The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-25
MANAGERS ON THE RACK.
Interesting Testimony Before the
Strike Commission.

: Interesting testimony btIoTe the
:. Strike Commission.
J.: CHICAGO, Aug. 24-General Manager
: ST John OF the Rock Island was recalled
by. The Strike Commission to-day.
= GU have said" said Commissioner
. KeEuan, that your road has no black
!: list. Now, is it fact that the General
" Managers Association mas a blacklist o."
=: IN such thing as a real blacklist ex-
= lists ::among the railroads TO mvsknowI-
edge" was the answer. There was,
however, l believe. a list of names pre-
pared for he General Managers Associa-
.tioB: 1t contained the names Of the most
active of the strikers, and has been. I
think, submitted TO the various roads by
. the association. 1t cannot properly be a
called a blacklist. however"
:: ST. John was asked TO tell what be knew
=. of the story hat all the railroads had
adopted uniform scale of wages.
: 1.-THE rumOr is untrue" he said. Il be-
. 1ieve something Of that sort was submit
ted to the General Managers Association,
; but 1T was not universally adopted. In
fact, it was rejected by all but one road,
and on that line put into only partial ef-
feet
: john NJ. Egan. strike manager of the
" General Managers Association. was ques-
toned regarding his duties during the
strike. He said it was his duty to receive
reports from the various roads of the
: progress of the troubles and submit the
same to the association.
!: After preliminary questions Commits
sioner Wright asked Egan if in his official
. capacity he had made any effort to settle
the strike peaceably.
=. SCI did not" answered the strike member
: ais it the purpose of the railroads to
settle such trouble by force?"
Eyes. at least 1t was" the witness re-
piled frankly.
: :. The commissioner asked the witness for
his views regarding measures for the pre-.
vention OF strikes.
:. Egan said that he thought all railroad
= employees above common laborers should
be licensed and be compelled to wear uni
*fOrms plainly indicating the positions they
held; Such means, he believed, would
tend: to improve railroad men in the ser
vice, and would prevent such troubles as
those Of the present summer.
Commissioner Herman by shrewd cues
ton: succeeded IN badly mixing up the
witness and his theories, and Egan finally
admitted that even with a system of license
" conditions might arise that would necessi-
>. tate outside assistance or arbitration.
Mr.. .Egan." said Mr.. Wright. ga wit
nesStas said before US that you used rail-
: road men and employed men to burn and
otherwise destroy property during the
strike. Is this true?"
=. The witness grew angry. and straighten
ing up in his seat, said emphaticalIy:
sffsnp Si6arinn tho
that testimony came, 1t seems to me that
1t should be apparently almost foolish rot
will, however, enter a general denial To
any and all such stories. l never EMPLOYED
a man for such work, and l can state an
thoritatively that no one connected with
the General Managers Association hired
or commanded any one to burn or DESTROY
railroad property. The story is absurd. ="
This afternoon Superintendent Dunlap
of the Rock Island was recalled and testi-
fed briefly regarding the alleged black
list, which, lie declared, had no existence.
Superintendent of Police Brennan was
the next witness. He was asked to tell
how the disorder growing out of the strike
was handled. He said:
''On June 20 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
the matter without any great violence and
practically no destruction of property.
COMPLAINTS were made that policemen
did not do their full duty in snppressing
:. lawlesSness."
= i he Chief said that many complaints
.: maze against the police were made by
Deputy Marshals, who were more In the
way than of service.
ID. d. Doty said he was in the employ of
the Pullman Company as a civil engineer
and also statistician and historian. He
testified that the Pullman rents were not
high compared with rents at other places.
Other witnesses, all of whom gave unjm-
portant evidence. testified before the
adiournment