The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-06-21
several letters from dealers in grain,
protesting against the passage OF the
bill. AT 4:55 the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON NOTES,
SUGAR TRUST INVESTIGATION.

SUGAR TRUST INVESTIGATION
WHsHINGroN June l9.-George w
Silsby. the bucket shop broker
tn ough whom George w. Ransom
son of Senator Ransom, and captain
Barnes, an attache of the senator
committee room, made their dealings
in sugar stock, was the first witness
before the sugar trust investigating
committee. He was asked how his
order clip containing Ransom's name
came to be made public. Mr.. Silsby
said that an answer would probably
involve reference to criminal pro
ceeding and that he must decline TO
reply until he could consult his attor'
ney.
He is excused temporarily. The in
ference is that the slip was stolen
from his office and Mr.. Silsby hesitat-
ed because of the charge that answer
would imply. He said that Senator
Ransom had not speculated through
his office.
John w. Mccartney of the firm of
| Corson d. Mccartney, Washington
| correspondents of the New York
brokerage firm Of Moore & Schley,
was before the committe, but declined
to give the committee any informa-
tion as to private order for sugar
| stock, or to say whether senators had
been customers. He stated, however,
that in making this reply he did not
desire to be understood as conveying
| the inference that senators had been
dealing through his house in sugar
stock.
ARMOR PLATE FRAUDS.
Intormer sill today resumed his
general narrative to the congressional
investigating committee OF the armor
plates frauds at the Carnegie works[
For three days he has been engaged
| with Chairman Cummings OF the coin
mittee in identifying specific falsitica-
| tiOns ofreports made by Superintend-
enc Kline. This Identification is now
complete and in the aggregate repre-
sents startling array of detailed lr-
regularities.
SilIidentified Superintendent Klines
hand writing on the various talsitied
reports and gave the names OF w. H.
Corris G. H. Craig and others who
could further identify the writing
Sill was then examined on the explain
atory letter written by General Super
intendent Schwab of the Carnegie
works. The letters stated the inform
ers had shown minor irregularities In
the worst poss;b BILE light. Sill answered
to this that the reports he had identi-
fed showed for themselves. The
Schwab letter further al
legged that a few dlscon'
tented workmen had conspired to
injure the company. Sill denied that
there was a conspiracy. He said that
the men were discontented with Sup
erintendent Cline. Sill further retut'
ed Schwab's statement that the in
formers were men who had come dur>
ing the big strike at the Carnegie
works in hopes OF getting enormous
wages. Sill said he was employed in
the Carnegie works before the strike
and was one of those who did not go
out. OF the many men who had given
information to the government only
three of them had entered the employ
of the company during the strike and
only two of them were members OF the
AmaIgamated association.
Mr.. Schwab's letter claimed that
the men had purposely made false
statements and reports in order to in
volve the company in the trouble.
Sill denied this and said reports had
invariably been accurate and had
been manipulated and falsified by
Superintendent Kline as shown by
the identified reports. Witness said
that when Kline heated the coming
tower shield Of the New York, he sent
him (Sill) to stand guard near the
headquarters of the govern.
ment officers and gave a
signal if they put in an
appearance. This was done in order
TO let Superintendent Kline carry on
an irregular treatment of the plate.
Other instances of watching the gov
ernment officers were Feeetyed by
Sill. ~ I'M
A letter from Mr.. Frick semitic the
navy department some tinaR ago re-
ferred to the alleged irregularities as
blackmailing scheme ofic0nspiring
workmen Sill denied all proposals
of blackmail. He said he had called
on Mr.. Hunnsicker, one OF Mr.. F'rick's
associates, and told yhim~(that allega.
tions of conspiracy ana blackmail
were unjust, and, that the company
ought to makeIa statement acquitting
else the men would issue such state
me6t. SW denied having suggested
to HuppsickeF that the matter could
fbe fixed UP and that the men had not
told hAH theylknew. Hunnslcker ad-
vised thattLe matter be dropped. He
also referred Sill to Frick, who was
Sick apd could not be seen. The ex-
ranNhaton ofiSill went over until 10I
.9ict0gk tomorrow. Chairman Cum
min Shas summoned the specific ir-
'regBfarNie in the report as pointed |
outby eill during the laborious days |
examination Mr.. Cummings says !
tina ABOUT 200 sheets were examined |
and out of this only, 20 were found |
free from alteration.
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