The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-12

/ iri6uted to the facl that me man thought
! he had power to win, whether he was right
/ or wrong.
This remark brought forth prolonged
cheers. When quiet was restored he said
There is every reason for submitting
| disputes TO the impartial judgment of our
/ fellow beings. In Quarrels like this the
! peoples Interests are SC great that as Mrs
| StetsOn has said, we should insist that
/ these quarrels be settled whether they
| will or no"
! Mrs. C. A. Morse said she was glad to
raise her voice in behalf of arbitration and
peace. She depored the fact that in this
nine eenth century the world had not got
! beyond Calling guns and swords to secure
peace.
Mrs. Morse continued in a facetous
manner to tell how the women had been
| tried, convicted, imprisoned ana hanged
| by laws which they had no part in making,
and yet they had not Thought of resOrtlng
TO arms. She asked # the laboring men
could not do as much She closed with "a
strong plea for arbitration.
Let every woman IN this land proclaim
! that she has not huS band, son, brother
or father TO be slaughtered to settle
question that might be ADJUSTED III
pe1cssbls manner.
DR.. Jerome A. Anderson said there were
! many reasons why the present difficulty
should be settled by arbitration. He said
! that all the laws had been made il the ln-
! terests OF capital alone. The present
difficulty goes to the very root OF clvlZa-
/ ton, and for that reason capital decided
not TO submit the matter TO impartial
! Judges. The usnrers and mOnOp0iists
! were afraid 10 resort tn arbitration, but
! should be forced to. He said one human
| life was worth more than $4,000 Pullman
! cars, and not one drop Of human blood
| should be spilled.
| & hp 1au do fa1l ha or
! lips the building was shaken with cheers,
| and DR.. Anderson then closed with a
/ renewed demand that arbitration be Sc
! lected to bring about peace.
! NJ. L. Fariand, trade uniOnist, said we
! had condition before us that President
/ Cleveland could see was something more
/ than theory. The issue at Pullman, he
! said, is an issue of principle and patriot
/ ism, and therefore should be treated with
! the utmost consideration. President Lin
! coin predicted more than twenty FIVE years
| ago the Struggle that is now upon US. anu
| yet il was not needed until the crisis came.
/ He said arbitration should be adopted to
| Settle tie dispute.
James Fl. Barry said be was in favor of
arbitration if he had to fight for it. He
/ said # II were not for President Cleveland
/ and his corporation Attorney General the
/ trouble would have been settled long ago
/ By deciding that Pullman ear is not part
/ OIL mail THRILL " Hdu D6eu Idue ~
appear, he said, that the men who struck
are wrong, whereas had the matter been
/ settled by arbitration a different verdict
! would have been reached. Pullman should
| have been compelled t. ar bitrate He said
| corporations did not care for human lives.
1 and they would refuse to arbiirate even If
! they knew that refusal would be the cause
/ of spilling blood over the whole country.
He said Pullman knew he could not
make any committee and arblters believe
| he could not aff0r0 10 pay his men more
/ than 81 a dav. when the next week after
/ the reduction was made he donated
! $4,000 to build a church, and was at that
! moment paying an annual dividend of As
per cent on his wateTed stock.
But We want no revolution" he said
/ 1--WE want evolution. Let the ballot take
! the place of the bullet and the arbter the
place Of the soldier. Let US make these
! corporations which disregard all law
| obey it, or else suffer like all other Grim
| inals. Let US go en- battling for arbitra-
! ton, for personal representation and for
natures laws, 80 thst every man may re-
l ceiVe his own.
| Rev. Dr. Ollie pointed up to a huge
| American flag behind the stage and said
! he marched under the flag once in the
name OF peace and honor. He said he
| thought he occupied the same position last
| night when he raised up his voice IN favor
| Of arbitration. The world had advan ced
beyond the barbarOus stage of life when
men adjusted their difficulties by lighting.
! The Government did not let men settle
! their difficulties in that manner any more
except when corporations were involved.
| General Grant said, after returning from
| his voyage around the world, that he did
not believe a battle was ever fought that
| could not have been avoided. and he
! looked forward to the time when an inter
national tribunal should crowd out armies.
! He asked why Pullman and his men and
| Carnegie and his men should not settle
| their d faculties by arbitration as we'll as
| individuals, whe are made to refer their
differences TO the courts. Labor had
always been ready to adopt arbitration,
but almost invariably capital had refused.
In Austria, France and Belgium, he
said, compulsory arbitration had elevated
! labor, while it had not degraded capital.
| Corporations were creatures of the Gov
eminent, and he said the power that mad G
them could unmake them. Monopoies
| should be taught that a refusal to arbi-
trate would result in the withdrawal OF
their charters by the Government.
DR.. Ollie said the !abOring men were not
to blame for the blood that had been shea
| since the present great strike began. Much
of the trouble mad been caused by the
criminal element that had been imported
by the CORPORATIONS.
The following resolutions were then
read and adopted by unanimous vote:
| WHEREAS. a controversy has arisen be-
! tween George NJ. Pullman and his employees
| which has resulted in a strike Of the employees
| OF various railroad ComUanes of the United
| States, and in violence and bio0dshed in and
about Chicago, and In disorder IN California and
| in numerous Other places in the United States;
| and whereas, 10 suppress such disorder he
! President has universally ordered into service
the Government troops, and has substantially
| placed this and other States under The pro-
! visions of martial law; aud. whereas. we be-
| lieve the settlement of this and all other dis.
| putes of the kind can be obtained more salts
factOriy and permanently by arbitration than
! bV force of arms; and, whereas, an act of Con
gress signed october l. 1888, offers possible
! solution OF the questions at issue, that to us
seems simple direct and easy OF application
! therefore, be IL
RcS0Lued, That we, the representatives OF the
Deace-IOVing and law abiding citizens OF San
| Francisco, hereby condemn the attitude of any
| person, association or official who refuses OF
| neglects TO avert disorder and violence by the
use Of the methods OF arbitration thereby pro-
vided.
| Cally condemn the use OF warlike measures in
tie settlement of this simple industrial pTobl EN-
| especially when the aid OF existing statues has
| not been invoked.
ResoEUed further, that in the name Of those
who are unjustly injured by those frequent dis
| puteS which cause delay and stOppagt OF inter.
| state commerce, we hereby demand that the
! arbitration provided for by the act referred &c
| shall be compulsory; and
KeSOJUed further, that we request the citizens
of San Francisco neighbOrlng cities ana cou n
| ties and of our sister States who are In sym.
| pathy with this movement be go together and
perslStenty petition and advocate the use oil
| arbitration and other peaceful measures thai
Will tend TO forever Danish warfare from ouI
beloved land; and
Resolved further. that we condemn all acts