The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-18

Baker, Jry Il years or sge, attempted
to enter the plant TO take to their
father a. change OF linen. Bernard
Baker. the father. e toEsraan Of the
apparently angered at the fact that he
had failed to go out with them. The
girl and boy were refused permission
to pass the pickets. and the girl claim
ed that one of the picketss q man she
did not know, laid his hand roughly on
her shoulder. The boy says that he
saw the act. The children were later
allowed to pass without being chal.
lenged.
OF the some two hundred wives, sis
tiers, sweethearts, mothers, ctfIdren
and relatives who came as callers the
case Of the Baker girl was the only
one reported where a woman was stop
ped by the pickets. A great majority
of the men cooped up in the plant had
at least one woman caller during the
day, and in several instances the worn-
en- remained until the last car left for
st. Paul in the evening.
Workmen Appear Satisfied
When a. tour was made of the
grounds by the newspaper men the
employees who are making their homes
in the plant seemed to be ENJOYING
themselves. They reported that they
were being treated well by the COM
pany, having been furnished with a
chicken dinner and side dishes of an
appetizing nature. The company pun :
chased fifty chickens from a neighboI-
ing farmer and made the fowls the
principal dish of the Sunday dinner.
| Notwithstanding their failure to
complain the men were more than hap
py when assured by Supt Burns thar
they will likely not be asked to re-
main In the plant Monday night. They
expressed themselves that they doubt
less would be able to enjoy freedom
once more.
ooh, for just one glass Of cool beer.o
sighed one of the men. TT would not
be SO bad If those fellows out there
would allow us to leave here for few
| minutes. But they do not think that
| we possess any rights, and abused
| newsboy who managed to get through
| the lines and sell US newspapers, al
| though we paid cents for a 2-cent
paper and certainly made the boy
happy" -
You can see for yourself that we
are not forcing any of the men to stay
here said Supt. Burns. They can
leave whenever they please" l have
| investigated the report of the union
that two men, named Emil Schmidt
| and Fred Schultz, had been detained
in here against their consent until
| their wives came here and. demanded
their release, and find that the only
foundation for the claim is that Mrs,
Fred Schmahl did call here Saturday
evening and leave some clean clothes
| for her husband
Union Men Make Charges.
The union officers reiterated, how
ever, that two men had been held in
| the plant by intimidation and that they
were allowed to depart only when their
release was demanded by their wives
The union men say that the women
| threatened to bring legal actions II
| their husbands were held.
1t is thought by the stockmen that
| the arrival OF stock today will be heavy
upon the strength of Swift & Co. s
promise to be extensive buyers. The
estimate is based to some extent upon
| the fact that on Saturday but seven
! teen cars of live stock were received
while on Sunday twenty-five cars came
| billed to South St. Paul, and in addi-
| ton twenty-hye-cars of sheep originally
( billed to Chicago were detained onsTthe
belief that the South St. Paul market
will be strong today.
The commission men have not earn
ed their salt for the past week. ex-
planned one of the number, and OF
course we will be glad to see resuInp-
ton of business. A week of dealing in
milk cows has satisfied US that there
is no money in such business, and we
are anxious to once more have the
packers on the market"