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people as they are very watchfull. Opr. left this man Hickey at 11 PM and retired. Aurora Sunday Apr 15/88 Report of Opr. "G.E.W." In Aurora to-day soon after comming out Opr met the man Hickey also a striking fireman named McInhill and Opr. was with them the most of the day in front of Hitchcock Livery Stable where the main crowd stood watching the trains passing. Opr. in conversation with McInhill to-day the latter said he was at the fire and that he thought it good enough for the "Scabs" to be roasted. Opr. thinks McInhill knows nothing about the origin of the fire an neither does Hickey. Opr. in conversation with an engineer and a Saloon Keeper named Jacob Short to-day learns that a partition was put up to divide the sleeping room from the from Shop and that this partition was dry and the seams between the boards wide enough for a person to see through and the engineer thought no one would set the fire where he would be apt to be caught. Opr had a conversation tonight with a man named Frazer one of the citizens called on to investigate the origin of the fire who said he was satisfied that the fire was set by some one. Mr. unclear of the same place is of the same opinion as is Mr. Marhall another citizen. The last unclear two are for the railroad company and express