St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-24

VIII Be Tie-Up-An All
Night Meeting.
Four hundred and eighty men at
tended the special meeting of Division
No. q, Amalgamated Association of
Street Railway Employees. at Labor hall
last evening. About 100 of the number
were members of The order from Min
neapolis and the Midway district, the
balance belonging to the division ill
this city. The object of the meeting
was to Initiate several new members
and to consider other business of i'm
portanee.
The other business alluded to was i'm
connection with the communication
sent to the street railway company after
meeting of the association held Sat
urday night. According to Statements
made by officials of the union, the rail
way company has for the last two
months been putting into service non
union men, and as soon as the new men
became skilled enough TO operate
cars they have been given positions
and union men dropped. The menu
No Va tiO uhiOlit DO Vic VI CA
pressed it last night, saw that the ulti-
mate result of this action would be that
in the course of time the employees
would be all non-uniOn, and in order 10
protect themselves and their families
they determined to take action. Ac-
cordinglY, at meeting ofsthe asSocia-
ton held Saturday night, a communica-
tiou was prepared and forwarded to the
company. Just what the cOmmunica-
ton was the officers or the union refuse
to make public, for the reason that they
have not have had a reply from the
company. One thing, however, men
toned was demand that the company
at once take off the non-union men who
were employed, as the union operatives
would hot work with them.
AT the time or the meeting Saturday
night thirteen men who were not mem
berS of the union were at work for the
company, but since that time the
bakers dozen had been seen by union
men, and majority of them had agreed
to Join the association at the special
meeting last night.
Late yesterday afternoon the non
union men, who were what Is termed
extra men" were notified to report at
the barn for duty. AT the Lafayette
avenue barn two Of the non-union men
after a talk with the foreman came
down town, and were taken in as mem-
bers OF the union. AT the Ramsey street
barn six of the non-uniun men reported,
and under the charge of Hunt and An
dersOn, foremen at the barn, were taken
TO the waiting room.
NON-UNIONISTS GUARDED.
Two members OF the union went to
thtl harm a if tina L.,
detained, report to that effect having
been brought 10 the meeting. They had
Il talk with two o1 the men at the barn,
but were prevented f.um finishing their
conversation by Foreman Hunt. who
took them TO another room, saying he
was instructed by the company to pre-
vent any one from interviewing the
men. 1he members of the union who
had visited the barn reported that the
men were locked up i'll room there,
and on the table of the room were three
reviewers.
The fact that the street railway COM
pany had taken c0gniZance of the part
or the communication sent them re-
garding the employment OF non-union
men, none having worked Sunday or
yesterday, leads the members of the
union To believe the company did not
intend 10 put the nOn-uuion men back
TO work. The union has withdrawn
objections to nine of the thirteen men,
six having Joined the association. and
the company will be notified today
of this action. A committee was APP
pointed at the meeting last night 10
walt on the company and request an
answer to the communication sent by
the union Sunday at p. III. today.
Although the officers of the union do
not saw 81 III words. il Vary I,la
that ii the company insists on putting
nOn-union men to work tie-up of lines
may be expected. The presence of
such large number of the association
men from Minneapolis and Midway at
the meeting last night. and the state
menIs made by the men, Indicate that
the employees OF the company outside of
st. Paul are in sympathy with the
movement.