The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-05-05
THE GREAT STRIKE.
no CHANGE IN THE SITUATION ON
THE GREAT NORTHERN.

4 wv AN AAAD OAv
THE GREAT NORTHERN.
President Hill and q Comittee OF
Strikers Hold a Conference, Mr..
Hill Refuses to Sign h Schedule
Submitted by the Men.
Crookston, April Fl. There are no
trains On the main line, but the branches
are running to-day.
Wilmar, Mimi, April %. - A
meeting of citizens al d strikers was held
On tie platform of the depot, and the
result of good council is that all mail
trains will hereafter be allowed to pass
without any interfere nee. Archie Bogart,
j. T. Carruthers and other leaders made
this s%tateIrent as the result of a brief
G. inference shortly after the mass meet
ing. Five shrill blasts of a locomotive
whistle aroused the town and called the
PEOPLE to the depot. The crowd numbered
fully 5000. A platform was hastily ar
rcLged of trucks and boards and the rep
resentatives were invited to take seats
thereon with the speakers. Rev. FIR.
Boland, the leading Catholic priest of this
secticn, presented the railway mems side
of the case, and said he was with them
in their struggle to maintain their rights.
He was with them only as long as they
observed the rules of law and order.
He counseled moderation AMI urged the. n
to commit no wrong and to cease inter-
fering with rail cars. He read a tele-
gram from President Debs saying u mail
train is construed to mean the rain in
its sentirety as usually made up. This
CItned the eyes of the strikers and they
Il. lied that they had been violating the
government law.
Marshal j. Adam Bede was the next
Speaker. He laid down the law as it
exists; said he was here as a govern
II ent officer to enforce the law as he
found it. If he could not enforce it
peaceably he would call on the army to
do 1T. He was witty, at times and worked
up a good feeling among the me though
they were inclined to resent his admoni-
tons to keep their hands off the trains.
Whether Carruthers and Bogart can
control the impulsive spirits in the crowd
remains to be SEEN. At any rate they
will try. Bogart and Carruthers will
leave for St. Paul for a consultation with
President Debs. Mr.. Bogart said that
no freight trains or freight cars will be
allowed to move from Willmar and none
will be allowed to pass through. Any
trans that may reach here will be caught
and sidetracked. Mr.. Bogart and Mr..
Carruthers say the strike is ever more
earnest than before, and that the men
positively will not recede beyond the
concessions granted concerning mail
trains by reason Of existing laws, and
President Debs' construction thereof.
Saturday night Marshal Bede and a
number of deputies attempted to take a
Great Northern train through this town.
The strikers took the train away from
the marshal. who arrested several men.
The marshal finally r%ecaptured the train.
1t looked at one time as though the Of
ficers would be mobbel, but cooler judg
n.Cnt prevailed.
, Cokato, Mimi, April 21.-Everything is
blocked and much sympathy for the strik-
ers is expressed. An agreement has been
signed by nearly every business man not
to sell to, feed or shelter n%on-union men
if any should be sent here to replace the
regular help. The paper also protests
against the high express and freight ratea
of the Great Northern.
st. Paul. April 23.-The conference be-
tween J. j. Hill and the representatives
of the strikers did not occur Saturday, as
was reported. A committee is now on
the way from the West, and the con-
ference will not be held until it arrives.
This will be some time during the week.
L. D. Foster and H. E. Egbert, the two
Great Northern strikers who were ar
rested Friday at st. Cloud on the charge
of interfering with the mails and con-
spiracy to interfere with the mails, ap-
peared before Commissioner Spencer, but
hearing the case was continued Until to-
morrow, though it was expected that it
would be given Immediately. The decis-
ion to continue brought VI the question
of bail, and Foster stated that he had
plenty of friends in st. Cloud with plenty
of money back of them and could get
all the bail that was required. He thought
that bail might be arranged through one
Of the banks, and was told that in that
case cash would have to be deposited.
He was bright and cheerful while the
matter was being adjusted, but his com-
panion, Egbert, was t~aciturn and looked
Unhappy. Both men were held to bail
in the sum of $500, the amount fixed by
the COMMISSIONS for both charges, $500
500 for the charge of delaying the mails.
AAAS AoNu 10 " CA " E06cCl1SCI LIdlllS
from St. Paul to Minot, N. D.
St. Paul, April 24.-It is not unlikely
that the Great Northern strike will be
Der within the next t%wenty-four hours,
at least so far as it interferes with the
operation of the road. The uncertainty
as to the decision of the strike during
the last few days has created alarm and
dissatisfaction in commercial circles all
through the West, and Gov. Nelson has
been in daily receipt of communications
from business men and corporations all
over the state urging him to use his au-
thority in bringing matters to a climax.
When the Great Northern Offices opened
this morning there was a great uncer-
tairty as to the date of the proposed con-
ference between the officials of the road
and the strikers representatives, as great
as existed Saturday night. Nothing had
been heard of the train supposed to be
bringing Organizer Hogan and his COM
mittee from the West, and the officials
of the company were mum with regard
to it's policy in the matter. At 10 o'clock
the governors messenger walked into
Mr.. Hills private Office with q commune
cation for the president of the Great
Northern, in the following languages:
Executive Department, State of Min
nesota, St. Paul, April "a, 1894.-Hon.
J. j. Hill, President Great Northern
Railway. Dear Sir: For several days
a strike of considerable dimensions, seri-
ously interfering with the traffic and
travel of the citizens of our state, has
been pending on the various lines of your
rcsd. I am not clearly nor fully ad-
vised as to the grounds for the strike,
nor am / OualifpH IN cit az an umniro