Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23
Witnesses Deny in Toto Much
ofDamaging Evidence Intro
duced by Plaintiff
mayor ,NeLEpuE ON STAND
A. Well a. Many Of His Police Off
cers-Frank Haas Refutes Foreman
Browns Statements Concerning Lax
i.y Of puty-PlaintiH Rests Until
str.tton Can q. Secured.

in the Iowa Central injunction case
the morning session today was taken
up with the examination of witnesses
offered by the defense. The first man
called was Ed n. Austin, a Job printer,
who related that he sat on the lawn In
front Of the police headquarters with
the desk sergeant the night OF some al
legged trouble near the postoffice, and
had not seen any disturbance. He said
he believed the city police force was
a good one. and that there was less
trouble here than usual with strikes
of similar character. He believed the
police force probably insufficient. con-
-s!dering the number Of strikers. He
said he had no personal knowledge
OF men brought to Marshalltown Tues
day to take the places Of strikers ask
ling for police protection between the
ttrain and the shops.
Officer Hanson Testifies.
1OuceIudu SudIleS "a. I1duSou lCShi-
Isfied that the past six weeks he had
seen nothing on his beat In the wi
cinity Of the iowa Central shops to re-
,quire police interference. He related
the incident of May Is, when he had
seen an employe coming out OF a
saloon with pitcher OF beer and about
a dozen men got after him and took
away the pitcher The man was
knocked down and. as he fell, he threw
away long knife which he had been
carrying in a gunnysack under his
coat.
He said that he knew OF picket
ing at and near the bridge by the
shops and at the depot platform, and
that the boys stayed around In the
evening usually up to 10 o'clock. The
pickets, he said, were there almost
every day. from four to eight in num-
Der, until the last three or four weeks
He named Charles Winters, Kunkel
Greek and John Kennehan as the
names, as he understood them, OF GER
tain Of the pickets. He knew probably
| fifteen others by sight, he said. He
SAID lie llhu clSO SccU w. OdluOS VA a
benbauer among the pickets, pointing
him out as he sat In a chair back OF
the witness. Mr.. Hanson said he had
heard from Chief Of Police Nicholson
that the company did not want Its men
to leave the property. AS to the pick
cts, he did not know any more of their
being pickets than what they had told
him. Grabenbauer, he said, had beer
around the depot before the strike
He said he saw guards keeping men
from going in and out Of the shops
Witness said he was unawan>
Ipicketing was unlawful. and that IA.
instructions were only to Asperse
crowds of men who blocked the pub
| lie ways.
George Powell, bookkeeper for the
Consumers Fuel company, COS Soutt
Third avenue, said he had been fire.
quently to and fro by the Iowa Cen
trail property. his office being near by
and he had never seen any trouble. Fol-
the past two months, he said, one
would not know there had been any
strike, from appearances
Witnesses Deny Evidence for Plaintiff
Morris Cummings, 406 East Nevada
street, painter by trade, said he hat
served six nights as a special police
man at the shops. It had been quie
there, he said, save one night when
man working in the shops was killed
outside. He denied telling ]. Sundberl
that Sundberg could not get protection
and said he had been instructed by
Chief Nicholson to search Sundberl
for the revolver which he took from
him. He had heard Of no picketing
he said.e
Mr.. Grabenbauer, called to the stand
stated that he had never said to Gus
johnson that q certain employe Of
Iowa Central would get his bloc
knocked off, and said he never told
any one he was a picket. No union
he asserted, had ever assigned him as
la, picket, and he did not call himself
one, altho others did. He claimed III
tlhad never asked any Iowa Central mer
to quit work, or threatened them, and
never saw any trouble.
"Do YOU belong to Marshall lodge?
asked Mr.. Sewers, meaning Ledge No
299. International Association of Ma.
chinists.
Eyes, sir" was the reply.
care you a picket of Marshall lodge" -
"Well, I'll say yes He said hi
knew four or five pickets and hae
walked about with them, but never
used bad language nor harmed an,
one. He named Frank Ste)zer, Charlie:
Nicholas, Lou Schettler, and Charles
Winters as pickets. With the conclu.
sion of Grabenbauer's testimony the
hearing was adjourned for lunch, t.
continue this afternoon.
Browns Testimony Concluded.
H. Y. Brown, general car foreman
completed his testimony at the session
yesterday afternoon. He said he was
union man up to January last, but !:
behind in his dues. He still regards
himself as a union man, as foremen are
exempt from certain requirements ap-
piled to other men in strikes. He be-
lieved the situation never did require
any more protection than the city coult
afford, and judged the police and sher-
iffs Indifferent. Once, he said, he saw
Joe Kalinay. a striking carpenter
walk up to an inspector, shake MS MS
at him, saying he would knock his
block off, and daring him to come on
on the tracks and get beaten up. En-
ployes playing ball on the commons
back Of the shops had been, driven II
by stones thrown by strikers on sew
eral occasions. Brown said. He haf
heard much bad languasesin the pres
ence of passengers 1t the depot. ant
women passengers had frequently pro