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PuIImau Labor contest.

czrc,oo, Aug. 1s.-Thomas w. Heathcots,
chairman Of the Pullman strike committee, re-
canned his testimony at this mornings sitting
a. tho National Labor Commission. lie told Of
,bs peremptory discharge of three members Of
an. strike committee. To f~orty-six members
no,bIne was done. IL cost the Pullman en-
p,ovccs, Mr.. Heathcote said, $4,000 10 join the
Ar. L. Each Of the 1000 employees paid 81
zach for a membership card.
Miss May Wood. an ex-employee Of the Pull
man Company. testified as TO the cut In wages
among the girls. Miss Wood received 81 a day,
and paid sl7.71 a month for rent. Although
she had paid her rent, she declared, she received
n notice Of eviction.
F.P. Mcdonald. a locomotive engineer, for
merly In the employ Of the Chicago and Great
Western Railway, said he had been discharged
because Of his connection with the strike. He
ssid IL was the policy OF the Chicago and Great
Western, rs well as other roads, to dismiss from
their service all men who served on committees
esking an. adjustment Of their grievances. He
bad often been compelled, he said, TO WORK sixty
1t a time. He mentioned the case of thirteen
men who were blacklisted, but afterward rein
stated.
several roads. Mr.. Mcdonald testified as 70 the
methods Of employment and discharge of men
rTualee.. but believed that Il there never had been a
strike by railroad men they would not be get
ting more than half as much wages as they are
now receiving. Strikes. he said. we're not gen.
orally won, but they entailed a heavy loss on the
railroads, and this insured certain concessions
from the roads in order that a repetition Of
these losses might be avoided. He said many
railroad employees hesitated to testify before
the Commission because they feared being black
Hated by the General Managers Association.
He himself had been unable to find work on any
railroad on account Of being blacklisted.
Arthur n. Wilson, an ex-employee OF the
Pullman Company, testified as to the cut in
wages at Pullman. Miss Meta J. West, who was
employed In the upholstery department at Pull
man. corroborated the testimony Of Mr., Wilson
and others regarding the cut in wages II. w.
Pearson, a real estate dealer, testified that the
houses In Pullman were inferior to accommodate
tions TO those In the surrounding towns. When
he was a tenant he noticed that his house was
often full Of sewer gas from n valve In the base
ment. The water also. he said, was bad. As
good houses as rented in Pullman for ST. could
b got in adjoining towns for $40 n month.
Miss Jane Adams. n leader in local charities
and n student Of economic questions, took the
stand next. Miss Adams narrated her efforts in
connection with others TO bring about an adjust
ment OF the Pullman strike. c. Il. st. Clair said
be had been unable to get work on account OF
the antipathy Of the Chicago, Milwaukee and ct.
Paul road, which assumed that he had intimi-
dated men, He was, he alleged. another victim
Of the blacklist. At the conclusion of Mr.. st.
Glars testimony the Commission adjourned I'M
I'll Monday.