The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-01

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abury. general counsel OF the United
states steel Corporation: John Refs. vice
president. James B. Bonner manager
Of sales W J. Fllbert comptroller. and
IL. L. Close. manager Of bureau Of safe
". sanitation and welfare.
Senator kenyon. opening tho hearing.
told Judge cary that the committee de-
sired to learn Of the genesis Of the
strike
II am the chairman Of the board Of
directors. chairman Of the finance com
nittee. ana chief executive cflcer Of
the United states Steel Corporation. in
charge Of its affairs" said Judge Gary.
opening his statement
THE DOMINATING FACTOR
He explained that the finance COM
mittee ia really the dominating factor
ii the corporation" He thcn ramed the
members Of the finance committed
The finance committee IS in very
+ close contact with and actively interest
ed in the affairs and policies OF the
f corporation" Judge Gary said The
4 policies are announced by the chairman =
\ VII has been known for several years
+ that the labor unions were attempting
+ to organize the labor of the subsidiary
+ companies Of the l. S. Steel Corpora
+ ton" he said.
1T has been stated before this com
mittee that the subsidiary companies
4 ~ the 1T $. steel Corporation have been
guilty az mistreatment Of its employees.
That is absolutely without foundation.
There is no basic industry in this
i country. or in the world. which has
paid larger wages to it's employees than
the u s steel Corporation. nor has
treated it. employees. with greater re-
spect and consideration.
1T has been charged that during the
impending strike the subsidiary COM
panies have been guilty of attacking
and mistreating strikers. That is en-
tirely without foundation. There isn't
a vestaec az truth in that statement"
shown a photograph Of q woman
killed in coal miners riot at Breckin-
ridge Pa. which had been introduced
as evidence by John Fitzpatrick. leader
OF the steel strikers. when he appeared
before the committee last week. Cary
said neither the steel corporation nor
env 81 its subsidiaries had any plants
or employees in that town
In discIaiming all responsibility for
! the riot or the woman's death on the
part Of the steel corporation. Gary said
that its policy twas TO discourage out
breaks az affairs Of that kind.
Judge Cary stated emphatcally that
the radical element among the steel
strikers was a small majority" most of
the foreigners. as well as the American
born. being loyal TO the United states
and its institutions he said the lowest
wage rate paid BY the steel corporation
and its subsidiaries was s4.62 day.
whilo the wage scale ran as high as
+ So So day.
The strike was inaugurated by the
union leaders not by the men" Judge
Gary said.
The American Federation Of Labor
has been seeking all these years to
a. ganize the men. the men have not bean
seeking TO join union organizations.
The union leaders say We INSTRUCTED
I their program. but il We did it was be-
/ cause we treated our men SO well that
they preferred to stay outside the
i unions.
"Intimidations and threats and coer-
I cion were employed by union leaders 70
/ force the uneducated and timid OF our
/ workers into the unions. We have evi-
dence TO show that threats were made
to burn the homes Of uneducated for
I eigners 10 brighten them into striking