The record-union., 1894-06-29

us, as the Pullfnan Company mas very
little interest in the cars on the Southern
Pacific, and the tying up OF the road
would iniure and discommode she gen.
eral public. l feel sure that they do not
wish to take control of the property of
the Southern Pacific Companysls they
would be doing ii we gave thesl What
they ask fer. | wish you would caIi the
men together as far as you can ana give
them our views, and after discussing
sufficient time, if they do not then accede
to our requests, but leave our work, you
will get other men to take their places. if
possible, and if not, let the trains stand
as they are. The question OF what cars
the company should run Is one that rests
with the owners of the property, for
ownership must carry control. You
know how much desire to protect all of
the wage workers, but this matter be-
tween Pullman and his employees is
something that do not know anything
about, and it should not be used by the
men to the injury of ourselves and our
patrons; and l will say, as l did yester-
day, that if the men, after full discussion,
refuse to work, | wish you would dis
charge them, and let them understand
that they never will be employed again
by the Southern Pacific Company.
sc. 2. HUNTINGTON"
BULLETIN To SOUTHERN PACIFIC EN-
PLO1E
SAN Francisco, June 2S.-General
Manager A. n. Towne has issued the fol-
lowing bulletin to the employees of the
tions that it shall be posted in she depots
throughout the system:
In submitting to our men, through
you, our understanding of the situation
as il presents itself 10 US to-day, it occurs
to us that we have been drawn into
a controversy, the causes for which we
could not control and with which we
have no feeling in common, by new
labor organization called the American
Railway Union, the leaders of which are
apparently determineds to destroy and
crowd out of existence the wiser and
more conservative labor unions, with
which we have been accustomed to
counsel.
And it seems very wrong, indeed, that
these Well-establiSh organizations, whose
lasting and well-defined principles have
given them a stability well calculated to
inspire the confidence of the public and
Of railway managers, should be carelessly
brushed aside to make room for an or
ganlzatlon that has no record in the past,
and whose future is problematical, eSpe-
cially when it arbitrarily enforces upon
US contention, with which our men or
our company has no concern.
This new organization not only at
tempts to usurp the prerogatiyes Of your
several societies, but also to inilict upon
our patrons, upon our company and in
directly upon our employees, much hard
ship, merely in order to punish, in a
roundabout way, corporation whose
work shops are more than $500 miles dis
tant. for an alleged violation of an under
standing between the employer and en-
ploye. when we are in no way able to
Judge of the merits of the case.
''Yet we all feel that we ought not be
dragged into this quarrel, since. as mat
ter of fact, our company absolutely owns
three-fOul tbs of our sleeping cars of all
classes.
sin the interest of the travelling public
and for the mutual benefit OF our en-
plOyeS and ourselves, we appeal to our
men not to permit themselves to be
drawn into this bitter controversy. so
diametrically opposed to our united in
terests, which will surely disrupt our
more stable and conservative organiza-
tions and dispel the full measure of con-
fdence and general good feeling that has
always prevailed, when the committees
have felt called upon to visit and counsel
with us.
SIN the interest of good faith and har-
mony, we ask that our men stay with us,
until they themselves have something to
complain"
TRANSMISSION OF MAILS.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 2S.-The Trustees
OF the Chamber of Commerce held a
special meeting this afternoon to consider
the railroad situation. After considera-
bic discussion the following telegram was
drafted and forwarded:
To the Postmaster General, Tashin0-
ton: The Trustees of the Cham Der of Com
merce of San Francisco respectfully re-
quest that the Federal Government Sc
cure the prompt transmission of United
States mails. The community at large is
being seriously Inconvenience by the
delay. w. II. DIMoND, President.
l.. CLEMENT, Acting Secretary.
AT PORTLAND.
PORTLAND, June %. The Pullman
strike has not affected this city as yet, ex-
cept that car-cleaners refuse to clean
Pullman cars. The Southern Pacific and
Northern Pacific both sent out regular
trains tonight drawing Pullman cars.