The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-11-16
THAT REPORT

.1 Monday ~ the President oi the
United state. ON the Pullman strike
sh.v. that ID. railroads we're Illegally
sombinsd, aud their practices with their
employees we're severely condsmhed.
IL declares the railroads bal 30 legal
authority TO justify the many features
that have com. 70 light. II Declare
alec that the testimony shows ihai the
railroad, pt.ciised Infamous hipocr'sy
and deceit 10 gain the sympathy Of The
public a. AEsins, the strikers that
Wills vsg,. we're cut, rents were Kept
up; that the employees At Pullman wore
kspt IN sbiect poverty. II shows that
this AypOcritieal sneak Of Pullman'
uhs posed az a philanthropi'i before
The county, IL, rather. a slave driver, q
liar, . .coundfsl Ani a rohhsf. aud there
ls smpl. evidence ihst he paid ior most
81 the .y-pathy he got through the
pres. Of the country. The report saws
that asa result Of the Pullman system
and IL. srosth, whsn the depression OF
Isos came. morally calling iot mutual
concessions a. 10 wages, rents, sic., W.
and on one side very wealthy aud un
yielding eoporaiisn. aud upon the Other
. multitude VI employees Of compara
lively excellent character aud skill
but without local attachments OF nn,
interested responsibility In the town
I've business, tenements or surrounding
Ii. conditions created ut Pullman enable
,hs management a, all times 10 as-srI
With great vigor Ia assumed right L
o. wages aud rent, absolutely, tnd Il
rsprsss that sort Of Independents
which leads 10 labor organizations, an'
their attempts al mediation, arbi
trstion Of strikes, etc.
The report further says that The dc
m.nds Of tho employees we're clssrll
lus,insbls and that reductions wer'
carried 10 sHcsss. The report turtle
says.
mt. tl..,,..i,,,, ~. a. ,.nts
the company maintaining thHt the rents
bad uothiss 10 do with Us wages, aud
thstiis revenue from its tencuenis wa'
10 srss,sY than II ough, W receive,
"Ths company had legal right Il
TAI. this position but, A. between MAJ
aud man, the demand Tor somc r~nt de
ductlun was fair aud reasonable, undv
all the circumstances. Some slight con
s.ssion In this regard Nsuld probabl
have avsrtsd the strike, provided ih
promise not todischargs men who serve
upon the committee had been NOR
strictly regarded. The strike occurre
on May n, and from that iimv until VI
soldiers vent 10 Pullman, about july
three hundred strikers were place
about the compAny's property. pm
issssdly 10 guard II from destruction ID
intsrisrsnos. This guarding ofpropcrt
In strikes, a. rule, lisa merc prcicns'
Too often the real object Of guards IL
prsvsst newcomers irom taking ia
strikers phases The Pullman compan
claims this Was the real object Of ihes
guards. Ths strikers At fulllnsn Ar
sutitlsd TO be believed 10 the contrar
In this matter, because Of their eondu'
and iofbesrancs after May II. II IL 3
evidence aud unsontradietod, that u
violence OF destruction oi property %
strikers or sympsthirsrs took place d
Pullman, and that urtil July 3, no "a
traordinary prstectiOn was had from III
palio. or military against ryen aniic
palsd disorder.
such dignihsd. manly and consery
Tive conduct In the midst oi cIcitsmei
and threatened starvation is worthy
the highest type Of American citifeI
skip aud With like prudsn,o In all 9TH
directions will result Ia due time
lawful and orderly redress Of lab
wrongs. To deny this is TO iorcswe
palriotisla aud 10 declare this COVER
nsnt and iis people a failure"
A. 10 the great railroad strike pr
psT the report says
at ls apparent that the readiness
strike sympathetieally was promoted
the disturbed aud apprehen-iye 60
dition Of railroad epployss, resultil
from wage reductions on different line
blaeklisting, ETC.. aud from the rece
growth VI the General Managers q
ISOLATION, which seemed 10 them me-
ace"
Farther on, the report says;
III 10 seriously questioned, aud vii
much force, whether courts have juri
dlsiloa 10 snjoin citizens iron 'penual
Ing each other In industrial or 9TH
matters Of common interest Tloweye
u generally recognized among goo
eltlssns that mandate Of court IL
10 ohsysd until Il IL modids a.
soneeted by the court that issued H."
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