Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-06

JAMES ConLINs.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 4Gh day
| of April, 1891. JOSEPH X. EICHER
Justice of the Peace.
The statement made by MIR. Frick of course
applies to Europe concerning importation. but
| he says nothing of the hundreds of ''deluded
| foreigners" whom he caused to be secured in
| Castle Garden, which is commonly called
"Europe;s dumping ground" Take the fol-
| loving sworn statement of an intelligent
| Hun who was promised Utopian life in the
| coke regions and was hired in Castle Garden
| for H c. Frick and shipped freight free in an
| inferior car from Castle Garden to Scottdale
| OF course Mr.. Frick is not responsible for the
| presence in this region of the "Uuruly Huns"
| when he simply got them at the point of disem-
barkation, instead of embarka tion. The follow
| ing sworn statement not only proves that these
men were hired in Castle Garden, but that
there is still line of communication between
H. e. Fuck's general office and the Huns at
home, and Mr.. Lynch finds il necessary TO write
in answer to European applicants for work that
he has Huns enough and TO spare What other
company in the country has general office the
address of which is SO we'll known as to enable
a poor Hungarian in Hungary to thus address
4 letter: "Mr. Thomas Lynch, General Man.
ager H. c. Frick Coke Company, Scottdale.
Pennsylvania, America"
The Experience of One Hungarian.
Albert Burion says: "Ihaye a friend in New
York city and he sent me letter in Hungary
that if liked to come to America could make
a good home in the United States. l was in
New York three or four days and l could not
get work at nv trade, milling. l spent all the
money had on the fifth day. An agent came
along and said: 4 want to hire 100 miners
and coke drawers to go to the ConneilSvlllc re-
gion to work for H. Z. Frick Co. am like
other poor emigrants who stopped at Castle
Garden. and / said. will 90 there when these
people 60. Next day we all started to go to the
COnnelsville coke region. The first night our
train stopped on the road, and we stayed there
Is days on account of a great strike. During
the 18TH day our engine started and stopped at
Broadford / don't know how many men were
left in Broadford L know how many came to
the Valley works-30 l was one of them, and
the balance went to Mt Pleasant. never saw
a coal bank before. ! never knew OF the strike,
because if had known of the strike or what
coal bank was like never would have seen
the Connellsville coke region. Last week
Father Lamhing asked me to translate letter
that Mr.. Lynch had received from one poor
fellow in Hungary. This man asked a job
from Mr.. Lynch, and read the letter for Mr.
Lynch, and he asked me to answer and tell
this man in Hungary that he has plenty of
Hungarians here already and he wants no
more. When 1 wrote this letter Manager
Lynch put his name down below. -
ALBERT BURIoN;
day of April, 1891 j. MERRITT. J. P,
'Sco ttdale, Pa"
A Case of Misinformation.
Mr. Frick alleges that made another willful
misstatement when said his officials had to
compel men to go to work, but no one ac-
quainted with the methods adopted by the
parties referred TO will have much difficulty in
doubling Mr.. Frick's statement. l do not
charge that he willfully prevaricated, but he
certainly is misinformed il he believes what
he declares to be the truth, and it is only fair
to presume that the general public will be-
lieve that he ought to know what he says is
true. Mr.. Frick's precise language as given in
said papers this point is: "The statement
made by Mr.. Watchorn that we are trying to
compel our men to go to work is false"
OF course l saw no compusiOn used, because
was not there. A reporter claims told him
such was the case ESQ says Mr.. Frick). and
without further argument. We will submit the
following sworn testimony, all OF which has
been voluntarily given, men having walked
many miles in order to furnish me this evil
denee on learning that | was at Scottdale.
James Crow furnished the following:
Il live at Morgan station and am engaged at
drawing coke for the II. c. Frick Coke Com
pany. We have been out of work since Febru-
airy 9, owing to the termination of our last scale
agreement. and our failure to agree on another
one. We have made several attempts to f0rmu-
late a new scale, hut have not succeeded. and
the company has tried to induce men to return
TO work individually, thus ignoring the regular
Scale Committee. The men would not 90 to
work without a general agreement on the part
of the men so to do, as all quit together by Mr..
Lynch putting up notice to the effect that
friendly suspension of business was necessary,
as the following will show:
February g. lS9l-Nntice to employees: AS
"
the 10th day of February. and no arrangement
for the regulation of wages after that date has
yet been made with your representatives We
have decided to draw out the ovens on Monday
and Tuesday next and remain idle until some
arrangement for regulation of wages is made.
This should NOT be considered as lockout"
or strike, but
Merely Suspension of Work
pending the adjustment of wages, and we want
it distinctly understood that we will be ready
at all times in the future. in the past to take
up the wage question with you or your repre-
sentatives." This suspension still continues,
owing to the failure of the interested parties to
reach an agreement. but the FIick Company
has recently endeavored to start up several of
its plants. and failing TO induce men to yolun-
tarily accept the sliding scale, has striven to
dr. drive ntns them to work, On n, the 2St9
all the Frick plants from Bradford
to White mines visited house at Morgan
where there lived five mine workers and told |
then to report for work the Monday morn |
ing following. Immediately after Mullan left |
there the men sent for me and said Mullan had
ordered them to work on the following Monday |
and he has visited men at their homes at other
plants and given them orders to resume work. |
OF course no one who works in the coke |
regions needs to be told what significance is at
tarhed to a personal visit f1om a compary's |
official. His requests are expected to be man |
datory and failure to comply brings direful re-
suits to those who depend on the company tor
work. JAMES CROW.
Sworn TO and subscribed before me this 4th
day of April. 1891. j. MERRITT, j. p,
Scottdale, Pa"
Some More Sworn Statements.
Henry C. Diehl says: "On or about the 9th of |
March, William Mullan, superintendent of the |
H. C. Frick Coke Company's plants, came to |
me at my house and said, why amt you at |
work? You complain of being hard up re- |
piled: 1t is not agreed by all men to go to |
work. Mullen said: You will not get any |
other scale. and if you will not go to work your |
place will be taken by Others replied: L |
will risk that l was also strongly urged to |
go to work by j. Grumbly. The pit boss
"Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9Th
day of April, 1881. j. MERRITT, J. P.
Scottdale, Pa"
The following statement was gwen me to-day
and could not have it sw orn to, but will have
Krosehburg says: "William Mullan. of Broad
ford, superintendent of the H. z. Frick Com
pauy came to my house about o'clock p. M.
on the 9Th of March, and asked me to go to
work the following morning. l refused to
work under the scale presented by the CON-
pany. He still insisted, and when again
refused he oraered me 10 move from the house, |
and have moved. WIN. KRoSEEBURG."
During a series of years in which l have been
officially and otherwise with miners
affairs. my veracity has never been openly
questioned by either employer or employe until
now. and IL is because do not propose 10 allow
NJ. Frick or any other man to do SO that
have given the above statement
Mr.. Watchorn said that he believed the fore
going was enough to put him in the proper |
light with the public. however, if anything |
further Is needed he has at his hands volumi-
nous documentary evidence which he says he |
will withhold until occasion demands that it be
made public. PARKER. |