Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-12-04
LRTONS
ksir Side Of the Home
fOth8r Labor Troubles.
gIY YROUNDLYDENOUNCED
,..,sr+ons Say He Would
e. govicted Of Perjury
'.us fdence Been Given
- rt Of Justice-They
Paxson's Charge
IN Allegheny County Jury.

,,pr December 3.-At the re-
,,be United States Senate In
g committee, Robert A. and
IN PfnkertOn have prepared a
I'm connection with their tes-
before the committee as 20 the
m their business and the Oc-
l. at Homestead on July 6,
.stemsnt was given to the press
/. and contains about $4,000
and begins by reviewing the
az the Carnegie mills 10 Home
..3 the causes which led to the
.s,uasn the Pinkerton men aDd
.srs on July 9th last.
.-rIrg. the statement says that
bs P'nkertOn watchmen had
i,sm New York or Chicago, the
company applied for protee-
,,ss High Sheriff Of Allegheny
..,s5sd that he would be prac-
-ovsrless TO handle such a large
,i 10 protect the lives OF non
,~Bl07es II any attempt should
~ M send such Workmen to
..s,i and even then the agency
d, send men unless the Sheriff
,,onfss 90 deputize them. Re-
,m the State Of affairs at Home
,.tbe tine the Watchmen were
B says
,s91 as the strike was declared,
,py P.nkerton men has been
,,r Chicago OF New York, the So
advisory Committee OF the strik-
!, possession OF Homestead and
olessts, guards and sentinels on
ssrsnt streets and roads, and at
-rss The Advisory Committee
Nm declared martial law and took
voa snd control Of the property
company"
,rantiatlon Of this, Il quotes at
from Chief Justice PaXton's in
-,-s 20 the grand jury.
YiBz TO the object OF the strik-
nIg There was only one vital
tst stake stake in the contest
7, ;he Amalgamated Association
NJ company; namely, whether
after should DO allowed
up'oy non union men.
Me- Amalgamated Association
Advisory Committee were de-
do preyen by force II necessa-
BE company refused to arbitrate
spncss because its official desired
-igs .hsir own business, and more
1WIy because twice before they
g5ra.ed and the Amalgsmated
l.0l hsd refused TO abine by the
b Of The referees.
bthe accusation OF the strik ers
isnel sent by the Pinkerton
gEeis criminals, the statement
a men we sent were carefully Sc
More than two-thirds were
1oEn 70 Us and our superinten-
.r they were either in our en-
q the time or had previously
1p.oYed by Us as watch
d similar work. We felt
Eae men could be thoroughly
,or integrity and sobriety. The
HEere men recommended to Us,
-.iEI.tten applications are ref
ere on file In this Office.
os1er.y, who is 40 the head Of
lglsoi Labor, charged that we
loa OF bad character, although
-l.ed that none Of our men have
sl convicted Of crime. His tes-
,aiore the judiciary committee
lo'se OF representatives would
suited 10 his conviction for per-
.'e1ln a court Of justice, and
Fo1.i have been easily shown
el cross-eTamined by any one
With the facts"
Aaaee of the statement IS de-
fei0t.ag assertions made by
'isi.y aud TO the history OF the
sl Agency so far as 10 has dealt
,'' strikes, beginning with the
sJ'ae at BraidwOOd, Illi-
10 1866. In all, the
aas dealt with seventy
l'a 10 nearly every instance its
..,s been assaulted and stoned.
'-Ai time its men have killed
,'a-one accidentally and the
q 's.i-deionse.