Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1893-06-21
STRIKERS SUCCESSFUL.
st. Paul and Minneapolis Street Car
Lines Tied Up For Day.

Lines Tied Up For Day.
ST. PAUL, June 19.-It is the unex-
pected that always happens, and the
old saying was again verified Sunday
morning when the"7oO and odd men in
the employ of the Twin City Rapid
Transit company in this city and the
1900 employed in Minneapolis went
out on strike.
There had been some talk among the
men on Saturday night about the action
of the company in requiring its en-
ployes to sign new contract, but
neither the company officials nor the
men had the least idea that the strike
would occur until after the last car
was housed for the night. The strike
originated in Minneapolis, the decision
to go out having been arrived at about
$3.50 Sunday morning Delegates from
the Minneapolis meeting at once came
to this city and succeeded in getting all
the conductors and motoneers to go,
out. With the exception of five cars
on the East Seventh street and Selby
avenue cable lines, manned by barn
employees, not car was moved. In
Minneapolis the strikers were even
more successful, mot single car leaving
the barns.
Conference Held.
Meetings of strikers were held in
both cities during the morning and
committees appointed to wait on the
company officials and attempt to settle
the controversy. Mayor Eustis of Min
neapolis took hand in the matter and
meeting was finally arranged between
the committee and Messrs. G. G. Good
rich and w. J. HELD of the Twin City
Rapid Transit company. The meeting
was held in the mayors private Office,
and every door leading thereto was care
fully closed. The meeting continued
from about 1880 to 1870, and all were as
cool as cucumbers when it broke up
The peaceful and quick settlement Of
the trouble, which for long time
looked as if it might extend over
long and trying period, was not accom-
plished without several exciting and
thrilling scenes, fer the men were in
No Mood to Be Triaed With,
and would have secured their end if
they had had to fight it out all sum-
mer. The settlement was reached at |
2 p. M, and tho first car to turn a
wheel in Minneapolis after the declara-
tion of the end of the embryo strike |
moved from an East Side barn 20 min
utes afterward amid the cheers Of the |
men and the applause of every sym
pathizer. In this city, however, mat
ters were much slower in getting into
shape and it was nearly o'clock when
the meeting of strikers in Labor hall ad-
journed. The men at once reported to
the barns and in less than an hour cars
were running on all the lines.
The Obnoxious Contract.
The order of the company which
caused the tie-up Of its lines is in sub
stance as follows:
"All street railway conductors and
drivers will he held responsible here
after, not only for breakage to their
cars, windows, trolleys, etc., but to
vehicles broken in collisions in acci-
dents due to the negligence of the con-
ductor or motorman."
In addition to this the strikers asked
that the portion OF the application
which they are compelled to answer
whether or not they belong to labor
be stricken out and
board of arbitration from
among the men be recognized by the
The company acceded to the
demand in regard to the contracts and
agreed to arrange the other matters to
srif fha man