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Show KEI'OKT SUKMITTE1). M bat Hie Snh I'oiiiinlllrn of Ilia House lavs on Hie- Homestead Trouble. A DISGRACE TO CIVILIZATION CIVILI-ZATION Iho LVIawfil lets or Hit .)ur!.inti lei deuinol. fui grtit Not In II. n Tallin ah li His laws I Tin noiti ri i, trrtnt The miinsl r lli7"lline loieiulllee Ntll ulllleil Wabiiimitov, I), c , Aug, 0 Mr Oitos, ctiaiiman of the subcommittee ofthelliusu which Is Investlgntlng ttie labor troubles at Homtsesi anl tbo oonm ell m of the PlnUrl m deli u lives theicwlth, sulniltteil his liwtt to the cuiuintlteu Willi li was nr t agri eil tu. Zsu uieuibor nuestlontnl its tMrrcct lies, lut thu lleUbllcau number would nt t nsent to what It said upon tho lam! and the majority cf tbu I)e. mocrutlo tiitmltfra u tliu rummlltiu thouitlit It IniHltlo to nuke uuy reiwit until the cntln luvcsllgatimi shall te coniletoJ which rould not Ihi dine I eloro Hie second session ol Congress. Theroforu tliu ioitsintmont ol the re iort was male until next wf i.ir. 'I lie report M) s Hie Pinkirlons who lurroultrcd wire Iruially nnd nut ragiouily Inated, irlmlpally ly women nnd ti)s, and Oiteo is lotli tu liliusuthstnliy uf these wolutn ato uatlvu Amillcans.Ho says the ludlglil-tltl ludlglil-tltl tl w hkh they wire sutjeotud was a dlsgracu to civilization. Mr. Oiks asks wbrlltrtheCaruiglellimwasJuslllled lu equity sndi, oud cjnsclvuie I uprosis. Ingnreductl nluwasts 1 ilclidnllned to state tbo cost of a ion uf lliasemer still blllits, an I the labor II cost. II e men weru aid satisfactory wages, I ut tliu work much abbrevlaltathe natural period of llfu and shotil 1 be will t aid for. Mr. Oatiaconkmns the Mil. In. ley law for Its fellute to rotet t the Amirlcan workmen. Had brkk tUli.t Hie bottom facts to the commit, tin they would have agreed that Iho proivsltlon to reduce wagta waa Justl liable, but they took s.uu with him In his conclusions Hint thu tanil did not cauiort lecllntiln I ri es Oittallularurtherthat the conduct often rumpaiiy tuwar is IbiMuphycs wis kind lu many rtscf It loins Him money at liw Inlirest tilulld homes aul never fond set inert fsgir; but lu wane negotiations the tllleersdl I uotixerclse laHem", ami hrlct. stems to hsvu Uen tuo stern, brusimeaiid ajmswliatautucratu. Mr. Oalcs Is irriusilcj thst 11 lrlik Iial Bjaed to the rea-a rea-a in of tbc employes and shown the state of iho uuiniinn)' affairs, af-fairs, n roduo'Jon might Iisvo boen mniio and no trouble fallowed IVuu-sylTanla IVuu-sylTanla law contains nothing tu i re vent Hick Irom ernloylug Piuker. tun men as watchmen nt Houiisteud, but lie sa)s under tliu clrcuinslancts bo should not bau done so. 1 rick made ovirtureslo the Plnkeilons before be-fore Ihu iicKOllalloni wlh the men wire liiteriui led aud did uotaipoal to the county or Hlato nulhorlllis lu Hie first Instance for irotectlou Oatnos-airisthat Oatnos-airisthat Hiierlir McClcary ltnery II elllcleul clllctr. but inya ha I I rick aided lilui and lolned In his a pt it tu tbo goveruor luilead of cmjiu)lng PlnkeitoiisiliuHulu would have fur nlihed sulllclent forcu tu protect, the protsrl). Mr. Oates condemns ai unlawful the acts of the woikmen lu turning awa) thoshttllT. Hesayslt was the ur-lto ur-lto of tho amilgainated assuclatluu tu lutnt thu employment of nou-unlun nou-unlun men, and dtclare that the ur-ganlzitlon ur-ganlzitlon has no right (u enforce Its wishes by strong banded defiance of the law. The men had no legal right tu resist tbu conili z of the I'lnkirtous, andarennsweiablu to the linusylva. iiln courts, lu coucluiton Oatvallnds tliatCuiuresi had no (tower uverthu tpiistion Involved |
