New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-13
NO STREET CARS IN THE TWIN CITIES
STRIKE BEGUN IN ST. PAUL-THE ATTEMPTS
OF THE RAILWAY COMPANY TO RESUME

A STRIKE BEGUN IN ST. PAUL-THE ATTEMPTS
OF THE RAILWAY COMPANY TO RESUME
BUSINESS IN MINNEAPOLIS FoILED.
ST. Paul April 12.-The street railroad men Of
this city went on strike this afternoon, following
the example of the employees in Minneapolis. An
effort to obtain concessions from the company was
unsuccessful. In Minneapolis the street-car COM
pany made its first formal attempt to raise the
strike shortly after l p m. The move was made
st the Fourth-ave. car barns. A special detail
of policemen was on hand to ride in the cars and
see that order was kept President Lowry and
Manager Goodrich drove to the spot in q carriage
TO see the first wheel move. The car started, but
had not gone twenty feet before it was stopped by
the meu The horses were unhitched, and the car
was showed back into the barn. The policemen
made no arrests.
The strikers offered to submit to arbitrationI
but President Lowry refused to entertain the pro-
posal, saying that wages had to be reduced.
striking motor engineer, Charles Reynolds, was
set upon by two special policemen and severely
dubbed this morning. The assailants were prompt
ly discharged from further duty. few
minutes before 4 p. m. this afternoon there was
serious disturbance in Washington-ave., near
Firstave., south. Fourth-ave. car had with
great difficulty made its way to the turntable,
and was on its way back. 1t was surrounded
by hugo and excited crowd, who hurled abuse
Of all SORTS at its occupants. Finally, some one
set the brake on the rear platform and stopped it.
At this iuncture q squad Of mounted policemen
dashed out of the alleyway from the Central Police
Station, and rushed at full speed into the crowd
with clubs drawn. They arrested three men
and retreated.
A number Of express wagons filed with strikers
were driven in front of the car, making COM
plete blockade. The driver of the car finally
unhtched his horses and went off amid the cheers
of the crowd, leaving the car standing on the
track. At 4 40 another car made its appearance
In Westinghouse from the barn. The mounted
police made q WY for it through the crowd, and
IL finally reached the turntable. On its way
back the car was blOckaded by two wood CARTS
at Washington and Hennep pin-aves. The crowd
the driver became disgusted and unhitching his
horses drove off. By this time there were
two cars standing on the avenue. and there was
O huge crowd. The police arrested another man and
took him of to the station. There had been much
throwing Of rotten eggs and stones, and excite
ment ran at fever heat Three mounted police
men charged upon the crowd, throwing down
arrests were made at this time. and one man
was numerically clnbbed by six or seven police
men, The noise frightened the car horses still
more and the drivers and officers found IL eX-
pedient to take them away from the car, the
crowd readily yielding. The attempt to move the
the crowd became less demonStratve and grad
ually disappeared. leaving the two cars on the
track. one near Hennepin-aVe.. and the other
near Third-aYe.. south.