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being suspicious persons are held behind
bars for sometimes twelve hours, and
then at the hearings charges are made
Of which the mon arrested have no
knowledge. Senator Walsh said that
while It could not be taken up By the
committee somebody who took up these
grievances could make a national repu-
tation. for himself.
rs there an ordinance which permits
the fining Of G person on a suspicious
person charger asked Senator Sterling.
The attorney referred to an act Of
1869.
Questioning Attorney sypniewshi.
Senator Walsh asked whether magis-
trates do not arraign a man and ask
him whether or not he Is guilty2
NO." was the reply.
Attorney Jacob Roe. who defended
strikers arrested in McKeesport, was
called. He said.
81 was unable to get a MoKeesport
lawyer to defend any of these men,"
Roe recounted the Incident of the ar
rest Of himself and thlrty-five others In
the headquarters of the McKeesport
central labor union. in their labor tenn
ple where he. Roe, went to obtain
affidavits of strikers to submit to the
Senate committee when it arrived In
Pittsburg.
Inc WnOle CTOWu, ne bdios was ~ :
rested and he, Roe. and court stenog-
rapher who was taking the affdaVits
were subsequently released.
Afraid to Make Complaint.
Senator Walsh asked: did you at
tempt to explain to the arresting OH
GERS what you were doing?"
Explain" said Attorney Roe, why
II said a word would have had my
head knocked In. At the police station
asked the chief II there was not a
place in the city where could be per-
mitted to take the dispositions. He said
no, and told me to get out of town"
What was your experience generally
with arrests of strikers In McKeesportr r
asked Attorney Rubin for the strikers
ITO make It Short" Attorney Roe re-
piled. "If a man was a striker. he was
fined II he was at work, he was let go.
That practice was followed invariably"
A story Of how he was beaten up in
the lookup in Clarion by another young
man, whose father. a policeman. opened
the cell to send the son In. was told by
Andrew Pido. one Of the strikers.
You were under arrest at the time,
were you not?" asked Attorney Rubin.
Yes" replied Pido. land while I
could do nothing in the cell It would
have been different IL he attacked me
outside. His father stood by and told
him II I hit him he would knock me
down with a handy billy he carried"
The witness said he was kept in jail
eleven hours. until some friends came
to get him out on bail, which was first
placed at $4,000, the chief of police
finally compromising on $40.
Answering questions by Senator Nc
Kellar the witness said he was Slav
and that he had taken out his first
papers. He said he owns $500 worth OF
Liberty bonds.
81 received 50 cents an hour and
worked twelve hours a day." Pido said
when II was known the strike was
coming on l was offered sc cents an
hour to work through the strike. / re-
fused"
why are you on striker" asked
Senator Kenyon.
why He IL on Strike.
For the eight hour day." the witness
replied Eight hours for work. eight
hours for sleep and eight hours to go to
school in"
Pidos apt answers caused Chairman
you had7"
zone year in night school," he an
swered They had the school one year
but they have not had 1t since. Most
of US, working on twelve hour shifts
have not time to go to night school, and
besides we change about on the Shift
from day to night There were twenty
eight OF US in. class the year they
had night school"
IF there were night school would
you attend IT." he was asked.
You bet / would" Pido shot back.
What country do you come from?'
Chairman Kenyon asked.
'Galicia," said the witness.
The answer to the next question
brought roars OF laughter, In which Pide
| again Joined.
Under what government Is YOU
country" Chairman Kenyon asked. -
don't know where 1t is now" the wit
ness said, and the reference to the
troubled situation in western Europe
! was too much for the crowd.
| 1t was finally brought out that Pido''
country, when he was there, was undel
the sovereignty OF the then Emperor
Franz Josef of Austria
| What difference do you ind between
| government at home in Galicia and her
in America 2" asked Chairman Kenyon
| Producing one Of his ready answers
Pido said: There they have King
here we have q superintendent
Asked by Senator Walsh whether h
preferred shorter hours or more pay, tn
witness replied: Shorter hours viii
a little more pay"
| ], G. Brown, an organizer Tor the TIM
| Der workers union, was called and testi
| fed as to conditions existing In Home
stead. McKeesport and Duquesne durint
the period of organising the steel work
| ers prior to the strike last September ~
He told of permits being refused 10 noi'
meetings by mayors and burgesses. Or
ganizer Brown was put through sever'
cross-examination by the committee a
to his antecedents.
Employed by Government.
He stated that before coming East T.
assist in organising the steel industry h
was employed by tho United States EN-
pioyment Service at Seattle for the pur
pose OF enlisting help In the shtpyards
His salary. he stated, was $3.50 month
paid by the Federal Government In re
ply to q question put by Senator Sterling
he said that while the principles OF dem
ocracy still function in this country the!
have no place in the application of tn
laws of Pennsylvania In the vicinity o
steel towns.
us Il not true that the feeling tina
a man does not get square deal ere
ates Bolsheviki7" Senator Walsh asked
Labor is up against q great schem
in the Pittsburg district" Brown said