Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-07-26

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American labor and a joint demand
upon capitalists for higher wages, under
penalty of a universal strike, is fathered
by the leaders of the American Railway
Union, who now diyulge with pride the
details of their astonishing project.
The workmen of America are to be
enrolled in two organizations - the
American Railway Union, which is ex-
pected to absorb the older railway
brotherhoods, and the recently organized
American Labor Union, which will take
in every class of labor except railroad
employees. The two unions will affiliate
and be prepared by May list, 1895, to
demand reimbursement of wages to
the basis existing prior to the panic and
hard times.
PLANNING A Rig REVOLT.
It is planned to hold convention in
Chicago about January 10th, 1895 of
representative men Of the American
Railway Union, the United Mine Work
ers of North America, the knights Of
Labor and the American Labor Union.
The American Federation Of Labor and
the old railway brotherhoods are not to
be represented.
At this convention all branches OF
labor represented will be called on to
present a report as to the existing wage
scale at that time, and how much they
had been cut in 1892, 1893 and JlS94
These wage scales will be form 6lated
into demand upon all corporations
and railroads to restore the rates exist
ing prior to the panic. Unless these de.
mands are recognized a general walk
out will result.
AN ouTGRoWTH, Or DEBs' STRIKE.
Said an officer NJ the Railway Union:
"The present strike will never be de-
clared off by Mr.. Debs, and we expect
that if the Chicago swltchmen remain
firm, the Chicago roads will eventually
compromise on basis satisfactory TO
JAIL. The present strike not being de-
clared off, convention of the character
described will be entirely in place, and
will bring together at that time the
strongest labor organizations in the
world.
"There will be a full analysis of wage
scales before any demand is made on
capital for change, and the East will
be as strongly represented in the new
labor organizations then as the West is
now. The movement of May LIST, 1895,
then, will be only reinforcement of
the strike begun on June 26th, 1894"
COMBINE OF ALL LABOR.
In this plan much is expected of the
new American Labor Union, which
claims membership of 1000 and has
opened its ranks to every class Of labor
except railroad employees. The cost of
membership i'll the American Labor
Union is the same as that in the Ameri
can Railway Union, 81 for card, the
card being good for a year.
Those behind the plan for the Jan
uary convention expect the acquittal of
Debs by the courts, and that following
this he will make 4 tour Of the East, de-
livering speeches and organizing
branches of his order. Campaighurs
from the American Labor Union will
follow him to make inrOads into tile
ranks of Gompers' followers They
argue that the time was never better for
the establishment of labor union to
1 control all labor factions outside Of
railroad work.
MANIFESTO FROM THR LEADERS.
The four union leaders, Dcbs, Howard,
a Keliher and Rogers, issued their first
= public manifesto from their new head.
quarters to-day. The document, pre-
ton in the seclusipn OF his cell, calls
upon the travelling public TO stop patron
lzlng Pullman cars as another means OF
bringing the company to terms. 1t is
as follows.
Cook County jan, CnlcAGo, July o.
TO The american IWbiic: ',It IS almost uni
\ versaliy conceded That the Pullman Com
pany, through utt-repeated reductions Of
wages, excessive rent and many causes hit:
ErIevolSly wrUnged It's employees. and
whatever may be said about the great rail
road strike, which resulted IN consequence
of such grievances, the arbitrary rrtIlsu
of said Pullman Company IL submit Il
arbitration i'll any form, even to decide til,
Question ii there was anything to urJilrate
istproot positive that the said company
had ne faith i'll the justice OF its cause ani
Tears the disclosures that are certain Il
result from an honest investigation and
in view OF the heavy loss entalled upOl
the country, such obstlnacy on the part .
the Pullman Company is deserving OF tn
severest condemnation.
ARBITRATION ALONE WAS ASKED.
The Pullman Company makes the pie;
that it is asked of them that they snal
run their works ut Il loss. The statemen
is absolutely false. What was asked WA,
arbitration, and this would have rcsutet
i'll eyen-handed Justice. The Pullman
Company has robbed its employees, and al
investigation would have disclosed stat
OF affairs That would have Mortified I'll
nation This is why arbitration was re
fused.
Ii is VIGOROUSLY true that the Pullman
Company pays its conductors ana porter
such pultry wages that they are Obliged /,
depend on the public TO support them
Yes, this rich and powerful corporation
virtually tells the public to pay tue wage
OF their sleeping-Car employees, an,
this, notwithstanding exturtlon rates ar
charged for sleepug-Car accommodations
We propose that the Pullman Uiupan,
shall be brought to justice, and this ia
way that viii not necessltate strike viii
its attendant ills. IT may be suggested tina
this should have been thought OF Drfur
the great strike was inaugurated, In tina
case little, If any, attention would hav
been paid to the appeal That We are aDou
to make.
As one of the results of the strike tht
country is aroused and any proper appel
Will commend attention. Inc Pullman
Company, still defiant, and as cruel to ii
former employees rs 1t is indifferent to Tn
public veal, IS determined to starve it
< employees into submission. As rcmurselee
as a man-eating tiger il waits Gomplacentl
until their last penny is gone,and they ar
thus forced to crawl back into their hear
less opponents employ,
CALLS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT.
The spectacle is well calculated to max
men and angels shudder. Snail the Pull
man Company have the support Of tn
public in carrying out this hensh policy
Shall the public be party 70 the sturvs
ton and degradation Of more than 80.
employees, men ana women, whose ont
crime is that they ask living wages
We believe, indeed, we know, what tn
answer will be. We have faith in tn
American people. They uphold iu-tic
and they love fair plav. And NOW IN m