The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-07-08
CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION.
The PInkertons Roundly Denounced In
the sennte-The subject in the Houses.

The PInkertons Roundly Denounced In
the senate-The Subject in the Houses.
WASHINGTON, July g. The Home
stead riots were brought under discus
sion almost Immediately on the open
ing of the Senate.
The resolutions offered by Mr.. Calm
ger Rep., N. H., to investigate the mat
ter, through the Committee on Educa-
tion and Labor, and by Mr.. PETER If.
A, Kas. }, to appoint special committee
to investigate the general question of
the employment of Pinkerton men, we're
laid before the Senate.
Mr.. Quay moved to refer both reso-
lutions to the committee ON Contingent
Expenses Of the Senate.
Mr.. Hale seconded the motion on the
ground that it was necessary to provide
means to undertake the investigation.
He hoped the committee would report
speedily, so that the investigation might
be entered upon at once.
MIR. Stewart condemned in uumsas-
ured terms the employment of armed
bodies of men outside the law, designa-
ting the Pinkertons as murderous
gang, and as EARNED assassins."
Mr.. Palmer said Pinkerton men had
been employed in New YORK and had
shed blood; they had been employed lin
Illinois and had shed Blood and now
these armed mercenaries had been taken
into Pennsylvania for the purpose of
battle with armed aud fortified boats,
and had taken human life there. 1t
mattered not to his miud who had fired
first. The manner in which they had
been taken to the spot by the
Carnegie Company was an insult and a
menace to the people Of Homestead. He
maintained that according to the priuci-
pies of the law which must eventually
be applied to the settlement of the case,
the citizens had the right to be in the
position they held; that having expended
their lives in this service they had a
right to demand employment at reason
able compensation, subject only to their
misconduct.
Mr.. PETER, deprecating further discus
sion at this time, expressed willingness
to amend his resolution to meet the
views of many Senators by increasing
the number to five or seven.
Mr.. Voorhees, brought up the subject
of the resolutions with which he said
the Senator from Maine (Mr. Hale) had
taunted the Democrats Immediately on
their return from Chicago He said la
Dor riots such as this were unknown
while there was only a tariff for revenue
only. They had been made possible by
protection. "You (the Republicans
have made these poor people who have
given up their lives on the Monongahela
believe you were protecting them. Never
was there a greater lie. You (the Re-
publican party) have said the Carnegies
must be protected against foreign COM
petition in order to enable them to pay
higher wages to their laborers. Have
they done itF'
His (Mr. Voorhees) only regret was
that Mr. Carnegie himself was not at the
head of his mercenaries, instead of
skulking either on this or the other side
of the ocean. He understood Mr.. Carnegie
admitted an income of million year;
but this was not enough. He must have
more out of his poor laborers. Hence
there was mourning in Homestead aud
mourning in the homes of the Pinkerto1
men.
The House Committe on Judiciary
met and discussed the trouble at tht
Homestead Mills, Penn, and decided
that it was a proper subject for Con.
gressional investigation.