The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-25

Chicago, Aug 24-General Manager
st. John, of the Rock Island, was re-
called by the strike commissioners to-
day
You have said," said Commissioner
Herman, that your road has no black
list. Now, is it fact that the General
Managers association has a black
list?''
mo such thing as a real black list
exists among the railroads, to my
knowledge" was the answer. There
was, however, I believe, a list of the
names prepared for the General Man
ayers association. 1t contained the
names of the most active of the str1k-
ers and has, / think, been submitted to
the various railroads by the associa-
ton. 1t cannot properly be called a
black list, however"
ST. John was asked to tell what he
knew of the story that all the rail-
roads had adopted a uniform scale of
wages.
THE rumor is untrue" he said. 81
believe something of the sort was sub
mitted to the General Managers asso-
citation, but it was not universally
adopted. In fact, it was rejected by all
but one road, and on that line put into
only partial erect.
Mr.. EGan's Duties.
John M Egan, strike manager of the
General Managers association, was
questioned regarding his duties during
the strike. He said it was his duty to
receive reports from the various rail-
roads OF the progress Of the troubles,
and to submit the same to the associa-
ton.
After other preliminary questions,
Commissioner Wright asked Mr.. Egan
if, in his official capacity, he had made
any effort to settle the strike peace
ably
II did not" answered the strike man
ager.
as it the purpose of the railroads to
settle such trouble by force?''
In this case, at least, it was" the
witness replied frankly.
The commissioner asked the witness
for his views regarding measures for the
prevention of strikes.
Mr.. Egan said that he thought all
railroad employees above common la
borers should be licensed and be COM
PEELED to wear uniforms plainly indi-
eating the positions they held. Such
means. he believed would tend to put
reliable, level-headed men in service
and would prevent such troubles as
those of the present summer.
Commissioner Herman, by a shrewd
question, succeeded in badly mixing up
the witness and his theories, and Mr..
Egan finally admitted that even with
a system of license conditions might
arise that would necessitate OUTSIDE as
sistance or arbitration.
''Mr. Egan," said Mr.. Wright, "a wit
ness has stated before US that you used
railroad men and employed men to
burn and otherwise destroy property
during the strike? Is this true?''
The story Absurd.
The witness grew angry and straight
ening up in his seat, said emphatically:
considering the source from which
that testimony came, it seems to me
that it should be apparently almost
foolish rot. l will, however, enter a
general denial to any and all such
stories. I never employed men for such
work and l can state authoritatively
that no one else connected with the
General Managers association hired or
commanded any one to burn or de-
stroy railroad property. The story is
absurd"
! This afternoon Superintendent Dun
lap. of the Rock Island, was called and
testified briefly regarding the alleged
blacklist, which he declared had no
| eAlSlSHcS.
! Superintendent of Police Brennan was
the next witness. He was asked to tell
how the disorder growing out of the
strike was handled.
ION June 26, the mayor directed me
to use the entire fore to protect pro-
perty and prevent violence. Until the
arrival. of troops on July 8, the force
/ had handled it without any great VIC
! lence and practically no destruction OF
property. Complaints were made that
policemen did not do their full duty in
suppressing lawlessness."
The chief said that many complaints
made against the police were made by
deputy marshals, who were more III
the way than of service.
| D. d. Doty said he was in the en-
ploy of the Pullman company as q
Ecivil engineer and also a statisticiar
land historian He testified that the
Pullman rents were not high compared
with rents at other places. Other wit
lnesses, all of whom gave unimportant
evidence, testified before the adjourn
ment.