Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-08-23

compliance with their decisions should be
obligatory. He thought It would be Q good
plan to license all railway employees, JUST
as lake and river engineers and pilots are
licensed.
H. f. Griswold testified in regard to black
listing. He is a switchman % years old,
and had been railroad man about ten
years. He was one OF the American Railway
union organizers for the Northwestern road.
ST applied for work less than week ago
at Altoona, o." said he. II wrote out my
name and then the trainmaster turned to I
blacklisted and could not have work on thar
road. The same experience was met with at
Columbus. o."
A. b. Connors the next Witness also had
some experience with the black list. He
learned Of 1t for the first time when he applied
to the Union Stock Yards & Transit COM
pany for work. His name was upon
list, he said, which the COMPANY
had in the office, and he was turned
away because of his participation In
the strike.
Rev. William H. Carwardine, OF the Pullman
Methodist Episcopal church, testified at the
afternoon session. After stating briefly the
after the strike was declared felt In JUS
tice must state my views on the question, and
I discussed the matter in the pulpit. The
wages were cut severely and unequally. There
was dissatisfaction with the local administra-
ton and with the abuses of the foreman The
men did not have reduction Of the rent when
the wages we're cut, and the men felt that JUS
tice could not be received Mr.. Pullman and
Mr.. Wickes are not SO much to blame for
the present state Of affairs. The difficulty
is with the local administration II Mr..
Pullman had been in closer relationship
with his men and II rent had been reduced
when the wages were the strike would have
been averted. don't know how much the
rent should have been reduced. The Pullman
company starts out with the idea OF a system
of paternalism and the system was founded
to improve the workingmen. contend that
the company should not cut the wages Of their
old employees, but act from the standpoint Of
the paternaiistic system"
Mr.. Carwardine went on to explain how he
had met the committee of the Pullman strikers
and had interviewed Mr.. Debs and endeavored
to have them declare the boycott OF. He was
not an advocate Of strikers, was inclined much
in favor of arbitration and the government
management Of railroads He had been
charged with being an anarchist and
Anarchy he repudiated entirely; he
was what might be called Christian social
ist Referring to the strike he said he thought
the conduct OF the strikers had been remark
ably good. He said he knew sixty-four fam
lilies were soon to be evicted at pullman, and
after he left the stand said he was in the city
to raise money some way to stop the ejectment
proceedings.
Eugene v. Debs has telegraphed the COM
mission that he Is recovering from his recent
illness, but on account Of the sickness of his
wife, he will not be able to appear for examin-
alton before the middle OF next week.
Additional Testimony.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2l.-The first witness before
the labor commission at the opening OF the
fourth days session was Thomas w. Heath
cote, chairman of the Pullman strike commit
tee who had been recalled. He said that the
Pullman company's statement that the COM
panys books might be looked over by the en-
ployes was merely statement by one Of the
clerks When the employees went to in
vestigate the books they were refused. He
said that the Pullman branch OF the American
Railway union was formed during the last OF
March and the month of April. Nearly all Of
the 1900 employees of the company joined the
union. Each man paid one dollar for the priv
ileges Of membership. OF all the employees be-
tween $500 and 5000 lived in the houses of the
company.
Miss Mary Abbott Wood who worked in the
electrical department. at Pullman, was the
the American Railway union and was one OF
the Pullman strikers. Her father had died
some time ago in the company's employ. She
had to support her mother on the one dollar a
day she received from the Pullman company.
She lived in one Of the Pullman
houses and paid s17T . month. Miss Wood
showed the commission o notice Of eviction,
dated May g. she had received from the COM
pany. She testified that she had paid her rent
to April 30. The company, by mistake, had
credited the rent to her sister. When she
asked for rectitcation she was refused. She
had not yet been evtcted.
Frank p. Mcdonald, locomotive engineer
on the Chicago Great Western was next called.
He said that sometimes he was compelled to
remain on continuous service from sixty to
seventy-two hours without rest. Mr.. McDon-
aid went into an extended account of the
trouble on the Chicago and Great Western. 1t
was caused by refusal OF athe company to
restore wages, which had been cut
MIR. Mcdonald said he opposed the recent
strike because he thought the American Rail-
way union was not strong enough to fight the
general managers in the hard times when so
many men were out OF work He did not think
the strike would be successful He voted for
the strike only because he was so instructed
by his local union.
II am opposed to strikes in general" said
Mr.. Mcdonald, but when the federal govern
ment will do nothing for u.s. and we have no
weapon but the strike, we must use it. If it
were not for strikes the railroad men In this
country would be working for one-half the pay
they are now getting.
Asked what he knew about the stoppage OF
mail trains the witness said that the Chicago
& Great Western mail train No. on June 20
last was killed" by the management of that
road apd its crew was used to take out an ex-
cursion train to ST. Claire. This mail train
was INSTRUCTED by the railway managers and
not by. the strikers or the members OF the
American Railway union.
Mcdonald told how 1t was impossible for
him to obtain employment after the Burling-
ton strike, when he was blacklisted. The COM
pany's influence was used against him. he, said,
even to the extent Of protesting to Gov
Francis, OF Missouri, against McDOnaldS APP
pointment as oil inspector at ST. Joseph, Mo.
Miss Jane Adams, superintendent OF Hull
house and member Of the board OF Cancellation
of the civic federation, was next called. Shere-
cited the efforts Of the civic fedora ton to bring
about a settlement OF the trouble. The EN-.
ployes Of the A. r. q. were always willing and
anxious to arbitrate, but Pullman and his off,
Gals would say to the committee only that
they had nothing to arbitrate.
Arthur M. Wilson and Nettie M. West, en-
ployes of the Pullman company, testified as to
the reduction in wages.
H. w. Pearson, a real estate agent who oper-
ates at Kensington, Roseland, Southwest
Pullman, and other localities adjacent to Pull
man, said houses which rented for $17 in Pull
man could be had for $40 Q month in Kensing-
ton. In all cases, in his Judgment, rents were
about Is to 100 per cent. higher in Pullman
than in the adjacent towns.
The commission adjourned to 10 O'Clock
Monday. Application has been made the COM
mission to hear statements by representatives
Of unorganized labor. All persons who think
they can give the commission any information
as to the conditions of labor, organized or un-
organized, will be heard.
FAILURES IN NEW YORK.
Theodore s. Baron Co. Go to the Wall
and Garry Another Firm with Them.
New YORK, Aug. 30. There were two
assignments Friday, one the outcome
of the other. Theodore s. Baron and
Samuel Baron, copartners under the