The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-04-18
IN ST. PAUL


The street car men are confident that they
will win the hight, and the meeting which
they held at the united labor headquarters
on East Seventh street last evening was of a
most nthusiastic character. ]. A. johnson,
of the Brotherhood Of Carpenters, presided,
and numerous speeches were made by the
striking drivers, urging all to stand together
and success was assured. The committee
that waited on President Lowry reported
their chilly reception, stating that he abso-
lutely refused their proposition to sub
nit the question to arbitration. Having
failed to secure a settlement of the difficulty
in this peaceable manner, they weIe CON-
PEELED 10 take more extreme measures and
order the men to quit work during the after
noon. This step was taken as last resort
their desire being to avoid any inconvenience
to the public. When Il fair offer of arbitra-
tion was declined in the most decided N an
ner, nothing else could be done. Miss Eva
Mcdonald, of the Minneapolis Trades and
Labor assembly, was present, and urged the
strikers 20 stand firm and their cause wonld
triumph. She dec ared that the reports that
the strikers in Minneapolis had been the
cause OF the trouble there we're false, as all
the disturbance was caused by outsiders, who
are always ready to take advantage of such
occasions to make trouble.
Inc traces anu laDOr assembly ~JeIu q
meeting at the same hour in an adjoining
hall, President James Coughlin in the chair
and after listening to a statement of the case
made by the officers of the street car mems
union, passed the following resolutions:
Whereas. The street railway company Of Min
neapoiis and st. Paul Ieduf cd the wages of its
employees to point that affords them scarcely a
bare subsistence; and ET a-- ss.. ~, .
Whereas, Said reduction does not appear to
affect the high salaries Of officials or Office en-
Moves. and
Whereas, The excuse given for the action on
the,part of the company is Chat the profits dur
ing the past year have been too small while dur
ing the winter of 19S7-S they could just pay ex-
| penses, when il cost them "S10, 600 per month
to keep the snow off the Understanding to
the statement af one of the officials at the time,
and in the financial statement of the Company
| published in yesterday s.papers they show that
| the entire Minneapolis tsystem is bonded for
| three times IT'S actual cost, thereby proving
| themselves guilty of the most hagrant criminal
conspiracy: and
Whereas The company entered into a con-
| tract with their Minneapoi employees May
/ 13. 1883. to continu one year from date every
provision of which has been fagrantly violated
| by the company, and they now insist on en-
ployes signing an iEon-c!ad agreement to the
| effect that they viii reuounce all allegiance to
| labor organizati1 ions; and
| Whereas, The employees in both cities have re-
| fused to submit. aud quit WORK, and the COM
! pany has refused, every offer to arbtrate.
1 thereby showing determination TO deprive
4 their employees OF their Independence and man
/
| fore
! Resolved, That the trades aud labor assembly
| OF St. Paul, representing the various labor or
/ ganizations of the city, condemn the con-
4 duct of the company as unworthy the
/ toleratfon Of free people: that we promise.the
] street railway. employees of both cities our
hearty support and corporation, morally and
financially, trusting that thcir conduct will be
/ manly and that no attempt will b. made to re-
i sort TO violence. -. -
i These resolutions were presented to the
street car mems meeting, and their spirit
| was heartily endorsed. The following reso-
| luton was then adopted unanimously:
4 Resolved That we, the employees of the St
Paul Street Railway company, realizing that
our position has been forced upon us by neces.
| siBy, and appreCiating the Inconvenience which
/ walk-out causes to the travelling public. unan.
! iInonsly hold ourselves in readiness now, as ir
] the past to submit our Grievance to arbitration
and thus provide for an equitable adjustment ol
! this difficulty.
The meeting also appointed committees
| from drivers on the various lines to visit tht
barns and use moral suasion to induce any
new men engaged to take OUT ears not te
work They were instructed not to use any
| Violence whatever and to avoid all intem
perate or bad language In their. efforts