St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-11

ment in the face of the fact that the
majority of the contractors employed oy
the exposition had already made ar
rangementS with the men, which were
entirely satisfactory to the latter. Nine
out of every ten men who struck today
were employed by contractors who were
on friendly footing with them. Two
years ago, when the labor represent
atiyes made demand that none but
union men should be employed at the
fair they were asked If they could guar
antee that the unions could
Furnish En Ough Men
at all times to enable the work to be
prosecuted without delay. After taking
account of stock they were forced to
confess that the unions were not strong
enough to furnish all the men the eX-
position might require. They were then
informed by the national commission
that the government could not and
would not discriminate against men be-
cause they were or were not members
of any labor organization. This ended
the argument on the union question,
and the matter was dropped by common
consent. There never was any agree
ment that none but union men should
be employed.
Two weeks ago the labor unions put
in the request that non-union men be
discharged, and from that time began
the trouble. 1t is openly limited and.
on the other hand, positively denied
that some members of the bosses asso-
citation have winked at the strike be-
cause there were men on the ground
employed at less than the terms re-
quired by the bosses agreement with
the building trades council. The men
have no irOnclad agreement with the
bosses binding them not to strike, yet
they have struck, and none of the bosses
seem greatly disturbed over the pros
pect. The strike was strike OF the
labor leaders, and not a strike OF the
men. The vast majority of the men
were unwilling to strike, and only went
out when ordered by the delegates, and
most of them very unwllllngly.
There Was Some Trouble
IN inducing some of the men to quit
and the walking delegates were COM
PEELED to do active missionary work in
ordering them off the grounds. There
was trouble, too, during the day, and
between q. III. and p. m. four men
were arrested for fighting and creating
trouble. The first man to be arrested
was f. Heineman, striking carpenter,
who interfered with men who were dis
posed to work. Oswald Weinhuld was
also 100 forcible in his arguments and
was taken into custody. John Matthews
and William Hughes were arrested for
lighting and Edward Morris for occa-
sioning a small riot. He was working
in the manufacturers building when
ordered by the walking delegate to quit
work, and as he packed up his tools,
said to man near him:
"Why don't you quit too?"
81 don't see it that way" was the
reply.
ris, at the same time calling the work
man vile name. The next instant he
was fiat on his back and countless stars
were dancing in front of his eyes. lie
rose and made further remarks and was
| knocked fiat a second time. a score or
| more of strikers fastened to his assist
ance, and large number of nOn-union
men came to the defense Of his op-
| ponent.
| flew lively for a few minutes, and mat
| ters were rapidly growing serious when
| a detachment of the Columbian guards
and some of the cooler heads among the
| laboring men succeeded in parting the
belligerents. There were several
cracked heads. bloody noses and beau
| tiful blue-black eyes, but no serious
! injury was done on either side. The
union men were then marched off the
ground, leaving tue nOn-union men Ill
| full possession.
| Outside of the worlds fair grounds
proper the most important building en-
| terpriSe in the city to be affected by the
strike was the Mackaye spectatorium.
| For several months past upwards of a
! thousand men have been employed on
this gigantic structure. The building
confronts the north gate of the eXpoSi-
ton grounds, and the men at work upon
it are in constant communication With
those inside the gates. Owing to the
fact that none but union men have been
employed on the spectatorium since
April l, and that an advance over the
current rate of wages has been paid, the
effect of the strike was not observed
until near quitting time, when major
ity of the men lay down their tools and
walked quietly away. Many of them
said, however, that they would return
in the morning, if allowed to do so.
One Hundred at Work.
TOPEKA, April 1O.-About 100 of the
500 men in the locomotive shops of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway,
who struck Saturday, returned to work
this morning. None of the men in the
car shops whom the machinists claimed
would Join them are out today. There
are enough men in the locomotive shops
to keep up with the daily repair work,
but not enough to do any general over
hauling. The strikers have not congre-
gated about the shops, and there is no
excitement visible.
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Nine Granted Their Demand.
CHICAGO, April 10.-The strike Of
structural and ornamental iron workers
scheduled to take place today through
out the city proved less serious than was
feared. Nine large employers granted
the demand for eight hours for inside
men and nine hours for outside men.
The men have been working ten hours.
As result of their success only 4OO