The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-20
READY TO SETTLE.
Hill Will Confer With
His Men.
HE RECOGNIZES NO UNION.
Which Fact Seems to Make No
Difference.
STRIKERS SEND ON THE MAILS.
No Other Cars Permitted to Be Run
Over the Great Northern
Lines.
HE RECOGNIZES NO UNION
STRIKERS SEND ON THE MAILS.

ST. PAUL. April 19.-President Hill to-
day received a joint communication from
the American Railway Union and the
grievance committee of the striking en-
ployes. He answered that the Great
Northern was always ready to hear its
employees on all matters affecting their re-
lations with the company.
Although neither in its address nor in
its substance did the answer mention or
seem to recognize the American Railway
Union the officers of the union announced
themselves Satisfied with ii and promptly
sent out notices to the men along the line
to come to the conference. AS to whether
the men will now return to work Presi-
dent Debs of the union said the officers
had no auth ority to order the men to go
out or to 60 to work. that being decided
by the men themselves.
Hundreds of applications from compe-
tent railroad men all over the United
States have been received at the Great
Northern Office. None of these have been
accepted yet, as the company expects the
strike TO be short-lived. All the brother
hood leaders left for their homes to-day.
ST. CLOUD, MIMI, April 19.-Excitement
here is more intense than at any time
since the strike began. Train No. ar
rived to-day with the mailcar in the
rear. The strikers Immediately uncoupled
the train regardless of the deputies accom-
panying it. The coaches were switched
out by hand and the mail put back into
the baggage-caT. Then the strikers told
the conductor and engineer to proceed with
mail. The cars were fastened securely the
together, but were broken apart, the men
getting ugly and, contrary to the advice of
the president of the local union, Foster,
taking the matter into their owD hands.
BUTTE, April 10. - Organizer Hogan
states that a strike will be inaugurated on
the consolidated lines of Washington un-
der the auspices of the American Railway
Union. This system was under lease to
the Great Northern until 1t went into the
receivers hands short time ago. and it
practically controls the entire railway sys-
tenn of the State.
A special to the Daily Miner from Glas-
Cow, Mont, announces the shooting by
one of the strikers committee detailed by
Tie American Railway Union to guard the
compapy's property of man attempting
to plumber freightcars.
1ELGNai AOui'8 ApIiI iSs-OOILy DcI-
rigan, one of the oldest engineers on the
Montana Central ROAD. denies statements
made by j. G. Nolan, chairman of the en-
glneers' committee on the Great Northern
road, published in MINNEAPOLIS, to the
effect that the engineers on the road have
no real grievance. Derrigan says: I'VE
are holding out for the old schedule and
wages in effect previous to March l."
SEATTLE. Wash, April 19.-Both the
Great Northern strikers and local officials
are waiting for developments at the other
end of the line. The strikers have CON-
plete possession of the telegraph lines and
the operators refuse to talk with anybody
unless he can give the countersign. The
operators are still running little Asso-
ciaIed Press of their own, sending strike
news all along the line, as far West as
Spokane