Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-14

SEVERAL WITNESSES TELL rHE
STORY.
Ihroc Men Arrested hut Again Re.
leased at llome,iead by tho
Labor Leaders.
ny TELEGRAPH 20 tho Nrws.I
TuE iiOuErruAD TuornLr.
continuation of the ,ongscssionni
inV'sugatian.


PunHruu. July la.-Clptaiu Roger.
was called aud toid " the trln 10
ilomos,Uai, accompanied hv tiepiity
ahnrIil. who went 70 hi- official capa.
city. He then detailed ths STORY o' Inc
/ light ~ Home tead AMI saia ,hr s,rlk-
efs nfrI ilr-t
/ sheriff Mc'lcarv testified that tho
carnegie Company usd Notified him u
/ week ueiofo tuu men went out that
thttr would De trouble; that they were
HfAn ing Go send 800 men 90 Home.
stead ami wan,ei them dcpltizcd.
IN ruply tn BON;uef, no sale hu felt
auio The matter could nave been set
l Tied " TIE conference could have been
I carried on. Tho objection 10 tho
termination NJ the ernle IA January
| was that past experience shows thst
! when winter con,s on and the scale
/ expires, the manufacturer tgkes nd
] vantage uf the cold weather 10 -nfvs
me men Into .ubmlssiun. Roberts said
ne was IN favor ~ compulsory Arbitfa-
! ton. The witness further stated that
] curing ihf scale conference, A hbott,
/ "a" formcf chairman o. Carnegie, said:
| Quotations on steel bllth wcru So
lower Than the musket price, and ia.
Sisted the scale should DO ARRANGED on
/ that basis"
An erfor In the statement % wages
/ pfld during May was maiu ia last
nifhps investigation, itnmOuuted 10
/ 5000. II should have httn Tor the
/ llb'uch mill, not lot the whole CArue-
I gle property M indicated In the dis.
| patches.
Had not offered to aibitrate until
/ alter the trouble; cauli not say whether
/ or not the N1nciati0n T. willing To
/ arbitrnte; puruusily In favor OF law
| arbitration, hut " compulsory, II
should he made nj exhibition.
O'DUNSELL
| was the next witness. lie said: When
/ the strike wna ordered the lodges held
II Joint meeting and appointed an All
/ vlsoty committee to have the men
/ placed around the fence to keep out
| irresponsible people. The men were
! Instructed TO use only moral suasi0n,
1 they were not instructed 10 keep any
one out OF the mill. The witness re-.
peatsd the story ~ the battle aud
olloTts to prevent firing 10y the crowd
on shore. His wages were siii per
month, eight h0urs, under the old
| ichudule.
Replying TO the question ns 10 why
the laboring men hate the Pink, rt0ns,
he said the chief objection 10 them Was
that II was feared they would bring
non-union mon.
WILLIAM ROBERTS,
Cx'president OF the Amalgamated As-
soclation, said there was n gigantic
con'pirnoy somewhere, helped by legis.
/ lntiOn. His IDEA was that after tho
| com any BASED wages on the price OF
| billcts and had refused Tlse on that
article, and he charges this on tho
| Union Pacific railway and the Carne.
| g!es, with Ii. G. Frlca at the head.
Roberts SAID Superintendent Poster
| had given NJ n reason for the reduction
that some OF the men were making too
much money,
sHERFP M'CLrARY
detailed the attempted Efforts TO secure
| posse. lie was notified tho night
| that the PlnkeItOns went up, aud he
tried TO persuade them not 10 send
them as he feared trouble. The sheriff
said lac had not authorized Colonel
Gray To deputize the Pinkurtons. He
did not 90 % Homestead on tho day Of
the trouble because Il was useless.
DEruIY sIEmFF cLUsEY
| then took the stand aud told a
story Of how the deputies hal boon
driven out by the stTikers.
President Woihe was tho first wit.
ness on the side OF labor. The re-.
| ductions, ho said, proposed In
most VI the departments, the men oh.
JHct to, because they did not think
them necessary. The reduction would
average eighteen per cent. AZ near az
he could estimate. The labor cost VI
ton Of steel ut Homestead was $3.50.
In reply To Judge Taylor ~ to why
the men thought they had right TO
take possession Of the mill, Weihe said
there may he somc who think so, but
they are not In the society.
Judge Taylor expressed nstonlsh-
ment, and said there seemed 10 be some
queer ideas OF rights OF property among
the workmen.
ALI QUIET.
HOMESTEAD, July IS. - Little
occurred l0dy TO mar the society Of the
valley. A Mr.. Holiday OF Pit,sburg
asked u member Of the advisory COM
u ittue Tor his autograph. The men
present became suspicious and Hoili.
day was put under arrest. lie was
taken TO headquarters and two MEM
beTs OF the advisory committe released
him.
s. +. Seldom, United States naval
inspector Ui plate nrmor, was also put
under arrest, but when he disclosed
his identity he was released. Frank
a, Snyder, n salesman from PittsDurg,
was likewise arrested, but Subsequent.
ly relUaaud.
Notwithstanding the report that the
leaders were to be- arrested they re-
turned safely from pittsburg. A mum
Der NJ min men, however, who are
recognized az leaders in the conflict,
have lett Homestead % avoid arrest.
Sheriff McCluary said tbo warranti