The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-20
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GEAR AND YALE COLLEGE
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ties of the Globe.
American Railway Union.

American Railway Union.
mol to The News.
CHICAGO, June 20 A number
monument officers of railroad or
njzstions arrived in the cily this
prning for the purpose of launching
|. new American Railway Union.
bjs is to be done at mass meet.
to be held this evening at vi.
is Hall. Fer several weeks
g.he promoters of the organiza-
rhsve been busily engaged in
dectng the constitution, aud it
ll be submitted for ratification at
Isigh,'s gathering. Amongst
lore here today are Eugene V.
sds, formerly grand secretary of
Brotherhood of Firemen,
5sorge w. Howard of the Order of
Conductors, w. s. Messenger, and
Kelliener. Concerning the
tects of the organization
III. beds said this morning, "our
Ian is to perfect a central organi.
Jon for all departments Of railroad
mployees. The trouble now is
bat there are too many indepen
ent unions. In effectiug the new
iganization we do not propose to
brow all the railway employees
pto one organization without res
Fsct to the position they occupy.
Each department will maintain an
organization Of it's own, but all the
Unions will be under the con-
troll of central organization.
i've expect to establish daily
Aeper in lhe interest of railway en-
Ployees, and also run month
|ly magazine. Mr.. beds admits
frat there is considerable opposition
amongst certain organizations to
|the scheme, but says he believes
that when they understand it they
will not continue their opposition.
|He believes that the time has come
FLOR radical charge in trades un.
|lonlsm, and this change the new
organization expects to promote.
|He has been in forty. nine fights
with roads, and never won one.
P"Ihe day has been," he said,
|'When | was a warm advocate of
Ehe old method of organization.
These bodies should be given credit
For all the good they have done.
ana they have done much harm.
|l 10 day of their usefulness is over.
|lhe men have paid in vast sums for
protection theyinever received. Did
you ever know of an organization
winning a strike? Not one. Time
ina again they have been de
Feated. When a railroad
|slll allow its men to strike it
slll whip them, this is certain.
LOOK at the Burlington strike. 1t
|'afned out $500 tramps, Without
y order these men would, at least,
rave " had a job. The Ann Arbor
|S =, will result the same way.
thousands of dollars spent in liti-
|nsaaon, and nothing but defeat in
le end. 1t is no wonder that the
|a ,sn grow tired of this. The or
WITS are losing as many men as they
s'ln every day. When a man is
arrears in the excessive dues he
N; expelled. He goes forth with
WIS stigma upon him and is hence.
Irlsn an enemy to organized labor.
~ mere Is a great army of these men.
lucy then turn in and take the
,.aces Of strikers to get even. We
s s''e had, from time to time, every
asman IN the country in our order,
~, IVY now l venture to say that there
,,s not over twenty-five per cent. Of
~ ehtlre number. They are
,"vpped day by dav for this same
,' s,0n' Du,irg The Ann Arbor
a,' ae each train brought in hun
,l dug OF men to take the vacated
SssEs' These were mostly made
N mules to organized labor in this