The morning call., 1894-08-18
ON THE BLACKLIST
No Strikers to Be Given
Employment.
BOYCOTT BY THE ROADS.
Director Howard Rises to Make
Protest.
PROBLEM FOR THE COMMISSION.
Is the Law for the Laborer to Be Law
Also for the En-
ployer?

CHICAGO. Aug. 1.-THE Strike Commits
sioners' investigation TO-DAY developed an
enthusiastic disciple of Bellamy, Enroy NJ.
Goodwin, director of the A. r. U. Good
win declared that strikes could be avoided
by Matchmaking railroads and all other
extensive corporations and industries.
Professor E. a. Bemis, associate profess
sor Of political economy in the Chicago
University. advocated as a preventive a
national and permanent board of arbitra-
ton.
r. f. Mills, an engineer of Garrett, Ind,
testified that he was discharged in July,
and was told that he was MOTTO be en-
plOyed again. Since then he had sent a
letter 10 w. G. Brnson, president of the
Illinois Steel Company. asking for en-
ployment. In a few days Mr. Crimson
replied that if the application had been
received a week before he would have
been glad to employ Mills. but that now
he had been informed of Mills prominence
in the A. r.. u. and therefore could not
employ him.
j. Is. Connors, a switchman, who had
worked on the Grand Trunk road, testified
that he had made application for work to
the Union Stockyards Transit Company
and was refused. The official to whom he
applied told him that no man that had
ever served on labor committees would be
given work.
Charles Naylor, fireman and engineer.
and member of the A. K. u, came next.
He was dismissed June % from the Penn
sylvania lines. and knew that he was
blackllsted because general supeTinten-
dent had told friend of the witness that
he could not get work. Mr.. Naylor said
the wOrkiugmen would have no confidence
in a permanent board of arbitrator
whether elected or appointed. He thought
new board should be appointed for each
case.
These officials get too far away from
the people," said Mr.. Naylor.
Vice-President Howard of the A. r. u.
was recalled. Mr.. Howard desired to call
the commissions attention TO two facts
hat the United States Government is no "
blacklisting or boycottng 5000 employees
of the Union Pacific for their connection
with the A. r. u, and that the railroads
Of the country were threatening to boy
colt the Missouri, Kansas and Texas road
unless it Withdrew Its present low rate to
Washington. He thought that if the Gov
eminent could keep its hands off the rail-
roads and let them settle their difficulties
by boycOtts or any way they pleased, il
should keep its hands off the employees as
we'll
The audience to-day was larger than at
any previous session. 1t is probable that
the question of extent of the jurisdiction
of the commission will come up before the
end of the investigation.
In the afternoon the principal witness
was w. IL. Garwardine. pastor Ot the
Methodist church at Pullman. His evil
dence consisted chiefly of history of the
strike. which, he declared, would never
nave occurred had the Pullman company
reduced rents when it reduced wages. The
witness became indignant when asked il
he was an anarchist, and denied it with
emphasis.
There will be no afternoon session OF
the committee Tomorrow. The morning
witness will be Eugene '. Debs.
TOPEKA, Kans., Aug. 7.-There Is 9
uniform movement by the strikers along
the Atehison. Topeka and Santa Fe fol
their old places, but thus far they have
met with no success. General Manage
Frey remains firm in his original position
not to take any of them back. In the gen
eral offices IL Is not believed that he will
change