The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-15


cry teamster in the city who is affiliat-
ed with the union.
The merchants then decided to await
the results of this meeting, and if the
teamsters should be ordered out, or If
they did not return when ordered
back, they would go for their own
freight. A mass meeting of the COM
mission men will be held at 8 o'clock
tomorrow morning to take action 1t
Is not likely the teamsters will return
to work even If ordered by their off,
GERS.
Ask for Police Protection.
During the day the officials of the
Erie road sent a communication to
Chief of Police O'Neil, saying they had
been informed that merchants in the
city were preparing to deliver freight
tomorrow to the freight houses of the
Erie road, and demanding that the po-
| lice furnish them protection while it
was being done.
The letter was referred to Corpora
ton Counsel Walker, who declared
that 1T was the duty of the police to
furnish such protection, ana the Erie
people were informed that protection
would be give them. The police say
that 1T is impossible for them to place
a man on every wagon that is seeking
the freight depots, and say they will
not attempt this. They declare they
will keep the way to the freight houses
open and suppress all disorder around
the depotS. The danger 10 the men
who deliver freight is not so much at
| the depot as it will be from the men,
who will follow them when they leave
the depot and attack them when tney
are not in the vicinity of the police.
There was but few of such cases to-
day, as nobody attempted to deliver
any freight. One driver took two small
packages to the depot of the Pennsyl-
Van1a road, and at last accounts he
was still besieged there. Many pick
cts were waiting for him. and he was
afraid to leave the depot.
The firm of j. " Farwell & Co. to-
day attempted to take some cases of
dry goods from their warehouse to
their store on Market street, and a
crowd of men and boys surrounded
the wagon, cut the traces and refused
to allow the wagons to proceed The
wagons had not been near a freight
depot, and were not bound for one.
The strikers would give no reason for
their attack in this case.
Charge Bad Faith.
Charges of bad faith were numerous
between President Curran, of the
Freight Handlers union; Secretary
Driscoll, of the Chicago arbitration
board, and some of the railroad man
ayers. These triangular accusations
tees appointed today had gone to the
railroad managers with an amended
schedule of wages, and with power to
act.
The amendments contained these
three propositions:
FirSt-No probation
Second-Straight time for all work
done by men paid by the month, out
side of the ten-hour day.
Third-Truckers to get 171s cents
per hour.
Committees which went to the Santa
Fe, Chicago & North Western, Wis
consin Central and other railroad man
ayers, are said to have asked for a
scale of IL cents an hour. This was
half cent above the schedule the
managers had been assured by both
the state board of arbitation and the
Chicago business mems board of arbi-
tration would be accepted. Some Of
the managers refused promptly to con-
slider the proposition; others told the
committees to return later in the day.
Then Secretary Driscoll, of the Chi
cago board of arbitration, was COM
municated with, as was also John S.
Field, E. B. Steele and other members
of the board.
| Some of the managers wanted to
know If the agreement that 171a cents
an hour for truckers, which had been
fixed and approved by the board a few
were assured it had not. Explanations
followed and the fact that Is cents had
been asked in some cases angered the
members of the local board of arbitra-
ton.
Secretary DriscolI Bitter.
Secretary Driscoll began an investi-
cation and said he learned that the
committees, instead of submitting the
schedules agreed upon, presented 9TH
ers, and that they did it under the ap-
prevail of President Curran, Of the
Freight Handlers union, who said IS
cents would be asked, and if it should
be refused 17k cents an hour would
be accepted.
THAT puts us in nice position be-
fore the railroad managers" said Mr..
Drfscoll, bitterly. "Curran has broken
faith with us and has gone back on his
agreement That settles matters be-
tween this board and the freight hand
lerS. We shall have nothing more to
do with Curran or his union. Neither
shall we attempt to dissuade teamsters
If thy desire to return to work tomor-
row. If they do that it means defeat
for the freight men.
"AS a matter of fact the teamsters
have been the backbone of this strike.
do not believe they are going to per-
conduct negotiations with the railroad
managers"
Statement by Managers.
The general managers tonight issued
the following statement:
The thinking public of Chicago is in
terested in knowing the facts in regard
to the present strike, that it may draw
its own conclusions. AS has been
stated before, an advance to freight
handlers was made by the railroads in
April. There was a further advance,
made effective from July 1. At the
same time the officers of the COM
panies expressed their willingness to
meet their employees to confer with
them about wage scale or any other
grievance they might have. On July
the freight handlers stopped work on
all roads, without notice or conference.
Subsequent to this, on account of pres
sure from the press and other sources,
committees of freight handlers were
authorized by their union to meet their
employing officers. without, however,
having been invested with any author
ity to settlement. Naturally, no result
could, or did, come from such meet
ings.
During the last ten days great pres
sure has been brought to bear upon the
railroad officers to make any conces-
siOns that could terminate the strike,
and the teamsters in Chicago, in viola
ton Of the pledges of their authorized
officers and against the advice of their
officers, who were disposed to stand
firm, have struck, in order to bring fur
Their pressure to bear upon the rail-
roads.
Railroad companies are as much
concerned in the welfare Of Chicago as
any other vested interest, in that they
are opposed to making any concessions
that will result in yielding control of
their business to any labor organiza-
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