Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-07-16
' IG||:jO|!!|M| I||I|: IS CALLED.
CONGRESS TO PROBE ALL WARS
BETWEEN cAPlTAL.3AN D
Il 5;t LABOR. .azs
BIGGEST QUIZ ON RECORD
Secrets OF Great Strikes That Have
ParaIyxed Nations Industries to
BE Unfolded lin Lobby inquiry
A Gunner Threaten Mulhali.

3.5 Washington, July 12.-All the
e..wars'' that have been fought be-
tween labor and capital; all the eff
forts that both have made to obtain
Legislation, which would profit them,
and the tangled skein woven about
their relations in the last decade are
TO be, investigated by congress.
The senate lobby committee IN
executive session Thursday night de.
:scided that the war" must be In
CURED into. Samuel Gompers, pres.
$ident OF the American Federation OF
Labor, will appear before the commit,
tee on July Is and q subpoena was is. L.
suer for John Mitchell, vice president
OF. the federation and former head OF
the United Mine Workers. At the
\ some time the committee subpoenaed
George Pope and ]. p. Bird, general
manager OF the National Association
& OF Manufacturers. 4 q & n ].
AS the tale Is unfolded other men
prominent In either la Dor organiza
tons or ssociations Of manufacture
Il ers OF individual employers OF labor
who are brought to notice will be
asked to appear. The committee de
cided Ito look into this subject, believ
\ Ing that It may develop startling In
sBformation and knowing it will extend
their inquiry many weeks: Z3.
One senator said that the quest
might reach back into some Of the
dark corners OF the McNamara dyna
hitting case and might bring into the
light the inside story Of many Of the
great strikes that have paralyzed In
dustries and thrown thousands out Of
work In the last few years He in
stimated that 1t might develop by fal
the most marvellous Of all the strange
tales that the committee has heard
In the past six weeks. :s5
CONFIDENT with the decision for q
sweeping inquiry Chairman Overman
sof the lobby investigating committee
heard q report that Martin M. Null.
hall, chief lobbyist for the National
Association at Manufacturers, 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 II
necessary by delegating deputy
sergeant-at-arms to guard him. Col.
&onel Mulhall, for ten years the field
agent, lobbyist and strike breaker
whose undertakings have been set
forth in the newspapers, will make
his appearance next week to begin q
repetition Of his remarkable narrative.
The decision to put the colonel on
the stand at once was inspired BY
two events which impressed Senator
SOverman and his colleagues with the
necessity Of beginning the investiga-
tion without delay. One Of these was
the business-like methods adopted by
the, Garrett committee Of the house
to begin far-reaching inquiry to
{ determine the influences that have
shaped Legislation in the past, reward
ed friends and punished "enemies""s
i in congressional and official circles.
I The other incident was the attempt
to intimidate Colonel Mulhall and
some OF the other witnesses who have
been supoenaed j by the government
Ito give testimony at the hearing In
the Mulhall charges. Some OF. these
witnesses have been Swallowed con.
i stantly during the last week by men
I who would be recognized in select
gun circles In New York and in the
stock yards quarter Of Chicago. These
h talented gentlemen have evidently
been imported; into the national cap
'sital. The identities Of their employ.
ers have not yet been fully estab.
Slished by members OF Major Sylves.
3ter's police force whose attention has
been called to their activities. The
$intimidators have accosted witnesses
ION the street and trailed them day and
night. If the principals in these un.
4dertakings are discovered they will
be brought before the Overman com
mittee and punished. Senator Over.
man and his colleagues are deter
mined that Colonel Mulhall shall re-.
Eceive the fullest protection and have
SO assured him.
The plan of the investigation adopt.
ed by the senate committee after the
conclusion OF its inquiry into the ac-
tivities of wool and sugar agents in
terested in the Underwood-Simmon
tariff bill contemplates direct state.
ment from Colonel Mulhall.
Colonel Mulhall will take up so
much time that it is not probable the
other witnesses will be heard for a
week.
Release Alleged Dynamiters.
@l Leavenworth, Kan, July 12.-Mich-