Evening journal., 1894-09-07
4 nhnnrs II pnhllo FeelInr.

That there is no sympathy IOE anarchy
among us The right Of men to strike
for higher wages Is acknowledged aud
but for Debss manipulation Of the af
fair there is no doubt that the heartfelt
sympathies Of our people would have
gone out toward the Pullman wage
earners The case OF those people was
overlooked and even believed to be un-
just owing to the unholy strife inaugu
rated by the president of the American
Railway union.
The situation at Pullman is now better
understood Recently delegation Of
citizens from Chicago, Of which the town
OF Pullman is now a part, visited the
people In their distress and applied to
the Pullman company for assiatanee in
aiiording relief. Among other things,
they said that sixteen hundred families,
including women and children, are starv
ing; that they cannot get work and have
not the means to 20 elsewhere. These
esople live Ia your town and we're your
employees. Some of them worked for
your company for many years. They
must be peope Of industry and character
or you would not have kept them. As
suming that they were wrong and fool
ish. they had yet served You long and
we'll and yen must feel some interest Ia
them"
To this appeal neither Mr.. Pullman nor
his company appears to have paid any
attention. They must have known that
what these people said was literally true
they have never denied such statements
--and yet they have shown no sympathy
for the men who have made the millions
for them which they are now enjoying
Falling Ia this direction, the charitable
citizens turned to the governor Of The
state aud asked for his interposition.
He visited the city, went In company
with others among the people and saw
their distress. AS result he issued an
appeal not only to the citizens Of Chicago,
but also TO the people OF the whole state.
The response was prompt, and from that
day to this the employees are kept from
starvation by outside help
An esteemed contemporary informed
us that "the conditions in Pullman are
altogether peculiar. Not man in the
so called city owns his home. In the
past, conditions have been so arranged
that the occupants OF the Pullman houses
must purchase their supplies at the com.
rany's stores, irrespective Of quality OF
price. Mr. Pullman or his agents fxe d
the rent, established the wages, and
managed the affairs, generally, Of his
employees and, having made some $50,
100000 through their cooperation, he
now leaves them to the tender merolss Of
strangers, who from their mueb smaller
means are furnishing them bread
What will be the end Of all this it 1,
impossible to say. Three thousand mer
cannot long be fed by private charity
There Is no work to be obtsined by them
even if they 90 abroad and seek for tt
It Is true they struck against d reduc.
tion Of their wages, and that their cause
was made the excuse for Debsisu. an,
I IVA AAN HANA AAcS VI PROFESSIONAL dSilhbOlh
Bat there were no outrages in Pullman
and 50 far as appears, no disposition oi
the part Of the Pullman operatives Il
violate the laws or destroy property
That was the work Of Anarchists an,
yagabonds, such as are ever seeking op
portunitles for making trouble. Takel
altogether. this Is one Of the saddles
cases in the history OF labor dificultie
In this country.
That Mr. Pallman rests under no Iega
obligation 70 DO any thing for these mel
and their families is undoubtedly true
but there is a moral obligation vhiol
seems to Us binding in this case. Mos
wealthy men 10 similar position pa
heed 70 this higher law and aid those /
actual distress, who surround them. es
pecially those whom they know 10 b
worthy aud whose misfortunes they hsy
been largely Instrumental In causing.