Riot at East St. Louis, Illinois
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Excerpt from Riot at East St. Louis, Illinois: Hearings Before the Committee on Rules, House of Representatives, Sixty-Fifth Congress, First Session, on H. J. Res, 118, August 3, 1917 Said appropriation shall be immediately available, and shall be paid out on the audit and order of the chairman or acting chairman of said subcommittee, which audit and order shall be conclusive and binding upon all departments as to the correctness of the accounts of such subcommittee. Statement Of Hon. Leonidas C. Dyer, A Representative In Congress From The State Of Missouri. Mr. Dyer. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, I have asked you gentlemen to meet to consider this resolution, No. 118, because of the fact that I believe that something must be done so far as the situation is concerned with special reference to the city of East St. Louis, III., and also as it affects the city of St. Louis, Mo., which is immediately across the river. Conditions which arose there and the things which happened, and with which you gentlemen are in a measure conversant, have caused hundreds and hundreds of these people to seek our side, the St. Louis (Mo.) side, of the river, and they have to be escorted back and forth to and from their work on the St. Louis side with armed guards in order that they may not be assaulted. The Chairman. Does that continue up to the present time? Mr. Dyer. That continues up to the present time. The Government has important contracts with concerns in East St. Louis, III., for the manufacture of certain things. These people are under contract with the Government to furnish these supplies, and the only way that they can do it is to send their armed guards across the river to the Missouri side to bring the people over and then escort them back after work is over. They dare not stay in East St. Louis, III., on account of the conditions there. Mr. Kelly. Are these strike breakers who escort them back and forth? Mr. Dyer. No; they are not strike breakers. Mr. Rodenberg, who is on the other side of the river, will probably verify what I have to say. Some time ago there was a strike on with the packing houses of St. Louis, Mo., and East St. Louis, III., and probably some other concerns. The men who were working in these packing houses were foreigners, and with few exceptions none of them were citizens of the United States. They went on a strike. My information was that it was not with reference to better wages or to better hours, but to some matter connected with some of the leaders of the union. At least, they went on a strike, and it made necessary the employment of others. The packing houses and other concerns where these men had been working who were on strike, sought labor elsewhere, and amongst the negroes of St. Louis, and other places, probably. These men went to work in these packing houses and have been working there in St. Louis and in East St. Louis. These men who were on a strike have been acting badly in St. Louis and in East St. Louis ever since that happened. Mr. Campbell. How long have the negroes been at work in the factories there? Mr. Dyer. I think probably nearly two years. Mr. Campbell. In place of the strikers? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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