On arriving at the
yard at the foot of Third street a switch
engine, which had been sent out to bring
the killed engine in, came in and reported
that the strikers had skipped out as soon as
the engine was killed. Under the circum-
stances the police decided not to go to the
scene, and returned to the station.
WANT 1T SETTLED.
One of the leaders among the striking
switchmen, in discussing the situation last
night, said the Swtchmen would stand by
the decision as promulgated by them in the
resolutions published in Yesterdays GLOBE
TIL ey desired the matter amicably settled,
and they pledged themselves to not only be
orderly, but to assist in every way in the
preservation of the peace. Their strike was
in just cause, and their purpose was to
secure an increase of wages which would
repay them for their labOrs. AS to the
claim of the railroad officials that they
would treat the switchmen as individual
employees, the man said that some months
ago committees from men employed in the
shops visited the railroad managers on two
OF the roads in Minneapolis and submitted
propositions looking toward an in
crease in wages. The result was
that one of the roads discharged from its
employ all those of the committee who took
part, and the other road discharged all but
one OF the men who acted as committee
This only went to prove, he said, that the
railroad companies never intended to do
anything in the matter of raising wages. and
the only way left was for the swItchmen
or other employees to bring the matter before
the railroad officials through the labor as
semblieS. who were banded together for
that purpose. This step was found neces-
sary in order that those who would submit
the proposition could not be discharged. as
they were not i'll the employ of the railroad
company. The trouble, he said, was GER
tain to last until the railroad companies
paid the standard scale of wages to the
men, the same as was paid in Chicago,
Milwaukee and elsewhere. The general
public, he thought, had been led to believe
that the switchmen were at fault in the
matter. This was not SO. They desired a
speedy adjustment, and there was not the
least doubt but that if the matter was lett
to arbitration their demand for wages the
same as paid to switchmen in Chicago and
Milwaukee and elsewhere would be the re-
suit. Instead of this the railroad COM
panies talked about treating with the men
individually. and yet as soon as a commit
tee from their employees waited on the Off
Gals with proposition, the men consti-
tutlng the committee were prompt
ly discharged. 1t was necessary,
he thought, that an adjustment
be arrived at, because there were outside
parties. who. taking advantage of the stu