Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1899-05-19
EVERYBODY IS OUT.

A""a ~ any Iimo since Trouble Began.
BUFFALO, N. Y, May 16.-The dock
situation is worse than at any time
| sine the opening of the season. The
monthly men, the men who work inside
the elevators, are out and have agreed
to remain until the grain shovelers and
the freight handlers strikes are settled.
The monthly men will be hard to re-
place as experience is necessary in oper-
ating the machinery Of the elevators.
Bishop Quigley and the leaders Of the
grain shovelers held a conference last
ing several hours. The grain shovelers
claimed that Mr. Connors had violated
all the essential provisions of the agree
ment that the Lake Carriers association
had made with the union. The bishop
summoned many witnesses before him.
At the conclusion of the conference the
bishop addressed a big meeting Of the
grain shovelers. He told them, in view
of the course adopted by the contractor,
he would not advise them to return to
work.
1t had been decided, he said, that the
only way to win victory that would
have any material results was for all
the laboring men employed on the
docks, including grain shovelers,
monthly men, freight handlers, coal
passers, ore handlers and hosting engi-
neers to unite and continue the contest
until tho Of I'd
settled. He also said that no settle
ment would be effected until Contractor
Connors agreed to employ none but
members of the Grain Shovelers' union.
If this demand was not agreed to,
Bishop Quigley said, the Lake Carriers
association would be asked to abrogate
the contract. No settlement of the diff
fculty will be reached now until all the
boss scoopers employed by Mr.. Connors
are discharged.
The freight handlers, monthly men
and hosting engineers have agreed to
stand by the grain shovelers, and the
coal passers and ore handlers will make
the same agreement.
Attacked Boss scooper
Boss Scooper Novels was set upon
while returning from work by crowd
of boys. He drew revolver, and fired
| two shots in the air. Before he reached
home a crowd of women numbering
over 100 joined in the attack upon him,
beat him badly and took away his re-
volver. Novels was rescued by the
police. Trouble is feared. although the
strike leaders have cautioned the men
| to remain orderly.
Governor Roosevelt stated during the
evening that at his suggestion the state
board Of arbitration would hold pub
lie investigation into the present strike
trouble.
Contractor Connors denies that he has
violated the agreement made by the
Lake Carriers association in any par
| ticular.
CRISIS IN COUER D'ALENE.
A Question to Whether Miners Will
Renounce the Union.
WARDNER, Ida, May 16.-The crisis
in the labor troubles here will COM
mence on Thursday of this week.
Should the period pass over quietly, no
| more outbreaks of lawlessness need be
looked for during the continuance of
military rule On the other hand,
should there be any clash this week be-
tween the soldiers and the lawless ele-
ment in the union, it is impossible to
tell what bloodshed may occur. Thurs
! day is the last day allowed under the
recent proclamation for working miners
to apply for permits to remain in under
ground employment. On that day the
inspection of the mines all over the
Occur d'Alenes will commence. It
will be rigid examination, and it will
be conducted both by the military and
the civil authorities. Every mine which
today is employing men without per-
mits will be summarily closed, its
pumps drawn and a guard placed over
it. Up Canyon creek, where none but
union miners are employed, they still
sullenly refuse to make applications for
the cards. In order to secure permit,
the miner must renounce membership
in the ''society which has favored o.
encouraged" the recent lawlessness in
the district. The union is not named
outright in the printed forms to which
the applicant must subscribe. Only
about dozen from all the Canyon
creek district have secured their cards.