St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-03
STUBBORN CONTEST.
No Abatement in the Force
Of the Strike.
MOST PASSENGER TRAINS ARE
Running; Freight Trains Al
most Entirely Suspended.
NO VIOLENCE YESTERDAY.
Hundreds Of Men Offering to
Take Strikers Places.
ONLY A FEW ARE TAKEN.
The, A. R. u. Pass Resolutions
Condemning Senator Davis.
GENERAL LOCAL SITUATION

Another day and night have passed
since the great boycott against the vari-
Gus railroads went into effect. But to
all appearances last night, as far as pas
senger train service out of st. Paul was
concerned, the casual visitor could not
have told that strike existed.
Several of the trains were somewhat
late In getting out of the union depSt,
but none of them over thirty minutes.
All of the usual precautions had again
been taken, and the Sc veral trains were
guarded by United States deputy mar
shals and regular police officers.
Figuratlvely speaking, there was
scarce ripple on the perturbed " aters.
At the foot of Sibley street, where the
strikers were wont to gather each even
Ing about train time, there was but
small crowd, and the scene looked tame
as compared with Saturday night.
AS the various trains passed by there
was not even shout or cheer. The boys
did not talk nor appear cheerfu ful, and
their leaders were conspicuous by their
absence.
A MIDDAY MOVE.
During the middle of the day the yard
men in the Milwaukee freight yards,
between this city and Minneapolis.
ceased work, and from that time until
night not wheel of freight was moved.
A look over the tracks along the river
front showed everything as quiet and
deserted as a graveyard. Not single
man could be seen about the tracks, and
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the usual buzz of industry and life
along this important highway of the
great railway system.
Several representatives of the rail-
roads centering in this city became
somewhat anxious about the night.
Mutterings had been heard about town
all day that something unusual might
occur when the time for the departure
of the evening trains should be on
hand, and the alarmists lost no time in
magnifyiug the rumor. Early in the
afternoon the representatives called at
the city hall and court house and con-
ferred with the proper authorities.
Mayor Smith was absent from his Office
for the afternoon, and an attempt to Sc
cure a conference between him and
Sheriff Chapel proved futile. The lat
ter Informed the railroad officials that
he would await them at his Office until
O'Clock to receive any request they
wished to make. But when that hour
arrived no one had appeared, and the
sheriff left for the races, satisfied that
his services would not be called into
requiSltiOn.
County Attorney Butler was also seen
by representatives of the roads, and a
delegation from the strikers called later
for conference. The county attorney
informed both sides that he was not In
position to act in the premises in any
Official ca pacity. He advised the strik.
ers, however, to be guarded, and not to
commit any acts of violence or lawless-
ness.
MORE SPECIALS.
At the re quest of the Great Western
railroad, Mayor Smith yesterday ap-
pointed and commissioned fifty more
special police officers, the majority of
whom were detailed for service on the
West side. The company desired to
have its property fully protected, and
especially such men as desired to aid it
in the handling of trains.
There was some wild talk that the
militia had been ordered to hold itself
in readiness to turn out at a moments
notice. 1t was impossible to learn the
origin of this rumor. for such it proved
after all. Inquiries at the governors
office failed to substantiate the report.
In fact, it was stated by authority OF
secretary BiXby that no one had been
at the governors Office in relation to the
present strike.
AROUND THE UNION DEPOT.
The scenes around the union depot
did not differ materially from those of
the past few nights. Supt. Mcmillan
was still in harness. setting the switches
for the various trains to enter and pass
out. In this he was assisted by the
trainmasters of the different lines, who
removed their coats and went to work
like regulars.
Many prominent business men OF the
city gathered about the yards to see
what was going OIL, and contrasted ma
terially with the appearance Of the
crowd of Saturday night. They dis
cussed the situation In low tones, not
desirous of being overheard, but enough
could be gathered to show that, as a
rule, the business community is not in
sympathy with the present strike. Sec
rotary Bixby was also among the spec
tators, and remained until the last train
had departed. Another prominent spec
tator was Dan w. Lawler, who walked
up and down the transfer tracks while
the trains were coming and going.
TRAIN MOVEMENTS.
Every train scheduled to leave last
evening got out all right in its usual
makeup. The Milwaukee trains on the
ii. & d. and l. & NJ. divisions arrived
thirty minutes late. The outbound train
for Aberdeen pulled in Oh time, stood
for brief period on It's regular track.
and then backed down into the yard
again. There was no engineer to take
it out. After delay Of about three
quarters of an hour an engineer was
found. however, the train pulled again