The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-28
STRIKERS TO GO
AFTER THE ~"
Say Students Must Be Kept Out
Of Mills or "U'' May
Lose.
They Will Tell President Northrop
They Will Fight Big APP
preparations.
Question Of Having A. F. Of Z. De-
clare Boycott on Flour to
Be Taken Up.

be IaKen up.
1--WE are going over there to the uni
versity this afternoon and tell President
Northrop that If he does not forbid his
students working in the flour mills as
strike breakers, we will go down to the
legislature next year and put stop to
the practice of granting big appropriations
to the institution"
Thus declared President John M Finley
Of the mill employees union this morning.
Mr.. Finley's decision was reached upon
learning that President Northrop had de-
clared that it was none of his business
where the students worked as long as they
were in reputable business and that they
| might work in the flour mills as far as
he was concerned.
| Il have positive information contin-
ued Mr.. Finley, that, while the mills
are paying the students 50 day for six
hours work, most of the students are
doing nothing but standing around in
their uniforms and occasionally parading
about 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"
May Appeal .tosA. f.. Of L.
Still another element entering into the
situation Is the American Federation Of
4AdDOl, Which may D6COIQS interested LLnru
the action Of Michael J.. Neary, president
of the state federation. Mr.. Neary has
agreed to call a meeting of the executive
committee tomorrow night, at which
time the advisability Of asking the Mner-
lean Federation to declare a general boy
Electricians Go Out.
This morning the union electricians en-
ployed in the mills went out, and during
t11n dow fhas illxry,. ierI,{
gineers and watchmen, left in the mills
Ito protect the property, will also be
called out. This order will remove from
! the mills all the old employees except the
| foremen, head n1illers and second millers,
and win be issued because the strikers
! believe that these employees are being con-
centrated in few Of the mills in order
to make 1t possible to run them.
No Worry In This Rumor.
The millers are not to be much worried
over the rumor that the railway en-
| ployes stand ready to strike in sympathy
| with the. mill employees, altho such a strike
would prevent the shipping of -four
According to their agreement with the
railroads, the railway employees would
haveto give thirty days notice of a strike
and that would give the millers time to
| get out from under
Many Applications for Work.
The flour mills resumed operations this
morning which insure the grinding, pack
ing and shipping Of some Is, 900 barrels
before the day is over. There was no dis
order on the part of the strikers who
| thickly picketed the milling district, and
the mills received applicants for work
faster than they could take them on and
put them into suits. On the other hand
the strikers intimate that they have strong
influences which they have not yet en-
ployed.
The mills which began operations this
morning after closing down Saturday
night were the Washburn- Crosby A,
B and c, the Pillsbury- Washburn
B and Palisade. The Crown Roller mill
of the Consolidated company was to have
resumed operations this morning, but an
accident to the West Side pumping sta
| ton, which is just above the mill, de-
| layed the reopening. The ST. Anthony
mill, however, started up again.
Henry Q. B: Harding, foreman for the
Washburn Crosby company, said this
morning: 1--WE have all the men we can
use.~ The A and B mills which turned
out 10, 900 barrels Saturday will do the
same to-day and the c MILL which we
will start this morning, will turn out
about 2,Ooowthat is, the one side we are
| starting will. We have not been run
ming empty machinery, but have been
! running as near capacity often
1 get"
The Pillsbury B and the Palisade mill
resumed this morning, the one with all
1 the men they needed and the other with
about half a crew. The foremen of these
mills conservatively estimated the output
| Of the mills to-day at 1000 and 1880
i barrels, respectively.
Duluth Men Taken OFF.
Between 125 and $50 new men were
taken on at the Washburn- Crosby mills
this morning. These mills lost twenty
l
! terday, largely because the men could not
| talk the English language and there was
no one about the mills who could con-
verse with them and explain the situa-
| ton.
| From New Ulm and Sleepy Eye, o. g.
Sormer, representing the Pillsbury Wash
burn company brought in a large number
Of men who have had experience In mill
! ing and who went to work this morning.
The use Of covered conveyances made it
difficult for the strikers to intercept the
new men and most of them brought into
the milling district were safely landed III
| the mills
I'VE are not attempting to reopen all
the mills and won't for a month yet," said
/ A. G.. Loring of the Consolidated company.
! I'VE are taking advantage of the chance
! to make repairs and changes. We will
not attempt to open more than two mills
| for several weeks yet
The strikers held another meeting at
| Union Temple this morning.
! A Quiet Sunday.
| Sunday passed almost without incident
| at the flour mills. The mills closed down
| at midnight Saturday and remained closed
during the day, and few strikers appeared
about them until nightfall and even then
/ the services Of the pickets were not de-
rnanded
When workman desired to leave the
! mills he passed down an aisle of strikers
who generally gave him little more than
/ a thoro looking over. The policemen on
duty at the mills continued to demand
1 passes from all who went thru the gates.
and that is about all they had to do, althos
some Of the strikers did get inside on
1 borrowed passes or in some other man
I ner and managed to deliver their argu-
ments before being elected.
WON'T DRAFT ANOTHER TREATY.
Bogota, Sept. 2S.--A Colombian senator ,v,,oS
appears to have reliable Information saws tbsS
the commission appointed to draft new prone
| sition for Panama canal will report that fha
same would be useless Is. - ~ s'4v
The investment in pleasure yachts Il
America is about $50O00.OOO and the nm
Inual cost of their maintenance IS about
I$6,0o0.000 season. When steam yacht
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