St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-25
REPLIES TO ARTHUR.
General Manager Ashley An
sWerS the Chief of the
Engineers.
He Claims Only One Michigan
Road Pays Higher
Wages.
All Strike and Boycott Orders
Must Have Arthur'S APP
prevail.
Street Car Men in New Or
leans Go ON Another
Strike.

and over time after fourteen hours at 80
cents per hour. The men are not CLASH
fed. This is higher rate than is paid
by any road in Michigan except
the Michigan Central. Ninety per
cent of the enginemen run
freight trains. There are only
seven men engaged in passenger serv-
ice; of these, two remain with the COM
pany, and are still at WORK. They eX-
press themselves as satisfied. The men
on these runs earn from 81, 200 to 81, 400
per wear for service OF eight hours or
less per day on trains of two and three
cars scheduled at twenty-fOur miles per
hour. This work is considered the most
desirable on the road The freight en-
| ginemen all earned between 500 and
$40 per month. This is what MIR. Ar
thur calls
'The Grinding Process
1--WE have between LOO and 1920 ap-
plicatiOns for the privilege of being
ground at these prices, but the mem
bers of this order, who do not want to
| work for these wages. have sought, by
purchase, intimidation and boycott, to
deprive others of the right to do so.
Yet he advertiSes that the brotherhood
is law-abidng society-organlZed for
the m oral ard social advantages of its
members.
"Ou Sunday, Feb. 2S, less than twenty
out of a total of forty-six members of
the brotherhood met in secret session at
OwossO, and small majority of those
present determined to make demands
for more pay and new rules. These de-
mands were refused. They claim, and
members of the brotherhood have testi-
fed in court, that neither strike nor a
boycott cali be effective without Mr..
Arthur'S order or consent. 1t seems
immaterial by what name he exercises
his authority; it is not denied that such
a conspiracy cannot be made effective
except with his approval. The men
themselves speak of it as 'Arthur's
ORDER In this instance Mr.. Arthur
ordered or approved both strike and
boycott, not only with knowledge that
both were Illegal, but with the knowl-
edge that the United States court had
issued mandatory Injunction to his
men OH connecting lines not to refuse to
handle Ann Arbor cars. Yet Mr.. Arthur
advertiSeS himself as q iaw-abiding citi-
zen. BY his own confession to the
court, it appears that he was the chief
Party to the Conspiracy,
either 10 force the Ann Arbor company
to pay the wages and submit to the rules
he thought reasonable, or to ruin the i'll
dustry of every corporation or private
person who was dependent upon its
railway for the Transportation of his
goods. | do not understand that the
deSirabiIity or legality of organized la
Dor is III question. The discussion
raises the question only of the right of
men to labor or not as they may elect
and of the right of other men who do
not belong to an organization to engage
in their places. The right of men to
quit the service of the company, in any
manner at any time which does
not endanger lives or prop
erty, has always been con-
ceded; but they have denied the right of
others to perform the same service at
the rates OF pay refused by them, and
have Individually and collectively de-
stroyed property, placed the business OF
innocent and outside persons in jeop-
ardy, and made themselves felOns in the
eyes of the law in order to accomplish
their purpose. Yet MIR. Arthur con-
tinues to advertise himself as law
abiding Citizen"
This afternoon Manager Ashley Of
fered $1,000 reward for the apprehen-
sion or conviction Of the person or per-
sons who caused the derailment of a
passenger train near Owosso Wednes-
day night. A switch lock was broken,
the switch thrown, and the danger sig
nal broken off the top of tue switch.
Attempted Train Wrecking.
Considerable excitement was occa-
stoned by the attempt made last night
TO wreck Passenger Train No. of the
Ann Arbor road. The news of the at
tempted derailment did not reach this
city until this morning, when Manager
Ashley at once issued reward for the
capture of the perpetrators. The train
was about one mile moth of OwossO
| when the accident occurred. Mr.. Ashley,
manager of the Ann Arbor, says that this
is not the first difficulty the road has
had to contend with since the com
mencement of the strike. Night after
night at OwOsso. when the Ann ArbOI
train is about to pull out, labor sym
pathiZers pull the coupling pins from
| the cars, so that when the train gets
started they are forced to return and
hitch together again. This operation
| has been repeated over and over again
and numerous delays in the service has
been the result. The strikers disclaim
| any knowledge of the peculiar incident,
and say they do not favor such course.
The strikers have sent notice to the
railroad commissioner OF Michigan in
forming him that the-Ann ArbOr is
daily breaking the law which compels
| all trains to come to dead stop before
crossing at functions. They say the
nOn-union engineers know nothing OF
| the law governing the point or of the
rules of the company. AS proof this
they present an order which has been
posted on the Ann Ar5or bulletin
I'd oil oil linz i'm Pr oti M
I.the men to flag before passing over
crossings. and when the target is prop
| erly set to signal trains ahead by la mI
during the night and by hand signal
during the day.
The Strikers Also Assert
that as result of the hiring of green
men, one engine, No. s, has been com
| pletely ruined, the engineer having
|, neg elected to oil his valves for three
l.days. While trying to discover the
source of the trouble he allowed the
engine to burn out, and the boiler was
! rendered useless. Numerous instances
| of This kind are given.
| A report is in circulation here tonight
that President Gompers, of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, would come tC
Toledo. There has been talk of the
| Ann Ar5or freight handlers, even dowl
to the Polish coal shovelers, going ou'
| so as to assist the engineers. The Strik
ers think that Mr.. GOmpers will have
something TO do with starting such {
movement. They also say that large
number of coal handlers who were laiC
| off for lack of work short time before
the strike commenced have since re
fused to go hack to work when asked Il
do so. Chief Arthur has sent wore
hat he will be here Sunday afternoon
| There is possibility of still
more trouble with the men. A con.
| ductor has been discharged. He says
he was let go because he sympathizeC
4 too earnestly with the engineers to sui
the Ann ArbOr company. The 0thel