Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-09
MORE TALK OF ARBITRATION
Commercial Organizations seek to
End TeIegraPhers' Trouble before
wheat Crop Begins 20 Move.

ST. PAUL, Mimi. Aug. S.-Commercial
clubs and merchants and farmers organi-
cations along the lines of the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific railways in Min
nesota are asked to take action to end
the present telegra pliers strike. and the
governor of Minnesota has been appealed to
to use his good Offices I'm bringing about
harmony in order that business interests
may suffer no further injury. The wheat
harvest throughout Minnesota and the Da-
kotas has begun and the work of moving
a big crop will, it is said, test the capacity
Of the roads. even under normal conditions.
The telegraphers at strike headquarters
seem to attach great Importance to the ex-
pected arrival of President J. j. Hill, and
in his official circular tonight President
Perham says:
Mr. j. ]. Hill is expected in St Paul
within a few days and II is thought that
he will look into the strike situation and
possibly bring about solution of our DIFF
ficulties.
A wreck on the Northern Pacific at Brain
erd today tied up that branch for several
hours A switch engine was on the main
line and a head-on collision occurred In
which both engines were wrecked and the
conductor and several passengers bruised.
but no one seriously hurt. The strikers
claim the wreck was caused by a lack of
telegraphc communication.
One of the telegraph companies whose
lines follow the Great Northern between
here and Duluth was without communica-
tion with the latter place nearly all day
Linemen sent ont are reported to have
found the wires crossed near West Duluth
| a fine wire having been found connecting
all of the wires on the poles. All the West
ern Union officers at division headquarters
| stated today that they were able to get
! into communication with more stations on
the Northern roads than at any time since
| the strike began.
A special from Aberdeen s. D. says the
strike on that branch Of the Great Northern
road is over, all of the men having returned
to work, satisfied with schedule presented
TO them last night.
More freight vas reported moving today
than has been moved for, a week past. The
restrictions on perishable goods were re-
moved by both roads today, although bills
| for freight consigned to some stations were
required to be prepaid. President Perhan
denies that there has been any serious de
| fection from the ranks of the strikers and
| says that the companies are not securnf
] sufficient operators to be of much service
| TO them. He denied that there was a pos
| sbility Of a general sympathetic strike OF
| the part of the engineers and trainmen
but said that on the Montana division con
| ductors and engineers had refused to re
| ceive telephone or flag" orders
| SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. S.-Accordine :,
| Superintendent Wymouth of the Seattl,
division of the Northern Pacific and Super
intendent Scott of the Cascade division O
the Great Northern, the railway teleRra
pliers strike is practically over. Th
former states that every office on tn
! Seattle division of the Northern Pacific
save one, is in operation and the compan,
has all the operators It wants.
| Superintendent Scott. whose headuuarter
are at Everett. stated that every station
north of Everett, except Lockport, is sun
piled with an operator. He says tha
trains are moving on time and that ther
are no delays in the arrival of freight a
| this destination on his division.
Superintendent Scott stated also that tn
strikers are manifesting a willingness to q
| back to work.
NEW YORK, Aug S.-The strike o
bread bakers in Hebrew quarters toda
spread to Brooklne, where a union of Is
bakers quit work.