All Railway Men (Formation of ARU)
Chicago Daily Tribune
"All Railway Men: National Federation Will Embrace Every Branch: Unions to Consolidate." Published in Chicago Tribune, vol. 52, no. 102 (April 12, 1893), pg. 9. News report on the founding session of the foundation convention of the American Railway Union, held in Chicago at the Greene Hotel from April 11-17, 1893. This report includes a long direct quote from the prime mover behind the organization, Eugene V. Debs, editor of Locomotive Firemen's Magazine, who noted: "The union will be formed of all classes of railway employees working on trains, tracks, in shops, offices, anywhere. They will be organized by the branch of work they do. ... There will be no benevolent features. It is formed for mutual protection and the promotion of the interests of the working railroad men. Its home will be in Chicago." Published in the USA prior to 1923, public domain. This version edited by Tim Davenport for 1000 Flowers Publishing, Corvallis, OR, and is subject to Creative Commons No Commercial Use restrictions.
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