The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-03
ANOTHER Mill RUNS.
Employing Millers Say Engineers
Attitude Does Not Affect
Situation.
switchmen Are Uneasy and Have
Invited Their Grand
Master Here.

The second week of the strike at the
-four mills comes to it's close tonight with
both the strikers and the mill managers
confident and with no change since the
strike was declared except the gradual in
crease in the number of mill employees and
in the output of the mills
"A promised strike of the mill engineers
rather failed to materialize fully yesterday
afternoon. The stationary engineers un-
ion at Its Thursday evening meeting de-
cided to, call out the members at work in
the mills and some engineers walked out
from the Consolidated company's Crown
mill This action had no effect except to
put more work on the chief engineers. At
strike headquarters it was admitted that
few Of the engineers had gone out. eve
think it may bother them some tho" said
enc of the strike leaders.
Shipments yesterday, according to the
official report, were:ss, Washburn- Crosby,
rs carloads; Pillsbury- Washburn, 81; Con-
solidated, 16. This is much more than any
one days shipment heretofore made since
the strike began. s@E
In the face of the promised trouble with
the engineers the Washburn- Crosby COM
pany opened its fifth mill to-day, adding.
one more to the number Of mills running.
| ! swtchmen Are Uneasy.
| It is understood that the switchmen's
unions, whose members are becoming dis
l
men at the mills has been laid off, have
called Grand Master Sweeny into the case.
He is expected Monday. and will decide
whether the local unions will declare a
sympathy strike.
! W. r. McEwan, secretary and treasurer
of the State Federation Of Labor, ad-
| dressed the strikers in Union Temple this
morning and assured them of the support
of the federation and that no more men
! would come from Duluth to work in the
mills. al g.. 49, ...-.
The strike leaders have issued a formal
appeal to the local unions affiliated with
the international asking for financial aid.
It says among other things: .
| The Minneapolis boys have spent time and
| money organizing their fellow workmen in other
parts Of the country The mill owners of the
country are with the Minneapolis FIRMS for they
means the possible failure Of our interna tional
union. !. ~ ~. ... ...
We must call on you for financial aid We
are sorely In need of assistance. Our men are
determined to win this fight if it takes all
winter. But we need money to take care OF
1900 men. We suggest that every member OF
Nos. I, and 8. - :, -.
"-> As to Flour Shipments.
For the past three days the striker
have been circulating the report that man,
of the cars shipped out by the mills eac]
day have either been sealed empties" sen
out for effect and returned the next day
or else carloads of flour so poorly groun
that it either came back the next da
for re-bolting or was sent down to tn
Buffalo mills for the same purpose
The point the strikers have been tryin
to make is that the inexperienced help i
, the mills has been turning out poo
: and unmarketable. grade of -four, and
small quantity Of 1t at that. .
Such statements are absolutely absurd
:. and as false as absurd.;,'r said John Wash
$ burn of the Washburn- Crosby, company
this morning. 1--WE haven't shipped any
thing like an empty car out Of here sine
I the strike began and few cars that didn
n run 200 barrels to the car. q Our actus
!; run yesterday was 10000 barrels Not
u carload Of -four has been returned for re
! ! boiling since the strike began, and not
- carload has been sent anywhere else fc
. re-bolting. :. - r. <.
=. :. '.The -four we have been turning o,
= has gone directly into the market whe1
: 1t has commanded a good price. If OF
y output were not up to the standard "
y wouldn't be selling it, and it is the sam
> With the other Mills " i
4 Still a Chance for Old Men.
3, The managers Of the milling compani,
d are issuing notice to the strikers that tt
l. time limit for the atter's return to wol
T. is rapidly approaching. Permanent wol
| eSAASSSA
g and If the strike should be declared G
g the employers say there will be places f
ii but few Of the strikers, as the recruits w
If be retained. &t&' .,..' 80 =.
Of Some of those boys ought to come bat
"A to work while they have a chance sa
MI Washburn. The chance won't la
n long. We are getting more men every d.
N and we are keeping pretty nearly all '
get Sometimes a man is dissatisfied al
som et1mes he is unsatisfactory, but mo
~ of them are staying Presently there W
- be room for no more and then the strike
who want work will find no places waltz
for. them. They will have to hurry, If tn
want to get In. = -. 49, = r
THE strike will never be settled so +
as we are concerned We are going to r,
TN the mills and that is all there is to it. y
q The Washburn- Crosby company $
re- cured sixteen roustabouts from Milwauk
III this morning, but the pickets got two
them away. Several other additions we
in made to the working forces of the mi
n during the day.