New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-30
COMMENT IN THIS CITY.
A TALK WITH CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEW.
G. p. HtNTrNGT6N's INSTRUCTIONS no TIL
GENERAL MANAGER OF THE SOUTH
ERIN PACIFIC ROAD.

ERN PACIFIC ROAD.
Al the different New York Offices Of the railroads
rfecedby the Pullman boycott and incidental strikes
little information received yesterday. and the
only official announcement received al the Pullman
Office here was a dispatch from Chicago saying
that train No. u the Erie road had been
abandoned on account of the strike. Nothing was
heard here OF the Committee OF the American
Railway Union said to have been sent East from
Chicago 10 organize strike on the Eastern roads
At the different railway stations in Jersey CITY
where Pullman are used no sign OF trouble
has yet appeared.
In regard 10 the strike Chauncey NJ. Depew said
Yesterday: AS understand the Pullman strike,
the railroads had part or lot In the occasion
which led II. and are now being VIGOROUSLY
punished. The Pullman Car Company Ia man
ufocturing concern. The car manufacturing pusi-
ness was never depressed as It has been WITHIN
the past year The Peninsula Car Company OF
Mlchiran. located at Detroit OF the largest In
the United States. and several others OF almost
equal magnitude. have been closed for months
because they could not get any orders The poor
earnings OF the railways prevented them from
giving these depressed times any orders FOR new
equipment except in cases OF absolute necessity
and only when they were tempted by such conces-
slons in the price of cars land am speaking no"
OF freight cars, FOR these are the only ones Which
ar. ordered) as they knew would make the cars
much cheaper than they could ever be had again.
TO KEEP ON WORKING AT LOSS.
"The Pullman Manufacturing Company" con-
tInued Mr. Depew. could contract for cars SUM-
Gent TO keep their force work at three-fourths
TIE usual price Of fregh; oars but at
heavy loss from the ola price. They offered Their
men an opportunity to take these orders ana Keep
the works gons. provided an arrangement cou.d
be made on a basis OF wages which wond enap.e
them 70 furnish the at actua cost The leaders
OF the employees decided that the men should not
oF.~ n
time being a reduction in the wages which have
been heretofore paid whereupon the company nav
ing no work. closed its factory.
THE Spirit OF the strike, as ! understand H.
IL by Closing up the railroad and OBTAINING travellers
all over the country wherever they may be 10 create
a public opinion which WI. compe. the Hiahu-
featuring company to secure work and do 1t, no
matter what the loss may he. With the relations
between the manufacturing company and their en-
p.oyes the railway companies have nothlhg u
DO and II IA none Of their business That IL
matter which ought 10 be adjusted by the parties
Immediately concerned But precisely how stopping
thousands Of people on the arid plains Of Arizona
ana IN the siperheatei bet Of the Northwest
many Of them women and children. many OF them
travellers fastening the bedsides OF dying
mothers wives children, many OF them inVaIlcs
who may lose their lives by the exposure Is to COM
pc; a manufacturing company to find contracts %
build cars and then build them, Is just one OF those
grasp.
THE CENTRAL NOT AFFECTED.
"Of course" added Mr.. Depew "our lines, using
only Wagner cars. not affected, except 50 far as
in the interchanges Pullman may be run on
some OF the Western roads. II the railways which
use the Pullman s,eepers-ard they comprise most
of the roads west Of Chicago ard ali the roads
IN the South and on the Pacific Coast-shoud give
up the Pullman s:eepers, there are no other sleeping
md The SQ1nl
would have 10 return 10 the primitive neth0d OF
sitting up in the ordinary day coaches. with all the
Inconvenience and suffering which that wou.d en-
tail. OF course. except so far as 1t affects thHr
earnings. 1t is not question between the rahray
question between che who.e travelling public and
the Psoe Vino are s nE x sP sEs Of the trouble
I'VE feel sure that the employees OF the Southern
Pacific COMPANY will not leave US II they 20 40,
cisco to get other men to I'll their places 6es M
Fu1aH ami % menu but a ihS od not be used
our employees TO the injury OF the southern Pacific
worn they viii be discharged ana they will never
b. employed again by the Southern Pacific Conn
MIR Huntington would not discuss the question
Of the strike reaching the East In the forenoon
Tovne OF the Southern Pacific Company. 10 con-
to new men In their places
SOME THINGS WHICH MR.. PULLMAN SAID.
Samuel wilson. the Eastern superintendent Of the
ton the remarks made by Mr. Pullman at NETT
inc OF the Pullman employees held on May 7. They
in part as follows: - --,.... 10
AT the commencement OF the very serious de-
e1s men and paying out in wages there $4,000
month Negotiations with intending PURCHASERS OF
York we're STOPPED by them orders already given
by others were cancelled. and We were Obliged 70
In every department. so that by November l. ls9
ri Of no NAL |
lied the necessity for the most strenuous exertons
TO procure work Immediately without when mere
wonld be great embarrassment not only 10 the
employees and their families at Pullman. but also
to those living in the immediate vicinity inenang
homes and 10 whom employment was actually
necessary to enable them to complete tAeir pay
"The result of this discussion was revision In
pece-work piece 1 ~r u, 'H su,osed to be ac,
equitable to the men under the CIRCUMSTANCES.
Under those conditions. and with lower prices upon
the lettings Of cars and by making lower bids
tnAn ro T1s Increase our force from 900 up 10
aio,t 4 200 the number employed, according 10 the
AprH hos non been accomplished merely by reduc-
lion in wages. but the company has borne lts ful
sb en- bv eliminating from its estmstes the use Of
nnttai and machinery and In many cases going
even below that and taking work at considerable
loss"
CONFIDENCE IN THE MANAGERS.
The action taken by the General Managers' AS
ISOLATION OF Chicago In assuming jurisdiction over
the Pullman boycott and IT'S firm stand in resist
tng the demands Of the strikers has met approval
among the railway men in the East. This assoc'a-
,on &c one Of the strCngcs. organizations OF rail-
,rov officers In the country, It's membership con-
s,silnc OF the general manager OF each OF the twen
1.-TWO Chicago terminal lines Railway men here
ritt great faith In the Managers Association, and
fbey beiisye that the association will succeed In
controlling thu strike.
group OF railway officials were discussing the
trouble Yesterday and commenting on its various
phases when one of them said: Suppose sud
den war should spring up with a foreign Power.
and Mr. Debs. or some other person representing
the so-caled labor interests Of the country should
decide that the contest was one In which his or
gaDiZatiorl should not engage. Suppose that regi-
ments were formed in different parts OF the West
ern and Southern country. prepared to come East
10 defend the coast and Mr.. Debs should say:
There must Ire ue-up OF all lines which attempt