The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-13
He Says to Stop Work Is Against
the Interests of the
Working People.
THOSE NOW OUT ADVISED TO RETURN.
Pullman Denounced, Sympathy for His
Men, and $1,000 Voted to
Defend Debs at His Trial.

| and when by organizs ton the members
| manife4t their purpose OF bee 'n'ug
larger sharers in the profit OF their la
Dor, anu by their efforts con
tribute towards securing the
unity and solidity OF labor
forces to conquer their rights from the
wealth absorbers, we may, by our intel
iisencc and persstency by the earnest
ness OF our purpose, the nobility OF our
cause. work out through evolutionary
methods the final emancipation OF labor
While we may not have the power to
order a strike OF the working people
OF our country, we are fully aware that
recommendation from this conference
for them to lay down their tools and
labor would largely influence the mem
beers Of our affiliated organizations, and
approaching the responsibility resting
upon us and the duty we owe to all.
We declare II to be the sense OF
this conference that II general strike at
this time is inexpedient unvise and con-
trary to the best interests of the work
ing people
We further recommend that all con-
nectcd with the American Federation Of
Labor now out on sympathetic strikes
should return 10 WORK, ana ,nOsc WIN
contemplat. going out on sympathetic
strikes are advised to remain at their
! usual vocatIuns.
In the strike Of the American hallway
Union We recognize an impulsive,
vigorous protest against the gathering,
growing forces Of plutoCratic power and
corporal on rule.
IN the sympathetic movement OF that
| order to help the Pullman employees
they have demonstrated the hollow
shams Of Pullman's pharassical paradise
Mr. Pullman in his persistent re-
pulses Of arbitration and his heartless
autoCratic treatment OF his employees
has proved himself public enemy.
The heart Of labor everywhere throhs
responsive to the many purposes and
sturdy struggle of the American Ranw.y
Union in It's heroic enG-uvur to re-
dress the wrongs OF the Pullman EN-
plOyees.
In this position they efrectua,y rciter-
ate the fundamental trades union priuci-
pie that working people, regSr! Hess Of
, sex, creed, color, nationality, politics or
occupation, should have one and the
same interest in one common cause for
their own Industrial and political al
yancement.
BY this railway strike the people are
once more reminded Of the immense
forces held at the call OF corporate capt.
tai for the subjugat!on OF labor.
For years the railroad Interests have
| shown iawlcss example of defiance to
| injunctions. and have set aside laws to
| control them.
They have displayed the utmost con-
tempt for the Interstate Commerce Law
nave avoided its penalties ana snerrcd at
It's impotency 10 prevent pooling, dis
| rim nation and other impost,inns on the
public.
| In this disregard of law these corpora
tons have given the greatest impetus 10
/ anarchy and lawlt -sness.
| sun they did not hesitate when CON
. froriri 10y outraged labor 10 invoke the
powers OF the stat. the Federal Gov
ernment, backed 10y United States Mar
! shals, injuuCtnHs Of courts, proc.ama-
! tons Of the President and sustained by
/ the bayonets ~ soldiers ana al, the civil
| and military machinery o. the Law have
rallied on the summons OF the corpora
| tions.
| Against the array OF armed forCh and
brutal money auiocracy, would IT, Not be
worse than folly to call men oft on q