Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-17

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May Call stratton in Contempt.
j. j. Stratton. business agent Of the
machlnists' union. was called but did
not appear Attorney Sewers read the
subpoena which appeared to have been
served on Stratton today by S. j.
Beerdslee, who made affidavit therein
that he had rendered $3.50 witness fees
to Stratton. Mr.. Sewers asked for a
bench warrant for the witness and
that he be declared in contempt OF
court. Commissioner Gleason promised
to take up this feature OF the case dur
ing the noon recess.
The case continued this afternoon
and may last into tomorrow.
Wednesday Afternoons Evidence.
Yesterday afternoon the frst witness
was John Sundberg, who concluded his
testimony which had begun before the
noon recess. He claimed he had been
insulted on South Center street by q
crowd Of strikers, including John
Coughlin, Frank Conklin, ]. NJ. Win
tiers, Frank Hay, a man named Greek,
Charles Winters and Frank Stalzer.
Coughlin called him scab as he
passed he said, and then struck him
! in the face with his open hand. Conklin
then struck him in the back Of his
neck knocking his hat of He did not
know what hts assailant hit him with.
He said he was told to leave the shops
or they would fix him" About July
z Bob Jones and Nick Martin accosted
him on the street, as he was going to
go to work, and when he told them he
was going to work Martin said he had
better board and sleep on the company
property for il he went outside they
would kill him. Sundberg said he con-
tinued taking his meals at the shops
until the company stopped furnishing
them free The strikers, he said, he
had frequently seen at distance from
the entrance to the works, shaking
their fists at him and other employees
as they passed in and out.
Attorney Northup. who represents
the strikers, tried to bring out that
the reason the strikers were sore at
the witness was because he had ac-
cepted $14 strike benefits and gone
back to work the next day. Witness
said this was not SO and that he did
not go to work until four weeks after
he received the money.
II was out seven weeks but got only
two weeks benefits said Sundberg II
have been given so many warnings
since l returned to work that have
been scared. Ever since the men saw
me talking with Mr. Feeley, who was
the master mechanic at the time, about
returning to work the warnings have
been plentiful, and since that time
have been more fearful Of trouble than
at any other time Mike Wallish saw
me In this conversation and said to
me that any man who sucks the COM
pany for a job Is worse than any scab
down there I.expect to keep working.
but not feeling safe. Four or five days
ago / was called a scab on Center
street I made no complaint Of what
Martin said. For time carried
revolver"
Were you looking for trouble?"
asked Northup.
IT certainly was" was the answer. Il
carried the gun three or four days
when asked Special Policeman Cum
mings IL could get protection. He
told me couldn't get any. He started
TO search me and asked IL had a gun.
1 said yes. and gave it to him. MY
wife had bought it at a store up
town"
Mr.. Northup tried to make the wit
ness admit that the gun had been fur
nished by the railroad company but
could not
IT asked Cummings II my life was
in danger" said Sundberg, "and he
said It certainly was, but that would
have to get permit from the mayor
to carry gun. didn't apply. how
ever, to the mayor. Cummings, when
I asked him IL had protection from
the police, said had not. It was be-
tween the 7th and 18th Of July that
I had the gun. 1 was searched twice,
once afterward, when an order against
men carrying arms had been issued by
the mayor. right after the murder on
Third avenue" Witness said his pay
before the strike was $11O per month,
and since, irregular, but about 81 cents
per hour.
Barrett's Testimony.
Herbert B. Barrett, a young English
machinist who came from Kansas
City, Aug. 20, said that on Monday
night, Aug. "a, man accosted him
near the shops and told him not to let
the man catch him up In the business
district. Barrett testified that at first
he boarded on the ground. "A few
days later" he said, my wife came
with our little baby, about month
old, and I got a place for her to board
where there were union men. don't
know where they worked I felt 1t
would be wise to stay away from the
house on that account. Later we got
a room together on Second street. near
the railroad. We went there Saturday
night and sund1 morning when we
were going to BREAKFAST the lady said
we'd have to clear out. She said that
the night before some men had come
to the house, two standing at the door
and nine on the corner, who threatened
to come in and pull me out. She said
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