The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-29


would not be willing to see them perish 1
also assumed that the state had just been
10 large expense to protect your property
You would not want to have the public
shoulder the burden of relieving distress in
your town. AS you refuse to do anything
to relieve the suffering in this case. 1 am
compelled to appeal to the humanity Of the
people OF Illinois to do so.''
REV. NJ. l.. WICKMAN SCORES THE
PULLMAN CAR COMPANY.
CHICAGO, Aug. 21-M. j. Carroll, editor
Of the Eight Hour Herald. was the first
witness called by the strike commission
today. Mr.. Carroll told of the efforts of
the Civic Federation, of which he is a men,
Der, to settle the Pullman strike. The
witness said that hard times were the
cause of the railroad as we'll other re-
cent strikes and thought that manufacture
ers in times of business depression should
give their employees the benefit of the prof
its reaped in good times. He said that he
believed compulsory arbitration applied to
quasi public industries would be beneficial
and read a letter from friend in New
Zealand showing the beneficial effects of
government ownership of railroads and
telegraph
Rev. Nj. L. Wickman. pastor of the
Swedish Methodist Church at Pullman,
was emphatic in his denunciation of the
methods of the Pullman company.
When business gets slack he said, 1.-THE
man are ordered to move into the COM
pany's houses on peril of losing their posi-
tons. Some of the men have attempted to
buy the houses on the installment plan, but
TINS Is discouraged, as such men are al
ways the first to be laid off when the force
is cut down. The men are unfairly treated
In various ways l know of one instance
When a man was injured in the shops, and
unfair means We're taken to prevent suit
Tor damages. The man was taken to the
hospital, and later l saw sworn state
ment, purporting to be signed by him, in
which he said the accident was entirely I'M
aVoldable. / know. that paper to have been
forgery, FOR on the date on which it was
made the man was unable to write and
couldn't have signed his name.
'One of the feat lures of the Pullman
ss.eLn ol mouse renting is the immortality
which 1t encourages Many of the workmen
compelled TO rent rooms to help out their mea-
gre income The houses are SO arranged that
the roomers must pass through the family sleep
ing apartments, and as result the morality
OF Pullman is much below that of surrounding
towns. ihefe is no way for the workingmen to
av0ld TINS as many of them are practically COM
PEELED to live in the companys houses
Malcolm Mcdowell. IA newspaper reporter. told
OF the overturning of Pullman. He said
outside men. mainly foreigners and that there
We're no railroad strikers in the disorderly
crowd Roy Baker Chicago reporter. was
called upon for an account of the riot Ham
mond. Mr.. Baker stated that he was in the
center OF the mob, and saw 20 A. r. U. men
of tougl1s and outside men -
John c. Donnelly. chief deputy United
States marshal, testified to the number
and quality of the men employed as depu-
ties.
LAS to the acts of violence, were they
committed by railroad men, so far as you
know?" he was asked.
mo, sir. All the violence and burning
of cars that l saw at the stock yards was
done by a lot of tough kids about IS
years old or little Older
Were there ever any reports of drunk
enness among the deputy marshals?"
The reports of drunkenness among the
deputies concerned those employed by the
railroad companies They wore the same
star our men did. The companies want
ed them to ride on trains, protect mail and
employees. The men selected by the rail-
road companies had instructions from
our Office
CHICAGO. Aug. 22.-Several of the wit
nesses examined by the strike commission
today gave testimony more favorable to the
Pullman Company than that which had
been previously heard. Frank w. Glover,
a real estate agent. said he considered the
Pullman houses at SIS and $40 a month
really cheaper than $12 month houses in
surrounding towns The Pullman houses
We're well equipped and beautifully located,
he said, and rents were not in his opinion
too high. In reply to query of Commits
sioner Wright, Mr.. Glover denied that he
was in any way connected with the Pull
man Company.
Paul e Herms, a newSdealer, who for
merly worked in the Pullman shops, said
he did not place much faith in the COM
plants of the men, Their trouble, he
thought, was largely due to a fondness for
beer.
Chairman Wright announced that the
commission has concluded it's inquiry into
the strike from the side of the employees,
and will now hear the statements of those
who wish to testify on the part of the en-
ployers. Mayor Hopkins. Chief of Police
Brennan, Fire Chief Sweenie and other
city officials have been summoned and
Gov. Altgeld will probably be called upon.
AXel Lundgren, an empioye of the Pull
man company for the last - years,
the first to take the witness chair in the
afternoon. He said in all his service for
the company he had had no complaint to
make to wages or treatment. He had
advised against the strike, although he
a member of the union and had gone
back to work when the opportunity Of
fered, surrendering his membership in the
union and signing a contract to keep out
of it.
I'VE drew large wages for the first seven
or eight years." he said, land did we'll.
We all made good wages.A year ago in
June l making 1926 a day. We used
to make as much as s4 on piece work, but
they cut down until no one make
more than $2.25, even if he works very
hard.
Fire Marshal John Fitzgerald appeared
next with record book and a copy of re-
ports which showed the following losses
in the incendiary fires during the strike
One hundred and siXty-six freight cars
eight switch towers, six freight depots, five
switch shanties, one hay barn.
Il attended pretty nearly all of these
fires myself he explained. THE only fires
we kindled were by boys the oldest
of them not more than 10 years of age. The
commission had expected to hear Chief of
Police Brennan during the afternoon SEES
sion, and was compelled to adjourn for
lack of witnesses when the chief failed
to appear. He sent word through his
private secretary that he would be before
the commission tomorrow morning to tell
what he knows as to the nature of the
rioting and the efforts made to prevent it,
M &SIAN Vn