Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-15
THE CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY.
weibe md Frick Again on the stand-Ihe
Carnegie Difficulties.

pITTRpURG, Pa, July lA-Ihe inquiry
into the trouble at Homestead was re-
sumed by the congressional committee
this morning and Chairman Oates SAID he
would finish to-day.
William Weibe, president Of tho Anal
eamated Association. was recalled ana
asked what natlonailties were embraced
IN the association. ,,
Mr.. Weihe; Well. some are English,
IRISH. Scotch. and Welsh. and good many
are Americans. Our organ Zatlon Is not
secret except as TO the password.
Mr.. Boatner Does yOur organization los
ter or countenance any such resistance 10
employers as we are now investigating
Mr.. Weihe No, sir.
How many men who work in Home
stead mill belong 20 your association
From 800 to l,000 | am not sure.
Mr.. Broderick: Does your association
encourage violencef
No, SIR"
CHAIRMAN PRICK RECALLED.
Mr.. Frick was recalled and said: We
asked for reduction in wages because OF
the reduction IN price Of our psoduct. On
every ton of blooms. billets. and slaOs We
sold this year we lost money. our Home
stead Mill and the Duquesne produce IL
per cent. OF all the steel bullets made in the
United States. In our 23-inch null our TWO
rOlleTs Nbtc poiu III H'"1 - -,
S247 the six heaters each got Sl3O.
and the heaters helpers S75. In
this mill we asked no reduction.
The mortgages we hold on the houses
of EMPLOYEES Is only to aid them IN the
erection of their homes. We allow them
to nav them off by the mouth. We have
never foreclosed a mortgage OF this kind.
We charge them 6 per cent, and allow
them the same when they deposit with US.
Our men at Homestead have apout Sl4O,-
0OO on depusit pitk-Hs, On which-Ne pay q
Der cent. and we hold mortgages amount
ing to $4,000. ,.s,,,a
the cost of converting this into steel bill
lets on an average Is about $40; so that,
on an average, To produce ton OF steel
bilets costs S2i. This is leaving out the
investment"
MIR. Oates What does it cost at Home
stead 70 produce a ton Of steel!
That must decline to answer II IS
going INTO private business. have given
vou the average all over the United States
10 produce ton OF steel billets."
AS TO M'KINLEYIsM.
Mr.. Boatner: We'll, then, the Mckinley
tariff has cause a loss IN the price you get
for your output and a consequent reduc-
tion of wages d."
Mr.. Frlck: No. sir The Mckinley bill
does not have such an effect. The lower
prices were the result OF oyer-produc
tion.
Nr. Oates: / sec by tho papers that
your company has taken foreign contract
Tor steel rails at ~ less than the price
abroad"
Mr.. Frick: That is not true. We have
made no such contract.
Could not your works be continued at
the old scale and your company still make
"No. sir; we could not. It would Ger.
tainly drive us into bankruptcy II there
was no adjustment"
MIR. Broderick You feel that the tariii
has no place in this trouble.
No, sir: none In the least. Had tht
duties on the goods we manufacture beer
reduced it would nave had a serious effect
on our wages"
Those PInkerton Winchesters.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, July 1.-THE following
dispatch has been sent to the capital:
"To Attorney General Hensei Harrisburg
Pa:
what disposition do YOU advise shall
| be made Of such Winchester rifles taker
| from the Pinkertons as we can recover
TSignedl "HUGH O'DONNELL."
The committee hopes 10 be able TO ge
together $50 of them, and is disposed e
make every effort to collect all that 1t can