The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-18

Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE strike COM
missioners' investigation committee de-
veloped an enthusiastic disciple of Bel
lamy in Roy NJ. Goodwin, director of
the A. R. U. Goodwin declared that
strikes could be avoided by nationaliZ-
ing the railroads and all other indus
tries.
Professor E. NJ. Bemis, associate pro-
fessor of political economy, of Chicago
university, advocated as a strike pre-
ventative, a national and permanent
board of arbitration.
A number of railway employees were
examined, all of whom testified to hav-
ing applied for work in different parts
of the country since the strike, only to
discover that they had been black
listed.
r. F. Mills, a B. & o. engineer, of
Garrett, Ind, testified that he was dis
charged in July and was told that he
was not to be employed again. Since
then he sent a letter to w. G. Crimson,
president of the Illinois Steel company,
asking for employment.
In a few days, Mr.. Crimson replied
that if the application had been re-
ceived a week before he would have
been glad to employ Mills, but that
now he had been informed of Mills
prominence in the A r. U. and there
fore could not employ him.
J. B. Connors, a switchman, who had
worked on the Grand Trunk road, tes-
titled that he had made application for
work to the United States Yards Tran
sit company, and was refused.
The official to whom he applied told
him that no man that had ever served
on labor committees would be given
work
Charles Naylor. fireman and engi-
neer and a member of the A r. u,
came next. He was dismissed June 2S
from the Pennsylvania lines and knew
that he was blacklisted because a gen.
|eral superintendent had told a friend
|of the witness that he could not get
work. Mr.. Naylor said the workingmen
would have no confidence in a per-
manent board of arbitra tors whether
elected or appointed. He thought a
new board should be appointed for each
ease
These officials get too far away from
the people," said Mr.. Naylor
Vice-President Howard of the Amer
lean Railway union. was recalled. Mr..
Howard desired to call the commits
sion's attention to two facts-that the
United States government is now
blacklisting or boycotting 5000 en-
ployees of the Union Pacific for their
connection with the A. r. u and that
the railroads of the country were
threatening to boycott the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas road unless it with
drew its present low rate to Washing
ton.
I'VE think that if the government
can keep its hands off the railroads and
let them settle their difficulties by boy
Icott or anyway they please, it should
keep its hands off the employees as
WELL
A burst of applause from the audi
|ence greeted this statement
The audience today was larger than
lat any previous session. It is proha bic
that the question Of extent of the iurs-
|diction of the commission will come up
before the end of the investigation
In the afternoon the principal witness
was w. II. Carwardine, pastor of the
Methodist church at Pullman. His evil
dence consisted chiefly of history of
the strike, which he declared would
never have occurred had the Pullman
company reduced rents when it re-
duced wages.
The witness became INDIGNANT when
asked if he was an anarchist, and de-
MED 1t with emphasis.
There will be no afternoon sessions of
the committee tomorrow.
The morning witness will be Eugene
" Debs