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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19

man, was driver, and mounted the front
platform with the lines in his hands just
as coolly as if he were knight!
of Labor in good standing. A
few derisive cheers and cries Of
'Whiskers did not affect the
placid serenity of his hirsute visage.
Kaufman looks like decent man who
has travelled in hard luck, and took the
job as last resort in order to provides
bread and butter for himself, and who
knows but wife and family besides.
a useful servant to the car company
Such was the
CRISIS OF THE STRIKE.
This was the anxious moment to
which every one had been looking for
ward for week past. For one week
the muscles of the legs of st. Paul'S
citizens have had chance to develop
In corresponding ratio to those of their
lips. Everybody wanted to see
the cars start running. The
business men who wanted to
ride, the toughs who wanted row, the
car company, who wanted to mako
their losses as small as possible, tha
strikers who wanted to see the effect
on the public. The critical moment
had arrived and hearts beat with va,
rious emotions as the little party in
''Whiskers'" car bowled down the
track in the wake of the mounted es-
cort and patrol. The reporters were on
deck for news. Col. Barr was there
for fun. Superintendent Scott was
wondering why the deuce he was there
at all. The driver was there for bread
and butter. The police were there for
business. An unknown occupant was
there for - he is the only man who
knows
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19
HARD ON THE HORSES.
The New Men Knocking the Mo-
tive Power All to Pieces.

That the new men know almost moth
ing about the management of horses, or
the street car business, is being demon
strated very forcibly every hour, and in
a way, too, not at all pleasing to the
street car company. The cars are being
broken and damaged, and more than a
dozen horses have been knocked out of
service for good and all. If left to
themselves the bruteS would take the
cars through all right themselves, but
when a green man, and "Scab" at
that, is pulling and saving at the reins,
they can and will do nothing. About
10 O'Clock yesterday morning one of the
drivers on the Fourth avenue line al
lowed his car to run over one of his
horses at the corner of Washington and
Second avenue south. The poor brute
was knocked down and rolled around in
the dirt for some minutes before the at
tenuated individual supposed to be
driving had the gumption to set the
brake and stop the car. The crowd be-
gan closing in on the car, cheering
wildly and doing all in its power to
make matters worse. A telephone
message was sent in to police headquar-
tiers, and before the driver and the con-
ductor had fairly got the car off of the
horse squad of mounted men and
some ten or twelve footmen came up
and dispersed the crowd. 1t was nearly
half an hour before matters were
Strengthened out, and by that time a
line of cars extended from the stopped
car clear up to the Nicollet house. No
attempt at violence was made by the
crowd, and there was but little yelling
an d kissing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19
AN EXCITING CHASE.
An Unprotected Car Pursued BY
One Containing Officers.

There was an exciting chase out on
the Fourth avenue line just before
noon. AS one of the cars started off on
the uptown trip the two officers de-
tailed to accompany the car got off for
something. Before they could get on
again the driver whipped up his horses
and started them down the track as
fast as he could go. The conductor did
not seem to know enough to stop the
car and the driver did not know that
there were no police On. Capt. Helm
took in the situation at a glance, and
loaded four policemen onto the next
car and gave the driver instruc-
tions to drive fast and overtake
the car ahead before it reached
Washington avenue, in order that two
of the officers might get on it. At the
word go the car started. From the time
it left the barn until the other car was
overtaken near the chamber of COM
merce, the driver stopped for nothing,
but kept urging his horses faster and
faster. 1t was wonder that the car
was not wrecked on the turn near the
high school building. When the driver
of the unprotected" car found that
there had not been any police on his car
he turned pale and wanted to quit, but
was braced up by the conductor, who
happened to be the same one who
turned deaf ear to the appeals of Mrs.
McCurdy, the car drivers wife, on
Friday last.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19
NO LONGER "INDIAN."
And Government Whisky Stamps
Can Be Sold There,

WASHINGTON. April 1S.-Mr. Mason,
commissioner of internal revenue, has
decided that under the recent act of
congress and the proclamation of the
president in relation to Oklahoma it
ceases to be ''Indian country" and that
special tax stamps may be sold to
wholesale and retail liquor dealers, to
engage in business there, under the
same terms and regulations as in other
states aud territories of the United
States. By previous act of congress
it was provided that no ardent spirits
should be introduced into the sIndian
country" except by the author
ity, and under the control of the
secretery of war. The Indian
territory has heretofore been consid-
cred as ''1ndian country" but the COM
missioner holds that, the government
having purchased the interest of the
Indian tribes in the Oklahoma country,
the latter can no longer be considered
as " Indian country" and that the gen.
eral law upon that subject does not row
apply to Oklahoma. The effect of this
decision will be to allow wholesale and
retail liquor dealers to purchase special
tax stamps III Oklahoma under the
same terms as in other sections of the
country. Arrangements are being
made to have a force of deputy collect
Ors and revenue agents on hand to see
that the laws are enforced and that the
Interests of the government are pro-
tected,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19
THE MOTOR TO START.
In ALI Probability 1t will Be Run
Sometime To-day.

1t is reasonably certain that sometime
to-day-propably this morning-an at
tempt will be made to run the motor
trains. Late yesterday afternoon
some nine or ten men, some
of them known to be professional
scab engineers, were taken to the
motor shops, at Thirty-frst street. The
strickers at once went to work in all en-
deavOr to induce the new men to throw
up their positions. One of the new
men, a fellow named Ford, became
ugly when called Scab, and threatened
to toy with his tOrmenterS in much the
same way that cyclone once toyed
with Col. William Nye. A few of the
men gave in to the strikers and
left the motor grounds. There was
rumor in the vicinity of the shops that
all engines had been "killed'' by the
Strikers, but this was emphaticaIy
deaied later on by all parties concerned.
IN one or two instances some little
thing was found wrong about the
motors, but it was something which was
easily remedied.
1t is believed that cars will be started
out on the Monroe and Lyndale avenue
lines to-day. There will in all proba-
bitity be trouble out on the Monroe
line if this is done, for the people out in
that section Sre not feeling at all
pleased over the course pursued by the
company.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19

ton. The most serious trouble during
the day took place near the car barn on
Washington avenue, near Nineteenth
avenue north. A crowd composed of
about 1900 men and women gathered
there at noon and began yelling
at the new men and cheering
whenever the strikers induced "scab'
to leave his car. Soon stones began to
ty. Then the new drivers and con-
ductors became frightened. A tele-
phone message was sent to headquar-
tiers by the few men on duty there, and
large number of patrOlmen and
mounted men were sent up. When the
police arrived, the crowd was larger
than ever, and had the ''scabs'' scared
nearly to death. A charge was made
and three men arrested on a charge of
throwing stones. This quieted the
crowd for short time, and during the
time between 2:30 and $3.50, when all
the cars were blocked in South Mime
apolis by spiked switches, there was
not loud word or an ugly action. The
string, and this was the oc-
casion for a fresh outbreak on
the part of the crowd. The
mounted police made a charge and
forced the crowd to scatter. One man
was knocked through big window, but
a minute later he was on the street
again, yelling worse than ever. There
were five cars standing in front of the
barn then. and the crowd shouted itself
hoarSe yelling at the new men. Supt.
Sharp, seeing that there was trouble in
store unless the cars were put into the
barn, ordered them run into the barn.
The first one in was put there with
rush. The second car started on the
HOWn-fnxun frIY Fol II
shower of stones. AS the driver started
to put the third car into the barn he ran
it off the track. This was greeted with
yells OF derision. After ten min
utes' work the car was put
back on the tracks and run in.
There was one of the old conductors on
this line,and he had talked to the driver
coming up. When the car was put up
the union man and the scab walked
Off together, the scab having agreed to
quit.
The fourth car was started in to the
barn, but owing to the ignorance of the
new man managing it, got on the wrong
track and started down town, while the
horses headed for the barn. There was
an exciting scene for a moment, but the
car was finally run in and put away.
The fifth and last car was started down
town. and on its return was put away.
IhlS ended the running of the Ply
mouth avenue cars for the day, but the
crowd hung around the barn for long
time, yelling at the new men and howl
ing with delight whenever one of them
went away With striker. Men were
at work all the time, trying to induce
the men to leave. There were num-
Der of minor disturbances on the other
lines late in the afternoon, but nothing
serious occurred. At 6 O'Clock every
car was pulled off and put away, as it
was not considered safe to run them
after dark.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19
THE DAYS SUMMARY.
Telling How Cars on the Various
Lines Were Run.

Yesterday was repetition of the day
before, so far as the running of street
cars was concerned. True, cars
were run on the University,
Plymouth, and Fourth avenue
lines, after afashion, but it was
only on the University line that any
attempt was made to run them on any
thing like regular time. The cars
started out an early hour, manned by
the few "scabs" who had been induced
by promises of big pay to remain with
the company, and protected by the po-
lice force of the city. There was
no. no trouble adae; to s speak of during
the cars were run very nicely.
OF course, the green men made the
worst breaks imaginable, and ran the
cars Off the track many times an hour,
but little things like that did not count,
as it were. There was fair number of
passengers on both the University and
Fourth avenue cars, but on the Plymouth
avenue line the passengers were few
and far between. This line generally
carries large number of laboring peo-
pie, and but few of them felt like pat
roniZlng it yesterday. The Fourth ave-
nue. and University avenue lines, run
ming through the residence portion of
the city to large extent. caught many
ladies and gentlemen, who, while rid
ing. bewailed the fact that scabs were
running the cars. The cars on these
lines were not interfered with, and
even at the barns there was no demon
stration, except on the part of a few
men who tried to induce the new men
to leave. In several cases they were
successful, and the places made vacant
were taken by still greener men. The
Plymouth avenue cars did not fare as
well as the others, and in one or two
cases had hard time to get through.
During the morning the pouring rain
aided the Street Car company materially.
as it kept the crowds off of the street
and away from the cars. The police
were in readiness all day to suppress
any incipient riots. and the central
station looked like the rendezvous of
lot of soldiers. AS whole the day was
a quiet one, with one or two exceptions,
and was duly appreciated by the tried
policemen.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19
FAREWELL TO CALDWELL.
The Start From That Point Made
at 10 O'Clock.

CALDWELL, Kan, April 1s.-At 10
o'clock this morning the start across the
Cherokee strip was made by the boomers
who encamped here. The intention had
been to start tomorrow morning.
but owing to the condition of
the trail, because of the heavy
rains of the last few days, Capt.
WOodson, commanding the company
stationed here to repel invaders, de-
termined to give the colonists another
day to cross the strip. At o'clock a
blue-coated bugler mounted at the camp
of the soldiers and rode from camp to
camp among the boomers, with the It'd
ings that they might cross the line into
the strip at 10 O'clock. The troops broke
camp at o'clock and proceeded to the
line. By 10 O'Clock fifty wagons were
drawn up Oh either side of the little
bridge where the old Reno trail crosses
the line. At just 10 O'Clock they were
permitted to start. The troops rode
slowly in front, the wagons stringing
out in single file, making the start of
long procession that will continue to
pour over the little bridge into the land
of the Cherokees all day long. About
700 wagons left to-day. Capt. Woodson
returned after riding a few miles with
the troops, and Lieut.. Jenkins will take
them through to Oklahoma.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19
SLIGHTLY UNEASY.
The War Department Looks for
Trouble in Oklahoma.

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-It is very
app aren't here that officers of the army
are filled with the liveliest apprehension
regarding the opening of Oklahoma.
The secretary of war has authorized
the statement that the government is
fully aware of the situation and has ar
ranged to take all proper steps to pre-
vent trouble. 1t is known that the
subject has formed the main topic
for discussion at recent cab
met meetings and that the at
torney general has been called upon to
decide the question as to authority of
the war department to act in case of
strife, blOodShed or violence in the new
ly opened country. The instructions
sent to the commandant of the troops in
Oklahoma as a result of the opinion rem
dered by the attorney general were eX-
tremely guarded. They are understood
to direct the army officers to assist in
the maintenance of law. but to careful
ly observe the regulations defining their
authority and leave arrests for viola
tions of law TO the marshals. The
president might, in case of serious
disturbance, declare martial law
over the territory, but this could
not be done i'll advance of breach of
the peace, and the machinery of govern
ment would, it is feared. be too SLOW
going to meet the great emergency
which may arise. The only army reg
ulation on the subject provides for in
terfence by the troops in an emergency
only in case of interruption to the car
riage of the mail or assaults upon
United States property, but under
somewhat strange construction they
form the reason assigned for the use of
troops to prevent or restrain rioting or
blOOdshed in the territory.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19
THE DAYS TROUBLES.
The Rnctions of the Day Given at
Full Length.

The main trouble during the day was
along the line of the Plymouth and
Bloomington avenue cars. At each end
of the line was large crowd, which
seemed determined that no cars should
be run by ''scabs" if such thing could
be prevented. At $50 the trouble began
at the corner of Franklin and Bloom
ngton avenue, where the switches were
piked and the tracks covered with
sticks and stones. Four cars were
sthrown from the track there in rapid
uccession, to the great delight of the
C rowd, and matters began to grow
interesting when squad of mounted
men dashed up and began dis
persing the crowd. which began to fall
back slowly, hurting curses at the men
handling the cars. Just before noon
Aid. Phillips stood on the corner of
Franklin and Bloomington avenue, en-
couraging the strikers, when big
''cop' came along and ordered him to
stop talking and move on. The alder
man refused. and on being told that he
would be run in if he did not leave, gave
the officer a word or two of advice. The
patrolman telephoned the case to head
quarters, but did not get any satisfac-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19
Practically No Prospect of a
Settlement Of the Mime
apolis Strike,
Though a Few Large Cars Are
Being Run on Some Of
the Lines.
An Attempt to Be Made to
Start Out Motor Trains
This Morning.
mcGaughey Explains His Po-
Sition--Street Railway
Earnings.

The street car strike at Minneapolis
still draws its weary length along.
There is practically no prospect of a
settlement, and no indication of i'm
provement in the service in the near
future. The company lost ground, if
anything. At any rate, the strikers
evidently felt encouraged at the days
results. The new men were in many
Instances persuaded to desert, and
at 6 o'clock in the evening
the company had fewer men than in
the morning. 1t is reported that
another installment of men to take the
strikers places. will come from outside
the city, and if this is true, some en-
forcement may be looked for. There
was no real violence or disorder on the
streets yesterday, but it was not deemed
advisable to attempt to run cars at
night. Thus far the company has sue
ceeded in only manning the lines upon
which large ca rs are used, and no cars
are run on the bobtail lines at all. A
fifth attempt was made to start the
motor, but it was failure.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19
DON'T LIKE THE SCABS.
They Are Refused Food at an East
Side Restaurant.

Near the University car barns is a
restaurant run by woman who has fed
the union car men for something like
five years. She has many friends among
the union men, and hates ''scab" just
as hard as do the strikers themselves.
Yesterday afternoon one of the men
who hired out to drive a University av-
enue car went into the restaurant,
seated himself at table near where
two policemen were eating, and
called for food. The proprietress, sus-
pecting that the fellow was scab from
his general makeup, asked if such were
not the case.
'sWell. don't know about that" re-
piled the fellow, "but l am going to
drive street car in the place of one of
the strikers"
"You are, are you?' broke in the
woman. 'Well, you can't get anything
to eat in this place, and the sooner you
get out the better | will be suited"
''If you won't sell me anything, you
will at least let me pay for what the
officers eat?" asked the Scab.
IN o,sir," was the emphatic response.
Continued ON Fourth Page.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19
THE FIRST FIGHT.
One Man Killed and Another
MOrtaIIy Wounded.

WICHITA, Kan, April 1S.-The first
serious atfray among the boomers oc-
Cured yesterday about ten miles north
of Kiowa. Two boomers claimed GER
tain quarter section, and one, George
Kramer, undertook to put the other,
Charles Heidke, off the land. Both
men drew revOlVerS, and Kramer was
shot through the head and instantly
killed. Heidke was shot through the
groin, and may die. Oklahoma Harry
Hill, one of the oldest boomers in Kan
sas, left for the territory from this
city last Friday, and has not since
been heard from. He was expected to
return Saturday and his disappearance
is most mysterious. The last heard of
him was from Purcell. He left that
village Sunday evening, saying that he
would ride over to Oklahoma City.
Monday noon, his dog was found shot
through the head. A reward of 5000
has been offered for discovery, and this
reward will be greatly increased. A
dispatch from Arkansas CITY, Kan,
says: "If the bearing and general get
up Of the men who have arrived here
thus far, go for anything, it may be
pretty safely assumed that Oklahoma,
after the opening days, will be the
SceHe Ol MANY DlOOuv cOn1lcIS- Inc
streets of Arkansas City are filled with
men, each Of whom is walking
ARSENAL. Each man regards his neighbor
with distrust. and even the most peace
ably inclined have evidently deemed it
essential to their protection to put on
the most staggering and warlike air
possible. Any person who arrives here
and takes i'll the warlike look of the
surrounding begins at once to look out
Tor the authorities, and most of the set
tiers here fear that in Oklahoma, where
there is no other law but might, might
will constitute right until the leg
islature gives laws and law-givers
to this territory. There has been
formed the Oklahoma league, who agree
to forcibly defend anything that they
claim to be their rights. These lands
they are prepared to hold against all
comers, and any one daring enough to
make counter claims Will have to make
them good by species of persuasion
not known in ordinary cases. of land
litigation. He will have to be better
shot, not only than the members of the
league whose tract he claims, but than
all the other men also, who will make
their fellow members fight their own.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19
THE SAME SCHEME.
Adam Baker Has a Companion in
Grief

CHICAGO, April 1s.-F. G. Loomis
and II. G. Loomis, of the Century Book
and Paper company, were arrested
again this morning on another COM
plant OF conspiracy to obtain money
under false pretenses. The warrant
was taken out before Justice Lyon by
Morton Smith, young man from Pitts
burg, who claims to have been swindied
out of S2S5 by the same peculiar process
which cost Adam Baker, of Des Moines,
To-, $1,000; a man from Toledo, 81, 500.
and number of others different sums,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19

the American flag when the boomers
started. He has gone to Oklohoma in
nocent of his sons death. A movement
was started to-day, to call a public
meeting Saturday night of all who pro-
posed to settle at Or near Guthrie, to talk
over the proposed town site and formu-
late plans of procedure on Monday.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-19
MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE.
Sidney Walters Takes Morphine
at CHICAGO Hotel

CHICAGO. April 1S.-A gentleman who
has been stopping at the Hotel Richie
lieu since April 10, and was registered
as Sidney Walters, suicided with NOR
phine IN his room last night. The hotel
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Continued on Eighth Pages
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-11-08
CLIPPINGS.

Railroad building is beginning to
boom in Africa.
John A. Kasson has moved into the
Washington house that was last year oc-
cupied by Col. Lamont.
A movement has been started in Eng
land, looking to the erection of a monu-
ment to Wilkie Collins in Westminster
abbey or st. Paul's cathedral
King Dinah Of Africa, who has made
sensation in Paris, has received an
offer from an American dime museum
proprietor to travel in this country.
Mr.. Gladstone generally has three
books in reading at the same time, and
changes from one to the other, when his
mind has reached the limit of absorp-
ton.
G. B. Studd, the rich Englishman who
gave M cricket to go as missionary to
China, has introduced the game among
hIsrconverts, he himself playing in ma
tive costume.
At the last agricultural show held at
Deniliquin, New South Wales, American
bred sheep were very successful in com
petition with some of the best Austria
liam focks. The American sheep carried
everything before them in the Judging.
Queen Victoria doesn't wear a great
deal of fur. She has an old cloak, how
ever in which she comfortably encases
herself when travelling in the cold
weather. 1t is made entirely of ermine,
and the ermine is outside. The cloak
gives her very regal appearance.
1t may be that the new powders now
being invented for European use will
lead to marked change in the style
of guns. The German powder is said
to explode in manner to render the
| gun liable to be blown out near the
muzzle. The new French powder has
burst several guns in the same way.