New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-16
A POST-MORTEM INQUIRY.
CENTRAL LABOR UNION SPEAKERS cRlTlCisb
DEBs AND OTHER LABOR LEADERS AND TRY
HAND At ..EIXING TIE RESPONSIBILITY"

CENTRAL LABOR UNION SPEAKERS CRIT1CIsD
DEBs AND OTHER LABOR LEADERS AND TRY
HAND AT FILMING THE RESPONSIBILITY"
Some warmth OF feeling displayed at yes
terday's meeting of the Contra, Labor Union al
Clarendon Hail.. Assertions that Dehs was
numbsku,l and President Cleveland a foe TO or
ganized labor were frequently made. Sovereign ana
Arthur also came in for share OF abuse The
speakers after deploring the loss 10 organized labor
by the failure of the strike. tried their hands at TX
ing the blame. That the strike was at an end only
the combative Joseph Barondess made a denial
The meeting resembled IN many respects a post
norton inquiry Daniel Harris presided and Philip
Kelly. OF the Theatrical Protective Union, started
the condemnatory ball a-rong. lie had been, he
said. in Chicago during the strike. and there was
no unusual d.squet. What excited Mr.. Kel.y's IN
dignatlon that he along the lake front "a
lot OF United States troops in warke attitude with
bayonets drawn. 70 protect 'scabs'" Mr. Kelly
fe!, hurt because the troops prevented the strikers
from killing a few "scabs." and he was IN state
OF mind because the troops insisted upon protecting
property He had attended a meeting or the deie-
gates in Chicago and II was he said. clearly shown
that some of the men employed by the Pullman
company. after their rent and grocery bills from ;he
company had been paid. had remaining only 81 or
81 a month The could stand II no longer, and
went on strike. The strike. IN Mr.. Kelly's opinion,
would have been a success but for the Interference
OF the Chief Magistrate OF the country. who acted
on the advice OF zone Oney known as a share
holder IN and In sympathy with railroads" Il was
TOO bad continued the speaker tina; the man VINO
had two years ago been hailed as the savior 81
his country took the side ~ Mr.. Oncy against that
OF the men who had elected him. Il was now Scn,
orally believed he said. that II Chief Arthur had
woHd have been successfully ended In ,wenty-f our
hours While in Chicago. Mr. Kelly sah he had
heard Il said and 1; generally believed, That
Mr. Arthur had expressed his willingness 10 AZ The
passs Of ne fkGt w In cdnnnea
speaker. There is to strike In his co9un-
try. where the Goyernment is with ne cSpi' S
other means than strikes will have TO be resorted
10 II organized labor is to stand.
The last assertion OF the speaker filled the breast
Of Henry Weismann with anguish. and he Jumped
past" He went on: "Debs showed bad judgment.
in ordering the strike. He was not tx man to
arb@9 s Sargent and wknson had gone into
the strike the result would probably have been
thnsiastic (hisses) ne would not have ignored the
American Federation OF Labor. He saw ~ to co.
is seen now. Sovereign made boast that he could
call out 10000 men the Te =, 1t ,r"S,sd ne long
corporations grind wageworSers so ,ons w ,ba
James p Archibald then made long denial , of
almost all Mr. " ,sn Knshs OF LABOR m
quently came near the positive assertion tna' M M
the rH los. T ri the 9h
loyalty and diocy OF some OF NJ IaSor a,,gh;
,hsr sn nto ronbe Mr. frchSa
hnwever that the motives OF the men who ordered
| the strikes were exalted motives i believe ne
said "there was good reason for TINS strlke, Some
| neonle say I'm fool and sometimes thhh
| thev're right" "a voice. That's right
Roger Harrison delegate OF the stationary en-,
| e,reers said he knew that e'Rhty-six Brotherhoo1
| Engineers were sent West laef week TO take tne
paces Of the strikers and Robert Winston OF the
| Waters Union also criticised Mr.. Weismann' -,
| Joseph Barondess said. In loud voice ihat une
| strike was not over, and had. in fact only beguh
| No one cared TO dispute Mr. Barondess, ana wren
| he called for q vote extraordinary session
} to be held on Tuesday to aid the uncnployed su',
| ferers by the late strike. no notice whatever "aS
| taken OF him