The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-08

.,,-r,.,.ass that a desp-seated conviction
i 6.rominr prevalent that this govern
ment Is soon to be declared mLstary
desposism.
"The transmission of the tinted States
mails il not interrupted by the striking
EMPLOYEES of any rail way company. but oy
the railway companies themselves, VINO
refuse 10 haul the mails on trains 70 when
Pullman cars are not attached II II - q
criminal interference with the United
States mails for the employees oil railway
company to detach from mali tram .
Pullman palace car, contrary 70 the VIII o. o.
the company, then il holds true that IL Ii
The same criminal interference whenever
Pullman palace car is detached from
mail train in accordance with the Will OF .
railway while said mail train Is In transit.
The line of criminality IN such cases should
not De drawn At the willingness or unwii-
lingness of railway employees, put AT the
act itself, and inasmuch as it has been the
common practice of railway corporations
to attach aud detach from mall trains
Pullman cars at will, while said trains
are in transit and carrying the
mails of the United states, 1t
would seem an act OF discrimination
against the employees OF the railway cor
porations TO declare such acts unlawful in
reference with the transmission of the
mails when done by employees or without
the consent of their employers. In view
of these facts we look upon the far-ietched
decision of Attorney General Oiney, the
sweeping injunctions against railway en-
ployes and the movements OF the regular
army, as employing the powers OF the gen.
eral government for the support and pro-
lection of the railway corporations In
their determination TO Cypress their en-
ployes.
ssThe present railway strike was precipi-
tated by the uneasy desire OF the railway
corporations to destroy the organizations
of their employees and make the working
people more subseryient to the will of their
employers, and as all students of govern
ment agree that free institutions depend
for their prosperity upon the freedom and
prosperity of the common people. IL would
seem more in consonance with the spirit
OF democratic government II the reoerai
authority was exercised IN defense OF the
rights of the toiling masses to life, liberty
and the pursuit of Happiness. But, on the
contrary, there is not an instance on record
where In any conflict between the corpor-
atoms and the people. the strong arm OF
the military power has been employed 10
protect the working people and the INDUS
trial masses from the rayages ana persecu-
ton OF corporate greed. But the measure
of character has been IN the line OF declar-
ing the corporations always in the right,
and the working people always In the
wrong.
Now. sir. we pledge to you the power
of our respective organizations, indlvldu-
ally and collectively, for the maintenance
of peace and good order and the preserva-
ton OF life and property, and to aid In the
punishment of all criminals In the
present contest between labor and the
railway corporations We shall use every
peaceable and honorable means at our
command, consistent with the law and
our constitutional rights, to secure for the
working people just compensation for the
labor done and respectful consideration
in accordance with the inherent rights of
all men and the spirit of republican gov
eminent. In doing so We appeal to all the
liberty-Ioying people of the nation to aid
and support US in this most just and
righteous cause EUGENE V. DEBs.
president of the A. X. q.
~. r. SOVEREIGN,
master Workman of the *. of l..
WASHINGTON CRY, July 8, 1:30 a. H.
The Debs-Sovereign dispatch has not
been received by the president, and
no response to it will be sent out
tonight. A report was in circulation
here last night that the object of
q two days. trip that Secretary Herbert
made, and from which he returned today,
was TO see Mr.. Pullman with view to
bringing about an end of the strike, but
Secretary Herbert would neither deny nor
confirm any reports as to the object of
his trip.
Track Blown Up in Colorado.
GLESwoop SPRINGS. COL, July This
place was startled about 9:25 this evening
BY a terrific explosion. which fairly shook