The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-22
WERE OBLIGED TO STRIKE
THAT WAS THE ONLY LYALTERNATIVE
 FOR PULLMAN EXPLOITS.

The Swedish Minister at Pullman Tells
 How the Company Treated It's Hell -
 Reporters Testify that Some of the kiot- ing Work was by Railroad Men.
 Chicago, Aug. M.-At hearing to-day of the national strike commission the first witness put upon the stand was Michael J. Corroll, editor of the Eight Hour Herald.
 MT. Carroll believes government own ership of railroads the true solution to te labor problem. He cited the situation in Australia where the government owns the telegraph lines. as proof that lis ideas were practicable.
 Malcolm Mcdowell. reporter for a rlYrning paper, testified next. He had seen cars overturned and other overt acts, but could not say whether the work had been done by members Of the AR. U. or not. He did not believe that many railroad men were engaged In these acts
 Thomas W. Heathcote, chairman Of the Pullman strike committee, was re- called. He declared the Pullman em- ployes had no other alternative but to strike.
 Rev. M. H. Wickham, the Swedish minister at Pullman. told of the re- duction of parishioners' wages. He said the Swedish laborers at Pullman were made to pay more rent at Pullman than at Roseland or other places in the neighborhood.
 Why, then," asked Chairman Wright, "do the men not live in Rose land or vicinity?"
 They are commanded to live in Pull man on pain of dismissal Even where men own homes outside of Pullman, if work become slack, these men are the first laid off,"
 MT. Wickman told of the case of an employe who was injured in the Pull man shops and obliged to stay at the hospital for nine weeks. During this time the company charged him rent for his house in Pullman, refused to pay him any damages and cut down his wages when he returned from the hospital, because injury prevented his doing as much work as formerly.
 Ray Baker, a reporter, related the trouble at Hammond, Kansington and Grand Crossing. -~.---.
 H. I. Cleveland, a reporter for a morning paper gave his experience during the strike. He had seen rioting in several places, but thought those en- gagged in overt acts were roughs and rowdies. and that few or none of them were railroad men. MT, Cleveland joined with the two reporters who pre- ceded him in scoring the United States deputy marshals. { Herman B. Dutton gave his observa- tions as reporter for two morning pa pers at different times during the strike. He had seen but few railroad men en- gagged in rioting. ''.'..-'
 H. F. Miller, reporter, denied the statement of Tive President Howard of tn A. R. U., that the witness drew the first pistol during the riot at Blue Is- land. He declared that score of re- volvers were drawn at the same time. He told of an attempted assassination
  the trouble at the stock yards Witness said he observed many instances of violence, and often saw men throw switches and turn over care. He had no knowledge that any of te men who par ticipated in these acts were railroad Elen, but he though certain per cent age of them were, from their knowledge of railroad business.
 Thomas Harding, a reporter, testified to seeing railroad employees try to ston rioting without success. He thought in a few cases railroad strikers were to blame. Other reporters gave similar testimony. Chief Deputy Marshal Don- nelly testified that he did not recognize any strikers among the men whom he saw commit violence.
 The commission adjourned until to- morrow.