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ESTABLISHED JUNE 10 , 1871. OMAHA , SATURDAY MORNING , JULY M , 189-1. SINGLE COPY FJVB CENTS.
General Managers Eefnso to Treat with
Him for a Settlement.
HOPES THAT WERE BORN TO DIE
Public Breathed Easier When President
Debs Offered to Settle.
TERMS PROPOSED BY THE A. R , U.
Old Employes Not Guilty of Violence ta
Bo Taken Back.
FEDERATION OF LABOR WILL NOT STRIKE
After a l.ons nnd Exciting ScMlcm They
Deciilo a Sjnip itlictlc Strlku at TIiI
Time Would Do Worse
Tliiin Toll } .
' CHICAGO , July 13. Mr. Eugene V. Debs
troso early this morning and called his exec
utive officers together at Uhllch hall. They
held a close conference for something like
half an hour and about 9:30 : Mr. Debs ap
peared and said : "In view of the enormous
proportions which this strike has assumed
nnd the tremendous damage to public and
private Interests we vWll today submit a
proposition to the General Managers associa
tion declaring the strike off on condition that
they reinstate our men. "
The proposition was formulated last night
In a conference between Debs , Sovereign and
Gompers , and It was agreed that In case the
general managers refused to meet the wishes
of President Debs , Gompers should call out
the National Federation of Labor throughout
the country. The proposition has two condi
tions :
1. That arbitration as proposed by Presi
dent Cleveland be entered upon.
2. That all the striking emplojes except
those who had been guilty of criminal mis
conduct shall be restored to their positions
Without prejudice by the railroad companies.
After Debs had made this startling stite-
tnent he was asked what would be the effect
In coso the general managers refused to reInstate -
Instate the men He said he thought the
etriko was practically ended and regarded It
( us a great triumph for labor. After a pause
he added : "The strike will settle back to tne
original grievance between Pullman anJ his
employes. " President Debs then left Ubllch's
hall to call upon the maj-or. On his vay
be met Sovereign and Howard and they ac
companied him. At the mayor's office they
bold a conference for about fifteen minutes.
VU Its conclusion Mayor Hopkins said "Incsc
gentlemen came to me with a proposition to
call the strike off. If the General Managers
association will agree to take back all em
ployes who had not been arrested lor any
cffense against the law They asked m ? to
go with them to present the proposition. I
told them I would gladly go "
MADE THE PROPOSITION.
Meanwhile Alderman McGlllin , clnlrman
of the council arbitration committee , had
been sent for. Ho arrived at 10.43 anl after
a few minutes talk with Debs and .Sovereign
the mayor and Alderman McGlllinvent to
the office of the General Managers association ,
while Debs. Howard and Sovereign returned
to their hotels.
When the mayor arrived at the office of the
General Managers association he found the
regular meeting had adjourned and Mr Egan
nnd E. St. John of the Rock Island road
. were the only managers present. Mr Egan
eald he would receive the proposition and laj
It before the next meeting Henas re
quested to call a special meeting Ho con
sented to listen to the gentlemen because
thej- were the mayor and a prominent mem
ber of the city council. He declared he
would have nothing to do with Debs or any
other strike leader. After leaving the
proposition with Mr. St. John the mayor re
lumed to his offlce. Mr. St. John had
previously said that the general managers
. would not recognize the labor leaders In
any waj- , and It was because of this state
ment that Debs , Howard and Sovereign did
rot present their proposition In person , but
deleuated It to the mayor and alderman.
An Associated press man saw Mr Sovereign
' " to call the
ereign at 10 o'clock "Papers
strike off were all drawn up jesterdaj.
ffhey contained two propositions Plrst , that
there should be arbitration , and second , that
all striking emplojes except those charged
\vlth crime should be taken back by the em
ployers. 1 have not seen Debs this morning ,
but as arbitration has been secured and that
\vas what we wanted , and thus a great vic
tory has been obtained for labor. Debs
la just right. "
DRAWN UP LAST NIGHT.
Mr. Gompers said at noon today to a re
porter of the Chicago Post that last evening
13. V. Debs and Sovereign had held a long
conference over the proposition which was to
bo submitted to the Managers association
today , and It was then agreed that In case
the railway managers should refuse to rein-
elate all striking emplojes who were free
from criminal charges , then Gompers should
issue a general order calling out all members
of the National Federation of Labor through
out the United States.
Asked to state what happened in the office
of the general managers , Mayor Hopkins
Bald :
"Wo were courteously received by Chair
man St. John and Manager Egan of the
General Managers association. We made
known the object of our visit Mr Egan ,
who did all the talking , said that while the
association would have accepted no proposi
tion presented by Mr. Debs. In person , ho
having made them trouble enough for the
last few weeks , they would con
sider a proposition presented through
the committee , though the General Man
agers association bad adjourned for the day ,
but Mr , Egan said ht would ask them to
hold another meeting If ho could reach
them. He would venture no opinion as to
what the managers of the road * would do
with the proposition , but led me to Infer
that ho thought it a matter for euch road
to consider separately 1 urged him to try
and have the trouble settled. I reprcsente 1
to him that such a settlement would leave
the laboring men In good humor and they
would , us soon as the strike was declared
off , each hunt for a position. 1 told him
further that unless tliero was .a declara
tion of an end of the strike there might
bo some hot-heads who would Mill persist
Ja overt acts. I represented to him further
that it Is in the Interests of the state that
the strike bo declared off , as It is now
under an expense of 113,000 a day In main
taining the militia In the city. Ills talk
tvas generally to the effect that to far as
the railroads are concerned there Is no
longer any strike. "
WUT TILL TOMORROW.
Chairman Egau bold Informally : "The
general managers will undei no clrcum-
dance * have a conference with Mr. Debs.
They will retain in their employ the men
who filled the strlktrs" plac i and ars com
petent. "
Mr , St. John * salJ later that the proposi
tion would not be submitted to any m i *
Ing of the EClieml managers today , and
vrauld nut bo rotuldarcd by them until their
irsvilur inocfng tomorrow , if , ha adled sig
nificantly , it wa considered at all
Mr Debs was atked today by Mr. Sov-
eraltrn what would be dent In caie tlio gen
eral mnuaKCra refu < ed to r ln Ue tin
ttrlker * , Mr Debs i eli ! "Wo shall
call our rveujlive botr'V ' I' ' ' > " nd di-
termini " . in e urt r' a > i
' 1 > > r ,1 1 ti , t a ' i . r " | -
wan declared off by Debs he ihould issue
an order calling off the Knights of Labor.
Mr. Debs called on Major Hopkins before
2 p. m. to hear the result of the mayor's
conference with the General Managers' asso
ciation. The major told him exactly what
had occurred that no answer to the proposi
tion had been obtained because the general
managers were not in session whereupon
Mr. Debs withdrew. When Mr. Debs left
the mayor's office he was asked for news
and simply said that the strike was not off ,
but was just as it had been. He said he
would report the result of the mayor's visit
to the general managers to a meeting ot the
executive board to be held at Uhllch's hall
this afternoon.
Mayor Hopkins , on being asked his opinion
of the terms of the proposition made to the
general managers , said ; "Extremely liberal ,
I think. Mr. Debs agrees to call off the
strike If the general managers will agree to
take back those men who have left their
employ , and who have not been guilty of any
lawlessness or of committing any overt act.
He does not ask that the men be taken back
as members of the A R. U. , but that they
be treated with as Individuals. There Is no
question ot recognition of a union Involved.
I am hopeful of a favorable outcome of the
consideration of the proposition. "
PRESIDENTS PROMISE.
Before It was known this morning that
Mr. Debs had any Intention of bringing the
strike to a close there was a feeling of much
Joy In labor circles over the announcement
that the president had promised to appoint
a committee to Investigate the differences
between the Pullman company and Its men
and Incidentally all the circumstances at
tending the dispute. The attitude of the offi
cers of the Pullman company regarding this
turn of affairs la still very much In doubt
and no expression of opinion can be obtained
from any one of them regarding the pro
posed compulsory arbitration.
Vice President Thomas WIckes of the
Pullman company received his first Informa
tion of President Cleveland's intention to
appoint a committee of investigation at his
residence. He had anticipated no such move
on the part of the president , and did not
know the law under which the appointment
of a committee was made Mr WIckes would
make no statement , saying he would wait
until the committee had arrived and he knew
what powers It possessed.
SOVEREIGN IS ELATED.
While the other labor leaders were In
conference last night Mr. Sovereign was
enjojlng a cigar alone In his room In the
Sherman house. When questioned about the
new turn of affairs , he exclaimed"This is
a great victory for the Knights of Labor.
No one thought of it until the Knights sug
gested It , and It will settle the strike. It Is
as good as won now. I cannot tell who the
arbitrators will be , but It Is certain that
Carroll D Wright will be one of them , be
cause the law provides that the commis
sioner of labor shall be ex-offlclo a member
of any committee appointed under Its provi
sions The other two members are named
by the president , and the only restriction
Is that one of the men shall be appointed
from the state In which the trouble exists.
I had a long conversation over the long
distance telephone with Mr Hajes after the
president gave his decision In the matter ,
and the whole scope and significance of the
law were explained to me.
"As 1 understand it the committee has all
the powers of a congressional Investigation
committee. It maj- summon witnesses and
compel them to testify of the matter In
dispute , even to the extent of producing the
books of the company In this way all phases
of the controversy will be brought out It
is true that the committee has no power to
enforce Its findlnes In the matters , but that
Is true of anjarbitration. . The arbitrators
have the power merely to Investigate and
declare a finding , and the parties may or
may not abide by that finding I believe
that this committee can compel Pullman to
show his books , and the result will be that
the public will be given all the facts In the
controversy between him and the emplojes
It will make no difference whether Mr Pull
man wishes to arbitrate or not , or whether
ho thinks that he has nothing to arbitrate
The committee will have the powers neces
sary to bring out all the facts , and the public
can then draw Its own conclusions.
"I regard this as a great victors for the
Knights of Labor. "
STOCK YARDS STRIKE OVER.
Strikers were not interfering today with
the work at the stock jards packing houses
Stock was being received and slaughtering
v.as done In all the larger houses Many
of the strikers went back to work this
morning and the places of others were filled
The strike was looked upon as broken
and It was stated that no further trouble
was looked for. Swift & Co. killed 1,000
cattle this morning , Morris 500 and Armour
SOO.
Among the stock j-ards strikers who re
turned to work this morning were nine
telegraphers and twenty clerks and j-ard-
masters. Other emplojes will be given their
positions If they report promptly. A few
steam fitters and carpenters left their work
this afternoon , but they did not add to the
ssriousnebs of the situation.
Armour brought twelve butcherb from Mil
waukee this morning and was only three
short of his usual force. The sheep butchers
talked of Joining the beef butchers , but
they did not leave their work this morning.
Applicants for positions as unskilled laborers
were turned away from the packing houbes.
Armour dlbcharged fifteen teamsters for
whom he had no work.
Shortly utter 10 o'clock today the Ameri
can Federation conference began Its second
day's meeting at the nrlggs house. Several
defecates were present today who were not
here jestcrday , among them being P. J
McGulre.
The meeting adjourned at 1 o'clock V >
meet again at 2 30 They appolntPd a com
mittee of five to draft an address to the pub
lic
The morning session Immediately took up
the resolutions where they were dropped the
night before. The session was n hot one
and many strong speeches were made on
bath sides of the resolution as to whether
the American Federation of Labor should
order a genral strike of all Its members in
bjmpathy with the Pullmin strikers , nnd
at the request of the A R U Several presl
dents and secretaries of different labor or
ganizations of this city came to the commit
tee room to get Instructions as to what to
do. They said that all their men were out ,
and they had no Instructions Thej- were
refused admission , nnd many grew disgusted
and walked away apparently berry for the
steps already taken.
A strong speech was made by M J Car
roll ot the Interimtlonal Tjpographlral iinicn
In favor of a general strike b lng ordered
by all of the labor organizations of the
cnuntrj' . He appealed to the feeling ot the
conference on the manner In wh.ch labor
had been trampled upon by capital , and that
the only way to fcrce a recognition was to
order a complete tie-up.
Messrs. McGulre and Perkins made
speeches In the same line , urging most em
phatically In favor of the resolutions.
Mr. Drummond took up the side of the
opposltlor , and discussed at some length
the Inadvlsabllity of a general strike. He
said :
"I want Debs to understand that It is
unnecessary for us to crder a strike. Ha
wishes to shift the responsibility off from
his shoulders , and I object to It. If he has
started It and cannot win let him lese It.
H wo should order ft strike now the finan
cial situation of the country Is in such a
condition that n great many of cur mem
bers would not go out and the vacancies
would ba filled with nonunlonlats. I be
lieve that tha condition ot this country is
such that a g3iir.il strike would not win. I
do net want the reputation of having our
federation losing this already lost s > trlke I
ara onpoiod to the resolutions. "
STEEL WORKERS OBJECT TO STRIKING.
Mr. Garland of the iron and btael workers
said.Ve were uncWo to form an effective
organization as long as the Pullman shop
wait working on the wages which they raid
and not until this A. H. U. strike have we
been able to do anything. In our organiza
tions v.e . have had and still do have great
strike * , both in Bjmpathy and for grievances.
I am opposed to a general strike now , be
cause we now have n , certain scale ot wagefc
adapted by arbitration , and If we sflke that
sta'e ' rf wage * will be broken , and at this
Unu t fliia'i-lal depresBl m I bellrv'p that It
u1 n'mu-l fn . ' > nd Pa-- )
PULLMAN TELLS HIS STORY
Reiterates the Statement that tbo Shops
Were Eun at a loss.
TOOK WORK SIMPLY TO HELP EMPLOYES
In Cnnc Arbitrator * Decided Agnlnst Them
They Would Itu Compelled to Kttn at n
l.on ( Irc.itrr Than Thpy
Could M.iml.
NEW YORK , July 13. "There Is hardly
anything new to be said as to the Pullman
company , " tald George M. Pullman this
evening , "but I have so many indications
of the facility with which expressions
authorized by me have become distorted
and thus misleading to the public , and of un
entlro forgetting of my earnest efforts to
prevent the strike , that perhaps It is well
that I should again make a public assur
ance that the deplorable events of the last
few weeks have not been caused by the
Pullman company taking an obstinate stand
In a debatable matter and refusing to listen
to reason. The leaders of disorder have
not hesitated to harass the Pullman com
pany by all means In their power , be
cause , as they say , the Pullman company
would not submit to arbitration , and now
that the disorder seems to be quelled they
are reinforced In their clamor for arbitra
tion by some prominent newspapers , but , so
far as I know , by very few , If anj- , busi
ness men of the country.
"What Is the demand concealed under
the Innocently sounding word arbitration ?
A little more than a year ago the shops
at Pullman were In a prosperous condi
tion , work was plenty , wages were high ,
and the condition of the employes was in
dicated by the fact that the local savings
bank had of savings deposits nearly $700-
000 , of which nearly alj was the property
of the emplojes. Our payrolls for that
jear show an average earning of over $000
per annum for every person , man , woman
or j-outh on the roll. Then came the great
panic and depression of last summer Many
customers stopped negotiations and can
celled orders , and our working force had
to be reduced from nearly 0,000 to 2,000 In
November , 1S93. The great business de
pression existing throughout the coun
try had naturally resulted In a
wage depression , and the only hope of
getting orders was by bidding for work at
prices as low or lower than could be made
by other shops , and this , of course , neces
sitated a reduction in the wages of t'ie em
plojes at Pullman. This was arranged , as I
supposed , and In close competition , disre
garding all account of capital and machinery ,
I secured enough work to gradual'y Increase
our force to 1,200 , the number on the roll
last April. Nine weeks ago the CJT shops
at Pullman were working w'th ' car building
contracts on hand enough to keep them goIng -
Ing for about sixty dajs , and with all busi
ness forecasts leading to the belief that no
conslde-able new orders could soon be had.
The rncst Important of the work In hand had
been taken by me in competition at prices
which were less than the actual cost to
the companj" of delivering , without anj'
reckoning for the use of capital and plant
This work was taken to keep the large force
of men cmploved and to postpone , with the
hope of avoiding , the numberless embarrass
ments to all clashes of people at Pullman
and its vlcinitj of a clos'ng down cf the
works , to prevent which the company con
sidered It a wise policy to operate the shops
temporarily at an actual loss In this con
dition of things came the aglta'lon seeking
to create a labor organization embracing all
railway emplojes and apparently other In
dustries.
WAS WORKING AT A LOSS
"In the carlj part of May a committee of
emplojes demanded a restoration of the
wages of a year ago. I explained lo this
committee minutely and laboriously the
facts , show leg that the companj' was al
ready paj'ing them more than It was re
ceiving for their contract work , and I offered
them for complete assurance , and to end all
question , an Inspection of our books and
contracts In hand This and the beginning
at Pullman of a promised careful Investiga
tion of a number of shcp complaints seemed
to nd all trouble , but a day later , under the
excitement of their recruiting Into the new
organization , the workmen closed the shops ,
thus themselves doing what I was strenu
ously trjlng to prevent being done , a d the
emplojes who quit their vvcrk have deprived
themselves and their comrades of earnings
of more than $300,000 up to this time The
demand" made before quitting work were
that wages should be restored to the scale
of last jear , or in effect that the actual
outgoing monej' losses should bo increased
to an amount equal to about one-fourth of
the wages of Ihc emplcyes It must be
clear to every business man and to every
thinking workman that no prudent emplojer
could submit to arbitration the question
whether he should commit such a
piece of business folly. Arbitra
tion always implies acquiescence
in the decision of the arbitrator ,
whether favorable or adverse. How could I ,
as president of the Pullman company , con
sent to agree that If any body of men not
concerned with the Interests of the com
pany's shareholders should as arbitrators ,
for any reasons teeming good to them , so
decree I would open the shops , emploj
workmen at wages greater than their work
could be sold for and continue this ruinous
policy Indefinitely or be accused cf a breach
of faith. Who will deny tint such a ques
tion is plainly not a subject of arbitration ?
The public should not permit the real ques
tion which has been before It to be obscured
That question was as to the possibility of the
creation and duration of a dictatorship which
oould make all the Industries of the United
States and the dally comfort of millions
dependent upon them , hostages for the
granting of any fantastic whim of such a
dictator. Any submission to him would
have been a long step in that direction and
In the interest of every law-abiding citizen
cf the United States was not to be considered
for a moment.
"A few words are pertinent as to some
charges I gainst the company. One of
these charges Is that rents ore exorbitant ,
and It Is implied that the- Pullman cm-
plojcs have no choice but to submit. The
answer Is simply : The average rental of
a tenement Is at the rate of $3 per room
per month , and the renting of houses at
Pullman nab no relation to the work of the
shops. Employes may , and frequently do ,
own or rent their houses outside of the
town ; and the buildings and business places
In the town are rented to emplojes or
others In competition with neighboring
properties In short , the renting business
of the Pullman company Is governed by the
same conditions which govern any other
large owner of real estate except that the
company Itself docs directly some things
which In Chicago are assumed by the city
"If , therefore , It U not admitted that the
rents of any landlord are to bo fixed by arbi
tration , and that ntose of the adjoining towns
of Kensington and Hoseland should be so
fixed , it can hardly ba asked that the Pull
man company alone should abandon the
ordinary rules which govern persons In that
relation. Strenuous efforU have also bec.j
made to create a prejudice against the
Pullman company by charges ( hat its stock
is heavily watered. The Pullman com
pany was organlrt-d twenty-seven years ago
with a capital of $1.000,000 , of which two-
thirds represented the appraised value of
its cars , then held by three owners , and
one-third represented the appraised value of
its franchises and existing contract ! ) . The
company has grown until its sleeping
oars' service cover 125,000 mlles of rail
way , or about three-fourths of the railway
system of the country , and that Increase at
service has necessitated en increase of It *
capital from time to time , until It Is now
$30,000.000 , Every share of this increase
has been offered to btockholde nnd t.oM
to them or to otheru In tl ordinary coursa
of business at not less than par in cash ,
so that fir every share ot increase out-
ti\ndmg I'm r mr ny liai re lvc ! $ i < v )
In cash. There are dv'cr1,000 stock
holders of the compnnjj of which more
than one-half are women and trustees of
estates , and the nveragfc holding of ouch
stockholder Is now olgnty-GU shires , one-
fifth of them holding IMS than six shares
cac'K" '
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SIXTIIN o.vvsiiiiotrr SIAII *
lllockiulo Mm Ktitnltcd Immense
DIIIIUIRP t'pon this Gulden stntu.
SAN FHANCISCO. July 13. Sixteen days
have Intervened since tbe general strike was
Inaugurated on the Southern Pacific system.
During the entire period railway traffic has
been at an absolute standstill in northern
California. At least seven and probably
nine human lives have already been sacri
ficed in the desperate struggle that Is on be
tween the railway company nnd the federal
government on the ono hand and the A II.
U. on the other. The commercial loss has
been enormous. Not only Is general trnfflc
almost at a standstill , but a season's fruit
crop to the \alui > of hundreds of th usands
of dollars Is perishing In the oichards. To
night there Is every Indication that more
men are to be slaughtered In this Industrial
war ; that the fruit growers are to see more
of their crop spoil on their hands and that
the e"ibareo on commerce Is to bo In
definitely continued When the United
States army and navy were thrown Into the
fight It was said the trouble would speedily
end. It Is now three davs since the federal
troops went Into the field In northern Cali
fornia , but the end Is not yet In sight. In
fact , the United States authorities are re
sisted as were the state militia forces , and
the troublous times seem but to have be
gun. In Sacramento the defiance became so
bold today that the capital city Is tonight
under actual martial law. United States
Marshal Baldwin rode through the streets
at the head of a detachment of thirty
cavalrymen this afternoon and proclaimed
martial law. He ordered the people to their
homes , and bade them remain there until
the trouble Is over. Tlie adoption of this
extreme measure was provoked by an out
break that occurred In Sacramento late
this forenoon.
TROUBLE AT SACRAMENTO.
Shortly after 11 o'clock the Southern Pa
cific's superintendent sent a switch engine
out to clear the tracks along Front street.
Knowing the locomotive would pass the head
quarters of the strikeers , a big building near
the tracks In the vlcinitjof the city Jail ,
Colonel Graham ordered a company of reg
ulars to escort the switch engine and pro
tect the engineer and fireman. There was
soon proof that Colonel Graham appreciated
the mood of the strikers , for the switch
engine was fired upon before It had
passed the A. R. U. headquarters. The reg
ulars returned the fire and several men In
the crowd that thronged the streets bit the
dust. At'least ono was mortallv wound d.
This outbreak and the shooting of a farmer
who Insisted on passing- the mllltarj- lines
were among the causes that led up to the
proclamation this afternoon establishing mar
tial law. Tonight only , meager details of
the situation ore to he had here , for what
Is a press censorship Iff effect has been es
tablished by Colonel Graham. The Asso
ciated press correspondent Is suffered to p'as *
the mllltarj' pickets , but it is conditioned
that he shall send out no information rel
ative to the movement of trains. Neither Is
he permitted to give names of trainmen. It
Is the desire of Colonel IGraham and the rail
road officials to withliold * this Information
from the strikers.
It Is known , however , that no trains are
runnlnz out of Sacramlnto. save two that
were dispatched Jor the east th's morning.
AnothT train , bearlng-JCO" troops from | 'ijrt
Doiiulas , Utah , is westbound. This train
arrived at Wlnnemucca it- noon today , and
under cover of the'e tro < ft8ta westbound pas1-
senger train that had' l ) -jstalled at 'Wlnh"-
mucca since June 2S was'released and started ,
forward under a military guard. One com
pany of troops was left at Wlnnemucca and
a military picket established around the
railroad propertj- . The rest of the troops
proceeded west with the passenger train A
wrecking train , with two flat cars loaded
with troops , Is coming on ahead of the train
Another overland train from Las Angeles Is
also coming Into southern California under
a heavy military guard This train passed
Bakcrsfleld this afternoon without Incident
and Is due to reach Oakland late tonfcht.
HEAVY GUARD AT OAKLAND.
*
At Oakland the jards on the mole are now
under the protection of a force of 1,000
United , . States marines , state militiamen
and deputies. The force has been sufficient
to overawe the strikers and today there
was no further violence ,
In San Francisco the event of the day was
the empaneling of a special United States
grand Jury by Judge Mcrrow to Investigate
the prevailing disorders. In the course of
his charge to the jury , which has b'en spe
cially drawn from the business men cf
San Francisco , Judge Morrow said : "That
the passage of the malls over certain lines
of railroad In this state has been retarded
and obstiucted there Is no question The
regular receipt and dispatch of mall over
the roads of the S-uthern Pacific company
have In fact been suspended at the San
Francisco postoffice for a period of about
two weeks Who is responsible for this
state of affairs ? The strikers , the railroad
companjor both. The railway Is a great
public highway , and the duty of the rail
road csmpany Is first to the public. The
railroad must be kept In operation If It Is
possible to do so with the force and appli
ances within reach Any negligence In this
respect is not excuaed by temporary diffi
culties. The damage - and Interruption
caused by the elements are Ubually promptlj
repaired and removed. The same energy
and good faith should be used with respect
'
to the removal' labar and other difficulties.
The present controversy between the South
ern Pacific and Its emplojes appears to be
In relation to the movement of Pullman
cars. Both parties to this contro
versy have announced in the public
press that they have been ready and
willing from the first to move freight carb
and passenger trains without Pullman cars
In my opinion the situation has been of
such an extraordinary character and the In
terruption to commerce so serious and long
continued as to have required of the rail
road company to temporarily waive all
question concerning the ) make-up of regular
trains , as the officers of the company claim
they have dore , and emploj ed such re
sources as the company had In the move
ment of other trains In an effort to relieve
lievo the prevailing congestion and dis
tress. This obligation I believe to have
been a public duty , and that a failure to
perform this duty with respect to the move
ment oC malls and Interstate commerce
comes within the .purview ot the statute.
"It Is your duty to determine this ques
tion under the law and , present the guilty
parties to the court for prosecution.
"In this Inquiry you will not limit j-our
examination to the conduct of any particu
lar clasa ot persons * but carefully scrutinize
the acts ot all parties concerned , whether
they are officers of the railroad company
or employes , and without fear or favor or
Influence of any kind , present In the propsr
marner the perbons who have transgressed
the law and imperiled the beat interests of
this state.
"In jour Inquiry j-ou may find that the
parties have so associated themselves to
gether In their conduct as to bring them
within the law ot conspiracy. "
Tubing , trlk r > ' I'lnrcn.
CHEYENNE , Wjo , July 13. ( Special to
The Bee ) Union Pacific officials at Salt
Lake and other points are quietly employing
men. who ar * being sent to various points
on the Wyoming division to take the places
of the strikers. There Is no difficulty in se
curing men , in fact , the officials have had
more applications for places than they can
supply. It is generally understood that the
shops at the various points along the line
will resume opcratjgns Monday. All members
ot the A. II. U. , except , the leaders , will be
given an opportunity to return to vvorls If
they desire to do so.
Three coal heavers emploved by the Union
Pacific at Wam&utter , a coaling- elation be
tween this place and Hock Springe , were ar
rested by United Statei Marshal nankin for
attempting to intimidate the men who were
sent there to take the'r places when they
rifusel f ) work They vill ba taken to
Oheynne 'or trial In the tnlteii Sta'f court
FED ON HOME MADE FARE
Nebraska People Sit Down to a Nebraska
Banquet at Nebraska Oity ,
HCME INDUSTRY THE EVENING TOPIC
Mamifiicturcr * and COIHUIUCM .Meet lit the
Watvui llou o mill CKo tlio C.iino of
1'rotictlou fur Stntu IntfroU u
Lung I.Ut Upward.
NEBRASKA City. July 13. ( Special Tele
gram to The Bee. ) Whittles from every
steam plant In Nebraska City sounded a
shrill yet thrilling welcome to the manufac
turers' excursion train as It backed across
the bridge Into Nebraska City at 7.20 o'clock
this evening. The run had been made from
Omaha In a trifle over two hours. The two
loaded coaches that left Omaha received an
addition of thirty-one passengers at Platts-
mouth and nit additional coach was added
at Pacific Junction. The visitors were met
at the depot by a brass band and were es
corted In a double column through the princi
pal streets to Hotel Watson , where they were
allowed to break ranKs , with the Injunction
to be on hand at S 30 at the banquet hall.
The Injunction was unanimously compiled
with ami when the banquet hour arrived the
hall , which had befn arranged to seat 300 ,
was found very much too small to accommo
date the guests who had assembled , an J the
capacity was forced to accommodate 350
people.
The hall was handsomely decorated , the
stage being covered with flowers and ferns
tastefully arranged. It was nearly 0 o'clock
when the guests had been seated as com
fortably as possible and the next hour was
given up to a discussion of the following
menu , prepared entirely from Nebraska
products.
MENU.
Bouillon
The Cudahy Parking Co , South Omahn
Daisy O > ster Crackers
Jones-Douglas Bnherv , Lincoln
Chow-Chow Sweet 1'lckles Olives
Gednev Pickle Co , Oninhn
Boiled Sugai-Cured Hnm. Champagne Sauce
Lincoln Packing Co.
Tomatoes .111 Gratln , Oioe Brand
Nebraska Cltj Canning Co.
Punch Nebraska City
Roast leef !
Swift and Company , South Omaha
Columbia Catsup Mixed Pickles Mustard
Gedney Pickle Co , Omaha
String Beans , Otoe Brand
Sweet Corn , Otoe Brand
Nebraska City Canning Co
Parched Oats Porridge , Quail Brand
Nebnka Cltv Cerr-nl Mills
Wheate' , Union Brand
Fullerton Milling Co
Vienna Jlollt , Victor Brand Tlour
C C. White , Crete
Tea Bl = cults , Valley Lily Brand Flour
O A. Hooper , Humboldt
Muffins , Union Brand Gluten Flour
Fullerton Milling Co.
Cabinet Beer
Tred Krug Brewing Co , Omaha
Lettuce Salad Dressing
Chemical Manufacturing Co , Lincoln
White Wine Vinegar
Lincoln Vinegar Works
Quail Brand Grl Idle Cak < " 3
Nebraska City Cereal Mills
Puritan Mnple Svrup
rarrcll < K. Co , Omaha
Wild Chen vine
rt Lincoln Cidpr and.GUerrylne.Co. . . .
New-port KlaXcs High Tas"Vanllla Wafer ?
American 11 ecu It Mfg. Co. , Omaha
Velvet Meal Pudding
Nebr.iskn Citv Cereal Mills
Blue Illbbon Heer
Omaha Blowing Association
Corn Starch Blanf Mange
Arpo Manufacturing Co , Nebraska City
Red Raspberry , Strawberry and Peach Pre-
Farrell & Co . Omaha
Orange Cider
Santa Clara Manufacturing Co. , Omaha
Confectionery
Kopp , Drcibus & Co , Onaha , Vogele &
Dinning , Omaln. Lincoln Confectionery
Company
Souvenir Bon-Bon BONCS
Omaha Paper Box Co
Coffee Cream of Coffees
Consolidated Coffee Co , Omaha
Coffee Dining Car
Lincoln Coffee and Spice Mills
Chicory
German Chlcqry Co , O'Neill
Granulated Sugar
Oxnard Beet Sugar Co , Grand Island
Cigars nor de Peppcrberg , Bud = , Santa
Rosa , rior de Stevenson
Julius Pepperberg , Platt mouth
Cob pipes and cigar holders furnished by
the McElhinoy Mfg. Co , Nebraska City.
During the banquet the orchestra rendered
a selection , which Included an anvil chorus
Instantly every guest In the room , from the
dignified member of Mr Cleveland's cabinet
to a cob pipe maker from Axtcll , took up
the refrain and beat a tattoo on glasses and
plates that was kept up for some time and
set the house In an uproar After the menu
had been considered President Page of the
Manufacturers and Consumers association
asked the attention of the guests and intro
duced Mr. O C. Holmes , secretarj of the
association , who spoke substantially as fol
lows
HOW TO IMPROVE BUSINESS.
"Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen : In Sep
tember , 1891 , there met In the rooms of the
Builders and Traders exchange In Omaha a
number of manufacturers for the purpose
of organizing a manufacturers association
For seme time previous The Omaha Bee had
advocated such a step , urging as a reason that
the people of Nebraska were not giving
that substantial support to their own fac
tories that they should. The Manufacturers
and Consumers association of Nebraska as
you know It today Is the result of that agi
tation and of that meeting Its object was
tersely set forth In Its articles of organiza
tion to be 'To promote home Industry by
encouraging the purchase of Nebraska pro
ducts and manufactures ' The association
knows no town or locality , but woiks to
upbuild the manufacturing Industries of the
whole state. We have sought to Impress
upon the minds of the manufacturers that
In order to deserve the patronage of their
neighbors It was necessary to make their
goods up to the highest standards of excel
lence and to EC ! ) them as cheaply as goods
of the same quality can be bought in any
market In the land , and I want to Ray that
today the goods turned out by Nebraska
factories are not only the equal in price and
quality to those manufactured in the east ,
but ore In many cases buperlor. for the rea
son that Nebraska manufacturers have been
compelled to put extra \aluo Into their pro
ducts In order to overcnmo the prejudice
which exists In the minds of so many people
ple against anything that Is made at home
"Starting out then on the proposition
that Nebraska made goods are just as good
and just as cheap as any , we Kay to the
people of this elate. It Is not only jour duty
to patronize home Industry , but It Is to
your Interest to do to because every dollar
jou send out of Nebraska makes the state
poorer by that much , while the money jou
spend at home enriches the state corre
spondingly. I sometimes Illustrate that
idea In this way : Suppose a retail mer
chant wants to buy $100 worth of goods.
Ho sends that amount of money to New
York. The goodt > arrive and he sells them
for $120. Twenty dollars remains in Ne
braska and $100 BOOS to build up a New
York factory and give employment to New
York labor. Now , suppose Instead of
doing that , ho should buy In some city in
his own state , every dollar of that money
remains at home to give employment to
Nebraska labor and build up a. Nebraska
factory. Is not the business of every re
tail merchant In Nebraska City Ixtter for
tbo location In your city of the great starch
factory , cenml mills and other labor giving
and money distributing Industries , afford-
ing. as they do , a market for 11,000 buslteU
of grain per day , or 3 300 000 bushels for the
300 working days of the > ear ? Is not your
property worth more' If you think not , let
them pull up and leave , and e then what
will become of your city Now then , If
you want these industries to grow and new
on a to come buy their gnods and aftrr you
havp done your duty to thr-ir f-iiy th pro
dus < rf far'eri - In o'ber < vv-s < n yur
state , for you need the patronage of > our
neighbors to keep jour own mills running.
ALL PULL TOGirritEH.
"Let me t ll ) ou another way to build up
your town. When a Jobber comes Into
jour store and solicits > our bullie s ask
him If he buys and pushes the sale of
goods made by Nebraska City factories , and
If > ou find that he does not , ask him by
what process of reasoning he concludes
that he Is entitled to an order from a town
which he Is doing nothing to support. Ite-
tallers of Nebraska , you can do much to
ward educating the people of this state
to patronize home Industry. There arc
doubtless exceptions to the rule , but as a
general thing the consumer depends
upon the Judgment of the merchant
as to the quality of the goods. When a
merchant tells mo that an article is flrst-
cUss I beleve him. far I will not deal with
a man In whom I do not have confidence.
Therefore I want to Impress upon the minds
of you retail merchant > and jou Jobbers ,
too , that If you will take hold of this nut
ter In earnest vou can double the number
of men emplojod In Nebraska factories In
a single > ear , and jou know as well as I
do that that means better business for everyone
ono of jou.
"Let me tell you what the people of Ne
braska can do toward relieving the pressure
of hard times , of which we have all felt the
burden during the past jcar. Do jou Know
that the people of this tate use 5,000,000
pslrs of shoes every > car. Suppose they cost
on average of { 2 per pair , that amounts to
$10,000 000. or $1,000,000 of business endh for
ten factories , each one of which would give
emplojmcnt to 310 hands , or a giand total
of 3,503 people , earning on average of $10
per weak apiece These factories would em
ploy 100 men each as salesmen , bookkeeper *
and pther house men , thus adding another
$1.000 to the pay roll Suppose half of these
4,600 emplojes are heads of families We
will , by simply making up our minds to
buy home made shoes , give cmplojment to
14,000 people , to say nothing of the army
of others which a great Industry Ike thh
would support Indirectly.
"Now what have we today ? One solitary
factory , that of the Morse-Coo Hhoe com
pany , giving employment to about 200 people
Retail shoe dealers told these men that It
was folly to start a shoe factory In Ne
braska , that they could not compete with the
old eastern concerns , that they could not
obtain skilled workmen , and , In fict , I don't
know what they did not tell them that was
discouraging , but they have proved that
shoes can be made successfully In Nebraska
and If the people v.lll do their part we will
have the ten factories , the ten millions of
business and the 15,000 people , and they will
all trade with > oti retail merchants , and
jou will all get rich , and what Is true of
the shoe business Is true of a hundred other
lines that might be mentioned if time per
mitted.
"Now , gentlemen of Nebraska City and
vicinity , on b'halt of the Manufacturers and
Consumers association of Nebraska , I bid
jou a mo t hearty welcome to this , the first
of our series of home Industry banquets , and
knowing that what Is to the Intirtst of the
manufacturer 13 a'so to the Interest of the
jobber , the retailer and the consumer , I dare
express the hope that In the future , as never
In the past , jou will put jour shoulder to
the wheel , and with us make a long pull
and a strong pull and a pull all together
for the upbuilding of the manufacturing In
dustries of our great commonwealth "
SECRETARY MORTON'S APPEAL
Toastmaster Page then introduced Hen J
Sterling Morton , sajlng that thtee jears
ago when the association was organized he
little thought he would have the honor of
Introducing a member of the cabinet from
Nebraska , but was proud to do so. Mr
Morton's toast was , "The Pecple of Ne ?
braska-What'They ; Owe to Manufacturers. "
The secretarj was greeted wilh a .storm of
applause from hands , feet , dishes and canes ,
lasting at least three minutes. He said ,
brletlj" "The spirit of inanuf.icfuie seems
to havf > taken possession of Nebraska. Not
only do we manufacture starch , cereal grods
and alcohol , but musical Inttrumcnts ( re
ferring to the accompaniment on the dishes ) .
The manufactories of today are to com
merce what the brave epirlts who first cr.me
to Nebraska were to the , state : i"d n.ade
them possible. To those hardy r'onetrs ' we
owe our prosperity. To the great factories
which work up the raw material Into mar
ketable products we also are Indebted
Another era of proipctlt/ dawned when Ne
braska began to feed corn to b.vlne i > nd sfilr
It east as bacon. La > te ; factories at Omaha
and Nebraska JIty bpranjr up , giving em
plojmcnt to thousands ! men. Manufac
ture In this line lisa bcjn reditfvd to a
scientific basis , and nothing Is 'ost , not even
a squeal , and that Is , mt to b3 "bed for
campaign purposes. ( LiuEbter. ) V'e ' owe
to capital security and protection , a pledge
that ownership In property shall never be
divorced frcm owner's control and the lowest
taxation . possible for public wel
fare Never bond a city or county for pri
vate corporation. We owe to ourselves and
our children no tax except for public pur
poses As soon as this condition Is reached
Nebraska will be densely populated.
"When we came here forty years ago our
neighbors were Indians , and there were only
three white women In the tettlement With
climate , soil and possibilities , Nebraska must
be a great state within a quarter of a cen
tury. Omaha will have 1,000,000 people and
Nebraska City , while It never bed a boom ,
will bo a great citjThe wage v tet maj
bo a capitalist tomorrow. The world Is our
market. We can never enrich ourselves
trading with ourselves. We manufacture
the best goods in the world , and demand In
pajment the best money the world has to
offer. The Ideal will be realized In jears to
come In thousands of smoking chimneys. "
MAKERS' DEBTS TO USERS.
Hon. I M. Rajmond of Lincoln , In reply
to Mr. Morton , responded to the toast , 'The
Manufacturers of Nebraska ; What They Owe
to the People. " Ho said that the manufac
turers owed everjthing to the people. Pioneers
who fol'owed
neers and progressive citizens
them made It posslb'e for manufacturers
to exist Manufatturers owe the people honest
weights. Integrity and square dealing The
time for tenures Is past People demand
that a manufacturer bu.ld his plant wl i his
own money. The people will give a manu
facturer lojal support and patronage , but
would no longer give money bonuses. Mr
Rajmocd told of his tvvcntj--flve j oars' ex
perience as a Jobber In Nebraska , and ex
pressed his gratification at the growth of the
manufacturing Industries of the state.
Judge M L llajward responded to the
" ' Her Manufacturing
toast , "Nebraska Cltj'
Interests" He referred to Nebraska City's
growth as the result of hard work He told
of the efforts of the city to get manufactur
ing Industries , and of the success that had
followed since the attention of manufacturers
had been turned to the manufacturing of
Nebraska products instead of trjlng to com
pete with factories In states that weie better
located and equipped for the ivork Ho quoted
figures of the work of the thlrtj-one fac'orles
of the city and of the good they were doing
In bulMlrg up the city
Hon. Charles Haw ley told the gussts how
to secure the location of factories In Ne
braska. Ho urged the business men of dif
ferent towns to put In their own money In
the manufacture of goods that they know
they need and urge the people to use homo
manufactured goods , and this would force
other factories to locate ln > the state.
Hon. C. C White of Crete responded to
the toast , "The Mill ng Industries of Our
State. " The Industry , he said , In value of
output , excelled that of any other Industry
in the state Ho referred to the valuation
and growth of the milling business In the
past twenty years , and paid a tribute to the
miller , the paragon of honesty and the pride
of the people.
HOME PRODUCTS GOOD TOR ALL.
Mr. E. Rosevvater was Introduced by Presi
dent Page as the father of the Manufac
turers and Consumer ! assoc atlon , and lie
was greeted with cheers as he rose to respond
spend to the toast , "The I'rcts ; Its Influenc T
for Home Industry. "
Mr. Itosewater denied the paternity of
the huge Infant ( hit Is now attracting at
tention In Nebraika. He was not a-hamed
of the healthy Infant , and acknowledged
that the preta had much to do In bringing
the consumer and manufacturer together
People have to be drilled Into a realization
that It Is preferable f r tl > ron um rs and
( f nt'nucd on Third Page )
THE DUV
Last DennndofthoLiw from a Dalibtrata
Murderer is Settled.
PATRICK EUGENE PRENDERGAST HANGED
Assassin of Mayor Carter Harrison of Ohi
cage Dies on the Gallows.
HE MET HIS FATE WITHOUT FLINCHING
Made No Spessh and Hold His Temper h
Check at the Last ,
HAD TWO SQUARE MEALS TO DIE ON
Appnmcli of Death Did Not Affect th
Mimlerur'ii A | > j > < tltc Ills Nttlt llrokeu
bj * tlio I'll 11 nnd Dc.tth Almost
liMtiintnncuus.
CHICAGO. July 13. Patrick Eugene Pren-
dcrgast today paid the legal penalty for hti
assassination of Major Harrison. The trap
fell at 11IS and nine minutes later the doc
tors pronounced him dead.
Preiidcrgast rested well last night and
seemed calm and collected when the jailer
left him a few minutes before. Ho refused
until late last evening to receive spiritual
consolation , but when nightfall came on ha
asked that rather Muldoon be admitted.
All the prisoners in the tiers of cells Im
mediately In front and to the left of the
scaffold were marched out this morning and
taken over into the north wing In order
that there might be no demonstration during
the final scenes.
As Is the custom the assassin was closely
guarded by bailiffs during the night. Be
tween C and 7 o'clock Prcndergast partook
heartily of a breakfast of ham and oggs.
He showed a ravenous appetite and about 9
o'clock sent word to Jailer Morris that ho
was again hungry. The Jailer had his
prisoner served with another hearty meal.
This Prcndergast disposed of quickly and ha
becmed to relish it greatly.
The assassin talked freely with his spirit
ual advisers and bcveral times , apparently
fearing that they would desert him , re
marked , "You must staj * with mo to the
end " As the morning advanced Prender-
gast showed some signs of slightly Increas
ing nervousness. Uut on the whole ho was
remarkably calm and well collected.
Throughout the jail the olllccrs and other
attaches remarked about his behavior , for
It was the general opinion that he would
weaken badly before the executtoh.
SAID HE'D DIE GAME.
Father Darry was still with Prendcrgast
at 11 a. m , having been In constant at
tendance upon him all the morning. The
little assassin had "thawed out" very ma
terially falnce last night and was now most
deferential to his spiritual adviser. The
doomed man announced with a trifle of
bravado that he would dlo game and set a
great and bhlnlng example to his country.
He Intended , it was' ! staled , to make a
speech , which ho asserted would be the
effort of his life and he was very particular
lest ho bo misquoted or misinterpreted.
The Jurj' of phjslclans at 11.30 filed In
and Inspected the scaffold and appurtenances.
Fifty deputy sheriffs wore ranged around
the sides of the corridor and the rather
tedious , though In reality short wait , began
until the final march should be taken up.
At 11 12 a. m. a hush fell upon the bustling
throng In the corridor and up and down the
somber halls could to heard the muffled tramp
of the funeral cortege.
DIED WITHOUT A WORD.
A few moments later Sheriff Gilbert and
Jailer Morris appeared at the right of the
scaffold , the prisoner , pale and unsteady ,
walking behind them. He stood without ap
parent nervousness , though a trifle weak and
unsteidy , as his arms were being pinioned.
Ho seemed determined to die game and looked
out calmlj on the assembled crowd below
him. The white shroud was next placed
about him and , barring a little restless move
ment of the cjes up and down and from
sldo to side , he made no motion Jailer Mor
ris now placed the rope around his neck , the
white cap over his head and Patrick Engeno
Prendergast game to the last , had'taken his
last look on earth. An Instant later , at 11:48 ,
ho bhot downward , the head twisted to ona
side , the neck having apparently been broken.
Slowly swaying back and forth , he swung
for a few moments while the physicians held
bis wrists. A slight spasmodic movement
of the legs was all the sign of lite apparent
within the loosely hanging white robe.
Surrounded by the jury of phj'slclans the
corpse swung to and fro , and at 11 57 , nlna
minutes after the trigger was sprung , ha
was pronounced dead , and the murder of
Carter H. Harrison , in the cjes of the law ,
was avenged.
The assassin made no audible sound from
the time he left his cell , apparently being
lost In contemplation of his awful fate.
He took his final leave of his spiritual td-
vlscr , gave a last handshake to the guards ,
and with a low and choking voice bade them
a last adieu. He was gently dissuaded
by Sheriff Gilbert from his determination
to make a speech
At 11 5S Jailer Morris unloosened the anchored -
chored end of the rope , the shrouded corpsa
was slowly lowered and laid In the coffin
standing underneath the platform. Tlio
face of the dead man was not badly dis
torted , though the mouth was open and
the tongue protruded. The color of tbo
features was a blui'h tint , which , with hla
unkempt reddUh hair straggling down over
the forehead , made a Bight long to bo re
membered.
The coffin was borne Into the outer court
and thcnco across to the inner jail office ,
where , after the legal formalities were gone
through , the body was hid , subject to
claim by relatives or friends.
WANTED TO DI3 KNOWN.
The crlrno and the criminal were allk
extraordinary Prcndergast , a newspaper
carrier about 23 years of age , took great In
terest In p lltlcs. During the mayoralty
campaign two jears ago vvhloh resulted In
the election of Carter H. Harrison he waa
actlvo In a small way In DollUc.il circles
and Ep-nt much of his time electioneering
and working for Mr. Harrison. Ho was
ulso an ardent and enthusiastic advocate
of the single tax theory. Ho was In the
habit of attending meetings of the Single
Tax club. Thus ho gained a smattering
< f knowledge about various matters and
amung his fUlows was regarded as &
prodigy of learning He regarded hlmeclf
In the Eaino light and treated the old car
riers with bupercIllouEiiess and evident con
tempt , which they were disposed rather to
encourage than resent , for Prendergast had
a disagreeable fondness for biatlng and tor
turing his younger and blighter co-workers.
Last summer he grew tired of his feature
less existence. What ho wanted more than
all other things , what was more tiece ary
than everj thing cite to his happiness waste
to bo talked about He loneod to ttt hU
name In the newspapers , to know that ho
was filling the public eye. He luited after
distinction no matter whether It wan gocd
or bad. Ho Ml that to enjoy the tarnations
of notoriety he would rUk much. He was.
according to general belief , a coward , and
would not risk his life He would risk hit
liberty for the delights he dreamed of , but
not hla life. For days and weeks ha cast
about for a satisfactorily promising means
to his ends. At last It occurred to him
that It would create contempt If one In hli
station in life , a humble newspaper carrier ,
nliojld apply fir a ) > lgh cilice In the munirlpa' '
government
The Idea , once admitted , took complete
of his mind Ho appeared in
n Counsel Adolph Kruus' offlc *
