St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-24
A Few Street Cars Are Run
ming Intermittently in
st. Paul.
Strikers Vote to Continue
the Struggle While Hope +
Remains. ~
They Establish Bus Lines
and Manage to Do Some Il
Business. Il
Judge Villas Puts a Quietus on
Mrs. Reynolds Divorce 4
Case. Is

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''Cars will be run on the several lines
tomorrow, as usual" has been a stereo-
typed expression with the officers of the
city railway company for week past.
This same information was yielded to a
GLOBE reporter again last night, who
applied at the Ramsey street headquar-
tiers for information as to the status of
the strike. But for some unknown
reason the cars don't run ''aS usual, "and
there are no very bright prospects that
the fOot-Sore citizen will see any more
cars upon the streets to-day than he did
yesterday. About o'clock yesterday
morning cars appeared down town on
the University avenue, Rice street,
West Seventh street and Oakland ave-
nue. lines. 1t was the same sort of
ow-you-see-it-and -noW-you--don't"
traffic, however, the cars disap-
making another transitory appear
ance in the afternoon, and again
vanishing at 5 O'Clock. When asked last
night when the cars would run even
ings, Col. Barr stated that 1t all de-
pended upon future developments. The
company still has men enough to run
the cars, but does not seem willing to
face the laboring element. 1t was re-
ported yesterday that several strikers
had applied for their old positions, but
investigation does not bear out the
statement. One man, former driver
on the University avenue line, asked to
be taken back and was offered employ
ment, but was afterwards diSSuaded from
q from hn
strikers. 1t was again reported last
night that three or four barn men had
returned to work. Late in the evening
Secretary Cronin was seen at the Strik-
ers' headquarters and interviewed on
the subject.
Have any of the men returned to
work." he was asked.
Not one"
'Have any of the strikers applied to
the company for work?'
"One, L believe; but he was induced
by the boys not to 90 back"
"Have any overtures been made by
the men by which they would return to-
work conditionally?"
''No propositions whatever have been
submitted to the company, and the men
do not think of returning except at the
old rate of wages"
Superintendent Scott stated yesterday
afternoon that the company stood will
ing to employ such of the old men as
would return to work, and that they
would be given preference over the inn
ported meD. The crowds upon the,
street corners had greatly diminished
yesterday, and the familiar cries of
RATS were seldom heard. No open
act of violence was reported during the
day, but the University avenue line was
partly disabled by a trick Of
the night before. After the cars
stopped Monday night the turntable-
at the Acker street terminus was torn.
up. and during the day cars were only
run to the Fifth street turntable. The
damage will be repaired at once. On
the West Seventh and Rice street lines
yesterday the patronage was divided
between the street car company and
the half dozen 'busseS operated by the
strikers, but the company failed to get
fair share of the passengers. During
the day cars passhed Wabasha and
Seventh streets with seldom more than
haff-dozen passengers aboard, while
the 'buSSeS were generally filled. The
strikers executive committee consider
the 'buSSeS very effective weapons
to run against the company, and were
using every available means Yesterday
to increase the number. Men who Wis
tied Saltwater, Hudson, White Bear,
Tasting, and other neighboring towns
succeeded IN hiring several convey
ances. which will be brought to the city
at once. The strikers are Offering $3.50
per day for teams and will man each
bus with a driver and conductor.
Every 'bus operated by them yesterday
is said to have paid considerable above
expenses. Several more will be put
upon the streets this morning.
STRIKERS WILL STAY OUT.
The strikers met, as usual, at labor
headquarters last night. Before any
business WAS taken up a vote was
ordered by the chair to ascertain how
many of the strikers were willing to
hold out until the strike is officially de-
elared off. Every man arose, signifylng
cept one, who explained his posi-
ton by stating that he desired
to leave the city and wanted to go to
the company and draw the two weeks
wages due him. 1t was then arranged
to hold mass meeting tonight at State
and Concord streets, West st. Paul: one
tomorrow night at Jackson and Arch
streets, near the Manitoba shops; and
one Friday night on University avenue,
at which Ignatius Donnelly will be IN
vited to speak. Messrs. Rupp,
koluDeI. w Htte, COieIEidn ana CyulDldn
were appointed board of di-
rectors to manage the omnibus lines,
with Frank Rupp as superintendent.
The chairman of the Rice street Wig
lance committee complained of over
officiousness on the part of Police Capt.
Lowell. who is guarding the Rice street
barn. He alleged that the officer had
ordered three men, who were working
i'll the barn and came out to talk with
the strikers, back into the barn, forbid
ding them to talk and threatening the
strikers if they persisted in speaking to
them. Master Mechanic Dressed, of the
Minneapolis motor line, was present
and stated that he resigned quite as
much because he could not be response
BILE for the safety of the public with the
new engineers as because he didn't
want to teach non-union men. Resolu-
tons were presented from the plumbers
union pledging moral and financial sup
port.
DENIED A DIVORCE.
Judge Villas Upsets the PLANS of