The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-07-13

fired by the regular soldiers al the
lnohs here viii ne the signal for a civil
war believe this as firmly a. he
iicvc in the ultimate success 81 our
cause Bloodshed viii follow and 80
l,cr cent. nf the people of the United
states will ~ arraycd against the
other lO per cent And would not
care to be arraycd against the labor
ing people in the contest or find my
self ont ~ the ranks Of labor when the
struggle ended. l DO not say this A.
an alarmiSt, but calmly and thought
fully"
such were The remarks made by
President Eugene Y. neb> ~ the Amer
lean Railway union 10 a nited Press
reporter Yesterday afternoon. Mr..
DebS had just received the news of the
trouble al the stock yards and the ar
rests at Blue Island. lie severely con
demned the course pursued by the rail
way managers in misleading the gov
eminent officials and causing them To-
order out the regulars 10 protect trains
and overawe the strikers and their
sympathizer>.
II deprecate the action OF the au-
the managers. our men have in no
way acted riotuously and the city and
county officers Will bear me ont in the
statement that they have AZ an times
been able to control the few hot-heads
who. either a. outsiders or in diScbe-
dience Of strict orders. have acted an
unlawful part. They know A. well a.
| do that there was no necessity for
government troops. and as | under
stand ii neither Chief brennan SIR Sher-
IT Gilbcrt have heSitated TO condemn
the action and assert that they were
amply able 20 preserve the peace and
property at any and all times. Ii is
simply a scheme on the part Of the
managers which will fall now a. il has
in the past.
1t j. unfortunate that the cOndi-
ms have become such a. - force the
tae laboring people into active re-
sistance ~ the entertainments upon
their personal rights but it is cor
poration greed and ayarice alone that
mas brought us To the verge ~ "A reyo-
luton. II blood l. she'd in this strug-
gle il will bc the managers and the Of
ticials who were misled 10y them who
are TO blame Matters have long been
working 10 this climax. and unless
something j. speedily done look to
see the country plunged into a dcs-
perate struggle. from which labor will
rise victorious and the American la
borer will once more be placed upon
his just and rightful throne a. free
man.
Yes, | certainly feel the response
bility resting upon me IN this struggle
and it i but natural that ! should
have an anxiety A. TO what may pre-
cede the final result which cannot but
he in our favor. But we cannot recede.
A recession on our part would mean
the absolute enslavement of the Ameri-
can workingmen and his complete and
utter degradation for all time to come.
And | would rather be dead than live
to see or experience such "A fate. No,
il j. impossible to think of rcceding.
Eyes. | do believe there j. chance
to bring about settlement Of the
trouble before the final struggle Is on
til Tx there Is a proba bility that the
trouble may be- averted II rests solely
with others than us TO bring il about
however. One thing is certain. The
general managers must and shall sue
cumb. The business men and stock
holders have awakened to the serious
ness of the situation. and | have n,
doubt from this on will take q
more active part in forcing ;
settlement. When they realize tn,
position taken by the manager
they will insist upon a recession
upon the part If those gentlemen. an'
il j. unnecessary TO state that Sucl
pressure cannot he resisted even by
general managers association. Tn
managers have planned to bring abon
the very state ~ affairs now existing
and thus be able 10 take refuge bchin'
the power ~ the government. II !
through their Vaccinations and falls
representations that federal troop
have been ordered ou,. and not be
cause Of any overt or unlawful act ol
the part If the people.
The presence Of troop 80 far a. on
own men is concerned does not worr.
me in the least nor Will they unit
some ill-adviscd action on the part o
the officers or the authorities precipi
tates conflict which will be the sigma
for more serious trouble by far tina
that occasioned by any act Of tn
American Railway union.
"Thc truth regarding the allege
riots and disturbances has bccom
known to the greater part Of the conr
try by this time. and the plan Of tn
managers To array public opinio
against Us has utterly failed: in fact
will surely react upon them. Their
never was strike Of such proportion
before nor was there ever one NOR
quiet and orderly. yet the reports sen
out through partisans have led % th
impression that Chicago j. al tn
mercy Of mob ~ dangerous me
razing and sacking building
and destroying railroad property
The presence of a Few troops wi
not annoy our members cNccl
through the unjust and WIFI
implications east upon them. an
which every true Anne rican citizen wi