St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-23
PRODUCED The RULE.
Interesting Features Devel-
Oped in the Trial Of Lake
Shore Employees.
Brotherhood Regulation I'M
posing the Boycott Intro
duced by Arthur.
Only Two Of the Men on Trial
Members of the Brother
hood.
Men Quit Work Before Learn
ing OF Judge Kicks
Order.

IOiSltDO, W., MdICil ihbNA
estiDg features developed in the hearing
of the Lake Shore strike in the United
States cOult this afternoon. What prob
ably created more of sensation than
anything else was the introduction OF
one of the rules of the brotherhood
furnished the court by Chief Arthur
himself. 1t was during the eXamina-
ton Of j. Il. Watson, Lake Shore
engineer, who is one of the members
of the brotherhood grievance commit
tee. that the document was produced.
Watson had been summoned to bring
into court all the rules and laws OF the
order on the subject of the bOycotts, but
had furnished nothing but set of by
laws that threw no light OIL the secret
work of the brotherhood. Just after he
had stated most emphatically that he
knew of no other secret laws governing
the strike question, Mr.. Hurd remarked
that Chief Arthur had furnished rule
which the witness had not mentioned.
Rule No. II, which is as follows, was
then read:
The Boycott. Rule.
THAT hereafter where an issue has
been sustained by the grand chief. and
carried into effect by the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers. it shall be
recognized as violation of obligation
for member of the brotherhood, who
may be employed on railway running
in connection with or adjacent to said
railway, TO handle property belonging
to said railroad or system in any way
that may benefit said company with
which the brotherhood is at issue until
the grievance or issue OF whatever
nature or kind has been amicably set
tied"
The reading of the rule, Immediately
after Watson'S positive statement that
he had mentioned all the secret laws of
the order, created a sensation and the
witness was embarrassed. His only tx
anation was that he had not properly
understood the questions Of the attor-
IL ,yS for the plaintiff. Another fact that
will have great bearing on the case
was made known yesterday when it
was shown that of all the strikers al
tached only two of them, James Lennon
and Leonard Clark, are members of the
brotherhood. The latter was one of the
first witnesses examined this afternoon.
lie testified that he had not seen the or
der of the judge when he resigned; that
it had been partially read to him. but
that he had not understood it, and that
he had not discovered yesterday what
the contents of the order were. He
made
A Most Difficult Witness.
and evaded the questions OF Attorney
Potter to such an extent that he was
thrice warned by the Judge. After a
tireSome struggle that lasted for three
quarters of an hour, Mr.. Potter sue
ceeded in pinning him down on the fol-
lowing question:
"What motive had you for not want
ing to run train on which the Ann
Arbor cars were attached?"
The witness squirlned and wriggled,
but, when finally commanded by the
judge to answer, blurled out, his voice
trembling with emotion:
"Well, I'll tell you why / refused to
handle Ann Arbor cars. Pm pretty
hear the grave now. and did not want
to live the rest of my life scab engi-
neer."
Affidavits were introduced by defense
signed by each one OF the strikers, in
which the affiant sWOre that he resigned
from the employ OF the company before
reading Judge Kicks order; that he
quit work OF his own free will, and not
at the solicitation of the brotherhood.
Watson was called. and after a great
deal of evasion admitted that any mem
Der of the brotherhood who refused to
strike after having been ordered by the
chief to do so was liable to expulsion
from the order ana the forfeiture of life
insurance and all benefits attached to
membership. The examination will be
continued tomorrow