The herald., 1894-04-30
GREAT NORTHERN STRIKE.
Traffic to Be Resumed on the
Road Today.
The Men Weakening on the
Coast Division.
At st. Paul the Strikers Refuse All
Offers to Arbitrate.
Trains Carrying United States Regular
and Deputy Marshals the Only
Ones Running-The sItua.
tion Unchanged.
By the Associated PresA


ST. PAUL, April 29.-Business will be
resumed on the Great Northern tomor-
row. In some respects the strike situa'
tion is unchanged from last night, al
though there have been some interest
ng developments. The proposition OF
the commercial bodies of the two cities
for submission of the differences TO an
arbitration board of five disinterested
persons has been generally discussed,
being the chief topic at the union mems
MAS meeting at Labor hall this after
noon. Mayor Eustis of Minneapolis and
Labor Commissioner Powell were pres
ent and addressed the men, urging them
to accept the proposition for arbitration.
The suggestions were finally hooted
down.
At the same hour in another part Of
the city, President Hill was telling
some business men he would agree to
any fair proposition for arbitration on
condition that the mon resume work at
once. President Hill said he could not
fight and arbitrate at the same time.
and made this one condition OF imme-
diate resumption of work in case arbi-
tratien was agreed upon.
President Dsbs privately said he was
in favor of the scheme proposed by the
commercial bodies, but when he sd-
dressed the labor hall mass meeting he
spoke as q mouthpiece of a committee
whose majority is against him and very
radical, and he said the men had de-
manded Justice, and that arbitration was
therefore out of the question. After this
announcement and the formal rejection
of the arbitration by the mass meeting,
Mr.. Deba went to his hotel with
other leaders for the purpose of seeing
sgsHAs ntt nENgsuNR5sS uNR5sSd to ps come to some
both the men aud ths-es.s--s e. - ~
az any onncial action OF the unfou is Ousa
cerned, the proposition for arbitration
has been again rejected and the strikers
are in the same position az last night,
demanding their last years pay and ad-
mitting no possibility of compromise.
The only train out today was the one
bearing the regulars from Fort Smelling,
under Major Patterson, which started at
O'Clock this morning and reached
Barnesville at o'clock tonight, leaving
for Grand Forks later. From that
point they will 90 to DEVILS Lake to
help prevent interference. Tomorrow
the company expects to start the usual
trains ON schedule time, and it will be-.
come clearer whether the men will stay
with the union or accept the company's
offer to the orotherhoods and stay at
work.
ST.. CLOUD, Mimi, April ga train
consisting of five coaches, with mail and
baggage cars, arrived here at IL 20 to.
day bearing 800 United States regulars
The train stopped 20 minutes and re-
sumed the trip to Grand Forks, where
the soldiers will be turned over to
United States Marshal Cronin, who will
proceed with them to DEVILS Lake.
where they will assist in making ar.
rests which Cronin and his deputies are
unable to make. As the train was pull
ing out of the yard some one threw a
heavy piece OF iron, striking Brakeman
Frank and cutting deep cash. The
train was held at Fergus Falls while his
injuries were attended to. 1t is asserted
this was done by a striker, thoHgh he
escaped among the cars and his identity
is unknown.
FARGO, N. D., April 29.-The local
members of the American Railway
union have scheme on foot which they
think will cause the Great Northern
considerable expense and may result in
the company having to pay the salaries
OF the deputy marHhals employ ed osten-
sibly to protect malls, but in reality
they say to enable Great Northern pas
ssnger trains to run. The men claim
the company has sent out trains having
neither mails nor mail agents aboard,
although mail cars were attached to
each end of the trains and they were
manned by deputy marshals, thus fraud
ulently securing the services of the mar
shala to enable them to run q train un-
der the guise of securing the protection
of United States mail. They will lay
the matter before congress at once,
SEATTLE, April 29.-The break in the
Great Northern strike on the coast lines,
for which the local officials had arranged,
did not take place yesterday, in conse-
quence OF the refusal of the fremen to
60 to work. One case of the weakening
OF the trainmen and engineers was the
fact that they have not yet received
their March pay, and are be-
ginning to get hard up. The
pay checks are sent from St. Paul, TO ar
rive on every division on the 18th, and
as the strike began on the 18th, the pay
car is supposed to be tied up at some
point east. The strikers accuse the
company OF holding back the March pay
in order to force them to yield, and it
was the prospect Of getting their pay
that largely caused the weakening.
1t is rumored here tonight that the
Great Northern strike will be broken
Tuesday morning, although it ia impos-
sible to verify the rumor. 1t is
said the company has offered to
restore the wages of the engineers,
fremen, conductors and brakemen, but
not those of the agents. operators, track
mon and shopmen. The trainmen have
been in session several hours tonight,
but refuse to state what proposition they
are considering.
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