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Show I Job Harriman , Takes Stand j In Inquiry J Los Angeles, Sept. 14. Job Har- ' j ' rlman, an attorney employed In the jl defense of tho' McNamara brothers I 1 1 took the witness stand amid a Btorm mt jj J of hisses nnd applause at tho federal BY Jjj ij Industrial relations commission hear- ' ) UJ j ing today and told why ho thlnka j; ijl working men of Los Angeles hava Bn . Ijl j not obtained legal Justico In tho last t i II II follr yehr8, I II i Chief among tho assertions madot I I XI by Mr. Harriman were tfcero: Ij Employers fired the nntlplckct or- . Sj I dlnance through tho city council dur- II : Ing n strike In 1910 nnd citizens la- i jjj J ter were refused their legal right to I 81 voto It out of existence. jjs Local police ni'o tho tools of cnpl- It'f: I tal who frequently havo prejudiced ' jjL I themselves to obtain In convictions (j I I In enses Involving Inbor troubles. 1 1 Tho Jury system which only, per- j mlts taxpayers to servo Is rigidly en- jj forced when strikes nro on, making ' j , It difficult for working men to, obtain . , j justice. Court officials tiro on fa- 1 I I miliar terms with veniremen who laro 1 I called frequently. 'J r J ( The power of Injunction has been i used to hinder union men from using v ! It . j) I legitimate means, such as talking to I I nonunion workers to win their con- " !' . ., jj ; I tentlons. ! . j Tho personnel of tho local police .J' V, force Is no worso than that of any 1 other city, Mr. Hnrrimnn said, but Mj j i they must take orders and obey them S, ' elso other olllcors would. Ho dealt, I B' & nt length with n riot which took II W place in a public park hero last i ' i U Christmas at n meeting to dovlso t . means he said, for obtaining work for ; 1 1 IJ tho unemployed. Ono man was shot I and killed by tin officer and scores LJ were Injured In tho trouble, which I J started when tho police charged I ho I k crowd. Thirty men were arrested nnd ten who were convicted still are UM ij In Jail. Tho man who did tho Bhoot- fjMpij Ing was not detained. IIIIPJj "We had to convict Some of those j IIPlJ men," Mr. Hhnlmnn quoted a Juror Wlvm as telling him. "Wo must support Ijwi tho police. They protect our jirop- II erty.'l ' U T'10 nntl-plcketlng ordinance aauio f 8 II If during the strlko of tho medal trades ihIjI' ant' no urwcrs a9 id n's n r" ' IllSfl strnlnlng order Issuod ngnhiHt sev- J (1(1 w eraI hundred striking men by Jure j!E Walter nordwell. Many wore re- '' !($ strained undor the names of Richard .IjUtfl Doo and John Doe, nccordlng to a ' HI 91 copy of tho order which Mr. Hani- f man rend. Of tho 167 men arrested nil under tho antlplckctlng ordlnnnco, I j only six or seven over wcro convicted HI Violation of tho nntlplckctlng lav? UJ carried n fine of only $100, but as, Jlj conspiring to vlolato a law carried a ijl lino nt $1000 and n possible scntenco all two years Imprisonment, mi- I J workers wero arrested on this charge A tho witness naserted. In order to bo 8 jjf fl nblo to Identify prisoners arrested on 9, W this -charge, Mr. Harriman said, of- ) tBj llcers would call tho men from their fUjl cells by their names daily until fyjirt their faces became familiar. A hung i!fjjj Jury resulted In these ensos. , , j)fj ' Identification by tho local officers jfll Is a farce, Mr. Ilnrrlninn Insisted. Jffll Ho said on ono occasion ho substlt- ' (j utcd for soveral days In tho prison S 'J? I era' dock, a ni:m not undor nrrcst, ' , but ho was promptly identified by v 'l .j thq' pollco. I'ollco oomo times rccog- ' (J U nliscd men who had been hero only . S I a few days as boyhood acqualntanc- jjj I es, tho witness mnlntiilncd. i' I Irwin 11. ltlco, H. W. Dennett j nnd J. H. Frnncls'nlso testified to- l I day. Tho western tour of tho com- 1 vl .1 mission will closo tomorrow, tho I I Denver mooting having been post II ,i poned. |