The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-08
A MONSTER MASS MEETING
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words of encouragement. He cited an | instance where branch of his organ | ization went out on strike and stuck it | out for eight months and seventeen l days, but finally were victorious. This | statement drew forth a spontaneous outburst of applause, which was follow [ ed by an ad libitum. reverberating roll l when he shouted that not only the moral but the financial aid of the Moulders' union would be extended to ! the car strikers as long as the strike should last. City Controller Rowe, who next spoke, received most gratifying ovation. He said he was present merely to express his sympathy for the strikers and ex- tend to them the hope of their ultimate
 success.
 l The speech of the evening was made i by Jerome Donovan. He epitomized his i sentiments into a few brief sentences. i He said he was with the strikers and
 he hoped to God they would win. The
 applause which greeted his statements
 had not subsided until long after he had i finished, when he was compelled to bow
 his appreciation again and again.
 Attorney George M. Wallace, who is
 sometimes confounded with the alder
 man of the same name, after stating
 that a man who is intelligent is a re-
 former, launched on a lengthy dissert- ation on political economy from the
 standpoint of Economic league princi- pies. He fiayed the spells politicians ''and said it was their business to bind the public hand and foot and deliver it l to 4t,a Gatfincr
 down to the controversy between the
 Fair Haven and Westville Railroad
 company and it's employees, he said that
 the company did not pay one cent of
 taxes to the city on it's cars while in
 St. Louis a tax of $50 per car was lev
 jed. The company here paid not cent
 on its gross receipts, while in Hartford
 two per cent. was exacted. He favored
 a franchise tax. When he quoted from
 the resolutions which he later offered
 the enthusiasm elicited seemed to know
 no bounds. When he mentioned fore
 ing the company to reduce its fare
 charges to workmen and school chil-
 dren the applause was universally son.
 orous and hilarious.
 Joseph Beerbohm expatiated on the
 topic of labor producing all wealth,
 and emphasized the boycott as
 an effective weapon in the hands of the
 strikers. He said if the 5000 union
 workmen in this city would refuse to
 patronize the road the company would
 be unable to stand the loss. Without
 the use of the boycott he was doubtful
 if the operatives would win the strike.
 Andrew Kelly descanted on the jus
 tice of the strikers cause while col
 lection was being taken to pay for the hall, any money in excess to be devoted , to the needs of the strikers. MT Kelly informed his hearers that the officials of the railroad laid themselves open to a , term in the penitentiary for discharg- s ing it's employees for belonging to a labor - | union. He said there was a state law 2 which was enacted at the instance of , organized labor which makes it crime ? for any corporation or employer to dis 2 charge their men for such cause He assured those present that the great l International Federation of Labor = would see to it that the officials of the f Fair Haven & Westville railroad would - be punished. He urged the citizens tc S refrain-he said he would not use the o lG1lll UOyCOlI, UECdu5G L6 Hll&nL get lT = trouble-he urged them to show theil - sympathy for the strikers by refrainine is from patronizing the company. This y was the only practical way of making Il their sympathy count for something. 1T Attorney Wallace offered the follow. e ing resolutions:
 ,4 Whereas, the Fair Haven & Westvill ,s Railroad company are not required t ie pay taxes on poles, wires or trackage ,P on cars. gross receipts. nor on stree
 franchises, though in most cities, som a or all of these items are taxed; and ,o Whereas, they charge the man wh Ia rides four times day for three hun s- dred days in the year the same pric If per ride that he would pay for but on ,g ride per year: and
 r. Whereas, they charge laboring mel l. and school children during their hour ,e the regular full fares, and
 In Whereas, no reduction is made fo nt quantity purchases or small distance r. in some of which particulars lower tha t. five cent fares are made in other cities IT Whereas, on a street franchise wort Tt $5,0O0,O00, and which at 12 3-4 mill tA | "Oulu pay LhS Clly c Lch OL QUO. ou, lIlS ct pay the city not one cent;
 ol Whereas their tax to tEe city is les V. than $4OO:
 bt Whereas, to protect life they do nc a. see fit to equip their cars with ai % brakes;
 Whereas, there is a large amount ( os water in their stocks on which the rh compel the citizens to pay per cen oa interest as dividends; therefore be it ,,e Resolved that our natural surprise rd find corporation actually existin n- among us to-day that refuses to recoe bo nize the right of men to combine fc a self protection and self betterment; tht 1v discharges men and invites a strike be hi cause men have common sense enoug all to exercise that right-our natural SUI or prise, we say at all this is dazin ng Their monopoly charging and tax r, a lations to the city. in the face of a ist that is going on in the rest of the worl he should prepare us for the exhibition h. rustic mentality which now at last al 1is pears as the origin of all t;.s Joss ar is- inconvenience to the general public W re hereby express our sympathy with tf e" strikers and from all that we can leal n- of the situation, we declare that u