Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-25
EXECUTIVE EGAN.
The Active Fighter Of the A. r.
u. Testifies.
ST. JoHH FIRES A CLOSING SHOT.

Alleged Inc sndiary Uttersnces Of Howard
% . Labor Meesing-some Testimony -
Co scheduies-Egaa's Part IL the strug.
sie-whss He Thought oG the Dsbs let
Ter ." the Manager end why Thsy Dc
c1iaeA % Receive the Same.
CHICAGO. Aug. 2s.-Managcr Sc. John
was again witness before tho national
lrcor commission. He brought with him
pil Of documents, among them BET Of
book showing the schedules Of wages paid
the employees OF each railway belonging
TO the manacers' association. lie began
his Testimony with report made to him
by an agent OF the Rock Island railroad on
June 30 Of meeting held at Blue Island,
ct which Vice President Howard made an
inflammatory speech saying that he
would like TO hang Pullman" aud ITO
show st. John that the American Railway
had strength and stamina to tie up the
Rock Island tomorrow 20 tight that . fiy
couldn't 60 over It." and that be ''hoped
IL any sueaking detectives were found
among rs there would be moral courage
enough to use the round end of coupling
PIN" This report was made By one Of the
'sneaking detectives" which 1t was alleged
Howard wanted coupling pin used on.
A. 60 the Schedule Of Wages.
Herman interrogated St. John as to
whether the General Managers associa-
ton had agreed on q scale Of pay for rail-
road men all over the country. Some Of
the witnesses on the labor side had made
much Of the allegation that combination
OF this Kind was In effect and that book
containing the scale and the agreement
had been distributed among the roads.
1t was then that st. John produced the
schedule aforementioned. These were
the wages paid on the different roads.
The road did not adopt uniform scale OF
wages. "a committee was appointed
which agreed on what IL considered fair
average of wages in these times, but no
action was taken, and the matter Of pay
rests in the hands of each road precisely
rs it did before the report Of the commit
tee was made" He understood that the
c. and. f. !. used part Of this prepared
scale. He then explained how grievances
were heard and adjusted. and Herman Oh
jected that the court in the case was one
Of the parties to the suit-the court in
Kernan's view being the company.
John N. Egsn Takes the Stand.
st. John here stepped down and made
way for the star witness of the side Of the
managers-John NJ Eyan, who was the
manager OF the fight against the A. r. u.
He explained that his duties were TO re-
ceive reports Of the condition Of things on
the different lines and the nature and
amount Of violence committed; to hire
new men, TAKE charge Of the new men
from the east and to assign them to duty
and to report to the authorities J.oints
where protection was needed. He had lit
tie to do with selecting men to act rs dep
uty marshals. Engineers and firemen
were sworn In rs marshals to give them
an opportunity to protect themselves
against parties who might attack them or
interfere with them"
The Famous Rejected Proposition.
He had been called up to the telephone
one day during the strike and told that
Alderman McGillen was at the mayors
Office and that the officers of the Amer.
ican Railway Union were there. He asked
me IL would meet them TO talk over q
settlement. replied that I had no au.
thority to act for the general managers.
The mex: day Mayor Hopkins and Alder
man Mctiillen came TO the Office of the
General Managers association and pre-
sented q document purporting to come
from the American Railway Union. told
Mayor Hopkins that 1 thought he ought
not to have permitted himself to be made
a messenger boy by those people"
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