The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-12-14


pose that he had sent to headQuar-
tiers all newspaper clippings that he
ran across, dealing with matters of
interest to iron workers.
Letters about the Heyl & Paterson
company, whose work at Superior was
dynamited by McManigal, Aug. /,
1910, were explained by Mooney,
when examined by his counsel, M. C.
Tiff: as applying to the local OPP
ton" should be tried instead Of the
usual policy of the international of
not allowing union men to work for
company unless it unionized its
work everywhere.
Meant local Option"
Miller superintendent for Heyl &
Paterson) has been offering some
more Of his gilt-edged propositions.
The men are getting uneasy and want
to go to work." he explained as re-
ferring also to the desire to have 40
cal option put into force in the Du-
.luth jurisdiction.
One OF his letters referred to Heyl
Patterson going to work on a coal
dock, and said: do not think they
will be successful, as a great many
difficulties must be overcome before
they can do any good" The difficult
ties, he explained, were that the coal
company owning the dock desired
Heyl & Patterson to employ union
men only; that the switchmen were
refusing to spot" cars for the COM
pany (place them in position )and
that the hotel keepers had agreed to
refuse to permit the non-uniOn men
to board at their places.
Tells What Sentence Meant.
In one letter there was a sentence
which had been read at the trial:
"Slamly is better than our present
candidate" Mooney said that this SEN
tence is, slavery is better than our
present condition.
The Duluth man then explained the
letter in which he told Of dynamiters
having been to Superior, and enclosed
clippings to Mcnamara.
On cross-examination, United States
Attorney Miller asked Mooney:
when did you first hear that dy-
Mantle and nitroglycerin had been
transported unlawfully?"
Immediately after the arrest Of
Mcnamara" said Mooney. II read it
in the papers the next day.
"You had heard of many of these
explosions in addition to the one at
Superior
Some. Not many"
"Of how many had you heard?"
II might have heard of two or
three
Can you name any of them?"
Did Not Remember
No, I can not. I read there had
been some, but I do not remember
where"
did you assist in raising a defense
fund for j. J. Mcnamara?
II did not pay an assessment for
the Mcnamara defense fund"
did you refuse to pay any assess
ment that was made?"
There was no assessment made
by our local for the defense fund.-"
Cant you answer the question
asked you? Did you refuse to pay
any assessment"
Did Not Refuse.
II did not refuse to pay any as
sessment."
WAS not an assessment levied on
every member of your association for
the defense fund.-"
II do not know
you do know that every man was
assessed"
II do not
Did you pay an assessment"
Yes
"How much?'
Five dollars"
Did not your local make a contri-
button to the defense fund.-
II think it did,"
"You were financial secretary. You
know it did, don't your
II am not positive
Mr.. Miller then asked Mooney if he
did not know that the firm of Heyl &
Paterson, at the time he wrote the
letters, was offering employment to
union men, was Offering them union
hours, and was Offering a higher rate
of pay than the union wage scale.
Mooney said he did not. Asked if
the firm of Heyl & Patterson was
not operating it's work at Duluth,
Superior and vicinity on that basis,
Mooney said the firm was not. Asked
whether that firm had not been en-
deavoring to get union men to work
for it, he replied in the affirma tive,
and explained that the international
would not let the men work.