The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-17

sympathetic strike of the American
Railway Union to the almost helpless
Pullman strikers.
"3 That in our opinion had it not
been for the determined action of the
general managers and their allies, the
United States and officials, in support
ing the Pullman Company, this general
trouble would not have lasted twenty
four hours.
"A That in our opinion the guaran-
tee Of the officials of the American
Railway Union to run all trains with
out Pullman cars attached demon
strates that their sympathetic strike
was only to support the striking Pull
man employees.
50 That the United States judges
and officials (Our servants,) in assum-
ing the peculiar if not suspicious atti
tude they have in this series of com
plications, have proved themselves
thoroughly in competent, if not worse,
and should be impeached at once.
e That if the United States officials
arrest Eugene Debs as being responsible
for this trouble, it is the duty of every
workingman in the United States to
stop work at once and remain idle until
he is released.
- AAAS OAN OOOJ 0PROAA4u q SOI4
mittee to call a monster mass meeting
to give expression to the sentiments of
these resolutions"
WHITE RIBBONS FOR SYMPATHY.
Edward King, of the Chadwick Civic
Club, suggested that, in order that fac
ton might not interfere with the full
expression of sympathy with the strik
ers, white ribbons should be distributed
in the street corners as badges of sym
pathizers. "This is the plan they are
working in Chicago" said he, land it
has succeeded immensely" This sug
gestion will be adopted, nc doubt, by
the committee. This committee will
also arrange to have other labor organ.
izations join with the Central Labor
Union. While the meeting was III ses
sion q delegation was sent to big g."
which was in session upstairs, asking
it to co operate. "Big g. sent back an
swer that it was not yet res dy to act,
but would consider the matter later in
the afternoon.
The committee of the Central Labor
Union will meet this evening at 8
o'clock at No. % Lafayette Place. The
disposition is to get all labor Organiza-
tions to join in the demonstration,
without regard to fractional differences.
The sentiment is for a mass meeting in
Cooper Square. They think Cooper
Union would be too small, and they
look forward to packing twenty or
thirty thousand people into Union
Square, and to having such a monster
meeting of sympathy as New York has
not seen since war times. Resolutions
similar to those proposed by the New
York Central Labor Union were
adopted a week ago by the Brooklyn
| Central Labor Union.
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR
District Assembly 40, Knights of
Labor, adopted resolutions addressed
to President Cleveland, Governor Alt
geld and others, denouncing the
authorities for the indecent and ma.
lignant haste with which the State
militia and Federal troops have been
ordered to assist the railroad kings tc
coerce their striking employees into
submission" and urging all wage
workers of every nationality, sex, creed
or color to join at the ballot box on the
next election day and vote for the
party which proposes the ownership
by the people of all the means of pro
duction and distribution.
Typographical Union No. 6 also
passed resolutions of sympathy with
the strikers, and demanded that the
government assume control of all
railways as a means of preventing
further strikes"
"