St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-05
Charges Against Attorney
Brown, of Becker County,
to Be Investigated.
A Well-KnoWn St. Paul Young
Man Arrested on a Charge
of Seduction.
Summary of the Doings Of
One Day Gathered From
All Sources.
GRIPMEN STRIKE.
Eight of the Experienced Men Re-
fused Increased Pay and Quit
Work

Eight of the Experienced Men Re-
fused Increased Pay and Quit
Work.
There is more trouble on the cable
road Yesterday one of the gripmen
was discharged and seven more imme-
diately sent in their designations, to
take effect within three days, as stipu-
lated in their contracts. These eight
men are the Oldest gripmen on the road,
men of experience, who. it is
said, have been in the railroad
business all their lives and
thoroughly understood their work. 1t
is claimed that there are 10 other grip
4len in st. Paul, and that green hands
must necessarily be hired i'll the places
of those resigned. What the effect will
be of securing Inexperienced gripmen
5emainS to be seen. Last evening Z. f.
D0lan. the one discharged, Peter Nc
Cam and James j. Curley, two of the
seven. thus stated their side of the case
so GLOBE reporter:
''There are two hours,' said they,
H'before and after going on duty that we
must put in attending to the cars. For
this two hours time We receive nothing.
April 2S we picked out DOlan, he being
the best writer, to write letter
to the management asking for an
increase of from 20 cents an
hour to - cents. The conductors
had been receiving 1715 cents an hour,
and the management, instead OF grant
ing our request, at once increased the
pay of the conductors to 20 cents.
Doan was called into the Office and
asked why he wrote the letter, and he
replied, Because | was the best writer
and in sympathy with the movement
On Thursday night he refused to take
car out because the brakes were
IN BAD CONDITION.
He asked that they be fixed, but they
refused to fix them. The next day he
was discharged, the management using
his refusal to take the car out as an eX-
cuse, though in reality he was dis
charged on the plea that he
was the instigator o, Of the request
been obliged to deposit $50 as a guaran-
tee that we will faithfully perform our
work, and attend to the safety of the
cars. We have worked hard, put in eX-
ira hours for nothing, working right
along through the extreme cold weather,
and claim that they are not using us
right. We wish now to inform the pub
lie of the great danger attending the
running of these cars with
inexperienced men. An accident equal
TO that big one at the curve is likely to
occur at any time. Only the other night
one of the farmer gripmen didn't know
how to work the grip, and the car
started down the hill at the rate of forty
miles an hour, and was only saved by
the prompt action of the brakeman"
The reporter met Col. Barr and Supt.
Scott last evening and asked for their
version of the trouble. Neither was
disposed to say much of anything.
Doian was discharged, they said, but it
was not incumbent on them to make
any excuse for it.
The only thing have to say,'' said
Col. Barr, sis that the men are agitators
and we do not require their services.
Dolan was discharged, but the rest of
them quit. They had their own
reasons for doing so. They asked
for the advance, 1 admit, and we
did increase the conductors pay. We
told the gripmen that after they had
been in our service for six months they
would receive 25 cents per hour, but not
before, This, it seems, did not satisfy
them. 1t is rule we have established.
We can easily secure men to fill their
places" Further than this the gentle
men would not say.