The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-13
STRIKE LEADERS SAY
LAW BEING MISUSED
Senators at Pittsburgh Hear Tcsu-
mony All Day In Inrcstign-
ton Of Labor.
PUT EMPLOYEES ON STAND
one Worker Raises Nine Children,
Buys Home and II Now Getting
Hts Highest Wage. isc, Hour.

PITTsBURGH. oct. ~ 80 Senators
investigating the steel strike situs-
ton speut all of Sunday afternoon
and most OF Sunday night listenins
to evidence. A biz crowd, filiinF
the United states courtroom in tho
federal building, had 10 ne dis-
ciplined several times by Chairman
Kenyon FOR laughing at some OF the
answers made by witnesses Repre-
senta,iyeH OF strikers devoted their
efforts to maintaining the charge,
that civil authorities. state troopers
and other law officers were mis-
using their power 10 break down the
strike. This conferred most OF the
testimony around Incidents In the
town Of Monesscn, Westmoreland
county, and officials of the place
demanded and obtained from the
committee permission TO be heard
IN defense.
The United states steel corpora
ton was allowed 10 put on before
the Committee group Of old, but
lower paid employees who declared
their satisfaction with conditions,
hours and wages
Arthur Raymont. the first OF
these. said he had worked 80 years
IN tho mills. raised a family Of nine
children, bought home and was
now drawing the highest pay ne
had ever received, i3 cents an hour.
you're n good manager SenS-
tor Mcclellan ~ Tennessee told him.
We'll. We haven't gono hungry
yet" Raymont said, and men don't
work nearvo hard as they did when
| started.
August N1ln. superintendent OF
a wire plhnt At Donora, followed the
and said the strike wac
rapidly falling
Gus Krisiyicth formerly emr
ployed IN the National Tube com
pany min ~ Mckeesp0ft was the
first striker called, and asserted he
had been discharged FOR joining the
union He was examined FOR some
time by the committee on this point,
his charge having been denied by
steel company representatives on
several occasions, but he stuck 20
his assertion. saying that the fore
man had given him the reason
when Attorney W, 49, Rubin, rep
rssentlng the strike Committee. CEN
tered his fire on Moncsson he
brought In battery OF witnesses.
nearly an OF whom used intsrprc-
.crs Ms Andrew Ranks. with her
husband. was first called. She
weighed 1ls pounds and had been
charged. the pair said. with drfy-
uC "A policeman with club Re
leased on $50 bond after being taken
.o San. when they appeared Tor trial.
.ho next dny. they were told that
heir money was forfeited They
we're Lithuaul8nH. huf rus" their
ifury clearly. The woman said she
had her baby ON her arm when ar
-rsted and had no club and had Hald
luthlnE 10 tho special pulir"W tn.
Vow Mr.. Rubin" Senator Walsh
'Thls cnH. ought tu be
followed and lf tho abuse ~ 'heso
'prrigrers L. found fn ns what they
.aN DO IH The community ought p"
rrlirht.u 30 uui They may h" tn.
IfUtr rrUIlna r.m. Iuf 'h. iWrf'H-
SION ought not fu rH .u' among these
.nr,frrcrH fNrf HuT laws Hu Hn' give
hem justice.
BANKS ius.zrd fhlr h.s vito had
merely been HH fH. streets H..h MN
,Hrr arrested -Ha WAS waiting out
.Ids a store while Dee went inside in
BON. NI". U.EHr"'s
avyhy did you eo rn sfr'FrH S'r-
.fur sterling Uf South Dakota asked
IIn.
.usgfua. TuHrr cary chairman
II the steel corporation h'Hr' OF
rI4f..rl would not Hsfru 'H our
.r.Hr -eprrsrrfarIFrr h' said
.-rr.rfI. H. added that n.s only
.EI.F. was ur fha long hours after
..r4fnr -Hrrf.rr drew from him the
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