The record-union., 1894-08-17
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-The first witness
called before the Government Strike
Commission to-day was w. II. Lovejoy,
a Rock Island Railroad employe, from
Lasalle, LII. Lovejoy declared the men
at Lasalle went out at that point because
he was unjustly discharged.
Secretary Keliher of the A. r. U. sue
ceeded Lovejoy on the stand. He en-
tered into a detailed statement of the
! troubles leading up to the strike, and was
questioned closely regarding the conven-
tion at which the boycott was declared.
Secretary Keliher was asked for his
views as to the best method of prevent
ing strikes. He said he believed Govern
ment ownership would solve the prob
lem.
Next to that" he continued, 81 think
compulsory arbitration would answer"
How would you force the railroads to
abide by the arbitrator decision?" asked
Commissioner Wright.
by law" promptly replied the wit
ness. "Let the law be such that in case
OF trouble with its employees the railroad
will be compelled to submit the matter to
arbitration. Then let it be understood
that ii the railroad will not accept the
terms upon which the arbitrators decide,
the company be compelled TO go out OF
the business. In other words, the rail
roads should be compelled to abide by
the decision, and as to the employees, if
they are not suited by the decision, let
them leave the employ of the company
b. Is. Ray of Rock Island was next
called. lie stated that the strike at Rock
Island was caused partially by the Pull
man strike, and partially because of the
treatment they had received at the hands
of the Rock Island Company. 81 had
gone West to visit my relatives" he
said, and when l returned l was told by
the Rock Island officials that l had been
discharged. | asked for a reason, and
was told that it was because was MEM
ber of the American Railway Union.
General Superintendent Dunlap said |
would be blacklisted and never given
work on his or any other road. | was
not member Of the American Railway
Union at the time of my discharge, but
have since joined that union"
Ray agreed with Keliher that Govern
ment ownership of railroads would pre-
vent strikes. Ray favored law, he said,
compelling railroads to give discharged
employees document setting forth the
reasons for their discharge.
at the conclusion of his examination
recess was taken.
Chairman Heathcote of the Pullman
Strike Committee was on the witness
stand during the afternoon session. He
showed a table of the Pullman Com
pany's wages, and claimed that wages
have been cut go per cent in the last two
years. Mr.. Heathcote also exhibited
what he claims was blacklist issued by
the Pullman officials, requesting other
companies to refuse to employ the men
whose names appeared thereon.
There is no doubt that George M. Pull
man, Vice President Wickes, General
Managers Egan and st. John and other
corporation officials will be called.
Whether they will testify or not is an
other matter.
U. P. EMPLOYEES DISCHARGED.
OMAHA. Aug. 16.-Over 1000 men have
been formally discharged from the Union
| Pacific as the result OF the great strike
and others are being replaced each day.
| Twenty engineers and firemen are in
cluded in the list. Some of the engineers
and firemen, particularly on the west
end, were with the company for twenty
years and upward. In most cases the
men do not blame the company for the
action taken, saying that they were mis-
led by the American Railway Union,
and that they made mistake in going
out at all. notwithstanding, however,
the feeling that ran riot along the Wyo-
gines were disabled.
In some cases the places of the strikers
have been filled with new men, but so
stagnant is business that some Of the
places will remain untitled until busi-
ness warrants an increase in the payroll.
Every man who went out on q strike is
known at headquarters, and the blacklist
book has grown greatly since the reports
have commenced TO come in from Dl-
vision Superintendents as to the number
of men discharged and the causes leading
up to their retirement from the service.
Some little trouble is anticipated by the
management Of the Union Pacific when
it comes TO dispacing the old employees
| from the cOmpany'S houses along the
line to make way for new men who have
families, but the company is determined
to give their new employees the privileges
enjoyed by the strikers.
TROOPS NO LONGER NECESSARY.
OMAHA, Aug. 16.-General Brooke Of
| the Department of the Platte to-day
made his report to the War Department
of the withdrawal Of all troops from the
! Union Pacific system, and the total sus-
pension of Federal interference through
out the West. The Union Pacific re-
ceivers expect some trouble when the
discharged employees families are
evicted from company property, but
troops were thought necessary no longer.
END OF THE BIG COAL STRIKE.
! SPRING VALLEY Qll.), Aug. 16.-F'if-
teen hundred miners of this city held a
meeting to-day to listen to proposition
from General Manager DalZell of the
Spring Valley Coal Company. Mr.. Dali
zell said he would not victimiZe any man
for any connection he may have had in
augurated in the strike, and that rents
and coal would be reduced in proportion
to the reduction the miners suffered un-
! der the Columbus scale, The proposition
was accepted, and this ends the big strike
| that has kept the miners in idleness for
nearly four months.
BUTCHERS STRIKE DECLARED OFF.
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-The butchers strike
! at the stock yards has been declared on
ON the terms proposed by the packers.
Death Caused by a Rattlesnake Bite.
! BIRMINGHAM (Ala.), Aug. 16.-Al. Re-
gent, prominent young merchant OF
Blocton. while out hunting shot bird.
and when about to pick it up from the
| grass was bitten ON the arm by rattle
snake. He hurried home, but died few
hours later, after suffering great agony.
His body swelled to almost twice It's nor
NAL size before death.
Young Girl Murdered.
CONCORD On. H.), Aug. 15.-A team be-
longing to a livery-stable keeper at Hem
mixer came into the sIable yard to-day
with the body of Nettie Douglass. aged
Us. sitting in the buggy dead. Arthur
Mclean, aged IL, who bad Deen riding
with the girl, shot her.