The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-07
UNION LEADERS ARE
STILL PREPARED
FOR ASTRIKE
Both Sides Are Awaiting
Hearing Of Proceedings in
Federal Court and if In
junction Is Dissolved the
Men Will Be Called Out.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 6.-The
general officers of the Brotherhoods of
Firemeh and Trainmen and commit
tees in relation to the impending strike
situation on the Wabash tonight issued
statement addressed to their men,
bers on the Wabash, giving a resume
of the situation, and advising them to
continue loyal to the railroad COM
pany and to their respective organiza-
tons, and to pay no attention to the
statements or threats of any person
nor to any rumors which may be put in
circulation.
An all-day conference was held in
the Southern hotel by Grand Masters
Mammalian and Morrissey. of the
Brotherhoods of Firemen and Train
men, with their attorneys, Messrs. r.
win and Pinney, and F. N. Judson. An
answer to Judge Adams Injunction,
with affidaVits, may be filed in court
tomorrow. John II. Murphy, chief
counsel of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen who arrived today
from Denver, Joined in the conference
There were no new developments
at Wabash headquarters, President
Ramsey reporting that the service
throughout the system was proceeding
without anything unusual to mark it.
He reviewed his action of last Mon
day afternoon, when the Injunction
was served to prevent a strike, going
into the details, which have not before
been made public.
Statement From Unions.
The officers of the unions issued an
official statement tonight, reviewing
the proceedings thus far, and closing
as follows:
I'VE are taking the1necessary legal
steps to protect our rights, and we
believe we can furnish, the court am
pie facts and sufficient reasons for va
eating the order. Until this has been
done these organizations will respect
the order of the, court = We advise our
officers andemembers, not only on the
Wabash system, but elsewhere, to do
likewise"
President Ramsey said tonight:
If the injunction is dissolved, 1
think strike is likely, In case of the
dissolution 1t, Will probably be ordered
at once by the leaders, The Wabash
employees will not go out until ordered
to do so.
"A strike may Inconvenience the
Wabash for some time, but it VIII not
tie up the system to any serious ex-
tent unless "a boycott is ordered at the
different terminal and junction points"
Ramsey Explains. ..O.e a.
Mr. Ramsey then discussed the &C
ton of last Monday, When the 1njunc-
ton was served on the employees, Of
fitials. He said:
"On Monday. afternoon I received a
formal notice from the committee of
the Brotherhood officers that the vote
of the brotherhood of Railway Train
men and of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen had been In favor of
declaring a strike in the event that
their demands were not granted, and
was given until IL o'clock noon Tues
day to answer it, at which hour, fail
ing to answer, strike would be de-
clared. replied to the communica-
ton, and my reply was delivered at
the Laclede hotel to the committee at
O'Clock Monday evening
AS this reply requested the COM
mlttee to furnish me their ultimatum
covering the points which must be
conceded in order to prevent a strike,
on tuesday,, ore fifteen minutes after
the hour fixed by the committee itself
Failing to get reply, had. the in
junction served. ''''
AT ~ 8 p. m. received a letter
from the committee in I answer to
mine of Monday, giving the informa-
ton desired.
,4-.., Letter Came, Late.
Had this letter reached me by
l2;15, the Injunction would not have
been served by that time, but would
have been held back tin the hope that
further conferences would have pre-
vented the necessity 1cof1 it's service.
Even after theoinjunctiOn was served
| replied in full to the letter received
from the committee, being of the opin-
ion that the service of the injunction
did not relieve either me or the COM
mlttee from doing all in our power to
arrive at an amicable settlement and
prevent the necessity of any strike,
and am of that opinion stil1.
MY reply was delivered to the com
mittee at 4:45 p. ms on Tuesday, or
fifteen minutes before the time fixed
by them for reply b To this letter l
have had no reply whatever. The poll
cy of the Wabash is unchanged It
maintains that it isGpayirw as good
wages and has as equitable rules as
any of its competitors If it is not
doing this, it stands ready, injunction
or no injunction, to carry out it's
pledge, given to its employees, to adj
vance its wages or change it's rules
when that is shown to- be out of line
with it's cOmDetitorS