St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-18
To-Day the Backbone Of the
Strike Will Stiffen or
Be Broken.
Women Who Toll Express
Their Determination to
q Use Shanks' Mares.
Col. Barr Says the Action Of
the Legislature is Dema-.
gogism.
Cars will be started this morning.

Cars will be started this morning.
The long and weary time of waiting
and walking is over.
st. Paul's citizens will wake from
their luxurious touches this morning
and after few quiet prayers for the
happy eonsummation, will discover the
iingling sound of the street car bells in
their ears Smiles will wreath the faces
of those who have walked for a week,
and their nickel will take its aceus-
toned roll down the tube from whose
bourne no nickel returns"
The decision to start the cars
was reached yesterday by the
management of the company. The
talk of the strikers was so reasonable,
and threats of violence were so con-
spicuous by their absence that Col.
Barr and his associates determined
that the public had used It's legs long
enough, and was entitled TO ride.
The poor dear public is one of those
chronic kickers whose convenience
must be considered even by the most
soulless of corporations. The public
has the impression that every enter
prise is set on foot solely for its con-
venience. 1t thinks the newspaper is
published simply to supply it with the
news of the day as right. 1t also
thinks the street cars are run just
as much for its accommodation.
The fact that newspaper, street car
and railroad proprietOrS are in business
for the purpose of making money is lost
sight of by that conglomerate mass of
humanity known as the public. Look
ing at it in this light there is no wonder
that the great public has kicked at the
constipation of the street car service.
1t has been said that public sympathy
was on the side of the strikers. This
says so. But it should also be remem-
bered that the public, having neither
soul to be saved nor body to be
kicked, has no sympathy. Individual
members of the body polite may
be possessed of sympathy, but the pub
lie as body has absolutely none.
When you touch the pocket of the pub
lie you touch it in its tenderest spot.
This strike illustrates this. individuals
may have sympathiZed, some on the
strikers side, some on the company's'
But when the great hoi polloi had to
walk-when that multiple agglomera-
ton of washed and unwashed, called,
by courtesy, the public-when that
uDlQultlOuS SOu ueIOI6 WlOlll OIpOld-
tons, municipalities, aye, and kings,
matutinal ride TO work, and its crepus
cular ride to dinner, sympathy
was buried beneath the weight
of those nickels which it had
not to pay out. In consequence
it is safe betting that when the cars
come jingling down the stleet this
morning they will soon have their
REGULAR QUANTUM OF PASSENGERS.
If any trouble arises, of course the
public, which is timid little thing,
will wait until the clouds roll by. When
the trouble Gf any is vanquished and
the troublous elements are safely
landed behind the bars. the public will
heave sigh of relief and ride as usual.
What are the prospects for trouble?
That is a difficult problem to solve.
If any trouble occurs, Rice street is
liable to be the scene. 1t is we'll known
that the vicinity of Rice street con-
tains the veriest toughs IN Minnesota.
They form what is known as "the Rice
street gang" They are hoodlums of
the worst description. This is the gang
that is to be feared most. In case of
trouble the car drivers will have moth
| Ing to do with it, but they cannot pre-
vent the Rice street tOughS from having
a row if any opportunity arises. The
| following incident will show the way
| the wind blows out there. A GLOBE
| reporter was standing outside the Rice
| street barn last evening in conversation
| with MessrS. Hyndman, president of the
| bricklayerS' union, and Hannehan,
| president of the street car drivers as
| ISOLATION (Rice street diviSion). They
| were saying that there would be no
| trouble when the cars started running !:
they knew the sentiment of the car
drivers and said cars could start any
time and they would not be molested.
| Just then a tough came up, saying
"Be jabers an there will. Ord loike to
say the -----aV ava scab dthrOlver
who can athroive a sthrate-car
whin Dim around. Old kill
the blagyard. Ord shlo0g the baste."
"Who are you?" asked Mir. Hannehan.
cause any trouble" "Throuble. is it?''
replied the hoodlum, san is it throuble
ye're talking about? Be jabers there'll
be throuble if Ohm around. Ohm in
sympathy wild the sthroikers an Oi'll
foight any av scab who'll
dthroive one av them sthrate cars''
Mr.. Hannehan pulled wad of bills
from his pocket, saying, "I'll bet you
$40 to cent that you are no street car
driver" NO." replied the hoodlum,
"O'm not a sthrate car dthroiver,
but moi sympathies is wild
'em an Oil throw brick
| or pound any d scab-begorra. an
| Oh will" A chorus of bystanders
chimed in, appIauding the blood
| thirsty sentiments Of the fellow. Messrs.
! Hyndman and Hannehan hauled him
| over the Goals i'll great shape, but it was
of no use arguing with
| SUCH AN IGNORANT LOAFER;
so they ceased, but expressed their
sentiments very freely. They said: "lf
any trouble arises, such men as that
| will be the cause. We recognize that
we must keep the sympathy of the peo-
| pie, and that this can only be done by
| keeping orderly. If any row occurs we
| shall lose 1t, and then our chance OF sue
cess is slight. Of course the strikers
cannot prevent any disorder. They
cannot get out and perform special po-
lice duty, but they will do all they can
to suppress any excitement. However,
| out here on Rice street there is the
worst gang of toughS in the city. They
are the offscourings of the face of the
earth. and we cannot be responsible for
any action of theirs. These men, who
are the sewage OF the populace of the
world. are just looking for a row; they
| would sooner fight than eat, and if they
can get up a fight they are sure to
| do it,"
PREPARING FOR THE CRISIS.
Strikers Nerve Themselves for the