St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-16
BOARD OF TRADE VIEWS.
The August Body Talks Over the
Strike Situation

Strike Situation.
The board of trade, which seems to
regard itself as sort of a superior body,
which passes judgment ON the acts of
city officials and affairs of general local
Interest, of course considered the strike
at great length. 1t was not altgether
singular, but at least remarkable, that
the journal and the Tribune, papers
which assume to speak for Minneapolis
as If they owned it, came III for some
very sharp condemnation. The course
of these papers, although diamet-
rically opposite in their treatment
of the strike, was pronounced by one
member to be ''imbecile and criminal"
and of the Tribune, it was said that
paper has been running down ever
since Blethen left it.''
The board has new element in it
now that is likely to cause some debates
that are likely to unsettle the plaster
ing. The element is G. j. Buel, the
single tax apostle, and he is talker
from way back. E. S. Corser offered the
following resolutions:
Whereas. The suspension of the street car
and motor line service of this city is great
Tic order,
Resolved, That it is the immediate duty
of the Minneapolis Street Railway company
to restore this suspended service, and the
duty of our city authorities to protect the
railway company int the running of its cars
and preservation of its property at all haz-
ards:
Resolved. That the proclamation of
Mayor Babb of his purpose to enforce
the laws and protect every citizen in his le-
gal rights has our unqualified approval,
Resolved, That the editorial article in the
Minneapolis Tribune of April IL, entitled
The Law VIII Be Observed, - in so far as it
refers to the action of Mayor Babb, is unjust
and misleading, and is so mischievous as to
call for severe apprehension.
Mr.. Corser made some comments in
keeping with the spirit of the resolu-
tiOns. He resented any personal at
tackS upon Mr.. Lowry, who be said
was generous and magnanimous man,
whom he believed to be just to his en-
ployeS. A. j. Boardman thought the
street car company could have run its
cars had it chosen to. G. j. Buel. on the
other hand, scored the police for acting
as street car drivers. Leander Gorton
defended the police, and then. by way
of diversion, j. B. Bassett threw in a
terrific roast of the force from the su-
perintendent to patromen, and sue
ceeded in having the following resolu-
ton added to those already offered by
Mr.. Corser:
Resolved, Thas the inconvenience hard
ships and suffering resulting from the stop
page of the street cars is due to a large eX-
tent to the lack of energy and firmness in the
police force of our city.
G. J. Buel then came to the front with
another set of resolutions which set
forth that the railway company had not
furnished the transportation required
by the franchise, and calling on the
council to revoke its right to use the
streets. There was no second to his
resolution, and those offered by Mr..
COrser, with the addition of the one
offered by Maj. Bassett, were unani-
mously anopted.
F. B. Long rendered his resignation
as director of the board. and George
A. Bracket was elected to fill the va
cancy. The names of Frank Eustis and
A. G. Parkhurst were added to the list
of new members. President Wyman
appointed D. NJ. Gilmore, j. N. Mind
and B. F. Nelson a committee to meet
with the committee on waterworks of
the council with view to having the
rates on water used for manufacturing
purposes reduced.