The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-05
HOLMGREN TELLS OF FIGHT TO
CIVILIZE PULLMAN COMPANY

ployes. The committee was sent t,
the management and informed b.
Gum that "the cut was here to stay
and that if not accepted they would
have to go back to the days of thu
lash"
Numerous attempts to secure a fail
hearing were made by the employees
thru their committee before strikinl
on April IA, and since that date. A
communication was addressed Il
/ President Carry and copy sent tC
Vice President Hungerford, request
ing a conference, but the committee
was advised over the telephone by
Carry's secretary that mo reply was
necessary"
Carry a Promise Breaker.
President Carry has failed to live
up to his signed statement ito dea,
fairly and promptly" on differences
which rise as to wages, working con
ditons and such other matters as
may be of IMPORTANCE TO THE
WELFARE OF THE EMPLOYEES
The employees contend, and rightly so
that unjustly slashing their pay is
OF IMPORTANCE TO THEIR WEI
FARE. The company argued that liv
ing costs had gone down, basing this
untruth doubtless on the slight reduc
ton from the regular prices which
the company store" sells it's goods
for. This store handles practically
Everything, tho not always of the
quality desired, but it pays back tt
the company goodly share of the
money paid so niggardly to it's EN-
ployes. Many Of the employees live il
company houses, hundreds of which
are owned by Florence Pullman
whose husband is Ex-Governor Franz
o. Lowden of Illinois, and may be re
membered by many as the gentle
man farmer" who failed in securing
. the presidential nomination on the
Republican ticket owing to certain
"niggers-in-the-woodpile."
Big Departments Closing.
The wage cuts on the progressive
: schedule were so arranged that M
two departments would be hit at the
} same time. This scheme had been {
bear each year up to April, 1924. The
: limit Of human endurance had beer
J reached and the men revolted, theil
! demand, then as now, being the resto
ration of their former schedule anC
: adjustment of certain unfair condi
tons which officials have laughed of
with contempt. Since April IA, wher
! 500 men walked out, nearly 1,50(
: more have been added to the ranks
while entire departments have beer
compelled to lay off owing to the in
ability of the company to secure
strike breakers who would stay under
the rotten system in vogue.
Armed Guards-Peaceful Pickets.
Hundreds of police, plain clothes
men and rife squads have been in at
tendance; nearly ever street and in
tersection having it's quota of armed
guards. The picketing is proceeding
= peacefully. and with success, hundreds
of men being tT-ned away after being
advised of the strike.
: Absolute Misrepresentation of the
condition existing in Pullman and ly
ing promises of big pay brought many
workers to this town, and in every in
stance the strikers have helped these
men to the best Of their ability ant
, have placed at their disposal an at
torney who is handling their demands
for refunding of railroad fare and ex
penses incurred in coming to Pull
man under false pretenses, being as
sured by the Pullman scab herderi
in outlying cities that mo labor trou
BILE and no strike was in effect"
: Workers Will Win Fight.
The fact that the company is still
working on the same car started thu
week after April IA and is now en-
: gagged in tearing it down owing to in
competent labor is an indication tina
: the fight being made will be won b.
: the strikers. Other departments ar'
slated for slash in pay should thil
strike be lost Many are on this
: fence, ready to join; the entire plan
} in other departments being a restless
disconnected mass.
On May l Florence Pullman boost
, ed the rents in her hundreds o.
, houses, which stunt goes very vel
with the wage slashes imposed upor
! the renters. If her husband expects
to be nominated vice present by this
Republican party this year much cam
! paign money must be poured into th'
trough, and where is there a better
, Ischeme of raising money than cuttint
, pay and raising rents, robbing th'
milk from workers kids?