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a* a lofgo cl tbe Americas Railway onion. To a committee of lbs Amende Hallway -union -bleb walled ouIbom Manager 'Vlckea and Mr. Pullman esld ltd grlevaacM would bo Investigated, and these geoUomea promised Ibat tbo members of ibe grievance comm luce of fotty-lbree should nol bo dliorlmlaaiod ugslnst. Notwlth-a landing this. ibe membora of ibo commit -too were dlaoharged Ibe neil day.Then tbe Pullman employe! *«at out and ibe convention of tbe Amerloac Itallwuy union voted to suiuln lb cm.Mr. Kellheraold bo tbougbi tbe beat prsveat-lvo of atrlkca oo railroads would be gorern-mnnt control of all railroads; the neat beet thing, cocapultory arbitration.B. B. Hay. ubowaa aiaUtant ysrdmstter for the Hock Islord road at keck laland. Ill. but was discharged previous to the itrlka because bo Jeluod tbe American Railway union, was tbe third wltnm. He giro tbe usual account of what led to Ibo slrlks. The remedy for a trikes, be thought, lay In compulsory arbitration,At tbe afternoon session T. W. Ecalbcole, wbo was chairman of tto Pullman strike committee, was tbe Bnl wltcca- He presented to the commission ibo wago scale that obtained at Pullman la 1*B and compared It wllh that In force at lha dot tbe atrlko was Inaugurated, In Jane, inn. be sold bo knew tlrst-olnss mecbsnlas wbo made between Ml uod Mb In two weeks. A yonr later bo aald It was nocaaury for tbe men to da four times aa much work to get tbe nemo pay, there baring bean n reflection of about «0 per cent. In tbe psy of ibe men. While wnges were reduced to tbla remarkoblo eiteot Mr. Hestbtoto sold Ibcro was not I ho slightest redaction In the renu colleolod by the Pullman company out of the wugsa of 1U employes. Mr. Haath-cote alto pi rseated an oBclul co»7 of the ••black lltt1 prepared by tbo Pullman oons-psny and forwarded lo other corporations with ibo roaueel ihat the men wboee name* It oan-talaed be tot eaployod.Jennie Cartla was a seamstress for flvs yeara In tbe repair shops of tbe Pullman ccmpaoy. president of tbe girl s loan) untco W. American Railway union, at Pullman, and also a member of the committees that called on Mr, Wlckwt aad Mr. Pullman on behalf of tbo glrla employed at Ihe carshops town. In her department, alio sold, employes made In June. IBB. M.a a day. and at ibo ilnio of tbe strike from O to M cents a day. “My father worked for tbo cqinjwny for thirteen yeero. hbe Mid. -and lost fall bo died. Ho wan a un-ant of tbe Pullman oompany. lie owed MO rent, and out of my small wagte I bad to pay Ibat (CO or leave the employ of tbo cotaps oy.• NV I UM w e^ts vuy»awy», ut view • • VI i»imlgbsraslly double transactions for a time. It la nos to b* overlooked that tbo eBeot of new duties Upon ir.se, t*ancW of Industry and trade is problematical, and may be determined only after some months of etperlence, toad meaawblie the serious Injury lo corn and some of tbs conditions exerolso s restraining Istaueoce. It It too early lo took for effeeta of tho new sllustlon In tho great Icdaurlee. but tbe grndutl recover)* which has appeared for some tlmo Is Been In a better demand for product*Depression tn Iron.••Resumption by Iron aad steel work* whleh were stopped ly tbe strike* coBUnuot to depress prltei of aotne Dtslsbed products, but with rosra fuiuscea operating prlow of pig Iron are not lower. Comparisons given to-disy ■bow a fall In prloae ranging from 31 to W per cent. In Iron atd Ite products since 11W. which sufficiently ocu*snu for the Idleaot* Of more than a third of tbo works.Corn isbmI Wheat.••Speoolutlon In corn bae teoo oetlve. tho price fsUlngt teats, rialoit SH oeou. and falling X cents, with varying reporu of lajury. which la »:moof tbe Staten is undoubtedly severe. Pert bos advanced SO cents and lard » cents per ICO pwinds. with JuttlBenUoa la the Injury to com Wheat La about 1 beat lower.Ibe Week’s failures.•■Liabilities H dims falling lo tbe week ended August t are a little larger Ibaa of late. t3.ZM.4f9, of Mich fl.Ml.CSI were of manufacturing sad II.M3.1M of trading concerns. Pull returns lor July show an sggreitte of (11.SI,HO 'Ibo failure* tbla week tare been 220 In UntUaltod States, agulnet 4» loot year, and *6 la Cato Os. against 17 last yesr.THOUSANDS SLAIN.Fearful Conilol Uetweea Japanese ana Ohineee at Balkan.Victoma, II. C., Auif. 18.—According-to tho Inst oriental iiewa by the steamer Empress, of Japan, the third tiattle in the war between Japan and China wax fought on July 20 at Selkan. Tho battle commenced at 3 o’clock in tho morning and lasted, withfearful slaughter, for fivo houre. Nearly 1,000 Chinese and 1,000 Japanoso sre said to baro been slain in lha conflict The Japancoo eventually droTo oft the Chinese and captured the town of SelUan. There were 6,0*) Japanese nnd 0,0» Chinese engaged The Chinese fled and tookcursion troin to sv cinire. This anil tram was obstructed by tb» railway managers »ud not by the strikers cc tbo member* of tbe American Railway union McDonald told bow It was Impossible for him to obtain employment after the Burlington ttrlko. when bo was bliokltswd The company's lnBUODCO ms ucod ngilnss him, he said, evon to the extent of proleitlng to Qov. PraoiU. of Missouri, agslul MoDowild's sp-polauneat ns oil Inspector nt S’. Joseph, Mo Mist Jane Adam*, superintendent of Hull houre end member of tie toonl of conciliation of ibt olvlo federation, was Mil called. She recited tbo effort* of tbo dvlo federation to bring nbout n Mtttement of Ibe trouble. Tbo cm plojci of tbo A. R. U. uero always willing and anilcus to arbitrate, but Fullmna and his cdl-clsls would nay to tbe committee only tbnl thoy hfd nothing to arbitrate.Arthur M. Wilson ond Nottls M. West, sm-ploycsof tbe Full mss ccmyooy, leslllled as la the reduction In wages.H. IT. Festoon, a rosl cttato igtut wbo operates at Kensington, llainlnnd. Southwest Pullmsn. sod other localities od»csiit to Full-msn, sold bouses which rented for (IT In Full-mnnconld be had for 114a month In Kensington. In sll csnos. In bln Judgment, root* were about IS to ICO par cent higher In Pullmuu lb so In tbe sdjacent towns.•fts cotnmlMton adJoumeJ to 10 o’clooh Stouiiy- Application bnsbtonmndo tbe commission to hear stutemesu by re[«tlt;ntaUTes of unorganlccd labor. All ycrtons who think thoy mu give tbo commits tea any Information as so tbe condition* of labor, orgsnlMd or un-oriaglitd. will bo heard.’ CAPTURED A FORT.J*ym Victorious Aft*r\ Flis Usan* Flglit ut Bong llwao.Surctu Oex, Corea, via San Francis-, co, Aug. 2a— A fierce battle has just been fought at Song llnaa. The Chinese b»vo very -strong fortifications, and 17.000 troops were laid to be Motioned there. The Japanese determined to capture the arms and provisions and deceived the enemy by a clever bit of strategy. They gave out that they were going to march back to Asan, and, in fact, did purade for a considers bio distance In Hint direction; but uo sooner were they convinced of the success of their scheme in making the Chinese believe they hail left the settlement than thcv murirhfd with a rush stralplit
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Lyons Weekly Mirror
Rock Rapids, Iowa, US
Sat, Aug 25, 1894
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