The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-13
BOTH WERE WRONG
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valid reason i assigned TO- this position
except simply that tue company had the
power and tue legal right 10 30 it
Prlor TO the so-calied truck" law in
Illinois. rent was deducted from the
| wages since then u check is given for
the amount IF the Tsat and an
| otter Tor the balance due for wages
| There l. nothing u prevent the rayee of
| the cheek FROM caShinS IL 0utsids OF thu
| b tDS. Ou- - the bank Is rent collector tx
/ passes for the rent and Is aided in collect
| in- II Dy Knowledge on the para OF the
! tenant that by arrears be may loss his lob
The reduc5ioBs a. Pullman after Sep
| temheT l. 1875, were the result a. confer
ences among the m tBaserS; the employees
/ for the first tiCie anew OF them WHEN they
I took etfscs. the company basel It's en-
tire contention As 10 every department up
/ on the facts in reference 10 Car building To-
which we have alluded. and offered l.
show its books aud figures .s 10 tue cost
and selling prices of cars.
! - WHERE TIE EMPLOYEES MISSED IT.
| This Offer, on account Of TIE strike later
vaniag. was not acted upon. Had IL been
/ II would have resulted ia the figures as 10
Car building contracts being known The
purpose OF the management WAS obviously
! TO rest the whole matter upou cost. etc.
In its most seriously crippled department.
excluding from consideration the facts a.
To wages IL the repair department.
The demand OF the employees for the
WAGES Of June. 1898. was clearly uniuSti-
| liable The business ia May. 1894. could
not pay the wages Of June, 1898 Reduc-
ton was Carried to excess, but the com
pany was hardly more at fault
| therein than Were the employees ia
insisting upon the wages Of June, 1893
| Inere was little discussion as TO rents the
company maintaining that it, rents had
nothing TO do with its wages and that its
revenue from its teneDenls was no greater
than IL ought u rec-iye.
The Company had legal right 20 take
this position, but as b-iweeu msu and
man, the demand for some rent reduct on
Was lair aud reasonable under all the cir
cumstances- Some slight concessions Ia
this regard would probably have averte5
the strike. provided the promise not TO
discharge men who served upon the COM
mittee had been more strictly regarded
HOW THE PULLMAN WORKS WERE GUARDED.
The strike occurred on May IL and from
that time until the soldiers went To Pull
man about July 1. three hundred strikers
were placed about the company's property.
profes>edly to guard i: from destruction
or interference. This guarding OF property
IN strikes Il. as a rule. mere pretense
Too often the real object of guards is to
prevent new corners from taking strikers
places. The Pullman company claims
TIE strikers ut Pullman are entitled
20 be believed To the contrary
IN this matter, because of their
conduct and forhearsnce after Nay IL. IL
Is IN evidence. and uncontradicted, that no
violeucs or desl ructiop OF properly by
strikers or sympsthizers took place nj
Pullman, ana that until July B. no extra
ordinary protection was had from The po-
lice o. llitary against even anticipated
disorder.
Such dignified. manly aud conservative
cOGducE IN The mist o, exc cement and
Threatened starvation is worthy of the
highest type Of American citizenship and
with Ike Drudence IN all other directions
Will resuit IN due time IN lawful and or
derry redress OF labor WRONGS To deny
this - "a fOrswear patriotism aud 10 d. I
clare this government and its people fail /
ure.
As TO THE RAILROAD STRIKE PROPER.
As 10 he great rhi.roal strike proper the |
report say: IL j. appareut that the resdi- !
hess 10 strike syuipa theticaiiy was pro
NOTED by the disturbed end appreh-nsive
condition of Railroad employees re.u!ting
rom wage rednc,ioas On different lines
DIaCS listing. etc. aud frcLa toe recent
growth OF the General Managers Associa-
ton, which seemed 20 them menac..
Farther on tue report says: IL - ssri-
orsiy questioned. mi with much force
citizens from per>uading esch other ia in
dustrlfl or other matters of cDmmoa inter
est However, u II generally recognized /
among good citizens that n mandate of = /
court il to be obeyed until 10 il moIifird 1
and corrected by ih- court that issued IL 4
The policy. the report say Of DO h ih- 4
Pullman company and tie Railway Man
ayers association in references To applica-
lions to arbitrttc. closed the door to all
attempts at Cancellation ana settlement OF
d differences The commission Is i'm
pressed with the belief by the evidence /
and by the attendant circums' auc~s a.
d disclosed, that different policy would
have prevented the loss Of property and
wages occa-ioned by the strike.
As REGARDS THE MILITARY
The report declares thai the arrival Of
the troops at Chicago was opportuu- aud
says that policemen sympai hiZ-d with
strikers rather than with he corporatious
cannot be doubted, nor w0uli il lie
surprising TO find the SANE sentiment rife
among the military. 1hsss forces arr
largely recruited from the laboring classes.
Indeed the danger is growing that in
strike war; between corporations and en-.
ployes. military duty will ultimately have
10 be done by others thHn volunteers from
The labor ranks. United States deputy
nArshzls TO the number of 500 were
'electef by and appointed at tie request
-
Of it. railroads. They were armed
and paid 10y the railroads and
acted in the double canAcify OF rail.
road employees aud [ 4it.d state.
,fficsrs. While Operating ia. RAILROAD
hey a--unsd and exercised unre.trictsf
uited states authority when 20 orderef
~ Jh-ir employers, or Whenever they re
,srds-d q IS necessary. They are 10, ~ |
l~r he direct control Of snv government
'fhcisl while exercising authority. Thf. |
: placing ufficer- OF the gogrruuleut IN
Irr coatroi Of = eombinAt OF OF rsilro.,i-
{ j bad prrce'ie.t thA; ml rht wei lead
o serlgus consfqusuces.
AUTHORITY FOR Tsp oF TEoOPs
The commits briefly dispose. ia this .
ray q t1e MISTER q 'He Ne % the fadar.f
Toop-; section 81 sTt Gle ~ tue fc1era
Dn-titn Ion reaI- - follows:
The Uu!ted State shall guarantee IN
very state ia thi- Union % republican !
arm % goverams ~ auJ shall protect sscE I
Z them again. invssior. mi on tnpiics :
ION q tLs ieg Al tur-. Or % TIE @1ecGt Ve 9
y En- the legs tur- ctuust be convene .
Ca'u-t domestic vioisuc-. ,
uiteI states troops were no. se1f lat {
li0oi- urol As rpp.:cat.ol % the lsclsla-
urs. BaT q DE x~rfltre. Szains. donr.- :
.c sIoleu0e. l. - viol~nce hGsrftHg to. :
ate HrG tfs govern 7seut ~ such TIE
r~eideut ordered ne Troop to Ch1rsc1 Z .
y To pro-ecs fei-rsi property. ~ 90 Or .
-ut chs ruCf.ou s. o.. rsrrr.u. 90 trs
la.l- =. - prevent Interference sIth TO-
-r-sfrte CHT4 nl~rr~. nLd a. o -nf1rcs fbr
scre@s aad mandates q the fz8sr4I
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81 dI1 this unjeT the authority - 49, / 4
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