St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-17
The OIL. ROASTED
Street Railway Magnates Evil
IDENTIFY Have No Love for
the Knights.
Judge Emery Gives the Social
Clubs a Knockout
Blow,
It Looks as Though the New
Depot Is As
suPed.
Officers of the Northwestern
Collection Agency Placed
Under Arrest.

The American Street Railway assOcla-
ton convened yesterday morning at
1920. In the ladies' ordinary of the
West hotel, for their eighth annual ses-
sion. George Is. Kerper, president OF
the association, was in the chair. There
were about 100 members of the as5Ocia-
ton present, and they had been made
quite at home by the services OF the
local reception committee, or when
Thomas Lowry, Vice President Good
rich. Chief Engineer Gift West ana
Supt. Sharpe are leaders.
President Kerper opened the meeting
with tie delivery of his annual address
He began as follows,
Gentlemen of the Convention: On behalf
Of the association and the representatives CT
the local companies of St Paul and Mime
apOlis. l extend TO yOu hearty ana cordial
welcome TO this our eighth annual gathering
The hope has been expressed To me that you
VIII take possession OF both cities. the gates
Of which are thrown wide OPEN especially
mai portion living between the curD lines.
the centers Of which are bound by baHdS OF
steel, and operating thereon the private con-
Fcyances OF our resident friends, dedicated
20 pubic use. ana on this occasion yours 10
use ana enjoy, and from them 10 view these
beautiful cities and their magnificent sur
roundings-
lie then reviewed the improvements
and changes of the past year and re-
feTred TO tie demand for a motive
power Of SOME kind that would neeeSsl-
tate no wire circuit. IN speaking OF
this lie gave some interesting figures.
as follows:
The steam railways OF the United States
during the year 1883 carried 40 LOCO. 0OO
passengers. while the street railways of New
York stale alone carried over 360,uOO00O
and this. with lS5. OOO.OOO carried by the
elevated roads of New York city. makes tine
total street railway tratlc or New York state
nearly 1Ot, 600, 900 in excess OF all the steam
railway passenger traffic OF the United
states.
The improvements. he said, ''have eie-
waited the standard of our employees, on whom
we so much depend 10 successfully carry out
The projects we have in hanO. They are re-
alizing that the faithful men have the con
lideuce, esteem ana friendship or the railway
managers. and this ID them Is Tar better IMAM
the AID OF outside associations, which, IN the
past. has deprived them OF that freedom
which is guaranteed TO every citizen. namely,
The right to employ ana be employed. q I'd
the right and duty to be faithful TO those
whom we serve.
A feature of the mornings meeting
/ was the way in which the executive
committee condemned the Knights of
/ Labor in their annual report. The roast
/ began in the following positive words 4:
/ ''The association year ROW closed has seen
an almost total collapse OF the organization
known as the Knights OF Labor; so Tar, II
least as that portion IS concerned which at
tempted 10 dominate street railway COM
pauIes."
It then referred to the New York and
/ Brooklyn strike and said these strikes
/ had taught that foul means will not &C
/ cOmplish what cannot be secured by
! fair Another sentence read:
! The death knelI OF the organization OF the
! Knights of Labor has been sounded; because
] il has shown It's unwCTthiness 10 live by rea-
I son Of The crimes committed III lis name
! under the direction OF lis leaders
After maintaining the right OF man
( to hold what he had earned. the report
! closed with a wish for harmony be
/ tween labor and capital in the industry.
/ The report also commended the mutual
/ benefit societies. 4 committee to Sc
{ cure proper exhibition OF street rail
way material at the worlds fair IN 1892
was asked for.
! Vice President Wyman, of the Cen
! tral Park road. New York. read paper
! on the mutual Insurance question.
President Hurt. of the Washington
/ 8 Georgetown railroad. read paper on
/ the mutual benefit society among the
| emDIOves, Such an organization eX.
! listed among his employees. They had
worked twenty years with no disturb
ance. The interests of employer and men
| were made the same by it. They were
| none OF them Knights Of Labor men.
/ Thew ran a savings bank Of their own,
| in which $4,000 was now deposited. and
| three-fourths of the men were deposit
! Ors. The paper was faYOrably com
| mented upon.
At 2 o'clock the delegates. with tnelI
! ladies. took carriages at the West hotel
for a drive about the city, to Mime
! haha. The lakes ana the flour mills. The
! party is receiving the entertainment al
! the hands of Thomas Lowry.