The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-16

| -. But thlrty-one cars OF cattle We're
received at !. the yards yesterday, and
hog Shipments were correspondingly
light.
BANGS ASKS GOVERNOR !.
FOR STATE TROOPS
If the village and county authorities
are unable, by swearing in special po-
/ licemen and deputy sherfffs, to- pro-
tect life, property and the public peace
at South st. Paul, Gov. Van SAINT viii
! call out the militia.
/ He will not take such drastic ac-
| ton, however, until the local authori-
ties have shown themselves incapable
| of handling the striking butchers and
| packers at South ST. Paul.
Robert Jam1son, private secretary
to Gov. Van SAINT, yesterday told Gen
eral Manager John S. Bangs, of Swift
& Co., and a delegation of ST. Paul
business men, that when the local au-
thorities at South ST. Paul had ex-
| hausted all their efforts to protect life
and property at the hands of striking
| butchers, then, on the requiSition of
Sheriff Grisim and showing suff-
Gent to justify SO unusual a step, Gov.
Van SAINT would call out the militia.
GOV. Van SAINT, who was in Iowa,
was informed of the situation. and
! Secretary Jamison's statement was
made on authority.
| The strained situation at South ST.
| Paul yesterday forenoon resulted in
the appearance of General Manager
Bangs at the governors office at the
state capitol in the afternoon. Stimuli
taneousiy with the arrival of Swift &
| Co.'S st. Paul representative appeared
delegation of prominent ST. Paul
manufacturers and jobbers and Mayor
! Lyle, of South ST. Paul, and Sheriff
j. j. Grisim, of Dakota county. Adit.
Gen. E. D. Libbey, of the Minnesota
national guard, was also present At
| torney General w. J. Donahower was
| expected, but did not participate in
| the conference. At the suggestion of
| Bangs, newspaper men We're excluded
from the meeting, which continued for
matter of nearly two hours
Among the business men present
were r. A. Kirk, ]. H Beck, John
Townsend, T. N. Schuize and others.
Mr.. Beck is secretary and Mr.. Town
| send is treasurer of the International
Mercantile agency, and the. others are
| prominent in manufacturing and job
bling.
Bangs Asks for Militia
1t was reported after the conference
that Mr.. Bangs had asked for the pres
ence of the militia. at South ST Paul
| TO permit his company to operate its
| plant II it had the men with which to
work the different departments.
| No absolute denial was made of the
report but Secretary Jamison said:
| Mr.. Bangs was very reasonable in
| his request. He said that all he want
ed was opportunity to protect the rights
| of his company and the men EMPLOYED
| by it. Under the circumstances he was
| satisfied he should have the assistance
! OF the peace officers and possibly the
| executive department.
The situation at South st. Paul ap
pears to be about this" said Secretary
Jamison. Mayor Lyle has a police
| force of six men, and the sheriff of
dakota county has arrived on the
| scene of the strike and has shown a
disposition to cooperate with the po-
| nee in protecting employees and prop
erty; He has sworn in six deputies at
hastings and taken them to South ST.
Paul and is now assisting the police
force OF the village. But there are al
most thousand men and women out
at the packing plants and the officers
are 1mpotent against them if they want
TO prevent other employees from going
to work
Swift & Co. are DESTROYS of giving
employment to men, but the strikers,
whenever the company has ATTEMPTED
70 take any of them into their plant,
| nave prevented them, by discussion and
nave In some cases put hands upon
| them and pushed them back 1 believe
that's the extent Of the force and yio-
fence that has been attempted
Inc situation appears to be in statu
! quo. Swift & Co. can make none but
futile attempts. They have called on
the Sheriff to do his utmost 1t re-
mains to be seen what the sheriff can
do, but when he exhausts his resources
and shows that he is powerless and
calls on the governor, and makes it
appear that some action on the part of
lhe governor is necessary, then some
action will be taken.'
Claim Public Is Interested
The representations by Messrs Kirk.
Beck and the Others who accompanied
them were to the effect that the public
| Is interested, for If the strike shall con-
tlnue any length of time it will be in
lmlcal to the interests of the peopIe.
ana as every citizen is interested thew
| hoped that the matter will be adjusted
as soon as possible.
| The appearance of the delegation of
business men came as "a surprise to
/ secretary Jamison. who had no in
be conference. He said one of the
business men first introduced himself.
then the others and began to talk. ri
is supposed that they appeared at the
invitation of Mr.. Bangs, who desired
them to assist him in presenting his
Mr.. Lyle, the South st. Paul mayor
ana Mr.. Grisim, the sheriff of Dakota.
county, who were at the conferences
were not inclined to discuss its pro
! ceedings. upon its adjournment. The
South st. Paul mayer said, something
t of the interference of ST. Paul" in
affairs Of his town. The sheriff abso-
lutely declined to talk and he and his
mayor friend departed Immediately for
South st. Paul.
j. II. Beck, who was spokesman for
the business men, said last night that
he had no statement to make He had
appeared as an individual before the
| governors representative and it had
been agreed that any Statement of the
] proceedings should come from Secre-
tary Jamison. He would not assume
to correct any statement that Secre-
tary Jamison might give out. ,.s
Jamison Makes Statement
Secretary Jarnison made a statement
at the close of the conference which
sets forth the position taken by the
| governor. While Gov. Van SAINT was
at Dubuque, Iowa, yesterday the sec
4 rotary succeeded in getting him by tel