St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-07
BIG BOASTS BUSTED.
Republican Treachery to the
Wage Farmers Laid Bare
in It's Ugliness.
Caminetti, Of California, Is
Hot on the Trail of the
Shiny Fraud.
House and Senate Committees
Asked For to Investigate
at Homestead.
President Harrison Regards
the Homestead Slaughter
as Ominous.

WASHINGTON, July 6.-The first Off
cial recognition in congress of the
troubles at the Homestead mills, Penn
sylvania, today, appeared when Repre-
sentative Caminetti, of California, intro
duced resolution calling for the ap-
pointment of select committee to i'll
vestigate them.
Preceding the resolution is long pre-
amble reciting that the Republican party
has cOntended that one of the main pur-
poses of its tariff legislation was the
protection of American labor and the
increase of pay to the wage-earners in
protected industries; that contrary there
to, industries protected 10y such
stances, instead of increasing the
pay of wage workers. actually
materially reduced them; that the
Homestead mills, controlled by Andrew
Carnegie and his associates, operating
in an industry which has received the
fostering care of said legislation to such
an extent as to typify it as an example
of the results thereof from whatever
standpoint it is viewed, has promul-
gated
An Order Reducing Wages
of employees ranging 10 an extent, it is
alleged, of from 20 to 60 per cent; that
contrary to the position assumed by
said party that the protection SO afforded
regulates the price of labor. it is stated
by>H. c. Frick, manager of said mills,
that 1--WE made the scale to suit
trade and mechanical conditions and
gave no thought to the political cause
or effect, nor to the tariff" that follow
ing this announcement the employees
have refused to accept such reduction,
and strike is at hand; and it is as
serted in the public prints that armed
men. boats carrying guns, stockade
having attached thereto pipes enabling
hot water and steam to be turned on at
moments notice, and surmOunted
with wires capable of being charged
with electricity-all these. supplement-
ed with strong search lights, have been
resorted to by said company to enable
it to enforce its reduced scale of wages,
thus inaugurating condition of feudal
despotism.
1Uc IcSOlutlUu lIlcIcupOu CdllS lOI
the appointment of select committee
of five members to investigate and re-
port on the causes of this strike, the
conditions producing the same, and the
effect OF such legislation OH wages and
labor. The resolution was referred to
the committee Oh rules.
The house committee appointed to in
vestigate the Pinkertons will hold its
first meeting Friday.
Republicans Neutral.
The house waited all day for work
ing quorum or for a report from the
committee on rules. The anti-silver
Democrats had a sufficient num-
Der of members to call the yeas and
nays Oh any motion. and with this pow
er in their hands they tiibustered
whenever silver came to the fore.
Mr.. Tracey's motion to refer the
Stewart bill to the committee OH bank
ing and currency was defeated. and
then filibustering prevented action on
Mr.. BANDS motion to refer the bill to
the committee on coinage, weights and
measures. The Republicans showed
their determination to remain neutral
and to allow the two factions of the
Democrats to fight the question out
without Interference.