Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-01
.DE;CLARESMEN
HAVE BEEN PAID
SUFFICIENTLY
Deadlock in Steel centers
Continues; Neither Side
Gives Way.

With the situation in the steel
districts virtually unchanged and
both capital and labor making
terest in tho tenth day of the
steel strike today conferred in
Washington. where E1bert III.
Gary, chairman of the board of
the United States Steel CORPORA
ton, appeared before the senate
labor committee when it resumed
Its investigation Of the strike.
MIR. Gary began his testimony by
denying the charges of labor
lenders that the steel corporation
had mistreatcd and underpaid its
men. ''There is no basic industry
in this country nor in the world,
In my opinion" he said, (which
has paid larger wages than the
United States Steel corporation,
and perhaps not as large nor has
treated their employees in greater
respect, If as great
When Mr.. Gary, testifying.
diametrically opposed claims
cont continued s,et,. to pour a,I,r3 IL from the
nient of the Bethlehem Steel
company asserted that S3 per
cent Of its men were working
while statement of the labor
leaders set forth that between IS
and 30 per cent OF the men were
out No change was reported
from the Pittsburgh and Chicago
districts.
Washington, Oct. denying that
The United States Steel corporation
had mistreated it's men. as charged
by union labor leaders, Judge Elbert
H. Gary, chairman of the corporation,
tulu tne senate committee investigat-
ing the steel strike today that in his
opinion there was no basic industry
in the. world which had paid larger
wages than his Company. Is. l: s. S. S.
1T. has been stated before the
committee said Judge Gary, S.'tta,
the steel companies Have been guilty
of Ill treatment of their employees
Some statements have been made on
rnisinfornation and some absolutely
without foundation. l.
II wish to state, Mr.. Chairman, that
there Is no basic industry in this
country nor in the world, in my opin-
ion, which has paid larger wages than
the United States Steel corporation
and perhaps not as large, nor has
treated their employees in greater re-
spect and consideration, if as great.
''It has been charged that during
the pending strike the subsidiary COM
panies have been guilty of attacking
and mistreating employees.
No Truth, He Says.
There isn't a vestige of truth In
that statement Photographs were
woman was killed. This photograph
has been posted all over America
with a line over it, Mrs. Fannie Sci.
lins,' body ghoulishly mistreated by
the steel trusts f1endish crew.
''She was shot at Breckenridge, Pa
We have no works there. no men
there. II she was killed, it was with.
out even the knowledge of the stee
corporation or any of its employees
Hasn't your company investigated
that matter, in view of the charge 2
asked Chairman Kenyon
The verdict Of the coroner's jury
said the witness "made it certain thai
no agent of ours had the remotes1
connection with her DEATH
IT have the certified copy of thai
verdict" said Senator Phipps, Repub
licaa, Colorado. 'I'll file that"
I'VE have discussed. the incident
with some of our people" Judge
Gary resumed. mot because VIZ
thought they might be guilty, but fol
the information. Our orders and oul
policy are against any activity which
would lead to anything of that kind.
corporation. said the woman wal
killed during strike of coal miners
:. Judge Gary said in his opinion the
"shot probably was fired by thu
strikers themselves" He added tha
his company had no interest in thu
coal mines where the riot occurred.
Reads Records.
Senator Phipps read certified
copy Of the inquest record IN the case
The jurys verdict said the killing wal
by persons unknown and that the
. deputy aferiffs involved were firing IL
self defense.
s Chairman Kenyon asked whether
deputy sheriffs were sworn in at thu
corporations plants and were on the
company's payroll.
= should gay yes, said MI. Gary
$50 far as ] know they have ha6
nothing 10 do with any Of these out
He added that it was possible tina,
some Of the fcompany's guards hat
participated In disturbances since tht
steel strike began, but pointed on,
that NrB. Sellens was killed before
the strike started.
Referring to Testimony Of Presiden
= -C0mpG91 OF the American Fe0eraQOI
OF Labor, that Jefferson D. Pierce, {
union organizer, had been beaten b,
company agents while attempting II
or9ar,tse unions In the steel mills and
died from injuries, Judge Gary reat
an ,afidayit which he said had beer
4 sent 70 his ofice ON September ~ By
~ .sI wss With my father the night h,
received, his injuries, said the am
davit, .sand ehe said they were mo-
CAUSED hys any agents Of the steel cor
pOfAtiou.e
4 IS s.He 1As injured by . member O
{ the I. IN. W. faction which WAS en-
deay0rtn6 toSg gain c0ntrulaof the or
ranisatioN.s II wish TO ref0te mos
Y smphat atically the charge Of sAr. Comp
d eras{laht hias death was caused BY m,
/ aeont sof the United States Steel cor
! popGtt0n HI died one year later q
I naf,cst roeullnG from the wound, = Il
s 5Jud9o Gary toek up the stAtennen
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