Show CHARGED WITH PEONAGE pressed steel car company charged with forcing men to work pittsburg the first testimony offered in the government overn ment investigation into the charges of peonage against the officials 0 of the pressed steel car company in Scho enville enose employed emp loyes are on strike in which it la Is alleged force was used to compel imported laborers to work developed late thursday alexander friedman a hungarian Hun gailan of now new york said lie he was brought hero here fifteen days ago with one hundred other inen from new ew york under hn false impressions ile he said the workmen were given to understand there was no strike at the borrs ot of the pressed steel car company friedman said eald he had leen at work in the plant a few days when he was asked if IE he did not want to make some overtime money and when he replied in the affirmative ho he was taken to the kitchen kit chert of the commissary ot of the car plant and told to work there friedman said aa ld he refused after so BO doing he said he was roughly handled by the work workmen meli guards who took him to the box car jail constabulary officers refused to lock him up he tes titled |