St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-18

cots had been taken to the Rice
street barn, presumably for the &C
commodatiOn of men who had been
engaged to work them. The committee
had been informed by two carpenters
employed in the construction of the East
Seventh street cable line that engineer
Clifton Wise had passed down the line
of workmen employed there during the
afternoon, telling all the men that those
who were competent would be called
upon to drive horses upon the street car
lines. and that a refusal to comply would
result in their dismissal. They were
further Informed that none of the work
men would take the places of the
strikers, and that all work on the new
cable line would be brought to stand
still should the cable company insist
on the order of Engineer Wise. During
the afternoon three trackmen had quit
work at the Greenbrier avenue barn;
one man engaged yesterday morning at
the Ramsey street barn quit last
night and refused to come
back, and another, who was
employed Sunday at the University av-
enue barn. quietly threw down his
shovel and walked out yesterday after
noon. Messrs. Armstrong, Rupp and
Erickson made trip to Minneapolis
during the afternoon to confer with the
strikers there, and learned that Mr..
Lowry had agreed to leave it with an
arbitration committee to decide who
broke the agreement. the company
Or the strikers. If the COM
pany was found in the wrong he was
willing that the men should return to
work at the old wages until May Is,
when the contract expires. At the
strikers meeting last night the usual
sanguinary speeches were made and
many encouraging communications
were read from other labor organiZa-
tionS. The organized workingwomen
of the city, who compose the ladies'
local assembly. knights of Labor took
a hand in the resolution business, ad-
dressing the following to the striking
car men:
Whereas, The present strike of street rail
way employees is one in which the men have
public sympathy and justice on their side,
and their every act has been respectful and
fair, therefore be it
Resolved That we, the representatives Of
the workingwomen of ST. Paul, extend to
you our sympathy, and prefer to walk to and
from our work rather than patronize the
street railway company until the matter is
justly settled to the satisfaction of the rail-
way employees.
The JOurneymen Stonecutters' as
ISOLATION also held a meeting yesterday,
and framed the following resolutions,
which were presented to the strikers:
Whereas, Thomas Lowry has refused the
most reasonable methods of settling the
grievances between labor and capital and
has refused to recognize the wish of nearly
all our citizens that such methods should be
adopted in the present difficulty between Mr..
Lowry and the men working for him; there
fore, be it
Resolved, By the Stonecutters' union Of
st. Paul, that we condemn the action of Mr..
Lowry and heartily approve the action of
the street car drivers. whose intelligence and
good behavior have won the admiration and
respect of most of our st. Paul citizens; and
be it further
Resolved, That we condemn the tyrannical
policy and un-American presumption of Mr..
Lowry IN attempting to deny to the men in
his employ the right which belongs to every
man and woman in this free Countrywide
right to belong to any organization they
deem proper; and further be it
Resolved, That we condemn the reduction
of working peoples wages to the starvation
point, which it evidently appears Mr.. Lowry
is attempting to bring about and that we
pledge our moral and financial support to
the street car men, and resolve not TO ride on
any street car till an amicable settlement is
arrived at between the street car drivers and
Mr.. Lowry.