St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-20
LA CROSSE LACONICs.
The TaiIors' Strike Proving Sue
cessfuI-BienniaI Elections.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
LA CROSSE. Wis. April I9.-The
tailOrS' strike for advanced wages and
a regular scale is proving successful.
One employer signed the first day. three
yesterday, one to-day and but one of
the leading employers now stands out.
lie baS several old hands not members
or the union. and is quite Indifferent
The men have returned TO work in every
shop that agreed TO their demands. and
everybody is provided for except the
strikers in the one shop that will not
sigh. They seem to be hOpeleSSly left.
and have little to content them except
That their sacrifice was for the good of
others.
James Cummings. the bigamist who
broke Jail Tuesday morning, was recap
rured by Sheriff Scott in person Oh his
fathers farm in this county. He was
concealed in a pile OF chaffy manner.
partly TO keep from freezing. for the
night was chill. and the sheriff, after
waiting four hours behind a stump in a
plowed field. cot the fugitive located.
and turned him out with a pitchfOrk.
Ihe poor commissioners Office has
been the busiest place in town for the
past week. Contributions for Dakota
sufferers sufficient to freight three cars
were received. packed and forwarded.
There we're all sorts OF things-seeds.
tools. furniture, but mostly clothing
and groceries. The John a, SalZer
Seed company donated 600 bushels of
seed potatoes. and the kind-hearted old
German. who is at the head of the con-
Germ, says they re just as good to eat as
30 plant.
The city government is now organ
lied Tor the coming two years. we have
the doubtful blessing of biennial char
ter elections. The council is fourteen
democratic TO SIX Republicans. and the
officers elected by that body are mainly
Democrats. and are all firSt-rate men.
Alderman David Palmer was reelected
president OF the council.
The big steamer White Eagle. which
has been lying in Black River for seve-
raj years in a diSmaHtled and partly
wrecked condition, without wheel or
stacks. was taken ont Thursday and
toWed to Davenport, where she will go
on the ways for complete repairs.
Capt. Lon. BrysOn. Capt sherwood and
Others nave bought her, proposing to
ut her Tor excursion business. Her
hull Is in good condition. her machinery
powerful. and 1t Will be quite easy to
TX her up for the business named.
The Century Book Company of Chi
cagO, that has been figuring in the
newspapers some lately, caught a vic
tim here, but he got a note of warning
IN time TO escape with only a slight
singing. Mr.. McGelIand. photog-
rapher, answered the cOmpanv's adyer-
Eisement, and. after correspondence.
went to Chicago and concluded the
scheme was all right. He sent in $500
of the $1,000 guarantee asked before
his confidence was disturbed. and has
Since been trying to get it back. The
company sent on a lot of books con-
Signed to itself. and McClelland has at
tached them. A local Justice sustains
the attachment, but further litigation is
In prospect.
~ Nice farmers showers have brought
vegetation forward, but the river re-
mains distressingly low. The Black
River boom continues to be operated
with fair. steady output. and there
are logs enough for all mills. but few
for down river.
1t IS stated to-day that Vice President
Harris, of the Burlington. will be here
next Monday to let the contract for sew
.eTal large buildings at Grand Crossing.
Plans were made by architects here.
and contractors have been figuring for
several DAYS.