Evening star., 1919-10-12
Opponent "1nvited Into Cell"

| said he had told a striker who decided
| to go back to work, to watch out or
you'll get hit with a brick" He had
been promptly arrested. he said, and
| when he was taken to Jail the threat
| ened man was invited to come into
his cell and knock my block Off"
| He did. too" Pido said.
| Mayor Babcock, when Chairman
| order had been kept within the Pitts
| burgh city limits during the strike.
| President Scott Of the Wheeling Com
pany said his group Of plants had been
closed completely as had other mills
in the district. He criticised operation
| unoer union conditions as tending to
lower production.
Matt O'Reilly. an assistant roller in
rod mill at Donora. was called by the
| committee independently Of the union
| representatives.
we are striking for better working
| conditions. eight hours, and the right
| OF free speech" he told the committee.
Senator McKellar Of Tennessee asked
him how much he earned. and O'Reilly
| said he averaged about SIS day.
| That's mighty good wages" Senator
| McKellar remarked, almost as much
as a senator gets. What does a man
who earns that much take a chance
on his job7'
I'D be willing to take less and work
fewer hours" O'Reilly responded.
Woman Ridden Down by Trooper.
Mrs. Mary Wiscowitz, Serbian, was
called by Attorney Rubin. and through
| an Interpreter told Of being ridden
| down by state trooper when a strike
4 meeting was being broken up.
| Mrs. Wiscowitz conceded that she
1 to single her out from the crowd for
particular treatment
I Brown. who said he had represented
| the American Federation of Labor in
| the district for a year. attempting
| to orgaize the steel workers, told at
were backed up by group Of ex-
! soldier strikers in uniform. who cor
| roborate his stories of meetings that
! had been broken up.
| There was an interlude which puz-
zled the committee when the soldiers
| said they were striking merely "be-
cause everybody else did," and de-
clared themselves satisfied with work.
ing conditions and wages. One man,
however, said that he objected to long
| hours.
Labor Is up against a brace game
in the Pittsburgh district" Brown as
serted. These laws against assem-
blage only apply to union men. Any
| body else can meet. That imperils
American institutions when you have
l O condition ike that.
Query by Senator Walsh.
| 1T 10 the chief ground for boil
shevism. I. W. W.ism and all rad
ical Doctrines. isn't it," Senator
Walsh asked.
these conditions that lead work.
fngmen to think the law applies un-
fairly. and holds against them and
not other0?"
| TT surely is" Brown responded.
Senators Kenyon and McKellar put
every witness almost through
catechism to develop the percentage
strike, and drew estimates that from
50 to 75 per cent Of the strikers could
be SO classed.
"We'Il try and pass some laws to
get more Americanization before we
get through" Senator McKellar told
several witnesses
| Chairman Kenyon adjourned the
| session until pm. Sunday, explain
ing that the committee planned to
return to Washington Sunday night,
to allow members to vote on amend
ments proposed to the peace treaty
now before the Senate.
Mayors Testimony.
Mayor Babcock was examined.
$50 far very good order has been
kept" said tho mayor. Several steel
plants within the city limits, he said.
were affected by the strike, but no
trouble had occurred at any Of them.
'The men have been flowing back
to work." he said.
"Have any mills within tho city sus-
pended operation?' Senator Sterling in
quired.
II think not" replied the mayor.
I'd like to have the committee ask
tne mayor a question" Attorney Rubin
interrupted. He said there was peace
and order here. Then why has he for
bidden strikers to hold meetings any
where except in the labor temple?"
The police decided that in view Of
conditions 1t would be best to keep from
having meetings close to the mills" the
mayor replied. There were a good
many complaints from residents in the
mill vicinities that they were afraid.
II hasn't been harmful to the men to
keep TO their central hall" 4
NO large number Of strikers had
Dssn afre!tsd, the mayor aaid.
W4fiiam Feeney. who said he lvas IN
caarge Of the strike in the Charleroa.