The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1895-11-09
THE G. n. STRIKE!
BUT FEW MEN HAVE THUS FAR
QUIT WORK.
The Trouble Thus Far Seems to De
Almost Entirely Combined to Dew
Ills Lake and at Two or Three
POiats i'm Nantaaa and
Warrington.
TWIN CITIES NOT AFFECTED.
It Il stated That No Railroad Men
In st. Paul OF Minneapolis
Have Quit Work.

It Is stated That No Railroad Men
In st. Paul OF Minneapolis
Have Quit Work.
st. Paul, Nov. AT Devils Lake,
but nowhere else OH the Great North
ern line, some employees of the COM
pany struck today. At NO point was
any violence reported. \ rumor was
on the street that some st. Paul men
In the service Of the Great Northern
had gone out. The rumor was without
foundation. No employees quit Mork
and none refused to respond to reg
ular orders in St. Paul or elsewhere.
A squad Of regular policemen. besides
a force Of regular officers, were de-
tailed at the Great Northern yards.
Had any man struck or failed to re-
spond when called he would have been
discharged. us was Engineer Best, of
the Eastern Minnesota. This is the
policy announced by the company,
through the general manager, as soon
as strike was threatened.
Minneapolis, Nov. z. - One Of the
Minneapolis A. II. U. men said to-day:
I'VE don't want to be martyrs except
at long range. The experience of Debs
and the directors of the Pullman
strike scares our men. They fear be-
ing mixed up in something worse
even than loss Of employment. And
we cannot afford to lose our places. A
strike is all right in good times, be-
cause man can get job somewhere
else if he gets let out on the road
where he strikes. 1t is different now.
l tell you. We are afraid OF being
blacklisted II we strike, and may not
be able to get job for long time"
The brotherhood men say they do
not expect strike, and that they will
not go into one II the 4. II, u. does
call Ii.
Quiet Tie.Up.
Devils Lake. n. d.. Nov. Z. - The
strike went into effect at 9 o'clock this
morning. Train 15, a through fast
freight. arrived on time aud is still
standing on the side track. Train Is,
freight. arrived this morning and is
also standing on the side track. Ev-
erythlng was managed so quietly that
no information whatever OF the in
tended strike was given out. Train
master Brainerd here says that all
trains will be moving as usual pretty
quickly and that passenger trains Will
run right along. Round house Fora
man CollinsOn says all his men, ex-
cepting car repaircrs. are working.
Three engine crews when called to
take frcights, responded and have
been on their engines all day, but no
train crew can he got. Station Agent
ing.
Engineer Best Fired.
West Superior, Wis, Nov. 7.-peti.
tions are being circulated among the
Eastern Minnesota men here demand
ing that the company rcinstate Engi-
neer Best. who was discharged last
night. The men claim he was fired
for the reason that he is president of
the A. r. U. in this city. and was a
member Of the grievance committee
which was refused admittance to
President Hill. 1t is expected the dis
charge Of Best will involve the train
men whatever trouble may arise.
Nobody Goes Out.
Willmar, Minn., Nov. Z. - A strike
was ordered last night at this place,
but none Of the men went out. The
A. r. U. local lodge has held no meet
Ing since Saturday night. Railroad
men are conservative about the mat
ter, but 1t not anticipated that the men
will 90 out here unless other and more
important developments, altering the
present conditions Of things, arise. All
trains are running as usual on the
Breckinridge division. No exc.s ~ X:
has been manifested in regard to the
strikc.
No Engineers Grievance.
Cleveland, Nov. First Assistant
Grand Chief r. 5. Ingraham, Of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
who represents Chief Arthur during
the latter's absence in Europe, said
to-day that, so far as known at head.
quarters, the engineers OH the Great
Northern had no grievances whatever.
He believed 1t highly improbable that
they would in any way become in
volved eT take part in any strike on
the road.
Car Men Go Out.
Spokane. WASH, Nov. 1.-THE strike
on the Great Northern is only partial
at this place. The east-bound pas
sengcr train went through on time
md the officials claim that all trains
are moving regularly. At the car
shops at Hillyard, rart Of the en-
ployes went out. The strikers claim
that about sixty have gone out but
the master mechanic says the number
was only eighteen, and of these six
have returned,