The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-05-29
WILL TRY TO BRING
ABOUT settlement,
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said. should settle the strike by force. II
| necessary.

said. should settle the strike by force. II
necessary.
l.. ID. KingsIand. president of the Manu-
facturers' Association. said that he, like the
Others present. thought that the cars should
be run without interference. He did not be-
lieve ttat q mass meeting would accom-
plish much toward 4 settlement OF the
strike. He thought that meetings Of repre-
sentative men, such as We're present at the
meeting yesterday afternoon, would do
mere good than any mass NEE ting.
Charles Gerber. president Of the Produce
Exchange. said that the cars ought TO be
run. bat that the police should not run
them The police he said, ARE needed
to proVect tie property and interests Of the
city away from the railway tracks" He
said that be had not seen policeman on
his street for three weeks, and that the
commits s!on-houSes were being looted day
ana night
Benjamin j. Strauss. president; OF the In
terstate NJ rcharts' Association. was an
other ot those who did not believe in
mass meeting.
Nr. LionberScr's Opinion.
Many Of the gentlemen said that arhi:ra-
ton was the best thing to settle the dill
cu'ty. Isaac H. i.ionberrer president Of the
University Club. said he did not think
much OF the arbitration proposition. He did
not SEE the need OF arbitration, he said.
The employees have Il right to organize.
he continued. There is nc need TO arbttrate
that question. They have no right 10 coerce
her employees Of the transit company to
join their union | thirk every one here VIII
agree with me that there Is TO need 10 ar
bitrste tha; question. But public corpora
lions owe n duty to the public which they
should he forced 20 respect. and the en-
ployes, in sense, also owe duty TO the
public. No Sc, OF men have right to tyran-
ni2e over any other set Of men. The senu-
ment in the city is IL favor Of law and or
der. and the city authorities should see
that IL is maintained
Charles W. Knapp OF The Republic said
that he was not restricted by connection
with airy organization from expressing Ms
opinion. My opinion is the same" he si'i,
that has rieared in the columns or the
paper L conduct. The corporation sh"E-d
bs fcrced TO perform its duty TO the public.
Ths issue IS one Of grievous moment, and
hus:noss interests have suffered many rh' u
sands of dollars loss. Perhaps no business
represented here has been affected by the
strike as the newspapers have. While the
loss TO them has rot been disastrous, it has
been serious. and they have lost thousands
of dollars which can never be recovered. 1t
is the duty of the State TO see that the cars
are run
Speaking of the state. he included the
Police Depa rtment which is n part of the
State government. The State is not per
forming its duty" he said. when riots are
OF daily occurrence. The people cannot Ge-
mand the franchise of any corporation for
not running its cars until the State makes
it safe for the company to do 50. A mass
meeting should not he held until the State
has first done its duty"
Arbitration Proposed.
NJ J. Lowensten, as a representative OF
the St. Louis star. said that he did not
think I mass meeting would do any good.
He suggested that resolutions embodying
the views of the speakers Toe adopted al the
meeting and that committees be appointed
TO try and bring both sides in the contro-
versy together for n conference.
Doctor Emil Preetor!us of the Westliche
Post urged arbitration. William Druhe rep
resented the Amerika and advocated arb.-
tratior.
Mayor Ziegenhein then spoke in favor of
arbitration. He said that q committee
should get representatives Of both sides in
a roon lock the door and refuse to liber
ate them until they agreed to settle the
strike. He then made the motion that n
committee Of seven he appointed by the
chair TO II the transit company and
the Grievance Committee of the union
would consent TO arbitration and guaran-
tee to submit to the award OF the Board
OF Arhitrators. He said that he found
the strikers more liberal than the officials
Of the transit company in his dealings with
them. because they have always been will
ing TO arbitrate.
Ex-Governor William J. Stone wns pres
ent at the meeting. and he was called on
10 say s0mthin, about the existing condi-
tions OF the strike. He said that although
he is the strikers attorney. he took the
same interest In the strike the other
citizens. Arbitration. he sail might settle
the strike. and n did not agr.e with those
speakers who claimed that there Is moth
ing to arbitrate
Thomas p. Rixey, Commissioner of the
Bureau Of Labor Statistics said the strik-
ers had taken a stand, the transit company
had taken n stand ard IL was time for
the people to take a stand. He said that
he thinks the people can settle the strike
In week IL they go about il in the right
way. He thought that the appointment of
committee of citizens to call on both
sides and suggest arbitration was move
In the right direction He announced that
under section of the State law. which per-
lnitted him to act he had sent a request to
both sides to appoint arbitrators.
President Hawe's Position.
Harry h. Halves, late in the afternoon
arrived at the meeting As he walked
through the room to a sea. behind the
cha!rman's desk L. d. Kingslard saw him.
and suggested to the chairman that Mr.
tid"eS be caiItu on 10 give MS Views OF the
strike
Chairman Whitelaw then told Mr. Hawes
that the meeting h1d been called to talk
over the situation and see II spne means of
a settlement could not be arrived at
Mr. Hawcs said that he did everything he
could as private citizen to end the strike
THE merits Of the controversy" he said.
"are not of interest to the Police Depart
inent, and unless the department IS brought
Into question have nothing to say. When
my views as citizen conflict with my duty
AZ n public official lose the individuality
Of the citizen in the public office"
l. d. Kingslard told Mr.. Hawes that the
Police Department had been brought into
the controversy. Mr.. Hawes then said that
the Police Department had done all in its
power to preserve order.
when the strike grew troublesome a call
for 900 emergency policemen was issued"
he said. but the department was only able
to secure less than 900 men. The employ
ment OF emergency police is one Of the pro-
visions made for the Police Department in
rase Of a strike. The second one IS to call
Dn the Sheriff. / have hesitated to do this
Ii.