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was representative only of the nom
American workers.


was representative only of the nom
American workers.
Workers Are Americanized.
II can't tell you the number OF Amer
leans and ALIENS" said the witness I'VE
were organizing the steel workers re-
gardless of that. We thought that II
they were good enough to work for
Judge Gary they were good enough TO
join the organization. There are few
Of them who do not speak English. The
stoppage of immigration during the war
has made 1t possible for those in the
industry to learn the language. Before
the war English was little used among
these men, but now they have been
Americanized. At one time II was nee
essary to use thirteen different Ian
guages In addressing them. That is no
longer true. have addressed large
meetings of them recently without re-
curing any interpreter.
These are the same men who gave
their all In the crisis of the nation. They
worked at inhuman speed for long hours,
they refrained from agitating the con-
ditions under which thy wr laboring
they and their wives and children went
without clothes and shoes that they
WHY hNNNNAs AhNy iiNNu o. eAiC AO"Noe
point at which subsistence was possible.
They gave their own flesh and blood
to the service. The mills of this country
were the first line trenches and these
men were the men on guard. They
waited until the war was over before
they asked that their grievance be heard
and then were refused even hearing.
When we got the case to President Will
son he thought that we were entitled
to the conference and promised to help
US get it. We had ten days, from Au-
gust 20 to August 80, to put the strike
in effect. About August 20 we got to
the President He was not willing to
act until We would assure him that we
could delay the strike IL the conference
was arranged. We told him we could
do that, and he asked Judge Gary to
meet us, but Judge Gary refused"
Wilson Asked Conference.
did the President tell you that he
tried to arrange the conference? asked
Senator Kenyon. Did he tell you that
Judge Gary refused, although he was
asked by the PresidentT'
Yes, we gathered from the President
that Judge Gary had refused. II condi-
tons continue as they are In western
Pennsylvania now. you can be assured
that the strike will not be confined to the
steel workers alone. II the authorities
In pennsylvania refuse to recognize the
rights of the people in the steel districts
there is no telling what will happen. In
Homestt the mounted gunner rode
their horse- right into the kitchens OF
the workers homes. One of these Cos.
sacks, as we call them, rode his horse
into the home of woman who was ir
her kitchen with her child, she beins
pregnant A kettle of food was tipped
over from the stove and the woman
was scalded.
in Clarion last Sunday a meeting
was held at which our organizers al
dressed the men, urging them to avoiC
all disorder and strictly to obey the law
While II was In progress, without warn
ing, seven OF these horsemen rode right
into the gathering, pulled the speaker,
off the stand and arrested them"
Violated No Law.
What law were those men yiolatinl
when they were arrested?" asked Sena
tor Kenyon.
mo law" was the reply. .-rhey wer,
meeting on the common and there wa.
AAc uAceui bdlNC Wndl6NeT.F
What is the duty of this Pennsyl
Vania State Constabulary? inquired
Senator Kenyon.
ut is strike breaking organization
! don't know that 1t has any other use
Let me read an affidavit At Duauesn
the police and the constabslary are Civ
ing men the choice of going to the mill
or to jail. / have the affidavits of tw,
brothers. John and Joe Huber of Eas
Pittsburg. employed in the Union Rail
road Magnet Shop. They were arrestet
at 1850 o'clock in the afternoon, KEEP
at the police station until s o'clock, an,
then paid $40 fine and costs. They OBJ
tained transcripts Of the hearings, an,
the appeal was set for September 2
in Pittsburg. When they were starting
for Pittsburg to attend to the case the
| We're again arrested and fined $25 each
When they asked about bail they wer
told: No bail for YOU That is tn
| sort of treatment the people in the stee
centres are getting. In the Indiana case
| where four people were killed, when tn
Coroner's jury met the witnesses agains
the gunner were jailed so they coul
mot testify.
People Are Terrorized.
an McKeesport the police an
mounted gunmen allow no meetings I
be held. The people are so terrorize
that two people don't dare to talk to
gether on the street. The horsemen rid
into any group and club and beat tn
men. This is done with the acquies
cence of the authorities. In Claretor
Homestead, Duquesne, McKeesport an
other places the authorities will not a.
low the men to meet; they are clubbe
1 A-tw nlrt.
tan on Sunday our organizers went I
urge the men to behave properly dur
ing the strike. The Mayor and Chic
Of Police attended the meeting and stoo
by the platform. 1t had been intende
that they should also say something
urging the men to conduct themselve
properly, but when they had flnishe
both declared that they could add notl
ing to what our organizers had said.
that district not a blow has been struc
in violence, In the South Chicago dii
trict, Joliet and Gary we instructed tn
men to restrain themselves and uphol
the law. There is no effort at terrorlzS
ton in that district and not blow hs
been struck"
Senators Phipps and Jones sought I
bring out whether the strike is develope
only against the United States Ste'
Corporation or against all steel indus
tries.
Strike Vote I'm Bethlehem.