Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-30
WHAT MR.. PULLMAN SAYS.
1t is q Fight of the Railroads Now, No
His.


George NJ. Pullman. the president of the
Palace Car Company. yesterday at Chi
cago specifically defined the position Of his
corporation in reference to the boycott and
| railway strikes. This is the first time the
palace car official has granted a personal
Interview to a representative Of the press
since the railway strikes began.
The strike 10 no longer d fight against
tffhe Pullman Company alone said Mr..
pullman. 1T has spread and grown beyond
US, until now the Pullman strike Is n sub
Ordinate feature. The railroads are now
trying whether or not they have the right
| to control their own roads and manage
their own property. While the strike was
| confined to our company we at no time
asked the railroads to assist us, and when
q few days ago the general managers Of
the great railroads centering In Chicago
decided to oppose the American Railway
Union they asked neither advice nor as
| sistance from the Pullman company. 1t was
plainly, distinctly, and decidedly their night,
as was patent to everybody.
In reality this movement 10 a demonstra-
tion OF anarchy. Here are men Organized
| and banded together, attacking and cnceav-
oring TO crush Institutions which are neces-
sary to and operated for The welfare and
convenience CT the general public. We have
lsaone all that could be done-an that we
could co. at least-for the comfort and well
rare OF Our employees. As high wages were
r-paid az could possibly be AFFORDED in these
hard times.
80 far as I can see, there was nothing
lett undone for the good OF the men which
II was In our power to do. The railroads
nave nothing to do with the complaints and
shops. and perhaps care little about them.
IAese railways are now fighting for the
right to conduct the management of their
own lines. That is the point at stake, ard
"a - 1A1 o
as at any other"
Is the Pullman company distressed or
| embarrassed"
Not at all The railroad men will prob-
ABLY soon realize their position and come
70 their senses. Already at st. Louis and
LUDLOW, where the men were ordered from
our shops. they are beginning to return TO
| their places"
Have the railroad companies asked the
Pullman company TO end the troubler
They have not"
DO you anticipate any such move on
their part?"
Not at ALL"
What President Debs Says.
President Debs Of the American Railway
Union has issued an address to the railway
men OF America, setting forth the causes
and objects Of the present strike. In mis-
address he says:
The struggle with the Pullman company
! has developed into a contest between the
producing classes and the money power of
the country. This was what Lincoln prs-
dicted at the close Of the war, and Il was
this reflection that gave the great emanci-
lator his gloomiest forebodings. We stand
Ipon the ground that workingmen are en-
Titled to just proportion Of the proceeds OF
| MED them.
Reductions had been made from time to
time until the employees earned barely sum
cieht wages to live, not enough to prevent
them from sinking deeper and deeper into
humans debt. thereby mortgaxing their
ooies anu SOUS as well as their children's
70 tnat heartless corporation.
Up to this point the fight was between
the American Railway Union and the phil
man company. The American Railway
e Snion resolved that its members would re-
ause to hapdle Pullman cars and equipment
linen the railway corporations, through the
general managers association came 10 the
rescue, and in a series Of whercases de-
,ar,n 81 70 .he world that they would go into
Partnership with the Pullman compsnv So
70 speak, and stand by him in his deytlish
work or starving his employees to death.
Inc American Railway Union accented
the gage OF war. and thus the contest is
now on between the railway cornor.r,o,s
united soiidly upon the one hand and tbs
labor forces upon the other Every raiInoad
snploye OF the company should take his
staho against the corporations in this fight
for II 1t should be lost corporations vii
nave despotic sway. and all eunploves Mill
% reduced to a condition scarcely removed
above chattel slavery.
appeal to strikers everywhere To "a
~ snn from any act Of violence. Let there
De no interference with the afraI-s % ,hs
companies involved. and, above ali. Ter
mere De no act Of depreciation A man who
VIII destroy property or violate Law IS an
enemy ana not friend OF the cause OF
labor. The great public is with US. and we
need only to- maintain a dignified. honest
suaisntforward policy TO achieve victory
Let II be understood that this remark
able strike is not ordered by myself or any
other individual. nor is the strike inaugur
ated anywhere except by the consent ana
authority from a majority of the employees
themselves. Neither is this simply a fisht
OF the American Railway Union. The oues-
uon OF organisation ought not to be raised,
but every man who believes in orpanizet
railroad labor should take his stand on the
side OF labor and its battle for his rights
and those Of his fellow-men"