Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-31
The Evidence Before the National
 Labor Commission
AS TO yS CHICAGO STRIKE
Grows z ore Interesting-O Off, cer : harged With Aiding
 JST Abetting Strikers.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 30.-Chairman Wrightof the National Labor commission said this morning that up to the last of this month the board will have expended only $1500 of the s5000 which is allowed for expenses.
 Charles Stewart Wade, in the legal em- ploy of the Rock Island railroad, but at the time Of the strike reporter for Chicago morning newspaper, was the first witness called at the morning session. Mir. Wade carefully examined switches which had been tempered with, and declared from 8 previous knowledge of railroading that no one but railroad employees could have so manipulated the complicated system, which was an interlockiug one. Wade testified that he asked a mah who was in- citing mob to violence his employment, and was told he was vice. president of the Carpenters union. In several instances he saw cars overturned and witnessed acts of violence. The police often stood idly by and watched things without interfering, showing evident sympathy with the strikers.
 The witness related the case of a striker who pretended to be wounded by the troops in order to work up feeling against them, but on examination by tEe witness 1t was found the man had not a scratch on him. Afterwards MT. Wade was made 8 cap tain of deputy marshals. As such he and his men made numerous arrests of men enc gagged in rioting. Some of these he recog- nized as railroad men. He testified that on one occasion a man was arrested for in- timidating workman by deputy marshal within few yards of policemen, who would not make the arrest himself. Nu- merous instances were related of distur- bances, in some of which non-union men were beaten by strikers. Names and dates were given. On one man a policeman's club aud pair of brass knucks were found. This man said he kept these ito tackle scabs' heads with.'
 MT. Wade scored the police force unmer- cifully, and asserted the deputy marshals he commanded would certainly compare favorably with the city police, the worst two on his force being ex-mem bers of that force.
 Richard Mooney followed. He was pres- ent 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 a reason for strik- ing MT. Mooney said: "Well, struck be- cause the rest struck. When they quit quit.n
 MT. Mooney related a case where dep uty marshal was assaulted by mob while nearly 300 marshals stood by and did not interfere. He also saw marshals stand by while cars were overturned, and told in stances where non- union men were being assaulted for working by acquaintances, who were railroad strikers. "Deputy Marshal Davidson,'' said Mr. Mooney, ''bragged before me of setting cars on fire, and said he would do it again.
 ''Another deputy sat by and heard him, but did not say word.o
 The witness said that beer and tobacco were furnished in the yards to any men disposed riotous, and intimated that the railroads furnished them.
 He himself had been threatened with violence by two men, one of whom wore an American Railway union button, unless he left his engine. He also heard an en- gineer forced to take an oath not to work, on penalty of his 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 railroad prop erty. He did not think railroad employees have been asked by either Debs or Howard to help them apprehend rioters. He bad often heard the two heads of the American Railway union counsel against strikes. { MT. Guyon did not believe the large roads kept blacklist,
 Vice. President George w. Howard of the American Railway union WAS recalled in regard to rebuttal. In regard to the meet ing at Blue Island, at which it was alleged by witnesses yesterday that he used
 
 Pullman and counselled violence, Mir. Howard admitted that he applied an ob- scene epithet to MT. Pullman, but said the epithet was one in common use among railroad men. He also testified that he said he thought Pullman such man and that he ought to be hung, but did not mean 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 hung.o
 He told the crowd on the occation to be- ware of railroad sleuths, who tried to break up lodges by arraigning the Catho- lies in them against the protestants, and he hoped if anybody caught any of these sleuths at their work they would "tap them on the head with the round end of rolling pin."
 The witness submitted list of questions which he wished to have put to some of the general managers. These questions related to the hauling of mail trains with Pullman cars attached. He also wanted Pullman recalled. It is i'm probable that the commission will have a chance to put his questions. Mir. Howard declared the General Managers association during the strike sought only to crush the American Railway union.
 Secretary KeIiher of the American Rail- way union was called at the beginning of the afternoon session. He testified as to sending certain telegramB. He was foi- lowed by Vice. President Howard, who was asked if the telegrams in the possession of the federal authorities were substantially correct. He said they were. Mr. Wright will leave tor Washington tonight to at- tend to important business of a public