The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
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prop 1cir George" Nellie bly,, OF tne
than ork World, was sent to Chicago
New rrito up the situation while the
to Tsi vas at its heighth. She admits
srIEo vent there bitter against the
that SUI Init returned a striker herself.
srISelt t'orviewed the men. One man
Sno n,mmanded a salary of 81 so per
Who taw years ago had been cut down
d VI he only had 20 cents a day to
a .anort his family on, after paying
supp Here is what he said:
fenr the reduction Of wages my
VIII ornenses went on just the same.
living sAP not decrease. I moved into
They u room fat, for which I paid $14
out with II cents for water tax.
;Is YOU some idea of the situation,
I0gibSooff had been able to earn 1915
say In% Of course you understand l did
adayI' OnIv cot 81 90, l paid so cents a
10Ii tr r6nt and water and that, If l
do! l Oot % Is, would have left 37.12
pau o Dpr capita for maintaining my
centS But that average would have
tauH!d that l work 365 days in the
fe4uH B1t YOU know We have Sur
yea. and holidays and three weeks
aS!S summer, get So Is every work
eSI 3{av Il would only average 20 cents
uS3oT ner capita to support and edu-
as"y nv family, and with the poorest
G.G .tnaks 16 cents per pound, you can
pVSGJorstand how much I could do. 81
Una wv cav for myself and brother work
"en, he added, that if rents had
5 ner' reduced with the pay there would
1--we been no strike. Instead of that
..Uts have been increased since I came
~ toHPf Pullman. A cottage of five rooms
Nv. Nv then $14 II, and now we have to
Nv $14 II for four-room fat"
P334nother trouble" spoke up a man
vbo had been listening, was the
tyTsnny of the bosses. We had too
manv, and they were incompetent.
There was too much red tape about the
Whole concern. Mr.. Pullman was an
artocrat. He never came to Pullman
without from twelve to twenty people
Of his heels, and no workman dared
sneak to him. We had to give com
I8iuts to a boss and he sent it up the
fine. until at last it reached Mr.. Pull
man. who could not see how things
could be helped anyway. To put it
roughly, the head Of the dog was too
far from the tail"
Il wish you would state my case,"
spoke another man. 1T has been
claimed by Mr.. Pullman that his work
men we're not required to live in Pull
man. I am what they call an inside
wood fnisher. l used to make 50 % a
day, and l was cut to $40. Then l
moved out of Pullman. I got a five
roomed cottage for 81, and then l was
laid off. There was no work for me.
When l asked why, the manager told
me if | would move back to Pullman /
would not have to lose a days work.
1t was either occupy a Pullman house
or do without work"
Il was also reduced" said a new
conner, from So a day to 81 so. Ny
rent was $3.50 and at one pay day l
had only been given thirteen days
work. After they took out my rent l
had a check for one cent to live on for
two weeks and keep my wife and
child"
Il am a vestibule builder" said a
nan who had spoken at the meeting.
You know the vestibule of the Pull
man cars. l used to be paid $12 and
SIS previous to the first quarter in 1898.
Then l was cut from $15 to 50. Perhaps
you remember seeing the Worlds Fair
Pullman cars. For the first I received
for vestibule building $110 or $50 an
end, We had seven cuts during the
tune we were building them, and for
the last built I received $40, or $50 an
sa1, Just the same amount Of labor
andtlme was put on them, but that
Ea3 the reduction, from $11O to $40.
I wish to tell you, Miss Bly,, about
ne gas" interjected another man.
contrary to the city ordinance gov
91l1g the price Of gas, which places
me limit at 81 25 per 1000 feet, Mr..
Il charges his WOrkmen 50 25,
and We were notified that we could
nave gas at 81 Is per 1000 feet if we
rented from the company a gas stove
aoJ cents per month. The gas stove
san ordinary one, with two lids, cost
Jug at most IS cents for a stove, but we
au 70 pay Mr.. Pullman continually so
venus a month rent for one in order to
lave our gas 81 Is per 1 900 feet instead
OUuJ forget the water tax" Sug-
SS:;ed q newcomer. Mr.. Pullman
$$aId cents and at the very smallest
curing charged his people IA cents. l
%I:nated that over and above every
sT1a8 ne cleared annually on the water
aole S45, OOO."
! don't think any department of
no5E had a worse reduction than mine,
ral III give you a signed statement if
!U9 want it." Said another man: Il
ss washstands in the cars. Two years
aso 5or fitting out a car with wash
RN.o o0' '1700' OH" was 0UO W
mats no worse than mine" spoke
~ at1otner, pressing forward. II work
es,s5 general repairs, that is, repairing
ca @'' .o used to get for repairing one
n. SSz90, and I was cut to $65 a Car.
f h. Fullman has made the statement
oant tnree quarters of his work was
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