Evening star., 1915-02-04
ROCKEFELLER FUND
AGAIN QUESTIONED
Witness Before U. S. Commits
sion Doubts Constitution
aIity and Cites Power.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
BODY RUSHING WORK
Will Hear Large Number Of Wit.
nesses on Industrial and Phil
anthropic Problems.

anthropic Problems.
NEW YORK. February I'm an ef-
fort to bring its inquiry here to a close
this week, the federal commission on
Industrial relations today planned to
hear a large number of witnesses on
various phases of industrial and phil
anthropic problems.
John t. Lawson, executive board
member of the United Mine Workers
of America from the Colorado district.
who testified yesterday, was recalled
today. Other witnesses today include
DR. George w. Kirchwey of Columbia
University, A. Barton Hepburn, Morris
Hillquit. DR.. Wallace Buttrick. secre-
tary of the general education board.
and Henry s. Pritcbett, president of the
Carnegie foundation endowment fund.
Reads Court Findings.
Mr.. Lawson read extracts of the find
.ngs of military court which sat in
Colorado after the fight between state
troops and striking miners. He de-
clared that the tents at Ludlow were
fred by the militiamen who. he said.
went among them and stole everything
they could f1nd-jewelry. money and
other articles of value.
George W. Kirchwey, professor OF law
at Columbia University and formerly
dean of the law school, was the next
witness. He thought there was a
doubt that the charter of the Rockefel-
Ter foundation was constitutional, the
appointment of its trustees legal and
all the expenditure for philanthropy
was authorized.
He based his opinion. he said. In the
Frif if,,ra NJ he oot I'M
fcun@ation to define the scope o. its
purposes and powers. ANY doubt as to
the Rockefeller Foundation, he said.
also included the Carnegie Foundation,
way.
Has Wide Powers.
The charter Of the Rockefeller Foun-
dation would allow 1t to do almost any
thing. said the witness. It could dis
tribute a presidential message. a party
platform or attack on church. It
could hire a press agent for the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company If 1t so
desired. Mr.. Kirchway asserted.
Woman Shot At, She Says.
Mrs. Margaret Dominski. when ques-
toned yesterday about living condi-
tfons IN the Colorado mine regions said
that prices OF goods at the stores Of the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company were
higher than elsewhere. and that for
this reason miners frequently went to
nearby towns for their supplies. She
asserted that one miner was discharged
when he was caught with a trunkful
of supplies purchased outside the min
ing camps.
Mrs. Dominski described the alleged
shooting at women and children dur
ing the trouble between the miners and
the militia. She said that militiamen
had demanded from one of the miners
leaders named Tykas the production of
certain miner who was not in camp
Shortly after Tykas had SO informed
them, the witness said. she heard a
bomb exploded. and looking o'st of her
tent she saw militiamen riding toward
thew
'Tykas told us to scatter as the mill
tia had machine guns" testified the
witness About fifty or sixty of us
women or children were standing on
the hill when they started to shoot at
us. Two of my children hid in a well
with some of the women and ! hid in
a barn with my other child Later in
the afternoon my children crawled out
The militia shot at both of them. About
the same time a bullet whistled over
my head and hit the barn. It was an
exp'os've bullet
Later continued Mrs Dominski, IT
saw men with farine torches going
among the tents. They had cans of oil
in their hands. They set fire to the
tents"
Insu,ted by Militiamen.
After stating that her expenses here
had been paid by the miners union.
she was excused and Mrs. Petrucci took
the stand Describing the conditions
in the miners tert colony. Mrs. Petruc-
ci declared that she had been frequent
ly insulted by the militiamen who vis-
tied it. She also related her expe-
rtences during the alleged attack of
the Tniiitiamen on the colony.
The militiamen 'hollered' and shot at
u.s." she said IT took my children
into an underground chamber which
was used by the women who were ILL
The chamber was under the tent next
TO mine. There were three women and
eight children In the cellar by the time
] got there. Ten minutes later the tent
caught on fire and then lost con-
Eciousness 1t must have been about
$50 o'clock at night. The next morn
ing regained consciousness and some
body dragged me out I was In a bad
condition. / staggered until some min
crs came along and helped me.
when I reached the depot I asked
some woman to md my children. Then
found out for the first time that they
were missing. l was in a hospital foI
zine days after I got away from Lud-
low"
Testifes for Unions.
lir. Lawson yesterday told the com
mission that the only reason the op.
orators had granted the miners any
thing was because they had seen tht
handwriting on the wall placed there
by the unions" AS he testified h.
held in his hand copies of twelve Colo.
RADIO mining laws Each OF these ht
said. had been broken many times by
the operators
The operators realized. he asserted
that the unions not only would forcs
them TO obey the statutes. but wouic
prevent them from importing va
numbers OF workers from southern Eu
rope who had never seen a mine before
and thon paying them what they pleas
ed, working them long as they
pleased and keeping them in a state o.
poverty for the -e@t % their lives