Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23

to him In threatening way In the dark
one night on Third avenue, but did
not strike him, he said, and he had
seen man struck In the back Of the
head with stone on the Iowa Central
tracks and knocked down. He asserted
that q crowd OF men who had quit the
company were driven out of town and
not allowed to cash their checks. One
Of them afterwards wrote to the COM
pany for his suit case, Brown said.
Brown said Charles Tyner, manager
of the company eating house. was
chased into the shops on two occasions
by stones thrown. Brown said Chief
Nicholson once stopped man from
using threatening language toward
Brown.
Defense Begins Evidence.
Henry Weber, OF 602 South Center
street, was the first witness called by the
defense, the testimony of Brown con-
GLIDING the testimony Of the plaintiff
company until j. j. Stratton can be put
on the stand. Mr.. Weber testified that
conditions around the shops were al
ways peaceful, as he had observed, no
bad language was used, and the po-
lice were sufficient to take care OF the
situation.
Haas Refutes Browns Statements.
r. M. Haas, city police officer sta
toned In the depot district. said he
never saw fighting or trouble. He said
that the time he stepped into a barber
shop when there was alleged trouble
near by he had been called In, came
out Immediately. and then walked
down toward the alleged disturbance.
and the men had walked away along
the railroad. Haas claimed he had used
no bad language, and that his only
orders about getting men out of town
were as to tramps and men who would
not work. He said there was no dispo-
sition on the part of the police to avoid
preventing trouble. and the police We're
capable of coping with the situation.
He heard strikers were doing picket
duty, but did not know 1t to be fact
and did not seek to learn about 1t. He
admitted that he did not know picket
| ing to be unlawful. He had heard prob
ably two or three dozen times that
picketing was being DONE.
Mayor on the Stand.
/ Mayor Ingiedue took the stand and
| sa'i he guessed he knew all the men
on strike. some of them from twenty
Ave to twenty years, and they were
some Of our best citizens. There was
no trouble to warrant special officers
at the shops at first. One information
had been filed before him by Chief
Nicholson. as a result OF a disturb
anoe there, he said, but none by any
| body for the company. The ayor said
man, whom he believed way the chief
detective Of the Minneapolis & st.
/ Louis road, came Ito him with eight or
ten men early in the strike. and wanted
him to swear them in as police for the
company, which he refused to do, but
he said he told the railroad people ahe
was ready to swear in every man in
Marshalltown. If necessary, to protect
| the Iowa Central interests &
The special police furnished to the
company later were secured by Chief
Nicholson and sworn in by the mayor.
he said, the company paying $3.50 as
against 50 paid by the city for like
service, the officials saying they
wanted good men. lie said five days
after Frank Hay had been given 500
]lf1ne or thirty days. and had goneasto
| jail, he was released on a 5000 appeal
bond, signed by Hays brother law,
and the mayor required him to leAve
town with his family until the mayor
gave him permission to return, and
Hay is still away. AS to w. D. Toler,
who shot man. the mayor said he
asked Toler If anybody had assaulted
him, and Toler said not, and no infor-
nations We're ever made against any
one for implication in the tragedy. The
mayor asserted that the company was
mot being interfered with in any de-
is business, and the city was
# giving the fullest protection
I a,,u~ void do so. He said Hay had
been banished for the sole benefit OF
the Iowa Central road. and that spec
ial police had been put on to "appease
| the appetite" Of the railroad and the
city had spent $1,000 for extra police
] that was useless and unwarranted
1 expenditure The Iowa Central was
constantly finding fault, the mayor
said about conditions, and conn planning
of lack Of protection. He said condi-
/ tions were quiet and peaceful in Mar
j shalltoWn. s
Officer LACE Testifiss.
/ Policeman William Lage, of the city
force, assigned to the shop district,
testified that he had not seen any
trouble and no complaints had ever
come to him from people alleged to
4 have been hurt nor from the Iowa
i central people. He was once called to
alleged trouble, and when he arrived
4 there was no one on the scene and
he could learn nothing Of the alleged
i Throwing of stones at anybody, as
claimed in the report he had heard.
4 b DO you know there is a strike On 2
4 asked Mr.. Sewers.
4 How should know there's a strike
Tor? 2" retorted Lage.
1 The officer said he had heard the
property was picketed.
Other Evidence Of Defense.
City Electrician L. Schneider testified
that there had been no disorders as far
las he knew, and that the pnlicA were
linen who always tried to do U YtX
.