Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-07-06


We're ty;s, -one had to be indorsed and
passed in IN at another window for rent,
water and light before the holder went
out 'I1l OF tic cGfiice; the other must settle.
accounts at the store or not another
Item would be credited. Many time
there would not be cent remaining
ont OF q month S hard toll. Ostensibly
the tl stores We're not owned by the COM
|pany. In reality they were and are com
pletely under it's control.
At last, under such condit tion Of af-
1alrs, the men came to a point where it
was question whether it were better
20 work. and starve or lie idle and run
g the risk of starving. They have chosen
the latter. The works at Pullman are
silent and black, the men wander sadly
about the streets, and palefaced women
and children wait sorrowfully but pa
tlently at home. Great, strong men go
M *m11eekly up to the relief quarters and re-
celve few pounds Of flour and bits Of
meat from the charitable white hands
OF women who never did anything use
r ful before. They are peaceable and pa
tlent. They say they will protect Pull
mans property at the risk Of their lives;
that they will be the first and fercest
to avenge a violent act against him or
his possessions, and SO they await the
time that he, with his limitless wealth
and unchecked arrogance, will be sub
dued and yield to their respectful de-
mands. a#t <a4 : : !. :@-~. :s~s:
Meanwhile Mr.. Pullman, calmly Sc
cure in his faith in the fealty of his sub
jects, scarcely bothers himself about the
strike He has become, through the la
Dor Of his men, SO rich that he cannot
count his wealth. He loves the country
that protects him in his methods of ac-
cumulating property SO little that he
went abroad and bought a bauble of a
title from corrupt old monarchy and
proverbially seeks luxurious ways Of
spending his money in foreign lands.
Yet, SO sure is he of the meek respect
fulness Of the American workingman,
SO disdainful is he Of their interests,
that he will not even confer with them
and pushes temptation in their way by
running his property under their very
noses with no other protection but what
he expects from them. And the men
remain quiet and firm, saying, "We will
stand out until charity and health de-
sert us or the company comes to TERMS
; even if Pullman is made d pauper."
1t may be that men really expect to
reduce such a man to pauperism by such
means. 1t may be considered more
''American'' for strong, skillful men to
receive charity humbly from relief QUAR-
ters than to braVely fight for their own
j by any means in their power. But when
| one considers what our forefathers, who
laid the foundations of all that is
'American," would have done under
such conditions reasonable doubt can
not but creep in.
.g There is an almost unexpressed ac-
acknowledgement Of terrible, danger
GUS state Of affairs all over the indus
trial world in the attitude of the pluto
! cratic classes; almost an appeal for mer-
+ 5cy in the wise sounding advice given to
ssssttri king Wprkmen torefrain from vio-
Slence; a guilty, terror stricken under
| tone in all recent discussions on econom-
F! les. There is no stability in existing
systems. Working people may for some
time yet be kept quiet under injustice
by the cry Of law and order: But it de-
| pends on the wisdom and farsightedness
of the wealthy employing classes; the
possibilities of a peaceful solution lie
with them. Il --
The giant labor will not always sleep.
| LIZZIE M. HOLINESS
Chicago. "