The herald., 1896-08-29

Address. ---.
This is all printed in neat type and
the slip is handed to the employe by
scme one who has authority over him.
The natural inference is that it is
best for him to sign up the blank and
hand it back and in positive, actual fear
and trepidation, lest they lose their job
if they fail to do SO, many sign up and
return the blank
Accompanying the yellow slip is
little yellow book bearing the title:
Rules of the Railwaymen's Sound
Money Club" This little yellow book,
among other things, says:
This club shall be strictly non parts
an so far as all other subjects than the
free coinage of silver are concerned, and
the discussion of any other of the issues
row dividing the great parties at any
meeting of the club is strictly forbidden.
LAS soon as possible after the result of
the national election shall be known and
the defeat of silver is accomplished, the
secretary shall call a grand ratification
meeting and the existence of the club
shall cease with the adjournment Of
the meeting unless for any reason the
members present at the meeting shall
decide to continue its existence"
All the paraphenalia incident to the
organization of these clubs, including
the yellow slip and the little yellow
book, is sent out from the office of the
Railway Age at Chicago. This journal
IS the organ of the railway managers of
the United States and in every contest
between labor and capital it has been
the unvarying friend of the money class
1t has always stood out against rail-
road employees who Wege fighting
against reduction of wages or an in
crease of the hours of labor. 1t has been
the faithful champion of the railroads
of the country and the ever Vigilant en-
emy of the people.
This journal-the Railway Age is
today advocating the Introduction of all
the bulldozing methods that can pos
sbly be conceived to force railway en-
ployes to vote, not as they conceive it
their duty to vote, but as the general
manager of the corporation wishes
them to.
Here in Los Angeles some signatures
to the yellow slip have been secured but
owing to the strong sentiment of the peo-
pi5 in favor of silver, the railways man
ayers and their superintendents are un-
able to come out from under cover and
command their employees to sign the
pledge. They are doing the best they
can but they dare not work boldly in the
open for to do so would call down a
storm from the people that would be
heard all over the United States.
Il have signed this pledge said one
Southern Pacific employe to a Herald
reporter yesterday. He was the one who
exhibited the yellow slip and the little
yellow book But if 1 live until election
day l am going to put in a great long
Australian bttlot for Bryan and for the
fusion nominee for congress. If l did
not sign it L would be looked upon with
suspicion by the boss over me, who gave
me this slip and | might jeopardize my
position. However, l shall vote as my
best judgment dictates. Heretofore /
have been on the fence but the yellow
slip and the little yellow book decides
the matter for me. l am for Bryan and
silver now"
GETTING IN Their WORK AT PA
SADENA.
PASADENA, Aug. 2S.-For some days'
the readers of the gold bug papers have
been regaled with highly eulogistic ac-
counts of the learned Southern Pacific
attorneys who are coming to benighted
Southern California in the magnificent
special Southern Pacific train to tell the
workingmen of Pasadena andother COM
munities how to vote. But in these clos
ing days of the nineteenth century
everything moves with sWiftness and
celerity, and in accordance with the
Well-knoWn fact that a mental force
sent out with definite purpose NAV pro-
duce the desired effect without the per
sonal presence of the instigator. the
malignant effects of the great octonua
are already felt in Pasadena. While tha
above-mentioned aggregation OF rail-
road talent is yet twenty-four hours
away from US the nome corpora tons are
already catching the infection which
emanates from the Shiny coils of the
greatest octopus that ever cursed a
state. Only this afternoon the Pasadena
and Pacific electric railroad began to
bear down upon its employees with the
detestable tactics which ii is said are
being adopted by the corpo, q ions of tho
east. Today the men have been an
preached by trusted employe of the
management and requested to sign a ma
per pledging themselves to vote for Nc
Kfnley and to use their influence in Sc