St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-29

want, even if the nnion men do quit,
but in st. Paul we could use a few more
TO advantage. We have openad another
line there, and may have one or two
more of the remaining lines going be-
fore night''
"WlIl you take back any of the.dis-
charged men, in tease they apply for 70
sltions as Individuals" was asked of
Mr. Goodrich.
II must ecline to answer that ques-
ytion."
: President Lowry took hopeful view
OF matters and, questioned as to the
status of affairs, he said:
Our cars are all running nicely, both
here and i'll st. Paul, and we do not
anticipate any trouble whatever. We
are still taking back the old employees
who quit work on the spur of the mo-
ment, and who were in good standing
with the company, and quite number
OF them have been put to work today.
2 we could secure enough men in the
Two cities to man the street railway
system twice over, and that without
the slightest trouble. Great numbers
OF deserving men have applied for eln-
ployment, and l am deeply grieved to
see so much suffering and want as ap-
pears to exist. am also very sorry to
see the foolish step our men have taken.
We liked some of them very well, and
would have done everything reasonable
to keep them in our service"
Throughout the day the strikers held
a number of secret conferences at their
hall on Washington avenue, the pro-
ceedings being Conducted with the ut
most secrecy. The organization vas
perfected by the appointment of COM
mittees to take charge of the several
branches of the work. One of the sub
committees met at the labor union office
and from list Of men still at work they
selected number to be called upon by
the members of the committee, who
will endeavOr to induce them to join the
strikers. 1t is understood that the line
of action agreed upon is to fight the
matter out on aggressive principles.
During the afternoon the local men
were reinforced by strikers from st.
Paul, who advised them not to weak
Ell, and the customary arguments
were brought to bear, a number of hot
speeches, it is understood, being made
at tue Washington hall meeting, Mean
time the cars on all the lines continued
to run. and the force on the Harriet line
was reduced to supply men for the
Riverside and Bloomington divisions.
A PROTRACTED MEETING.
In the evening the discharged men
met at Washington hall and conducted
another long and secret session, lasting
until o'clock this morning. No amount
of pumping could elicit from any of
them what was going on. They
not only fatty refused to
give out any information. but
We're often discourteous to the
newspaper men who asked them civil
questions. They denounced the papers
roundly for what they claimed was the
unfair treatment accorded them by the
press. The treasurer of the union de-
clared that the papers had miSrepre-
sented the cause of the men. and that
they felt more bitter toward the press
than ever.
From the fact that all the street car
lines were in operation until the usual
hour last night, it would seem to make
little difference to the company what
future action the Minneapolis union de-
cides to take. No reports of any at
tempted interference with the running
OF the cars were received or circulated
last night.