St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-26
The STRIKE IS ON.



attorney Chief Garvin went 10 his office
in the court house. and half an hour
later the captains of the central and
substations were ordered TO report TO
the chief. For three hours the chief
and his aids were cIoseted, discussing
and perfecting plans for the disposition
Of the force in case a strike should
occur. AT midnight Chief Garvin called
a carriage and was driven to the several
stations, leaving orders for all of the
night patrolmen to remain on their
beats until 9 O'clock this morning, and
also directing that detail of men be
held in readiness during the day, to be
ready in case their services were
needed
Supt. HOSkins. seen at his Office at
midnight. said he had heard nothing
about strike. He WAS of the opinion
that such an action was not probable
today. The men from the Minneapolis,
Midway and st. Paul unions. he SAID,
were holding meeting i'll Minneapolis,
but just what action they would take he
could not say. 1t was possible that
strike might be ordered, but he hardly
| thought it would be. Asked as to what
accustomed the activity in police circles,
Mr.. Hoskins said he was not aware
that there was any.
The interurban cars that arrived in
st. Paul from Minneapolis after s
O'Clock last night had stamped on their
sides ~. S. Mall" and the mail boxes
were Oh each car. 1t was learned that
the lettering of all the cars began at
the Midway barns at o'clock last
night, and was done under authority
issued by the Minneapolis postoffice.
IL has been the custom to use the mail
boxes on cars only every half hour,
end to take them off at 80
i'll the evening. Under the new
order every car running on the
interurban car has the lettering desig-
mating them as carrying the United
States mail, and the boxes were pu: on
all the cars, instead of certain ones.
The object OF this move is obvious.
Under the laws of the United States it
would be penitentiary offense to inter-
fere with the carrier of the United
States mail, or any conveyance carrying
illuli ludttCls hC CQItlClS
States mail have the right of way,
and TO hinder the conveyance by any
unlawful means. whether it be by strik-
ers, those iii sympathy with them or
others, carries with it a penalty so
severe that it will be next to impossible
for any one to have the hardihood to
obstruct the street cars carrying mail.
This may be strong point in favor of
the company, and the fact that all the
interurban cars were placed under the
protection of the government shows
that the company expects to have a
strike on its hands, and will use any
privilege it has to secure protection in
its efforts to bring the men to terms.
EARLY HOPES NOT REALIZED.
A number of the employees in this city
were seen by GLOBE reporter yester-
day and asked about the situation. They
declined TO talk on the matter except to
say that they have no fears that strike
will be precipitated. They believe that
the conference between representatives
of the company and the committee from
the union will result in adjusting all
differences. Asked if they would strike
IN case an effort be made to bring in
foreigners who are not members of the
union, they all said that they would not
work with non-union men. They claim
that it would be expensive business for
the company to attempt to teach new
men the routes and to run the cars, and
it would be a heavy loss to the company
to cripple the service, in case of a strike.