The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-07
STRIKE NOW ON
AT SALTWATER
More Than $50 Men Are Affected by
the WaIkout, and More Will
Follow Soon.

A strike was inaugurated at the st.
Croix boom at o'clock yesterday
morning. and the works are shut down.
The strike has thrown out about $50
men, and this number will be in
creased materially, inasmuch as the
lake crews will be compelled to lay off
as soon as they raft logs now in sight
The committee that waited upon Pres
1dent William Sauntry, of the boom
corporation, on Tuesday, reported that
the corporation would not grant the
demands Of the men for a ten-hour
day, and the men decided that they
would not go to work yesterday morn
ing until o'clock
Only a few men were there ready to
begin work at 6 o'clock, and an hour
later the rest of the men took their
places. w. F. McGray, superintend-
ent at the boom, walked down the
stringers soon after o'clock and in
formed all men who were not there at
o'clock that they could go to the Of
flee and settle up. Nearly the entire
crew went out, only a few men re-
naming to run out the logs that were
in the channel.
The boom shut down entirely later
in the forenoon, ans officerS of the
boom corporation say that it will not
start again this season unless the men
agree to go back and work eleven
hours The strikers, however, insist
that under no consideration will they
return to work unless a ten-hour day
is guaranteed them. They argue that
the mill crews and rafting crews are
working ten hours, and that they are
also entitled to a ten-hour day.
Many of the boom men who went
out yesterday were not union men,
but they joined the union later in the
day, a meeting being held for that pur-
pose.
Mrs. Alice B. Russell, who claims to
reside at Excelsior, Mimi. and is reg
istered at the st. Paul hotel as a de-
tectiVe, made an assault upon Frank
P. NuZum, city editor of the Saltwater
Gazette, yesterday morning, and Mr.
Nuzum bears a number of Jumps and
marks as a result of his encounter
with the eccentric woman, who has
been here since Saturday, and is evil
IDENTIFY counting notoriety.
She visited the Gazette Office yester-
day morning and seemed to feel ag-
grieved at the statement made in the
Gazette that she had returned home
after her visit to the prison last Sun
day. She conversed with Mr.. Nuzum
nearly a half hour, and he finally told
her that he was busy and would be
compelled to close the conversation
He sat down at his desk and Mrs.
Russell scratched his face with a little
flag stick, after which she rained
blow after blow upon his unprotected
head.
He hurried down stairs after an Of
f1cer, with the woman following him,
and just as he was about to go
through the doorway she closed the
interview with a kick. Mr.. Nuzum
bears unmistakable evidence of the
encounter, having several discolored
Jumps on his head. She was taken to
the city hall and was released, and
later she gathered a crowd around her
on Main street, and officer George
Walters told her that she must not do
so. She grew indignant and a lively
scrimmage occurred. She snatched
| the officers tie, belabored him with
! her fists and also used her feet to good
advantage. The patrol wagon was
summoned, and, with the aid of an
other officer, Mrs. Russell was again
taken to the city hall.
No formal complaint was made
| against her, and after she had been
cautioned against cutting up any more
/ such caperS she was released. The
| woman is about fifty years of age and
| admits that she has been in an in
sane asylum.
B. f. Rice, who has for some time
| been i'll, with diabetes, died yesterday
AAAOA AAAAAo' Lie was SIAlJ Tire years Oh
age, and had lived in Saltwater thirty
| three years. He conducted a harness
| shop on North Second street. and was
/ held in high esteem. Deceased leaves
| a widow, but no chilren. Funeral
services will be held at the family resi-
| dence, on Pine street, this afternoon
! and the remains will be taken to Fred
| erick, Md, for interment.
0. D. Boardman has filed an appli-
| cation for the Republican nomination
! for treasurer, and George w. Graham
has filed an application for the Repub-
| lican nomination for register of deeds
City Attorney Sullivan has been d.
rected by the city council to inform
! the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
| pany that the company must put in q
safety gate at the Chestnut street
| crossing.
A special meeting Of the city coun-
| Gil will be held next Tuesday evening
to consider the question of vacatine
| Lake street.
About thirty-five ladies from St
| Paul and Minneapolis, members Of the
Auxiliary of the Territorial Pioneers
association, were entertained in this
city yesterday by Mrs. L. d. Tubbs
| the ladies enjoying basket picnic at
the home of Mrs. Lydia Carl, Still
waters Oldest inhabitant, who came
here in 1S41, and has since resided
here. The day was pleasantly spent
| in talking over pioneer times, and the
| ladies also visited the state prison.