The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-05-12

strikers, and the indications are that It
will DO a fight to q finish. Late Satur-
day afternoon work was sent to Secre-
t., ry Byron, of the Commercial Club of
Minneapolis, that the chamber of COM
r"elce, board of trade, Commercial club
end kindred organizations of st. Paul
We're considering action whereby they
night furnish expression to the belief
that a conference of arbitration would
satisfactorily settle all questions now in
dispute between the Great Northern road
and its employees, and asking him is he
would see what could be done in Mime
aFolis toward the appointment of men
to constitute a committee to attempt
such arbitration. Secretary Forbes, of
the Business Mems unicn, received a sim
lila" message, and plans were Immediately
taken under advisenent, and it was de-
cided that the action ought to be taken
at cree.
The Great Northern restored the wages
Of the engineers and fremen to the old
schedule and they will return to work.
The men on the Eastern Minnesota have
stuck. Yesterday morning 300 regular
troops left on a special train for Devils
Lake to assist the United States marshal
in making arrests.
When interviewed regarding the restor-
alton of wages, President Debs said that
if the wages of the shopmen, track hands
and other minor employees are restored he
would call off the strike, whether or not
the American Railway union was recog-
plzed by the road.
1.-THE new schedules were not accepted
by the engineers or fremen," he said,
"yet the Great Northern apparently had
M %ro,,h1o ~ orforos,~ - Ttlo ov.o-:,o
ton can, of course, make whatever ar
will not be called off until the road has
settled with ali of it's employees"
President Debs did not apparently at
tsch any Importance to the restoration
of the schedules for engineers ard fire.
men, except that he considered it a sign
of weakening on tho part of Mr.. Hill.
st. Paul, May IA meeting of the
Minneapolis aid St. Paul citizens COM
r1ittee was held at the Minneapolis Com
Ii ercial club. The committee from Min
neepolis was composed of G. A. Pillsbury,
3. F. Nelson, w. S. Benton, J. T. Wi
man, F. G. Winston and +. II. Huba-
chek. The St. Paul committee consisted
of D. H. Moon, P. H. Kelly, Richard
Gordon, George r. Finch, G. w. Hack.
EFT and Charming G. Seabury. This I'M
deniably representative body met Presi-
dent Debs and Vice President Howard,
of the A. r. u, for the avowed purpose
of finding out the exact position of the
men and to devise means for settling
the difficulty as quickly as possible. The
men made the proposition that the ex-
ecutive committee of the strikers would
be willing to argue the matter with
President Hill at any public mass meet
ing in the Twin Cities and then let the
public hear for itself the different sides
Of the question directly from the lips of
the men most vitality interested. AS to
submitting the question to any other
form of arbitration, however, the repre-
%sentatives of the strikers stand firm
against it. The committee waited upon
Mr.. Hill, who declared that it. was no
proposition looking to arbitration, and de-
clared that he would not consider it.
He declared that he intended to operate
his road regardless of the men.
Grand Forks, N. D., May 1.-The spe-
cial train bearing the First battalion and
Third United States infantry from Fort
Smelling reached here at 2 o'clock this
morning, remained on a siding until day
light, then went into camp half a mile
east of the depot. The troops will
operate from G. and Forks and send de-
tachments to Devils Lake AMI other
points as often as they may be needed.
Mershal Cronan, whose exploits during
the week have made him famous. met
the train on it's arrival and Immediately
consulted with Maj. Patterson, in com
mend of the battalion, and his brother
officers. Marshal Cronsn reported the
zen as quiet at Devils Lake, but ready
to break out the instant the company at
tempted to operate any trains. There
are 800 men at Devils Lake and they
are in a desperate mood, doing much
talking and making threats to tear up the
tracks.
st. Paul, May 2.-The Great Northern
strike has been declared off, and the
men have Won. After being tied up for
eighteen days from one end of the other
the road will now resume work. 1t is
practically a victory for the American
Railway union and President Debs, al
though the committee from the COM
mercial bodies of St. Paul and Minnsap-