The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-21

complete absence Of feeling preju-
| dicial to them. Labor troubles are a
| great menace to business, strike par
| ticularly affecting the productive pos
sibilities of a plant of the size of the
| one at South ST. Paul, and it will be
| great relief to have the old men re-
! turn and have them take up the du-
ties they so well understand.
| Will Abide by Chicago Agreement
"Of course we shall abide by what
| ever agreement was made in Chicago
and will live up to its provisions. 1t
| is doubtful if, for a few days, we can
put all the men to work, as the receipt
of stock has been light since the strike
and will doubtless continue so, to soma
extent, for a few days after the official
| announcement of the settlement, but
| the old men will be given employment
as fast as the receipt of live stock will
| justify
1.-The past week has been strenu-
Gus one" said M. D. Flower, president
! of the Union Stock Yards company,
land it is a satisfaction to know Ger
! tainly that the difficulty between the
men and the strikers has been adjusted
and that business at South st. Paul
| will be allowed to assume it's former
volume. With the strike settled
would like to advise all stockmen that
| we will buy all live stock at the high
| est market price, and that particularly
choice butcher cattle are needed. Such
| stock will command good price, in
my opinion, and there could not be a
| better time to ship"
| The last day of the strike at South
| st. Paul was the most quiet of the
| nine in which the men and the COM
pany contended for mastery, the block
AIDE having been raised according to
the order of National President Michael
Donnelly.
Entrance Was Not Blocked
AT no time in the day was the en-
| trance to the plant blocked, although
piclzets were constantly maintained
and an effort made to induce persons
| desiring to enter the plant in search of
work to forego such intention. In all
but about fifteen cases the arguments
were successful, the workmen being
| induced to seek other employment.
| The picket system, as usual extended
1 around the works, and at the end of
| the day, and before the news of the
settlement had arrived, the union Off
GERS expressed their satisfaction with
the outcome of the first day without
blockade, and promised that the prac-
| tice would not be renewed An addi-
| tional telegram was received from
| President Donnelly, in which he reit-
Grated his former command that the
| laws of the state be obeyed.
| The signed statement of Judge c. G..
| Doss rejecting on Mayor Lyle COM
manded much attention and was one
| Of the principal topics of conversation.
| Judge Doss stood by his assertions and
reiterated that the statement contained
| his opinions of the mayor and that he
| would under no circumstances retract
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| circulated that he intended to have
| Judge Doss arrested on the charge of
| criminal libel, but that it was possible
| that he might seek legal satisfaction
from the judge after the settlement of
| the strike, and gave out a statement in
reply to that made by Doss. Mayor
| Lyle said:
| Gives Doss the Retort Courteous
| Replying to the statement of C. c.
Doss concerning my conduct and re-
| speeding me personally, 1 will say
MY conduct during the strike was
vindicated on the very day on which
| Doss' charges were published. Since
| the walkout 1 have contended at all
| times that complete order would be re-
stored unless arbitrary action was
| taken by the authorities before the men
| had come to the conclusion that they
had no right to blockade the street
| The piping of -DosS cannot take from
me the credit of having correctly sized
up the situation and acting in man
/ ner that caused the crisis to be passed
without serious trouble. If hot-head.
| like the judge would have us believe
| that he is. had been in charge there
| would have been a riot that might
have resulted in the loss of life
Business Agent George Steep, for the
union, said that the demand of Presi-
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raised at once and not again be put
in force will be carried out in the fu-
ture. He further said:
"Of course the members of the union
will bow to the demand of the presi-
| dent, and there will be no further
blockading. The outcome of the first
| day without a blockade has proven so
satisfactory that no effort will be made
to restore the practice, and in fact
| there is no desire on the part of the
men to have the condition restored
| TO our minds it was proven that the
| claims of the officials of the company
/ that there are great many men ready
| to go to work was not we'll founded,
and we contend that not more than
| eight new men took advantage of the
free entrance to the plant. More than
this number came with the intention of
going to work. but when we showed
them our average earnings for the
| three months before the strike they
We're willing to go in search of other
work.
/ company's Officers Surprised
| The officers of the company were
evidently surprised upon their ARRIVAL
to find that the blockade had been
abolished and that entrance to the
/ plant was not blocked They went in
without being stopped by the strikers
| standing about
When John Weir, who has been a
member of the union. started along the