St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-05

employ OF the company fifteen years,
was told, after the death of her father,
that If she desired 10 continue in the
employ of the company she would be
expected to sign a contract to allow a
certain portion of her wages to be re-
tanned each month until debt of sos
due from her father was liquidated.
This Is fact that was proved before the
commission"
were taken to settle the trouble by ar
bitraton. The only reason the Off
Gals Of the company refused to &C
cept," he said, was because they real
lied that if they did a condition of af.
fairs would be disclosed that would
place them in the pilory. 1t has been
charged that l ordered the strike. The
truth of the matter is that l never had
a voice in the matter at all. did not
have vote, because | was presiding
over the convention, which was com
posed OF 400 delegates representing
10000 railroad men. The convention
ordered the strike. A great howl has
been raised against the Sympath etc
strike. If there is nothing in a sym
pathy strike, then the brotherhood of
man is myth. There never was a
strike that was not sympathy strike.
The railroads claimed to he under
contract to haul Pullman cars, but you
never saw one of these contracts pub
llShed. The fact is. they were not under
any obligation to haul Pullman cars,
tut the General Managers association
feared the A. r. T., and desired to
crush it. When the General Managers
ASSOCIATION met, it decided that the
roads would have to haul Pullman cars {;
hnf z l. T,,ll
and that it would eXtermlnate the A.
r. u. The last proposition they would
have been glad to Subiet about a week
later"
The speaker then quoted from an
editorial published in the Chicago Her.
ain at the time, showing. he claimed,
that the General Managers association
was dong the very things that have
heen branded
As "a Conspiracy
when done by labor organizations.
The Northern Pacific is the one
corporation goose that has been plucked
every time there is pin-feather in
sight" he went on. ats blood was
sucked by the officers until it had to be
placed in the hands of receivers and
wages reduced Then, when the pen
refused to accept, Judge Jenkins re-
strained them from striking. Judge
Jenkins, who sat on the bench when L
was convicted the other day-Judge
Jenkins, who. if justice were done him.
would be wearing strlpeS-and you will
notice that before l get through l am
liaole to be guilty of contempt of some
body's court, and If l were not | should
he guilty of contempt OF myself-Judge
Jenkins restrained the employees Of that
road from striking, but he did not re-
strain the receivers from reducing
wages. If that is justice, then farewell
to liberty in this country in spite of our
applause for the American flag and the
star-spangled banner.
Have yOn noticed that none of the
roads in the General Managers associa-
ton nave reduced wages since the big
strike? No, the atmosphere Is little
haZy, and it is not healthy to make re-
ductions just now. But just as soon as
the atmosphere clears little the pros
gramme will be carried out. There was
not a thing in the actions OF those who
went out in that great strike that |
would change if l could. They acted
manly in defense of their rights, ana
were in nOWiSe responsible tor the vi0-
lations of law that resulted. The time
VIII COlilC NllCu ll1O llCl w AO pa
pated in those strikes will be proud of
it. The truth is not known yet, and
they can afford to be patient. [ believe
with Bryant that Truth crushed to
earth will rise again. If the United
States government had kept its hands
off, the railroads would have made terms
with the men.
The general managers association
saw it was defeated and set fire to It's
own cars. Ii the employees had burned
cars, is it not reasonable to suppose that
a Pullman car OF two could have been
burned? But no: all the general man
ayers desired was contlagration, and
Old BOX Cars
answered the purpose. A lot of thieves
and thugs and cut-thr0ats were sworn
in as deputy United States marshals on
the pretense OF protecting property. and
these in many instances destroyed more
property than they saved. Capt Palmer,
of the fire department, told me that
when the apartment went to put out
the fire IN the railroad yards he saw a
man cutting the hose. He slugged him,
and when he was picked up a United
States marShaPS badge was found on
him.. If any A. r. U. men set fire to
cars. Why don't they produce one of
them? Just one. They can not do it
Not all A. +. u. man set fire to a single
car. 1t was not TO their interest TO do
so. but it was to the interest Of the gen
eral managers to do so.
According to the newspapers [ ought
to 80 to the gaIlows. Well, invite
John NJ. Egan, the president of the
General Managers association, to mount
the gall0WS side by side with me.
Everything has been said to poison the
public mlnd. They have even said
'Debs is insane Well, hope l am, If
they are sane.
Mayor Pingree, of Detroit, a man in
every sense Of that word-a man
prompted by noble impulses-vi visited
Chicago, and on calling on Mayor Hop
kins, said: 'Grea. heavens, mayor. l
thought Chicago was all In flames The
newspapers actually made it appear
that the strikers were going about with
torches laying everything in ashes"
The speaker then severely criticised
the newspapers in their attitude toward
the strikers and their chase for sensa-
tional matter about himself ever S since.
He declared that John M Egan knew
that Chicago and Cook county would
have to pay him for every old rickety
car that was burned in the effort to
arouse public sentiment against the
strikers. Continuing, he said:
There was not an iota of trouble, as
far as the public peace was concerned,
until the federal troops were called out
by the president of the United States.
Grover Cleveland. IN violation Of the
constitution"
what could you expect from hang
man?" yelled voice from the gallery,
and the house went wild.
No president ever hal such rebuke
administered to him as did Grover Cleve-
land last November" DeDs went ION.
ut was not rebuke from tbs Demo-
cratic or Republican party, but from
The American People.
There is no escaping from the doc
trine OF Judge Wood, that The men who
ordered The strike are responsible for
the crimes that followed. All l insist
Oh is shaL iAe saRe duess.ae pe applied
to The General MalsscfS association
which Forced TIE Strike. The trouble IS
that our judicial machinery Is cgn-