The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-04-18

The street car men are confident that they
will win the night, and the meeting which
they held at the united labor headquarters
on East Seventh street last evening was of q
most en- husiascIc character. J. A johnson,
of the Brotherhood Of Carpenters, presided,
and numerous speeches were made by the
striking drivers, urging all to stand together
and success was assured The committee
that waited on President Lowry reported
their chilly reception, stating that he ab>o-
lutely refused their proposition to sub
nit the question to arbitration Having
failed to secure a settlement of the difficulty
in this peaceable manner, they we've COM
PEELED 10 take more extreme measures and
order the men to our work during the after
noon. This step was taken as q last resort,
their desire being to avoid any inconvenience
to the public. When Il tair offer OF arhitra-
tiOn was declined in the mos: decided n an
ner, nothing else cOu be done Miss Eva
Mcdonald, of the Minneapolis Trades and
Labor assembly, was present, and urged The
strikers 20 stand firm and their cause would
triumph. She dec AIRED that the reports that
the strikers in Minneapolis had been the
cause OF the trouble there were false, AZ all
the disturbance was caused by outsiders, who
are always ready to axe advantage of such
occasions to make trouble.
The trades and labor assembly held
meeting ut the same hour in an a. joining
hall, President James COughin in the chair,
and after listening to a statement Of the Case
made by the officers of tie street car mems
union, passed the following resolutions:
Whereas. The street railway company Of Min
neapOiis and St. Paul leiu' cd the wages of its
employees to point that affords them scarcely
| bare subSiSt enGe; and
Whereas, Said reduction does not appear to
affect the high salaries Of officials or Office en-
DlOyes: and
| ha TFiVa for 20 rot fpT1o
the, part of the company is Chat the profits dur
ing the past year have been too small while dur
ing the winter of 1878 they could just pay ex-
penses, when il cost them FIX 900 per month
to keep the snow off the tracks, according to
the statement of one of the officials a. the time,
and in the financial statement of the company
published in yesterdays papers they show that
the entire Minneapolis system Is bonded for
| three times IT'S actual cost, thereby proving
| themselves guilty OF the most hagrant criminal
! conspiracy; and
Whereas, The company entered into con-
! tract with their Minneapolis employees May
| 13, 1888, to continue one year from date, every
| provision of which has been hagranty violated
| by the company, and they now insist on en-
| ployes signing an iEon-c!ad agreement to the
! effect that they will reuounce all allegiance to
| labor Organizltf ms; and
| Whereas, The employees in both cities have re-
| fused to submt. aud quit work, and the COM
| pany has refused every offer to aFbitrate.
| thereby showing q determination TO deprive
| their employees of their independence and man
| hood and break up their organizations; there
| fore
| Resolved, That the trades and labor assembly
| of St. Paul, representing the various labor or
| CARNATIONS OF the city, condemn the con-
| duct of the company as unworthy the
| toleratioR of free people: that we promise.the
! street railway. employees of both cities our
hearty support and cooperation, morally and
| financially, trusting that thcir conduct will be
manly and that no attempt will b. made to re-
| sort to violence. -. o.. -.
These resolutions were presented to the
| street car mems meeting, and their spirit
was heartily endorsed. The following reso-
| luton was then adopted unanimously:
! Resolved, That we, the employees of the St.
Paul Street Railway company, realizing that
| our position has been forced upon us by-neces-
| sity. and approaching the Inconvenience which
| a walk-out causes to the travelling public. unan-
! imously hold ourselves in readiness now, as in
the past, to submit our Grievance to arbitration,
| and thus provide for an equitable adjustment Of
| this difficulty. '.--s
The meeting also appointed committees
| from drivers on the various lines to visit the
| barns and use moral suasion to induce any
new men engaged to take out cars not to
| work. They were instructed not TO use any
| violence whatever and to avoid all intem-
peTate or bad language In their efforts.