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VOL. VII
THE DALLES, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1894.
NO. 167
KNIGHTS TO STRIKE
And the Tyjograpliical Union Will
Follow Tnem.
LET THE CORPORATIONS ANSWER
The Situation in California Pullman
Goes to Europe and Leaves the
Strike to Settle Itself.
Statement From Debs.
Chicago, July 5. Eugene V. Debs,
president of the American Railway
Union, bps issned a long statement in
justification of the great strike of which
he ia the central figure. The article is
addressed to the public, and reads in
part as t.'.lowa :
"ThePul'uian employes who struck
May 6 last uid so entirely of their own
accord. The officers of the American
Railway Union used all their influence
to pacify the employes, and advised
them repeatedly not to strike, but to
bear patiently their grievances until a
peaceable settlement could be effected,
The truth of this statement the em
ployes themselves will bear witness o.
But the grievance of the employes,
and women, had become so aggravated,
so galling, that patience deserted them,
and they abandoned their employment
rather than submit longer to conditions
against which their very souls rebelled.
The Pullman company, be it understood,
owns the town of Pullman, owns the
home of the employes, controls the
light and water and other necessaries of
life, and wages are so adjusted to living
expenses that in a large majority of
cases the employes are scarcely able to
support their families. At the time
they struck the employes were in arrears
to the Pullman company $70,000 for
rent alone. Wages bad been repeatedly
reduced, but the rent and all other ex
penses remained the same.
"The employes from the beginning
have been willing to arbitrate their dif
ferences with the company, but the
company arrogantly declares that there
is nothing to arbitrate. If this be true,
why not allow a board of fair and im
partial arbitrators to determine the fact.
Committee after committee waited upon
the officials of the Pullman company,
but all their advances were repelled.
Up to this point the trouble was confined
to the Pullman Company and its em
employes and how then did the strike
extend to the railways? Let the answer
be given in accordance with the facts.
"The day before the order for the men
to decline to pull Pullman cars went in
to effect, the managers' association, re
presenting the , principal western rail
ways, met and adopted a series of reso
lutions, declaring in substance that they
would uphold the Pullman Company in
its fight upon its employes, that they
would haul Pullman cars and would
stand together in crushing out the
American Railway Union. It will thus
be seen that the railway companies vir
tually joined forces with the Pullman
Company; went into partnership with
them, so to speak, to reduce and defeat
their half-starved employes. In this
way the trouble was extended from
system to system until a crisis has been
reached.
"What can be done to dispel the ap
prehension that now prevails and re
store confidence? The American Rail
way Union, by whose authority, and in
whose behalf this statement is made,
stands ready, and has from the begin
ning stood ready, to do anything in its
power, provided it is honorable, to end
this trouble. This, it can be stated, is
the position the organization occupies.
It simply insists that the Pullman Com
pany shall meet Its employes and do
them justice. We guarantee that our
employees will accept any reasonable
proposition. Let them agree as far as
they can and where they fail to "agree,
let the points in dispute be submitted
to arbitration. The question of the
recognition of the American Railway
Union or any other organization is
waived. Let the spirit of conciliation,
mutual concession, and compromise
animate both sides, and there will be
no trouble in reaching a settlement that
will be satisfactory to all concerned.
"It has been asked what, sense there
is in sympathetic strikes. Let the cor
porations answer. When one is assailed,
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all go to the rescue. They stand to
gether; they supply each other with
men, money and equipments. Labor,
in unifying its forces, simply follows
their example. If the proceeding is
vicious and indefensible, let them first
abolish it. In this contest labor will
stand by labor. . Other organizations
will not be called out, but they will go
out, and the spectacle of Mr. Pullman,
fanned by the -breezes of the Atlantic,
while his employes are starving, is not
calculated to prevent their fellow wage
workers from going to their rescue by
the only means at their command. Let
me repeat that we stand ready $o do our
part toward averting the pending crisis.
If the corporations refuse to yield and
stubbornly maintain that there is noth
ing to arbitrate, the responsibility for
what may ensue will be upon their own
heads and they cannot escape its penalties."
Friendly Labor Organizations
Chicago, 'July 5. President Debs and
the directors met representatives of the
Chicago Typographical Union this after
noon, and were informed that if it could
be shown that any good 'would be done
by such a move, every union printer in
the city would strike in sympathy with
the American Railway Union. They
Only await the proper showing and a
request from the union officials to strike.
At thie afternoon conference it was ar
ranged that a meeting of the leaders of
all national Jabor. organizations of the
country, including . toe typographical
union, should be called. The chief 9 of
a number of the national organizations
will be here tomorrow, and it . has been
arranged that a meeting of the represen
tatives be held at 10 o'clock in the
morning for the purpose of discussing
the situation and ascertaining whether
the members are desirous of being called
out before any conference to settle the
trouble shall be held. It was given out
by .the directors today that unless a
change occurred tomcrrow morning a
general strike of all labor organizations
in sympathy with the Union and its
friends would be ordered by tomorrow
evening. At the meeting of the labor
chiefs . tomorrow it is likely that a
monster meeting of strikers and sym
pathizers will be called, the time and
place to be agreed upon at the morning
meeting.
Toe Telegraphers.
New York, July 5. A morning paper
sayB: "A story was circulated last
night to the effect that the members of
the grand lodge of the Order of Com
mercial Telegraphers had been called to
gether hurriedly to hold a special session
in conjunction with the grand officers of
the Order of Railway Telegraphers, the
meeting to take place in Philadelphia.
The object is said to ' be to bring
about an understanding between the
two orders on the railway strike, and in
case of the railroad men being called out
the commercial men are expected to fol
low. In Chicago nearly 500 commercial
telegraph operators are allied with the
American Railway Union, and in other
parts si the country a similar union has
been formed. A circular letter has
been issued to all commercial telegraph
operators warning them to keep away
from Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City
and other Western points where labor
troubles exist. Should the railroad op
erators go out, there is not the slightest
doubt but that the commercial men will
low. This, together with the existing
troubles, would cripple the entire conn-
try, and in such an event it would seem
as though there was but one step to be
taken by the government for the protec
tion of the public at large, and that
would be to assume control of the tele
graph lines at once. A diligent search
was made throughout this city last nignt
and resulted in finding but one officer of
the grand lodge of the order of commer
cial Telegraphers. That gentleman de
clined to.be interviewed on the subject
of the Philadelphia meeting, but, ad
mitted that some of the executive com
mittee were out of the city."
Trouble Crossing the Bay.
Oakland, July , 5. From before 6
o'clock: until alter iu this morning
thousands of people who live on this
side of the bay and do business in San
Francisco stood on the shores waiting
for transportation. The regular ferries
were all stopped. To make the blockade
complete three ferry-boats temporarily
running 'on the Creek route grounded
in Oakland Creek and stuck fast. They
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