Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-07-28
DEBs' APPEAL.
He Issues an Address to the Pub
lie on the Pullman Strike.
Tho American People Urged to Aid the
Strikers to Victory by Refusing to
Ride In the Company's Cars
More Arrests.
URGED TO BOYCOTT.


made to get every labor union in the
United States to declare formal boy
colt. Following is the text OF the doc
ument:
HEADQUARTERS AMERICAN RAILWAY
UNION COOK COUNTY JAIL, CHICAGO, July %,
To the American Public: 1t is almost univer-
sally conceded that the Pullman company,
through oft-repeated reductions of wages, ex-
cessive rents and many other causes, has
previously wronged its employees, and. what
ever may be said abou. the great railway strike
which resulted in consequence OF such
grievances, the arbitrary refusal of
said Pullman company to submit to
arbitration in any form (even to decide the
question If there was anything to arbitrate) is
proof positive that said company had no faith
I'm 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
loss entailed upon the country, such obstinacy
on the part of the Pullman company is deserv-
Ing OF the severest condemnation.
The Pullman company makes the plea that
1t is asked of them that they shall run their
works at a loss. The statement is absolutely
false What was asked was arbitration, and
this woald have resulted in even handed Justice
The Pullman company has robbed its employees
and an investigation would have disclosed
state of affairs which would have Mortified the
nation. This is why arbitration refused. 1t is
notoriously true that the Pullman company pays
its conductors and porters such paltry wages
that they are obliged to depend upon the public
to support them Yes, this rich and powerful
corporation virtually compels the public to pay
she wages of its sleeping car employees, and this
Notwithstanding eXtortionate rates ere charged
for sleeping car accommodations.
We propose that the Pullman company
shall be brought to justice and this in way
that will not necessitate strike with its at
tendant ills 1t may be suggested that this
should have been thought of before the great
strike was inaugurated. In that case little, II
any. attention would have been paid to the ap-
peal we are about to make.
AS one OF the results of the strike the coun-
try is aroused and any proper appeal will COM
mand attention. The Pullman company, still
defiant and as cruel to its former employees as
it is Indifferent to the public veal, is deter
mined to starve its employees into submission.
As rcmorseless as a man-eating tiger, IT waits
complaccntly until their last penny Is gone and
they thus forced to crawl back into their
heartleSs oppresSor's employ. The spectacle
is well calculated to make men and angels
Shudder.
shall the Pullman company have the sup
port OF the public in carrying out this hellish
policy: shall the public De party to the star
walton and degradation of the more than
1900 empoyes-men and women whose only
crime is that they ask living wages2
We belieye-indeed, we know what the
answer will be- We have faith in the Ameri-
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 good man and every good
woman. not to ride in a Pullman car until the
Pullman company does justice to its employees
Let the cars run absolutely empty No friend
OF labor. no friend OF humanity, will occupy n
seat or berth in "A Pullman car. Let this policy
be inaugurated and we Will then how long
the railroad companies will be bound by their
contracts, rs they have induced the public to
believe, to haul Pullman cars.
We propose to continue this strike against
the Pullman company through good and evil
report and without regard to consequences un-
til justice shall be done There will be no sur
render. We will use every available and law
ful means TO press the contest. Dungeons
shall not daunt us. The struggle is for hu-
manity anu against the most cruel tyranny,
and, unless we are dead to every impulse of
mercy and fellow-feellng, must be crowned
with success.
Persons desiring to contribute money or
supplies to Pullman employees will please for
ward same to David V. Gladman, treasurer,
Pullman, ILL.,
1t is requested that all papers throughout
the land favorable to labor to justice, to hu-
manity copy this statement il full and keep
1t standing rs long as possible
Earnestly appealing to the great public to
aid US in this unequal contest between rich,
powerful arrogant and defiant corporation and
its famishtng half-clad employees, and relying
with implicit faith upon the powerful triumph
OF the right We suDscrloe ourselves very re-
spectfully yours,
EUGENE V. DEBs, president.
GEORGE w. HOWARD vice president.
SYLVESTER KELIHER, secretary.
IL w. ROGERS, editor Railway Times
Deputy United States marshals on
Saturday arrested the following direc-
tors of the American Railway union
against whom are indictments for
conspiracy to interfere with the mails
and to violate the interstate commerce
law: Messrs. Burns, Doyle, Goodwin,
Hogan, Elliot and McVean. All gave
bail in the sum of $4,000 each.
Director Burns was. indicted twice,
once under the statute making it a
penal offense to deprive any citizen OF
his rights-to wit: s. I'll. Maxwell, a
merchant doing business in Chicago
shipping goods which were caught in
the strike blockade and could not be
moved.
Officers of the Pullman company
have been served with notice that un-
less they make an effort to open the
car works troops will be withdrawn
Tne First regiment has now been
in, the Pullman district seventeen days
nearly twice as long as it was ever in
service before. The expense to the
state of keeping it out has been about
S35. 900.
There is little doubt that rioting will
follow any attempt to start the shops
This was shown on Friday, wher
strikers attacked laundry girls twice
during the day, and again Saturday
when a platoon of police was called tC
protect the laundresses going to worl
IN the morning and returning to Rose
land in the evening.
The mediation committee of the Sac
ramento (Cal.) A. II. u. has declared
the strike off unconditionally.
LOSS OF A MILLION DOLLARS
Niagara County, n. ", Swept by Hurri
cane of Rain and Hall.