The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-25

~ those employees. How many persons
] - ,resent at IL does not appear, bht
only one-third OF the number present were
pock Island employees. The rest were
tallors. plumbers, bar tenders ana o'''''' =
NOT railroad men at all. Here theh' was
q ,oooting OF people who had nothiils """'
over 20 do with the wages ana treatment
mat the Rock Island employees were re-
ceivinr. considering their case anu deter
mining for them that they ought 10 strike
and turn themselves out upon me worm
without bread 70 put into their chllareh
mouths
What was the upshot Of this eXtraordl-
nary proceeding? II resulted In o.
Of the 125l7 employees OF the road' str'N-
ING and Of 5000 more being lntimidatea
into quitting the service Of the company
But these 600 were not willing stilKefs'
They were simply inundated into quit
ting work by their so fellow-workmen'
aided and assisted by all the shiftless
elements of Chicago's population. Upon
the testimony. therefore, so far as the
strike OF the Rock Island railroads en-
ployes is concerned. nothing more ma
grant, lptUlIE IlNiN "+t'
ever did. or could have, occurred.
Now, we insist that we are the pest
friend the workinsman can have wheh
we call his attention 10 these facts anu
tell him that he cannot win the respect
and assistance of reasonable men, VINO
want to see justice prevail everywhere
by proceedings Of this sort lie must re-
pudate the counsel and lead Of asitators
Ike Dehs and Howard. who would force
him into calamltles like the late riots, by
bringing him under the intimidauons Of
the lawless clements of society. u DE- eN-
poets the intelligent aid and assistance
Of men whose sole desire in life is equal
izing burdens and securing justice 20 ALL
What were some Of the consequences Of
this lawless. unreasonable, hlgh-handed
act? The purpose 70 bee accomplished was
10 coerce the Rock Island railroad into
disseminating the use Of the Pullman
palace car. But st noy turns out that
the Rock Island railroad owns a half-in-
terest in the Pullman cars that II uses,
and is under - contract 10 continue the
use Of them. whether there are strikes or
not. This gang OF Anarchists, therefore,
who took upon themselves 20 determine
for the employees OF the Rock Island rail-
road that they were suffering grievances
that called for a strike. when these en-
ploycs We're perfectly contented, demanded
that the railroad should cease using their
own cars and break clear contract that
would have laid them liable to hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars damages. What
honest. God-fearing workingman can justi-
fy such Migrant. wicked conduct as this?
And what was the result ~ this unreas-
enable procedure? II entaiiel upon this
road loss amounting to between 100000
and 81. $4,000. This money must now Doe
repaid 10 the road by the city Of Chicago.
The worklncmcn Of that city must now
be taxed 10 reimburse the losses caused
by q gang Of Anarchists, who neither love
God nor fear the devil, who have been
destroying property and causing good men
to lose their lives in a pretended effort
10 secure advantages for workngmen
which those worldngmen have never ask
Cd for How long Will our worthy work
inemen allow themselves t. be hoodwink-
"a by such pestiferous agitators as Debs
and Howard?