St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-02
HOW BUSINESS SUFFERS.
Some Reports From AlonGq the
Great Northern. .cise

Some Reports From Alon&q the
Great Northern. -.-or,
A GLOBE reporter yesterday after,
noon met gentlemen at the MERIDIAN u.s.
who had just arrived from up country.
Questioned about the conditions snfhis
part of the country since the strike
went into effect, he said: 1.-THE: com
munities along the line of the Great
Northern which have no other railway
facilities are becoming desperate. In
our town the people are entirely out of
a supply of kerosene and are now burn.
ing tallow dips. These will soon be
exhausted. and what we will do then
for light no one can tell. This condi-
ton holds good for any other comnod-
ity oflife, and we will soon suffer for
the absolute necessities of existence,
should the strike be prolonged any
length of time. A like state of affairs
exists in all of the towns along the
system, and public sentiment will
undergo serious change III short
time when once the dire exigencies of
the situation are becoming more serious
and manifest"
IN MONTANA. u
In Montana like situation OF affairs
is being felt. and industries dependent
upon railway transportation are COM
PEELED to lay idle. A large number Of
men employed at these enterprises are
in ldleness which is forced upon them
after an already long season of shut
downs. In Butte city two of the larg-
est mining companies were compelled
to close down. The Boston & Montana
company. employing 700 men, and the
Butte & Boston company, with force
OF 800 men, are now lying still. and the
burden falls with great force upon all
classes of business men and the citi-
zens in general.
The Grocers' Association of Butte
day or two ago passed set of resolu-
lions relating to the situation which are
of interest. The resolutions were sent
to President hill and read:
To J.-J. Hill. President Great North
ern Railway Company, St. Paul.
Mimi:
Whereas, The Great Northern railway
has become an indispensable factor to
the prosperity of this city, and there
seems 10 have been a disagreement be-
tween the employees and officers Ut said
company, causing strike since the -13th
of the present month: and there seems
to be no immediate prospect Of such
employees and the officers of said COM
pany coming to all immediate and salts
factory settlement; and
Whereas. We, the merchants land
shippers of Butte, are being seriously
Inconvenience and are sustaining
great losses from the effects of such
strike by reason of having our goods DEF
tanned while in transit and being denied
the use OF the same in our business, and
will reach US within reasonable
time; and, furthermore, thatt1s we
are in sympathy with said employees in
that the employees of said Great North
ern railway in many cases are not being
paid sufficient wages to enable them to
procure the neceSSaFies of life, and in
no case sufficient wages to procure
the comforts of life in this region; now
therefore. be it -,
Resolved. By the merchants and Ship
pers of Butte City, Mont, that the best
interests Of the Great Northern Railway
company will be SUBSCRIBED by'theI res
toration of the schedule of wages in OPP
Grafton prior to Aug. l., 1898; that such
retaining the good will of the merchants
and shippers whose names are hereto
appended; and be it further 81 2 !
Resolved. That in view of the long
and unprecedented strain in business
that we have been going through it be-
comes necessary for us to urge the
speedy and amlcable adjustment of !;
existing differences between employees
and company, and the prompt resump.
ton of operations which, will result not
only in our obtaining large shipm eHtsi
of merchandise now detained i'll ira nsit, /;
but also to enable many of our mining
companies whose operations are now
suspended, by which many hundreds of
our citizens are deprived of emplOyMent,l
to resume at a time when they are less
able to be idle than at any period during
the existence OF Butte as mining
center.