Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1894-07-20
"a MINISTER ABROAD
Rev. Moore Writes Of His
Trip to Rochester,
II. Y.

Following is a letter from Rev.
VIM. Moore, OF the Congregational
church, who is now spending his va
cation in the east: @
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, July Is, '94
EDITOR TRANSCRIPT: >. 2=
Here are a few items respecting
the strike born Of personal observa-
ton, and some OF which you may
think worth publishing. / had a
very hot and dusty ride. on the,,cars,
especially on the Michigan Central,
as far as Detroit. The mercury
stood at 96o in the cars all the way.
AS you know I left Tuesday morn
ing and found it almost difficult to
get a seat in the train, not because
OF an abundance Of passengers, but
by reason of the many deputies, each
of whom showed a decided inclina-
ton to spread his tired limbs over
two whole seats. On reaching st.
Paul I found that the trains were
leaving pretty much ON time for Chi
cago. I left ON the Milwaukee and
we saw nothing mOreOf deputy mar
shals until entering Chicago, when as
with every mail train, we were pro-
tected by marshals and deputies. On
the surface everything seemed quiet
at Chicago, although it was evident
from the groups of men to he seen
here and there. especially at railway
crossings, that nothing but the pres
ence of the troops maintained order.
In fact as it was there was a little
riOting although I did not see it.
Several companies OF regulars were
camped in front of the post office,
but the mass OF the soldiers. includ.
ing the ninth regulars, are stationed
on the Lake Front, near the Illinois
Central station. Very pretty it all
looked with blue uniforms and white
tents. But the stacks of arms and
the brilliantly polished Hotchkiss
gun showed the serious side OF
things. At Kensington, near Pull
man, [ saw dozens of partially
burned and wrecked cars. Speaking
OF Pullman reminds me that the feel
ing in Chicago among all classes is
very strong and deep, against the
Pullman company. While Debs and
Sovereign ARE of course denounced
and the strike also, people feel that
the author of all the mischief is Pull
man himself because of his persistent
refusal to arbitrate. In CONVEX
sation yesterday morning with
q large employer Of labor in Chi
cago,1I found that mot only the
people generally, but that the rail
way companies in particular, are in
dignant with him because, as they
say, he is compelling them to fight
his battle for him. The general i'm
preston is that the outcome of it all
will be REIMBURSEMENT OF relations
between Pullman and the companies;
the placing Of the Pullmans under
provisions OF the Interstate com
merce law, and some compulsory
form of arbitration for all disputes
that effect in ter-state relations. 1t
is clear therefore that out OF present
evil, good will result. Like thun-
der storm it's present effects are lost
unpleasant, but the after ones will
prove beneficial to all concerned.
Ifound, also, that not many people
blame the strikers for the rioting,
but the hoodlums and tramps with
which Chicago abounds:
I am spending a week here in
Rochester and then go to other
points in the state. With kind re-
CARDS to all friends
Yours cordially.
"a VIM. MOORE.
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