Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-20
ONE DOLLAR A DAY.
Pay OF a Woman in PulIman's
Car Factory.
BIG REDUCTION IN THREE YEARS
Ihe same Woman Made S2.25 a Day I'm
.s9o-A Notice of Eviction That Did
Not Materiaiize - Heathcote TestjfieS
Further-A violent-Tempered Foreman
Another Railway Nan on the Stand
Appeal to Altgeld.


turther-A Violent-Tempered Foreman
Another Railway ,Ian on the Stand
Appeal to AltSeld.
CHICAGO. Aug. 20.-The presidents
commission TO inquire into the recent la
Dor troubles resumed its sitting in the
district court room on the third floor of
the federal building The room was we'll
filled with interested listeners. but there
was 10 crowd. The first witness called
was Ihomas W. Heathcote. chairman of
the Pullman strike committee. Chair
man Carroll D. Wright of the commits.
sion asked Mr.. Heathcote many oues-
tions. Mr.. Heathcote's answers
Were to the effect that the
fuiiman companys statement that the
company's books might be looked over bv
the employees was merely a statement BIZ
one OF the clerks When the emnloyes
went to Investigate the books they were
refused. He said that the Pullman branch
or the American Railway union was
formed during the last of March and the
month of April. Nearly all of the 4. coo
employees OF the company joined the
union. Each man paid 81 for the privileges
OF membership OF all the employees be-
rfnsl
company.
Female Striker Testifies.
Heathcote testified further that Fore
Hah 1rumoiey or the cabinet making de-
partment was OF violent temper, and a
snort time before the strike had violently
assaulted a worker in his department be-
cause he was waiting for work that some
one else WAS delaying
The next witness NM ~, rho s,,,,j ,,-.
Miss Mary a. Wood, 3l2 Stevenson street
Pullman.
Have you been an empioye OF the Pull
man compauy?' was asked.
Yes sir''
Are you one OF the strikersfu
YES, SIR
hlas W oou told the commission that
she had worked for the Pullman comnanv
from December, 1898. to May, 1884,. in the
electrical department Her father had
died some time ago in the conDanv,s en-
ploy. She had to support her mother on
the ;! day see received from the Phil
man company. She lived in one OF the
Pullman houses and paid S17 Il Il month.
She had worked for the company three
years ago, mt that time receiving from
sI-'o to SO day in the upholstery de-
partment.
NOTICE oil Eviction.
Miss Wood showed the commission a
notice OF eviction, dated May 8. she had
eesFsd -, IRON the company. Shetestified
Mai she had ,aid iier rent 10 Anil n, Tn.
company, by mistake, had credited the
rent 10 her sister. When she asked for a
rectlfication she was refused She had not
yet been eSicted
Frank F. Mcdonald of 51i Hastings
street, locomotive engineer and president
OK iocal union No. 3OG, A Il. L. recited
ehe history OF several grievances
several men had against several rail-
ROADS under his jurisdiction as president
of the local union" These grievances mad
given the members OF his union. he said.
Just cause to strike. When he came To
tell OF the late strike he said his union in
structed him to 60 to the convention and
vote Tor strike. At first he opposed the
sympathetic strike because the American
Railway union was not old enough and
strong enou-h to defeat the General Man
ayers association. But he did vote for
'ne strike because ne was positively in
structed 70 do so.
Advised Against Violence.
Mr. Macdonald said he had at all times
toid his men TO avoid violence, to keep
away from the railway trucks. and In
carry themselves like gentlemen. He had
taken it upon himself to threaten to fine
any member OF his union who should Get
drunk during the existence of the strike.
The witness himself had not set foot in
the yards or offices since he left the en-
ploy of the Great Western railroad
Asked what lie knew about the stoppare
of mail trains the witness said that the
Chicago and Great Western mil train
NO. on June 2s last was killed" by the
management of that road and its crew
was used to take out an excursion train
10 st. Claire. This mail train was OBJ
structed by the railway managers and not
by the strikers or the members of the
American Railway union.