Arizona silver belt., 1894-07-14
ORIGIN OF TINE PULLMAN STRIKE GRIEVANCES OF TEE MEN. AND MR.
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SiiSu ilBtlt Oll llie siJhdllOn qua TOT the information of our readers we append a synopsis of the contentious made by the respective parties to the disagree ment
 THE MEMS STORY.
 The striking employees of the Pull man Company say that previous to the strike the company made as much money as it always did from the rents of it's houses and from its car shops and other factories. They maintain that this is borne out by statement made in g pamphlet distributed by the company last December. "The day is near at hand when the $50, 900, 900 pres ent capital of the Pullman Company will be covered by the value of the 8, 500 acres of land on which is built the town of Pullman" Coupled with this was statement that the $30, 900, . 900 capital stock of the company had a market value of S60, 900, ,000.
 Rents being an important matter for the company as profits from manufac- ture, the employees aver that the com pany has manipulated its wages, hours and selection of employees so as to give just enough work to enable the em- ployes to pay rent, The strikers owe S7O,OOO of rent, for which they have not a cent to pay.
 By the several cuts in wages which the company made it was able at the time of the lockout to get work done, the men say, from s2 20 to S2.65 which in ordinary times, would have cost S4 or more. This represents an abso- lute profit to the company by the cuts in piece price and hourly rate of wa ges, but the loss to the men, they say, was actually about 30 per cent more than this by the reduction of the hours of work from 10 to '. The allegation is freely made that by cutting wages the company saved from 10 to 90 cents in the cost of work, much of which it would have to do anyway, By the cut in the hours it was able to spread it's work among enough people, the men say, to keep all it's houses fairly well rented and the rent collected.
 It is alleged that in spite of hard times the company has managed to shift all the loss upon the operators it's own profits have not been affected. A striker, who claimed to be skilled workman said there was a system of paternalism at Pullman under which it was very hard for man to main tain his self-respect. ''The houses we live in are owned by the Pullman Con- pany the gas we burn, the water we drink, the clothes we wear, we buy from the Pullman Company and to such an extent are We controlled by the system here, that it seems at times as if the very air we breathe we inhale by virtue of Q sacred permission of the Pullman Company. The thing is d. most intolerable.
 MIR. PUILMAN's STATEMENT.
 At the commencement of the serious depression last year we were employ ing 5sl6 men at Pullman and paying in wages there SSO5, 900 month. Ne. gotiations with intending purchasers of railway equipment then pending were stopped, and orders already giv- en by others were cancelled, and we were obliged to lay off men, from time to time, in every department and by Nov. l, 1893, there were only about 2,OOO employed.
 Realizing the necessity of providing work to prevent great embarrassment to employees and their families in Pull man and also to 700 or 500 employet who had purchased homes and tc whom employment was necessary tc enable them to complete their pay, ments, l canvassed the matter thor oughly with the manager of the works and instructed him to assure the men that the company would do the utmost to meet the competition sure to occul because of the number of large car manufacturers in the same condition and anxious to keep their men em ployed,
 The selling prices of passenger bag gage, box, refrigerator and street cars have in the last two years fallen in the various classes from IT to 2s per cent. the average decline being 24 per cent.
 The result of the discussion was . revision of piece work. Under these conditions and with lower prices upon all materials undertook the work ol lettings of cars, and by making lower bids than other manufacturers, secured work enough to gradually increase our force from 22OO to about 42o0, tho number on the April pay rolls.
 This result was accomplished moi only by reduction in wages, but tho company has borne it's full share by eliminating from the estimates the usC of capital and machinery and in many cases taking work at considerable loss, notably the fifty-five Long Islanc | passenger cars, the contract for which was sought by all the leading car build CTS in this country. Our bid was put in at more than $500 per car less than actual cost to the company. The 300 stock cars for the Northwestern roaC and 250 refrigerator ears for the same company will result in loss of S1l per car and p cars built for the Lake Street Elevated road show a loss O $79 per car. These particulars are 1 mentioned to show what the roTnpanN