The Portland daily press., 1896-05-30

That ended the trading right there.
The merchant acknowledged that in the
circumstances he did not dare to purchase
a thing.
In another instance man went into a
store to purchase suit of clothes. He
made his purchases, and the storekeeper,
as he was wrapping up the bundle, be-
gan to talk about the street car troubles
and the boycott, and the injury it was
doing to business
Why" said he, II was in hurry the
other day and had to take a car. II
had been seen might have been made
the victim of a boycott
Did you ride on o street carp" in
| CURED the stranger.
"Of course, just as 1 said-I had to
take carr
Linen you can't sell me any clothes, ~
was the reply, rs the man walked ont of
the door. leaving the merchant petrified
with establishment. The story was told.
and within twenty four hours the cloth
ing man was "tied up"
One of the most humorous incidents of
the boycott happened to the editor of one
OF the prominen5 German papers. This
man has spent no little of his time in
trying to help find way of settling the
strike, and in many ways has shown his
sympathy with labor.
He happened one morning to be out in
the suburbs, when he remembered an i'm
portant engagement at the office. In or
DER to reach there in time he was obliged
to take street car. He hardly had seat
Cd himself III his chair when some visi-
tors were announced. He ordered them
shown in. The door opened to admit a
committee of the strike sympathiyers, who
| prus9uely said they had called to inquire
why the editor had patronized street
car when there were plenty of buses
running. 1t looked, the committee said,
as though he was not friend of labor.
The humor of the thing did not appeal
to the newspaper man. 1t was too seri-
Gus a matter. Visions of boycott
danced before his eyes as he hastily ex-
planned that it was case of absolute
necessity for him TO take car or he
would not have done 80. The committee
would not admit there could be any ex-
cuse for riding in a car, hut in view OF
the EDITORS we'll known services thoy
| would overlook the offense, providing he
would see that it did not occur again.
The promise was given and now the edi-
tor let's engagements go to the dogs If
Keeping them necessitatss his taking a
car.
| All this undoubtedly will seem funny
to readers Mt a distance from the scene
but it is anything but funny for the
people of Milwaukee. Here is city of
$50, 600 cited up' completely, with no
prospect for release for weeks and Der
haps months.
Some of the oraziest notions prevail
among the sympathizers with the strikers
regarding the rights of property Reso.
unions without number have been
launched in the Common Council at the
company for the purpose of confscatine
its property. At meeting of represen-
tatiyes of the Turner and other societies
OF the city resolutions were passed asking
Gov. Upham to call d special session of
the legislature for the purpose of Selling
the railway lines under the right of emil
nent domain, and transferring them to
the'city at price to be fixod by ap-
| praisers. The Governor will do nothing
of the kind, but the incident shows to
what ex tent some of the friends OF the
strikers Will go in order to win the
strike.