Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-03
THE LABOR INVESTIGATION.
Testimony Of CWorEtuxmcn

NEW YORK, August tS-ConRreSSional ron,
,'e sIan on the labor que continued its ses-
Sion ~-daS. WorkInCnen'S Representatives
were on the stand again and they laid the
o oalIS OF the depression In business 10 the ma
tlohai ana state legislation, the granting of
lands 10 railroad and other corporstinnS ana
granting large interest on bonds They al
Vanced the Idea that the government should
pass the homestead law. and throw nnhlic
lands open to settlement and assist men 70
settle there. "
W. A. A. Carsey, who said he was a brick.
layer and editor, declared that in his opinion
the public school system was bad The
government, he claimed. should estabIiSb
schools where the mechanical trades and arts
would be taught He denounced the contract
system under national, state aud city govern
mentS. As consequence work was OF the
worst possible construction, and it gave op-
pOTtunity 10 men 10 grind down the laboTing
class and employ Cinnamon and others. against
whom American laborers copld not compete
because the latter cannot live like the former
He thought Ii bad policy for any government
Ia encourage SHarms OF foreigners 10 drive
out native laboreTs. CarSey appealed 10 the
committee To impress on their fellow ( on
gIeSsmen the necessity OF some legislation
this winter which viii bring relief 10 the work
Ing classes knowing the temper and needs
OF the wOrkingmen he felt certain that N Con-
gresS did not step in at an early day with
amelioraiing legislation this winter could not
pass without trouble-without the repetition
of the labor riots Of last summer. A good
movement would be the institution of COM
prehenSive system of internal Improvements
and the imitation OF currency 10 carry them on.
He said he would have strong central gov
ernment, which would issue its notes TO assist
its people, and looked upon by the people as
the real government OF the country-Strong,
popular and protecting. He would have sea
men work on shore and send the army 20 the
plains, where they are alone needed. He ad-
yOcated the greenback system, but said let
Congress give the country a home stead act,
with assistance 10 settle on public lands, and
comprehensive internal improvement act,
wOrkingmen would then fight out the intia-
ton question at the polls. He did not believe
the laboring classes were willing 10 StaTve for
S or ~ years to prevent panic.
j. Osborne Ward then came forward. He
said he was the organizer of the sOcialstic
labor party in Brooklyn. He advocated q
grand cooperative Christian society, in which
everything was 10 be equal add i'm common.
Outrage and Murder by Tramps.
CHICAGO, August 3.-The TribUne'S Bur
ingtOn lOwa) special says that on Thursday
afternoon two trampS stopped at a farmers
house near Trenton, Henry county, and after
getting good dinner from the farmers wife,
and learning that her husband wouldn't be
home till evening, suddenly seized her. out
ragged her person, and left her inSenSible.
They had stopped the cries of the farmers
little daughter by rolling her up tightly i'm a
blanket. When unrolled the child was nearly
Suffocated, and died in an hour. The neigh
bOrS are securing the country for the fiendS.