The labor world., 1899-05-13

gent and best appearing set of men OF
any street car system in this country,
and we think the management deserves
credit, in some degree, for the selection,
discipline and retention of such a staff
Of men, and We are, as before stated, ex-
cecdingly sorry that we are unable to ad
just the existing differences.
w. BUCHANAN,
ALEX M'DOUGALL,
B. SILBERSTEIN,
GEORGE H. CROSBY,
M. KELLEY.
The committee Of street railway en-
ployes, which met the committe of
citizens, issued the following state
ment:
''In Tuesdays issue of the Herald,
as well as in Wednesday mornings
Tribune, appeared 4 long article from
the business mems committee that
was appointed by the mayor, to try
and bring about a satisfactory solu-
ton of the present controversy.
" lille we are satisfied tnnt there were
a couple of members of the business
mems committee who appeared to be
willing to give us a fair hearing, we
are also convinced of the fact that
there were two of their number who
came there with the evident purpose
of condemning each and every one of
our Just demands, and upholding the
management ofs#the Duluth Street
Railway company. One of them in
particular went SD far as to forget
that there were five members on the
committee and did all he could to
prevent us from having time enough
to explain to them our side of the
controversy. 1t is evident to us that
no ]aboringman can be gentleman
in his estimation at least-unless he
allows employers of labor to handle
him just as they see fit. He is one
also who will either rule or ruin, and
evidently he has made total failure
Of the first. E
''To show the public how, fair this
business mems committee is willing
to be with us. we will make one state
,ment which we will challenge any one
of the above committee to deny if he
dares. The very last agreement en-
tered into by the business mems COM
mittee and the Street Railway EN-
ployes' union--his. honor, the mayor,
being present also was to the effect
that the business mems committee
was sstosaanalSc ,ssItt rs report to the pub
lie, give the same to the mayor, who
was to notify our committee to come
to him, to look over the report and
approve the same befoge publication.
Did they do. this? No, they made out
their report, handed the same in for
publication without either the mayor
or our committee having had the op-
portunity to see the same. This we
believe will be sufficient to show to
what extent the good faith of the
business men goes when dealing with
eve also wish it to be distinctly
understood that we have been from
the very first ready to submit our
grievances to board of arbitration,
this showing our willingness to sub
nit to the decision of a bbody of
unbiased men. As to the charges
made that we are keeping a number
of men from working by the use of
either threats or intimidation, we
wish to say that while we may have
a few week-kneed, faint-hearted men,
we are authorized to most cmphati-
cally deny that any of our men have
at any time used any of the above
means to keep any one from working
for the company.
''Ve wish to. call the attention of
the public to the fact that while these
business men and the management of
the Duluth Street Railway company
charge a few of the discharged EN-.
ployes with being the sole cause of
the trouble, the charges are entirely
false and defy them to bring any
proof whatsoever to bear them out.
"The truth of the matter is that the
very men who were actually employed
at the time of the Inauguration of the
strike, out of disgust at the way in
which they were being treated by the
company and their sympathy for their
fellow workmen, upon whom outrages
of the worst kind had been perpetrat-
ed by the company, were the very
ones that demanded that such a step
be taken. Lastly, as to the claim
made by the business mems commit
tee that three of our committee men
were willing to concede anything or
in other words agree with the business
mems committee, we will say that
that also is not right, for while one Of
our committee in good. faith believed
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