Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-07-12
STRIKE IS EXTENDING
ANOTHER TWIN CITY ROAD N IN.
vOLVED.

ANOTHER TWIN CITY ROAD m I'M.
vOLvED.
The st. Paul Drluth Men Go Out.
Tvine Up tn Roud-Var,ous Ro.Is
succeed In Sending out Frelrht
Trains. I,
St. Paul, July 7.-Trouble has broken
out in a new spot. The strike has OK.
tended to the st. Paul g. Duluth, which
operates it's ownr'P Pullman cars and here
tofore has enjoyed immunity. The
switchmen in the Twin Cities and at
Duluth have walked out, together with
ether employees. The trouble arose over
lot of Milwaukee cars, particularly two
cars of been, to be delivered to the st.
Paul & Duluth. When they were de.
livered at the transfer on Third street.
St. Paul men began to balk. General
Manager Plough held a conference with
them and asked them to consider well
what they We're about to do. Each man
would have to obey reasonable order,
he said. and the refusal of any man to
do so would be considered final with
drawal from tho services of the company.
The men refuscd to handle the cars and
walked out. In addition the freight house
men have all gone out, together with
three 6remen and one engineer. General
Manager Plough stated that he expected
to be in 1t with the others, as the men
we're dropping out by degrees, but that
he would do the best he coliS under the
circumstances aid move trains as rapidly
as possible. All trains have come aud
gone as usual, including the limited and
the suburban. The passenger service on
this line is important, owing to the num-
Der of St. Paul people summering at
White Bear, and if it is impaired off
there will be great grief.
The Wisconsin Central has twenty car
lcsds of merchandise in this morning and
is handling freight as fast as it can,
with the intention of making it regu-
lar thing. The Omaha last night sent
freight train out over it's western divis-
ior and will follow it with others as
soon as the crush can be Strengthened
out and the yards put in shape. The Mil
w.rkee sent a freight train from here
to La Crosse last night and brought in
another, loaded with perishable freight,
over the Iowa & Minnesota this morning.
The number will increase daily. The
Great Western moved five freights out
of Dubuque yesterday, three for st. Paul
and two for the East, and the three
bound for here have passed Oelwein and
will reach here in Cue time. The West
side freight house is open for business
and is receiving freight. Perishable
freight will be received the same as
ever in few days. The Minneapolis &
St. Louis has worked its freights out
of Albert Lea, and some Of them have
reached here. The Burlington had forty
nine cars in here this morning and seven
teen out yesterday. The only line at
present not handling freight is the North
ern Pacific.
Minneapolis, July THE strikers pre-
pared themselves for another day of rest
and peace when they assembled at their
headquarters this morning. They knew
that the passenger trains would run about
as usual and that it was about impossible
to start any freight. All men that could
be reached were already out and they
were content to let matters take their
own course until further developments.
The press committee had not single
item to report and the strikers bore them
selves as cheerfully and as indffferently
as could be imagined. 1t was stated by
an Omaha man that Agent Hoar, of that
road, had made an attempt to send out
last evening the freight train known as
the Merriam transfer which runs be-
tween Minneapolis and Merriam juno
ton, but was obliged to abandon his
plan as not enough men could be secured.
West Superior, Wis, July Z. - Eight
hundred coal beavers of Superior and
West Superior, in sympathy with the
Duluth men now on strike, went out this
morning, and every one of the nine docks
here is tied up. They can neither receive
nor ship coal now. The steamers Verona,
Minch, Everett and Gilbert, with cargoes
of coal at the docks cannot discharge
them. The men ask raise from IL IL
cents per hour to 20 cents for dockmen
and from 40 to so cents for men in the
holds.