The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-09-17
Job Hartman
Takes Stand
In Inquiry

Los Angeles, sept. l4.-JoD Har-
riman, an attorney employed in the
defense Of the Mcnamara brothers,
took the witness stand amid a storm
of Kisses and applause at the federal
industrial relations commission hear
ing today and told why he thinks
working men of Los Angeles have
not obtained legal justice in the last
four years.
Chief among the assertions made.
by Mr.. Hartman were there:
Employers fired the antipicket or.
dinance through the city council dur.
ing strike in 1910 and citizens la.
ter were refused their legal right to
vote 1t out OF existence.
Local police are the tools of CAPT.
tai who frequently have prejudiced
themselves to obtain in convictions
in cases involving labor troubles.
The jury system which only, per-
mits taxpayers to serve is rigidly en-.
forced when strikes are on, making
II difficult for working men to obtain
justice. Court officials are on IA
miliar terms with veniremen who are
called frequently.
The power Of Injunction has been
used to hinder union men from using
legitimate means, such as talking to
nonunion workers to win their con.
tentions.
The personnel OF the local police
force is no worse than that of any
other city, Mr.. Hartman said, but
they must take orders and obey them
else other officers would. He dealt
at length with a riot which took
place in public park here last
Christmas at meeting to devise
means he said, for obtaining work for
the unemployed. One man was shot
and killed by an officer and scores
were injured in the trouble, which
started when the police charged the
crowd Thirty men were arrested
and ten who were convicted still are
in jail. The man who did the shoot.
ing was not detained.
I'VE had to convict some of those
men," Mr.. Hartman quoted a juror
as telling him. 1--WE must support
the police. They protect our prop
erty.y
The anti-picketing ordinance came
during the strike of the medal trades
and the brewers, as did also re-
straining order issued against sew.
eral hundred striking men by Judge
Ndllei bOTu"eh. MANY "e'e ic'
strained under the names Of Richard
Doe and John Doe, according to a
copy of the order which Mr.. Harri
man read. OF the 467 men arrested
under the antipicketing ordinance
only six or seven ever were convicted
Violation of the antipicketing Law
carried fine of only 800, but as
conspiring to violate law carried Q
fine at $1,000 and a possible sentence
two years Imprisonment. m;;r'
workers were arrested on this charge
the witness asserted. In order to be
able to identify prisoners arrested or
this charge, Mr.. Hartman said, of
ficers would call the men from theil
cells by their names daily unit
their faces became familiar. A huns
jury resulted in these cases.
Identification by the local officers
is a farce, Mr.. Hartman insisted
He said on one occasion he substit
uted for several days in the prison
ers' dock, man not under arrest
but he was promptly identified b!
the police. Police some times recog
nized men who had been here onl!
a few days as boyhood acquaintanc
es, the witness maintained.
Irwin II. Rice, II. w. Dennet
and j. H. Francis also testified to
day. The western tour of the CON
mission will close tomorrow, tn
Denver meeting having been post