St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-01
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was received, at Ii a. m. Friday, a
general strike was ordered over
the entire road, covering the
South st. Paul motor line and the
employees and apprentices in the shops.
The men and boys all quit work as
ordered by the union. 1t is asserted
that the union is gaining ground and
that the company is becoming shaky.
1t was reported at union headquarters
that train No, /, which left this city had
been stopped at Dubuque. 1t was
taken in charge by others and reached
this city last evening at O'Clock. The
engineer backed it into the yards here
and left it there. This was because the
engineer who picked the train up at
Dubuque had been Informed that there
was no strike on the road. When nd
learned the facts he refused to take the
train further than this city with scat
crew.. s"'
1t was denied that union man ran
an engine in tile ditch at South st. Paul
FRIDAY. This is said to have been done
by the yardmsster. who was running
+ tile engiiIe, and could not see all open
switch. There were but few cars
moved in the yards in this city yester-
day. and they were run by the yard.
master and master mechanic. The men
feel very hopeful of winning the strike.
+ Organizer Doyle was seen last night
at Labor hall, and stated that the men
are bound 10 win. They are getting
more encouragement every hour. and
nothing can" prevent the A. r. u. from
winning. He resolved telegram from
Mr.. Debs stating that the Mobile &
Ohio road had given up the fight and
conceded the demands of the union not
10 run Pullman cars.
Engineer Best. of Great Northern
night at Labor hall, and. in vigorous
speech. warmed The meu up to fever
heat.
A committee waited on Night Watch
man Upright. of the Northern Pacific
building in this city, and asked him to
stick TO his union and go cut, but he de-
clined to talk to them. and asked that
Mr.. Doyle go to see him. Mr. Doyle
went aud talked TO him for an hour and
"a half last evening and asked him to
come out with his union. He declined
to do SO, and the unions last night
passed a resolution denouncing him as
scab, all OF the members deciding to
brand him as scab by rising vote.
His own union passed similar reSolu-
ton
Pat Conley, the second oldest engineer
on the Northern Pacific. and Fireman
Fuller attended the union meeting at
Labor hall,and declared that they would
not turn wheel until the strike was
off, and when Fuller stated in the meet
ing that Conley would 90 out with a
scab fireman, Conley retorted that he
would never be guilty of such all act.
Both CT the men went out last night on
No. Z, and the union, hearing of it.,
denounced their course. The only ex-
cuse that they gave for their action was
that they did not know that the B. of L..
E. constitution forbid their working
with seabs. They both belong to he b
of L. E.
The union depot force went out at 6
o'clock last evening, including the
switcbmen and the switch tenders. The
employees of the Omaha in the yards
also went out at the same hour last
evening.
Mr.. Doyle seemed very hopeful and
was very emphatic in his statement that
everything is tending towards the A. r..
u. position, as being right aud Win
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