The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-05-15


what ths Lessins chicago Papers Have
70 Say in ass.rd % the Bis Oar shfp
Strike. a
Two thousand employees In the Pull
man Car Works struck on Friday.
leaving but 800 othsrs at their posts.
The was not enough to kesp the work 9
going, go notice was posted on the
big gates at 8 O'Clock, saying that the
shops would be closed until further
notice.
Tho walk out was q complete sur.
prise to the officials. AT the request
| OF the employees an investigation OF
charges against tho foremen had been
commenced Thursday and was to have
been oontlHued for several days. A
thorough and impartial Investigation
had been promised by ylee-presldent
Wickes.l Mr. pullman had offered to
allow the men the privilege OF examine
ing the books OF che comp apy TO
verify his statement that the works
were running at a loss.
When the men quit work at O'Clock
Thursday evening mono OF them ha d
any idea Of striking. When they went
to work yesterday morning no one
outside the, Grievance Committee knew
there was to be strike. as ,sss-a@ea
MEET IN SALOON.
But the Grievance Uommlttee OF
Fort y-six held o session at the Dew
drop saloon In Kensington. which last
cd until $50 O'Clock In the morning.
At that time o ballot was taken which
resulted AZ to In favor of strike. A
second ballot was unanimous.
The Chicago papers published editor
ials on the strike eautionfng the men
against using unlawful means to-
wards the, Pullman property. The
! Evening Post editorially says'
AN uNJusTIFIABLE STRIKE.
, The strike at Pullman seems especi
!. ally erratio and foolish. Two thous
and men appear TO have left their em
= ployment without satisfactory reason
Simply in the spirit OF discomfort and
= restlessness. aggravated by the inter
fence OF the professional walking del.
= egates. That Ia all one can make out
: OF this unexpected detection.
g Strikes or lookouts of any kind ar'
reprehensible ut this juncture. We
= have Just got over the worst winter 10
o. twenty-five years, and now that trade
- Ia reviving the object OF all should be
o to get or give employment.
!. Yesterday without further warninf
l. 2, 600 men In the great shops went GU
: on strike.
Il Probably they realize tholr folly thi
- morning. II IL likely to he loni
10 time before some OF them will ca
Of bread OF their own earning again
Meanwhile they will get little comfor
n OF aid out of the professional walkin,
r. delegates.
= The Tribune says: The unexpecte
- strike at Pullman Is very foolish oil
g. fair and shakes ones confidence in tn
G. intelligence Of the expert mechanic
~ who have been Elm ployed ty that com
= pany. They had been teld the day be
rs. fore that their wages had been cut bt
~ cause prices had been cut, and the
sh were invited to examine the book
and satisfy themselves that the con
4. pany had boon building cars ut los.
20 Instead OF availing themselves OF thi
d. opportunity 1000 OF them hav5 gu
,r work and have reduced to nothing Oh
wages they complained OF as being to
small.
= This is a most most senseess strike
N as those engaged In 1t Will discovt
q before long Neither they nor an
Oh other set of men can force an employe
to work ut loss. Neither tho
- nor oil the mechanics in the land GA
M compel the restoration OF protectio
Ith scale Of wuges when protection hi
~. been cut savagely by their Democrat
IN friends.
{ THE PULLMAN STRIKE.
ia The Inter Ocean says: The lates
Id news from Pullman IL discouraglni
on Yesterday morning 1t seemed as II
lc. strike had been averted by the just a
ge ton of the employers. but at noon
was known that o00 men had throw
10 down their tools and had Joined u
armies OF the unemployed. Unle
+. more cogent reasons than as yet ha'
M been assigned are given such actio
~. must be held by the public as lit
In less than criminal.
There may be causes not yet mac
let. public that have led to the unexpectt
- strike. But unless such causes
made known the strikers must star
no under condemnation as men who ha
M needIessly blocked the wheels OF ira
,by that were moving with difficulty. al
ind that have added to the already hui
a-tf incubus OF tile povsrty ami Woo tn
. necessarily come OF season of @
forced idlensss.
The work men In tho Pullman sho
nil In our city have as yet taken no aetl'
\. one way or the other In regard to +
t. etrike In Chicago. und the works q
- running fairly busy, AMI the m
for makiR as good wages there ms at u
an. OF the other shops III our city.