The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-05-03
STRIKE rs SETTLED
THE GREAT NORTHERN MEN WIN
THEIR FIGHT.
MIR. Hill Comedies Nearly All of the
Demands of the Men, and President
Debs, of the Railway Union, De-
cIares the Strike on.

Debs, of the Railway Union, De-
cIares the Strike on.
st. Paul, April 2S.-The Great North
~crn strike has gone into effect at st.
Paul and Minneapolis and at all points
on the line from this city to the coast.
Within five minutes after the committee
had arrived at the decision to call all
the men out the order had been sent out
by President Dehs, and the fight is now
scn in dead earnest The company claims
that it has suffice mt men now in its
selvice who will remain at work. While
the American Railwsy union, assert just
the contrary.
President Debs was seen 10y reporter
Just at ter the committee adjourned, and
W ,E asked what YVES the situation, he
replied:
Everything is at a standstill in the
Great Northern yards in this city, and
the men have almost unanimously obeyed
the order to strike Three trains were
stalled in the yards at the Jackson street
.crcssing Two of these We're freight
trains, respectively, of the Omaha and
Burlington roads on their way to the
Minnesota transfer, but unable to pro-
coed on account of the yard sw1tchmen
. senger train of thu Eastern Minnesota
railroad which is part of the Great
Northern system, was also standing at
the same point and the engineer and
fireman had deserted their eng inc. The
conductor was standing beside the train
but refused to talk The train left the
depot at LOS on its way to Duluth. its
crew having not evidently heard of the
order to 90 out until they reached the
yards. The train was there deserted by
all of it's crew except the conductor, and
the baggageman and brakemen returned
to the city. The train is occupied by
quite a number of passengers and is
made up of the ordinary passenger and
Pullman coaches, mail car, baggage and
..eHIress car. II was not the inteation of
the committee that the strike should ap-
ply at once to the Eastern Minnesota, but
the employees of that road are apparently
determined not to be behind their COM
rades on the other lines.
1t appears now that unless the Strik-
,,ers of the Great Northern become riot
Gus and commit depredations other than
interfering with the running of trains
state troops will not be called out. In
calling on the United States authorities
for protection and placing the trains il
the care of United States marshals, the
state authorities appear to believe tina
the Great Northern management has
placed the matter in the hands Of the
federal government, and if the marshal
arc not able to cope with the strikers th,
United States troCIs will be called t.
their assistance 1t is stated that TIN
Third infantry at Fort Smelling is bcin,
held in readiness to move at u moment
notice to any point where Their" may b.
trouble. Gen. Bend called at the capito
this morning. but found thai nothing ney
regarding the strike had been reports
there. All the officials had heard was
vague rumor that the Great Norther
freight train sent out yesterday aftePnoo
had been stopped and discontinued at ST
Cloud No reports of trouble ha
reached the governors or any of tn
other Offices. There was no trouble a
st. Cloud. The train was abandoned oN
irg to the fact that the road could nc
secure men.
President Hill was called on immcd
ately after the order for general strik
had been promulgated, and stated tn;
he had very little additional to say otht
than what had already been given ou
Tie company, he said, proposed to ope
ate it's road independent of the America
Railway union.
Il DO not Think said Mr.. Hill. ''tn:
any great proportion of the men wi
obey the order, and 1 do not anticipa
any difficulty in getting men to opera
the trains. l intend that every WEe
OH the line shall be running in as sho
g time possible, and this latest mo,
of the committee does not seriously alt
the situation SC far as the company
cUnccrned.'
Judge Sanborn has made his injunctit
permanent.
st. Paul, April 3O.-A"bitration h.
been rejected by the Great Nor,he
strikers, and the indications are that
will be fight to finish. Late Satl
day afternoon work was sent to Seer
t;ry Byron, of the Commercial Club
Minneapolis, that the chamber of COZ
r"elce, board of trade, Commercial eli
and kindred organizations of ST. IA
were considering action whereby tn
night furnish expression to the bell
that a conference of arbitration won
satisfactorily settle all questions now
dispute between the Great Northern TO
and its employees, and asking him is
would see what could be done in Mini
arolis toward the appointment Of III
to constitute a committee to atten
such arbitration. Secretary Forbes,
the Business Mems uniCn, received 81
lila" message, and plans We're immediate
taken under advisement, and it was
cded that the action ought to be tax
at cree.
The Great Northern restored the wae
of the engineers and fircmen to the
schedule and they will return to wo
The men on the Eastern Minnesota ha
stuck. Yesterday morning 300 regu
troops left on special train for Dew
7o1- TO css,t TY,,.4
in making arrests.
When interviewed regarding the rest
alton of wages, President Debs said IL
if the wages of the shopmen, track har
and other minor employees are restored
would call off the strike, whether OF
the American Railway union was rec
nlzed by the road.
''The new schedules were not accept
by the engineers or fremen," he Sd