The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-11-14
RAkiNo THAr REPokr.
The Stsiks Cenmlsslsasss Hauled Over
s0ms uos Coala

The 6triks Ce0mlsatsnesa Hauled Over
sens Hss CoalA
CHICAGO, Nov. la-Ths Railcav Aas in
its next issue will contain o reply to the
report Of the United States strike cour.
missiousrs addressed to those gentlemen.
Il says IN part: ''Tbe personal opinions,
% conveyed In the rsrost d the federal
strike commission, Are vestsd with IN
tho fact os the o0ieial dignity with which
they have beon clothed. AL good citzens
must OF necessity be interested In the
commissioner official conclusion and II
seems to be part Of that citizenship to
call attention to. aud. n possible, correct
any ovsrsiehts o. misstatsmsnts OF the
facts into which the commissioners may
have fallen. The rvpors says: III she0ld
bs noted that until The rallrosds sss the
example the general union of Ailroad em.
ployes vas never attempted. Union had
not thsn gone beyond snlisting
the men upon the different sys.
TENS In separate trade oreauisations.'
This statement 10 wholly falsA TAs
report says In another place: The order
OF the Knishts Of Labor. with aa ssek
mated membership Of from 10000 70 l75,.
900, has always advocated solidiiieation oe
labor The history OF railway labor o..
carnations Of the last 20 years b largely
made up Of what the report says was
never attempted. Again and again have
Efforts bssn made 10 consolidate, fsdssass
and absorb the vasious exisAine oeaess
into eoA Again and again In strikes
have tho different classes Of lAbor en The
road, and the same Glasses On different
roads. stoed together. Again and again
has the allied labor oe several companies
been called on to snforce the demand OF
one class Of labor dgainst eas company.
"Ths ignorance % this faot, and a tAs
further fact thas Il was the rspsatsd sx-
psrisnes Of II which ct length drove the
railways rsluetantly 70 unite slae 10 ssif
defense, 10 to anyone familiar with The
history Of labor, almost incomprshsnsihls.
The misstatemonts are made the more
gross BY the Importance which tho com.
mission seems to attach 30 its assertions.
"Ou page see the report says: 'rhreagA-
out The strike was simply over handling
Pullman cars. The msa hslng ready 10 Do
their duty othsrwiss.' Thb b not ealy
untrue but 10 70 radical and eross misrsp-
ressntauon OF the entire cireumstaaees
Of the strike. Il 70 only necessary 10 paint
out that the strike extended among other
roads to the Michigan Central, Iaks
Shore and Michigan Southern and We.
bash companies on xhieh NO Pullmans
were Ia operations. The statement
quoted sheVp sn amazing and almost In.
gUnpfo1Doaible mlsundsrsiandine of sha
essential element a the striks.
~Rurthae o. tho rspoet says; IL 10 evt'
dsncs uncontsadictsd that 10 vioisncs q
deslruction of property by the strikers q
their sympathissrs took place at Pullman,
and that until July no extraordinary
protection was had from the police OF mi.
litia against even anticipated disorder.
Il IVES nes until Jhly that the service ol
the military vas called Tor, even n CHI
eaeo. Ths sommissiou on,its to msatiou
ths 'sxsrsesdinary protection ef The "a
guards oi the Pullman company, VIA
were In service before the end Of June,
and Who were increased to 80 Ia the frst
week In July. Moreover thers was vio.
lencs at Pullman, physical assaults upou
persons who attempted TO work. When
the military were put In the 6sld thsy
were used At Pullmaa loaese than any
whsrs else. No longer did the police havs
difficulty than In protecting from vioienes
thoss who wished to resume work ct Pull
man. Some or ell Of thess acts wsrs
clearly In svidenes before the commits
sion.
"Ths srross In tho report range oil ths
way from ths inaccurate quotations Al
comparatively trivial figures 10 false rem
eralisasious. Thses are many othee minol
points In the report In which criticism anS
correction weud bs easy. Il would b
equally sav 70 pillory the cheap Levitt,
with which the commission treats ths
educational institutions. and the asthetI,
and sanitary features Of Pullman. Blu
these thines-errors Of taste or fallacies
In theory-will b apparent enough 10 the
| general reader.
"Ths curious accident that the mis
statements OF fact are all on the sams
side-ali tending to throw discredit upos
the corporations and to increase the bit
terness OF the laborine classes agains
capital-is an accident from which ons
would prefer to draw differences. On,
conclusiod only may be drawn, which d
that no matter on what side ths error,
are, the mere existence OF such errors
though many and Of such suormity, alone
sufilces to make the report entirely worth
loss and discreditablo as o public docu
ment, discreditable to the commissioner
themselves and to the country
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