The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-08-25
MIR. ECAN'S TESTIMONY
The Railroads Strike Leader Be-
fore the Commission.
DENIES oOMPLIoITY WITH RIOTS.

He Denounces the Allegation A. Absurd.
Superintendent Of Polioe Brennan De.
olarss That the Deputy MarshaIs Were
in the Way Rather Than of Service.
CHICAGO, Aug 25. General Manager E.
| 81. John, of the Rock Island road, was
recalled by the strike commission yester-
| day Mr. st. Johns testimony yesterday
regarding the blacklist had apparently
not satisfied the commissioners and he
was closely questioned regarding IT,
you have said" said Commissioner
Herman, that your road has no blacklist.
Now, is 1t fact that the General Mana
gers association has a blacklst2"
mo such a thing as a real blacklist ex-
lists among the railroads to my knowl-
edge" was the answer. "There was, how
ever, / believe, list Of names prepared
for the General Managers association. It
contained the names of the most active
strikers and has BEEN think, submit
ted to most of the roads by the associa-
tion. 1t cannot properly be called a
blacklist however"
John NJ. Egan, strike manager OF the
General Managers association, succeeded
Mr., ST. John on the stand Mr. Egan
was questioned regarding his duties dur
ing the strike, and said it was his duty to
receive reports from the various roads Of
the progress OF the trou Bile and to submit
the same to the association.
After preliminary questions Commits
sioner Wright asked Mr.. Egan II IN his
official capacity he had made any effort to
settle the strike peaoeably.
II did not" answered the strike man
Rger.
"Is the policy OF the railroads to settle
such troubles by force%
I'm this case, at least, 1t was" the wit
ness replied frankly,
The commissioner then asked the wit
ness for his views regarding measures for
the prevention of strikes. Mr. Egan said
that all railroad employees, above common
laborers should be licensed and compelled
to wear uniforms plainly indicating the
positions they held Such means, he be-
heved would tend to put reliable, level
headed men in service, and would prevent
such troubles as those of the present sum.
mer,
Commissioner Herman, by a shrewd Sc
res of questions succeeded in badly mix
ing up the witness and his theories and
Mr.. Egan himself admitted that even
with a system of licenses conditions might
arise that would necessitate outside as.
sistance or arbitration.
"Mr Egan, " said Commissioner Wright
"a witness has stated before Us that you
used railroad money and employed men
to burn and Otherwise destroy railroad
property during the strike Is this trueg'
The witness grew evidently angry and
Strengthened up in his seat and said EN-
phatically: Considering the source from
which that testimony came it seems to me
that it should be apparent that it is the
most foolish rot. / will, however, enter a
general denial to any and all suoh stories,
The story is absurd"
Superintendent Dunlap, Of the Rock
Island, testified briefly regarding the
black list, which he declared had no exist
ence.
Superintendent of Police Brennan was
the next witness He was asked to tell
how the disorder gI&wing out of the strike
was handled He said;
ION June 2G the mayor directed me to
use the entire force to protect property
and prevent violence. Until the arrival of
troops on July 8 the force had handled it
without any great violence and practically
no destruction of property"
Complaints were made that policemen
did not do their full duty repressing law
lessness How about thatS"
"The mayor directed me to discharge
Immediately any policeman who was
found lukewarm or inefficient. Indeed,
we did suspend several officers on com
plants, but when we came to investigate
we could find no responsible author. We
did find that one officer had been over
jealous in compelling railroad companies
to keep tracks clear"
The chief said many of the complaints
made against the police were made by
deputy marshals who were more Ia the
way than of service
d. Doty said he was in the employ of
the Pullman company as civil engineer,
and also as statistician and historian. He
had been with the company since 1880, and
was familiar with the construction Of the
town of Pullman. He testified that the
Pullman rents were not high and that
the houses which could be secured at the
same rentals in adjoining territory were
inferior to those in Pullman.