St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-13
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER.
Labor Puts Its Affairs in the
Hands of a Trusted Few and
Will Abide by the Result.

AdUOr L uiS ItS AHaiPS IN the
Hands of a Trusted Few and
Will Abide by the Result.
There was alargely attended meeting
OF the striking street car men at Labor
hall last night. A spirit of strong de-
termination marked the gather
ing, and when they adjourned,
after listening to several long
speeches by delegates from other or
CARNATIONS, urging them to stand firm,
and assuring them that success was
theirs, the spirit of the men bOrdered on
enthusiasm. j. A. johnson, of the car
penters' union. presided, and on calling
the meeting to order addressed the as
sembly at considerable length. He adj
vised the strikers that the matter they
had undertaken was no child'S play, and
that the results they hoped to attain
could be brought about only by
the hardest work. '''Fhe first thing for
you to bear in mind" he said, "is that
you must have perfect confidence in the
executive committee that you choose to
manage your affairs: and you must also
beware of the spies hired by the street
railway company, who will try to get
you to do something wrong, to resort to
violence, or to commit some crime.
They will undoubtedly send such men
among you for this purpose, i'll order to
induce you to
MAKE THE FATAL MISTAKE,
and thus get public sentiment against
YOU" 1t was unanimously agreed to
appoint an executive committee of one
man from each barn to manage the
strike. and after some discussion Mes
SIS. Armstrong, Rupp, Dow. Quinlan
and Erickson were decided upon. A
vigilance committee was also decided
upon to watch over the affairs of the
strikers throughout the city, and to use
all honorable means to prevent other
men from taking their places, and, if
possible by honorable methods, to pre-
vent the company turning wheel.
One man was at first appointed from
each street car barn, but the task was
considered too great for five men. and
four additional men were subsequently
appointed from each barn to assist
them. The men decided upon to mar
shal the forces at the different barns
were William Dow. at the Rice street
barn: a. COsgrove, at the West Sew
enth street barn; p. AShe, at the Oak
street barn; Robert Cummings, at
the University avenue barn; j. Riddell,
at the Greenbrler avenue barn. The
president spoke in favor of "press
committee, which will write up every
day good, scorching articles for the
papers of the city, and attend to all
business in connection with newspapers
and reporters" All other members of
the association are strictly cautioned to
have nothing to say to reporters and to
refer all matters of the kind to the
committee.
The committee appointed consists of
Thomas Ward, of the International
StonecutterS' union, and John Fuller
and Secretary Cronin, of the district as
sembly. The executive and press COM
mittees will have headquarters at Labor
hall, 20 East Seventh street, and will be
found there at all hours. Members of
THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
were instructed to report ali matters of
interest to them. The men selected to
look after the interests of the strikers
at the different barns will report every
thing of Importance to the ''vigilantn
at the barn, who will in turn
communicate with the executive COM
mittee. Chairman johnson stated
that in his experience with strikes it
was much easier to induce men not to
go to work than to get them to quit
after they had once begun, and upon
his recommendation all members of the
vigilance committee and their aides de-
cided to go to the barns an hour before
time to take out cars, in order toIay
their grievances before any men who
might otherwise come to the rescue of
the company.