Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-03

tgraduates and townspeople while the
seats ON the lower floor were reserved
for professors and their wives, together
With prominent visitors. Every word
of the lecture was followed with the
closes. attention and appreciated by
those present, and at its conclusion the
Princeton students rose and gave a
hearty locomotive" cheer for the lee
turer.
Mr. Cleveland has held this lecture
ship ON public affairs Ia Princeton for
the past four years, but he has not
been able to deliver an address since
his speech on the Venezuela trouble in
1901.
Mr.. Cleveland opened his address by
briefly referring 10 some of the seri-
Gus problems which faced his admin
istration during the year 1894. then TAX
Ing up his subject in detail he spoke in
part as follows:
I'm the last days of June. 1894. a very
determined and ugly labor disturbance
broke out in the city of Chicago. AL
most In a night 1t grew to full proper
tons OF malovolence and danger. Riot
ing and violence We're its early ac-
Nv that within a few days it had
nearly reached the entire western and
southwestern sections OF the country.
Railroad transportation companies
We're especially involved in It's attacks.
The carriage of United States mail was
Interrupted interstate commerce was
obstructed and railroad property was
riotously destroyed"
The speaker explained that the wide
spread trouble had it's inception in a
strike by the employees of the Pullman
Palace Car Company, which began on
the 18th day Of May, 1894, and was pro-
voked by reduction OF wages. The
cause of the Pullman strikers was
taken up by the American Railway
union. Members of the American Rail-
way union refused to handle Pullman
cars or trains bearing them. AT that
time three -fourths of the railroad mile
age of the country was under contract
to nse Pullman cars.
THE same railroads companies which
had contracted to use these Pullman
cars upon their lines" said Mr.. Cleve-
land. had contracts with the United
States government for the carriage of
mails. and were, Of course. also
largely engaged in interstate COM
ME rec.
1.-The officers OF the railway union
established headquarters in the city of
Chicago and from there gave directions
for the maintenance and management
of the strike. Reports soon Came from
various quarters that the mails were
completely INSTRUCTED, trains were
siezed and destroyed, and other violent
disorders committed Thereupon the
attorney general Immediately sent a
dispatch to the United States district
attorneys instructing them to see that
the pa ssage of regular trains carrying
United States mails in the usual and
ordinary way, be not obstructed.
Federal Troops Sent.
.Wherever there was interference
with the mails or restraint OF
commerce the United States courts
were appealed to for relief. In Chicago
the United States marshal was author
lied 10 employ special deputies and
special counsel for ths, government
Mr.. Cleveland then described the re-
peated but Intellectual attempts by
United States court injunetions and
the use of deputy marshals TO prevent
riots and the obstruction of commerce
and mails.
"Tlle strike situation grew rapidly
worse. Utter defiance of court orders
lawlessness and rioting eliminated in
the formal request of the United
States marshal supported by the judge
and attorneys of the federal court for
federal troops. This request was ait
once met by orders to the war de-