Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: train out, and they cut off the Pullmans and the train went out then; they had a volunteer crew to take it out. 15 (Commissioner Wright). Did you observe whether the railroad companies put Pullman cars on unusual trains or not?—Ans. I was not sufficiently familiar with their service to know whether that was true or not. On the convening of the commission at 10 a. m. on the 22d day of Angust, 1894, Commissioner Wright made the following public announcement: I will say to the people assembled that we have now heard all the witnesses, with two or three exceptions, that have been suggested to us by the American Railway Union whom the commission has notified to appear. Some of the witnesses who have been heard have been notified by the commission of its own motion; others have been suggested by the American Railway Union and its friends. There are several witnesses on the side of the employees that have not yet been heard because they have not been able to reach Chicago, but they will be heard as soon as they arrive. The commission will now proceed to hear the side of the employer, and in doing so will take the same course it did with the employees. The Pullman Company and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, and the Illinois Central Railroad Company will suggest their own witnesses, from whom we will make selections and notify them to appear before the commission. These witnesses will be subject to cross-examination on the part of the employees if they desire so to do. TESTIMONY ON THE PART OF THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. This also inclndes testimony on the part of the General Managers' Association. TESTIMONY OP EVERETT ST. JOHN. August 23, 24,1894, Everett St. John, being first duly sworn, testified as follows: 1' (Com...