The morning call., 1894-07-03

| maj IL suo Ooutnern Paci1c owned 70 per
cent OF the stock in the Pullman cars run
on their line why they didn't buy the other
25 per cent and settle the present diff
Guilty. The position was taken by several
speakers that this odd 25 per cent OF stock
| could be purchased with the money that
the company is losing daily through the
| disturbance uf traffic over Its lines. Ii
was argued that in the present state of
| affairs. an actual saving of money would
be made by such procedure.
1t was announced by representative of
the Alameda County Federation of Labor
that meeting had been held at the labor
bureau in the morning between the ex-
ecutive committee of that body and the
strike committee of tie American Railway
Union. 1t was decided TO telegraph to
Senators Steve White and Perkins and to
Congressman English requesting them to
vote for and urge the immediate passage
| Of the Kyle resolution. defining what
nail train actually is.
The following resolutions were adopteo
| in reference to the strike:
| To all affiliated unions. greeting: You are
hereby instructed TO take every possible pre-
| caution against the engagement of any OF your
| Company pending the present trouble with the
| American Railway Union. Remember that an
| injury TO one is the concern OF all. III you aid
| the company In defeating the American Kali
way Union you are but rlVeting your chains the
| closer There is a general design to reduce
wages 1878 per cent, and II this fight be LOST by
| your action you are virtually assuming the
right to sell your own children and the chill
dren Of others into bondage by becoming a
| scab.
The members of the Brotherhood OF Loco
motive Engineers are earnestly urged to aban-
don their present unfair attitude toward their
felOwworkers. You know the extreme need
| of united action at this time. You know that
If you aid in breaking the back OF this fight
your time will surely come; hat it is only a
question of time when your wagrs will be re-
dueed. You know that your excuse for work
Ing Is based on a trivial tecbnlcality. Your
definition of scab is not correct You know
that it has always b. en- held that one who
takes the place of striker or locked out
worker is a scaG and that one who works with
him Is an unfair man. Surely you do not desire
such a term applied 10 members Of your Organi-
cation. Ii not, then stand up like men and
see 10 1t that your fellows get their rights.
knowing that it is your own rights as
well that are at stake. Robert McKillican,
Sheriff of Alameda County. is held to be CEN
surable for undue zeal in furpishng deputies at
the behest of the railroad company, when there
is not alone no need for them but positive
danger In sending-th riffraff OF the town armed
with clubs and pistols, when they at once be-
come a menace TO the otherwise orderly and
peaceable men who refuse to work for very
proper reasons.
The Chief of Police Louis Schaffer, is hereby
advised OF the violation of a city ordinance by
the Southern Pacific Company in that trains
ale run on Seventh street without fagman be-
ing statond d at the crossings.
There are but two classes In this country,
the producers and parasites, and as the para
sites are now arrayed in solid front against the
producers the time Is ripe for all workingmen
to assemble In an invulneraDe body and de-
maDd their rights. Remember that the way TO
demand right is to take il. Every man and
woman who works for living, regardless OF
membership in any organization, should hold
thems 10 readiness to do whatever they
rightfuy and legally can DO, to the end that
| their liberties and rights may be maintained.
This resolution when read to the A. r.
! U. was received with enthusiastic cheers.
The Alameda Federation is composed of
| delegates from all the different trade
unions in the county. Eugene Haugh,
presided at the meeting of the executive
committee, and S. Jones acted as secretary.
| One thing that has bothered the A. R. U.
| considerably ever since the strike began
| is the attitude of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers. Their definition of the
name "scab" has caused lots of adverse
comment from the strikers. The fact is
! that the engineers have acted from an en-
tirely selfish motive 10 refusing to act with
the strikers as their brethren In Los An
geles have done. They have large re-
serve fund, and they do not wish to jeopar-
die it by taking part In strike of the
| kind now on.
Their meetings. held in Peralta Hall,
have been very secret and stormy sessions
as large majority of the body is anxious
to have the A. r. .. indorsed. So exclu-
sive are the engineers that at times their
guards have not hestatsd to threaten
newspaper men with personal violence,
although the reporters simply asked if
there was any news. The A. r. U. have
been moving every influence to bring the
brotherhood into line. and the railroad has
| been using every influence to defeat the
intentions of the A. r. U. The latter has
succeeded in bringing the Alameda Fedora
| tion of Trades to their way Of thinking,
and that body has addressed very pointed
and adm onitory letter to the Brotherhood
of LOGON olive Engineers. This body, In
view of the action of the Los Angeles men,
held special meeting at 2 O'Clock yester-
day afternoon to consider again the ad-
visibility of joining the strikers. The fol-
lowing letter from the Alameda federation