Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-09-07

WAASIS PAOGCCIlOn was
needed. Mr.. Egan said that he made
a requisition on the United States MAJ
shall FIR men and sent a great many
mon to him with the request that they
be sworn In as deputies. Referring to
the visit OF Mayor Hopkins and Aid.
McGillen to his Office with q PROPOSE
ton from the officials OF the American
Railway Union to declare the strike
off if the roads would take the men
back, Mr.. Egan said he told the Mayor
that the assoc alton would not receive
any such document and that he was
sorry to see him acting as q messenger
boy for the American Railway Union.
He thought the document wa Il piece
OF check. Asked if he regarded it as
an insulting document, answered that
1t spoke for itself.
"1ou do not answer my question. MIR.
ESan," persisted Commissioners Worthing.
ton. VI am asking you was the document
OF an offensive or Insulting %ckaractern
"Well. so far as the roads were con-
cerned tho strike was settled. The docu.
ment dictated the terms of an adjustment
Ut u matter which SO far as we were con.
rerned was already settled"
"aad the troops been withdrawn?n asked
the Commissioner NO."
"Wcfe you running The trains at that
time!" @Only irregularly."
sThen why did you refuse to confer with
the officers of the American Railway
Union:n
.wcll. 1 had no authority to confer with
them; and as l Hooked at 1t such authority
could only be given by the association"
@You had full authority to hire men and
to employ force In q~uelliny the strike, but
no authority to seek any peaceable meth-
DDS OF settling 1T. Is that it?"
swell. VIC retarded the A. r. o. us
VvhtNn0N nnd did mt OsNN a.
mise at that late dat.."
aDid the Managers Association ever use
any means other han force to settle
2 great strike which was causing both
themselves and the country hundreds OF
thousands of dollars every duy?'
MIR. Egan admitted that they had not.
sWas 1t not q fact that the Managers
Association was determined to crush out
tho American Railway Union. and was It
not for that they steadily refused to re-.
ceive any communication from them?n
MIR. Egan finally admitted that was about
the true suite OF the case.
"One OF tho witnesses here stated that
there was evidence that o used money
to hire men to burn cars. What do you
cay to that?n asked Herman
EGan replied: swell. considering the
source. 1t Is the vilest rot. I mover hoard
of such q thing till I saw 1t in the papers.
and consider It on q parity with many
other statements made by Debs and How-
urd.n
Asked TO state his views on the methods
to be employed to prevent strikes. Mr..
Egan said that he favored government II.
cense OF all railway employees except COM
mon laborers; that each class be provided
with distinctive uniforms and be required
to pass an examination as to their compe-
tency In their limos; that all should be
ablo to read and write the English LAM
guage. and that mono but citizens of the
United States should be licensed That n
schedule OF wnges should be made and
that both parties should be under severe
penalties for violation of existing agree.
ment4
Manager St. John brought with him a
pile OF documents. among them a set of
hooks shnwino the chedula OF wacas mid