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"Mr. Lowry, Having No Cash to Put in it, Uses the Office Safe for a Coal Bin"

"Mr. Lowry, Having No Cash to Put in it, Uses the Office Safe for a Coal Bin." Minneapolis Journal, April 15, 1889.

"Nothing to Arbitrate"

"Nothing to Arbitrate." Minneapolis Journal, April 13, 1889.

"The Best Way To Settle It"

"The Best Way To Settle It." Minneapolis Journal, April 12, 1889.

Twin Cities Streetcar Strike, 1889

Wage cuts to employees of the Minneapolis and St. Paul streetcar companies in 1889 prompted a fifteen-day strike that disrupted business and escalated into violence before its resolution. In spite of public support for the strikers, the streetcar companies succeeded in breaking the strike with few concessions.

Brass bell from a horse-drawn streetcar

Brass bell from a horse-drawn streetcar used by the Minneapolis Street Railway Company, c.1874–1891.

Minneapolis Street Railway Company fare token (back)

Minneapolis Street Railway Company fare token (back), c.1905.

Minneapolis Street Railway Company fare token (front)

Minneapolis Street Railway Company fare token (front), c.1905.

St. Paul City Railway horsecar number one at Snelling Shops

St. Paul City Railway horsecar number one at Snelling Shops storage shed prior to reconditioning for the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the first horsecar line in St. Paul, 1922.