Omaha daily bee., 1892-07-14

stipulated IN tue cinplS OF tne guar Is.
Frick said the wages at Homestead
were higher than at anN = place.
Chairman Bcatner or committee de-
cared that the scale OF paid as eX-
planned by Frick, was u hest he had
ever heard OF.
Captain Rodgers was the d aud told
OF the trip to Homestead ~ snied by
deputy sheriff, who went in / 'ial capac-
ity. He then detailed tho 81, the fight
Rt Homestead and said the str red first.
Sheriff McCleary testified mat the Car
negie company notified him Il week before
the men went out that there would bc
trouble, and that they wcro arranging to
send 800 men to Homestead ana wanted
them deputiacd.
lie had not deputlzed the Pinkertous and
had authorized no one to deputize them. He
did not go TO Homestead the day of the riot
because 1t was useless.
President wcyhc on the stand.
President Wevho was the first witness on
the sido OF the men. In reply to Judge Tay-
lor as to why the men thought they hau u
right to take possession of the mill, Mr..
Weyhe said: "There NAV be some who
think so, but they are not taught so in the
assocatlou.n
This thing has been n mystery 10 me. |
would ike to know why these men think
they had the right to take other peoples
property" said Judge Taylor. "rhere seems
to be some queer ideas of tho rights of prop
erty Was not the object of these men, when
luBy lOuRuJ luc t'lnhcEIOuS. W DECNcub luc
mill from being worked by nonunion meni'
"Weu, that may be the object; l do not
know that 1t was"
"Well, have little doubt that such was
the case" said Judge Taylor.
Are these matters of physical resistance
settled in your associationr
mo, sir, they are purely local"
"Did you ever offer to arbitrate this ques-
tion!"
mot until after the trouble"
rpy willing In this DnnqfiDn nv
arbitratlont'
~ cannot say for the ASSOCIATION, but the
Homestead people are. ;"
Are you in favor of an arbitration bill bv
which all such matters will 20 settled"
asked Mr.. Bynum.
object to Outside Interference.
"Well, | hardly know what the association
would do So far as / have known, work
men usually get the worst of it, | believe
that II will soon come to THIS, however, ana
personally can see little objection to 1t. In
my opinion compulsory arbitration would not
be success In this country. 1t the arbitrn-
tion was made compulsory all parties should
be made to exhibit their books. The work
men believe they understand their business
better than anyone, and think tnat outsiders
should attenu to their own business
YES" said Mr.. Boatner, but you did not
seem to want to agree until several persons
were killed ~
Mr.. Weyhe was asked if the association
always carried out its contract, and he said
yes.
Chairman Oates-Is it not true that after
signing this scale certain members of your
association notihed the company that unless
certain things were done in this controversy
they would quit work, and thus break their
contract!'
"Well, know some such thing was done"
Hugh O'DOunel was called and Mr..
Oates said: "Now, Mr.. pDonnell, while
we are not here to assume anything, we
iSh IN "a "
questions we may ask You should tend to
criminate you, you need not answer them"
One OF the High-Priced Men.
"Well, Pm not afraid" said Mr. ODon.
nell, IL am one of the high-priced men an
would not be much affected by the re-
duction.n
When the meu went out tho eight lodges
held joint meeting and appointed the ad
visory committee of which witness was
chairman. Men were placed around the
fence TO keep out the irresponsible people.
This was July |. The men wers ali In
structed TO use only moral suasion. They
were not instructed to keep anyone out of
the mill. They were there to try and per
suade nonunion men to remain away from
the mill.
''Tney intended to use only peaceabe
means" said the witness, land no one re-
grets more the assault than the advisory
committee does"
The witness then repeated the story of
firing by the crowd on the shore. The inhu-
man treatment OF the prisoners after their
surrender he said, was not the work of the
| strikers, but irresponsible parties.
| Witness said he averaged Slii per month.
| eight hours, under the ola scale. He said the
| works had built the town. About 40 per cent
were American born. The persons affected
| by the proposed scale were most all Amcr-
| eau born.
"What is the great cause of this hatred TO
| the Pinkertonsi"
'rhe laoorIng people look upon them as
| enemies of the laborng man. The chief OBJ
| lection to them, however, was that we feared
| with them would come nonunion men"
At this point the meeting was adjourned
| until o'clock p. m.
| Thinks 1t Great Conspiracy.
In the afternoon Burgess McLuckie testi-
| fed. He said he thought there was u
gigantic conspiracy somewhere, aided and
| abetted by legislation to deprive working
| men OF their rights under the constitution of
this government, OF life, liberty ana the pur-
| suit of happiness. he had formed that opin-
| ion because, after going 10 work. satisfied
| that they had safe basis upon which they
| could depend, the Mckinley bill came IN and
| reduced that identical article upon which
| their compensation was based and raised the
tariff on other articles.
Mr. Boatner-ls IL your idea that the COM
Dany, after having your wages based on the
| price of billets had the tariff reduced on tnat
article.
That's the dea.'
Mr.. Taylor-You think the less the tariff
| the less the wages
II think so "
Continuing Mr. McT.uckie said he believed