Evening journal., 1894-07-05
DEFENSE OF TIE PULLMAN.
AN EMPLoYE SAYS THAT ONLY SLOW
MEN ARE DISCONTINUED.


Nine Out:of Ten Men Are Contented with
tho Wages Thoy Are Reoeiving-A Work
man Figures Out the Wage Trouble at
the Local Car shops.
The following statement, made by
Pullman Palace Car Company employe,
OF this city. goes to show that but a
small proportion Of the workmen EN-
ployed In the shops Of the company here
are dissatisfied with the wages they are
receiving during this period Of financial
stringency and business depression:
81 noticed letter in the Sunday Star,
written by Pullman employe accusing
Mr. Bulge, the general foreman, OF
wilfully misstating the facts In regard
to the wages paid and the contentment
OF the men, and also ealing on other
employees to bear him out In his state
ment
Now am an employe Of the Pullman
Company and not one Of recent date,
either, aud / will say that n the writer
Of that article is only making II cents
per hour and Is still working for The
com pany he can attribute IL TO good luck
| and q lenient kind-hoArted foreman, for
men who can only make that amount et
the prices paid for piecework 1t the
chops are only in the way Of good men,
and their work, at It's best. 10 very peor
IAN instance that happened last week
will best illustrate this point. Two
gangs Of carpenters started 20 fib up the
Interior wood work Of two cars at the
price OF $ls 20 per car, each car having
the Same amount OF work TO do even TO a
screw. One gang finished at 22l cents
per hour; the other gang at l2l cents
Now, whose fault was thatY Again
one man hanging deck sash makes 3u
cents per hour another, nc the same
work, can hardly make l6 cents.
Is the foreman to blame hereY In the
painters department, three men receive
SO 40 FOR cutting Ia the back ground colol
on car aud average 2lb cents; another
gang OF three men at the same work
make from II 10 10 cents II thew rais'
, che price SO that the tail-enders car
make pa cents tho leaders will make 3.
cents and the same dissatisfaction viii
exist among the slow men as at present
''Stick a pin right here; there
Is no dissatisfaction In the Pull
man shop except among th'
slow pokes and that always did and
always will exist. ] think the man who
says that the men are dissatisfied mus
belong 20 tho incOmpetents and from
hearing their doleiul whines, imaginel
I the entire shop Is in fever Of discon
tent Men Of that class are the curse o
the country the cause Of these grea
strikes and their attendant evils. Their
can be no equalization OF wages An,
, man who will consider a moment vii
see that, for there Is not q mechanic II
the country who would not kick II h
saw an incompetent man making th
same amount he does.
( "As to the Pullman shops here, / vii
p | say this. The men are all making bette
; | wages than they could make auywher
b else at present. Mechanics In ever
| branch of business represented at th
8 works are averaging % cents per hour
. | That is plain statement and | def
c anyone TO come forward and deny Il
p The man who Is not satisfied with 2
e cents per hour in these times deserves [
e be out Of work and hungry.
n For those eleven cent men / have onl
this 10 say: Be the price list high q
low, they have only one place In the prC
cession. assure you that place Is neve
!. right behind the band. but far on In Oh
distance you may see them ploddin
e along in q style which every meohanl
/, win at once recognize as peculiarly the
own These men are the kickers, th
worms, who are eating out the heart {
g contentment, not In the Pullman shoI
Is alone, but every place where lars
't numbers OF men are employed. Let n
j. say one word more aud l am done wit
Il the man who looks forward in such
y doleful style There is an old adage |
ID would do we'll to study and paste in h
hat and that is Never cross a bridl
D, until you come to It.. By folloWing tn
old saying be VIII save himself needle
, worrying l for one an satisfied and
of will vouoh for it that II the shop WI
Is csnvasssd they would 6nd ten contents
d ones TO the one who is dissatisfied"
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