The sun., 1890-09-03

7 he was not sure that any Of hia Witnesses was
in court One was shortly found In the person
OF William A. Valentine who had boen pas
TSRger pSny ne WRs dscbaPSeS nS on AUG vSsn
line said that shortly before his dismissal he
Stevens about his nom bership. In the Knights.
Stevens, the witness eaid. advised him not to
,HE about being member ,tG q thS ergsniiIa
his Job or prevent his promotion. EalentiGe
said that he had never been drunk or insoent.
and that he had been in the employ Of the rail-
on Ss @ rheS hS
discharged shortly before TIE strike: Hs Was Was
Of T6P M esSa
| Mccarthy said that he had never neglected his
duty. and that no fault was ever found with
Ing his dismissnl TO tho Grievance COMMITTEES.
Ss he should have done he went straight TO
way lie had been treated, According to the
witpSss Mr Topcey told him that III he " Wss sivS
Se ad sSs ne Hsr
conversation Mr. Toucey asked him whether
he would stick to the road in case 1t hnd
road I4la %%s PRht r11o would RH ST 10 H. but that
ho Sy fSSSy sod b
he was being bothered every day by Lee and
ShST %ss s:snE tired S ' n it,
| fight came he was prepared for IT, Finally Nh:
Ss Saun me 1hSn 10 GO Fsuohor 81
Phyfe ordered me to give up my keys and dis
charged me again"
LEES ACCOUNT OF IT.
The next witness was Edward ]. Lee, the
Master Workman OF d. A. 946. He Is bullet
headed young lnan with red hair an and nous
been Knight for eleven yeers, and that he
pany up to July 10, whom he was discharged.
he was an extra-did NOT have q regular en-
because some OF the men had been discharged
without cause, and because the company had
mot lived to Its 70 NO
cording to their length Of service.
have never negbss,ed my T9rk snid .ass Lee
they Siiwt we're Knights OF Labor
Toucey relative 70 watcred stock and your
wanting some Of the eoppany's money!
s e d%5 81 hf eaed on
him to talk about the low wages paid some of
Mr.. Leo related q conversation with Mr..
Toucey and General Superint tendent Voorhees,
on July 27 relative to freight handlers working
It IT. was "a deSided By % the two ocers to do not6-
Mr. Toucey Sald. according to MI; Mr.; Lee;
answered" said the witness, that the men
were the camels H9d It seemed to me fS. that I
employees II would be better for them. also
longer. long 1 Do Joy you % make that as a threat Mr.
Touoey asked; You can take i as you like l
had had q talk with Mr.. Toucoy. in which Mr..
Toucey said: Leo. you are too much Of an
snn GF ns is 70 be S
biaekllsted?" asked Lee.
to tn. New Haven road. and will give you a
Leo said that four men Joined! him in order
ing the strike. Lee was recalled several times.
Late In the day when he occupied the witness
chair 9r the third time he wa, was ask asked By Gen;
the knights to lay the troublos Of the men be-
fore Chauncey n. .Depew the President of the
road. Lee replied that such an effort was
What was donep"
to him that men were being discharged with
out cause 6y the c1mpany and and asking M him bn,t to
M pepeS
to,nI to forward 1t to HomburG. No answer was re-
In your capacity as Master Workman Of D.
A. 24es did you nrevionss to the strike make
ton did all could to stave II of in, order to
be sure that the 3, company was going to persist
in ana On ss ps h. vaa IN
Florida, and had been a United States Marshal
and a 2 MI M sa
fruitlessness OF his effort to settle the diff
Ou!ty; AMr rouosv was tDo,,rsd 70 he r.ason.,,.n -
Knights wanted. I told him that the dis;
on and that bae Tho E
me that there was one man he wouldn't take
eack under told him he
d t6at NJ 6epw home
understand ths tempers Of Old employees said
Mr.. TouSey, like Depew and me- :, 49,, o.no.o,
ca. He n 6n
Consul III; BeSiin SAID thst T. d lis in!eryisS
1"T told him." SAID MI. DsylIn. that the
was for cause. Ttold him that. the Knights
tent and worthless men"
PowDERLY TEsTIP1Es.
Terence V. Powd0rly. the Grand Master
Workman. was in the witness chair not more
than five minptes. He said that he was ma
Mayor Mayor Of scranton. where he lives. ' In a answer
TO questions by Gen. Pryor: be related briefly
his vain S%t after IT, the strike X to
70 have the men brought In and questioned In
Ne are opposed to strikes" he said. but
whom the right Of q man to Join an organiza-
ton 10 questioned the matter will be properly
sRs 9s1 as o beon9 feh to e6aro6 nos
unlawful"
IF you found that the men had been dis
charged for misconduct you would have left
them to their fate 2"
Certainly"
And II you found that they were discharged
because they were Knights you would atrikef"
"Certainly. II the company was ATTACHING
our organization we would 90 any length TO
meet them."
The other men examined were Edward Port
ley member Of the District Executive Board
cleaner. and Charles Malloy discharged EN-
ployee; Thene men told about the same. story.
which in ensct was that the discharged men
were good and faithful en- ploy e0s OF the COM
pany, and that il was pretty clear that the only
thing against thOm was their connection with
the X. Of l. Lee was again recalled. In orner
to testify to the genuinoness Of tho letters
given above, The Investigation, will go on TO-
day at ~ o'clock Several OF the N Y. c. OIL
cials will be subpPnaed.
McGoneEaps Trial Approaching.
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