St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-11

an immense audience at Battery d
armOry tomorrow night, and, If the
strike is still In progress, the outcome
of the meeting will be awaited with I'M
usual interest. The meeting is part of
the generals political canvass as can
didate in the election for governor of
Illinois, and was arranged long time
prior to the street car strike. Gen.
Palmer has at all times and
places during the canvass an
nounced his opposition to the
employment of so-called private police
agencies to perform public functions
when a strike is pending. The imme-
diate wholesale
EMPLOYMENT OF PRIVATE POLICE
by President Yerkes at the very begin
ming of the strike. and their discharge
by him when 1t was found that the
mayor i'll this instance forbade their use
on the streets, has made the subject of
"Pinkert0nism" peculiarly delicate
one now for an excited political
meeting in Chicago. II. is understood
that Gen. Palmer's party managers
expressed fear to-day that, discreet and
adroit as they consider him, what he
might say would be made to appear as
melting violence. Another matter dis
cussed is the fact that the congregation
OF large bodies of men in times of pub
lie disorder. is generally regarded as
perilous in the extreme. The certainty
of gfeat crowd at the meeting empha-
siSeS this phaze of the situation, and the
results are being watched for eagerly.
Just before midnight President Yerkes
entered the mayors office, and few
moments later committee of twenty
one, representing all the strikers, APP
peared and were admitted. The CON-
mittee was armed with full power
TO settle the strike. This
authority had been conferred
upon them by the general
meeting of the strikers which went into
session after the early conference with
mayor was ended. 1t was thought at
midnight in the best informed quarters
that the strike would be at an end be-
fore daylight. the chief agent in bring
ing it about being the threat of a gen
eral strike on the syndicate's lines in
the cities of the East.
1t was in the small hours when the
conference adjourned. There had been
no agreement, and the nights weary
work was worse than fruit
less. The report that President
Gerkes had gone to the mayors
Office at midnight proved erroneous.
Mayor Roche, before the midnight con-
ference, had spent several hours with
Mr.. YerkeS, at the Union League
club, presumably IabOring to bring
the magnate to comprO-
mise. Mr.. Yerkees, however,
was utterly unbending. The best he
would do would be to reinstate the
West side men in body if they would
resume work Immediately. This was
practically
NO CONCESSION AT ALL.
What the nature of Mayor Roche's
subsistent talk with the committee was
at the past midnight meeting can
perhaps be guessed from the
grum message that Luke Coyne,
president of the West side
garments association, sent to the hall
where the men were waiting, express
ing news of compromise. The mes
sage was: Tell the men to go home and
be at the barns in the morning, to see
that no cars 90 out" Chief of Police
Hubbard was asked what would be
done by the authorities. He said: 1--WE
shall meet force with force. and the
cars will be run. The peace will be
maintained if it is necessary to bring
out cannon"