St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19
BEGINNING OF THE END,
Starting of the Procession OF
Empty Cars and an Army of Po-
liCemen.

BEGkNN MINI OF LII h END,
Starting of the Procession OF
Empty Cars and an Army of Po.
licemen.
| Then the barn doors were thrown
| open. A car was run out. horses were
brought forth, and then-what hoWl!i
| The cause of the noise was soon made
apparent when the driver-nOne other
than "Whiskers" Kaufman from the
Ramsey street barn-mOunted the plat
form. He drove his car into line, the
Margaret street patrol wagon was driven
in behind, and another car was brought
into the street. A man named II. G..
Ward, who took his position upon the
platform TO drive, was also greeted
with howl of dersion. The
Ducas street patrol wagon was
placed in the rear of Wards
manned by driver named Terrill from
the Greenbrier avenue barns. The
RondO street wagon then fell in at the
rear, two policemen were placed on the
front and rear ends of each car, and at
7:10 the strange and hostile-looking
band moved upon the city. In the first
car, driven by ''Whiskers," were
Manager Barr, Supt. Scott, Cliff Wise
and several newspaper reporters, who
by Col. Barr. Slowly the pro-
cession moved down the streetS
followed by a great crowd, of whom
every man seemed to have a speciaH
grudge against poor "Whiskers." Criesi
of "Whiskersn "Scabsr' ''Shoot the
Whiskers," ana familiar epithets i'm
tended for the unfortunate driver were
heard ON every side, the yells attracting,
the attention of women and children all
oil ha yuIn 49,
windows and doors and gaped in mute
astonishment. Supt. Scott became in%
formed that six strikers were riding in;
the third car, and ordered stop until
they were elected. Another stop was
| OccaSioned about a half mile from the
barns, where WorEmen were opening
| a sewer across the tracks. When tha
horses were unhitched to push the cars
over, the crowd began to gather with
apparent hostile demonstrations, but
was routed by the mounted officers. At
the intersection of Ramsey and SeVenthi
streets the
FIRST DIFFICULTY WAS ASENCOUNTERED
The switch was found to have been
turned completely around, but the obj
structiOn was noticed by Kaufman, who
stopped the car in time to avoid its being
derailed. Sergt. Budy dismounted, re-
placed the switch, and the cars moved
on at rapid rate to avoid the crowd
that had collected. The switch was
again thrown in time to derall the sec-
Ond car, but, by the aid of the officersl
on board and two mounted patrolmen,'
the car was run back, the switch again
replaced, and the crossing passed. After
going short distance further, the car
was struck by stwo stones, thrown by
small boys, but no damage was done,
The cars passed on down Seventh, Wa
basha and Fifth streets to the Broadway
turntable, the large crowds that lined
the streets the whole distance doing
nothing more than exercise their lung
powers, to the great discontinue Of
''WhiSkers," for he was the observed Of
all observers, and was the butt of all
JEERS AND JIBES.
The return trip to the barns was
made without difficulty, but on attemp-'
ing the second trip over the route the
before and more demonstratiye..
At Seventh and Exchange streets a
burly Swede, formerly employed at the
Oak street barn, was arrested and taken
TO the city hall, where he gave the
name of John Smith. He had been
running along by the side of the car
from above Ramsey street, heaping the
upon Kaufman. who returned never
word. After "Whiskers" had crossed
Sixth street, on Wabasha, James Burns,
publisher of the st. Paul aid, ran
along by his car and said: "If you'll
come off I'll guarantee you a good job
at S1.50 day." The driver only
grasped his lines the tighter and
brake, but Supt. Scott, who
had heard the offer from inside the car,
ordered Burns away. ''You go to HI,
will your returned Burns. and as the
two men began threatening what pun
ishment they W. lid infiict upon each
other, an officer pushed Burns from the
car, and he stepped back to the side
walk. On the return trip no little ex-
element was Occasioned at Wabasha
named Joe Coffin threw a bunch of fire.
crackers under the second car. The
horses stopped, reared and plunged,
great cry went up from the crowd,
and in almost no time seVeraI
thousand people rushed into the
street. The mounted patrol
dashed back through the street, drove
the people to the sidewalks, and the
car was again started, the boy having
in the meanwhile been arrested and
started for the city jail. A drizzling-
rain soon set in, driving the people from
the streets, and the only incident on the
return to the barns occurred on West
Seventh street, where man was re-
fused entrance to each of the cars in
turn, He rushed along by the side of
each, flourishing his nickel and vowing,
legal proceedings against the company.
Arrived at the barns few min
utes before II o'clock, the
horses from cars and wagons were
unhitched and stabbed for feed, it beng
advisable to keep out Of the streets
during the noon hour, when the streets
would be filled with men. There was
but little
DEMONSTRATION OF HosTILITIEs
during the three trips in the afternoon.
John Shelley, an eX-car driver, was ar
rested at Fifth and Wabasha streets for
threatening driver, and locked up.
James Conway, former barn employe.
was arrested at Ramsey street, accused
OF using indecent and insulting
language. At 5 o'clock, the
drivers and policemen having be-
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