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An. Earnest, Thorough and
Kon -Partisan Investiga
tion Promised.
PLASS TOE THE KQUIEY.
The Tisiting Statesmen .Have the
Power to Attach Witnesses.
A Dispatch Correspondent Accompan
ies the Congressmen on the Trip Prom
the Capital A Look at the Homo
Btead Battlefield Early on the Pro
grammeRepresentative Citizens Ex
pected to Afford tho Committee
Necessary Assistance Cleric Kerr Is
With the Party, But Strongly Denies
Political Motives Views of the
Members.
rrOM A STAFF CORRESFOITDEXT.J
Elf EOUTK, )
Haekisburg, July 12. 1 A. M. J
The Judiciary Committee of the House,
delegated to investigate the labor troubles
at Homestead, left "Washington this even
ing for Pittsburg over the Pennsylvania
road. The Dispatch correspondent
boarded the train with them and made the
journey from the capital. In the party are
Chairman Oates, Alabama; "W. D. Bynum,
Indiana; C J. Boatner, Louisville; Judge
E. B. Taylor, Ohio, and Case Broderick, of
Kansas. The first three are Democrats and
the latter two Republicans.
Ex-State Chairman Kerr," Chief Clerk of
the House, accompanies the committee at
Us request. As the Congressmen come
from other States and are not acquainted
with the locality or the people, Mr. Kerr
was asked to go with tbem to render what
Chairman W. C Oates, of Alabama.
assistance he could. He is well known in
Pittsburg and can give the committee val
uable information and introduce the mem
bers to representative citizens.
Kerr Not II ere as a Politician.
Jlr. Kerr occupies no official position,
and wants it understood in what sense he
will be present with the committee. His
presence in Pittsburg at this time may be
considered significant by some, but with
the Congressmen Mr. Kerr holds that the
afiair is too serious for the introduction of
anything of a political character by out
siders. He says the people should take the
committee at its word and in good faith. If
this is done he has no doubt that the in
vestigation will result in great good to the
country at large. The report wiU be official
and authentic
The committee expects to make some rec
ommendations to Congress, which, if car
ried out by the States, will have a tendency
at least to prevent and check labor riots in
the future. The main province of the com
mittee is to secure information. The mem
bers of the committee will stop at the Mo
nongahcla House. The United States
Court room has been tendered for their use,
but the indications are the hearings will be
held at the hotel.
Local Officers to Serve Subpoenas.
JTo sergeant-at-arms accompanies the
judiciary, and the local officers of the law
will be asked to serve the subpoenas.
Chairman Oates has the blanks in his grip,
but at this time he has no idea who will be
called. He wants to hear from the mem
bers of the firm and the leaders of the men.
Mr. Oates expects the citizens of the city to
assist the committee and he will be guided
to some extent by their advice in the selec
tion of the best witnesses.
As soon as the committee arrives to
morrow morning an organization will be
effected. It is proposed that the members
first go to Homestead to view the scene of
the battle so that they can more readily un
derstand the testimony. This will, no
doubt, be the programme.
rower to Attach Witnesses.
Tha committee has power to attach wit
nesses who refuse to attend. It was stated
.this evening that Mr. Prick might not com
ply with the subpoena, Mr. Boatner said
he hardly thought the manager would de
cline to appear, for that would only preju
dice the firm's side of the case.
Chairman Oates, in defining the work of
the committee, said they were instructed to
fully investigate the Pinkerton system of
hiring armed guards. For the present the
investigation will be confined to Home
stead, , but he thought after awhile they
would gather information in other places.
He said the Pinkertons at Homestead were
only hirelings. The committee will inquire
by what authority ihey acted, who induced
them to come and the contract of hire must
be seen.
Ex-Senator "Wolverton, of Sunbury,
looked up a Pennsylvania law for Colonel
Oates to-day which authorizes the Governor
to appoint railroad, coal and iron
police to guard mills and railroads in times
of trouble. These men are commissioned by
the Governor and must wear badges on their
coats to designate them. The act has been
amended several times, but the above is its
substance as it stands on the statute books.
A Question as to the Manner.
The Chairman says the right of a man to
defend his property cannot be denied. But
the manner in which it is done can be regu
lated by laws. If this were not so a cor
poration could ne cannon and a large force
of men to protect property. There is no
telling where such a system might lead to.
Property rights should be secured in' such a
n-ay as to not incite riots and disturb the
peace of communities.
"Understan J,"continned Chairman Oates,
"that there is no law against the hiring of
armed guards in Pennsylvania, but the
MEANS
BUSINESS
iiiiiiiijiiy
general Government should have the
authority to prevent the movement of these
men from one State into another. Such
movements often interfere with inter-State
business. I am fully in sympathy with the
workingmen. I think their organizations
do good in a great many ways, but the time
must ncve come to pass in this
country when one man can pre
vent another from working, if he
wishes to. That is an encroachment on pri
vate rights that strikes at the root of the
Government. One great source of labor
discontent is caused by unrestricted immi
gration. I have been trying for eight years
to have a bill passed cutting down the num
ber ot. immigrants annually. I would make
it cost 'more to get into the country. A
charge 'of 510 per head would shut out the
half of them. But Congressmen are too
cowardly to support me. They are afraid
oftheir constituents,"
Opposed to the FInkertons.
Congressman Broderick, a Republican, is
opposed to the use of Pinkertons. He
favors compulsory arbitration lor the set
tlement of all wage troubles. Ho added
W. D. Bynum, oflndioni.
that the Republican members on the com
mittee are in accord with the Democrats,
and he didn't thins: a minority report would
be made.
Boatner, of Louisiana, is one of the
youngest men in the list as to terms served
in Congress, but he is not the youngest in
years and experience. He is a fine public
speaker and is a prominent lawyer in his
State.
"I suppose," he said, "that the men
would be quiet if left alone. The labor
question is becoming serious, and it might
as well be met now as at some other time.
The frames of the Constitution had no sueh
conditions in view as exist at present when
that document was adopted. Un
der existing laws there must be
the tyranny of capital or the
tyranny of labor. If workmen
are not allowed by law to use force to se
cure their rights then they are at the mercy
of the capitalists. It seems to me that this
is the condition of affairs to-day. Neither
extreme is just or right. There should be
no tyranny on either side. When employer
and employe fail to agree, the State.through
legal enactments, should step in and be the
mediator and arbiter. No resort to brute
force should be permitted by either party.
A Commission Recommended.
"Now, Congress has no authority to pass
a Natioanl law regulating this question.
Such enactment would not biud the States
who control their affairs within the bor
ders. My idea is to recommend the appoint
ment of a commission by each State to
handle wa;e disputes, similar to the inter
State commission. This commission has
stopped fooling by which the railroads were
abl.- to make what rates they pleased. On
the other hand it prevented shippers from
combining to squeeze the railroad's In a
similar manner a State board could arbitrate
between the empleyer and employe.
"The trouble is that the labor problem is
mixed up with the fiscal policy of the Gov
ernment. "Wages have been maintained by
the labor organizations. If the capitalist
should crush them, labor would be regu
lated by the law of snpply and demand and
wages would be reduced to the minimum.
Such a condition in our country would be
deplorable. "Why you can't get skilled
mechanics to work io-day for
less than the rates fixed by their
organizations. A bricklayer would rather
starve than pile up bricks tor less than the
established sum per hour. The rights of
the workmen must be protected as well as
the capitalists. Since men won't be reason
ble laws must be passed to interfere in
their conflicts. We feel that the troubles
at Homestead should be investigated and
some remedy provided." Iskael.
PINKERTONS IN FOR IT.
The Resolution Under Which the Com
mittee I at Work Fower to Send for
Papers and People to Aid In the Investi
gationCorporations' Fower.
rrnOM a staff cORREsroNTJiirr.l
Haerisbueg, July 11. Mr. Oates, from
the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted
the following;
The House of Representative having or
dered this committee to report back the
resolution proposing an investigation of the
Pinkerton Detective Agency, the Committee
on the Judiciary, having had the same un
der consideration, report therefor the fol
lowing substitute and recommend its adop
tion: Whereas, It has been alleged that a certain
organization, known as the Pinkerton
Detectives has been employed unlawfully
and to tho detriment of the public by rail
road corporations encaged In the transporta
tion of the United States mails and Inter
State commerce; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Commute on the
Judiciary be and it It is hcieuy directed to
Investigate the said Pinkerton Defectives,
to-wlt: The character of their
employment by corporations engaged In the
transportation of Intor-State commerce, or
the United States mulls, the numbers so em
ployed, and whether such employment has
provoked breaches of the peace, or caused
the destruction of property, and all the
material facts connected with their alleged
employment, and to report the same to this
House by bill or otherwise at any time.
And to this end the said Committee on
the Judiciary is hereby authorized and em
powered to issue and cause to bo served
processes tor the production of papers and
to procure the attendance of witnesses, to
administer oaths, and to employ a clerk and
stenographer If necessary, and any sub-committee
oi said Judiciary Committee is here
by invested ith like powers, for the pur
pose aforesaid, and may sit wherever
deemed necessary and durins the sessions
of the House.
The above report of the Judiciary Com
mittee was adopted by the House May 12,
and is the resolution under which the pres
ent sub-committee is acting. By resolution
introduced by Mr. "Williams, July 7, the
authority of the committee to investigate
the employment of Pinkertons by corpora
tions s as added. Israel.
A STRONG COMMITTEE.
Character of the Congressmen Who Will
Conduct the Investigation All of Them
Are Lawyers Conspicuous in Their Pro
fession. JFIIOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
"Washington, July 11. The five mem
bers ot the Investigating Committee are all
gentlemen who have considerable experi
ence in national aflairs, and none ot whom
could be termed youthful.
Chairman "William C Oates, of Abbeville,
Ala., is a stalwart, ruddy-faced and grav
mustached ex-Uonfederate army officer. He
is 57 years old, and as a lawyer occupies a
conspicuous position in the South. "The
Colonel," as he is called, was wounded six
times during the war, four times slightly
and twice severely, and lost his right arm
in front of Richmond in 1861. This was the
twenty-seventh battle in which he had en
gaged. He has been a member of the State
Legislature of Alabama, and has been serv-
lag continuously in the House of Represen
tatives since the Torty-sixth Congress.
Colonel Oates ii dispassionate, calm, cool
and clear; During the stormiest 'days of
the Reed Congress, when all his Southern
friends about him figuratively lost their
heads, Colonel Oates was like a rock. On
several occasions, after the hubbub had sub
sided, he arose to his feet and made several
telling points, which, after all, were more
effective than the wild ravings of the other
angry Democrats.
Byrinm's Tilt "With Barnr.
Hon. "William D. Bynum, of Indiana, is
chiefly known among "Western politicians
because of the famous tilt he had with
Colonel Thomas M. Bayne, during the last
Congress. He is considerably over 6 feet
tall He is one of the leaders on the Dem
ocratic side in the House. He was a con
spicuous candidate for the Speakership be
fore this Congress convened. He suggests
ex-Speaker Reed in many respects. Both
are large, powerful men and both have
voices that closely resemble each other.
The shape of their heads and casts of coun
tenances are not unlike. The marked dif
ference lies in the fact that Mr. Reed is a
pronounced blonde while Mr. Bynum is a
striking brunette.
The heated conversation between Colonel
Bayne arid Mr. Bynum, and which resulted
in the latter being called to the bar of the
House and being censured by the Speaker,
was over the labor question indirectly.
Colonel Bayne was quoting James Camp
bell, then President of the American Glass
Workers' Union. Mr. Bynum, it will be
recalled, had had some experience with Mr.
Campbell in the past and he immediately
stated that Mr. Campbell was untrust
worthy. Colonel Bayne flew to the de
fense ot his constituent and made some
angry observations, to which Mr. Bynum
replied that Mr. Campbell was a "perjured
liar." The colloquy grew personal at this
point, and Mr. Bynum was so severe in his
language to Colonel Bayne that the Repub
lican House decided to have him censured
by the Speaker. This action was probably
taken for the reason that Mr. Bynum had
made himself extremely unpopular among
the Republicans because of his vigorous de
nunciation of the Reed rules. When he
was called before the bar of the House at a
night session half of the Democrats left
their seats and marched up in front of the
Speaker's desk with him.
Mr. Bynum was born in Indiana. He was
a member of the Indiana State Legislature
in 1882 and was elected Speaker of the
House at the beginning of the session of
1883. He has served in the Forty-ninth,
Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses. He is
regarded as a rising Democrat in national
politics. He is 46 years old.
One ot the Sonth's Best Lawyers.
The third Democratic member ot the com
mittee is Mr. Clias. J. Boatner, a native of
Louisiana. He is the youngest member of
the committee, being but 43 years old. He
is considered one of the best lawyers in the
South. He has served with distinction as
a member of the Louisiana State Senate,
which position he resigned after a two
years' incumbency. His district is one of
the largest in Louisiana. It comprises 15
counties or parishes, as they are called in
that State. Mr. Boatner was elected to the
Fifty-first Congress against the greatest nro
portionate majority ever given to any can
didate. S. W. Green, the Republican,
polled 258, votes, while Mr. Boatner re
ceived the support of 11,993 people.
The name ot Taylor in the House of Rep
resentatives is a singularly frequent one,
three gentlemen of that name coming from
Ohio, while one hails from Tennessee and
the other claims Chicago as his home. Ezra
B. Taylor, one of the Republican members
of the committee, is from Warren, O. Be
is one of the serious men in the House. He
Case Broderick, of Kansas.
rarely smiles. He is also the oldest mem
ber of the committee, and naturally enough
the most venerable looking. He was born
at Nelson, Portage county, O., in 1823 and
has practiced in the legal profession, except
while on the bench and in the army, since
1845. Everybody calls him "Judge Tay
lor," and when any particular weighty legal
opinion is desired about the Capitol, Judge
Taylor is one of the men most likely to be
sought He was elected to fill a vacancy
in the Forty-Sixth Congress, and since then
has been elected to the Fortv-seventh,
Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, Fifty
first and Fifty-second Congresses. Taylor
was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee
during the last Congress. The fact that a
representative holds this position is in it
self evidence that he is regarded as an es
pecially good lawyer. Judge Taylor's
presence on the committee strengthens it
materially, for the legal merits of the ques
tions presented at Homestead will be ot the
utmost importance.
The Western liepnbllcin Member.
Case Broderick, of Holton, Kan., is an
other good lawyer and the second Republi
can member of the committee. He is a na
tive of Indiana, and is 53 years of age. He
has lived out West since 1858, commencing
his career in Kansas as a farmer. jjHe served
as a private soldier in the Second Kansas
Battery for three years. Three years after
he was mustered out he was elected Probate
Judge ot Jackson county, Kansas, and was
twice re-elected. He has served in the
State Senate, and in 1884 was appointed by
President Arthur as Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of Idaho for a term of
four years. This is his first term in Con
gress, He is reputed to be conservative and
a partisan, but that fact will not prevent
him from regarding the Pinkerton forces
with an unfriendly eye. In this antipathy
to the Pinkerton men Judge Broderick re
sembles many other AVestern members.
George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts,
the gentleman who introduced the resolu
tion that has resulted in the appointment of
an investigating committee to inquire into
the cause of the Homestead strike, is the
conspicuous "Mugwump" in the House.
He is regarded as the handsomest man
among the Representatives. He is keen
looking, yet has the appearance of a stu
dent, an efiect that is considerably height
ened by the fact of his wearing eyeglasses.
He is trom Dedham, Norfolk county, Mas
sachusetts, and is 40 years old, though he
looks 8 years younger. His collegiate edu
cation was most thorough. Alter gradu
ating at the Dedham High School in 18G8,
he went to Dartmouth College and gradu
ated at that institution in 1872. Subse
quently he studied at the University of
Heidelberg and Berlin, and was admitted to
the Massachusetts bar in 1875. Three years
afterwards he produced a law authority en
titled "Williams' Citations on Massachu
setts Cases," and between the years 1880 and
1887 he edited volumes 10 to 17 of
the "Annual Digest of the United States."
He served in the Massachusetts Legislature
in 1889 and was elected to the Fifty-second
Congress as a Democrat. The rock-ribbed
Democrats from the South and West deny
that Mr. Williams is a Democrat, and
umorously insist that he has no more claim
to the title than has Mr. Cleveland. Mr.
Williams is reputed to be quite- wealthy.
He comes from a fine old family of Massa
chusetts, some members of which claim a
direct descent from the celebrated Roger
Williams, Mho, in colonial days, suffered
persecution because ot his religious tenets.
Particularly Strong on Legal Points.
' A glance over the personnel of the various
members ot the committee will show that
they are particularly strong in law. It is
only problematical as to whether the com
mittee will make a unanimous report or
whether Mr. Oates and his Democratic
colleagues will present one report with
Judge' Tavlor and Case Broderick, bringing
in a minority report. There is less likeli
hood of this occurring with a sub-committee
selected from the Judiciary Committee than
had the Labor Committee been intrusted
with the task of Investigating the causes of
the Homestead strike and riots. The mem-
George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts,
Who Introduced the Resolution.
bers of the Judiciary Committee have a
reputation for impartiality, fair-mindedness
and legal acumen to maintain, whereas the
Labor Committee of either party is fre
quently accused of promulgating a vast
amount ot deroagogism.
The Democratic members of the commit
tee have been preparing themselves for a
legal fencing with the Carnegie firm's at
torneys, who are reported to be extremely
able and sagacions corporation lawyers.
SLAPPED IN THE FACE.
One of the Advisory Committee Discusses
the Necessity for Calling Oat the Militia
Evidence That the Workers Want Ex
amined by the Congressional Committee.
A member of the 'Advisory Committee
said lost night in an interview with TnE
Dispatch reporter: "This calling out of
the National Guard was a slap in the face
to us. We have been quiet and peaceable
since Wednesday and hoped that the Gov
ernor would not do anything until
after the Congressional committee had
visited Pittsburg. As it is, the Governor
seems to suspect us. He presumably thinks
we are liable to break out like a lot of an
archists at any moment We know, as well
as the wisest, that it would be suicidal for
us to Injure the mills. This, I think, was
shown when, still burning with indignant
feeling against the monopolists, we repaired
the fences which we had been compelled to
tear down in order to get at our common
enemy the Pinkertons.
"It is generally supposed by people who
are not familiar with the actual facts in the
case that we have access to the books of the
firm once a month to formulate the scale of
wages which is to be used during the en
suine month. This is not the case. The
profits of the company are so great that it
will not consent to our examining the
books. We have to do the next best thing,
get the average price as best we can, from
the daily papers and the trade journals.
One thing that our association has done is
to get a daily average. We fought for this
for 12 years, and were at last successful.
Under the old system the averages were
lumped, and we could not tell then it the
clerk in figuring up'our pay had or had not
made a mistake.
"To give you an idea of how we are paid I
will give you figures trom two of Carnegie's
mills. At the Thirty-third street mills in
Pittsburg a heater is paid 76 cents a ton,
while here they only get 36 cents a ton.
Here the rollers get from 20 to 23 cents a
ton, while at the Thirty-third street mills
they are paid 40 cents a ton. In the Home
stead mills, however, the men can earn as
much money, owing to the increased output
of the plant, but the Homestead men have
just that mnch more work to do to mate up
the extra amount of money.
"We expect that the firm will try to pull
the wool over their eyes, the Congressional
committee, if Mr. Frick submits the books
of the firm. They pull down the amount of
their alleged net earnings by what they are
pleased to term 'Running expenses.'
Every year the firm puts aside a certain
percentage of its profits to invest in im
provements, and this, which really belongs
to the net earnings, is charged to running
expenses. Every improvement made,
whether building a new mill or putting a
brick in an old one, is charged to running
expenses. Thus, you see, they cut down
what they actually make, and could make
the uninitiated believe they were at an im-'
mense expense in keeping the works going,
when in reality it is just the other way."
TALK ABOUT THE TROOPS.
Fromlnent Citizens Don't Care to Bo Quoted
Criticism and Praise for Both Miorlfl
and Governor Did Well to Call Oat the
V hole Guard.
An effort was made yesterday to get the
opinions of prominent citizens on the posi
tion taken by the Governor in ordering out
the entire Guard of the State and the ac
tions of SheriffMcCleary and the Governor
in the whole proceeding which culminated
in the order.
Few men could be found who wonld ven
ture an opinion for publication. They
were willing enough to talk with a promise
that their names should not be used. In
such cases there was a variety of opinions
as to both the Sheriff and the Governor.
Some thought the Sheriff had
shirked his duty lrom he beginning
to the time of calling out the troops, con
demning him for his alleged connection with
the effort to work in the Pinkerton men at
Homestead. Others defended the Sheriff.
They said he had exercised good judgment
in looking beyond the conditions of the mo
ment to the the time when the troops must
be called on, thereby saving the lives of
many citizens of the county.
The Governor was both criticized and
praised, but his action in calling out the en
tire Guard was generally commended.
Mayor Gourley's statement on this point
covers the position taken by many. . "I am
not well enough posted on the subject
to criticize either the Sheriff or the Gov
ernor if I was so disposed. I can see that
'they were both in such an embarrassing
position that required careful, cool judg
ment to decide which way to turn,
I think the Governor did riglit in calling
out the whole Guard when he called any,
but I don't apprehend that the troops will
meet with any opposition from the strikers.
It would certainly be suicide for the men to
attempt to drive back or dislodge the
Guards."
STRUCK BY A STRAY BULLET.
A Humor That Superintendent Potter, of
the Homestead Mills, Was Shot.
Since the fatal engagement between the
Pinkerton men and the Homestead workers
on Wednesday last Superintendent Potter,
of the Homestead steel plant, has not been
seen. All inquiries failed to explain his
absence until last evening, when it was cur
rently reported that Mr. Potter was struck
by a stray bullet during the improvised
battle and quite seriously injured.
It is further stated that he was subsequent
ly removed from Homestead to Braddock and
taken in a carriage to the residence of Man
ager Schwab, of the Edgar Thomson mills.
To prove the truth oi this statement a visit
was made to Mr. Schwab's residence in
Braddock last night The hous'e was bril
liantly lighted lrom top to bottom but
rings at the door bell .failed to elicit any
response.
DELVING FOR FACTS,
Congressional Investigators
Expect to Pnt in Three
Days in Pittsburg.
EVERYBODY IS NOTIFIED,
And Frill Infoimalion as to the
Pinkerton Invasion Is Awaited.
THE CAENEGIES' OPPORTUNITY.
Iflhey Don't Give Up Freely the Word of
Workmen Is to Bo
TAKEN AS A STATEMENT OP TUG FACTS
FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. 1
Washington, July 1L The Congres
sional Investigating Committee for Home
stead left for Pittsburg at 7:40 o'clock this
evening, accompanied by a clerk, a steno
grapher and a Dispatch representative.
There had been some doubt expressed as to
whether Bepresentative William D. Bynum
would accompany the party to-night or
leave for Pittsburg to-morrow morning.
Mr. Bynum informed Chairman Oates this
afternoon, however, that he would go to
night. This decision was eminently satis
factory to Colonel Oates, who is anxious to
begin the work of investigation immedi
ately. The committee will meet in the United
States Courtroom in Pittsburg to-morrow
morning at 10 o'clock.
The fact of the Committee leaving this
evening was sufficient excuse to stir up an
immense amount of discussion over the
great questions that will be considered in
E. B. Taylor, c'f Ohio.
the investigation. George Fred Williams,
of Massachusetts, the gentleman who intro
duced the resolution, takes a lively interest
in the news from Homestead. He is deeply
impressed with the gravity of the situation
and of the fact that this committee, ap
pointed almost on the spur of the moment,
and as the result of the battle last Wednes
day, is entrusted with one of the most se
rious tasks ever given a Congressional Com
mittee. The Questions to Be Covered.
"The resolution introduced by Mr. Wat
son, of Georgia, and seconded by Mr. Simp
son, of Kansas," said Mr. Williams toTHB
Dispatch correspondent to-day, "referred
merely to the employment of Pinkerton
men when the question of inter-State com
merce is involved. My resolution was spe
cifically directed to the case at Homestead.
It asks for an investigation of the necessity
of Pinkerton guards, the legality of their
transportation from one State to another,
and the causes of the strike or, more prop
erly speaking, of the physical trouble. The
resolution was amended, subsequently, for
the purpose of ascertaining whether the
tariff had any bearing, directly or remotely,
on the riot.
- "There is no reason why a resolution as
broad in its scope as this one now is there
should not be a complete exhibition of all
the facts concerning the Carnegie Steel
Works, the Amalgamated Association, the
Pinkerton guards and the relation tariff
legislation has to the wages of working
men. The Firm May Not Give Information.
"It has been said that the Carnegie firm,
or the members of it in Pittsburg, are not
disposed to embrace the opportunity Con
gress offers for a statement from them.
They will, in my opinion, make a
serious mistake if they do not explain
everything concerning the workings
'of their metal schedule and the workings of
the Amalgamuted Association in its bear
ing on steel corporate Interests. Never be
fore in the history of this country has the
workingman been given the opportunity
thaUs now presented to him; never before
has M been invited to explain his griev
ances to a committee from Congress, willing
and anxious to learn the truth and desirous
of suggesting legislation that will serve to
ameliorate his condition.
"From all I can learn he appreciates the
fact that thislopportnnity is presented, and
I look for most interesting testimony within
the next few days regarding the great and
admitted struggle waged by capital on one
side and laboFon the other. It the mem
bers ot the Carnegie firm do not make frank
statements inrelerence to this question the
committee wfjl be compelled to accept the
statement oft the workingmen, and upon
this side alone would a report be based, in
case the members of the Carnegie firm were
injudicious enough to attempt to withhold
any information in its possession.
One of the Most Important Questions.
"PersonallyJl have taken a great inter
est in the matter, for I consider this ques
tion one of tht most important now before
political leaders for consideration. It is
paramount to every other question. It is
not a question of politics. It is immaterial
to the welfare bf this country if one party
loses votes aud another party gains votes by
the developments of this investigation, if
some good result is obtained.
"The committee I regard as especially
strong. There is not a demagogue on it.
Every member is a good lawyer. Take
Colonel Oates, lor example. He is an able
constitutional lawyer, tranquil, far-seeing
and impartial. Mr.'Byn'um, Mr. Taylor, Mr.
Boatner and Mr. Broderick are all gentle
men who appreciate what this investigation
means to laboring classes throughout this
country and to the country itself. There
are three Democrats and two Republicans,
and no one ot a partisan disposition can or
will question any'.finding they may make."
Three Days to hpenrt In I'lttkbnrg.
Chairman Oates1 said to-dav that he had
wired to all of the gentlemen in Pittsburg
whom he wished to see. The investigation,
he said, will be conducted in Pittsburg, and
he thinks the taking of testimony will con
sume three davs. He has abandoned the
idea that he will be able to make a report
before the end of fthis week, but slates one
will be forthcoming by the first of next
week.
To-day there was circulated through the
House of Representatives a little slip of
paper containing the utterance of Major Mc
Kmley on September 27, 1890, when he pre
sented the conference report on the McKin
ley bill. The quotation reads:
The metal schedule, which occupies 25
pages ot the DM, has received earnest con
sideration because of the importance of the
HEW ADVEBTISEMEHTJI.
Popular H tores,
435-MARKET ST.-437.
POSITIVELY
3 DAYS ONLY,
Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday,
75-CENT NIGHT ROBES
FOR 35c, -
OR 3 TOR $L
ALL OUR $1 ROBES AJ 50c.
t
Fine Muslin with white and colored (guaranteed
fast) Trimming.
$2 AND $3 NIGHT ROBES AT $1.
These are the greatest bargains ever offered in
Night Shirts. They are made of fine Satine, in
white and delicate shades, handsomely silk trimmed
cambrics and fine muslins.
Remember the day. Positively there will he no
extension of this sale.
435 MARKET ST. 437.
great Industry it represents. Nothing has
been done in tne metal schedule that can ro
Bult In loss of business orpreatlee, and noth
ing that can call for a reduction of wages or
a diminution of the number or workingmen
employed. 0
AN ENGLISH VIEW
Of the Great Strike at Homestead br a
Tromlnent Labor leader His Sym
pathies With the Workers, hat His
Arguments Against Them.
Mr. Arthur Grandhope, a prominent
officer in English labor circles, passed
through the city on the limited last night
en route to Chicago on some personal matter
and talked freely upon the condition of af
fairs at Homestead.
"I have been paying considerable atten
tion to the troubles of my brother workmen
in Homestead," said he to a Dispatch
man, "as the matter is of much interest to
workmen throughout England, and I shall
probably visit the scene before I return to
my home in Birmingham, England, with a
view of learning personally how things
really are.
"The people of the locality where I am
from are in hearty accord and sympathy
with the locked-out men, as the bond of fel
lowship extends much further than the av
erage man thinks. Homestead is well
known to English steel workers, as it is an
undisputed fact that the wages there
are far better than anywhere else
on earth. I was in New York
City when the conflict came between the
men and the Pinkertonsand was really sorry
to read it Bloodshed at such a time in
furiates the locked-out men to a dangerous
standpoint and is a most unwise thing to do.
The grievances of the men at Homestead,
while they look great at that place, do not
appear so from the outside, where a person
may see both sides and from an impartial
opinion. To be sure their wages were
lowered, but even then the prices were bet
ter than those paid in many other mills and
the men seem to be asking a little in excess
of what they should."
"Do you think the men will win?"
queried The Dispatch man.
"Conservatively speaking, I do not, al
though I sincerely wish thev would, asmy
sympathies are always with the working
man," answered Mr. Grandhope. "Tome
it looks as though the firm wished to free
themselves from united labor and to do this
will make any sacrifice. I have met Car
negie, and believe he is a man of great
firmness and will undoubtedly stand by bis
decision. I do not know Mr. Frick, but
judging from bis position and all that has
been said about bim, I consider him
a man of similar nature and think
his stand is final It will be to
conduct the Homestead mills at any price.
The Homestead mills are too well known
as well paid to make the thought plausible
that the works cannot be supplied with
men. The average workman, be he Ameri
can, English or of any other nationality, is
constantly seeking to better himself in any
honorable way and will go where he can do
so, From that standpoint I am compelled
to view the situation and believe that I am
right."
F0EEIONEB8 LEAVE TOWS.
They Are Said to Have a Dread or Meeting
the Uniformed Solclixrs.
There was a rumor in circulation last
night at Homestead that the Hunearians
and Slavs were rapidly pulling out of
Homestead. It is said that a majority of
them have a wholesome dread of soldiery,
which was evidenced during the troubles in
the coke regions a little over a year ago.
Inquiry showed that a number of the for
eigners were missing, but it was impossible
to determine last night whether it was the
beginning of a general e6dus. Some of
them were found at Homestead who be
lieved thev might be shot down indiscrimi
nately, should the officers be so disposed,
and it is surmised that the camp of the mil
itiamen will.bo given a wide berth by them.
3,000 From Chicago Ironworkrr.
Chicago, July -11. Ihe iron and steel
workers at the South Chicago Steel Works
have forwarded a check for 53,000 to the
strikers at the Homestead mills. "This is
the first money which has bc-ii sent from
Chicago to aid the striker-." said one of the
workmen, "but there will be more to follow
in a dav or two." The resolutions denounce
the Pinkertons as "Hessians," and Carnegie
and Frick as murderers.
A rinkerton Goes Mad and Died.
Chicago, July 11. James O'Day, bet
ter known as Jimmy O'Day, it another vic
tim Of the Homestead battle. His death'oc
curred at Chesterton, Ind., abont 40 miles
from this city.yeslerday. The injuries O'Day
received so affected' his brain that while the
train was approaching Chesterton he jumped
trom the car and suffered a lracture of the
skull, which produced death.
Lnnlnvllle iMbor Sends Aid.
Louisville, K.Y., July 11. The Louis
ville Trades and Labor Assembly' at its
meeting to-day voted to support by contri
butions of money the workingmen out at
Homestead. Besolutions denouncing "Car
Popular Stores,
435-MAKKET ST.-43T.
8HS
JylSIS
negie and his 51.000,000 gift of a library to
Pittsburg" were passed.
SYMPATHY FOR HOMESTEAD
Expressed In Telegrams Representing
Thousands ot TVaj- Worker Presi
dent Gomper. ot tin Federation of
Labor, Is With 111? Amalgamated Asso
ciation. Up to a late hour last night the following
letters and telegrams addressed to President
William Weihe was received at the Amalga
mated Association headquarters in thiscity:
New Yorar, July 9. 1892.
Dear Sib I have carefully watched the
members of the Amalgamated Association
at Homestead to resist the, wholesale reduc
tion In wages and their manly defense of
their homes, their families aud their lives.
You may have seen the views I expressed
upon the situation published in the news
papers. I am anxious to do whatever lies in
my power that will be to the advantage of
the association In this contest and will
pledge myself to render all tho financial aid
iieceeary. Samuel O. Gompers,
President American Federation or labor. C
Philadelphia, July 9. 1E92.
Eight thousand men in mass meeting here
last night send their greetings to the Amal
gamated members at Homestead.
P. J. If cGdtbe, Sec.
Another telegram from the same source
read:
The United Brotherhood or Cirpenters are
with tne Amalgamated Association in its
present struggle against Carnegie and the
iron kings. You can call on us for money If
needed.
Butt Crrr, July 9. 189Z.
The WoTklngmen's Union of Butte, Mont.,
sends greetinzs. sympathy and aid. If neces
sary, to the Homestead workers. No Pinker
tons need apply.
J. Hxowltoit, President.
Butte City, July 9, 1392.
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Association,
by resolution, tendered sympathy and aid
to the Homestead workmen, bend greetings.
IV. E. Deexet, President.
Akbox, O., July 9, 189i
Pressmen's Union extend sympathy to you
In your struggle against oppression and hold
themselves in readiness to render financial
aid at the first call for assistance.
Executive CoararrrrxE.
Detroit, July 9, 1S92
If I can be any assistance to you financi
ally in Pittsburg or otherwise 1 am at your
command. K. Solomon.
Almirms, Trim., July 9. 1S9X
Resolved, That we, the members of the
Trades Council, of Memphis, Tenn., send
greeting to the Iron workers or Pennsylvania
i m.. sn..aoaF..lli. mitt .Ml. r ttlM hlinil fit
pinkerton cut-throats, and commend you to
the merciful protection or Tartu ism iic
Kinley, us exemplified by Carnegie.
W. E. Wilkes. President
Secretary Chris Evans, of the American
Federation of Labor, arrived from New
York last evening. He at once reported to
the Amalgamated Association's headquar
ters. When asked the object of his visit he
said: "I came to Pittsburg in order to
make a thorough acquaintance of the pres
ent trouble at Homestead. I will report to
the Federation that the facts have not been
exaggerated. Our association will be will
ing to render the locked-out workmen ail
the assistance in our power."
DEBT LOVEJOY'S STATEMENT.
Mechanical Department Men Siy They
Won't Go Hack to Work.
In contradiction of the statement made by
Secretary Lovejoy that two-thirds of their
Homestead employes were anxious to re
turn to work the TOO men in the mechanical
department of the mill met yesterday after
noon and reaffirmed their intention to stay
out until the strike should be declared of
These men do not belong to the Amal
gamated Association, bnt are in hearty
sympathy with it. They branded the state
ments as false, that an appreciable percent
age of the men will return to work. It is
expected, by the leaders, that a few of the
unskilled men may go into the mill in the
hones ofobtaining, in the future, better posi
tions than they have held in the past, but
tliey will not be more than enough of them
to run a few grindstones, and the capabili
ties of those who are looked npon as willing
to go bait are commensurate with such a
task.
THE FIRST $K
10 MONTHS' RECORD
OF
THE DISPATCH'S ADLETS
Shows A GAIK OF 31,400 advertisements,
or an average Increase of mora than 190
every day of those ten months!
The figures are as follows:
10 Mos. Endln; Jnne 30, '03. ...... ...73,019
Same Period Jane 30, '91 ..41,619
Increase .31,400
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