The daily gazette., 1877-07-30
b STRIKERS.
biting at Baltimore e :
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|REss BY vI0E+PREs1-
ENT KEYSER, OF THE
B. & 0. RAILROAD.
hERMs PROPOSED BY THE
REJECTED BY
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THE STRIKERS. gllI.s r.
81
meeting of the b. & o. r. r.
held in Baltimore ON Friday
bn, letter was read from the
h stating that they would adhere
In per cent. reduction but would
their power to arrange matters
enable all the men employed to
b full average months work, so
+y can earn more money than
hve heretofore been receiving.
eading this proposition, Mr.. VIM.
second Vice-President of the
b, addressed the meeting, as fol
fordS me pleG to be brought
face with 50 many of the employ
& I'm during the period of six years
<lhclal connection with the road
het IN the performances of their
IN the line. NO better refutation
tharge that you are willingly the
Of riot or disturbance of the
eace exists than the presence of
body of men - see before me.
before you in critical juncture,
of the railroad company's af-
h of the city of Baltimore and the
feat highways of the country be
be seaOoard and the West have
|bpptd to traffic for several days ;
has been paralyzed large COM
have been driven to a condition
Fly and almost frenzy, and the
Uundatlon of the social fabric has
|aken. You men whom i see be-
have been the cause of this great
nce, and Will be held rigidly ac-
Die for it. You have seen fit to
y desert your posts, but 10 assume
pnd that being dis atistied your
no others should take your places.
|cupy this position before the COM
and tins whole country tonight.
PINE here to state to you, frankly
'rleSSly, the consequences which
Fe entailed upon the COUNT y by
|ttionS.
company on the 10th of July last
20 issue an order providing for a
reduction Of ten per cent. in the
Is employees. That order reach
president IN its effects, 80 well as
oleSt subordinate on the road
pay exceeded 81 per day. Nine
~ an those affected, recognizing
eessity for this reduction, accepted
Pgreed loyalty to abide by the com.
GU, however, minority of less
h per cent. of the employees, have
10 assume the attitude that YOU
lther accept the reduction nor al.
|pers to fill your places.
position is wholly untenable, and
Pich Tor molnentcould be conced.
II were, all discipline, all law, and
would be sapped at their very
tlonS, and the principle would be
enen that a small minority of men
Eehted with their real or imaginary
pces' could assume the position
II great mass of their colleagues
pe forced into compulsory idle.
Pu on their account.
reasonable for one moment to
Y 'hat the Baltimore and Ohio
~ Company in the face of the
Vi less than one teuth of It's EN-.
I provided your whole class is
,1n, which is far from being the
iall De forced into the position OF
aily suspending its operations:
ior one moment look at the con-
'es, IN the first place your col
men employed in the machinery
H., n., III the road departments
ut department, in all the yariou,
'enIs which go to make up a gre al
+ on,' mus. necessarily be thrown out
g. a 1,,' T, "h'll Your grievances are
mi, ,f nt community along the
ough which the road passes must
W haVe their business compl.t.i,
III Th; anu made subject to youl
.nd dhis great city, with its com
ECU "i iIS manufactures, must sub.
see ] an paralyzed, the wheels OF
.opPeu' Vessels lying at the whar
a'eihe GargOes, stevedores and
,.ca"u'l "uu i Hli the minor employments
ucause ', business has ceased TO flow
stahii sddi channels; large manufact ur.
''aoliStmthts /, closed because fue
|, 9e had, and because the product,
\ oe shipped; the agricultural in,
Frustrated here at a time wheI
aVpS IaTa are are rlpening; when farmers
na1e y 1 watched with anxiety from
in u"y 'heir ripening fruit musi
.at ~ consequence of your dissatisfac
-. On The trees because il canno
the markets. ~ w" y
,ues all TINS, what has followed in tn
|, Wy sour movement J.? You haye seel
'ountry eonvulsed, the COVE N
u "ipealei 10 for troops, Stats troop
,u,st oa', more MN tDis very night tn
Iryioa eu Tue entire disafI-cted cl.sses u
~ s''e 'aten from their homes and thei
i, 'nu from peaceful pursuits +
tIv y, n.Ir a. ms ln order to protect th
|. ~ Vi thls company and this city fror
1"'s' w. whlcn your acts b we eugel
NJ worse than all This, you hav
I spirit. which unless curb ID au
tLs ''Nes likes at the very tundament,
't, 'ne liberty and the life OF TINS countr
"'uu n every good citiz sn recognizes t
!, nave seen the results of the terribl
i'.'sburg, and the enormous de
q on Vi property, t. be psil Tor by tn
oVer>barueued taxpayers; you hav
'aooeht men aud women shot dow
streets; you have seen riot and blood
! ohlcago, Cincinnati, Reading all
a: :'iniheht cities OF the land. L, IA,
' tent u Cause you to pause aud Il
'o'e ,r You go still further la this recl
- " arc some OF the conse O uences {
,.ioh' and l come before You to-nist
" you that'this cond ton OF affail
-'aSe' Every cItiz n OF this town d.
d ,"at II shall Cease, the governmeu
u9 Z, anu the railroad compA, v mir
: :, Tie demand, THIS trouble con
" " on the b Bdtlmore and Quo roa,
WIN do you the justice to say that
"' y u from b intention OF wishiu
y Lug t o .revl"us results whit
"'d ,"Hr nctunr.
" s't' II now 10 " YOU 20 loyAlI
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