St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-26
SALTWATER NEWS.
Great Inconvenience Caused by
the Electric Strike.

the Electric Strike.
The threatened difficulty between the
Saltwater Electric Street Railway CON-
pany and its employees came to a focus
yesterday morning when all of the car
drivers and the employees at the power
house went out on strike. The men
have not received anything for their
January labor, and could not afford to
work any longer without pay. Steam
was kept up at the power house all day,
but no attempt was made to run out any
of the cars. Every man in the employ
of the company favored quitting work
until arrangements were made for their
pay, and as result the cars not only
stopped running, but several concerns
who depend on the street railway COM
pany for electric power were left with
out means of running their machinery.
The company operates about five miles
of track. one of their tracks extending to
South Saltwater, distance of three
miles. Residents of that village and
Oak Park experience considerable ALI
much as they depend largely upon the
street cars for transportation when
travelling back and forth from this city.
The road has been in operation three
years, and this is the first trouble ever
experienced between the management
and the employees. For some weeks it
has been reported that the bondholders.
who hold a mortgage on the entire
| plant, would apply for a receiver, and
| this has caused the employees. who have
| from $50 to 1925 each to their credit,
! considerable uneaSineSS. The road is
bonded for 100000, and was built for
| much smaller sum. Since Supt Hewitt
took charge of the road it has been
doing paying business, but all of its
earnings have been sent to headquarters
at Davenport, To-, with the ex-
ception of a few hundred dollars
expended in defending several actions
brought against it in the courts. A
| GLOBE representative learned from one
of the employees that arrangements were
being made to attach the company's
property, but no such action has yet
been taken. Supt. Hewitt stated that
up to Jan. l the employees have been
| paid regularly, and he had hoped to pay
them for this last months work, but
has been unable to do SO, having re-
ceived no money from the officers OF the
company at Davenport. How long the
present state OF affairs will exist is hard
to determine, the employees refusing to
| work until they are assured of their
| pay. MIR. Hewitt had intended paying
each man part of the salary due him
la st evening, but the strike prevented
him from doing so. The road will prob
ably be in charge of receiver within a
few days.
John New, claiming Minneapolis as
his home, was arraigned in the munic-
ipal court yesterday, charged with
breaking several windows and other
| wise creating a disturbance on a st.
Paul & Duluth passenger train We'd
nesday evening. Judge Nethaway i'm
| posed fine of S25 and costs, which was
paid.
P. }. Seipples, lumberman, of East
Dubuque. was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. Seipples stated that the lumber
market in nearly all of the Iowa cities
was very good for this season of the
year, and prospects are good for big
trade next spring.
John L. Sullivan and Duncan B. Har-
ris0n appear at the Grand Opera house
tomorrow evening in Honest Hearts
| and Willing Hands,"