The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-07-27
AGAINST A GENERAL STRIKE.
Dignified Deliverance of the FEEDER
alton of Labor.


alton of Labor.
After an all day session in Chicago
on July Ii, the conference OF the
executive committee Of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor ended by
declaring that at the present time
a general strike OF the allied trades
would bs unwise and injudicious.
/ To fully substantiats this position a
special committee proposed reso
luton which was presented and
adopted by the conference. The
only dissenting votes were by A. W.
Arnold, of the Order of Railway
| Traininen, aud p. H. Morrisey, Of tho
Brotherhood of Firemen, who were
instructed by their orders to vote
against the clause which declared
the American Railway Union strike
just one. The only other business
transacted by the conference was the
passage Of a resolution recom,ne nd
ing that the American Federation
Of Labor appropriate $1,000 to as
sist Eugene V. Debs in the cases to
bs brought and now pending against
him in the federal courts. The fol.
lowing is q propaganda adopted by
the conference:
"The great industrial upheaval
now agitatiug this country has been
carefully, calmly and fully consider.
ed In conference Of the executive
committee of the federation Of labor
and the executive officers and repre-
sentatives Of the national aud inter
nat ional associations aud brother
hoods of railway men called To meet
in he city Of Chicago on July IL,
1894.
sin the light OF all the evidence
ubtainablr, aud in view Of the pecu-
liar complications now involving the
situation, we are forced TO the con
clusion that the best interests Of the
unions affiliated with the American
Federation Of Labor demand that
they refrain from participating in
the general or local strikes which
NAV be proposed in connection with
he railway troubles now prevailing.
In making this declaration, we do
not wish II understood that We are
in any way ant agonistic to the labor
organizations now struggling for life
or justice, but rather to the fact
that the present contest has become
surrounded and beset with compli.
cations so grave 10 their nature that
We cannot consistently advise
course which would but add to the
general confusion.
while we may not have the power
to order a strike OF the working
people of our country, we are fully
aware that a recon mentation from
this conference. to them to lay down
their tools Of labor would largely
influence the members OF our ailili.
a,ed organizations, aud approaching
tho responsibility resting upon us
aud the duty We owe to all, We de-
clare II to lie the sense OF this con
ference that a general strike ut this
time Is ine1pedient, unwise aud con
trary to the best interests OF tho
working people.
ave further recommend tha, all
connected with the American Fede.
ration of Labor now out on q sympa.
thetic strike should return to work
and those who contemplate going
out on u sympathetic strike are
advised to remain at their usual
avocati0ns.
I'm the strike Of the American
Railway Union We recognize an i'm.
Pulsive, vigorous protest against the
gathering, growing forces OF pluto.
cratic power and corporation rule.
In the sympathetic movement OF
that order, to help the Pullman EN-.
ployees, they have demonstrated the
hollow sham OF Pullmau's pharisai.
cal paradise. Mr.. Pullman, IN his
persistent refusal Of arbitration, and
ia his heartless, sutocratic treat
ment Of his employees, has proved
himself a public enemy. by this
strike the people are once moro 70.
minded Of the immens. forces held
At the call OF corporate capital fbr
the subjugation Of labor. Against
this array Of forces aud brui al
H'onsysd autocracy, would Il not bs
WORSE than folly Ia call the m~u out
on a general or local strike in these
days OF stagnant trade aud CONNER
cial depression!
NO, better let US organic. more
generally, combine more closely,
unite our forces, educate aud pro.
pare ourselves to protect our inter
ests so that W. may 10 10 the polls
aud vote as free men, united and
determined to redeem this country
from its present political aud indus
trial misery, to take il from the
hands OF the plutocratic wreckers
and place it in the hands OF the
common people"
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