davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
ON GUARD.
The Police Precautions to Pre-
vent Any Disorder Day and
Night

tSHo my DiSoiNSA D"S "ho
Night.
All day long and all night there was
large reserve force of officers at the
central police station. ready to respond
to a call at any moment. The two
patrol wagons stood ready for use, and
there was an air of suppressed excite
ment around the big brick building
with the grated windows and iron shut
tiers which was not at all pleasant to
note. The patrolmen had been held
there all of Friday night, after having
been on duty the previous day, and
during the morning many Of them took
little cat maps. In the afternoon and
evening they amused themselves in
various ways, some by playing checkers
or talkingr others took short walks
around the building. They did not
care to discuss the strike, as nearly
every man had pronounced opinion in
regard to it, and this opinion he did not
care to make public. The officers will
remain on duty all the time until the
strike is definitely settled one way or
the other. That they will do their duty,
in case any serious trouble should arise,
is certain. Said one of the men yester-
day afternoon:
God knows that my sympathies are
with the strikers. and | have no doubt
but that nearly every other man on the
force feels the same way that l do. But
even feeling as | do, if we are called
out we will do our duty. come what
may, no matter how much 1t may go
against us to do it. / sincerely hope
that there will be no trouble"
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
THE CITIZENS.
A Committee Proposes Arbitra-
tion, Which Is Refused.

Early yesterday morning the citizens
trOk the matter in hand, and number
of prominent gentlemen met and de-
cided that it was only proper that the
company should accede to the PROPOSE
ton Of the strikers to arbitrate. Ac-
cordingly committee, headed by Rev.
Father McGolri0k. called upon Mr..
Lowry and laid the matter before him.
He received the committee pleasantly,
but refused most emphaticaliy to deal
with any plan which proposed arbitra-
ton. He held that there was nothing
to arbitrate, end that the company
could not arbitrate, as in case it should
be decided against it could not pay the
wages demanded. This practically
ended the conference and the commit
tee withdrew, not feeling particularly
elated over the success of the plan. 1t
is now certain that the company does
not propose to arbitrata with the men,
and what will follow remains to be
seen. 1t is equally certain that the
strikers will not give in-they can not,
and there is nothing more sure than
that there will be trouble of no small
degree if any attempt is made to run
the ears with "ScabSo
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14

will refrain from attempting to
influence men i'll the employ
OF the company pending the decision of
the arbitration board. OF course the
men will, as the matter now stands. use
all the arguments and moral suasion
that can be brought to bear to induce
the new men to quit work: but We
agreed to suspend all that if the COM
pany agrees to arbitration. The Pr
oneer Press this morning, in its inter
view with Mr.. Lowry, willfully omitted
the word not from the proposition of
the executive board, thus changing the
whole idea of the proposal and attempt
ing to materially weaken the position
of the men. Mr.. Lowry knows as we'll
or better Than any other man that his
old employees are not outlaws. and have
made TO threats against the company's
property; but in his eager desire to di-
vert public sympathy to his company,
he seizes on the slightest preteXt to
make point against the men,
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14

struggling managed TO get on board the
Olga, was mainly instrumental, by his knowl.
edge of the harbor and valuable suggestions.
which were followed by Capt. Erhart. in
Bleaching the Olga i'll position where no
lives would likely be lost. Capt. Douglas has
spoken in very complimentary terms of the
manner in which he was treated by the cap
tain, officers and men after he struggled onto
the Olga in an exhausted condition. The los
ses in the merchant shipping were :Godefroi.
bark 462 tons, Il total wreck. The Lilly,
schooner, from which two lives were lost, a
total wreck. The upola, schooner 6S tons,
very likely to become total wreck Tho
Fituau, cutter, 10 tons. total wreck. The
Tafua. schooner, total wreck. The Nuku.
mono sketch. ashore. The Vaitelle, cutter,
16 tons, had her mast cut away. The
Utumapu, schooner, suffered some small
damage. but is now repaired and going with
longing to Mr.. Meridith, about five tons,
went ashore, but is not much injured.
Never before, we believe, III the history of
wrecks in any harbor has such a clean sweep
been made.
THE MIRACULOUS ESCAPES
of some poor fellows who were washed over
board from the different wrecks, and ter
rible time they must have had, some of them
being hours in the foaming surf, is fearful to
contemplate. The Eber, the first vessel to go
ashore, lost seventy five lives. The Adler
lost twenty men. Following are the names:
Officers Raschke and Petty. Fireman Young
ludlu dIlu Ncilllcu rlSCIleI, htHluS, ANISuS3
Messenger. Loser, ,Wahrenberg. Peters, Fischer,
Rusch, Wenck, Wilhelm, Schneiotsky, Yan-
osh, Markus, I.enke, Keifer, Baluel, Lawisen.
Among those who came upon the Alameda
were Chief cadet Robert Stocker and Cadets
Hibbs, Decker. Wells, Cloke. Suckland, Le-
jure, Wiley ana Hogan, of the Vandalia, and
DR.. Corderrc. of the Vaudalia, whose thigh
is injured. Lieut.. Ripley came upon the
Alameda with thirty men, but they stopped
off at Honolulu. The officers of the Van
dalia were doing their utmost TO save some
cherished mementoes. AS generalthing the
natives were honest but one case stands out
in marked contrast. Chief Engineer Green,
Of the Nandalia, had in his stateroom be-
tween $500 and S400 i'll gold. Green hired
a diver, who said he could not save the
money as the stateroom door could
not be opened. Green hired another
diver, who asserted that the door was
open. The first diver confessed to having
stolen all the money but $3.50. The Nipsic
is fitted up with the Eandalia's funnel. The
Trenton is hard and fast on the reef Her
bottom is full of holes and filed with water
up to her gun deck. the crews have been
working len hours daily trying to save some
of the rigging and personal effects and stores!
The Nandalia is totally lost. Nothing can be
saved from her. Nearly every day since the
wrecks of the vessels bodies of the drowned
are being washed up, greatly decomposed
and unrecOgnZabe rIImor is current in
Apia that the admirals and consus are en-
deavoring to arrange matters between
Mataafa and Tamasese, so as to induce them
to return 10 their homes until after the Sa-
moan conference
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
COOL AND PLEASANT.
President Lowry Carrying Out
His Programme as Arranged


Mr.. Lowry and Mr.. Goodrich were
found i'll Mr.. Lowry's private Office yes
terday afternoon. Both gentlemen were
as cool and pleasant as ever, and did
not appear to be greatly concerned over
the fact that something like $4,000 to
$4,000 men in Minneapolis are calling
down curses dark and deep upon their
heads.
1--WE have nothing at all to arbitrate
with the employees who have gone out
on a STRIKE" said Mr.. Goodrich. "We
have treated with them for the last two
years, and during that time they have
run our business. Now, to change the
order of things. we feel disposed to run
our own business. and propose to do it.
j want to add, too" he went on, ''that
we feel fully justified in our present
course, and are determined to stand by
our gnnS to the last"
Mr.. Lowry expressed himself as not
at all pleased with the manner in which
the newspapers had treated the existing
difficulty. He asserted that statements
from the company had been miScOn-
Strued and distorted in an unreasonable
manner. and that the editors had been
fully aware Of this fact. He says the
papers had no right to connect the
building of the new cable lines with
the reduction of salaries on the street
railway and motor lines. Before in
formation had been given out he had
fully discussed the situation with some
of the editors and managers of the
newspapers. They understood the mat
ter thoroughly, but had, he believed.
willfuily connected the two to the det-
riment of the company.
In answer TO the rpuueSt that he write
a statement for publication, Mr.. Lowry
replied that he did not care to at pres
ent, but that he might as soon as mat
terS had cooled down a trifie, He stated
that he had received hundreds of busi-
ness men, generally commenting him
in the position he had taken, and urg-
ing him to stand by it.
Il want to say" he went on, 'that
our employees had little cause for COM
plant in relation to wages. Ii they
find the wages we pay too low, why in
the world don't they go about their
business and seek other employment
that suits them. | have no idea, though,
that they find the work easier than
shoveling, and even at the present
schedule they get pretty nearly as much
per day as the men do on city work.
The talk about the street car work
being so hard is all bosh. 1t is easier
than any other kind of common labor.
Then, too, it is steady, and while other
laborerS are out of employment for
many other portions of the year, the
street car men can work 365 days every
year if they deSifea
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
AT HEADQUARTERS.
interviews With the Strikers, and
General Outlook.


The streets in the vicinity of the
Labor temple, the headquarters of the
strikers, were full of men all day.
from morning until night. Up stairs.
in the big hail, the strikers met and
heard reports from all over the city.
The men appeared to be confident of
success, and decided that matters were
progressing TO their satisfaction. The
statements that the company had all the
men necessary TO take out and run the
cars and motors they received with the
utmost deriSlon, and wanted to know
why, if such were the case, the COM
pany should be trying to hire more men
all the time. They declared that the
company could not get the necessary
men, try as hard as it would and offer
as much money as it wanted. Dur
ing the afternoon and evening they
appeared more confident than ever of
success and made the claim that the
company would be forced by public
sentiment, if nothing else, to take the
old men back at the old scale of wages.
at is not alone the street car en-
plOyeS who are demanding this" said
one Of the most prominent men con-
cerned III the strike, ''but the citizens
OF Minneapolis generally. We now
have the sympathy and support OF
nearly the entire city, and we are going
to retain it if gentlemanIy bearing and
good conduct will retain it. Our propo-
sitiOn to arbitrate was made in good
faith, and so that Mr.. Lowry could not
fail to understand it, were he disposed
to be fair. The men have committed no
acts of violence yesnor is it their in
tentiOn to do so. The entence in the
proposition published yesterday, in
which the men agree not to interfere
with the company's property in case az
bitratOn is agreed 10, means nothing
more or less than that the men
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
IN THE MORNING.
At the Rarns and the Company's
Office All Is Quiet.

When yesterday morning, the third
day of the great street ear strike in
Minneapolis, dawned. it saw thousands
of men walking the streets and stand
ing in groups near the various ear barns.
1t was rumOred early in the day that a
motor would be started out from the
junction az 9 O'clock. but as time wore
on none came. AT the junction and at
the barns everything was quiet and Or
DERBY. At some OF the barns there were
small knots of men, but nothing ap-
preaching trouble was seen anywhere.
The few men who remained with the
company when the tie-up took place
cared for the horses, and saw that they
did not suffer for want of proper atten-
ton.
The street car company sent a num-
Der of new men around to the barns.
Possibly there were forty OF fifty in all,
but few Of them remained there long.
As fast as they came mp they would be
approached by some one connected with
the strikers, and talked or bribed into
leaving their newly-fOund positions be-
fore they ever began work at all. In
all ten new men remained true to their
new employers, and declared themselves
ready to take out cars when ordered so
tO do by the company.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
THE STREET SCENES.
Great Crowds--Indicatio That
There Might Have Been TrOu.

BILE.
The Minneapolis Street Railway conf
pany decided TO run-or rather attempt
to run-no cars yesterday. This was
very wise move on the part of the COM
pany, and showed most cOnclusively
that some one in authority is possessed
of very long and exceeding level head.
Had an attempt been made to run the
cars, there would no doubt have been
serious trouble, and it would not have
been ended in half an hour either. The
men on the streets were looking for
trouble at every turn. Washington
avenue. as far as the eye could reach,
many of them being woodsmen
who had jnst come down
from the timber country. There
was notable scarcity OF striking men
on the streets, for as rule they were at
the Labor Temple, discussing the Situa-
ton. Of course, there were some strik-
ers around, and some of them had been
drinking more or less. But it was the
crowd which had been doing the most
drinking, and it was not an infreQuent
sight to see some burly fellow, half
craZed by liquor and excitement, urging
the men around him to do some deed
of large number of policemen on the
street had the effect of keeping matters
quiet. and as the people were kept mov-
ing, there was but small chance for the
reckless ones to make more than very
short address, when they started III to
discuss the matter of whether the men
would win or not. The usual business
activity on the street was missing, and
in the place of ii there was an ominouS
quiet. The stores were practically de-
serted. No one cared to do any busi-
ness. All day long the crowds on the
streets surged to and fro. and nearly
blocked Washington avenue from First
avenue north to Second avenue south.
There is always more or less drinking
on Saturday. and yesterday was no ex-
ception. The drinking was not of
particularly convivial nature, however,
but took more of the form of stimu-
liant to incite the men to violence, should
occasion for any violence arise.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
THE EVENING MEETING.
Well known Men Address an
Omen Air Mass Meeting.

the meeting on Bridge square in the even
ing was the largest affair of the kind ever
held in minneapolis, and by 8 o'clock there
were over 10000 people in the vicinity of
the square, all anxious to hear every word.
\ platform had been erected around the
fountain near the city hall, and on this
the speakers stood. Three big express wag-
ons had been run alongside of the stand, and
on these wagons sat the committee and the
the vast audience. The speaking was adver-
tised to begin at s O'Clock, and the entire
square was packed full of people, business
men and laboring men alike, when that hour
arrived. The speakers had not then reached
the place, and the crowd passed the time
until they did put in all appearance in
GUYING EVERY PERSON
who gave any cause TOR guying. There were
number of policemen in the audience, hut
they might as well have remained away for
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
DEALT WITH LIGHTLY.
How the Men Who Created Fri.
days Disturbances Fared.

Ashes f. HONEYWELL and Charles
Flanagan are the two special police for
whom warrants were issued for assault
ing Charles Reynolds, one of the strik-
ers, at the Thirty-first street junction.
They plead not guilty and gave bonds
for their appearance in court next Tues
day at 9 O'Clock. Their bail was fixed
at 5000 each, and c. q. Goodrich and A.
S. Munger went on their bonds.
William King, charged with disorderly
conduct, is one of the men who crowded
around the street cars that came out
Friday, and yelled. He plead guilty
and paid fine of $40, and Martin Mel
son, who struck an officer at the same
time, goes up for fifteen days.
Peter Olson, one of the four men az
rested for interfering with the running
of street cars Thursday afternoon, and
the one who pulled the pin and dumped
a passing load of wood on the track.
was fined 800, in default of which he
will be committed to the workhouse fop
ninety daVS
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
BELLS JINGLE NOT.
The Minneapolis Str e. R ill
way Company h. kes No
Attempt 10 Run Cars.
Ten Thou sand People Pr 3sent
at a Mass Meeting at
Bridge Square.
President Lowry Scored by
Arctander, MeGaughey
and Others.
Has the Street Railway Com
pany a Right to Con-
struct Cable Lines?

The third day of the great strike at
Minneapolis has not changed the situa-
ton materially. The company is still
firm, and the men, strengthened by the
expressions of sympathy, were more
determined than ever. Very wisely, it
was decided not to attempt to move the
cars. Great crowds of idle meE thronged
the streets, and if any excitement
had been created the results might
have been serious. 1t will be practi-
cally useless for the company to try to
move their cars as long as public feel
ing remains as it is, and, in conse-
quence, it is probable that the public
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
ONLY A DREAM.

izations have repeatedly volunteered assist
ance and no fears a1e felt regarding financial
matters. The company will be compelled
to run its cars within very few days" Pres
sembly, was positive that the strikers would
not be troubled for financial aid. He also
stated that he had been Informed that the
street car mems strike resulted in a guaran-
tee from the company to the cable line en-
ployes that their wages would not be cut if
they remained at work. and that the old
schedule would remain in force. Under
these circumstances he thought there would
be no trouble on the cable line.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
KICKING LIKE MULES.
DeniZens OF Arlington Hills APP
point Committee to Make 1t
Warm for the Company,

The Arlington Hills Citizens union met
last evening and adopted resolutions i'll ref
erence to the strike. committee Of fifteen
was appointed to wait upon Mayor Smith
sity of making a demand upon the street car
company to live up to its charter. and put
cars on at once or pay the penalty in default
of such, as provided by the charter. The
members of the union denounce the COM
pany for not running the Lafayette and
Payne avenue lines, 10 the great incon-
venience and embarrassment of residents of
Arlington Hills.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
THE CABLE LINES.
Has Mr.. Lowry Any Right TO Conr
struct Them?

The claim Of President Lowry that the
reduction il the pay of the men has been
made necessary because the putting
in of two cable lines is contemi
plated has raised the question as 10
whether his franchise includes the right tn
use the streets for either cable or electric
lines. AT the time Mr. Lowry was granted
his franchise, the use of electric power or
cables was unknown. and was, therefore, nos
mentioned in the contract with the city.
Justice Brewer, in recent decision,
Is quoted SAYING Ihe - rights IN Of the pub
by implication, and unless the intention to
surrender such rights clearly appears in
the charter they must be denied AS
cable lines had not been heard of in 1874
the council could not have therefore
had the intention of surrendering them 10 a.
corporation. There is no doubt that Mr..
Lowry's franchise will be tested on this point
and combination of capitalists has already
been formed, ii is said, which will make APP
piication for the use of the streets in operat-
ing an electric motor.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14

THE THIRD DAY.
A Cessation of Hostiiities---No
Cars Until Monday.


Cars Until Monday.
Not a street car or motor train will
be run IN Minneapolis until Monday
morning, and possibly not then. unless
it can be done without trouble. This is
what the company has said and what it
means. Mr.. Lowry held long confer
ence with Mayor Babb and Superin-
temdent of Police Brackett yesterday
afternoon, and finally arrived at that
decision. He stated yesterday, that as
the superintendent of police had con-
sidered that it would be foolish to at
tempt it, it would not be done, as there
were too many people on the streets,
and besides, there was liable TO be
trouble, and this the company desired to
avoId. Accordingly one day-and per-
haps mOre-must pass before the peo-
pie living in remote portions of the city
can drop their nickel into the little
brass Slot and get ride.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14

TO PRESENT THE RESOLUTION.
Some one in the audience moved that a
committee of twenty business men be ap-
pointed to present the resolution adopted TO
the legislature. This was considered, and
the committee will be appointed at meet
ing to be held to-day.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SPEAKS.
The executive committee of the street rail
way employees was in session after the mass
meeting on Bridge square, and was greatly
encouraged over the strong determination of
the citizens to aid them in securing justice
The following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That we, the representatives of
the street railway employees. hereby return
our most hearty thanks to the citizens of
Minneapolis who, IN mass meeting assembled
on Bridge square tonight have rendered us
to secure on nst rghs as men M Bv oTdef
executive committee
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
The Men Will Pay No Atten-
tion to the Company's
Last Call.
An Ineipient Disturbance, Re-
sulting in the Slugging
of a Seab.
On Monday an Attempt to
Run the Cars Will Be
Made.
ST. PAUL CITY RAILWAY COMPANY, !
April -. 1889.
Sprc1,1 Nor,cr No o1o

SPECIAL NOTICE No. 213.
Any employees who have quit work to-day.
and desire to return, can do so by Monday,
April 10; but any who do not care to avail
themselves OF this privilege will call for their
time and cash in their boxes by the above
date. A L. SCOTT, Superintendent
This notice was posted in each of the
five barns of the city railway company
late Friday night, as well as on the out
side of them, and was the first thing to
meet the eyes of the striking employees
yesterday morning as they gathered
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14
CABLE MEN STAND PAT.
Neither Argumen ent Or Threats Will
Induce Them to Complete the


Tie-Up.
The failure of the cable men to join
in the strike has resulted in a very bit
ter feeling among the horse car men
who are out. They frankly admit that
the operation of the cable line weakens
their position, and complete tie-up of
all lines is the only thing which will
satisfy them. Every effort was made
yesterday to induce the cable employees
to join the ranks of the strikers, but
without success. They say tney will
stick to their jobs, for they know that
others are ready to jump in as soon as
opportunity occurs.
The stoppage of the street cars gave
st. Paul decidedly lively appearance,
at least. AS everybody outside of cable
line territory was compelled to walk,
the streets everywhere were all day
long thronged with pedestrians and on
the business streets there was regular
crush. A stranger would have pro-
nounced st. Paul, as seen Yesterday,
one of the liveliest cities in the country
lie would, in any event, if he was at
all posted, pronounce it such.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14

Everything was quiet. The crowd in
front of the offices of the company was
moved across the street, aud the side
walks about the barn were kept free of
loiterers the rest of the afternoon. The
appearance of so many officers led to a
report that car was to be started, and
slowly, but at 6 O'clock not over so strik-
ers in all were holding up the fences.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-14

long.
just then he glanced down Oak
street. Strolling leisurely toward him,
block away, was ''Whiskers" and
policeman. Walsh hadn't another word
TO say. He buttoned his wine-colored
coat. pulled down his hat, and was off
up Thompson avenue as fast as his legs
could carry him. He wasn't caught,
either.
The effect of the assault was to bring
five patrOlmen to the barn under Lieut..
Cook, and few minutes later Chief
Clark drove up to take in the situation.