Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-26

LOOKING INT0ABUSES
Congressional Investigations in New
York.
CADETS HEEP On THE fOCT BALL FIELD
Or. Stephenson, the English d.
vine, Said to Be Coming.
TIE COMET CAUSES TERROR.
,ADETS EEET On THE rOCT BALL FIELD
THE COMET CAUSES TERROR.
CONGREGATIONAL INQUIRIES.

Investi cat ions by Com IN itt~.s Holding Se--
siOns in New York.
Nav YoRK, Nov. 26.--Severa! congressional
Investigating committees are sitting here. The
New York branch OF TIE Pinkerton detective
agency Is under exa iuation. The Senate
committee on immigration met informally
nnd decided To- begin sessions next
week and the Rrsdiug railway conl deal was the
subject o. Discussion by "A subcommittee Of the
House interstate commerce committee.
l.obt 4. Pinkerton stated the agency had be-
gun TO furnish in strike difficulties twenty
siI Years ago. Since that time they Ind fur
nished men in seventy strikes
MI Pinkerton said that 305 men were sent TO
Homestead The intention WAS to send 300.
The men were all residents and citizens of this
country. Most of the men from tho east were
persOnallg known BY the witness rs thoroughly
reliable. The arms sent to Pittsburg we're
assigned 10 the Union Supply Company.
Mr.. P.ukerton said that he had the assurance
that the men should be sworn In deputy
sberiiI- The first sign of trouble. He would
not agree to send the men otherwise. Have
you consulted counsel as to the right OF en-
ploying deputies In state who have been
brought into one state from another state?"
81 have secured such opinion of our right to
do so from our counsel"
TER IMMIGRATION investigations.
Six OF the members ofathe Senate committee
on immigration met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
and decided 70 begin sessions next week
Senator Chandler said: The committee has
now examined all the witnesses it considered
necessary. Al Of us have got sufficient infor-
nation TO enable to formulate some views
on the immigration problem We now intend to
hold "A series of executive sessions, at which
each member of the committee will express his
opinions and when these set forth we will
be able to evolve something definite which we
will embody in & report to Congress.
II il certain that all the members Of the COM
rnittee favor more rigid enforcement Of the
existing immigration laws
THE READING COMBINE.
Second Vice President Holden of the Della
ware. Lackawsnna and Western railroad took
the stand at today's session Of the congressional
committee investigating the Reading deal Mr..
Holden said that at the eastern meetings
OF the combine il was usual for the Del
aware. Lackawanna and Western, Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Company, Del
aware and Hudson Canal Company, Pennsyl-
vania Coal Company and the Ontario and West
ern Railroad Conn any to be represented. The
witness said that here was no association among
the coal-carrying companies for the purpose Of
fixing tolls similar TO that of the trunk lines.
In regard TO the restriction of tonnage
Mr.. Holden said that it was not accomplished
by limiting the days OF labor. OF course, if
the mines were worked to their utmost capacity
the output would be far greater than the do
mand. Nj Holden did not appear TO be pre-
pared to say just Low the restriction Of tonnage
was accomplished.