Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-08-30
THE LATE STRIKE. I !,

THE LATE STRIKE.
Repre- sentatives Of Labor and.
..s Capital Tell Their Stories.
Arc Heard General Manager
st. John Takes the stand-Egan and
His views-President Gompers on
Strikes In General
CAPITAL HAS IT'S SAY.
+ CHICAGO, Aug. 2.-The hearing Of evidence
from the employers side OF the case was begun
at the Wednesday morning session. Frank w.
Il. Glover, q real estate dealer, was the hrst
witness. He declared he knew nothing about
the causes of the strike, but he said that rents
in Kensington had not been reduced He said
he was getting the same rents for his houses
there as he did several years ago. This was g
direct contradiction to the strikers claims
that rents in Kensington had been reduced
while rents In Pullman had been kept ut the
same figure. Mr.. Glover said he thought that
those houses at Pullman which rent for from $lS
to $22 month were cheaper than his houses at
Kensington which he rented for S12
Paul e. Hermes, news and stationery
dealer In Pullman, who had worked for six
years in the Pullman shops, was the next wit
ness
Mr.. Hermes in one part Of his testimony
made the remark that there was good deal OF
drinking done by some of the Pullman en-
ployes and 1t was the cue for alengthy examtn-
alton made by Commissioner Herman. He asked
II drunkenness prevailed to any considerable
extent among the strikers. The witness said
that on pay days the brewery wagons of Ken
sington are kept running through Pullman
from morning until night. He had seen
drunken employees of the company on the
streets. Witness was Of the opinion that
great many Of the employees would not be in
wasted their money by buying liquor.
Axel Lundgren, an employee OF the Pullman
company for the last thirteen years, was the
first to take the witness chair Wednesday after
noon He said in all his years OF service for
the company he had had no complaint to make
~ to wagess or treatment. He had advised
against the strike, although he was member
Of the union, and had gone back to work when
the opportunity offered, surrendering his MEM
bership in the union and signing contract to
keep out Of 1t. I'VE drew large wages for the
hrsS seven or eight years." he said, "and d1u
we'll We all made good wages A year ago in
June was making $2.9S day. We used to
make as much as "a on piece work, but they
cut US down until now no one can make more
than $2.25, even II he works very hard. Ipay
o0.60 rent for four-rOom fat and have my
city tell me that the rent is not unreasonable,
considering the accommodations
Fire Marshal John Fitzgerald appeared next
with q record book and q copy Of reports made
to Chief Swenie. The marshal said that his dis
trict included the territory south Of Thirty
ninth north OF Fifth street, and from State
street west to the limits, including the stock
vo nd oil <ho I'M n
the strike at the stock yards. He said that he
had kept record Of the fires and the railway
property destroyed by fire within his territory
during the strike and reported 1t to Chief
Swenie. At Commissioner Kernan's request
he submitted his reports to the chief from
July to July inclusive, which he said COW
cred all the important fires in railroad prop
erty. The report showed total loss of 16d
cars, 8 depots, towers and 5 switch shanties.
IT attended pretty nearly all OF these fires
myself" explained the marshal THE only
flres We saw kindled were by boys, the Oldest
OF them not more than 10 years OF age. I have
q pretty wide acquaintance with railroad men
and did not see any of them interfering with
the handling Of fires or mingling with the
crowds. On one occasion some switchmen
knew helped our men to run q lead to q fire In
cars The crowds never interfered with us or
our apparatus"
DR.. John Mclean, who came next, said he
was physician and surgeon, and since 1884
he had been in the employ OF the Pullman com
pany. It was his duty to look after injured
employees and visitors. When an employee was
injured it was his duty to attend him without
expense to the patient In case he deemed
bore the expenses. Commissioner Herman
asked as to the case referred to in
the testimony Of Rev. Mr.. Wickham.
Tho doctor said the man had been
brought into his ONCE with piece OF steel In
his wrist. The steel was taken out and the
wound treated as it required. The man had
come In the next day and seemed to be getting
along WE'LL but the day following had failed to
appear. On the third day he had gone to see
the patient and was told that another doctor
had been employed. That ended his profess
sional connection with tho case. There were
no pieces Of bone to be left In the wound ae
had been charged.
DR.. Mclean asserted that the troubles al
Pullman were in q measure due to the use OF
liquor by the employees. In 1900 leases OF injury
the witness had never seen the company re-
with. besides drug store bills amounting te
81 200 annually.
Mr.. st. John on the Stand.
CHICAGO, Aug 25.-On Thursday Genera
Manager John A. st. John, of the Rock Island
railroad company, added his testimony. He
presented detailed statement of the history
of the trouble on his road. and denied the ex.
istence OF blacklist so far as that road Is con.
cerned MI. ST. John refused to allow the
commission to publicly examine or make par
OF its records the contract between the Rocl
Island and Pullman companies: he answered
however. all questions nut concerning the con.
tract Witness said the COMPANY was OBLIGED
to use the Pullman cars, He said 522 employees
were engaged In the strike, the others going
out through Intimidation seventy-four had
been reinstated; all had been taken back ex-
cept those against whom there were charges
he SAID the exact cost OF the strike had not
yet been ascertained, but thought 1t would
reach $4,000 or ii 100000
He said that the purpose to put Into effect
schedules OF wages was one OF the most remote
objects OF the association.
In answer to question as to It's idea con-
corning the remedy toT strtkes, he said that II
seemed to him that the government control Of
railroads involved possibilities that might
prove dangerous to the government itself. Ar
bitration, 1t seemed to him, could not prove eff
fective In all cases, for, II applied to wages. 1t
would naturally be found very difacult to en-
force It's decisions; nor could 1t hardly prove
effective II 1t was obtect onable to the en-
ploye. To many minds. he said, the law Of
supply and demand must still govern.
Being asked why an association such as the
one he represented should refuse to treat with
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