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St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
NOTES OF THE FRAY.
A Sympathizer With the Strikers
Opens an Employment Bureau.

A. j. Fetzer has inaugurated little scheme
which, if successful, will do much to help
the striking street car men to livelihood
while their trouble with the company lasts.
He has established himself in Dougher's
hall, Ramsey and West Seventh streets, where
he will receive communications from all per-
sons who are desirous of emf loying one or
more of the 800 strikers. Most of
the men are able to do almost any
ordinary labor, and are especially fitted
as coachmen and grooms. call upon or
note addressed to the above name and place
will be promptly responded to. This plan
industrious men, and at the same time af
fords. those in sympathy with uhe strikers an
opportunity to aid them in their cause.
Typographical Union No. so will hold a
special meeting this afternoon at K. of p.
hall Fifth street. to take action in the matter
of the street railway employees strike.
One of the striking street car drivers in
talking to friend about the strike said: Il
don't think should have dared to strike my
self, Oh account of my young wife and her
baby. They are dearer to me than money is
way the boys talked, she said: Whatever
may come of it, Tom, don't let them say you
are scab. Well live on bread for month,
dear, if it comes to that, but for Gods sake
don't ever let me hear anyone call my Tom a
scab That settled 1t with me, and when the
crowd went out went out, too
Never was strike conducted in a more
sober and orderly Manner said Operator
Hildebrand. of the central police station. at
IL 80 last night. 1T is six hours and half
since we had a run with the wagon, and
had occurred. It's the most orderly strike
aordn nf
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
ON GUARD.
The Police Precautions to Pre-
vent Any Disorder Day and

The Police Precautions to Pre-
vent Any Disorder Day and
Night.
All day long and all night there was
large reserve force of officers at the
central police station. ready to respond
to "a call at any moment. The two
patrol wagons stood ready for use, and
there was an air of suppressed excite
ment around the big brick building
ters which was not at all pleasant to
there all of Friday night, after having
been on duty the previous day, and
during the morning many of them took
little cat maps. In the afternoon and
evening they amused themselves in
various ways, some by playing checkers
or talkingr others took short walks
around the building. They did not
care to discuss the strike, as nearly
every man had pronounced opinion in
regard to it, and this opinion he did not
care to make public. The officers will
remain on duty all the time until the
strike is definitely settled one way or
the other. That they will do their duty,
in case any serious trouble should arise,
is certain. Said one of the men yeSter-
day afternoon:
God knows that my sympathies are
with the strikers. and l have no doubt
but that nearly every other man on the
force feels the same way that do. But
even feeling as l do, if we are called
out we will do our duty. come what
may, no matter how much 1t may go
against US to do it. / sincerely hope
that there will be no trouble"
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14

will refrain from attempting to
influence men in the employ
OF the company pending the decision of
the arbitration board. Of course the
men will, as the matter now stands. use
all the arguments and moral suasion
that can be brought to bear to induce
the new men to quit work; but we
agreed to suspend all that if the COM
pany agrees to arbitration. The Pr
oneer Press this morning, in it's inter
view with Mr.. Lowry, willfulIy omitted
the word not from the proposition of
the executive board, thus changing the
whole idea of the proposal and attempt
ing to materially weaken the position
of the men. Mr.. Lowry knows as we'll
or better than any other man that his
old employees are not outlaws. and have
made TO threats against the company's
property; but in his eager desire to di
vert public sympathy to his company,
he seizes on the slightest preteXt to
make a point against the men,
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14

struggling, managed TO get on board the
Olga, was mainly instrumental. by his knowl'
edge of the harbor and valuable suggestions.
which were followed by Capt. Erhart. in
Bleaching the Olga in position where no
lives would likely be lost. Capt. Douglas has
spoken in very complimentary terms of the
manner in which he was treated by the cap
tain, officers and men after he struggled onto
the Olga in all exhausted condition. The los
ses in the merchant shipping were :Godefroi.
bark. 462 TONS a total wreck. The Lilly,
schooner, from which two lives we're lost. a
total wreck. The upola, schooner. 6s tons,
Fituau, cutter, 10 TONS total wreck. The
Tafua. schooner, total wreck. The Nuku.
mono Sketch, ashore. The Vaitelle, cutter,
16 tons, had her mast cut away. The
damage. but is now repaired and going with
the mails to Tubular. A little schooner be-
longing to Mr.. Meridith, about five tons,
went ashore, but is not much injured.
Never before we believe, in the history of
wrecks in any harbor has such clean sweep
been made.
THE MIRACULOUS ESCAPES
OF some poor fellows who were washed over
board from the different wrecks, and a ter
rible time they must have had, some of them
being hours in the foaming surf, is fearful to
contemplate. The Eber, the first vessel to go
ashore, lost seventy.five lives. The Adler
lost twenty men. Following are the names:
Officers Raschke and Petty, Fireman Young
mann and Seamen Fischer, Remus, Avisus,
Messenger, Loser Wahrenberg Peters, Fischer,
Rusch. Wenck, Wilhelm, Schneiotsky, Yan-
Osh Markus, Lenke, KeifeF, Baluel, Lawisen.
Among those who came upon the Alameda
were Chief Cadet Robert Stocker and Cadets
Hibbs Decker. Wells, Cloke. Suckland, Le-
Jure, Wiley and Hogan, of the Vandalia, and
Dr.. Corderro. of the Vandaia, whose thigh
is injured. Lieut.. Ripley came upon the
Alameda with thirty men, but they stopped
off at Honolulu. The officers of the Van
dalia were doing their utmost to save some
cherished mementoes. AS a general.thing the
natives were honest, but one case stands out
in marked contrast. Chief Engineer Green,
of the Vandalia, had in his stateroom be-
tween $500 and $400 i'll gold. Green hired
a diver, who said he could not save the
money as the stateroom door could
not be opened. Green hired another
diver, who asserted that the door was
open. The first diver confessed to having
stolen all the money but $50. The Nipsic
is fitted up with the Vandalia's funnel The
Trenton is hard and fast on the reef. Her
bottom is full of holes and filed with water
up TO her gun deck. the crews have been
working ten hours daily trying to save some
of the rigging and personal effects and stores.
The Nandalia is totally lost. Nothing can be
saved from her. Nearly every day since the
wrecks of the vessels bodies of the drowned
are being washed up, greatly decomposed
and unrecognZable A rumor is current in
Apia that the admirals and consuls are Ell.
deavoring to arrange matters between
Mataafa and Tamasese, so as to induce them
to return TO their homes until after the Sa-
moan conference.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
COOL AND PLEASANT.
President Lowry Carrying Out
His Programme as Arranged.

Mr.. Lowry and Mr.. Goodrich were
found in Mr.. Lowry's private Office yes
terday afternoon. Both gentlemen were
as cool and pleasant as ever, and did
not appear to be greatly concerned over
the fact that something like $4,000 to
$4,000 men in Minneapolis are calling
down curses dark and deep upon their
heads.
1--WE have nothing at all to arbitrate
with the employees who have gone out
on STRIKE" said Mr.. Goodrich. ave
have treated with them for the last two
years, and during that time they have
run our business. Now, to change the
order of things, we feel disposed to run
our own business. and propose to do it.
j want to add, too" he went on, ''that
we feel fully justified in our present
course, and are determined to stand by
our guns to the last"
Mr.. Lowry expressed himself as not
at all pleased with the manner in which
the newspapers had treated the existing
difficulty. He asserted that statements
from the company had been miscOn-
strued and distorted in an unreasonable
manner. and that the editors had been
fully aware of this fact. He says the
papers had no right to connect the
building of the new cable lines with
the reduction of salaries on the street
railway and motor lines. Before in
formation had been given out he had
fully discussed the situation with some
of the editors and managers of the
newspapers. They understood the mat
ter thoroughly, but had, he believed,
wiilfuily connected the two to the det-
riment of the company.
In answer to the request that he write
statement for publication, Mr.. Lowry
replied that ne did not care to at pres
ent, but that he might as soon as mat
tiers had cooled down trif1e, He stated
that he had received hundreds of busi-
ness men, generally commencing him
in the position he had taken, and urg-
ing him to stand by it..
II want to say" he went on, ''that
our employees had little cause for COM
plaint in relation to wages. Ii they
find the wages we pay too low, why in
| the world don't they go about their
business and seek other employment
that suits them. | have no idea, though,
that they find the work easier than
Shoveling, and even at the present
schedule they get pretty nearly as much
per day as the men do on city work.
The talk about the street car work
being so hard is all bosh. 1t is easier
than any other kind of common labor.
Then, too, it is steady, and while other
laborers are out of employment for
many other portions of the year, the
street car men can work 365 days every
year if they deSife'
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
THE CITIZENS.
A Committee Proposes Arbitra-
tion, Which Is Refused.

Early yesterday morning the citizens
trok the matter in hand, and number
of prominent gentlemen met and de-
cided that it was only proper that the
company should accede to the PROPOSE
tiOn Of the strikers to arbitrate. Ac-
cordingly committee, headed by Rev.
Father McGolriok. called upon Mr.
Lowry and laid the matter before him.
He received the committee pleasantly,
but refused most emphatically to deal
with any plan which proposed arbitra-
ton. He held that there was nothing
to arbitrate, end that the company
could not arbitrate, as in case it should
be decided against it could not pay the
wages demanded. This practically
ended the conference and the commit
tee withdrew, not feeling particularly
elated over the success of the plan. 1t
is now certain that the company does
not propose to arbitrata with the men,
and what will follow remains to be
seen. 1t is equally certain that the
strikers will not give in-they can not,
and there is nothing more sure than
that there will be trouble of no small
degree if any attempt is made to run
the cars with "ScabSo
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
AT HEADQUARTERS.
interviews With the Strikers, and
General Outlook,

The streets i'll the vicinity of the
Labor temple, the headquarters of the
strikers, were full of men all day.
from morning until night. Up stairs,
in the big hall, the strikers met and
heard reports from all over the city.
The men appeared to be confident of
success, and decided that matters were
progressing to their satisfaction. The
statements that the company had all the
men necessary TO take ont and run the
cars and motors they received with the
utmost deriSlOn, and wanted to know
why, if such were the case, the COM
pany should be trying to hire more men
all the time. They declared that the
company could not get the necessary
men, try as hard as it would and offer
as much money as it wanted. Dur
ing the afternoon and evening they
appeared more confident than ever of
success and made the claim that the
company would be forced by public
sentiment. if nothing else, to take the
old men back at the old scale of wages.
at is not alone the street car en-
ployes who are demanding this" said
one of the most prominent men con-
cerned i'll the strike, ''but the citizens
OF Minneapolis generally. We now
have the sympathy and support OF
nearly the entire city, and we are going
to retain it if gentlemaniy bearing and
good conduct will retain it. Our propo-
sitiOn to arbitrate was made in good
faith, and SO that Mr. Lowry could not
fail to understand it, were he disposed
to be fair. The men have committed no
acts OF violence yeSnor is it their in
tention to do so. The entence in the
proposition published yesterday, in
which the men agree not to interfere
with the company's property in case ar
bitratlon is agreed 10, means nothing
more Or less than that the men
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
IN THE MORNING.
At the Rarns and the Company's
Office All Is Quiet.

When yesterday morning, the third
day of the great street car strike in
Minneapolis, dawned, it saw thousands
of men walking the streets and stand
ing in groups near the various car barns.
1t was rumored early in the day that
motor would be started out from the
junction ar O'clock. but as time wore
on none came. At the junction and at
the barns everything was quiet and Or
derby. At some of the barns there were
small knots of men, but nothing ap-
preaching trouble was seen anywhere.
The few men who remained with the
company when the tie-up took place
cared for the horses, and saw that they
did not suffer for want of proper atten-
ton.
The street car company sent num-
Der of new men around to the barns.
Possibly there were forty OF fifty in all,
but few of them remained there long.
As fast as they came up they would be
approached by some one connected with
the strikers, and talked or bribed into
leaving their newly-fOund positions be-
fore they ever began work at all. In
all ten new men remained true to their
new employers, and declared themselves
ready to take out cars when ordered so
TO do by the company.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
MONDAY is MOVING DAY.
Ye-Morrow an Attempt Will be
Made to Run Cars.


While the company refuses to divulge
its plans looking to a resumption of
steeet car traffic. it is believed that no
attempt will be made to move any cars
before tomorrow. The success or fail
ure of the trial then must of course de-
termine future policy. The company
holds that it is able to procure drivers
who have no fear of the epithet ''scab."
LII these drivers face the music and stick
to their posts, the spirit of the strikers
Indicates that they will not be slow to
go little further than argument and
persuasion. There are plenty of hot
leads among the employees out who are
fairly itching for trouble, as plenty of
tstk about the Ramsey street barn yes
terday showed. So far they have been
kept well in hand by those of wiser
counsel. There are only 800 men out.
These alone could be easily handled by
the police. But to the 3O0-as always in
such cases-have been drawn twice as
many more-men out of work, dema-
gogueS, lOafers, sand-lOt orators and a
horde of disreputable characters who
Will egg on trouble wherever possible,
and will have hand in all that is going
on. This class of loaferS formed fully
half crowds about the car barns yester-
day. Of the 200 men who were about
the Ramsey street barn all day not a
quarter of them were ever in the en-
ploy of the company. They were men
OF leisure, content to sun themselves
against fence the liyelong day indefin-
.ltely. The men actually on strike were
quiet and we'll behaved always. Not
One was seen under the influence of
liquor, and there was no loud talking or
boisterouSnesS.
Inside the offices of the company
clerks were busily engaged, and the
pay rolls were being made out as rap
idly as possible. The employees of the
company have been paid twice each
month regularly, and by a chance the
strike was declared on the same day
which ended one of the two weeks
periods of regular work. Therefore
the men on Monday will draw pay for
two weeks, less the hours they lost Fri
day afternoon when the strike was or
dered. The drivers will further draw
the amounts in their cash boxes. When
a driver is employed by the company he
is obliged to furnish cash box and de-
poslt $50. The company supplies a
second cash box, containing $50 in
dimes and nickleS for change, which is
given the driver each morning and by
him turned i'll at night. The $50 deposit
protects the company, and just now
gives the drivers something substantial
to fall back upon.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
THE CABLE LINES.
Has MIR. Lowry Amy Right to Con-
struct Them?

The claim Of President Lowry that the
reduction in the pay of the men has been
made necessary because the putting
in of two cable lines is contemS
plated has raised the question as 10
whether his franchise includes the right tu
use the streets for either cable or elec trio
lines. AT the time Mr. Lowry was granted
his franchise, the use of electric power or
cables was unknown. and was therefore, noe
mentioned in the contract with the city.
Justice Brewer, in recent decisiou,
lie Ii Were 10 be U1 ne
by implication, and unless the intention to
surrender such rights clearly appears in
the charter they must be denied. AS
cable lines had not been heard of in 1874
the council could not have therefore
had the intention of surrendering them to a.
corporation. There is no doubt that Mr..
Lowry's franchise will be tested on this point
and combination of capitalists has already
been formed, it is said, which will make APP
pfication for the use of the streets in operat-
ing an electric motor.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
THE STREET SCENES.
Great Crowds---Indicatio That
There Might Have Been Trou.


There Might Have Been Trou.
BILE.
The Minneapolis Street Railway conf
pany decided to run-or rather attempt
to ruD-no cars yesterday. This was
very wise move on the part of the COM
pany, and showed most cOnclusively
that some one in authority is possessed
of a very long and exceeding level head,
Had an attempt been made to run the
cars, there would no doubt have been
serious trouble, and it would not have
been ended i'll half an hour either. The
men on the streets were looking for
trouble at every turn. Washington
avenue. as far as the eye could reach,
was crowded with men of all classes,
many of them being woodsmen
who had inst come down
from the timber country. There
was notable scarcity of striking men
on the streets, for as rule they were at
the Labor Temple, discussing the situa-
ton. OF course, there were some strik-
ers around, and some of them had been
drinking more or less. But it was the
crowd which had been doing the most
drinking. aud it was not an infrequent
sight to see some burly fellow, half
craZed by liquor and excitement, urging
the men around him to do some deed
which would cause riot. The presence
of a large number of policemen on the
street had the effect of keeping matters
quiet. and as the people were kept mov-
ing, there was but small chance for the
reckless ones to make more than very
short address, when they started i'll I'd
discuss the matter of whether the men
would win or not. The usual business
activity on the street was missing, and
in the place of it there was an ominouS
quiet. The stores were practically de-
serted. No one cared to do any busi-
ness. All day long the crowds OH the
streets surged to and fro, and nearly
blocked Washington avenue from First
avenue north to Second avenue south.
There is always more or less drinking
OH Saturday. and yesterday was noex-
eeption. The drinking was not of
particularly convivial nature, however,
but took more of the form of stimu-
liant to incite the men to violence, should
occasion for any violence arise.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
"WHlSKERS" is SLUGGED,
An Extra Driver on His Way Home
to Dinner Mauled by Strikers.

10 Diunef Mduleu Dy strikers.
The only trouble of the afternoon oc-
CURED Just after IL o'clock at the cor
ner of Oak and Ramsey streets, oppo-
site one of the barns of the company.
An extra driver named Hoffman, ia
miliarly known among the street car
men as ''Whiskers," on account of his
full. heavy beard, refused to JOIN the
strikers or have any to do with the
union, although several times threat
ened the last week unless he did unite
with the order. Yesterday morning he
was given work in the barn caring for
the horses. AS he crossed Oak street
on his way to dinner, he passed group
of twenty or more strikers. One
Walsh. who had been employed as
gra deman by the company, stepped in
front of Hoffman and asked him if he
was not coming out and join the Strik-
ers. Hoffman SAID no. At that Walsh
stepped aside, and as Hoffman passed
gave him kick which fairly threat
ened to raise the hair on his head. AL
most at the same time another striker
cracked Hoffman short-arm blow un-
der the ear, staggering him. AS he re-
covered and started down the street.
Hoffman was followed by shower of
rotten lemons and eggs, a number of
boys joining in the fusilade. He went
at once to police headquarters.
Half an hour later the attention of a
GLOBE reporter was attracted by a
striker who was laying down the law,
apparently, to three other men in front
Of the offices of the company. Hewore
a faded, wine-colored coat, and slouch
hat so full of holes that it seemed to
lave been through an improved
thresher.
fBy =, sir" he calculated, ''I'm
willing to spend twenty-four hours in
the cooler. l kicked him, and kicked
him hard. I'm willing to be locked up
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
CABLE MEN STAND PAT.

Neither Argument or Threats Will
Induce Them to Complete the
Tie-Up.
The failure of the cable men to join
in the strike has resulted in a very bit
ter feeling among the horse car men
who are out, They frankly admit that
the operation of the cable line weakens
their position, and complete tie-up of
all lines is the only thing which will
satisfy them. Every effort was made
yesterday to induce the cable employees
to join the ranks of the strikers, but
without success. They say tney will
stick to their jobs. for they know that
others are ready to jump in as soon as
opportunity occurs.
The stoppage of the street cars gave
st. Paul decidedly lively appearance,
at least. AS everybody outside of cable
line territory was compelled to walk,
the streets everywhere were all day
long thronged with pedestrians and on
the business streets there was regular
crush. A stranger would have pro-
nounced st. Paul, as seen Yesterday,
one of the liveliest cities in the country.
he would, in any event, if he was at
all posted, pronounce it such.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
DEALT WITH LIGHTLY.
How the Men Who Created Fri,
days Disturbances Fared.

Ashes E. HONEYWELL and Charles
Flanagan are the two special police for
whom warrants were issued for assault
ing Charles Reynolds, one of the strik-
ers, at the Thirty-frst street junction.
They plead not guilty and gave bonds
for their appearance in court next Tues
day at 9 O'Clock. Their bail was fixed
at 500 each, and c. q. Goodrich and A.
S. Munger went Oh their bonds.
William King, charged with disorderly
conduct. is one of the men who crowded
around the street cars that came out
Friday, and yelled. He plead guilty
and paid fine of $40, and Martin Mel
son, who struck an officer at the same
time, goes up for fifteen days.
Peter Olson. one of the four men ar
rested for interfering with the running
of street cars Thursday afternoon, and
the one who pulled the pin and dumped
a passing load of wood on the track,
was fined 800, in default of which he
will be committed to the work house for
ninety dayS