The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-09-20
ANOTHER STREET
RAILWAY R)Lu|FF i !:
If Company Is Cock Sure of Its
Franchise Rights Why Is
It Afraid?
DID NOT PLAY FAIR
WITH CITY COUNCIL
Officials Agreed to Amendments
-S n>S>.> Dill nonnAI uoI
Officials Agreed to Amendments
and Before Bill Passed Had
Them Nullihed.

Street Railway company for Its fall
ure to build an extension to New Du-
luth will not down. The people feel
that If the company expects to win
it's suit with the city, and it is so
cock sure Of the result, it would lose
no time in building the extension.
The rails for the extension are at
West Duluth. The city has the road
bed we'll in shape. All there is left
to do is to get the ties and furnish
the labor. Some one has said that
the rails are the cheapest portion of
the expense of building the extension,
but The Labor World Is from
Missouri.
Manager Warren took the pains to
tell the people through paid adver-
tisements in the daily papers why the
extension could not be built. He was
very careful to 60 into detail In the
matter. He attempts to lead the peo-
pie to- believe, that. hea has taken them
into his confidence. Now why would
it not be a good thing for him to tell
Just what the cost OF building an ex-
tension to New Duluth would be, and
what portion of the total cost the
steel rails bear.
In his paid advertisement Mr.. War
rem declared that labor ag1tators
caused the strike Of a year ago to
force the closed shop upon the COM
pany.' Is this true? Did not Mr..
Warren force the strike himself by
arbitrarily discharging a number OF
his employees for no other reason than
they were members OF the union and
before any demand was made upon
his company by the union?
To show that Mr.. Warren stated
that which was not true, the demands
made upon him after the strike was
called contained no proposal for the
employment only of members Of the
unions, for the "closed shop" coulo
be had in no other way. Mr.. Warren
we'll knows that the strike was the
natural result of the penurious anc
tyrannical policy Of the company ir
dealing with it's employees. No one
was to blame for the strike but Mr.
Warren himself. He brought it on
and the public long ago placed thu
responsibility upon his shoulders.
What the Council Did DO.
Manager Warren further statet
stated that the city council in 1873:
adopted a resolution supporting th'
bill for the Duluth franchise in th'
extra session of the legislature in tn
fall of that year. This statement Il
probably true But after the resolu
tions were adopted the bill was great
ly amended, and in such manner a
to nullify the amendments proposed
by the Duluth aldermen.
The bill as originally introduced
was so sweeping in its grant to tn
company that the aldermen sent
protest to st. Paul. A conference witt
the city officials was then held an,
number Of "provisos'' protectin,
the rights of the city were placed IL
the measure. When these were in
serted other "provisos' with the word
provided further" before them. wer,
sneaked in, and these additional PRO
visos" completely nullified the amend
ments which were agreed to at tn,
conference with the city officials. It /
a. misrepresentation of facts to sa,
that the city council approved the bill
which passed the legislature. 1t di
nothing of the kind.
Their Policy Never Changes.
The franchise was gotten by fraut
and from that day to this the Du
%4 luth Street Railway company has use
tricky and scheming methods In 1t
treatment with the people of this cit,
8 Is 1t not time for the people to wax
up? How long will they permI
themselves to be fooled by the off
cials OF this public service corpora
ton? They can obtain relief throuR]
Y, municipal Ownership. and by no othe
means. Let the city begin now t.
build stub line to New Duluth an
Fond du Lac, and the Duluth stree
hallway company will thereafter b
willing to eat out of the hands T.
the people. >~"
San Francisco tried this policy m
n won, oan,,. Duluth can do the sam,
Let's yet busy. III q /. 3] VI N.
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