St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-15
QUIET As The CRAVE.
No Move Of Any Sort Made
on Sunday by the
Strikers.
The Company Anxious to Al
lay Excitement Rests on
It's Oars.
There Will Probably Be an
Attempt to Run Cars
To-Day.
II Trouble Occurs Outsiders
and Not Strikers Will Be
Responsible.

All was quiet around the barns of the
st. Paul Street Railway company yes
terday. Col. Barr and Supt. Scott sat
in their chairs at the Ramsey street
offices and calmly viewed the situation.
There was not much else to view, and
even this tired them. so they went out
driving and enjoyed the balmy spring
air and things. Towards p. m. MI.
Scott came around just to see that the
barn was still there, and found a depu-
tation of reporters sitting in his private
Office lamenting the lack of "go,"
which has been the most marked fea-
Scott sat down with an air of
resignation and discussed the situa-
ton in his own laconic way, while
the visitors Piled him with leading ques-
tions, many of which brought smile to
his clean-shaVen face. His main idea
seemed to be to demonstrate to the
callers that they knew nothing about
the strike, and that he knew less. He
was very patient, and submitted to his
croSS-eXamination like one who had been
there before. The principal idea
that he let drop was that there
was nothing new. The report
erS agreed with him heartily, and
a bond of sympathy Immediately spread
itself between them. An hour or so
was spent in examining the models of
grips, photographs, the pattern of the
carpet and other interesting things.
while Supt. Scott sat upon his tripod
chair like the oracle at Delphi, and oc-
caSionally broke the aching silence with
remark that caused every pencil to
wiggle.
The following is the conversation
which took place, leaving out the yawn-
ing abysses of silence. broken only by
the ticking of the clock in the outer
office. which interspersed question and
answer like the composition between
the berries in a boarding house blue
berry pie:
"Have you engaged any new drivers,
Mr.. Scott?''
Not yet"
sNo."
'Do any of the strikers show tend
ency to come back?'
mo"
'sHave any more of those who re-
manned gone out?"
Only one night watchman at this
barn."
"Have you enough men to attend to
Uile wants OF Cne nOfSeS!'
1--WE attend to them"
GLOW many barn men have you
now?"
Give at the Greenbrier avenue barn,
three each at the Rice street, West Sev-
enth and University avenue barns, and
seven here at the Ramsey street barn."
''How have the blacksmiths acted?''
'Ihey have helped us out at all the
barns except the Greenbrier avenue,
where they refuse to work"
What do you expect the cable men
to do?"
Nothing
''Have you any agreement with
them?"
''None."
"Then the reduced schedule is what
they are working on?''
"Yes.
"have you no mutual understanding
with the cable car men?"
None whatever"
"Do you think they are satisfied with
the reduced wagesr"
Il suppose So"
"How do these wages compare with
other laborers' wages in the city?"
"They are higher all around"
'Do You think the laborers on Sev-
enth street will striker"
Certainly not"
''Have you heard any talk of the
strike spreading to other cities?'
"Yes, there is some talk of its extend
ing to Duluth and other large cities"
will you start running cars in the
mornlng"
II don't know"
ble?"
"None at all.''
"Then you will soon start them?"
II don't know: but when we put cars
on we will run them, and don't you
make any mistake about it,"
docs not your charter provide that
you must run cars every day"
''Certainly not.''
as it a fact that President Lowry
OWNS nearly all the bonds of the car
company"
Worth.''
DO you agree with Mr. Lowry in the
opinion that in a few days the excite
ment will have died down and cars will
then be run without difficultY?'
81 do"
"You don't think this will give them
any more opportunity for organiza-
tion?''
'They are organized all they want
iOWs 10 VI llttlO uSC Ill
such mobs as those which obstruct cars.
1t is not the organized men who make
the trouble, but the outsiders"
Are you running all the cable cars?"
eyes, thirteen"
Then the situation presents no
further Developments"
s'None whatever"
Outside the barn were scattered
groups of men on the street corners
talking and chatting each other. Among
them were few strikers who did not
have as much to say as Supt. Scott.
They had seen no men apply for posi-
tions and had not heard of any beng
engaged. Affairs remain in statu quo,
and to all appearances have got into a
chronic state. Nothing seems to have
been done on either side to precipitate
a crisis. The company is firm, the
strikers are firm, and it is simply a
question of who can stand it longest.
TROUBLE MAY OCCUR,
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