St. Paul daily globe., 1892-03-02
FRENZEL's DILEMMA.
Indianapolis People Can Ride for
the Present.

Indianapolis People Can Ride fol
the Present.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March /. :
Though indianapolis people have had
all day to think about it, they have moi
recovered from their astonishment al
the remarkable legal coup by which
the street railroad "tie-up" was
loosened, further collisions between the
mob and police prevented. and the COM
pany thrown into the hands of re-
ceiver. The underlying cause of the
strike is the arbitrary nature Of Presi-
dent FrenZel, of the company, and prob
ably no other man ever acquired such
intense unpopularlty with the laboring
class in so short time as he has. The
demand for his removal was almost uni
versal.
President Frenzel was not pleased
with the appointment of Receiver
Steele. he heard of it at 2 o'clock this
morning and at once consulted atIor-
and barred, as well as the Office
of the company. Therefore when
Receiver Steele, before daybreak,
came to take possession he
found himself barred out all around.
By daylight, however, the strikers heard
of the changed state of affairs and re-
ceived the news with a whoop. In force
they captured the Louisiana street barn
and got eight cars started. They also
got one started from the New jersey
street barn.
The first cars on the street were given
an ovation when it was seen that the
old men were manning them, and an
impromptu labor parade was gotten up.
Over 5000 men formed and marched
about the streets with brass band
The crowd of strikers at the Lou
isiana street barn, which is
near the center of the city,
joined in, and here they made
a mistake. In their absence the Frenzel
forces recaptured the barn and barred
the doors. The eight cars on the street
could not get back in to change mules.
and soon had to stop. The coup thus
far was not pronounced success.
In the meantime President Frenzel
and his attorney appeared before Judge
Taylor at O'Clock, with 100000 bond
ready, and asked an appeal from the
decision appointing a receiver to the
general term of the superior court.
This was headed off, however. by
Mr.. Fishback and his attorneys,
who filed an accusation of con-
tempt of court against Mr.. Frenzel, who
was nominally arrested upon this
charge. and the trial of the case began
in the afternoon to packed house. MIR.
FrenZePs defense was that no notice of
the action of the court was served upon
him personally. AT 4O'clock argument
was finished and the court promised
decision in the morning. In the mean
time he issued an order to Mr.. Fren-
gel to turn over all the property of the
company to the receiver except the
Office and its contents, which are to re-
main locked. MIR. Frenzel complied and
his SubOrdinateS were notified by tele-
phone to submit to the receiver.
Receiver Steele at once went to the
Louisiana street barn, where prepara-
tions to run cars were begun at once.
There the strike committee of the
brotherhood met him a few minutes
later and offered to return to work,
leaving the questions in dispute to
be settled by him. He settled
them on the spot by promising to
restore free rides to the men and take
back those discharged. This was at
once communicated to the barns, und
the cars began to run. Strikers who
had grounded" the wires of the electric
lines restored the circuits, and by
O'Clock all the lines were running as of
old, for the first time in ten days. What
another day may bring forth nobody
can tell.e