The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-08-23
STRIKE COMMISSION.
The Railroads Side Of the Recent
Labor War.
THE ADVANTAGES OF PULLMAN.

Residence in That Town Much More De-
sirabie Than Whore workmen Usually
Reside--No Evidence Thus Far to Con
neot Strikers with Violence.
CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-At yesterdays ses-
sion Of the national labor commission
Chairman Wright announced that the
majority Of witnesses for labor had been
heard, aud that the railroads and Pull
man company would now be allowed to
| present their side Of the case.
The first witness was Frank W. T.
J Glover, Chicago real estate agent. Mr..
Glover deals in property at Kensington,
the suburb adjoining the town Of Pull
man. He said from an outside inspsc-
tion Of the Pullman houses-he had never
been inside Of fthem-they were much more
inviting than the ONES rented by him in
Kensington for Sl2 month. "If l we're
a poor man" said Mr.. Glover, land had
family should prefer TO live in Pull
man. The surroundings are so beautiful,
and the place so moral, / would rather
pay ~ or $9 a month more for the same
accommodations in Pullman"
Paul Hermes, an employe of the Pull
man company, testified that he thought
his residence Of nine rooms in Pullman
was cheap at SJ5 a month. He would not
live In Kensington under any circum-
stances on account of the offensive sewers.
He thought that II the Pullman employees
had let whisky and beer alone they would
not have had nearly so much distress,
Il. B. Johnston testified to the compare
! tive value of property in Pullman, Ken
| sington and Roseland. He could get
houses for less money in Roseland or Ken
sington, he said, but he did not get as
good a house for the money as in Pull
man. The Pullman employees were tenn
perate for the most part, and of economi-
cal habits.
EWilliam Mckay, a reporter, testified
I that he had been present at many labor
meetings and had never heard strike
leaders counsel violence.
Benjamin Atwell, another reporter, fol-
lowed. He had seen no real violence done
by railroad employees. He had heard, he
said, strikers counsel their companions
| during the trouble at Blue Island not to
commit overt acts.
| A. Lungren, an employe of the Pull
man company for the last thirteen years,
testified that in all his years of service for
the company he had no complaint as to
wages or treatment. He advised against
the strike, although he was a member of
the union, and had gone back to work
when the opportunity offered, surrender
ing his membership in the union, and
signing a contract to keep out of it,
1--WE drew large wages for the first
seven or eight years" he said, "and did
we'll A year ago in June l was making
81 25 a day. We used to make as much as
81 on piece work, but they cut us down
until now no one can make more than
g. .25, even if he worked very hard"
Marshal John Fitzgerald appeared next
! with record book and copy of reports
from which he showed the following
losses in incendiary fires during the strike
One hundred and sixty-siX freight cars
eight switch towers, six freight depots
five switch shanties and barn. 81 at
tended pretty near all of these fires my
self" explained the marshal "The only
fires we saw kindled were by boys, tn,
Oldest of them not more than 10 years o
age.n
The commission had expected to hea
Chief of Police Brennan yesterday after
noon, and was compelled to adjourn 70
lack of witnesses when the chief failed t,
appear He sent word through his pri
vate secretary that he would appear be
fore the commission today to tell wha
he knows of the nature of the rioting an,
, the efforts made to prevent it,
! Mayor Hopkins, Fire Chief Swenie an
other city officials have also been sun
moned, and Governor Altgeld will prot
a ably be called upon. The commissioner
refuse 10 say whether or not Mr.. Pullma
will testify.