New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-17
MR.. SCOTT IN A NEW ROLE.
THE MAGNATE AS LABoRs NEW CHAMPION.
SIDE LIGHTS ON scoTT's RECENT srEEcH-hs-
DAizELL SPEAKS FOR HIS swN DISTRICT
NARD FACTS RUFFLE THE MAGNATEs
TEMPEK-A SPIRITED COLLOQUf

IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, May G. Special. The humdrum
tariff debate in the House to-day was enlvened
by several interesting passages. Mr.. Baker, OF
New-York, for example, treated the House TO an
object lesson, and caused Chairman Mills con-
siderable discomfort By producing ocular proof
that seamlesss stockings are manufactured in
Rochester as well as in New-England and Great
Britain lie produced three pairs Of seamless
hose, and proposed that Premier" Mills should
give the red pair to President Cleveland the white
pair to Speaker Carlisle and the blue pair he
should retain for himself as symbolical Of his
feelings after the final vote on the Dark Ian
term bill Chairman Springer wandered down
from the Speakers chair and as he showed con-
siderable curiosity the stocking question, Mr.
Baker drew out and presented him with pair OF
gray hose, extraordinary for the length Of the
fabric
Mr. Russell. Of Massachusetts,, obtained the
floor and delivered a rambling speech which at
tracted o good deal Of attention and provoked
much applause on the Democratic side. Mr.
Russell is a ready debater, and he treated the
tariff to-day, apparently, as work of the imagi-
nation The House greatly enjoyed the colloquy
between him and Mr.. Perkins Of Kansas and
several other Republicans. Perkins wanted Mr.
Russell to explain whether he (RusselD or Chair
man Mills knows better about the condition and
profits Of the woolgrowing and wool-manufactur-
ing industries in the United States. So r1uch dis
order was created by the Free Traders that MI
Perkins was unable to obtain satisfactory reply
The liveliest episode Of the day, however, was
a spirited, not to say bitter, colloquy between Mr.
Dalzel Of Pennsylvania, who represents the dis
trict in which the Edgar Thomson Steel Works
are situated, and William L. Scott. Dalzell took
60 foelr &c in rar1 N
profits and business Of the steel works, and said
that it was bad taste to say the least, for mem
Der of the House to talk about the private bust
ness Of people behind their backs. Mr.. Carnegie
might have castle in Scotland. but in that the
House was as Brittle interested as in story about
Mr. Scott's $4,000 clerk, or $4,000 cook
THE MAGNATE AS THE woRKINGMAN'S CHAM
PION.
Mr. Dalzelrs exposures Of the fallaces and alb
surdities of Mr.. Scotts statements respecting the
percentage of labor cost in the production of2tcel
at the Braddock works was very complete.
He said that if any coal miners, as Mr.. Scott
had asserted, received 20 to IS per cent of the
value Of the product as wages they must be paid
in truck orders upon pluck me- stores kept at
Scott Haven in violation of the State law Of Penn
syvania. He drew sarcastic portrait of rail-
road magnate and coal baron IN his new role as
champion Of the wOrk1pgmen and the foe or trusts
and lnonopolies. The miners of Scott Haven, he
said, would shout for Joy when they heard of the
new champion that had been raised up in their
behalf Mr. Scott became much excited, as he
always does on such occasions, and for some tue
his voice was lost in scream which made it I'M
possible for persons in the galleries to understand
him. The speech of Mr. Fitch, Of New-York, was
a rather ingenious plea in behalf OF the people
of his district who. he stated enga ged III avo-
cations in which they derive no benefit from the
protective system, but are taxed to support IL;
He indicated his purpose to vote for the Mills Dill
if nothing better is offered, although he declared
that bill imperfect ana needs fiucb dUicl1-
ment. He also declared that he favors the con-
tnuance Of protective policy
MR.. SCOTT FOUGHT ON HIS OWN GROUND.
MrDazeu stated that he had looked upon the
Edgar Thomson Steel Works ever since they had
been erected, and, Furthermore, they were in his
district. He had seen Braddock grow from a
struggling country village into busy town, and
all owing to the enterprise Of Andrey Carnegie.
He said that Mr.. Scott had placed the price OF
steel rails at s37 so, when lie had already signed
| a report from the Committee on Ways and Means
! stating 1t at S31. and declared that MI scout, III
his speech, had suppressed Important Items, sucIl
as spiegeleisen, etc, which went to swell the cost
of steel rails He had known that the 81 3 given
as the price of Bessemer pig represented slo so
in labor, and he had deliberately left that out;
As to SCOTS figures upon the earnings OF coal
miners, he said he had been informed to-day by
an honest miner that II any such wages were paid
they were exceptional Turning to the QUITO
biography of Mr.. Scott he read from the Con-
gresSional Directory as follows
In $780, in the coal and shipping business. owning and
running several vessels on the lakes Subsequently be-
coming largely interested in the manufacture OF Iron and
the mining well In the construction and opera
ton railroads either president or director OK various
lines aggregang over % 900 miles Of completed road the
greatest number miles OF railroad probably. which any
one individual was an officer and director Of
Think Of that" he said for labor cham
pion and for the opponent Of monopohes and inde
feasible trusts"
Mr.. Scott on rising TO speak said that II the
gentleman would go TO Scott Haven he would tind
p GOO men who tri-weekly receive in cash dollar
day more than the gentlemans friends pald q,
Camegie's steel works. lie asked II MP. Dalzel
believed that Carnegie IL Co. forced their employees
by Pinkerton detectives to come back for 10 pei
cent less wages than they had been paying them
Mr. Dascil-That the Edgar Thomson Works compelled
their employees to back work By detectives Is not
true
Mr. Scott did not say that. 1t did cover the works
OF the employees
Turning to Mr. Dalzell Mr.. Scott asked how
many men he had on his payroll
Mt Dalzel-I am not millionaire
Mr. scott-You had the opportunity but didn't have
the brains TO get there
Mr. Scott offered to compare the Wage-worhers
of Scott Haven with those in the industries which
the gentleman had pleaded for. Will stand,
continued Mr. Scott. q" on my record at home anc
with INV people II have ever endeayored 10 put
one aborer in the place oil another, III nave ever
employed any kind Of detective to come ana pro
toct nv property against the men who are working
Sor me or who have worked for me, VIII resign
INV seat and leave this hall the day 1t is proved
Mr. Brumm-Does not the gentleman contribute toward
ror,ro the coal and iron police the coal regionsf
Mr. Scott-No sir. You made that charge against me-
Mr. Brumm-I going to prove IT,
az iii o,ake vou uroye it, cried Mr.. Scott vehe-
menty. al am going call you before the bar OF the
House to make you prove IT.
And will prove It." shouted MI brlmm
at Is false sir, as - ITSELF" retor'eo MI seo'~