The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-27
THEIR TROLLEY is ON.
Street Railway Men Are In the Sound
Money Procession.

Nearly ninety per cent of the en-
ployes Of the Twin City Rapid Transit
company, situated in Minneapolis, will
stand by sound money and honest
government at the polls on Nov. 8.
This fact based upon the expressions
of sentiment among these men during
the past ten days In that time sew
eral clubs have been formed and
percentage of the men, equal to that
mentioned above, have joined them or
s1gnified the intention Of doing so.
Last night at the East Side barn
a meeting was held and the employees
Oh that portion Of the system formed
Il Mckinley club and enrolled total
membership during the evening of 220
men. Officers were elected as follows:
Il. F. Blethen, president; George w.
Harold, vice president; G. P. Brown,
secretary; c.. H. Tompkins, secretary;
j. G. Thomas, A. G. Lee, A. +. Mooney,
executive committee.
Over 800 men were in attendance,
and in addition to the formal pro-
ceedings contingent upon perfecting
organization, Judge Terrence and G.
w. Johnson delivered addresses.
NJ lettings will be held this afternoon
at o'clock and tonight at o'clock at
the East Side barn. In the afternoon
]. T. Wyman will speak.
The Minneapolis Sound Money club
yesterday opened headquarters in the
old Olson store, Nicollet avenue, be-
tween Second street and Washington
avenue. 1t is the intention to hold all
Cay meetings. as at the Union Vet
Grams headquarters, every day until
election.
There were a few silverites in the
crowd which assembled at the sound
money meeting on Fourth street yes
low re xya5 frO1
ble there, too. One of the Bryan men
started to make 81 bet with a gold
bue but the argument became so heat
ed that the two men, followed. by
large crowd and three policemen, ad-
journed to the alley behind the Bruins
wick hotel, to settle the matter with
their fists. The first blow by the silver
man caused his arrest by an officer.
The crowd was packed in the alley
in a solid mass. Some one from the
thi-- floor Of the hotel wisely dumped
pail of water into the seething multi
tude and broke it up more effectually
than a battalion of police could have
done In view of the embryonic stage
Of the fight, the silverite was released
IN promise Of peaceful behavior.
AS was expected, William Koehler
will bring proceedings by writ of man
damus to compel City Clerk Haney to
nominee Of the Democrats in his ward.
He filed his Populist certificate, paying
$40 therefore, but the clerk would not
| accept the other certificate, because
another convention, purporting to be
| also a Democratic convention, had
nominated J. J. Mcclure, which the
| city clerk recognized. The action will
| cpe' UP the entire proceedings.
The Republican club of the Sixth
ward held a rousing rally last night
| at DANA hall, Fifth street and Cedar
| avenue A large number was in at
tendance, and, although some hood
| lumS tried to cause trouble, the meet
ing was a decided success. Capt p.
| w. Wildt acted as the presiding Off
| Ger. The speakers were G. M. Reese
and R. S. N. Sartz, of Chicago. Hon.
| E. G. Rogers, of st. Paul, was also
| to have addressed the meeting, but
was unable to come.
Republican headquarters at SIG Western
avenue last evening were brilliant with the
| array of heavy talent that has been sent
to address the laboring men of the Fifth
! ward on the money question. Gov. D. M
| Clough was the first speaker who, for thirty
minutes. gave In plain language the salient
| features Of the free coinage scheme and
| its probable effects the state. He was
| followed by Hon. j. P. Gilfllan, who treated
the audience. to weighty discussion of the
4 II.
Cairns were other speakers and upon the
platform besides the speakers were Mayor
Pratt, Judge Steele, Sheriff Holmberg, David
Simpson, w. T. Coe, Treasurer Hastings
John Goodnow and others. The audience
| completely filled the. room, and lots of en-
| thusiasm was shown. The Veterans Drum
corps furnished music. tt.s-s-ac +
The most significant fact of the meeting
was the appearance on the platform of C. S.
/ Cairns, the whiom chairman of the commit
tee of 100 which so bitterly opposed Gov.
| Cloughs denomination. He declared his con-
version to the cause, and said he was work
ing tooth and toe nail for the present gov
| ernor's election.
The st. Louis Park Republican club got
| together last night 300 strong and declared
for Mckinley and sound money. L. G. Pow
ers, state labor commissioner and F. C.
| Harvey were the speakers of the evening, and
/ they aroused any amount Of enthusiasm
| w. l. Nolan was president, and with the St
| Louis Park orchestra, added greatly to the
| entertainment Of the evening.
Three actions have been commenced in the
| district court by the Coates Thread company.
the Union Manufacturing company and Ros-
| enfield, Kropff & Co., against Sternberg &,
/ Fligelman, to collect an aggregate of 81, Al IS
| alleged he due for merchandise