St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-13

shoulder in the fight for their rights"
and was confident that they would uIti-
mately win the battle. Stirring speeches
were also delivered by Thomas Ward,
of the Stonecutters' union, and j. Nc
Guire, of the carpenters union. Com
mitteeS were appointed to visit the
cable line employees, who refused to
join the ranks of the strikers yesterday.
and to draw up resolutions expressing
the sentiments of the men as Will
ing to arbtrate their differences with
the company. After being out short
time the committee returned, an adj
were admitted to the room and fur
nished with copies of the following
resolution:
Resolved. That we, the employees of
the st. Paul Street Railway company,
realizing that our position has been
forced upon US by necessity, and ap-
preciating the Inconvenience that a
walk-out causes to the travelling public,
unanimously hold ourselves now, as in
the past, to submit our grievances to
arbitration, and thus provide for an
equitable adjustment of this difficulty.
SUPPORT FOR STRIKERS. +
The Trades and Labor Assembly
Pledges All Organized Labor to
Aid the Car Men in Their Strug.
gle.
In a room adjoining that in which the
strikers held their meeting another ex.
ecutive session was held by the
United Trades and Labor assem-
bly, President Coughlin presiding.
1t was the unanimous opinion
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was justified, and that. while not or
dered by the district assembly, Knights
of Labor. should be supported by all
bodies of organized labor. The session
lasted but short time, and after franz
ing and adopting the following reSOlu-
tions an adjournment was taken, and
the resolutions passed to the chairman
of the strikers meeting:
Whereas, The Street Railway COM
pany of Minneapolis and st. Paul re-
duced the wages of its employees to
point that affords them scarcely bare
subsistence: and,
pear to affect the high salaries of
officials in office employ; and,
Whereas, the excuses given for the
action on the part of the company is
that the profits during the past year
have been too small, while dur
ing the winter of 1SS7-S they
could just pay expenses when it
''cost them $4,000 per month to keep the
snow off the track" according to the
statement of one of the officials at the
time, and in the financial statement of
the company. published in yesterdays
papers, they show that the entire Min
neap0lis system is bonded for three
times the actual cost. thereby proving
themselves guilty of the most fragrant
conspiracy, and
Whereas, The company entered into
contract with their Minneapolis en-
ployes on the 18th day of May, 1883, to
continue one year from date, every
provision of which has been f1agrantly
violated by the company, and they now
insist OIL employees signing an ''iron-
Clad" to the effect that they will re-
nounce all allegiance to labor organi-
cations: and
Whereas. the employees in both cities
have refused to submit and have quit
work, and the company has refused
every offer to arbitrate, thereby show
ing determination to deprive their
employees of their independence and
manhood, and break up their organiza-
tionS; therefore,
Resolved. That the Trades and Labor
Assembly of st. Paul, representing the
various labor organizations of the city,
condemn the conduct of the company as
unworthy the liberation of a free peo-
pie; that it promises the street railway
employees of both cities our hearty sup
port and cooperation, morally and
financially, trusting that their conduct
will be manly and that no attempt will
be made to resort to violence.