, 1874-12-18

Effort to Hfnsko thu Fort sVnYno Nontl
HMurNEN liz

Effort to HfnskD tho Fart Wayne Nontl
Improve II.
Il tnoctng Of cittzonH Of tho Sixth Wart., In
conjunction with! t!ao workinyn,o,l's orga,!iza-
tion uf tho aanlo section, WINS hold Inst evening
Ia tho saloou situated OIL tte florthoast corner of
Twontyfourtll and Ilanovcr Htscots. Atr. Iholnus
Sullivan UaB callod to tho chair, and h1r. D. Ii.
Mcs}arry waa elooted Secretary.
Lin nttoudai'co Tas not very large, md tho
proceedings woro orderly.
DAVID puNNE
was chllod upon for Il Bpouc!,, and attacked tho
railroad monopo1tos In gtirrlug manner, They
woro, he aaij, groody for gain, ald, while
they woro willing to cut down tho poor
mans wages to panper prices, they re-
fnscl 10 fulfill their own contracts with
Federal, Slate, md City Governments Tho
condition Of Stewart nyon!ie, through wilch tho
pittsbnrs IL Fort Wayno lioad hau right OF
way. waA simply horrible. Tho ordinance DnsBcd
II thc Com.nul Council bound the ruad to kecp
u fout Of tho tloronghfaro in good coudlton for
tho passage Of wagons alld otliur vohlcoa. This
ai'd 1t was only one more irstauce Of tho coi.-
tempt In which certain railroad corporations hold
Tho lawb VI tho country. Ono rcason WIS tint
they were greatiy controlled BY Enns'isl' capta'-
money. rio ilinois iei oAtss Cultural i HUI Moad
was one Of that stripe. Witon MI infant corpo-
rasion. tho Federal Government granted 1t
which ,saa tied up mud which paid 10 taxcs. liz
thought TINT tho 1lliu oiB Central ought to bo
taxed in proportion, just tho ns tho poorest
propcrty.tolaor [ApplcuHo.l Ho thought that
tho Legislature ongIlt to take the matter III
hand and compel the Central to ao1l lta rcservod
lants to tho c!tIzonB BY auction. He tlorcoly do
lotncdl tho reduction ut wngos by tho Fort
Wayne limo, and ind that nIl workingtuen should
earnestly combine for tho purpose Ut broa1sing
'Gu Ha pnt soer snd e hc 1aoss prp9os Aldermen
{1'rncey and schsn,tz) had do!Io their duty. Tho
Board Of Public Works, to which was referred
tllo ordinance, had iaiIca to take nctiol 60 fur.
Dlr. Dwycr said that tho iasue vi tho Allor-
very question Of the Improvement Of Stewart
nycuuu.
RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. Oven Conlnl, President Of tho Sixth
Ward Workingnlol'a Association, prosontoll tl,o
following preamble mud resolutions, Which wcro
adopted by tho mouting:
-, WlEnE4s. Tae managers Of tho rttsb1trg, Fort
Waynu ohicugo l.airoad Company have re4aced tho
wagos Of thelr aborng to the aarvatlon paint Of
sll5 per day without, nt ti1c saino time having made
eoGre*ro,nting reduction ill thes lsssngss ua
WnEnE.a, Tho managers Of Tho sa!l railroad conf
rHny have failed or refused to comply With thu rc-
4uro1ncnts Of tip ordinances Of the City If Chicago
hls tho iawR Ut tho Stup Of Illinois, III fur they
haxo failed or rofnscd to open roadway IL feet
wide along It's line Of entrance Stewart avenue Into
along satd liao Of railway into sud city, from tl.s
sonlt branch of tho Chicago liSer, south 10 tue city
limits ot sai city 10 aforesaid; md 10 cpcn and pak
tc csoaainss Of a!l streeta aud alleys alunY sal line
Of cnrance. from salo South Branch to tho said city
limits aud to eop III good repair tie sano therefore,
Ward, IL niaasnees'ng assembled, do both collectively
md individually denounce the ucon of tho managers
cr # III ,Sdqs s9 rS ~ rs1fg the oi
MEM aud without Justification, and deserving Of tho