St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-07

daily statement yesterday, and the men
! in Minneapolis claim that they do not
know what is going on among the local
/ employees regarding their possible par
| tfcipation in a strike when ordered. At
a meeting held in Minneapolis at which
! Keliher is said to have been present
and to have asked for some action one
way or the other, the men discussed
the news from the West and decided
not to make any record until matters
! developed further out West.
The statement was made yesterday
/ that the road could, IN the event of a
general tie-up, practically replace
| the men who desert their posts in for
ty-eight hours. 1t is further stated
| that for some time back the manage
! ment has been hiring men to meet such
a contingency, so that such as decide
| to quit work may have the consoIa ton
of knowing that there are hordes of
men, large proportion of them in
telligent men, some even having had
railroad positions, who are patiently
waiting to step into their shoes. A gen.
I teman who is more or less brought
| into contact with railroad matters esti-
mates that there are nearly 200, 900 men
| out of employment who have had more
| or less railroad experience. Some of
| these, it would appear, have already
| been secured by the Great Northern to
, be put at work in case the men go out
Yesterday morning a train was made
up a short distance out of the union de-
pot, and filed with men said to have
been brought here from Chicago. The
train was docketed as the mana gers
special and consisted of Engine 12S in
charge of Engineer Needham, three
sleepers, a dining car, a coach and a
baggage car. The train was taken out
by Conductor Casey.
The train was scheduled to leave in
tEe morning for DEVILS Lake, and be-
fore noon there were perhaps 100 men
on board. But it proceeded no further
than Grand Forks. The baggage car
was literally supplied with all manner
Of necessary provender, and at 1:30
the train pulled out. It was rumored
that a second installment was booked
to leave last night, for all the after
noon men were going in and coming
out Of the general Offices, who do not
usually frequent the place, and shortly
after nightfaH about sixty men were
gathered at the Great Northern en-
trance to the union depot.
At o'clock, however, they were
taken to the Clarendon hotel, where
they were put up for the night, and it
is believed that they will be sent out
this morning to some point along the
line. In the party which left in the
morning were g. number of old railroad
men out of work, including an old con-
rr-bo CT hot ha had rnf
handled a throttle for the past ten
years, or since the famous 20" strike.
The men who are still here will prob
ably be used in case of necessity as
trainmen, and many of them have the
general appearance that marks the
railroad employe.
General Manager Warren has moth
ing to say regarding the sending out
of men to replace regular employees
who struck and simply stated that no
new trouble had developed anywhere
on the line, and that with the exception
of the two instances noted in the dis
patches, matters were running smooth
ly, and trains going through on
schedule time. The Great Northern
overland train pulled out of st. Paul
last night on the minute, with thirteen
coaches and the usual quota of pass
engers.
1t was almost impossible to gather
any information in Minneapolis yes
terday relative to the strike. About
everything there is an air of mystery
that seems impenetrable- In fact, its
being so mysterious is what makes 1t
so suspicious, and gives rise to rumors
of terrible things to come at some time
in the near future.
The rumors were partly confirmed by
the announcement that Gen. Kelly, Of
Coxey's army, and Sylvester Kelliher,
of the A R. u, will speak on the labor
problem, under the auspices of the
trades and labor council, at Labor
Temple tonight. Sir Toby Koll will
give dialect recitation, and it is ex-
pected that the other speakers will tell
something about the present strained
rela tons between the Great Northern
railway and the A. r. u. As everybody
is cordially invited, it is believed that
there will be Il great gathering of labor
ing men and others to hear what the
two gentlemen, who have become so
prominent in labor circles throughout
the country, will have TO say.
Secretary Kellther, of the A r. u,
was in st. Paul in the morning, but
had nothing to say for publication. In
the evening he received some kilograms
and spent a short time at the old Iabot
headquarters,on Hennepin avenue near
Third street. where a number of A. r.
T. men gathered for an hour or so of
social conversat ton, but they took no
action relative to the strike.
When he started home he seemed
low-spirited and depressed, and muf-
fled himself UP closely to avoid detec-
ton and interruption by reporters. He
declared he knew nothing that the pub
lie had not already learned through the
papers. and while he doubted the truth
of all that had been published, yet he
preferred not to contradict anything or
to make any statement as to the status
of the supposed strike from an A. r.
U, point of view.
Samuel Hill was as sanguine and
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