The Pullman Boycott. a Complete History of the Great R. R. Strike
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AN OFFER OF SETTLEMENT. Senator Pfeffer, of Kansas, arraigned congress for its defence of monopolies, and its stand against the people. Senator Kyle, of Dakota, also charged congress with being in collusion with the railroads, but Senator Davis, of Minne- sota, on the other hand, denounced Debs and the strikers. He said the strike grew firom a strike to a boycott, from boycott to riot, from riot to insurrection, that the acts, if committed on the high seas, would be piracy and punishable by dea...th. He spoke of the injustice being done the farmers of the United States, and how they were effected by the strike in Chicago. He urged that it was time some action should be taken to put down the rising tide of anarchy. He held that a nuisance should be abated and that Debs was a nuisance. Senator Gordon, of Georgia, and Senator Daniels, of Virginia, followed in the same kind of demagogery as Davis. 116 THE PULLMAN BOYCOTT. A great meeting was held in Dubuque, and prominent among the speakers was County At- torney Mathews who insisted on obedience to law, but denounced Judge Grosscup for issuing an injunction which denied the constitutional right of free speech and 'trial by Jury.
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