Salt Lake Herald | 1895-03-20 | Page 3 | Debs Makes a Boast

DEBS MAKES A BOAST II Tacoma Wash March 19 Eugene V Debs who arrived here this afternoon after-noon Stated in an interview that 2200 men on the Great Northern railway system had joined the A R U since he started on his present trip He added addeden Ten organizers are at work in various vari-ous parts of the country and I expect that by July 1st this will be the greatest great-est labor organization this country has ever seen I am working along the line of a unification of all labor and trade organizations These men who deserted ithe American Railway Union In the late strike are now utterly helpless help-less We now have 100000 members in the A R U