Show SAY THE RAILWAYS DID IT An Allegation That Men Were Hired to Burn Cars and Other Property Chicago Aug 6 During the past week a committee of the A R U held frequent consultations with Mayor Hopkins Today To-day E W Barns a director of that organization or-ganization and the head of the committee admitted that the purpose of their visits was to furnish the authorities with Information In-formation touching the damage claims of the railway companies The A R U men say they ext > ect to prove In many Instances that the destruction of property prop-erty for which damages are claimed was done by men employed by the railroads and General Managers association They claim to be able to prove that the man arrested last Friday charged with leading the riot and burning cars on the Rock Island tracks on July 5th was at that time in the employ of the Chicago Eastern Illinois railway They also claim to have other similar cases Their object Is to show that the A R U Is not responsible for the riots ana destruction of property |