St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14


J. p. MCGAUGHEY SPEECH.
Mr.. McGaughey was greeted with applause.
He began his address by referring 10 the nu-
merous strikes during the past two years. and
stated that large number of them had been
successful He referred to the general con-
ference of laboring men of 1886, and said
thata resolution had been adopted asking ths t
all labor troubles be settled by arbitration. if
possible Now, do not want to throw the
whole burden of responsibility on the en-
ployers when contracts are broken said he.
Sometimes the employees are to blame, but
not often. 1t is not alone the employees of
the Minneapolis street railway who are in
terested in this strike. but every citizen of
Minneapolis. Take the contract made be-
tween the employees and the company. 1t
has been violated i'll all its articles by the
company. The company has
DISCHARGED MEN WITHOUT REASON.
and when asked for q reason has replied that
it was nobody,s business why the men were
discharged. This contract was to remain in
force until May 13, but without warning, the
company violated it by making a Is per cent
employers pleaded for the sacred con
tract. and i'll 1889 they violate it.
The employees did not strike when the COM
pany violated the contract the first two
times, and they absolutely refused to strike
when it was violated the third time because
they knew the company
WANTED THEM To STRIKE.
Now the company wants its employees TO sign
1t
organization,
At this point light was brought and Mr..
McGaughey read the famous contract, as
published in the papers day before yester
day. 1t was greeted with yells of derision by
the audience, as the speaker showed how the
company had violated the various articles.
The speaker next read the contract which the
new men are obliged to sign.
HOWL WENT UP
When this was read, in concluding his ad-
McCanphpV stated claim
of the company that the employers had first
violated the agreement was false in every
particular, and asked if it was any wonder
If employees soon came TO believe that a con-
tract would not be kept
Il plead with you now as men to protect
the contract the street railway company has
made with the great state of Minnesota" he
said i'll concluding.
FATHER " GOLRICK.
A letter was read from Rev. Father McGol-
rick, who was unable to be present. This
letter advised that no attack in words be
made on Mr.. Lowry, who was really chari
table man. This was greeted by cries of
"Ratsr' and Come offr'] The reverend
gentleman said he was of the opinion that
Mr.. Lowry would do good action in receiv-
ing a committee from the union. In closing.
the writer warned the men to beware of
drinking any liquor and of raising any dis
turbance.
FIERY ARCTANDER.
j. w. Arctander was introduced. He raised
Il ldugn DV saying tndU ne HdQ neafu lnaC MI.
Lowry was on the way 10 the poor house,
and so had come down to offer him dime.
Mr.. Arctander declared that Mr.. Lowry could
not gam any sympathy by showing set of
doctored books to prove that over So, 600.
O00had earned only 81 900 during the past
year.
Before we believe that we want to sec Mr..
Thomas Lowry go TO the poor house, he con-
tinued. Mr.. Lowry wants to be a king in
Minneapolis, but he can not do it. He is a
that he could not pay his board from the
money he made at it. He is now trying to
TAKE THE BREAD AWAY
from the women and children so that he can
float another million dollars worth of bonds.
But he wont get the public sympathy by that
means, so long as you boys behave yourselves.
Every one sympathizes with you Don't bulge
an inch, and don't let your feelings get away
with you. Sometimes feel as though could
ALMOST THROW DYNAMITE
when / think of the way In which you are
being treated. Tom Lowry has said the
aldermen could fix things. Well, we all
are fixed, but let us nope that the alder
men are not fixed. Chief Bracket
would not have pulled my buggy
home as he did the car company's
police had no right to help the company get
their cars in. Let us see what onr aldermen
will do to help US. In their hands lies the
SOLUTION OF THIS DIFFICULTY.
lneE can tell ION Lowry 10 take the men
back and pay them decent living
wages. If the council won't do it
the people will. The council can take
the franchise away from Tom Lowry if it
wants to. Let the council call on him to set
his cars going inside of twenty-four hours,
and then if he don't do it take away The fran
chise. You want to work with the alder man
in your ward tomorrow, and convince them
that it
WONT PAY TO TAKE DOODLE
in this case they might come to the same
end that some New York aldermen did.
There are men in this town who don't under
stand that the men who take scab jobs are
standing in their own light in the long run.
Mr. Arctander then read some strong reso-
lutions. which were put and carried with a