New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-11
Senate Investigators Will Go
Into Relations of Labor
and Capital.
THREAT AGAINST MULHALL
May Have a Guard Appointed to
Protect Him-Will Go on Stand
To playhouse Committee
Refused Documents.
From The Tribune Bureau. ]

| Washington, July 10-To make an in
vestigation of all the wars between capt.
| tai and labor in the last ten years and all
! the efforts of both TO secure profitable
| legislation was the decision OF the Senate
! Lobby Committee in executive session to-
night
Samuel Gompers. president Of the Amer
| lean Federation OF Labor, will appear be
fore the committee on July o, and sub
pona was issued tonight for John
Mitchell. vlce-president OF the Federation
and former head OF the United Mine
Workers. At the same time the commit
tee subpGnaed George Pope, president,
| and J. p. Bird, general manager of the
| National Association of Manufacturers.
Many other men prominently connected
with labor and capital movements will be
called as witnesses later.
| The investigation is TO be sweeping and
| 1t is said, may even take up the McNa-
mara dynsmiting cases and delve into the
! inside history Of the great strikes OF re-
cent years
Chairman Overman heard r report to-
| night that Mulhall had been told to get
| out OF Washington. Mulhall did not know
who made the threat. Mr.. Overman said
| steps would be taken to protect Mulhall
| IL necessary by delegating a deputy ser
geant-at-arms TO guard him.
Lobby hunting took the Senate commit
tee back to the framing of the DinGley
tariff bill to-day The committee scrut-
nized letters that passed between William
| Whitman. the Boston wool manufactures,
and members of Congress and S. n. ID.
| North, then secretary OF the National
| Association of Wool Manufacturers, who
was at the Capitol reporting the progress
Of tariff legislation,
The correspondence, most OF which has
| been made public, showed that Mr..
Whitman was apparently always success
| full in securing information OF impending
| changes in the bill.
Thomas o. Marvin, secretary Of the
Home Market Club Massachusetts
corporation organized by manufacturers
in the New England States TO promote
| the cause Of protection, said that the
| club included in its membership men af-
fliated with each of the three leading
J political parties. He cited, as an example
| Governor Foss of Massachusetts,.
Mr. Marvin testified that the club had
mailed thousands of pamphlets advocat-
| ing the protective tariff 10 college profess
sors and students.
you wanted 20 convert the professors
| to teach false doctrines 10 the students!
suggested Senator Overman.
In some cases It wasn't necessary TO
convert the professors" added Senator
! Cummins. zone OF them has since had
much TO do with the application of the
free trade principle
The committee expects 20 finish with It's
investigation OF wool and sugar activities
tomorrow. and Martin Nj. Mulhall, for
mer lobbyist for the National Associa-
! ton of Manufacturers, Will take the
stand tomorrow afternoon. Thousands
of letters involving many men who were
once prominent in Congress, as well az
some still in public life, have been fur
nished the committee. and his examina-
ton may take several days.
The committee decided tonight to grant
request from the association TO be rep
resented by counsel. II decided also not
to turn over the Mulhall papers to the
! House special investigating committee
until II has finished with them, although
Chairman Garrett asked for them to-day.
The House investigators held their first
meeting to-day. They will convene again
| tomorrow. and il is probable that the
taking OF testimony will begin on Mon
! day.