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.
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Question Of Having A. F. Of Z. De-
clare Boycott on Flour to
Be Taken Up.

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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 -four 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 az
he was concerned.
IT have positive information contirl-
ued Mr.. Finley, "that, while the mills
! are paying the students 81 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 toA. r. OF |.
Still another element entering into the
situation Is the American Federation Of
Labor, which may become interested thru
the action Of Michael J.. Neary, president
Of the state federation. Mr. Neary has
lagreed to call a meeting Of the executive
committee tomorrow night, at which
time the advisability of asking the Miner
| lean Federation to declare a general boy
colt on Minneapolis flour will be discussed.
| Electricians Go Out.
This morning the union electricians en-
/ ployed In the mills went out, and during
| the day the millwrights, f1remen, en-
4 gineers and Watchmen, left in the mills
Ito protect the property, will also be
called out. This order will remove from
l the mills all the old employees except the
foremen, head millers and second millers,
and will be issued because the strikers
believe that these employees are being con-
centrated in a few Of the mills In order
to make 1t possible to run them.
No Worry In This Rumor.
J 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 flour.
i According to their agreement with the
! railroads, the railway employees would
have to give thirty days notice of strike
8 and that would give the rnilers time to
i get out from under
4 Many Applications for Work.
The flour mills resumed operations this
morning which insure the grinding, pack
ing and shipping Of some 49, 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,
/ and G, 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
t1on, which is just above the mill, de-
layed the reopening. The ST. Anthony
I mill, however, started up again.
Henry o. B. Harding, foreman for the
Washburn Crosby company said this
morning: eve have all the men we can
use. The A and mills which turned
out 10000 barrels Saturday will do the
same to-day and the c mill, which we
about 200o-that is, the one side we are
starting will. We have not been run
ming empty machinery, but have been
running as near capacity as we often
4 GET
The Pillsbury B and the Palisade mill
the men they needed and the other with
about half a crew. The forenen of these
mills conservatively estimated the output
i Of the mills to-day at 1000 and 1900
i barrels, respectively.
I, Duluth Men Taken Off.
Between 125 and $50 new men were
taken on at the Washburn- Crosby mills
this morning. These mills lost twenty
i five men brought down from Duluth yes
i terday, largely because the men could not
1 talk the English language, and there was
no one about the mills who could con-
verse with them and explain the situa-
/ tlon.
i From New Ulm and Sleepy Eye, o. g.
I 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
i 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 IN
the mills.
I'VE are not attempting to reopen all
the mills and won't for month yet" said
I "A. G. Loring of the Consolidated company.
| I'VE are taking advantage of the chance
to make repairs and changes. We will
mot attempt to open more than two mills
for several weeks yet.
The strikers held another meeting at !
Union Temple this morning.
Quiet Sunday.
Sunday passed almost without incident
i at the -four mills. The mills closed down
4 at midnight Saturday and remained closed
during the Hay, and few strikers appeared
about them until nightfall and even then
the services of the pickets were not de-
! manded.
I 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 OF,
duty at the mills continued to demand
4 passes from all who went thru the gates.
and that is about all they had to do, altho
some Of the strikers did get inside On
/ borrowed passes or in some other man
ner and managed to deliver their argue
ments before. being elected.
WON'T DRAFT ANOTHER TREATY.
Bogota, Sept. 2S.-A Colombian SENATOR who
appears to have reliable Information saws shat
the commission appointed to draft new prone
sition for Panama canal will report that f.. /.
| same would be useless $3.50. s-'
| The investment in pleasure yachts s.
america is about s50.0o000o and the an