The morning call., 1894-07-07
PREACHERS
They Are Generally With
the Strikers.
BELIEVE THEY WILL WIN.
Some Strong Expressions From
Clergymen.
BELIEVE THEY WILL WIN
THE GOVERNMENT WENT WRONG
Interviews With Ministers of Diff
ferent Religious Denominations.
They Nearly All Talk Freely.

San Francisco's pulpits will tom 0rrow
| be heard from. no doubt, with regard to
| the remarkable state of affairs now pre-
vsiling throughout the country. To antci-
pate their expression THE CALL yesterday
made an effort to interview representa-
tive of the various denominations.
The ministers were found to have. a: a
rule, pronounced views upon the strike
and were unanimous, almost, in their SYM
pathy with the strikers and did not hesi-
tate 10 say AS much.
Rev. Father Fitzsimmons OF the ST.
Dominic Roman Catholic Church was quite
full of the subject. He said:
II think the men in the employ of Mr..
Pullman had n right to complain of their
treatment, and seeing that they evidently
tried every means to bring about peace
able adjustment of their trouble through
arbitration, and that they were not met in
a spirit TO make that possible the result is
to enlist the sympathy of men generally in
their struggle so long as it is carried On
within the law. l have seen great many
strikes, but l remember none that so en-
listed my sympathies with the men as has
this.
''Strikes as rule are productive only of
harm. / hope this one will bring benefit to
all in IFS train. There is one most de-
plorable feature of this strike, and that is
the fact Of ths Central Government having
been drawn into the matter upon the side
OF the corporations. 1t is the business Of
the Government to see simple justice done
and not to array itself On one side or the
other. 1t is not surprising that the
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ally itself with another great corporation,
as its own interests lie in the same direc-
ton. But the Government at Washing
tor should have been exact in its impair
tiality.
There Is enc fear, however. in this
matter. and that is that the men will 60 too
far. The weight of public opinion is their
greatest weapon and they should be care
ful of it. The destrution of property or
the causing of innocent persons to suffer
will weaken their case. For instance. if
they move against the Donahue line, which
has nothing to do with Pullman cars. as it
is rumored they intend TO do. it will be in
my opinion a step beyond where they can
count on public sympathy. l hope the
unhappy business will soon be brought to
an end"
Rev. Andrew M. Russell of the Hamil-
tor-square Baptist Church had views
quite as pronounced and upon much the
same lines. He said:
There are three great parties interest ted
in this strike-the commonwealth, the
great aboring class and the great cOrpo-
rations. Their interests really are iden-
tical. but Sc fishness obscures for each the
nf ri hn nj hnr | halI
great parties contending are equally sin
cere in their belief that they are right. l
cannot help but believe that the laborers
will win the battle and that they ought to
win il. l think the acton OF the men in
expressing willingness TO haul trains
without the Pullmans makes il clear that
they have no wish to interrupt traffic or to
interfere with the United States mail;
therefore | am decidedly of the opinion
that in ordering the United States Mar
shall TO see that trains must be run as the
railroad chose TO make them up, as Mr..
Olney is reported as doing, the Govern
ment went further than il tshould-although
| do not know the technicalities of the law
in the matter. | do not believe either that
there is a law under which the militia
may be ordered to shoot upon men under
the conditions that existed at Sacramento.
AFTER this is all over, however, be-
lieve there will be a general recasting of
the laws, more carefully defining the
authority of State and United State off,
Gals in such emergencies. seeing that
there has been frequent clashing of the
two, as witness Governor Altgeld's letter
to President Cleveland"
Rev. Thomas FilDen of the California
street Methodist Chuch voiced a very con-
servaiive expression. at is all very un
fortunate" he said, land measures ought
10 be adopted to bring it to an end l
think it ought to be arbitrated. l
think few wiss heads brought together
on the subject would soon find some way
to settle the matter amicably. | do not
care to discuss the merits of the case"
BOOMING NORTHERN MINES.