St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-03
THE STRIKE IS over.
A Mediatopy Committee In
terviews the Officers Of
the Company.
A Large Secret Meeting Act
ing Upon It's Report
Decides,
By a Large Majority, to
Declare the WearisOme
Strike Off.
The Company Will Take
Back a Selection Of
the Men.

L dul Slty IldIlWdy - Cllucus
A committee of three was appointed
yesterday from the different labor Or
ganjzations to wait upon Col. Barr and
Supt. Scott and ask upon what terms
men would be taken back. The COM
mittee reported to meeting of the
strikers last evening, and recommended
that the strike be declared off. A pro-
tracted discussion took place in which
various views of the situation were
given expression to. Eventually vote
was taken on the question Of declaring
the strike off and reporting for duty. A
majority favored this course, but there
was strong minority opposed to it.
The majority ruled and the strike is
ended.
The committee which waited upon
the officers OF the company yesterday
morning had no authority from the
strikers. but acted voluntarily. seeing
that it was difficult matter for a lot of
men WHO had only been earning about
$40 week to hold out in idleness much
longer. For three weeks 80 men have
held out. How they lived TO one
knows but themselves, and 1t speaks
well for their thriftiness, that they
had been able to save enough
money to hold out 80 long. Few
of them required any assistance
and those who did. got it. Col. Barr's
statement at the commencement of the
strike that they were very respectable
this fact. Still it was impossible to
hold out any longer. Therefore as one
of the men said: "The strike is over
and the cOmDanv has wnn -
After the meeting adjourned last
night Messrs. Cronip, Burns and Cough
lin made statement to the effect that
the strike was over, mutual c0DceSsi6 rs
having been made Oh both sides. What
these concessions were none OF them
would state, but from remarks dropped
by various individual strikers it LOOKS
as if it stood about thus: The
company agrees to take back
such OF the men as it
deems fit at the reduced schedule which
caused the strike. The company fur
ther stipulates that those men who al
ready belong to labO organizations may
continue members if they so desire, but
terms are not authoritative, but are
merely gathered from remarks of Strik-
ers overheard during and after the
meeting. Whether they are correct or
incorrect none of those authorized to
speak for the men would state,
Col. Barr makes the following state
ment:
1.-The members of the committee called
upon us yesterday and talked matters
over generally. They did not represent,
as they claimed, the strikers, OF any
interest of theirs, but simply from
A DISINTERESTED STANDPOINT
wanted to to know this and that. We
cbatted at some length. when they
asked me whether the company would
take the old drivers back at the ereduced
schedule upon which they struck. TO
this replied that the company would
employ such of the old men as it
wanted, and by that did not mean to
say that all or even any great. portion
OF the old employees would be reinStated
in their old positions. The committee
virtually said nothing IN response. save
that it hoped to find some means OF re-
cODciling the old men with the company
and ending the pr0tracted contention.
The committee seemed to pose as
the mediator, and various sugges-
tiODs were offered for terminating the
strike. These however were of little or
no concern to the company, aud as a
matter, are now progressing, we do not
find it policy to heed them. The COM
mlttee then left, leaving accomplished
nothing in particular, and / am not
aware that anything has yet come of the
interview.
Apparently the men are very glad the
strike is over. Their faces and those of
their wives, mothers and daughters,
many of whom were present at last
nights meeting, wore unmistakable
SLANG nE REJJEE
SOlemnity has been marked feature of
the evening sessions of late, but the
men and women came out last night
laughing and Joyous. Some of the girls
wanted to go and play on the piano,
but owing to the lateness of the
hour, it was deemed advisable to
return home Everybody was glad,
everyone seemed delighted, with the
exception of few men who seemed in
tuitively to realize that their chances
for reinstatement were slim. James
Burns remarked ''NOw we can get some
Sleep" President Coughlin and Secre-
tary Cronin seemed equally pleased at
the prospects of some rest
The buses will continue to run to-day
for the accommodation of these people
who will not hear of the change
in the status of affairs in
time to recover from their anti
pathy to riding in street cars. 1t
seems probable that the projected
lines of busSes will be started and will
become permanent institution, as
many capitalists realize that there is
money in the scheme. Meanwhile, all
the old hands will endeavOr to get back
their jobs. and the public will be able to
ride in street cars without any injury
to their sympathies. A sigh of relief
will rise from all over the city when
this news is read, as everyone has be-
come heartily sick of the strike.
Will Rack america