Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-12-06

the trains in motion, SO further nego.
| tiations with the men who had gone or
strike ended absolu tely; on J uly IS: Be
new force This force, Mr.: FrogRe1
says, in the car repair department., is
the most efficient the company has ever
that measure Of efficiency, but it is
rapidly approaching it. a.*55 3sS .sss5:
Mr.. Frogner presented figures show.
ing the great im9ortancs to Ml1 lhnns o
! He asked fair treatment for all OF
the men employed by the company. He
did not ask for any favors for..the com
strikers. He asked that the new men
be shown the same courtesy that all
Egood citizens received. = or $..
He deplored the necessity, for the
establishment Of q store, a barbershor
and living quarters in the railroad
yards. Tt was brot out that the att
tude of the city administration, and that
had fostered the development of a sit:
uation threatening, the disruption OF
that equitable relationship that fosters
the. city, the railroad and its en-
The. city council has not come in for
adverse criticism It is through the
ment,'' that matters Of this kind reach
a crisis & :
Willmar is the only city, on the Great
still n1ainta med in the yards and the
company officials will welcomes that
condition, that will make a return to
nornalcy' possible: ~ (, 'r.-< "
Melrose and Brainerd are about to
to St. Cloud {
IVY Wer faa it + not that t the company off,
generally are not responsible for and
do not approve an unfair attitude, Will
mar would suffer in like manner.
ing will no doubt have the right effect.
P. B. Hong presided at the meeting.
After the conclusion:. Of supt, Frog
ner's talk the chair appointed the com
mittse on resolutions A motion pre-;
vailed that he appoint four others and
himself, The resolutions as submitted
were adopted almost unanimously.
WiHmer Tribune, objected to the adop-
ton of the resolutions without the last
paragraph being stricken out He said
that it was his belief that it was the
the company that the business men
would deal fairly with all men. Dr. E.
Fl: Frost objected to, the paragraph be-
agraph were in any way inappropr lat
it was in the fact that it stated the
case so mildly. - -
Judge T. o. Gilbert stated that evil
IDENTIFY Mr. Augustson had not 5rasped
the real spirit and purpose of the meet
ing. There is no doubt that the bust
ness men will deal fairly with all peo-
pie, but the real necessity was the ex-
preston Of disa approval Of the admins
tration's attitude.
when we think of the administra-
ton we think of the head of the city
government, Mayor Lawson" said Jud-
ge Gilbert. HE is not only the mayor
but the editor of the Willmar Tribune
And when the Willmar Tribune in re-
ferring to employees of the railroad
company in their efforts to buy services
in places of business in Willmar holds
them up to scorn and ridicule in first
page articles in that newspaper, it is
time for red blooded Americans to pro-
test"
Geo. H. bitterness expressed the deem
sympathy for the strikers that all feel
The rights Of American citizens must
however. be respected.
The suggestion of a, stronger state
ment for the last paragraph of the
resolutions being pressed again, Mr.
Hong stated that a stronger para
graph had been considered by the COM
mittee, but the conclusion had been
reached that if it were made as mild as
possible it would be as clearly under
stood:
C. w Odell suggested a permanent
organization, a civic welfare body of
general membership, to consider ques-
tlons Of general Importance as a check
upon the development of situations so
unfortunate as the present one is. On