Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-23
I'd EDITION.
A CONTEST OF WITS.
Workmen on Trial Battle Their Cross
Examiners.
FATAL FIRE In an APARTMENT HOUSE.
A Great Home Rule Meeting in
New York.
TELEGRAPHERS ORG ANIZE.
DENY BEING BoYCOTTERs,
Testimony Of the Lake shore Engineer on
Trial ut Toledo.

Testimony Of the Lake shore Engineer on
Trial 1t Toledo.
TOLEDO, March 23-The Ann Arbor trouble
has resolved into purely Lake Shore matter
at least as far as the officials are concerned for
non of the Ann Arbor officials have put
in an appearance in court. They
are instead busily engaged in
marshalling their new forces during the calm
occasioned by the trial Of the Lake Shore engi-
neers The strikers are letting the Ann Arbor
severely alone. and all the men are in daily at
tendance at the court room.
This morning the Lake Shore engineers
involved in the case were on the stand
witnesses for the defense. 1t was the
intention Of their attorneys to show by
their testimony that when they refused
to handle Ann Arbor cars they were not
Lake Shore employees. having previously re-
signed. If the engineers knew that the court
had issued an order they were very careful TO
keep away from it and keep themselves in ig-
norance as to its meaning. They all testified TO
the same thing-that they knew nothing OF the
order and were not aware that there were any
Ann Arbor cars in the train they we're asked to
haul.
This is the one particular point on which
their attorneys will base their argument. The
Lake Shore attorneys are irving to make the
men tell why they quit work. The men show
remarkable ability as non-committal witnesses.
Engineer James Lennon was the first witness
this morning. The Lake Shore attorneys tried
on the cross-examination to make him say that
he took orders from the company and was in
its employ after he said he had quit Mr.. Len
non was a good witness for his side as were his
associates. He told nothing that he did not
want to. as the following dialogue will show
AFTER you left your train and quit as you
say, did not some one in authority ask you to
take out 1874 later?'
This is to show that Mr.. Lennon had not
really quit.
"Ies."
''What did you sav?''
II said all right. I'll be up."
'Now didn't that mean that you would be on
hand to take the train and that you were still
employed and acting under the company"
No"
"wba. did you meang'
THAT I'd be up"
Sup whereof
up"
Didn't he understand by that you would be
on hand to go out? Wasn't it a usual business
transaction? What did he understand"
II don't know what he understood"
"What did you wish to convey"
"Just what said
''Wbat?''
THAT I'd be up"
"Up whereof
up anywhere"
Now. what did YOU mean?'
What did he think you meant?"
HE thought what he wanted to. 1 left il
OPEN
The attorney gave it up and changed his
tactics.
On several occasions during the morning the
court room broke into applause when witnesses
stated that they would not become '.scabs"
Yesterday Judge Kicks threatened to eject any
one making such demonstration, but as vet
he has not done SO.
John Conley, one Of the men who refusedIto
handle Ann Arbor freight and was arrested
with the brotherhood men. was called as a
witness. The defense intended to show by his
testimony that he WAS not a brotherhoo d
man: that he quit on his own respon-
sibiity; that no organization influenced
him, that the brotherhood had nothing to do
with his actions and might have had nothing to
with the actions of the other man. He proved
a good witness.
Tell the court why you quit" said the at
torney.
because l did not think that the Ann Arbor
people were doing right by their men. and
had no desire to help them in forwarding their
freight, SO quit before was asked to do SOL