St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-05
WAR In MINNEAPOLIS.
Disagreeing Members OF One Firm
Lead Armies Against Each
Other.

Disagreeing Members OF One Firm
Lead Armies Against Each
Other.
There is war on First avenue south.
There was temporary reign of quiet
ness out there while daylight lasted, but
it was of the nature of an armed neu-
trality. ready at any moment for re-
sumption of hOstilities. The war, which
combines the arts of John L. Sullivan,
Capt. John Amory and Spokane" Eos
ter.is being waged between the members
of the Llljengren Furniture and Lum-
Der company, 1914, 1915 and 1918 First
avenue south, the leaders on each side
being Nils p. Liljengren and George P.
Gould, respectively vice president
and president of the company. Last
week Mr.. Liljengren and his wife filed
an application with the district court,
asking that a receiver for the business
be appointed on the ground that Gould
was acting in manner contrary to the
provisions of the bylaws of the corpOr-
alton, apprOpriating the company's
funds to his own private uses and
seeking to defraud the creditors.
An Injunction, which is still
in force, was secured, restraining Mr..
Gould from disposing of any of the prop
erty Of the firm and from collecting any
money. According to Mr.. Liiengren
Gould attempted to clean out the store
on Saturday night. Anyhow there was
a conflict between the Liljengren and
Gould forces which resulted i'll consid-
cradle disturbance and in the punching
of the heads of some of Liliengren's
partSans. This is the version of the
affair given by Mr.. Liljengren yesterday:
THE matter of the appointment of
receiver for the company was not set
tied on Saturday III court, continuance
being taken. Mr.. Gould, however, rep
resented to me that, in order to finish
some contracts on hand and not lose
them, $3.50 would have to be collected
for the purchase of material and for the
PAYMENT of help. Through the court
we arranged that matter, and Mr.. Gould
was given permission to collect SI50, but
no more. Consequently, on Saturday
one load of furniture, worth some 81, 100
was taken away, whether to the parties
who contracted for it or not / cannot
say. Two other loads of furniture
were also moved yesterday, contrary to
law, which forbids him from selling
anything while an injunction stands
against him. Mr.. Gould wanted me to
agree to sell another lot of forty man
tells. but / refused.
"Now, last night, Mr.. Gould and some
men employed by him were in the
store. From the way he has been run
ming thugs l suspected that he was in
tending to clean out the store and de-
fraud the creditors and didn't intend to
allow it. employed three watchmen
and instructed them to offer no violence,
but to Just stand in the way and prevent
anything being removed from the store.
We saw light in the store
l wanted to go in. l, being wee presi-
dent and general manager Of the COM
pany, have as much right in the store as
MIR. Gould has, but / found the door
barred. There was man in there who
had pistol in his hand, and he said he
would shoot the first man that would
try to get in. told my Waterman to get
plank and break open the door. Be-
fore they cot to the door the light was
put out, and we dropped the plank. But
1 stayed there on guard TO see if
Mr.. Gould would set fire to
the place. A little while after
Mr.. Gould rushed out of the other
door with revolver in his hand, threat
ening to shoot. Mr.. Gould's brother
struck one of my men heavy blow
ank knocked him down, and afterward,
when / was down town, another of my
men was knocked down, and while he
was on the ground Mr.. Gould ran out
and pounded him with base ball bat