The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-26
MEN REPORT FOR WORK,
AND CARS ARE AGAIN RUNNING
WITH ACCUSTOMED REGU-
LARITY.
STRIKERS BY SCORES LET OUT.
Attempt to Tie Up the
Roads.

End strike, declared off by the supreme
council Of the Motormens and Conduc-
tors union at an early hour this morn
ing, came to an end in fact as the hours
Of Christmas day rolled by. Following
close upon the successful operation of
early morning cars, the old employees
applied for reinstatement in such large
numbers, that regular trips Of electric
cars on all lines were resumed and ac-
commodation for the travelling public
was ample long before noon
AS the hours passed the number of
cars in commission steadily increased
and so quiet were matters that few peo-
pie from observation would have known
of yesterdays tie-up. The West end
management, true to it's uitimaturn. en-
gagged such Of it's old employees as it de-
sired, but declined the services Of those
prominently identified with the strike.
The speedy ending of the strike be-
gan to be anticipated yesterday after
noon, when, in spite of the efforts Of the
union men, the employees of the South
Boston lines refused to join In the
movement, and until early in the even
Ing these cars were almost the only
ones to be seen on the streets. By 6
o'clock, however, one or two cars of
the Grove Hall line were seen and
later a few desultory trips were made
ON the other lines.
Meanwhile, the executive council Of
the union was trying to convince the
1mpo1tunate strikers that the move
ment could not be expected to succeed
when it had been begun in violation
OF the promise of the council to de-
fer the strike until the directors of the
road should have time to consider the
agreement presented by. the men. AT
last the argument of the company pre-
vailed, and, although the decision to
declare the strike off is not satisfac-
tory to many of the employees. never
thelesS the subject has been presented
to them in such light that they can
see no other way of maintaining the
honor or their committee or of their
union.
AS soon as the news of the commit
tees action became known, prepara-
tlons were made to reopen operations
early this morning on all lines. At the
usual hour the men began to report.
ana, while some changes were made
ewing necessarily to the, general with
draw wal of the cars at 10 o'clock. there
was little to indicate that anythin Q
unusual had occurred, A.
At union headquarters this morning
not a person was to be. found, the ex-
ecutlve officers, being eat their homes
enjoying rest after the hard work OF
yesterday. AT the offices Of the rail-
way company the re-enrollment of en-
ployes was going on brisk1y, and large
numbers of applicants crowded the ap-
paratus and the streets in the vicinity
of the entrance. AS fast as the men
were enlisted and were assigned for
duty, the number of cars increased.
The first official act of the West End
mana cement this morning was to dis
charge 120 conductors and motormen
Of Division (CharlestoWn) President
Drivers union, headed the list. More
than one hundred discharges were also
made on Division 2 Genox street line),
and it is said that
A BLACK LIST
has been prepared by the company
which contains the name of every en-
ticlpated in the strike President
Young says the strike Is off as far as
the supreme council OF the union is
concerned. He admits that some of the
men having disregarded the action of
the conference committee may ignore
the ultimatum of the supreme council
and inaugurate another strike.
IL Is generally llOuS0I among the
conductors and motormen that the ac-
tion of the supreme council means that
the managers have until next Monday
to sign an agreement submitted by the
men recognizing them as a union, in
stead of individuals. If the company
refuses to do this another strike may
be ordered.
The more radical of-the men say that
before the supreme council and confer
ence committee have failed to repre-
sent the sentiments of the union. One
Of the men said today that if the COM
pany refused to recognize it's conduc-
tors and motormen as a union and the
present council did not order a strike
the resignation of the present members
would be demanded and q new council
representing the sentiments of the men,
would be installed. The conservative
members, however, argue that a strike
now would be the height Of folly. In
the event of a strike being ordered
many Of these men would refuse to go
out
Today and yesterday, the recruiting
office of the West end registered about
a thousand men who are supposed to
be competent, besides receiving hun
dreds of applications by mail.