St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-25
STRIKERS LISTED,
But Not on the BlackIist-Eaan
Testif1eS.

IoSt1H6S.
CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-Ganeral Manager
st. John, of the Rock Island road, was
recalled by the strike commission today.
Mr.. st. Johns testimony of yesterday
regarding the blacklist had apparently
not satisfied the commissioners, and he
was closely questioned regarding 1t.
You have said," said Commissioner
Herman, That your road has no black.
list. N ow, is 1t fact that the General
Managers association has blacklist?
mo such thing as real blacklist
exists among the railroads to my knowl-
edge" was the answer. There was,
however. believe, list of names pre-.
pared for the General Managers as
ISOLATION. 1t contained the names of
the most active of the strikers, and has
been. think. submitted to the various
roads by the association. 1t cannot
properly be called blacklist, however.
AIR. st. John was then asked to tell
what he knew of the story that all rail-
roads had adopted uniform scale of
wages.
The rumor is untrue" he said.
n HAS no such scale been prepared?''
well, believe something of the sort
was submitted to theGeneral Managers
association, but it was not universally
adopted. In fact, it was rejected by all
but one road, and on that line 1t was
put into only partial effect. There is
absolutely no truth in the statement
that the roads represented in the
General Managers association have
adopted uniform SCALE"
John NJ. Egan, strike manager of the
General Managers association, sue
ceeded MIR. st. John OH the stand. Mr..
Egan was Questioned regarding his
duties during the strike, and said it was
his duty TO receive reports from the
various roads of the progress of the
trouble, and to submit the same to the
association.
After preliminary questions Commsi.
sioner Wright asked MIR. Egan if in
his official capacity he had made any
efforts to settle the strike peaceably.
Il did not" answered the strike
manager.
us it the policy of railroads to- settle
such troubles by force?''
I'm this case at least it was" the wit
ness replied frankly
The commissioners then asked the
witness for his views regarding meas
ures for the prevention of strikes.
Mr.. Egan said that he thought that
all railroad employees above common
laborers should be licensed and be COM
PEELED to wear uniforms plainly indicat-
ing the positions they held. Such
means, he believed, would tend to put
reliable, leyel-headed men in service,
and would prevent such troubles as
those OF the present summer.
Commissioner Herman, by a shrewd
series of questions, succeeded in badly
mixing the witness and his theories,
and Mr.. Egan finally admitted that
even with a system, of licenses, con-
dltlons might arise that would necessi-
tate outside assistance or arbitration.
"Mr. Egan," said Commissioner
Wright, "a witness has stated before US
that you used railroad money and en-
pioyed mep to burn and otherwise de
stroy railroad property during the strike.
Is this trueT'
The witness grew evidently angry,
and, strengthening up in his seat, said,
empnatlcally: considering the source
from which that testimony came, 1t
seems to me that it should be apparent
that 1T is the most foolish rot. l will,
, however, enter a general denial to any
and all such stories. / never employed
| men for such work, and | can state au-
chemically that no one else connected
with the General Managers association
hlred or commanded any one to destroy
railroad property. The story is absurd"
In the afternoon Supt. Dunlap,o of the
Rock Island, was called and testified
briefly regarding the alleged black list,
which he declared had no existence.
Superintendent OF Police Brennan was
the next witness. He was asked TO tell
how the disorder growing out of the
strike was handled?
ron June 25 the mayor directed me to
| use the entire force to protect property
and prevent violence. Until the ar
rival of troops on July 8. the force had
handled it without any great violence
and practically no destruction OF prop
erty."
Q. Complaints were made that police
men did not do their full duty in re-
pressing lawlessness. How about that2
A. The mayor directed me to dis
charge Immediately any policeman
found lukewarm or inefficient. Indeed,
we did suspend several officers OH com
plants. but when we came to inveSti-
gate we could find no responsible au-
thor. In one case we did hnd an oScer
had been overzealous I'm compelling
railroad companies to keep tracks clear.
The chief said many of the complaints
made against the police were made by
deputy warshMs, who were more in the
way than Of service.