Evening journal., 1894-07-07
SWEEPING CONTRADICTION.
A FORMER PULLMAN EMPLoYE GIVES
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION.

He Says That the WOrkmon I'm the VIII
mihRtoa shops DO rot Average Twenty
live Cents an Hour aud the Books and
the Cheeks Of the Company VIII Bear
Him Out.
A former employe Of the Pullman Pal
ace Car Company met an EVENING JOUR.
NAL reporter this morning and said;
Having read an article in your issue
Of July o. headed Defense Of the Pull
man, and statement that only slow
men are Disconnected thought / would
say 3 few words in reply, In a
spirit OF kindnesss and try and
convince our friend that he does not
Fnow what he is talking about when he
says that mechanics in every branch Of
business at the shops are averaging 2j
cents per hour and defes anyone to come
forward and deny it. / say positively
that 1t is false and without foundation In
fact, and the books of the company will
prove It; also the checks which the men
will receive the 10th Of this month for
the month of June
Il am practical car painter of forty
two years experience in the leading rail.
road and car shops Of the country; have
worked at different times at the Pullman
shops in this city, and have Away been
treated with courtesy and respect by
those under whose charge | have been
placed, and have, at the present time, no
grievances TO settle with them, as |
always act upon my own Judgment.
When / am not suited quit aud assume
my own responsibility. After reading
the above statement feel it my duty ss
mechanic TO let no such assertion
stand without contradiction
II know nothing of the rates Of pay In
other than the painting department.
do know that there is very great dissst-
isfaction there from Just cause and by
some OF as good and fast men as there
are in that shop or any other shop in the
country. l have heard, seen and known
that prices have been placed upon worh
there that the most skillful and rapid
workman that have ever come in con-
tact with cannot exceed 20 cents pc
hour, and few can reach that when thei
regular rate per hour is % cents
This ! can prove by all the skilled paint
ers in the shop for they have 80 expresse,
themselves to me.
He further states that three mel
receive 50 75 for cutting in backgroun,
color on a car average 27i cents per hour
say positively and emphatically thR
there is no three skilled men in the shol
who can cut In Pullman car in prope
manner in five hours l know how the,
are done and how they should be done
having done many of them / do know
that the work is very improperly done
and cannot be done otherwise for tn
prices paid. l doubt If there is a painte
in the employ whose rates of pay pc
hour for the past month has been les
than % cents per hour that has averages
that amount for the month. ! nav
heard quite number Of men say tina
they did not know what they were get
ting until they got their checks
"rhese are hard times and men VIII
have families to support are compelled Z
submit to indignities which they woul
not do If times were brisk and worl
plenty. / advise my dear misled frien
not TO misrepresent his fellow-workme
who are ground down by the iron hand O
autocraey. but give them a square dea
by a manly apology for his grave mis-
take In closing l can only say that
his statements are correct he shoul
prove them by facts and figures, then m
statement falls to the ground, unworth
of notice, for the books and che cks wi
prove the whole matter"