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Spy Case
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Taylor and the following present OF
former agents Of the Justice Depart.
ment: F. x. ODonnell, r. w. Whitley
Frank Fay, Harry E. Leslie, Charlie!
scully, r. G. Maher. Dalton anc
Swenson.
The committee then excused String
ham until Tuesday morning and i'm.
mediately placed In the record q list
of names Of about 60 undercovel
operatives of the association ant
their assignments since March, 1888.
Senator La Toilette informed D. q
Clark, counsel for the association
that handwriting Of each Of tn,
operatives Is being checked at th'
Justice Department to determine
whatever past records they may have
Stringham was placed under sub.
poena yesterday to produce any docu.
ments pertaining to the matter after
the committee had received in evidence
q letter in which Stringham spoke Of
the governmental request for co-opera.
ton on labor troubles. He said hi
had memoranda to that effect in hi,
New York of1ce.
Stringham's assertion was one OF
numerous high spots in yesterdays 8
hearing in which correspondence and
records Of the association parallelec
testimony OF three Of its officials In
providing sensational disclosures.
Spy Records Destroyed.
Among the revelations were the
following:
That the association destroyed en-
ployment records for undercovel
agents last August, after the Senate
investigation began, and that only six
such spies are now on the pay roll
as compared to 80 before the probe
started.
That on at least one occasion an
oficial of the association posed as an
ofncer of the Federal Government
in engaging labor spy and that when
the man refused to continue working
for the association he and his wife
had been threatened with reprisals
II they talked.
That Gerard Swope of General Elec.
trio was considered by Stringham q
dangerous man to industry" becaus,
Of his pro-labor sympathies, with tn,
added implication that he had be
trayed industry.
That the pro-labor tendencies o
George Z. Deming. vice president o
the Philadelphia Storage Battery Co.
had been reported to H. T. Keller
official of the Chrysler Corp, larges
customer of Deming's company, BE-
cause Stringham thought Demini
should be broken down."
Spy Customers Named.
That some 10 companies used labol
spies Of the association between
March /. 1888, and July 81, 1886. TIL,
following companies were named be-
fore the committee as customers o.
the espionage service Of the associa'
tion:
Acme Steel; Addressograph Multi
graph Corp, Cleveland; Aladdin In
dustries, Inc, Alexandria, Ind; Ameri
can Brass Novelty; Arma Engineering
Corp. Brooklyn: Baker Raulang Co.
Cleveland: Bell d Howell Co., Chi
cago; Bettendorf Co., Bettendorf
Iowa; Black g. Decker Co., Kent, Ohio
Bunting Brass & Bronze Co.. Toledo.
Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foun.
dry Co., Muskegon, Mich. (Centra
New York Branch, Syracuse and Chi.
cago branch); Cincinnati Milling Ma
chine Co., Cincinnati; Colonial Pre-
mier Co., Chicago, Ill: Curtis Manu-.
featuring Co.; Delaval Steam Turbine
Co., Trenton, N. j.; Delco Remy Co.
Anderson, Ind: Charles T. Elmes En-.
gineering Works, Chicago; s. w. Far.
Der Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
A. Finkl & Sons; Ford Instrument
Co., Long Island City; French &
Hecht Co., Davenport. Iowa: Fried.
man Silver Co., Brooklyn; G. & o
Manufacturing Co., New Haven;
Gemmer Manufacturing Co., Detroit;
A. c. Gilbert & Co., New Haven;
Hookless Fastener Co., Meadville, Pa;
Illinois Tool Works, Chicago; Kelley
Koett Manufacturing Co., Covington
KY; r. & N. Lawn Mower Co., Rich
mond, Ind.
Ledger-Wood Manufacturing Co.,
Elizabeth, N. j.; Link Belt Co., Chi
cago: Manufacturers Association Of
Moyden, Conn; Manufacturers Asso-
ciation, Chicago Heights, ILL.,; Millers
Falls Co., Greenfield, Mass; Morse
Twist Drill Co., Providence; Motor
Products Corp, Detroit; Mullins Man
ufacturing Co.
Murray Corp. of America, Detroit,
Mich. (Muskegon branch, New Haven
branch, Northwestern Pennsylvania
branch, Erie, Pa.
Otis Elevator Co.. Yonkers (Phila-
delphia branch).
Plamondon Manufacturing Co., Chi
cago; Pratt and Whitney Aircraft
Manufacturing Co., division of United
Aircraft Corp, Hartford, Conn; Pre-
cision Casting Co., Reynolds Spring
Co., Jackson, Mich; Revere Brass q
Copper, New Bedford division; Revere
Brass & Copper, Rome, N. Y; Rome
Company, Rome. N. Y; Sargent
& Co., New Haven: Servel, Inc,
Evansville, Ind; Shaw Walker Co.,
Mich; ]. Sklar Manufac-
turing Co., Brooklyn. N. Y: r. l..
Smith Machine Co., New York City:
Stewart Warner Corp, Chicago; Sum
beam Electric Co., Evansville, Ind;
Tappan Stove Co., Mansfield, Ohio
(Toledo branch): Tri-City Branch,
N. M. T. A., Moline, Ill.
Victor Chemical Works, Washburn
Wire Co.. Providence; Waterbury Tool
Co., Waterbury; Webster Manufac-
turing Co., THIN, Ohio; Wilson q
Bennett Manufacturing Co., Chicago;
Wilson d Bennett Manufacturing Co.
Jersey City branch); Worthington
Pump and Machinery Co., Harrison.
N. J.; Wright Aeronautical Co., Pater-
ION, N. j.; Yale q T0wne Manufac-
turing Co.. Stamford. Conn,