The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-01
|PICKETS GOT BUSY
Diverted Duluth Men Who Came to
Take Work in the
/ Mills.
Employers Are Still Hiring More
Men, However, and Mills Are
Running.

l. Thirty-tWo men who came down from
Duluth this morning, with the Intention
t.of taking strikers places In the mills Gid
not 80 to 4Werk, and because Of this TACT
the: strikers Fcredit themselves with sone
victory. s e \ tt<SS :
+ OF the thirty two. sixteen came via the
Northern Pacific, engaged by the Wash
burns Crosby company, and the other six
teen came via the Great Northern to work
in. the Crown Roller mill of the North
western Consolidated.
Acting on information received from
Duluth last night, pickets met, the North
ern Pacific train at st. Paul and the
Great Northern train at North Town
junction, and when the trains arrived in
Minneapolis the new men had decided
that they would not go to work
Before they reached this decision, how
cred to the. milling companies the checks
for the mems baggage and 1t had been
hauled down to the mills.
When the ithirty-two men marched into
| the Washburn- Crosby office and an
nounced their determination to go back on
their contracts, and their desire to get
their baggage back the situation was
somewhat strained, especially when a
picket named Fred Lumsden invaded the
cornpany's private offices in company
with Detective Brown and demanded the
return Of the mems baggage.
Inc matror was undlly ldlu DeIOIc CIleI
Of Police Conroy, who gave the mon his
guarantee that they would be allowed to
go into the mills and get their baggage
sunmolested. The milling, companies agreed
to this. but thought they should have a
chance ito talk with the men before the
latter quit them outright. =.
+ Nothing was gained by this talk, now
ever, and the milling companies finally
decided to give the men their baggage.
1--WE have taken down a good many more
lsmen to day than we have just lost, SAID
/ a representative Of the Washburn-C Crosby
company. land we will get some Of these
men back anyway"
The latter say that they came under a
Emisapprehension that the strike had been
settled Many are experienced in the
milling business. r.! -
% - Flour Shipments Increase. r
The mills. continued to grind to-day
much as they, did yesterday. The same
mills were in operation and the ssmlllers
were certain that they would grind ,OOC
barrels, including the 1000 which the
Pillsbury Anoka mill is turning out daily
The statement from the railroads shows
that the mills shipped out flour yesterday
as follows: Washburn- Crosby, 40 cars
tPillsbury- Washburn, 26 cars; y~Consoi-
dated, - cars; which,. figured at the rate
| of 200 barrels 70 the car, amounts to l7,40t
fbarre1s This Is a considerable increase
over the shipments Of the day before.
:: - A,Workman's Home Stoned.
= But one case Of violence was reported
| this morning. Some time during the
night, while the owner was away working
in the mills the home Of one of the 30
| hemians working as an oiler and sweeper
was stoned and nearly all the windows
broken. There is no evidence to show
who the assailants were. The mill district
was as quiet as ever to-day and the
morning meeting Of the strikers at Un1or
| Temple was largely attended.
| This evening committees will be sent Out
to present the case Of the strikers to, the
unions ins.the. twin cities, Saltwater anC
Duluth and ITO get financial aid. This Is
Fdone%to folloWsup the Fedora ZION OF Iabo1
circular which appears in full on page
I Of this issue. 3ies:ecee55Ese!se: K,
! Talked Strike In Council. -
A suggestion was made by Alderman
Peter Nelson at the special council meet:
1 ing yesterday afternoon that a COMMITTEES
be appointed to attempt to bring the op:
posing parties in the flour mill strike to-
gether for arbitration. Aldermen F. M
Powers and President D. P. Jones ques
toned the wisdom Of such a move. THE
latter stated that if all felt as little quail
fed as himself to judge Of the merits O
the case they would hesitate to interfere
Alderman Nelson made no motion so NJ
action was taken.