The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-10-26
AFFAIRS AT PULLMAN.

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port Charges 81 inhumanit, Answered
and the tompany's >olicitude for TN
welfare of It, Employees Declared In
Sreased Wages Realized Under the Ois
Scale.
4 CHICAGO, Oct. i9.-unusual interest
attached to the annual meeting of III,
Pullman Palace Car CO.. held yester
day. on account Of the part taken bl
the company in the last big railroad
strike. A. expected, President Pull
man, IN his report. referred to tn,
strike az some length. answering the
charges of inhumanity which have
been made against him from time IL
time. The usual quarterly dividend
OF - share was declared, which
shows that the company was affected
but little by the cessation of work al
the Chicago shops. As the fiscal year
ended July 81. 1894. the report covers
the biggest part of the Worlds fair
business
All the old directors were reelected.
a. follows: Gcorgr VI. Pullman. Mar
shall Field. J. }. W. Doanc. Norman
Williams and d. = \. Sprague. Chica-
60; Henry {. Hubert. New York. and
Henry X. Reed. Boston.
The surplus for the year is. Ss.:;aO,-
5000. Last years surplus WAS 81 ,Ooo.-
600
In his report Mr.. Pullman said. in
reference to the strike: There has
been no substantial change in the car
building business. and the contracts
taken by us before the strike and those
taken since the strike are being exc
cuted at prices that give no profit. and
such contracts are taken because the
shops are being kept in operation for
the repairing of the compauy's own
ears, and To give as mnch employment
as possible in the present condition Of
business. | have learned in various
ways that good many persons during
the strike lost sight of its true origin.
and gained the impression that it was
influenced by the house rents at Pull
man not being lowered when wages
were reduced from the high scale Of
the spring OF 1893 This - not true.
The number Of men now employed
at the shops is a.6iO and the scale Of
wages now j. the same a. that existing
at the time Of the strike. and rents are
promptly paid. As to the tenants who
were not re-cmploycd. none Of them
were cvicted, or unduly pressc, for
their arrearagcs of rent: there has
been gradual voluntary departure Of
unemployed tenants constantly going
on. a. they have found work elsewhere
"A . ~ a.. a.
ing.
"of the present force at the shops
only about 500 are new employees. and
the remainder have returned 70 their
former work. with. | believe. n widely
pervadng feeling that they have
learned by experience that this com
pany was earnest in befriending them
in seeking work for them when
little was to be had. and in Civ
ing them work al wages which the
selling price OF their product did not
justify. and that the genuineness 81
the interest Of this company in their
welfare Is far more to be trusted than !
the promises Of the agitators who mis-
led them
by increased attention to their
work the mechanics have. under the |
same scale of piece-work prices. In
'reased their average daily earnings |
rom SOB in last April TO s. 10 in the
ast half OF September. the latest re-
port received
The fiscal report says 5.a>2 1923 pas
engers We're carried during the year.
The difference between this years sur
'lus and that Of last year is explained
~ the difference in travel on account
II the strike