The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-07-25
APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE.
HEADQUARTERS A. R. u,
Cook County JAIL,
CHICAGO. July %. 1894.

July 70, lo5f.J
To The american Public:
1t il almost universally conceded that
the Pullman Company, through the oft
repeated reduction of wages, excessive
rents and many other causes, has
previously wronged its employees, and
that whatever may be said about the
great strike which resulted in conse-
quence of such grievance, the arbitrary
refusal OF said Pullman Company to
submit to arbitration in any form (even
to decide the question if there was any
thing to arbitratel, it is proof positive
that said company had no faith in the
justice OF its cause and fears the dis
closures that are certain to result from
an honest investigation, and in view OF
the heavy losses entailed upon the II
try such obstinacy on the part of the
Pullman Company is deserving OF the
severest condemnation.
We propose that the Pullman Com
pany shall be brought to justice, and In
. way that shall not necessitate u strik
with its attendant ills.
We have faith in the A American people.
They uphold justice. They love fair
play. And now, in the name of justice
and fair play, we appeal to the great
American public, to every man and every
good woman, not to ride in a Pullman
- .ut;l tko p,,IIu,an Hoo,narv Hoo.
justice to its employees. Let the cars
run absolutely empty. No friend Of
labor, 10 friend of humanity will occupy
q berth or seat in a Pullman car. Let
this policy be i%nauyurated and we will
then see how long the railway companies
will be bound by their contacts, as they
have induced the people to believe, to
haul Pullman cars.
We propose to continue the fight
against Pullman Company through good
and evil report and without regard to
consequences until justice shall be done.
There will be no surrender. We will use
every available and lawful means to
press the contest.
Is is requested that all papers through
out the land favorable to labor. to JUS
tice, to humanity, copy this statement
in full aud keep it standing as long ~
possible.
Earnestly appealing to the great pub
lie to aid US in this unequal contest and
relying with implicit faith upon the final
and powerful triumph OF the right, we
subscribe ourselves. Very respectfully
yours,
EUGENE v. DEBS, President.
GEORGE W. Howard, Vice President.
SYLVESTER KuLIHER, Secretary.
+. w. ROGERS, Editor Railway Times.
"Does this not mean that the general
strike ia made an issue Of secondary i'm
psortance? ?" was asked MI. Debs.
"No, it does not affect the general
situation, but is intended to bring out
the almost buried cause that lies at the
bottom of the present condition of
affairs. So much has happened that tn.
Pullman boycott has been almost lost
sight OF, and We are appealing once more
to the American sense Of justice
and reminding the public OF the interest
we have at heart. While the press and
the public have been against us, the
general public are with us in the Pull
man boycott. Ninety per cent of the
newspapers that are fighting the Ameri-
can Railway Union on the railroad and
general strike have most bitterly ar
raigned Pullman and are in sympathy
with us in the endeavor to bring Pull