Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-22
MR.. PULLMAN As A GAR.
REV. wIcKHAN PICTURES HIM As
A RELENTLESS BOss.
Employees Must Live In Pullman Dnr-
ing Dull Times or Lose Their Jobs
The Arrangement of Houses En-
cournging to immortality.

Chicago, Aug. g-M. j. Carroll. edi-
tor OF the Eight Hour Herald, was the
first witness called by the strike com.
mission to-day. Mr. Carroll told Of
the efforts OF the civil federation, Of
which he IL member, to settle the
Pullman strike. He was Informed by
the Pullman officials. he said, that
they had nothing to arbitrate. and for
this reason the federation accomplished
nothing. The witness said that hard
times were the cause Of the railroads
and other recent strikes, and thought
that manufacturers IN time OF business
depression should give their employees
the benefits of the profits made in good
times. He said that he believed com
pulsory arbitration applied 10 public In
dustries would be beneficial, and read
q letter from a friend in Now Zealand
showing the beneficial effects Of gov
ernment ownership Of railroads and
telegraph
Malcolm Mcdowell, a newspaper re-
porter. told OF the overturning Of cans
At Pullman. Ho said that the mob at
lIhl DnlHA was NOANIbaFA VI NhAhtAAN
men, mainly foreigners, and that there
were no railroad strikers In the dis
orderly crowd.
Rev. w. l., WickhRm, pastor Of the
Swedish Methodist church Mt Pullman,
was emphatic IN his denuncation OF
the Pullman company. when business
gets slack" he said, "thc compdny's
employees living outside OF Pullman are
ordered to move Into the company's
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lions. Some Of the men have attempted
to buy houses on the installment plan
but this is discouraged as such men
are always the FIRST 10 be laid off when
= the e, men are re ss>,,srs.snsl in va
when a man was si1u~Al IN the shops
and unfair means were taken to pre-
vent suit for dnmageg. The man was
taken to the hospital and / saw n
sworn statement purpOrtng 10 be Sign
ed by him ia which he said the accl-
dent was entirely unavoidable. l know
that paper to have been a forgery. for
on the date on which II was made
tho man was unable ia write, and
could not have signed his name, one
of the worst features Of the Pullman
gyEtem OF house renting rs the lmmor-
nlNy n encourages Many OF the work.
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out their meager incomes, The houses
are SO arranRed that the roomers must
pass through the family sleeping de-
partmentE, and as result the NOR
nllty OF Pullman Is much below that
Of surrounding towns, There ls no
way for thu wurkingmen 10 avoid this,
az many OF them are practically COM
PEELED 10 live In the compnny's houses"
Roy Baker, a Chicago reporter. was
called upon for an account OF the
riot at Hammond, Mr. Baker stated
he was In the center OF the mob and
saw no American Railway union men
or railroad strikers, the crowd being
made up OF tougha and outside mem
lie said that shortly before the United
States troops fred a small body OF
men. surrounded by women, children
| and other spectators attempted to over
| turn some Pullman cars. Without
! warning, the witness declared, the
/ troops fred, killing and wounding sew
eral people all OF whom were inno-
[ cent spectators Mr., Baker said that
nt no time during the trouble did he
see a railroad man or member of the
American Railway union In the mob.