The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-04

You sign it as president, Barney
that will do. If it was a treaty of peace
we might have to sign it all around, but
this is just an official communication of
the school board. The signatures of the
president and secretary are enough"
This is a declaration of war" replied
one of the other inspectors, and his col
leagues echoed the cry.
'Well, 1 won't sign it as a declaration
of war;" retorted Inspector f. o. Zim-
norman.
1t was the first sign of weakening in
the school boards secretly agreed upon
determination to stand pat" and send
the unsigned teachers and employees pay
rolls back to the city comptroller to look
over again. Up to this time the members
had been brave. They laughingly remark
ed that when they were sent to Jail, as
the comptroller had intimated in his COM
munication they might be, they could
have their meals sent up from the Hotel
Ryan a challenge to which Inspector
Fry laughingly replied with assurances
that he would stand with them No sug-
gestion was made as to where the school
teachers would get their meals pending an
the city council, and it is apparent that
they are in danger of not getting their
October salaries on their November pay
! day.
When E. O., as he is Familiarity called
about the chatty table, said he would
not sign it as declaration of war, the
other members were somewhat scared,
but E. O. soothed them somewhat by his
| subsequent modification, when he added:
Il sign it as a declaration of peace. 1
| think it is the first step toward a settle
| ment of the school trouble by peaceful
means"
| The first step" referred to was the fol-
| lowing communication to be sent by the
board to ]. ]. McCards, the city comp
! troller:
HERE IS THE MANIFESTO.
At a special meeting of the board of
| school inspectors, held this day, for the
purpose of considering a communication
addressed by you to Bernard Zimmer-
mann, president of this body, accompany
ing the pay roll Of the employees of this
board for the month of October, 1899, it
was unanimously voted that the secre-
tary be instructed to return for your
| approval the pay roll as originally sub
mitted to you for the following reasons:
| The board has passed on the salaries Of
it's employees for the month of October
| anu lndI IH6y are 1OW WI hiliS IOI luCSS
salaries according to schedule which
was made in good faith and based upon
ethe several appropriations of the COM
| mon council of the city of st. Paul and
that those schedules cannot be changed
at the present time; that one payment
based upon these schedules has already
| been made, having received your ap-
proval. and that the payments made and
! approved are in accordance with the
rights and duties conferred upon this
board by the laws Of the state of Mime
sofa. which leaves the internal manage
ment of the schools to the board of
school inspectors and empowers it to
name salaries and fix the length of the
| school term.
Lest the teachers, who might drop into
some of the adjoining rooms, and the
! reporters and possibly other members of
| ''the public" might not be enlightened as
to the cogent reasons inspiring the mem
| bers of the board to this utterance, they
| held a secret session of approximately
| half an hour, at the suggestion of H. G.
| McNair, behind closed doors.
IN SOLEMN CONCLAvE.
Now and then a careworn director