The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-06
DEBS STILL ISSUING STATEMENTS

q oiu STAND, and all that he wants is %
nave Things settled as he desires. and
presto, the strike will end. Now if Mr..
Debs were really the autocrat that he
, iinagines he is, it might possibly be an
i easy way out Of difficulty, but he isn't.
ana then again the man who seeks an
easy way out of difficulty at the ex-
pense OF honor and principle is decidedly
blackguard and scoundrel.
There Is something TO be done beside
giving In to Debs. The railroads are
SUFFERING, traffic is suspended and mil
lions of dollars worth of propertv fact
being destroyed, through the direct and
unlawful agency of Debs. The order
lng Oh strikes on roads simply to com
PEI Pullman to come TO the terms of
men who voluntarily abandoned their
work is a direct menace to the
rights OF every American citizen.
MOI only are railroads affected but other
business enterprises, and if the country
has arrived at point where the dissat-
lsfaction of thousand employees in any
branch OF trade with the wages they are
receiving, can result in the suspension
not only In the entire TRANSPORTATION
system OF the country but of nearly
every other business enterprise, it is
time that the people found it out and
exchanged popular government for n
government by the labor organizations.
Debs says: ''The American Railway
Union stands ready, has from the begin
ning stood ready, to do anything in its
power, provided 1T rs honoratte, 70 end
TINS trouble. 1t simply insists that the
Pullman Company shall meet its en-
pioyes and do them justice. We guar
antee that the latter will accept any !
reasonable proposition. Let them agree
as Tar as they can, and where they fail I
to agree let the points in dispute be sub.
mitted to arbitration. The question
OF the recognition of the Ameri-
can Railway Union or any other organ.
ization Is waived. Let the spirit of con-
mutual concession and com
promise animate and govern both sides. a
and there will be no trouble IN reach inc a
settlement that will be satisfactory to &
all concerned. This done, let the rail- Ii
way companies agree to restore all their b
employees to their situations without a
prejudice and the trouble will be ended RI
I'VE firmly believe our cause is lust W
nd while we hold that belief wa will FL
lot recede. II the corporations refuse m
yield and stubbornly maintain that IN
here is nothing to arbitrate,' the re- hs
for what may ensue will be ar
pom their own heads, and they cannot ar
scapc its penalties" oe
Ills statement shows signs that he M
'cognizes the approaching end of his tel
over. He is more anxious for a settle an
ent, and while he continues to predict sh
,archy il his demands are not com
led with, he weakens in his express
ons, and is more tractable than at anv
me during the whole trouble. eas
The chief trouble is centered in Chi the
go, and if the strike at that point ia bee
tiled 1t will end it all along the line. pre-
pees fails to recognize the fact that and
:. Pullman urged his men not to strike Con
expressed willingness while tbev to
NAMED his employees to adopt almost to
method of settlement, while he Gle
'inly told them that he would NOT frol
at with them after they left his en- MOI
y. SO long as their relations were mel
broken anything that he could honor. CON
y do he was willing to do, but when the
y left his employ he and they had In
hing In common and he refuses 10 dear
ognize very properly their right or crea
right Of any outsider to discuss and
h him the way TO conduct his busi- Stat
;. sens
ebs thinks to deceive the people. or
es to continue his deception with tbe WI
by protesting desire for concilia.
ana compromise, but his words are
and he has not the power to carry ~
N out. n'
irther than that, the railroads have be fo
harged the men who have desertad or Oh
Tor no reason whatever, and saw nh''e
VIII never again give them employ IN, .
T. and they are right in so doing. fourt
nan who betrays his trust once symp
do 1t again, and they do not prism prism
oss to DO betrayed twice Of S. ,Ss
he same men. Therefore having trustc
iarged those who deserted them shoul,
have nothing in common with them and
all that they ask is TO be allowed 10 s ssnu
ucttheir own business. The United that !
8 Government has guaranteed them the 80
'ction. and II it takes m sneciaI ..rr joices
roops from the President TO accom- 'nr'i''
this protection, they will be in the
~. the b
n may strike M much as tbev which
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