St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-26
Col. Barr Braces Up and Pro-
vides a Fairly Good
Service.
A Long Time Between Cars,
but This Defect Will Be n
Remedied. gTa
Reward Offered for the -Ap-
prehension Of Persons -
Who Make Trouble. ssj
Strikers Are More Hopeful
Than Ever Of Winning 9 9
j This Fight. "a

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Evidently encouraged by the cessa-
ton of hostilities on the part of sympa-
thiZerS with the striking drivers, the
street railway company braced up some
what yesterday, and provided good
service from o'clock in the morning
until $50 in the evening. Even dur
ing the noon hour none of the cars were
withdrawn, and no act of violence re-
suited, the element that the company
has feared from the start Offering no
resistance whatever. About 1890 one
of the new drivers was unfortunate
enough to derail his car at Fifth and
Robert streets. A crowd Immediately
gathered around him and began yelling,
so completely rafting the driver that
his horses broke the car tongue and be-
came almost unmanageable. The noisy
crowd attracted others, and in short
time fully 5000 people had gath
cred around the car. Trouble
was imminent, but the prompt
arrival of detail of police
from the central station at once dis
perSed the crowd and prevented any
disturbance. On the West Seventh
street line more cars were run than
were operated before the strike. The
patronage was still divided throughout
the day between the cars and the Omni-
buses, the latter securing the lions
share. To intimidate any strikers or
their sympathzers. of violent DISPOSE
ton, handbill wOrded as follows was
yesterday issued by the company and
distributed about the city:
will be paid for the arrest and conviction OF
each and every person found committing or
attempting to commit any depredations upon
the property of this company, or for uulaw-
fully attempting TO prevent the regular oper-
alton of its cars. The same reward will also
be paid for the arrest and conviction of each
and every person who unlawfully assaults or
attempts to intimidate, by threats or other.
wise, any employe while in the discharge of
his duties, or for making threats while he is
off duty which might have tendency to
prevent his returning to his work.
THE ST. PAUL STREET RAILWAY Co. .
BY P. f. BARR, Vice President.
Supt. Scott, who is held in the highest
esteem by all of the striking drivers
and to whom none of them are willing
to attribute any responsibility for the
present difficulty, is looked upon by
them as the man who will eventually
bring about a satisfactory settlement of
the difficulties between them and the
company. Speaking at the meeting
held at Labor hall last night after the
Jackson street mass meeting, one OF
the drivers said: at is bound to come
our way. Supt. Scott is getting heartily
tired of this business, aud | heard him
swearing about the way things ard
going at the barn this morning. The
old men never heard him swear. Iio
HE MUST MEAN BUSINESS" 3I
''It was stated that the wives and the:
mother of two men named Ward, who
are now driving cars. had been induced
| by the company to ride upon the cars
| that other ladies would be more willing
to ride. The members of the committee
| reported that they had ridden through
| out the whole day on three different
| lines, and that in their opinion other
women were riding for the same pur-
| pose. 1t was decided to ask the serv-
| ices of a committee of outsiders to in
vestigate the report that the strikers
bad threatened the life of Driv-
er Schwartz, on the Rice street
line, or that they had threatened his
wife that their house would be burned
down. A member of the executive
committee reported that none of the
men were in immediate need of money,
and that two of the three men who had
| drawn their :" time " from the company
were about to leave the city. A mass
| meeting was announced for tonight on
| University avenue, near Rice street,
| and the executive committee was
instructed to arrange for four or five
mass meetings in different parts OF the
city OIL both tomorrow and Sunday
evenings. Secretary Cronin said: "a
I morning paper worked up terrible
sensation to-day, foreshadOwing great
danger of violence on the part of the
strikers. None has so far occurred, and
there is no reason to believe that any
disturbance will arise
! STRIKERS SCORE THE COMPANY.
| About 200 people attended the mass
meeting of strikers held last evening at
jackson and Arch streets, near the
Manitoba shops. David Fitzgerald was
chosen chairman and called upon Sec
rotary Cronin, who addressed the meet
ing. He referred to the street car
strike in Minneapolis three years ago, in
which he said the men were victorious,
and roasted the company on general
principles for its action since then. He
also charged bad faith and hypocricy
| against the Pioneer Press and Dispatch.
1--WE can except but little of newspa-
papers," said Mr.. Cronin," in which
Lowry is one of the principal stock
holders. The strike is not ended by any
means. The men are steadier now than
| will make Lowry wish he had never in
augurated the fight. 'Charge of collision
| with capital against labor by the munic
ipal' government was also made by the
speaker. The police came in for share
of abuse and ridicule. Mr.. Cronin said
he did not want to create i'll feeling be-
| tween the strikers and police, but these
| were the facts. James Burns was next
called upon. He went for the
company, tooth and nail, and
| was particular to caution his
hearers against boycotting. Boycott
ting" said Burns. lis unlawful: but
cars; don't let your friends ride on
them: don't patronize any merchant
who rides or allows his employees to ride
on a car. Stand together" said
the speaker; ''stand by your
fight. Short addresses were made
by j. A. johnson, j. H. Gieske, Thomas
ReeS and L. j. Carney, employees Of the
Manitoba railway. Gieske said: II
have been in sympathy with labor all
my life. | know that the wages IN this
city ought to be higher instead of lower.
If wages are not advanced very soon,
the merchants as we'll as the laborers
of this great Northwest will be pau
pers."
MI. Carney took exception to an article
in the Pioneer Press, scoring the en-
ployes of the Manitoba shops for tear
ing up the Acker street turntable. He
affirmed that the Manitoba men were
not responsible for the job. ''That's all
right, Jim,' shouted man in the
crowd, you weren't caught at it."
"We'H fight Tom Lowry to the bitter
end" SAID Carney. There is organized