The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-08-29

Uuere was no sewerage Ut h6nSlnBIOu
and no repairing there, as there is at
Pullman He declared rents had not
been reduced at Kensington. "If were
a poor man, said Mr.. Glover, "and had
family, should prefer very much to
live in Pullman than in Kensington."
Paul Hermes, an ex-employe Of the
Pullman company, now news agent
there, testified that he thought his res
idence of nine rooms in Pullman was
cheap at $35 month He would not
live in Kensington under any circum-
stances on account of the offensive
sewers. He thought If some of the
Pullman employees had let whisky and
beer alone they would not have had
nearly so much distress.
William X. Mckay, reporter for the
Chicago Mail, testified that he had been
present at many labor meetings and
had never heard the leaders counsel
violence.
Axel Lunggruen, a Pullman en-
ploye, said he had been treated fairly
by the Pullman company. Employees,
he said, were not afforded an oppor-
tunity to tell their grievances--that
was the main difficulty. He returned
to work at Pullman after the strike
and was obliged to sign an agreement
to have nothing further to do with the
American Railway union in order to
get his position back.
John Fitzgerald, assistant fire mar
shall of Chicago, read a long list Of cars,
towers and other railroad property
burned, showing great loss to the rail
roads. The oldest person he ever saw
setting fire to cars was 10 years Of age.
All the rest were mere boys.
CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-General Manager
st, John, of the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific road, appeared as voluntary
witness before the national labor com
mission yesterday. Mr. St John testi-
fed that the Rock Island road had 49,
517 employees. He then read series of
briefs covering the strike on the Rock
Island road from day to day.
sour first trouble" said Mr. st. John,
occurred June 30. At this time a
meeting of few Rock Island employees
and many outsiders was held on Blue
Island avenue. A motion was passed
to strike, all participating in it, wheth-
er railroad employees or not This
meeting was addressed by Debs, How
ard and others, and it was the begin
ming of the strike on our road. No
official notice was ever given to any
officer of the Rock Island road that the
employees intended to strike, and no
notice was ever given the road to dis
continue hauling Pullman cars"
Manager St John then read list of
men, giving their employment, who
were at the Blue Island meeting al
ready referred to, and who voted for a
strike though unemployed on any road.
Among these men were tailors, plumb
ers, bartenders and others.
Fully two-thirds of these men were
not employees of railroads" said Mana
ger st. John, and he cited the names of
several persons present by whom he
claimed he could prove his assertion.
Deputy United States marshalS, ="
continued Mr. St. John, ''as rule rem
dered good service at Blue Island, but
it was discovered that twenty-seven Of
the marshals were striking switchmen,
sworn in by the order Of the president
of the A. R. IT,"
Manager st. John gave dates, names
and minute details OF various alleged
interferences with trains by strikers
The instances were numerous. He
scored the Chicago police force and de-
clared they often stood idly by and per-
mitted overt acts. He cited fires by the
score and declared that in some cases
those who tried to put them out were
shot at. New men were waylaid on the
streets and beaten and the road nJuly
deemed it inexpedient to send out
new employees, fearing they would be
killed. BY July IL the trouble began
to abate and by July 16 everything was
quiet. "The total number of men who
actually struck was 522, the rest being
intimidated," said Mr.. st. John. 1.-The
total number reinstated was "a. About
5000 men were out altogether. All
men have been re-employed against
whom there were no charges"
CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-General Manager
st. John resumed the stand at the open
ing of yesterdays session of the ma
tional labor commission. Questioned
as to the existence of blacklist, Mr..
st. John said the General Managers
association had never kept record OF
the men who took part in the late
strike. That was matter for each in.
dividual road. The witness then lead
certified report made by the Rock
Island roads detectives. The assertion
is made in this report that Vice Presi
dent Howard, of the A. r. u, openly
counseled violence at mass meeting
of railroad employees at Blue Island.
In one place the report reads: How
ard said he would like to see Pullman
hanged; that he was the worst enemy
the laboring man ever had He also
referred to him in obscene language
In another place the report declare:
Howard counseled his followers ifthey
were opposed to ''use the round end Of
coupling pin" eA
"These things are sufficient" said
Mr.. st, John, Ito show that che strils
ers counseled violence. It is with great
regret that read this report, but Il
had to be done in order to give oul
side fair show"
John M. Egan, who was strike man
ager for the General Managers associa
tlcn, took the stand and corroboratet
Mr.. st. Johns statements. In expla
nation of the overtures from the A. R