St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-08
Al Ter The SHEkELS.
Big Batch of Damage Suits
Filed in the U. S. Cir
cult Court.
Corporations Called Upon to
Cash Out for Injuries
Sustained.
Serious Charge Leveled
Against Several Kansas
City Trainmen.
Police Officers Have a Lively
Fight With a Gang OF
Toughs.

Personal injury cases to the number
of fen were begun in the United States
circuit court yesterday, in each of which
damages in large sum are demanded
by the several suitors on the theory that
other corporations or persons were
guilty of such negligence that they are
responsible in damages for accidents
that either manned or did violence to
the health of the suitorS. The entire
batch of cases were brought by Arc
lander Il Arctander. of Minneapolis.
The substance of the actions is as fol-
lows:
John Swanson. by his guardian ad
Item, John e. Hyoslef, against the Ann
River Logging company, for $50, $50.
While working on Ann river, Wiscon-
sin, Jan. 20, 1891, at unloading logs. a
sled load of logs broke loose, crushing
his leg so that amputation was nee es-
sary.
Lars Johnson against The Northwest
ern Fuel Company, for $50, 200. On May
5. 1891, the plaintiff was at work at a
coal dock at Duluth. when a board on
which he was standing broke, precipi-
tating him distance of twenty feet,
breaking leg at the hip and causing
internal injuries. 1t is claimed that the
board was knotty, full of defects, and
the defendant was negligent III not
putting safe board in its place.
Andrew BostrOm against the Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
Company, for $50, $50. On July %, 1891,
the plaintiff was employed IN shoveling
dirt into car at the Minneapolis yards.
A bank of earth caved in, burying the
plaintiff and causing internal injuries.
Charles +. SandStrOm against The
fIa Poi
SO, go. The plaintiff was loading into
a barge at Ashland on Aug. 5. 1890.
when he was struck by spout, injuring
his arm.
Martin KaSpSZak against The st. Paul
City Railway Company TO recover $50
900 damages. On Oct. 20 last the plain
tiff was riding on motor, near the cor
ner of Lexington and Grand avenues.
The motor was stopped suddenly while
he was on the step, causing the trailer
to strike the motor SO violently that the
end of the motor was lifted from the car,
throwing him off. The car ran over his
leg, crushing it so that amputation was
necessary.
Herman Schubert, by Charles A. DAILY,
his guardian ad litem, against The Chi
cago, Milwaukee IL st. Paul Railway
Company to recover $4,000. While
working in the machine shops at Mill
neapOlis, Dec. II, 1890. a chip from a
chisel used in dressing piece of steel
blew into the plaintiffs eye, resulting
IN loss of the sight.
Bruno Schubert against The Chicago,
Milwaukee d st. Paul Railway Com
pany for $1,000 damages. The plaintiff
on Nov. l, 1888, fell off a slippery boiler
at the Minneapolis shops and had the end
of truck thrust into his groin, causing
q ic ola nnI hot hn 1Ioi ifr
at first refused to get on the slippery
boiler to work as dire cted, but was
ordered to do so by the foreman.
Ola JanSSon against Charles Stone for
$4,000. While working as a laborer in
clearing stump from a lot on Randolph
street Sept. IS, 1891, the plaintiff lost
his eye and was otherwise injured by
the blasting of stump with dynamite.
Anna G. Flemming against The Chi
cage, st. Paul d Kansas City Railway
Company for $4,000 damages. On July
2, 1891, she took sleeping-car berth
from Minneapolis to Chicago, and while
en- route, about 3 O'Clock in the morn
inn, the defendants trainmen allowed
man, unknown to her, to come to her
berth and assault her. The traInmen
neglected, for several minutes, to re-
move the man, after the plaintiff
screamed for assistance. The same per-
son was permitted, some minutes there
after, to make a second assault
Jens p. Thompson against The Still
water Manufacturing Company for
S5.05S. While employed as frame
maker Oct. %, 1890, in defendants fac
tory, he had two fingers cut off. it is
claimed that saw used 10y the plaintiff
was defective, in that it had broken
teeth, and caused the injury by the
jerking motion caused by the absence of
teeth.