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SECOND PART. j PARE; ES 9 TO 12. f Hi v mm u x ESTABLISHED 182?. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 18, 1891 TWELVE FAG ES. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.

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Pullman Speaks After So Long a Delay. Relation of the Company to the Strike. ARBITRATION NOT PRUDENT When It Means Operation of the Shops at a Loss. Pullman Make3 a QuietThrust at Debs Anal h" Kent Qnrxllnn nf lnr I AYhether or "Xot Cont-cfminn Shall He (irnntPfl :i Dictator Denial That Ren rp Cmrhliant or That the Company CIiui-kc HIh Rnlp for Wmcr-Thc Corporation Hai ! n hnre of Watrrrd Stork. NEW YORK, July 13. "There is hardly anything new to be said as to :he position of the Pullman company," tail George Pullman thi3 evening, "but I have so many indications of the facility with which my expressions and 'hose authorized by me have become distorted, and thus misleading -to the public, nd of an entire fot'getting of my earnest efforts to preent the strike, that perhaps It 1s well that I should again make a public assurance that th deplorable vents of the last few vcek3 have not Oeen caused by the Puliman company taking an obstinate star.d in a debatable rn-atter, and refusing to listen t reason. The leaders of disorder have not besltatl to harrass the public by all means 1n their power, because, as they say. the Pullman company would not submit to Arbitration, and now that disorder sims to "be quelled, they are reinforced in rheir lamor for arbitration by some prominent Magnificent

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newspapers, but, sr far s I know, by very few, if any business men In the C'u ntry. "What is the demand concealed under the innorently-soutiding word arbitration? A little more than a yeor ago the shops at Puilman were in a prosperous condition; work wad plenty, wapes were high and the condition of the employes was indicated by the fact that the local savings hank had of savins deposits nearly 1700.00,0, of which nearly all was the property of the employes. Our payrolls for that year show an average earning of over 00 per annum for every person, man, woman or youth on the roll. Thn came the gn-at panic and depression of last fummfr. Many customers stopped negotiations and canceled orders, and our working force had to be diminished from nearly ,"oo to 2.000 in November. ISM. "The great business depression existing throughout the country had naturally resulted in a wae depression and the only hop? of pet tins orders was by bidding for work at price? a low or lower than could be made by other shops, and this of course necessitated a reduction in tiie wages of th employes at Pullman. This wis arranged satisfactorily, as I supposed. and In close competition, disregarding all acrr.unt of capital and machinery. I -cured enough cf work to gradually increase our force to 4.2n0. th number on the roll last April. Xine weeks ago the car shops at Pullman were working with car buiMin? contracts on hand enough to keep them coirur for about sixty days, and with all business forecasts leading to the belief that no considerable new orders could soon bft had. Work nt an Aefiml l.nns. "Tii most important of the work in hand had been taken by m in competitions at prices which wr less than the actual cost to tha company of deüverirjr without any reckon ins; for th us of carital and plant. This work was taken to keep the large force of men employed, and to postpone and with the hope of avoiding, the numberless embarrassment to all classes of people at Pullman and in its vLinity of a closing down of the works, to prevent which the company considered it a wise policy to operate the shopa temporarily at an actual loss. 'T:i this condition of things came the apir.ttiori seeking to create a labor organiza: io embracing all railway emploves and apparently other industries. It is "my belief that the? controversy excited at "Pullman was merely a m .j in the greater scheme, these shops W-ing selected, not on account of discontent in them, but because of their prominence in various ways, and because of the chance of a show of justification for a simultaneous, and causeless attack upon, the railways of the country for the use. under long

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time contracts, by three-fourths of them, of the Pullman sleeping car system, a branch of the company's business totally distinct from its manufacturing of car3 for sale. "In the early part of May a committee of the employes demanded a restoration of the wages of a year ago. I explained to this committee minutely and laboriously the faet, showing that the ompany was already payinjr them more than that It was receiving- for their contract werk and I offered them, for complete assurance and to end all question, an inspection of our books and contracts. This, and the bopjnnlng at once at Pullman of a promised careful Investigation of a number of shop complaints, seemed to end all trouble, but a day later, under the excitement of their recruiting into the new organization, the workmen closed the shops by abandoning their work, thus themselves doing what I was strenuously trying to prevent being done by the depression of the car buildinpr business and the employes who quit their work have deprived themselves and their comrades of earnings of more than $300.000 up to this time. The dfrand made before quitting work was that the wages should be restored to the scale of last year, or in effect that the actual outpoinsj money losses then being daily Incurred by the company In car building should b deliberately increased to an amount equal to about one-fourth of the wages of the employes. nunlnc Folly (o Arbitrate. 'It must be elar to every business man. and to every workman, that no prudent employer could submit to arbitration the question whether he should commit such a piece of business folly. Arbitration always implies acquiescence in the decision of th arbitrator, whether favorable or adverse. How could I, as president of the Pullman company, consent to agree that if any body of men not concerned with the interests of the company's shareholders should, as arbitrator?, for any reasons seeming good to thrm so decree. I would open the shops, employ workmen at wages greater than their work could be sold for and continue- this ruinous policy indefinitely; or be accused of a breach of faith? Who will deny that such question is plainly not a subject of arbitration? "Is it not then unreasonable that the company should b- asked to arbitrate whether or not t should submit such a qu-'stion to arbitration? "Removing the original and fundamental question one stage cbe3 not help the matter; the question would 'still remain: Can I, as a business man. knowing the truth of the fact which I have stated, bind myself that I will in any contingency open and operate the Pullman car shops at whatever loss, if it should happen to

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be the opinion of a third party that I should do so? The answer teems to be pl3in. "The public should not permit the real question which ha.s been before it to be obscured. That question was as to the possibility of the creation and duration of a dictatorship which could make ail the industries of the I'nited States, and the daily comfort of the millions dependent upon tlu-m. hostage for the granting of any fantastic whim of purh a dictator. Any submission to him would have been a long step in that direction, and in the interest of every law-abiding citizen of the United Ptate.s was not to be considered for a moment. As to C hn rice Atninut the Company. "A few words are pertinent as to some industriously spread charges against the company. One of these c.arges is that rents are exorbitant, and it is implied that the Fullman employes have no choice but to submit. The answer Is simple: The average rental of tenements at Pullman is at the rate of $3 rer room per month, and the renting of houses at Pullman has no relation to work in the shops. Employes may, and very many do. own or rent their houses outside of the town; and buildings and business places in the town are rented to employes rr to others in competition with neighboring properties. In short, the rentin? business of the Fullmnn company is governed by the ame conditions which govern any other large owner of real estate, except that the company itself does directly some things "which in Chicago are assumed by the city. If. therefore, it is not admitted that the rents of any landlord are to b fixed by arbitiation. and that those of the adjoining towns of Kensington and Hoseland should also be so fixed, it can hardly be asked that the Pullman company shotild abandon the ordinary rules which govern persens in that relation. "As to the charges for water, the company until lately had a contract with the village of Hyde Park, und-r which it paid 4 cents p r thousand gallons and pumped the water itself. The gross amount pail the illage per month for the water consumed by the tenant." was almost exactly the gross sum paid by the tenants therefor. Since the inclusion of Hyde Park and Pullman within the city of Chicago the company pass the city about 7 cents per thousand gallons, and not havitipr increase, the c'.iarp? to the tenants are paying for the water consumed by. them about $"j00 per month more than is charged to them. The company has made repeated efforts to disassociate Itself from the supplying of water to tenants, but the city of Chicago has as yet failed to apply the ordinary

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frontage rates to the house? and shops in Pullman, although it is done in the adjacent towns. o "Watered Stock. "Strenuous efforts have also been made to create a prejudice against the Pullman company by charges that its stock is heavily watered. The Pullman company was organized twenty-seven years ago with a capital of $1,000.000. of which two-thirds represented the appraised value of its franchises and existing contracts. The company has grown until Its sleeping car service covers 12".0m) miles of railway, or about three-fourths of the railway system of the country, and that increase of service has necessitated increase of its capital from time to time until it is now ?:it5.000,000. Every Fhare of this increase has been offered to stockholders and sold to them or to others in the ordinary course of business at not less than par in cash, so that for every share of increase outstanding the company has received $100 Jn cash. There are over 4.000 stockholders of the company, of whom more than one-half are women and trustees of estates, and the average holding of each stockholder is now eiphty-six shares, one-fifth of them holding less than six shares each." President Pullman and len. Horace Porter left the Pullman office in the Mills huihling at 7:.10 in the evening. When asked as to his movements Mr. Pullnirtii said: "My family is at Klberon and I intended to go there tonight, but 1 am too fatigued. I shall stay in town, pass-ins the night at the Piiion League club. I cannot add a word to what I have said in my statement."

I'iLTx i Snakt Knlcr. "The impression is prevalent throughout the T'liit'd States." s;id Hfl ward 1. Fculiins of Pueblo, foi., "ihnt our common domestic pig is a sworn enemy t all kinds of snakes and that it is capable of receiving the bite of the most deadly serpents without experiei,cin.g the least injury or even inconvenience. This same immunity from h.-.iru seems to exist in other countries as well. A friend of mine who passed several years in India toil me that the pigs in that country are very fond of ejtting the cobra de cap?l!o. "and that he had repeatedly seen them in eonilict und noticed that the p;g would be bitten over ami over again in th'" snout and about the lace by the writhing reptile before the latter v;3 overcome, and in no instance did the slightest injury re suit to the pig." St. Leads ;i..l.e-l)emocrat. A (inoil iisn. Landlord of newly opened wine tavern (to waiter) "Piccolo, mind you pay sjeoial attention to that gentleman sitting yonder; he has such a red complexion." 11 Corriere.

PRENDERGAST IS HANGED.

TI1K ASSASSIN PWS TIIK PCXAll'V run ins tit i mi;. Scene In tlie Prison Murin the Day The Prisoner Weaken on the -ulToll nnt I nrel- Atle lo Speak a l.nst Adieu. CHICAGO. July 13 The assassin ' Carter Harrison paid the penalty on tha gallows today, sane or insane. Prendergast rested well last night, and seemed calm and collected when the jail, r left him a few minutes b-fore. He refuspi until late hst evening to receive spiritual consolation, but when night-fall came on he asked that Father Mu!1or be admitted. As is the custom, the assassin was closely guril by bailiffs during tiie night. Hetween an i 7 o'clock Prendergast partook heartily of a breakfast of ham and epes. He showed a ravenous appetite, and about 9 o'clock sent word to Jailer Morris that he was aain hungry. The jailer pave h'm another hearty meal, which he di.-po.-ed of quickly, an.l seemed to relish greatly. Til? assassin talked freely with his spiritual ad isors and several times, apparently fearing that they would de-sou him, remarked: "i'ou must slay with ic.e to the end." As the hour for the execution came nearer. Prc-n-iei past showed some sipn.of slightly increasing neivnusr.es, but. on the whole, he w.;s remarkably calm and well collected. Throughout the j il the cdtlcers and oth-r attaches remarked about his behavior, for it v.v.s the S"ner.il opinion that h" would wec.k-r.i hadly a pool while before the hanging. Kath.r Harry was stiil with Prendergast at 11 a. m., having been in constant attendance up"U him all the morning. The little assassin had changed very mu it since last night, and wis nowdeferential to his spiritual advi--v. He announced with a tr'.'.le of brave!', ""I will die game and s--t a grct .in 1 sl.itiing example to this country." He intended, he- sai l, to m tke a spe.-,-'i, whi ii he asserted would be the u'. rt of his life, and he was very particular 1. st lie be misquoted or misinterpreted. Preparations were being made at 11 a. m. to bring the condemned man to the gal!ow. Prendergast had been rem ive.l from his cell in murderes' row to an ante-room

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off the jail c.f!ice, which is. in fact, tha b.-th-roc-m, and where the last kindly ot.ices were Icing performed for the miserable wretch. Prendergast esp. ci.cily requested Sheriff Hiibcrt to allow him twenty minutes in which to make his dyir.g statement, bu; his temper has bt-en prov rbial'y unirtain, and it was thought by many that lie would at the List moment forego - determination. Tiie Jury of physicians at 11:10 o'clock filed in ar.d rpecpd thJ sea fi". ild a nt appurtenances. Fifty deputy sheriffs weie ranged around the sides of the corridor, and the rath'T tedicu, though in reality short, wait began until the final march should be taken up. At 11:42 o'clock a bush feil upon the throng in the eorriior. and f.tr down t'a-i somber halls e.ciM l ht-u i the muffled tramp of the m:i mtuhicg t the pallows. A f w moments later Sheriff Oii-b-r: and J.iiier Morris a ppearel at lh right of the sc-ifc.ld. The p'-js.Mter. pala and unsieidy. walked b -"hin J them. Ha stood without apnttent nervoiine?s, rhouph a trifle weak an 1 unsteady, at his arms were being pinioned. H seerned d-tenained to die game, ani looked calmly out on the assembler! Towd below bi-n. Tiie white shroud was next placer! about hint. and. harr.ns little restless nioti ci of the eyes, up down, and fr m side t si-b. !: med? no motion, .i.iii.-r M.eti-- pl.n-ej the r oe about his n-- k. the white cap ovr hiJ head, and 1 V n l"i g i . g im-- i lh lat had nken his l.t; ! -k i eir:h. .V n i ns;a::t lcter. at l!:p;. he ri . ovnv;:'t!. the head iwistr I t o;i - .-j Je f he n -ek lia it'g a pp.t r h i ! - ' i broken. Slowly swaying l k ar f -nh. ht hur.g f' r a f. i i::--c ":- while the physicians hold lis vri-t. A .-light, spasmodic in.venient of :!,. i ..j was all tha sign of life ii. parol-,; i; L;.i tie ! s -iy-

hangirg white rob... Surr-ot'id jury of jdiysi' i.ins. ti" . orpe and fro, and : t 1!:"T. T:ir.e o,::. the trigger -x ss sprung. I" d by t:. swurg to o.-s aft' r v.-.is proof Carter mam 1 i- ad. a;-l the n..:vd. r of He rion wa- a' ' njed. The as?as!:i end r aud'M - from the ;iM;e ;.. i f; , o'; ently being; l. --t in o-,ti ;;,!,-v ci awful fate, lb- o - k tic... I !;. ce spiritual advisers, gtvo K han s .und : t p;i rof l is f 1:1 i.-'vii-e t-i Lis guard;, an i. ,v.;ii i-ov a-1 choking b:-le them a list roil.,!. He w;.s flis-uiad-d by Si'ej-'O- (tii!-. -it from his det.-i !ni:i;i ; ion m maVe a spc-i-h. At 1 1 :' J,r;;. r Morris unh-,j th aU"-hored elld of the r- pe. the fil To'lded torp.-'e VUS sl-e.-. iy !.o,o.-, ,) J tj j ;n the colTln sfindir.rr nod nil the platform. Tiie foe ,.e i;-.. de.ci man was not 1 ally distorted. I'ri'iiilcrj::!!'. Crime. Tiie crime and the criminal w extraordinary. Prendergast. a re alike newspaper carrier, about twenty-three years nj age, took gr.-at interest in p ditios. DurpportuDitoi lepps iUHU is r A Wonderful Book, Containing Bora Than 500 Pages and 258 Photographic Views ol the Great Columbian Exposition. Handsomely Bound ii Blue and Gold. The onljr original, authorized anl complete photographic panorama of the maj velous buildings, exhibits, scenes and surroundings cf the "World's Columbias Exposition- A sublime spectacle, sublimely Illustrated. E on ir This magnificent work has receive the undutllfled endorsement of the lead lug papers ot the country as the greatest and most artistic photographic reproduction ot tbe World's Fair that la before the public Tbe Boston Traveler" voice the sentiment of the pres thus: . .... IP 1 1 f This gem of photoijraphic rork Is no'w cffere4 with one veir's stibscriptlon tc The Indiana State Sentinel. And The Indiana State Sentinel for ca' year.

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