Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-12-28
WILL THEY STIKE?
Reports That the N. p. En-
plOyes Will Go Out
Jan. 1St.
lnjunCtiOns Issued Against the
Same by United States
Courts.
Disagreement of the CON-
mittees and the General
Manager.
State Auditor Porter Saws the
State Auditor Porter Says the
Republicans are to
Blame

1ue nlLeC OtaCes courts aC CL. fdul ana
Milwaukee and Fargo have issued in
functions restraining officers, employees
and agents OF the road against 1nterfer-
ing in any way by obstruction, ntimidat-
ing or otherwise with the operation of
the Northern Pacific railroad. There
has been DO strike declared and it was
uncertain whether there would be. But
the receivers had fears one would follow
a final refusal to recognize the wage re-
duction. and took the matter to courts
some time ago. The conference with Gen
eral Manager Kendrick yesterday was
unsatisfactory from an employees stand
point. Kendrlck threw responsibilities
on courts. Claimed inability to do any
thing kendrick said the Injunction
was 2 precautionary measure, and issued
as much to protect employees from out
side influence and also to protect the
road.
An effort will be made in the Mllwau
kee conrt to combat the injunctional
proceedings against the employees Of the
Northern Pacific, who contemplate TAX
ing the matter into court by fling mo-
ton before Judge jenkins to have the
old wages schedule continued IN force.
The men are inclined to obey the latter
order Of the court enjoining them from
causing trouble to the road by striking,
but claim that they should be given an
opportunity to present their side to the
court. Leaders are in consultation with
attorneys and no doubt will take steps
they outline.
The conference between the employees
OF the Northern Pacific system and Gen
eral Manager Kendrick is at an end, the
employees being told Tuesday that there
could be no change from the proposed
new schedule, it being matter OF neces-
sity and arrived at only after thorough
consideration as to it's fairness. The
men went into executive session at once
and that night were said to be consider
ing the adyisability of striking.
4 dispatch from Milwaukee states that
the prospects are that on Jan. I, when
the new schedule is to 60 into effect, g.
500 men employed all along the road
will quit work. This outcome of the
controversy was foreseen by the receivers,
for as early as Dec. 10 they applied for
and obtained from Judge Jenkins of the
United States court Of Milwaukee an
order authorizing and directing them to
put into operation new schedule Of
wages, and restraining the employees and
their unions from combining and con-
spring to quit work, with or without
notice, with the object of crippling or
embarrassing the roads operation, and
generally from interfering with officers
and agents of the receivers or their en-
ployes in any manner by actual violence,
intimidation, threats or otherwise
This injunction was held back until
yesterday, the receivers having expec: ed
to arrive at an amicable agreement.
When they found such an agreement
impossible. they telegraphed to their
agents and attorneys all along the line
to have the injunction served by United
States marshals on the proper men in
each district and to make the injunction
generally known.
The order of the court restraining the
Northern Pacific employees from "com-
bining and consplring to quit the service
of the road" is an extraordinary docu-
ment. 1t is the first order OF It's kind, it
is said, ever issued in the United States.
\ somewhat similar injunction was
issued by the United States court in
Michigan during the strike of the Toledo
& Ann Arbor employees, but that injunc-
ton was issued after the strike was in
progress. The grounds for the issuance
of the present injunction are set forth in
a long petition OF the receivers, which
was filed Dec. 1S. The petition says
among other things, that in the old
schedules the eu uployes were paid for
services not performed.