Connecticut western news., 1894-08-23
PULLMAN UNM0VED.
HE REFUSES TO REGARD AN APPEAL
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The Governor, F.iiiaE to Excite che sym- pathy of Pullman, Is.as. @a Appeal ts the PabiIc T~r charity-Poer Aathert- ties Have Nc Means. =. .aan-
 CHICAGO, Aug q2.-Governor Aitgeid tpent several hours in conferenoe with tSmmittes of citizens of Pullman, who Ssro called upon to give him information regarding the starving strikcru He waa told that \, 4Bd families have been helped since tho beginning of the strike and that about SEQ, GOO has been given the relief committee, all of which had been ex- bonded.
 Attweid u.so~. a Pro-i.m@tlea-
 Governor Aitgcld has issued the follow ing proclamation address.
 ITO the People of tho State of Illinols Especially Those of the City of Chicago:
 "Thoro Is great distreas growing out of the want of food in and around the town of Pullman. More thnn GOO families, or in the neighborhood of aOo0 people, arc utterly d. stitute Nearly four.ffths of them are women and children The men have endeavorcd to get work, put are unable Co do 60.
 We can't now stop to inquire the cause of this distrcss The go6d people of this state can ( allow women and ohii- dren by the hundreds Co perish of hunger. therefore call upon all humane and charitably disposed oititens 70 contribute what thcy can toward giving relief to these people.
 The governor has also called upon the | commissioners of Cook county to do all In their power in the matter
 Tho oorrespondence between Governor | Altgald and Mr Pullman began laet Sun. | day, whom. in response to a number of ap- peals made to him by Pullman strikers for assistance. Governor Aitgold sent a lengthy telegram to Mr. Pullman calling his attention to the situation as sst forth i'm the appeal snd saying of the strikers; The Governor Tsieer.phs Pullmsn.
 "It is claimed they struck because after years of toll their losves were SO reduced that their children wont hungry. Admit ting that they were wrong and foolish. they had yet served yap long and well, and you must feel some Interest In them. They cannot stand on the same footing with you, for that much must bo over looked. Tho state of Ilineis has not the least desire to mcddle in affairs of your ~company, but it cannot allow a whole community within its borders to perish of hunTvr The local overvccr of the poor has been appealed to, but there is a limit to what he can do.
 ''I can't help them vory much d pres- ent, so unless relief comes from some other source I kh Il either have to call an extra session of mo legislature to make | special appropriation or else issue an ap. peal to tho humane people of this state to give broad to your rocent employees.
 s'It scoms to me that you would prefer to relieve the situation yourself, especial. iy as it has just cost the state upward of 800, 900 to protect your proporty, and ss both the state and the public have suffer | ed enormous losses on account of disturb ances that grow out of the trouble betwssn yous oompany and lts workingmen.
 puilaa.as Defense.
 Mr. Pullman replied at length. making reference to Governor Altgeld's deolina- ton of tho escort of Woe President wiokes. which fact Mir. Pullman regret. ted.
 Mir Pullman then continued: ''As an indication of the importance of the aid oi local knowledge. making essential discrim. nations may say to you that have the bost roason for believing that the husband of wife who K published as representing her family to you ycsterisy as in need oi II from bank on July 8 last for the pur~ pose, as he said. of buying lots
 While it hns not bean reprcscnted to the officers of this company by any DOT sons concerned thas there was any suoh extended distress at Pullman as was rep- resented for the first time by the extrsor. dinary method of published telegram to you in your official capacity, do moi doubt that thoro are many cases of suffer ing.
 As to those who arc not at work, ths oanooline of their rents is not question Co which attention should first be given at the present juncture of their pressing needs, as you suppose them to be. A auE. gcstion that Che work should be divided 90 that sufficient number of our employ. ecs now working should be put on hali time in order to give at least half time work for all was tried last winter.
 Tho result has been that the gross earn. ings of various individuals wero SO small last winter as to givo erroneous i'm prossion with reforonce to the suffloisncy of the rate of wages. The policy of ths company is now to employ as many men as Is possible to furnish work for full time" "