The Pullman boycott : $b A complete history of the great R. R. strike — John Shaqi
The Pullman boycott : $b A complete history of the great R. R. strikeBurns, W. F.
History
The Pullman boycott : $b A complete history of the great R. R. strike
Burns, W. F.
Pullman Strike, 1894
He seemed weak, his term was soon to expire and he seemed inclined to
avoid harsh measures ablest with the men. They wanted Walker, he was the
corporation attorney in the country; he had been cradled by, and grown
up at the knee of corporations; he was their body and soul in the life
and death struggle with their employes.
They urged Olney to clothe Walker with the special United States
authority to better protect them and overthrow the strike. By thus
making the railway attorney Walker solicitor for the United States, the
control of government power could be placed in the hands of the
corporations to wield against the men. Walker was appointed by Olney and
placed in control over Milchrist in the affairs of the strike. Mr.
Walker was known personally by Olney, and Olney is at the present time
one of the counsels of the Santa Fe and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy,
and said to be a director of the latter road. He has been for years
intimate with Mr. Walker, who, by the way, is a hot favorite of Fuller
of the supreme bench. There was, therefore a dozen good reasons for this
selection, which addressed themselves to Mr. Olney, who is in this not
as a cabinet officer, but as a friend and director of railway
corporations, and he therefore precipitately granted the request of the
general managers. Bissel, also a railroad director, shows Olney's
anxiety to come to the back of the roads. (The truth of the above
correspondence could not be denied.) In this way the entire available
force of troops at Ft. Sheridan, including infantry, cavalry and
artillery was ordered out by the President of the United States to
assist the railroad managers against the people. Such was the attitude
of this government "of the people, by the people, and for the people"
against the people. The railway managers having now secured the federal
troops, proceeds to issue injunctions restraining the strikers from
using the power of persuasion on those men still in the service, to
induce them to quit. This order drawn up by Judges Wood and Grosscup was
a lengthy one, and peculiarly in harmony with the corporation interest.
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