Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-09-30
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Labor Witness Prints Picture Of, OPP,
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SENATE IS NOW MAKING INQUIRY.

SEkAiE Is NUH mAhiau lN9UiHlI
: sAecordings tn john Fitzpatrick of the
g Labor Committee it the Officer OF
z the SteelsTrust Had Submitted TO a
conferense, 3 T6ereI Would Rave
- Been no Strike. O., ,ct.sS ,4.4Ey,a
= Appearing as labor's first witn;ss In
Ssti,e, senate ;inyestigatien of the tsteel
:. ssfjkssJ ohm FatzpatguicS, u Of CD hlcago,
: = Chairman Of the strikers connrnittee,
.sdeclared last Thursday that an agfees7
snent by the United States Steel Cor-
sporation to arbitrate differences with
its employees would result in an i'm
( mediate end of the walkopt. which, he
said, now affects 100000 men.
Fitzpatrick's statement came after
:, six hours recital; before the senate
Slabor committee Nofy theN efforts TO or
.ranize the steel workers and of the
<Sconditions which led up to the strike.
Had Judge Elbert II. Gary, chairman
of the board of the steel corporation,
met tho workers. comnfiMee, sthe men,
= would mot have walked out, Fitzpat-
:rfek<said, but ansasreennent for u con-
farepce nav would not result in the
men returning to work.
Samuel Gonlpers, president OF the
American Federation OF Labor and
Jcaafrmai of the first Committee form
ed to, erganiae the, steel workers, was
heard by, the committee -, Friday.
On Saturday William : u. + ostes sec
retaoty of the, workers committee, who
bak lbeen charged by Representative
08oner.s Republican of Ohio, with
ahfsadinr f.ii. w. propaganda, will
"a haard 4 Nfulpe CasyS is, to appear
nSSE Wednesday to present he,ssteel
sSF,,ors tioo,s slde of the controversy.
~; -, Pa,nts Lurid Picture. .s,a: s
I'm his recftaf Thursday, Fritzpatricie'
hainted. n lurid picture of conditions
IL tho stoel districts of western Penn
.y,yan,a He declared ! there was a
~ ,.as.rro of b,ood and oironrthero with
an,,,,,S sber,as maid "eunmen" and
rian,s,,,yon,o stare constabulary as
sss chief exnonents Murder ard as
::s.,,t Of steel workers were of every
sdav occurrence, he alleged, and In
This connection he sketched dramati-
;Sscally the story of the killing of one
.S,cyonoan an orpanizer of mine workers
;yuh;cb ;orenrred before the steel strike
&was called
F;tzna tricks aednctions. from thh
Z. occurrence led, to sharp questioning
s!by senator's. 5, ~.
DO YOU feel that the steel COM
pany officials directly ordered the
killing of this woman?" asked Sena-
Tor Sterling. Republican. South Da-
kota
Ss.yos T do" I-itzn,tricl, resr,onded
aT,,ini, tbev-1rsa-sa i 1,fSo&fj,rfnndssses
cided upon murder?"
!. "Ob., i don't think they passcd n
sfnotion, and left a record, il that's
what you mean" 81.
;4a Wages Not Mentioned.
: Elsewhere in the steel industry, the
switness said, striking workers were
meeting with fair treatment. Dascrib-
ing the general purp6ses sSfsthe' strike,
Fitzpatrick said. organization Of the
steel industry had been decided upon
by the American Federation of Labor
because it was bad spot in the in
ldustrial situation, with the men forced
to. work long hours at small wages
land under bad conditions. With the
actual calling of the strike. a list of
IL demands had been made I'm on