The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-29
TO THE BITTER END.
Great Northern Strike Ex-
tended to st. Paul
AL SOLID AoAaN ON THE COAST.
Premis&s 81 Ala From ~. r. Nes--A
Tied Ur-kssghts Help

The intended resumption - operations
On the Great Northern Coas. lines did not
taxa place yesterday morning. for she
tram crew ID not SHOW % for duty. and
sae read vas IS idle - any day for the las.
tao wesxx Instead Of announcing The
RAINING IL more trains. dispatches
from the Eastern cad Of the
line snnounes that the strike has
been extended 20 -. Panl and Minnespo-
Is. .axsng in all the shopnen, yarimsn
and s~tsehmen 10 those cfEiss and s~rs-
ossiy fneon modsng other roads using the
Great sorthern terminals IN those cities.
The EnIghts o. Labor have joined hands
zith .hs American Railway Union IN
fighting the Great Northern by ordering
cut eli members working On the road
The slgus OF break which came 20
Light CO Friday have revealed 20 other
railroad fnen interested in the strike the
nees Of giving financial aid 70 the strikers.
and they are taking active STEPS % that
end When the strike began in Montana
On April -. tie pay-czr was sur-
passed 20 be on the way ives: with
the monthly pay-checks, which usually
arrive On each division on the 18TH, and 10
therefore presumably tied up DY the
strike The faci tia; the checks did no;
arrive gave rise 10 the belief in the ssrik-
srs' minds that they we're being parposely
held back IN order the sooner TO s:arve
them into Submission. asd they be-
lieve that the company did no:
exert 10 self 70 get money 70 the men
when IL you'd only enable them 20 hold
oat!ongsr- Thus the prospect that they
would get there March checks had some
influence in causing the engineers and
srasnnen 10 tax Of returning 10 work on
Friday when they meet the Coast officials.
he A. K Z. men on the Northern Pa
ciflc no sooner heard Of this move than
they sent over a committee from Tacoma
xith cash sad oilers OF any amount of
money aid that might be needed.
The individual strikers were offered
any sum they might need from
81 70 so. II it vas want tina.
made them talk Of yielding. This and the
STAT talk OF the tiremen put an end TO all
idea OF giving Ia, and the strike q: this
cad seems To Be as firm a. ever. The
Northern Pacific men are taking lively
interest IN the struggle. for they calculate
that. II the employees lose, their own wages
will be reduced to the Great Northern
basis. and they say twenty-five roads are
banded together 20 aid one another
in holding down wages to the
Great Northern basis In consequences
there vas talk Of assessments OF - or even
30 per cent Of the wages on the Northern
Pacific to fight out the Great Northern
struggle IL was also said that the North
ern Pacific officials we're carefully
avoiding giving their men sn excuse
for striking. and had even refused
20 haul the private car OF the
general superintendent OF the Great North
ern rather than have trouble. A CON-
mittee OF Great Northern men went TO Ia
coma yesterday to discuss ths IN after of
financial aid and !, IL probable that some
system Of loan 10 the union and by IL 10
the members viii be adopted, In order that
al appearance of charity may be avoided.
Although the American Railway Union
Is managing the strike. the odd brother
hood men are sal holding sloof frofa that
organization, and some Of them do NO,
hesitate 10 privately express their aversion
10 entering one union with the unskiiled
labor Of railroads They are willing to
make common cause with the eight Or
CARNATIONS Of skilled labor, the en-
gsneers, hsemen, conductors, train
men. switehmen. selegrapAers, boiler
makers aud maehinis.s. bat many
OF them do not see how they can
pull together with The traekmcn, bridge
men and section men. Yet they realize
that, II the company should succeed In
gestiag new men 10 run trains. they would
have TO rely on the section men and track
men 10 continue the eight OF it would be
Lost
NH rx{x L.
will have 10 be resumed. for the attorney
general OF the United States has given an
opinion on the question Of what consti-
.utss mail ;rain. which was teleyr.phsd
yesterday 10 r. ". EAil4e. assistant saper-
lnisndent of the railway masl service, and
is as follows:
Department of Justice. Washington
Civ. Aprii Il. 1854 The Postmaster Cen
eral~-.Ssr, | have the honor 20 aeknowl-
edge the receipt OF your communication of
today relating TO the .toppage Of passenger
trains carrying N ais on the Great Northern
railway. The statutes of the United
/ states provide that every railroad com
I pany carrying the mail shall carry on
| any trains which may run over ats
/ route ais maslable matter directed
/ ~ Re carried ,hefson alta the per-
/ son IN charge OF the same The
statutes Also make il an otense for any
/ fserson 90 knowingly ani witfully OBJ
Strues and resard the passage Of train
( carrying the mail. and that i. is no excuse
that sad person - !Illng that the mail
| car Casy he detached and ran separately. He
/ = bound 30 Permit the mail 20 be carried
i IN the usual and ordinary way such as =
coutegD plated bF the act OF conzrax.
I and directed by the postmaster reo-
( era. IL would seem from yoar
statement that the PERSONS wha have
+ entered into the combination Ia whieh
: Won refer have brought themselves xi.hsn
/ tbs iUrinsr provisions ~ the statutes ~
thr niied state. xhich declare that ~
/ tao or uaore persons consuire "a
! coum4t an oasase against the United
( states and one Or nors such
( oo Get 81 she con piracy. a.. tae PARTIES Z,
/ TIE conspiracy shall 20 liable 20 reuaity-
/ ~ not scss shan $ os1 and 20: more ,hs,
! So 90. a8a IN imprisonment no. more
/ thsa 100 years Re~p~ctfu,lv.
Is guedl lAgEk~cK MsxsEtt. %.
"AeH0S Attorney t,esersl. "
" bSa informed of tAls opiulaa. Fres.-
/ dent ncAs ana Wee President Hoard g..
/ the American Railway Union wire4 thas
+ Ihey woal4 instruct the men e. comfy
vita the ias as tSas interpreter aaa saev
wired - this city accordingly.
lac statement that a reconsideration 81
aasss BY Mr.. Ii.is sss promised a. Fr.-
! DAYS conference = sny haueAlly tsa.s.
py the local officials
~. ptul. april .7.--No trains moved IA
shr 0rvNf Northern today. The tse-., o..
90 ntijes of track tn hal ,ozen stssvs s.
coma plsss. The rssts In tats C4ty usins Great
NotGhega tracks teT terminals are allowed
~ ssisch With thett oza traia crewS NJ
regular sNlsChMea are a. Work lac men