Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-25
MORE TESTIMONY
From General Manager St. John Be- fore the National Arbitration
 Board-Other Testimony.

CHICAGO, Aug. M.-General Manager St John resumed the stand at the opening oi today's session of the national labor con mission.
 Questioned as to the existence of q black- list, Mr. St. John said the General Mana ger's association had not kept record of the men who took part in the late strike. That was matter for each individual road. The witness then read certified report made by the Rock Island roads detectives. The assertion is made in this report that Vice. President Howard of the American Railway union openly counselled violence at a mass meeting of railroad em- ployes at Blue Island. In one place the report reads: "Howard said he would like to see Pullman hanged; that he wae the worsC enemy the laboring men ever had. He also referred to him in obscene ian- guage.P
 In another place the report declared Howard counseled his followers if they were opposed to fuse the round end of a coupling pin.'
 St. John, ito show that the strikers coun- selled violence. It IS with great regret that read this report, but it had to be done In order to give our side fair showing.'
 Mr. St. John then submitted a set of books compiled for the General Managers association showing the wages paid men on each road, He testified that only oncs had common wage schedule been prevented by tue association. This had been pre- scented, and vas not accepted. It only at tempted to fix thS question of what would be fair wages under certain conditions.
 John NJ. Egan, who WAS strike manager for the General Managers association, {, took the stand and corroborated Mir. St. Johns' statements.
 In explanation of the overtures from the RojINCaU nninp coming through the mayor net being received he sald: told the mayor that did not think that he ought to be messenger boy for such peo. pie and that did not think the general managers should receive such communlca- tions. | thought 1t great piece of cheek on the part of the American Railway union people after they were whipped to dictate the terms of their surrender
 "Was it not matter of general concur renee among the general managers that the strike should be crushed out rather than settled peaceabiy?"
 'I could not say as to that.'
 MT. Egau did not know of his oN n per- sonal knowlege whether strikers took parl in the riots or not. In his report he had always designated them as 'strikers oi their sym pathizers.
 Mr. Egan thought as a solution of the railway problem that licenses should De issued by the United States 10 employees. He wanted these employees uniformed. He tnOugnl potn employees aho iniit toeuo "oue be benefited by this plan. The railroads should also insure their men, and at the end of certain time pay over to them then money with interest, and a heavy penalty should be imposed on railroads if they broke their agreement, and in case Of em- ployes doing so, they should forfeit their licenses.
 s'It is charged" said MT. Herman "that you have used money to employ mer to burn cars. U
 "Corsidering the source from which thai statement came it is the viest kind of lie l consider it on parity with other state, ments made ty Debs, Howard and others. ''