The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-13

kitchen. For cottages. as they are called,
row houses | should designate them,
ugly little pens built In tight rows. each
house having five rooms and no con-
veniences. Mr.. Pullman charges SIS per
month and II cents water taN. Then he
learned new trick on these cottages
"a trick by which he could make them
draw a bigger rent. He closed up the
stairway and built long row of steps
on the outside. from the rear yard to
the second story. Then the cottages
I became flats, with two rooms in the
first Hat and three in the second. As
/ tivc-roomed cottage he got the cXorbi-
tant rent OF SSH month, but as flats
| he charged 81 IA month for each Hat,
| upper and lower. and NIFTY cents "A month
! water tax for each nat. making Sl9
month for the house which formerly. as
cottage. paid SlS.l.
ROWS or EMPTY HOUSES.
| The corner houses in the better class
| of rows have eight small rooms, no con
venienccs except water IN the kitchen.
/ Their rent Is Sii per month. no garden.
and only the same space tenement dwell
! their wash. Six and seven-roomed
| houses, no conveniences. usually rented
by women who kept boarders. are $50 IA
month, ana water tax correspondIngly
high. All these large houses and they
are not plentiful, are empty and have
been for long time, as n workingman
even the highest c.ass, could pay the
rent.
Several men with whom | talked saw
the destruction of cars from their door
ways, but not one of them has been any
closer to the rioting. and they all say
that none of the Pullman workmcn have
been engaged in deeds of lawlessneSs.
! me strike was on seven weeks before
the soldiers came. and not. single dis
| tufbdnce had been heard OF.
There was not the slightest reason
for having the soldiers here" said man
to me, except that Mr.. Pullman wanted
us TO appear to the public as lawlc-s.
just as soon as the soldiers came and dep
uties were appointed, trouble began.
Who made 1t! Not the strikers
to create false impression, and take
sympathy from us. Why saw from my
door two hired deputies set fire to the
cars down there on the track. All the
strikers have been staying at home.
They know the deputies would only he
too glad to shoot them and then declare
they were dong something wrong We
don't intend to give them the nance
| We remain at home with our wives and
children, and we won't fight until the
babies are hungry. What well do then
even we can't tell.
PULLMAN PLAYS WINNER.
However the strike goes, Pullman
seems to be benefited by it. Ills hotel
named for his daughter Florence. was
losing Sl,VD week until the strike
Now 1t is feeding $40 soldiers and cant
get enough help to do the work. Every
room in the hotel is occupied. a think
that never occurred before in its his
tory. The charges are 81 per day anL
81 for single meal. There is one gooc
storekeeper near Pullman. All those
Mr.. Pullman can reach, such men a,
occupy his stores, have refused trust I,
the ,sctrikcrs. The one storekeeper
speak of Was told not to give the striker.
trust. I kept them last winter whei
they were working, and | don't see why
l should stop now was his reply.
pullman Is now within city limits
All the adjoining towns have free posta
delivery. Pullman could have had it a.
well, but Mr.. Pullman, without consult
ing his people, declared they did no
want free delivery, that they were pre-
pared to pay for box and walk to tn,
office for Their mail. Why did h,
lie? Because il they had been giver
free delivery Pullman would have be
come Post-OffiCe station A, b, &. ID, or
who can tell, possibly y, the letter tina
is put To everything We don't care t
name. Mr.. Pullman would not have
Pullman struck off the map; 1t hurt hi:
big head go Pullman people can wall
for their mail" NELLIE BLY,.