The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-15
GOVERNOR HAS HOPE.
Crane Believes That Strike Can Yet
Be Ended by Mediation.


BOSTON, March AIN his efforts in
mediation In the great strike today, Gov.
Crane received many delegations during
the afternoon, and by great exertion got
together President John NJ Hall, of the
Boston q Maine, and Samuel Hoar, gen
eral counsel for the Boston & Albany, al
the state house at 4:30 o'clock. W. E.
Chamberlain, general manager of the
eastern division of the New Haven road,
was also admitted into the executive
chamber. These gentlemen were with the
governor for an hour and a half.
In the meantime number of the labor
leaders, who had been holding confer
ences with the state board Of arbitration
and at the labor headquarters arrived
and We're taken into the council cham
Der. For an hour the governor had al
ternate interviews between employer and
employe. During these conferences Sec
rotary Easley, of the Civic federation,
came into the waiting room and saw the
governor. he was accompanied by Frank
T. Sargent, of Cleveland, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, and
George E. Mcneil. of this city.
Mr.. Easley said that he had attended a
meeting ~of the 'Iongshore men during
the afternoon, and spoke there, with Mr..
Sargent and Mr.. Mcneil. The meeting
was lively, but at the close the men all
voted to sustain the officers and to re-
turn to work. The several conferences
ended early this evening, the men leay-
ing before the railroad officials
The governor then granted an inter-
view with the newspaper men He said:
The situation looks very much more en-
couraging than last night The railroads
have all agreed to take back as many
men as possible, without discrimination
AS far as the steamship lines are con-
cerned, L understand that the men have
returned or practically all of them. The
railroad companies will not consent to
dlscharge men whom they have hired in
| place Of the strikers, but they are well
| disposed to the men, and are very anx-
1ous to take back as many as possible
The question Of the loading and unload
| ing of teams, while 1t came up inciden-
| tally today, was not very much discuss
| ed 1t will be taken up next week"
The governor further said that both
President futile and the Boston & Al
bany officials had used every effort to
| get the men back. At East Boston. where
ninety of the Boston & Maine men went
out all had been taken back. At the
same place, where 120 of the Boston &,
Albany men went out, 108 had been given
| places by the railroad COMPANY In the
| case of the New Haven road. he said.
the company would be willing to take
| back as many as possible but the question
| OF requiring the men to sign an agree
| ment has not yet been arranged In
| cases where men are taken back, senior
| 1ty in service will have the preference
The governor said that in his talk with
the men today, some of them wanted the
railroads and steamships companies to
take back everyone who went out. but
there were others of the labor leaders
who said they would be satisfied If a ma
Jority of them We're given their old
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made every effort to find places for the
others. nv
He advised the men to go back to
work, even though some were unable. a.
yet, to find positions. On the whole he
considered thte situation encoura ging.