The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-31
SCORED CHICAGO'S POLICE.
WADE SAYS THEY WERE INACTIVE
 DURING THE STRIKE.
They Stood Idly by and Saw Cars Over turned and Other Acts of vioience-Evi- dence Given Against Deputy Marshais- Beer Furnished to Riotous Men.


 Wade. in the legal employ of the Rock Island road, but at the time of the strike reporter for Chicago morning newspaper. was the first witness called before the national labor commissioners this morning. Mr. Wade carefully ex- amined switches which had been tam pered with and declared from a previ- ous knowledge of railroading that none but railroad employees could have so manipulated the complicated system which was an interlocking one. Mir. Wade testified that he asked man who was melting mob to violence his employment and was told that he was vice president of the carpenters union. In several instaces he saw cars over turned and witnessed other acts of vio- lence. The police often stood idly by watching these things without inter- fering, showing evident sympathy with the strikers.
 The witness related the case of striker who pretended to be wounded by the troops in order to work up feeling against them, but on examination by the witness 1t was found that the man had not a scratch on him. Afterward MT. Wade was made captain of dep- uty marshals. He and his men made numerous arrests of men engaged in rioting. Some of these he recognized as railroad men. He testified that on one occasion a man was arrested for intimi- dating a workman by deputy marshal within a few yards of a policeman who would not make the arrest himself. Numerous instances were related of dis turbances, in some of which non-union men were beaten by strikers. Names and dates were given. On one man policeman's club and pair of brass knuckles were found. This man said he kept these ito tickle scabs with" MT. Wade severely scored the police force and asserted that the deputy marshals he commanded would certainly com pare favorably with the city police, the worst two on his force being ex-mem- bers of that force.
 Richard Mooney followed. He was present at the meeting of Rock Island employees at Blue Island when a strike was declared on that road. He testified that neither Debs nor Howard advised the men to strike. Both were out of the hall when the vote was taken. As reason for striking. Mr., Mooney said:, Well, struck because the rest struck. When they quit quit"
 MT. Mooney related a case where deputy marshal was assaulted by mob while nearly five hundred marshals stood by and did not interfere. He also saw marshals stand by while cars were being overturned and told instance of non-union men being assaulted for working with acquaintances who were railroad strikers.
 Deputy Marshal Davidson" said MT. Mooney, Dragged before me of setting cars on fire and said that he would do it again."
 Another deputy sat by and heard him, but did not say word.
 The witness said that beer and to- bacco were furnished in the yards to any men who were disposed to be riot Ous.
 He, himself, had been threatened with violence by two men, one of whom wore an A. R. U. button, unless he left his engine. He also heard an engineer forced to take an oath not to work on pain fins having violence done to him.
 w. F. Guyon, who was reporter for the United Press during the strike, told what he saw of the destruction of the railroad property. He did not think the railroad employees were engaged in this work. He claimed to have been asked by either Debs or Howard to help them apprehend rioters. He had often heard the two heads of the A. R. U. counsel against strikes
 MT. Guyon did not believe the larger roads kept a black list.
 Vice President George W. Howard of the American Railway union was re- called in. rebuttal. In regard to the meeting at Blue Island, at which it was alleged by witnesses yesterday that he used abusive language in regard to George M. Pullman and counselled vio- lence, MT. Howard admitted that he ap- piled an obscene epithet to MT. Pull man. but said the epithet was one in common use among the railroad men. He also testified that he said he thought Pullman such a mean man that he ought to be hanged, but he did not mean by this to counsel violence. He simply wanted to show his contempt for the mans methods. As quoted by himself. MT. Towards exact language was:
 "That old - ought to be hanged"
 He told the crowd on that occasion to | beware of railroad sleuths who tried to break up lodges by arraying the Catholics in them against the Protest ants, and he hoped that if anybody caught any of ,these sleuths at their work they would "tap them on the head with the round end of rolling oin," The witness submitted list of | questions which he wished to have put | 10 some of the general managers. These | questions related to the hauling of mail rains with Pullman cars attached. He also wanted Pullman recalled.
 It is improbable that the commission | will have chance to put his questions. Mr. Howard declared the General Man agers' association during the strike l sought only to crush the American Railway union.
 Secretary Keliher of the A. R. U. was | ,alled. He testified as to sending cer-. ain telegrams. Vice President Howard | vas asked if the telegrams in possession # the federal authorities were substan- .ially correct. He said they were. Wright will leave for