St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-02
Discontinued Laborers at the Burlington
& Northern Improvement Indulge
in a Row.
Citizens of Wealth Who are Buying Valu-
able Property on St. Anthony
Hill.
A New Union of stone Masons Or
ganfZed Ausptcuously--The
History OF Prisons.
Important Suit Involving Two Tele-
graph Companfes--The Local
Roundup.
ROW AMONG STRIKERS.
LabOrers on the Burlington a.
Northern Improvement Fall Out.

Northern Improvement Fall Out.
Yesterday afternoon word was brought 10
police headquarters that serious riot had
broken out at Carver's cave among the
workmen on the Burlington Il Northern
railroad improvements, and help was asked
to quiet the disturbance. a detail of oiii-
GERS was quickly summoned and dispatched
10 the scene of the trouble. The road TO
ihe cave is in a very bad condition, and the
progress of the heavily-laden patrol wagon
was necessarily slow. As it neared the
place numbers of men could be seen seat
tering in all directions and disappearing into
the innumeTahle ShantieS situated there
aboutS When the officers reached the
ground but few persons remained. 1t was
learned from John Cable, who has the SUI
The men employed on the ill
numbered a little over 200, and
that Yesterday morning the majority of
them demanded an increase in pay from
81. % per day to S1.50. About seyenty-ive
men kept at work. The force was composed
Of Irish, Scandinayans and bohemians. As
,he day progressed the strikers demanded
.heir time and became dem0nstratiye, and
after dinner number came into the city,
returning about $3.50 under the influence OF
liquor 4 fight quickly hegan-a free for
all, in which pieces of timber, pick handles,
shovels and stones played a prominent part.
Perhaps a dozen men sustained bruised and
cut heads, but no one was so seriously in
jured that he could not take flight on
THE ALARM OF POLICE
being given. One of the injured was A.
Olsen. who was hit over the head with a
section OF board and received a scalp wound
about three and 0ne-halt inches i'm length.
Previous to the outbreak body of men
took possession Of the summit of the
bluff and threatened to roll boulders
down upon those at work beneath,
but when the melee began the descended
and Joined in. The witnesses of the affair
said that the fight did not appear to be be-
tween any one nationality as against an
other or one of factions. but was indiscrim
mate not striker against striker and work
man against workman. The officers find
ing no disposition on the part of the few
men remaining to go To work. and that
nothing was to be done. returned to the
city. Later Sub-COntractOr Cable visited
the mayors Office and had George ID. COrs-
ley appointed special policeman to guard
the grounds to see that no damage was
done to the implements Oh the grounds.
Mr.. Cable declared that the increase asked
for by the men would not be paid, and
further said that he could lay up for
month if necessary, as his contract did not
specify any time for the completion of the
work. A gentleman in Mr.. ID. {. Shep-
ards Office stated yesterday that Mr.. Shepard
was not in the city, but it was his intention
to raise the mems wages on the 18th of the
present month. which date was pay day.
No further trouble was anticipated last
night.
Last night the contractors for the work
asked police protection be rendered to such
of the meh as desired to return to work.
Chief Clark ordered Sergt. Rouleau and
a detail of men to be upon
the grounds at O'clock this
morning and to see that such men as were
disposed to return were allowed to labor
No idlers will be permitted about the i'm
provements. 1t is thought the major pOr-
ton of the force will resume work to day,
as soon as they are satisfied that they will
be undisturbed.