The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-29
Minneapolis
MILLERS DECLARE
STRIKE is BROKEN
ButEmpioyes Vehemently Deny
lt-Thirty High School Stu
dents Offer to Work.

Is the backbone of the big milling
strike broken?
The mill proprietors claim that it is.
Despite the enthusiasm displayed at
the meeting of strikers Sunday after
noon, the votes to stick it out If it
takes the falls the cheering elo-
quence of emphatic orators, and the
assurances of financial aid from the
$4,000 organized labor men of Mime
apolis, the mill proprietors say that
applications are being made right along
for reinstatement by the older class of
employees.
The mill companies are turning a
deaf ear, it is said, to the single men
among the strikers, but are taking back
men with families who have been work
ing at the mill for any considerable
time. Most of these, thus far, are said
to be millers.
At the strikers headquarters this is
vehemently denied, and preparations
are going ahead to prepare circular
to be sent to the labor organizations
throughout the country. This will be
dohe If the action is approved by the
executive committee of the American
Federation of Labor. which is called to
meet tonight by President Michael J.
Neary, of the state federation. The
Trades and Labor assembly, is also be
asked to take up the proposed raising
of strike fund for the support of the
members of the international Union of
Flour and Cereal Mill Employees who
are out of work.
break in the tunnel under the west
side pumping station has put two of
the mills out of commission for a
month. These are the Crown Roller
and Occidental mills, belonging to the
Northwestern Consolidated Milling
company The waterworks committee
Of the council yesterday ordered the
damage, which was caused by water
working its way through the sand
stone, to be repaired as speedily as
possible.
AS far as numbers go, there were
enough men yesterday to operate six
of the flour mills. These were the
Washburn- Crosby A and B mills, which
Supt. II. o. Harding says ground TO-
600 barrels, one-half of the Washburn
c, the Pillsbury B, the Palisade and
the Anthony mill.
AT least 500 men were in the mills,
but just how many were at work is
another question. 1t is known that 12O
of them are university students, and
thirty are high school students, boys
with their school books, who were CIV
en- milling suits, but were. not put at
work.
Over hundred new men were re-
ceived at the Washburn- Crosby mills,
who came from Duluth, New Ulm and
Sleepy Eye, some of whom are said to
have had experience in the grinding
and packing of -four.
The claim of the millers is that 49,
600 barrels of flour, about one-fourth
of the capacity of the mills, was
ground yesterday. Only ten cars of
flour, however, were received by the
transfer company.
A new embarrassment confronts the
millers. The union electricians, mill
Wrights, firemen, engineers and watch
men have been called out. The millers
say their places can be filled.
1t is reported that the railway en-
ployes are likely to- strike through
sympathy, but the millers say their
agreement requires thirty days no
tice.
Threaten the "U."
President John W. Finley of the
International Union of Flour Mill EN-
ployes, said last night:
IF President Northrop does not for
bid the university students working in
the flour mills as strike breakers, we
will go down to the next legislature
and put stop to the practice of
granting big appropriations to the in
stitution.''
II have positive information" con-
unued Mr.. Finley, that while the
mills are paying the students 50 a day
for six hours work, most of the stu
dents are doing nothing but standing
around in their uniforms and OCCASION
ally parading around in front of the
mills for the sake of effect A big
state institution should not lend itself
to the settlement of labor difficulties
in that manner"
President Finley is quoted as saying
that delegation would wait on Presi-
dent Northrop and tell him what they
proposed to do, but so far as could be
learned nothing of the kind was done
yesterday.