The record-union., 1894-06-30
LAST NIGHTS MEETING.
The Strike Discussed by Railroad Nc
at Turner Hall.

LAST NIGHTS MEETING.
The Strike Discussed by Railroad Men
at Turner Hall.
! A meeting was held at Turner Hall last
night, to which all railroad men were in
vited. G. W. Gallinar presided. Before
the meeting was called to order a call was
made for volunteers to watch. the railroad
shops and guard against fire, and twenty
eight responded.
! The President announced that the
Brotherhood OF Engineers and Conduct
! Ors asked for the appointment of a COM
nittee to confer with them in reference to
] the settlement of the strike. A commit
lee was appointed.
1t was then announced that the meet
! ing would be an open one for Il time, and
would then go into executive session.
The President announced the commit
! tee to confer with the Engineers and Con-
ductors, which consisted OF twenty tive
persons.
a resolution adopted by Cigarmakers'
! Union, No. 23S, indorsing the action of
the Railway Union, and stating that they
would aid the movement, was received.
The resolution was adopted as read.
= a telegram from the crew in charge of
the fire engine at the Summit was
read, asking what they should do.
The meeting instructed them to remain
on duty during the present trouble. The
Blue Canyon Fire Brigade was similarly
! instructed
The communications of the Firemen
and Railway Carmen, which were read
at the afternoon meeting, were also read.
The President stated that a commune
cation was received in the afternoon
! fro hn I
/ 1t was not exactly what they wanted, it
showed that they appreciated the
| strength OF the Railway Union and they
had asked for conference.
j. y. Sheehan Was called for and ad-
dressed the meeting, saying that young
! giant had arisen with Il suddenneSs that
had appalled, aggregated capital and
| $500, 100000 OF property was tied. These
are times, however, for deep and serious
thought. He would not. as a friend of
| the men engaged, want to see one act OF
| bad judgment. He felt, from personal
knowledge OF the unions of Sacramento,
that there was no feeling of anarchy
among them, and they did not advocate
dynamite nor violence. He counseled
each member of the organization to eX-
ercise moderation, and propheSied the
triumph Of the principles they advocated.
He advised them not to abate one jot or
little or their demands. Their committees
would hereafter be received respectfully.
He believed that from this movement
would come great good, and that if they
stood together in this struggle this would
be the last great railway strike in this
country.
A resolution was read from several
lodges of the Railway Trainmen, sup
porting the union in their struggle.
| j. IL. Robinette was called for. He stood
! before them, he SAID, as member of an
institution OF forty years standing. He
| had been engaged in several strikes, and
advised them TO be very careful how they
acted. He was glad to see the volunteers
to guard the shops. They must be firm.
He believed in making some concessions,
when necessary, but not in conceding all
they asked for. He assured them OF the
sympathy OF the Typographical Union.
A. b. Sanborn also addressed the meet
ing. He said he had tried his best to get
the Railway Union organized in tins city.
| He believed that if the railroad lnen
| railroad situation. The battle of the
future will be the united forces of labor
against the united forces of capital. The
interest of one man must be the interest
OF all. III Pullman wins this strike, some
other millionaire will try it on his men.
The sympathy of the public, he said,
must be held, or this fight cannot be won.
for he did not think the railroads and the
business of the country would submit to
this tying-up much longer.
Charles A. Leonard stated that the COM
mittee had called on Superintendent
Wright and rendered the services of the
volunteers to watch the shops. Mr.
Wright thanked them for the spirit man
ifested and said that the company had
engaged a sufficient number of watch
men, and if the employees would do their
part it could deal with any parties trying
TO injure ii.
A resolution of sympathy from the
Peoples Party Club was read.
Leonard further stated that, owing to
the strike there was a short supply of
coal for the Water Works, and the rail-
road company had rendered them coal
with which to run the works.
Jack Hurley thought that in bringing
| the Oregon train to Sacramento the union
had displayed good Judgment, as there
were many Portland passengers on it.
j. d. Jost made some remarks. He
began to realize his hopes of the last
twenty years for the triumph of labor.
Noble Fisher said that he had been de-
nounced as the prime mover of this
strike, and told that he ought TO be hung
and peace would follow. He had been
forced to leave England years ago for his
part in strike, and been boycotted here.
G. NJ. Harrison was called for. He said
he did not propose to appeal TO their pas
slons or prejudices, but he asked them to
be men. No one knows what the out
come of this struggle will be. Labor has
its rights, and capital has it's rights.
When the railroad company and repre-
sentativeS of the union come to confer
ence, he hoped the laborers would stand
to it like men. He understood that men
had been discharged for refusing to han
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was, to stand by those men. He wanted
them to remember that every laboring
man was gentleman, and entitled to the
best the land affords. He felt that they
were right because they were here. They
should observe the laws. Ii the laws
were wrong, change them. but they must
not forget that they were American citi-
Zens.
CONDUCTORS AND ENGINEERS.
The meeting then went into executive
session, which continued till nearly /
O'Clock, during which, among other mat
ters, they considered the question pre-
sented by the Engineers and Conductors
conference committee, which was:
If the railroad company should make
proposition to the union that the strike
be declared off; that all the men be re-
instated, and none to be discharged for
the same cause hereafter, the boycott on
the Pullman cars 10 continue, and the
men not to be required to handle them,
would the union accept it?
The union decided that if such propo-
sition were made by the company they
would take it into consideration, but on
their part they had no proposition to
make TO the company.
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