The Saint Paul globe., 1899-06-12
TROUBLE is EXPECTED
BOTH SIDES TO CLEVELAND
STRIKE LOOKING FORWARD
ANxIOUsLY TO TO-DAY
SUNDAY SPENT QUIETLY

True to It's Promise, the Company
Made No Effort to Run Cars-At-
tempt to Resume Traffic VIII BE
Made This Morning, and the Men
Say 1t VIII Be Resisted-NO Sym
pathetic Strike.
CLEVELAND. o., June 11.-Both the
officers Of the Consolidated Street Rail-
way company and the striking employees
are waiting anxiously for 7 o'clock to-
morrow morning. for then there Is likely
to be serious trouble. True to it's prom
ist OF last night the company made no
attempt to move cars today. There was
no activity about the barns or terminals.
and the big crowds of strikers and idIers
that assembled saw nothing to excite
them.
number OF motormen imported by
the company from other cities were taxi
en- to the Lake View terminus Of the
road today, and all that were not cap
tured by the strikers were housed there
Tor the night If the strikers do not re-
turn to work in the morning. as notified
to do by the company their places will
be filled as far as possible by new men.
and an attempt made to move the cars.
This. the strikers say, they will not per
NIT. and while they have been very quiet
today there is apparently a grim deter
mination on their part to thwart the
efforts OF the company to move cars.
There has been some talk Of a sympa-
thetic strike on the part of the employees
of the Little Consolidated company, but
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not desire anything Of the kind. On
the other hand. they declare it would
only injure them to tie up the other
lines. for it would lose them the sympa-
thy Of the people, who have thus far
put up with inconvenience and annoy
ance good naturedly The police ara
preparing for trouble in the morning,
and large force Of deputy sheriffs have
been sworn in to assist in preserving
order should the emergency arise
There is a possibility that the strike
may be settled by arbitration President
Little. Mr.. Owen and Secretary Bishop, of
the state board of arbitration. arrived
in the city this afternoon, coming at the
request of President Everett of the Big
Consolidated Railway company Their
arrival was surprise to the strikers
Early In the evening an invitation was
sent to President Bryan and the execu-
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union, and they, with President Everett,
are now in conference with the board at
the Forest City house. The conference
Is secret, of course, and nothing can be
learned Of the nature of the discussion.
1t now seems likely that the meeting may
continue the greater part of the night
The state board has no authority to
compel the submission Of labor troubles
to arbitration, but If they can induce
both sides to consent to it, they have the
right to tender their good offices.
At half past o'clock representative
Of the strikers left the conference and
hurried to the headquarters of the union.
He said:
There must be recognition of the union
or rothing. We will accept nothing else
nor will we take any other terms no mat
ter who may propose them or who the
arbitrators may be. Not a wheel will
turn on the Big Consolidated lines unless
the union Is recognized"
1t now transpires that the representa-
tives of the strikers and those of the
company are in separate rooms. 1t Is
not probable than an agreement will be
reached, If at all, before morning.