The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
ARBITRATION FOR
WIRE STRIKE AT
FEDERAL COST:
BURLINGTON MAY
Be INVOLVED NOW:
photographers Hear the Road Is
Sending Out Strike
breakers.
Officials Deny It-Perham Inves-
tigating Railroad Com
mission Probing.

Indications are that the Burlington
road may find telegraphers' strike on
its hands before long if its management
persists in extending strike breaking
aid to the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific roads, such as information re-
ceived at strike headquarters tells
about. To what extent the Burlington
is question, but that it is being fully
Investigated by President Perham Of
the strikers is certainty.
Mr.. Perham, when interviewed on the
subject this afternoon, said:
Some of our men have made formal
complaint to me Of aid being extended
by the Burlington road against our
strike. The men were anxious for me
to at once take the matter up with the
Burlington. | demanded more evidence
to substantiate their charges than they
have yet produced, SO have done moth
ing in the matter up to the present.
If it can be proved that the Burlington
IS interfering, then | will promptly take
1t up with the Burlington officials
"Ridiculous,'' Says Burlington.
cit is absolutely ridiculous to say
that the Burlington is trying to inter
The Northern Pacific and Great North
Pm roads," said an official of the Bur-
ace in St. Paul today. "There is no
truth in it. We are not mixed up in
the trouble in any way.'
Conferences on Four Roads.
The regular annual conferences of
tefegrapi1ers' committees with head Off
pals of different railroads are scheduled
10 be held as follows:s Ss9s, = 7s-:,
With the Omaha road, in st. Paul,
With the 500, in Minneapolis. Aug. a..
With the Rock Island, in Chicago,
Aug. IA.
With the Northwestern. in Chicago.
These meetings are all independ dent
pf the present telegraphers' strike, Mr..
Perham says.
emo Trouble,'' Says 500 Officer.
E. Pennington, vice president and
general manager of the 500 line de-
clared today that the conference be-
tween the 500 management and it's tel
agraph operators, set for Monday, Aug.
Ia, would have no bearing on the
strike situation and was not the out
come of any disagreement between the
road and its employees. Mr.. Penning-
ton said:
cit is our custom to hold Golfer
ence with our employees every year
DR. two. The operators asked for this
conference two months ago-long be-
fore the Great Northern n orthern Pa
cific strike was thought of-and were
told that, owing to pressure Of bust
ness, we could not meet with them I'm
til some date near Aug. Is. Monday =
conference is the one promised two
months ago and has nothing to do will
The strike or any difference of opin
ers. We employ about 26O operator
and they are well satisfied. They will
undoubtedly ask for some increase il
wages or reduction In hours, and tn,
question will be settled in friendly
way; We never have trouble with GU;
employees
No Grain Moving Today.
The movement of grain over tn
Great Northern and Northern Pacifi
roads has ceased. Not car came int
Minneapolis this morning over the MOI
thern Pacific and the Great Northern
brought in one car.
With the old crop we'll cleaned u
and the new crop not yet moving in an
quantity, the receipts are necessaril;
light, but no such remarkable shown
as that of today has. ever been seen il
the history Of the roads.
New wheat will soon be ready TO
the market in many localities along tn
Great Northern and if the road canno
move it cry will go up from the farm
ers and the country grain buyers an,
elevator men who will suffer.
Governors Letter Sent East.
Governor johnson IS letter to Presi
dent. Elliot of the Northern Pacific sug
costing arbitration as a settlement o
e5,ged by President Elliot's secretar
today.
The communication said that the let
ter would be forwarded to Mr.. Elliot
who is now in the east. Nothing we
has been heard from President Hill O
the Great Northern, to whom a simila
latter was sent.
Commission at Work Today.
G. F. Staples of the railroad and ware
house commission acknowledged tina
protest against several closed station
along the line of the Great Norther,
and Northern Pacific had been made a
his department.
For the purpose of considering tn
matter, he said, an informal conferenc
with officials Of the two roads had bee
arranged for late this afternoon.
Z The protests against the closed sta
tions had been made by A. G.. Garfield
Z vice president of the Retail Clerks az
ISOLATION. His grievance is that b.
cause of a failure to move freight
clerks are being laid off in large nun
bers by merchants turnout the state.
It's Jurisdiction.
There seems to be wrong impres
SION abroad regarding our jurisdictio
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