The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-24

people as against those of any one man.
1--WE will have transportation by and by,'
continued Rev. Hunter. land you men
drivers. conductors and motormen-will
operate the cars. lCheeraI- Some of us be-
lieve that the people have amind that you
shall run the cars; nobody wants TO de-
stroy the property of the street-car COM
pany. On the other hand some people
seem to have q mind that the cars must be
run, no matter who runs them; no matter who
is president of the street-car company. no
matter how arbitrary that president is.
The people. however. / am glad TO say, are
the lawmakers. and they are above any
corporation. Suppose the people are will
ing to walk for q month or SIX months
rather than have the cars run under the
present arbitrary ruling. how are they 60
ing to runf am hero to say that the peo-
pie have o mind that tho cars sha II not
run. lCheers.l
"I have taken O great interest In this
street-oar matter. and suppose. taken al
together in the past tfew days have talked
to more than two hundred men on this
subject-some of them iaborers and some
of them business men Of wealth-and
want 10 say that of that two hundred I
only found one man whose sympathies
were not overwhelmingly with the street.
car brotherhood. Loud checrs.l Which
side is wrongf I wonder If the people
want the cars to runp
"No,n sang out q voice from the audi
ence
''Yes they do" replied Rev. Hunter. "but
they want you to run them; they want you
to have your rights. lCheers
NOT PRIVATE CORPORATION.
This street-car company Is not a private
corporation-it is public servant: the pub
lie Is interested; it is q common carrier. IL
it does something unfair and pursues q
course not to the best interests of this
municipality then we have right to speak
and to be heard. claim that the street.
car employees nave not been getting their
rights have not been getting Justice. and
that if President Frenzel continues 10
pursue the policy he has mapped out that
it will be ruinous to this municipality.
You are mainly interested. and want you
to get what you arc demanding III q fair
and honest manner. Or course you are
not going TO resort to the destruction
of property. You now have the sympa-
thy of the great public. and it 10 Co your
interest TO hold it. That means that You
are not going to destroy property. but that
you will use such means only in your
will leave you safely on the side OF the
law. There is some controversy about
what the law is on the point of police pro-
lection in running cars. but at all events,
If you stop the cars you Will be arrested
and fined. would advise the appoint
ment OF a committee TO collect money TO
pay those fines.
There 10 one thing tn at has always made
my heart bleed, and that 10 the way you
fellows used to maui those poor mulet
lcheersl: but II isn't going 10 hurt those
mules TO unhook them from the cars;
they'd rather like it. But of course you
will be arrested and fined for it. The first
marriage fee get hold OF I'll turn into
wants TO get married. I'll get the money
from some other source lCheers. have
no personal quarrel with Mr.. Frenzel. but
j have an idea that IL he 10 allowed 60 60
on. and have his way much longer. he viii
injure the city. he makes trouble where
ever he goes and his conduct seems 10 in-
dicate that he believes the citizens or In.
dianapolis are his servants. This is the op-
portunity for the city TO rid itself Of q
man who shows many Of the elements OF
the good of the city-loy atty to the muni-
cipalty demands it.D
"send him back 10 Germany, where he
belongs" yelled some hot-headed indiyid-
ual.
"No, no." said Rev. Hunter: swell keep
him here and make good American citizen
out of him."
Rev. Hunter concluded his remarks by
admonishing the strikers 90 refrain from
violence in any form and expressing the
belief that they would win in the end.
FATHER o'DoNAGHUE.
Father O'Donagnue was next introduced
and his reception was prolonged with 60
much cheering that il wss several minutes