Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 October 1894 — Page 2

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liberal contract tor 24 a f year. ' YHAT MORE DO YOU WANT? " The United States Mutual Accilent Association, 120, 12 1 A 324 BROAOWAr, fit YORK. Guttw B. Pi tT, Wx. Tro. Sirrxn iesJdeaC Secretarj-. D. F. t-LEENER, General Agent, Itnoio CO Eaat Market St.. Indianapolis. reason that the employes of Henry are afraid of being discharged. "Deponent further says that he had been urged by Henry to buy a lot of him. which he did at a coat of JGoO. upon which he rected a house for hia family; that after yie had paid fcViO of the purchase money to Henry, and after the attempt to organize the union, he was discharged by Henry without any cause being assigned, and on account of Henry's having discharged him he was unable to make any further payments on his property and Henry took it from him. '.Deponent further pays that at the time lie was discharged he went to the said Henry for a recommendation, which the fald Hfnry rcused to give him: that he asked Henry why he had been discharged, and Henry replied as follows: 'Well, Charles Nation was discharged, and no one ltnows why; John -Gambol was discharged, and no one knows wlj ; Charles Wilson was discharged, and no one knows why; you are discharged, and no one knows why. .1 guess weM better let It stand that way. Ieponent then said that he knew the reason wh-, Henry understanding that he jneapt his p-art In helping organize the union. This Henry did not deny, and deponent knows that he was discharged for the sole rearoa that he was wanting to bave a union formed; that Henry discharged him and others to prevent a union Jbelng formed. "Deponent further says that Henry at that time Insisted upon his signing a paper petting forth that he had not been discharged on account of his being a friend of the union, anil premising not to oppose Henry In politics, before he would give lilm a recommendation. This deponent refused to do. and w-nt away without his recommendation. "That afterward" Henry s nt for him. and when he went to his office he found Henry's confidential secretary, Kills Carpenter, In the office. Carpenter threw out to him a recommendation, at the same time pushing toward him a. paper which he demanded hat deponent sign. That deponent read the Taper and found It to be a statement that he had not been discharged cn account of the union. This deponent aga'n refused to sign and, picking up the recommendation, walked out- That the said Henry afterward severely censured the said Carpenter tor allowing the deponent to fret hold of the recommendation before signing the paper. "Deponent says further that at one time when he and hLs brother employes were talking of wearing brass buttons with uniforms Henry said to then- as follows: 'I don't want you fellows to put on brass buttons. It looks too much like these "old comrades" and union affairs and other things that are trying to do something and don't know how to pet at It," "And deponent further says that he knows that Henry discharged men because they wanted to form a union, and that he has so Intimidated hi employes that they have riever formed a union for fear of being disrharged by him; that he was discharged for this reason. .id that all of Henry's emf.'lOVPS ha'( f.lwavs heen nnnimlin mart Tar as deonent knows. Deponent says that the total nuinber of persons in the employ tf the said Henry 13, he believes, less than twenty. Deponent says that while working or Henry he worked sixteen hours a day or 51.25, and Henry was constantly waging fcrar against any increase of wages. "CHRISTIAN ZIT.MWALT." Subscribed and sworn to before me thl3 1st day of October, 13U HOWARD GATES. Notary Public Mil. UAlil'L-rtill i$ Air I DAVIT. Against this prolix and Irresponsible statement of a discharged employe, who had teen the recipient of unusual favor, the Journal presents a strong affidavit from Ellis C. Carpenter, the private secretary alluded to. In which it la shown that every material charge is untrue and some are palpably false so false, indeed, that the affiant should be Indicted for perjury. It 13 ahown in regard to the real estate transaction that at the time Zumwalt was dispossessed of the lot purchased of the Anderson Land and Gas Company, Mr. Henry iiad no interest in It and that it could not, therefore, be true that' he, Henry, "took it from him," or in any manner profited by the foreclosure; and further, that instead cf th company taking it from him for nonpayments, the processes of law were called upon in order that the mechanics and material dealers who had built the house Should not lose their time and money. The property is now in the hands of a receiver gander that process of law. Mr. Carpenter Ceposes and gives quite another reason on Kumwalts authority for his determination to give up the property. The other allegations are met by a square denial and It became a. question of veracity between o man of standing in the community and a witness not only biased but discredited in Tn,any ys throuSh ths courts and otherwise. The reader cannot escape the conviction that Zumwalfs conduct snows he wanted to remain in the employ of the company which mistreated him. as he alleges. Mr. Carpt nter deposes as follows: " of 'ndIanf- Madison County, ss. tills C. Carpenter, being- first duiv wo.rn according to law- on s oath says that the statement of ChrisUan Zumwalt. as published in the Indianapolis Sentinel of Oct. 2. lS3t, to the effect that he. Ellis c. Carpenter, presented the said Zumwalt a Taper, which he asked Zumwalt to sign, howing that Zumwalt had not been di"cnarged on account of the union, and that Zumwalt reruse 1 to sign tlie statement, is fale In every particular. "He further says that he did hand to said zumwalt a recommendation . or statement as to his comietencv as a strot.Mr mm edgned by Charles U Henry as president of. iiiv sreei-rauway compuny. and that it was not given to said Zumwalt on the condition that said Zumwali. would make any ffuch statement, nor was this afliant ever Instructed so to do by said Henry, nor was he ever censured for not so doing by said Henry, as stated in said affidavit by said Zumwalt. "And affiant also states that he aIo handed to William Vasbinder a recommendation made for him bv said Henry, and did not present to said Vasbinder any writ ten swtieimrni 10 ue signed by him. That the recommendations above referred to were made out by Charles U Henry at the request of said Zumwalt and Vasbinder. they having been discharged in March, 1891. under the rearrangement of the rorce when conductors were dip:ised with. 'Affiant further states thn he. for the Anderson Land and Gas Company, agreed upon the terms of sale with said ".umwalt for a lot in Meridian-avenue addition to North Anderson: that from Feb. 20. 1S3S, to Feb. 20. 1S&1, affiant was the manager of the Anderson I-and and Gas Company, of which Philip Matter, of Marion. Ind.. was the principal owner, and during which time Charles L Henry had no interest whatever In said company, having before that time sold his entire interest to Philip Matter; that said Zumwalt erected a house upon said lot In the summer cf 1S03. "AKlant further states that he knows from proceedings In the Madiron Circuit Court that said property (which Is the aame property referred to by Christian L. Zumwalt In his affidavit above referred to) was placed and now is In the hands of a. receiver in a suit for the foreclosure of liens held against the same by laborers and men. who had sold material to said Zumwalt for said house. "And affiant further states that said Henry, to affiant' personal knowledge, never received a dollar from said Zumwalt. directly or indirectly, on the purchase of eaid lot: neither did said land company take wall lot from said Zumwalt. And affiant further states that said Zumwalt was still employed by said street-railway company when he abandoned the property ubove referred .to and suit was commenced to forecio.se the menchanics' liens, and bout that time said Zumwalt, in answer to attiant'a question as to why he was goingto give up the property, sai l that the reason he was going to give it up was that his son, Otis 11 Zumwalt. had refused further to assist him in paying it out, and that he could not pay it out with his own watres. KLUS. C. CARl'UNTKR. "Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day cf October, lRii. "EDGAR K. linXDKE. Notary Public." zcMWAivrs nncoiiD. Zumwalt's utory was worded .o as to create, the Impression that he was one of the employes discharged in June. 1?J3," at C i tir-? of the aliened Intimidation to ore-

vent the organization of a labor union. The farts are tnat Zumwalt was not released from the employ of the company until March. 1S0I, when it became necessary to redu; expenses by cutting off conductors. The receipts, the company says, were not s'.iflkl nt ihn to continue two men to a car and had not been for many months, but the co.npany did not believe it kind to the men , to remove their source of income during the winter and preferred to carry them as long as possible. It was not decided to remove conductors from the cars until after the winter months had passed away and the opening of spring work should give the men oppjrtunity to And other employment. Zumwalt. the officers say, was a troublesome man to the company and the other employes on account of his disposition to make reports against his f ".low-trainmen which, on investigation, would fail of substantiation. It was natural, therefore, that he should be one of thoe dropped, when the reduction came und the fate that befell him was not a disagreeable relief to the other employes. There U no evidence to support the charge made by Zumwalt that he was or that any other employ was ever removed for believing in or participating in organization of labor and it would strike most persons that, having been carried on the pay-roll through the winter at a loss, the company should be entitled to gratitude Instead of vilification that party servitude and personal spite has prompted him to utter. The affidavit of Lenroy Cox. the superintendent of the company, a Democrat, gives the lie to the assertion that he, Zumwalt, was compelled tD work sixteen hours a day for tl.Z a day. The facts are. and Mr. Cox makes affidavit to them, that when Mr. Henry gained controt of the line he raised the wages from $1.2.1 to $1.50 a day, and there has been no change since. The day In the street-car work is from 6 a. m. to lOS'J p. m., divided in three parts, and each man only puts in two of the three, making about eleven hours' work, the customary hours for such labor, instead of the sixteen hours mentioned In the Zumwalt affidavit. For all time over regular hours the men received extra pay. For further consideration of this subject, the following affidavit of Mr. Cox is printed in full: "State cf Indiana, Madison county, ss.: "I, Xenroy Cox, being duly sworn, on my oath say that the statements in the affidavit of Christian L. Zumwalt, published in the Indianapolis Sentinel Oct. 3. 1834. in which he says that thl3 affiant said to him: I understand that you are helping to get up a union among the street-car motormen ind conductors. Now, I don't want to see Henry fire you, and I want to advise you to. let the matter drop. You know Henry Is "pizen" against this union business, ar '. If you fellows persist In getting up this union every one of you will be discharged bv Henry's orders;" that said statement is absolutely false, and that no such conversation and nothing like it ever occurred between this affiant and said Zumwalt or anyone else, and that as i fact this affiant never heard any expression of anj' kind from Charles L. Henry to the effect that he was in any way oppose to organized labor. "Affiant further says that Charles Nation anl John dmbrell left the employ of the Anderson Hleetric Street-railwav Company in June, 1S03, and that at the time Charles I Henry, as president of the compmy, gave Charles Nation a recommendation, at his request, and that John Gambrell did not ask, for a recommendation, except a special recommendation to a certa'n man for a situation, which was Riven 'him, and that neither of said men were discharged from said railway comtany on account of any talk or Intention of the formation of a union among the street-railway employes. He further states that Christian L. Zumwalt was excused from the employment of the company in March. 134, at the time that the force was reduced and rearranged in order to dispense with conductors; that In deciding what men to retain and what to let go in the rearrangement of the force Zumwalt was lt go for the reason that he was not a desirable man on the line, having always been In the habit of making trouble among1 the employes by reporting alleged violations of the rules by other employes of tfie company, which were usually found to b? without foundation. "Affiant further states that the statement of said Zumwalt, In. his said affidavit, that s.i!d Zumw.ali.' worked sixteen hours a day for $1.23. is absolutely false; that said Zumwalt did not work sixteen hours a day, and that for more than a year and a half before paid Zumwalt was excused from the company's employment he .was paid at the rate of $1.50 per day. "Affiant further states that ever since he has been corrected with the street-railway company each day's work has been divided Into three parts, viz.. from morninsr until noon, from noon until supper, and from supper until 10 o'clock, and that each man works two turns and Is off one turn, and that when extra duty Is done extra pav Is givpn. LEXROY COX'. "Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th dav of October, 1894. "EDGAR E. HEXDEE. Notary Public." TIIREK AOAIXST 0C

Kenotuble Men Dispose of the Van 1luler Affidavit. William Vasbinder was the other conductor who was released in March, 1834, nine months after the alleged, spotting- on account of the proposed organization. He was not well enough educated to do the work required of him in collecting and accounting for fares, but the company kept him through the winter, and, on his leaving1 the company, gave him a recommendation. He had the good will of the officers of the company, and they were much surprised when he manifested a disposition to make a personal fight on Mr. Henry, who had been a friend to him. His attitude is explained only on the ground that his partiin zeal has been played upon for dishonorable purposes by persons who care nothing for his welfare, except as long as he consents to be their tool and they need him. He is far too Illiterate to have written his affidavit or to have understood Its meaning when read to him by the notary who attested to It. He Is by his own confession a biased witness, and was animated by a desire to "get even" with the president of the company. When he was asked to sign the affidavit of the present employes of the company saying: that the stories put in circulation by the Sentinel were untrue and unjust he said he would not sign. "What is your reason?" he was asked. "Is not the contents of this affidavit signed bv every emplove of the company true?" "O yes," he r-pllod. "It is all true, but I don't think Henry treated rne right In putting men again in the employ of the company who had not been with it as long as I had. I am goins to oppose him for Congress and do all I can to beat him." inis is another man who showed a strong desire to return to the employ of Mr. Henry. The above conversation is a matter of sworn evidemfe by three men who heard him use the language. They depose as follows: "State of Indiana, Madison County, ss. "The undersigned, being duly sworn according to law. on their oaths say that they were In tne presence of William Vasbinder, on Oct. 1. 1S94. when asked to sign the affidavit setting forth the facts as to statements purported to have been made by Charles I. Henry and Ienroy Cox In regard to organizing a labor union among the employes of the Anderson Klectric Street-railway Company, which affidavit was subscribed and sworn to by employes of paid company on said date: that said Vasbinder refused to sign said affidavit, and when asked the reason for rot signing it said that he did not think Mr. Hfnry had treated him right in that he had taken back into the employment of said company men that had been discharged and who were not as old In the employment of the company as he had been; and when further asked if his reason for not signing said affidavit was because it was not true and contained any false statements, he rerdUd no, that the affidavit was all square and right, ami that he was not going to vote for Mr. Henry and was going to do all he cculd against him. "H. W. CLIFFORD. "LENROY COX. "KLLIS C. CARPENTER. "Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th dav of October, ISM. "EDGAR E. HEXDEE. Notary Public." In tne light of this evidence it is strange that he should swear to the contents of the affidavit here reprinted from the Sentinel. reading as follows: "State of Indiana. Madison County, ss.: This day personally came before me. William Vasbinder, of Anl?rson. Madison county. Indiana, who, being duly sworn, depases and says: "That for about two years prior to June, 1S33. he was in the employ of Charles I Henry, of Anderson, Madison county, Indiana, as a motorman on the Anderson Street-railway Company; that with him were also employed as motormen anil conductors Charles Nation. John Gambol, L. J. Wigner, Chris Zumwalt and others; that on or about June 1, lSirj. there came from Indianapolis an organizer of the street-car employes' union for the purpose of organizing a union among the employes of the said Anderson Street-railway Company, owned and controlled by the said Charles I. Henry, nov. Republican candidate for Congress; that the said Nation and Gambol took an active part at the time in assisting the organizer in forming a union among his fellow-employes, and that they, with Chris Zumwalt. were summarily discharged from the employ of Henry. "That he. the said William Vasbinder. had always been a frienl and sympathiser of organized labor, which fact lie ht-llevcs the said Henry well knew, and shortly afterward he, the said Vasbinder, was dis

charged from the employ of the said Henry's street railway without any reason or cause being given him, and further, that, although he asked the said Henry for h'.f. motive in discharging him, that the said Henry refused positively to assign any motive. "The deponent further says that he had been a faithful employe and Is of the firm belief that he was discharged by the said Henry solely because he was known to be a friend of organized labor and a Democrat. That the said Henry .even refused to. give the deponent a recommendation until he had gone to him a number of times and Importuned him for many days to give him an abstract: that the stand the said Henry had taken against organized labor was notorious, and it was well known that the men had been discharged by Henry because they wanted to form a union among themselves; that after Henry had refused to give deponent a recommendation, and he. the said Henry, had been openly charged with having discharged his men for this reason only, the said Henry sent word' to him asking him to come to the office. Deponent went to Henry's office and the following conversation passed between him and the said Henry: "Charles L. Henry About this recommendation. I can give you one, but I don't feel like giving you one now. I'll see further on. Did you see that piece in the paper about mv being 'pizen on unions? "William Vasbinder Yes, I heard It read." "Charles L. Henry Weren't you boys goIuk to get up a union?" "William Vasbinder Yes. We were talking about it." "Charles L. Henry Were you going Into it?" "William Vasbinder-Yes. sir." "Charles L. Henry Were the boys afraid to go in?" "William Vasbinder Yes. They talked the matter over, and after Nation and Gambol were discharged it scared all of them out but three or four." "Charles L. Henry Who were they?" "William Vasbinder Well, there was Charles Swaine and some others." "Charles L. Henry Did you ever hear that Nation and Gambol were discharged because they were getting up the union?" "William Vasbinder Yes, sir." "Charles L. Henry Well, of course, now I'll tell you. I'm opposed to these unions and I want nothing to do with them." "And deponent further says that the said Henry said that he wanted him to sign a paper stating that It wan not on account of his friendship to tha union that he was discharged before he would give him a recommendation. Deponent told Henry that he could not do this truthfully and went away without a recommendation. "That afterward Henry sent to him a clerk by the name of Ellis Carpenter, who Is the said Henry's confidential secretary, who had with him a recommendation written out, and which he showed the deponent, and then asked him to sign a paper stating that he had not been discharged on account of his friendship for the union, to which the deponent answered: 'Well, you can give me that recommendation or not, but I'll never sipn that pap?r." "Deponent further says that on Oct. 1, 1834. the said Henry again sent his confidential secretary. Ellis Carpenter by name, to him with a paper statin? that the deponent had not been discharged on account of his friendship for the union, and deponent again refused to sign any such statement, knowing that such a statement would be false; that deponent has long been aware of Henry's antagonism to organized labor and has it from the lips of Charles L. Henry that he is opposed to unions of all kinns. "WILLIAM VASBINDER, "Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of October. 1834. "HOWARD GATES, Notary Public." Mr. Henry was asked as to wiat there could be to base the conversation related in the affidavit Upon, and he said there was absolutely nothing. He had never, he said, had. any controversy with his employes in the street-car service or elsewhere. He had not given orders to anybody at any time not to employ men who belonged to a labor union, or to discharg-e men Who belonged to a union or who proposed to form a union. He did not know, he said, that there had been any proposition to form a union in June of 1893 until the . ..cation in the Anderson Democrat of the charge In March. 1834, when the conductors were taken off the cars for prudential reasons. It is a matter of history in Anderson that he has n?ver had at any time or anywhere the slightest controversy with men working for him as to wages, hours or anytning else. Since the street-car company changed tha street-railroad to electric power tne employes have been receiving $1.50 a day, and there has never been heard a word of dissatisfaction from them. He has been, on the contrao't a friend to labor, and has brought the majority of the factories to Anderson through his own pluck and energy. He has been one of the largest employers of organized labor in the city, and now Owns a store there w'lieh is operated by union clerks. He was president of the Hoosier Glass Company, in which every employe and the foreman were members of the union, and no other sort of men were evci thought of. Iater he was secretary and treasurer of the Anderson Glas3 Company, manufacturers of window glass, in which only union men were employed. V. T. Morgan, a member of the window-glass workers' union, said to a Journal reporter: "You may t?ay that the charge that Henry is opposed to union labor don't go with the glass workers. If a single glass worker so far forgets his own Interests as to oppose Henry's election, it will not be on the ground that he is not a friend of labor organizations, and I promise you there are mighty few of them that will not vote for him in the gas belt. I once heard Mr. Henry say that If it were not tor tae unions among glass workers the business of making glass would be far more unprofitable than it is. He said that the manner in which the window-glass workers control their members, regulate the work they do, gives the manufacturers assurance of what they may rely on from the men in their employ. lie wished, he said, that the manufacturers were as reliable in their organizations as the employes. If they would unite, he said, as strongly and would act as harmoniously as the union, the manufacturers- would find it greatly to their profit. There are numbers of others who have heard him talk just that way." There is another affidavit that reeks with either knavery or folly. It comes from

John C. Williams, who is connected with. the Anderson Democrat. He seems envious of the infamy of the dollar-a-day-affi-davit liar of the campaign of 18.83. He deposes as follows: "State of Indiana, Madison county, ss. . "This day personally appeared before me John C. Williams, wno, being by me first duly sworn, deposes and says: "That hehas been a resident of Anderson, Madison county, Indiana, about eight years, and during tne whole of that time has peisonally known Charles L. Henry, now Republican candidate for Congress, and has had frequent talks with him. "That the said Charles L. Henry was until about eighteen months ago a stockholder in the Anderson window-glass factory. That about that time he sold his interest to his partner, Pnilip Matter, of Marlon,. Ind., receiving in exchange in a complicated deal that was then made between them the said Matter's Interest In the Anderson street railway, after which he became sole owner of the railway, and since which time he has not been engaged in the glass business. "That shortly after the said Henry retired from the glass business the deponent asked him, the said Henry, with some surprise why he had gone cut of the glass business, to which he, the tald Charles L. Henry, had replied: " 'I don't want to have a cent of my money invested in a business that is controlled by this infernal organized labor,' or words to that effect. He has heard a number of other citizens of Anderson say that Henry had made the same expression of sentiment to them. That the said Henry is, and has long been known in the city of Anderson and county of Madison as an enemy to organized labor and opposed to unions of all kinds. "JOHN C. WILLIAMS. "Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st dav of October, 1S91. "HOWARD GATES. Notary Public." Mr. Henry was shown this affidavit, and was asked for a statement. He said: "I am acquainted with Mr. Williams, and I trust no one in the district will think me so absolutely devoid of sense as to make the editor of the Democratic organ my confidant, and to say to him. in the face ot expectations mat I would be the Republican candidate for Congress, that I was opposed to organized labor, or that I would have nothing to do with any business that was controlled by labor organizations. This narration by Mr. Williams Is as false as his other statement, which he knew to be false, to the effect that I am the sole owner of the street railway. This Is evidence of the recklessness with which the affidavits are drawn and, mark their lying nature." AX I SH'S OF HECK. He Haw No Slantllng; with the AuderRun Glnnn Maker. There is still another affidavit which yields readily to the pulverizing power of investigation. It Is from William Beck, a flint-glass worker. He has lately become the president of the Federation of Labor, vrhlch. In Indianapolis, is an organization for wage workers irrespective of skill, and presumably is the same there. It has twenty-three members. As a union man In tne flint-glass trade. Bck h is no standing, according to the reporter's investigations, with the skilled workmen of other

lines of the glass trade. His deposition is as follows: "State of Indiana. Madison County. s. "This day personally came before me William Reck, of Anderson. Madison county, Indiana, who. ling by me first duly sworn, deposes and says: "That he has been a glass worker for twenty-five years, Is a flint glass blower at the present time at the Anderson flint bottle house, and has been in the Glass-workers' Union since 1S79. and is now president of the American Flint Glass-workers' Union, No. 88: that he has been the national representative of his union several times In the national conventions, and has been in each case honored by being aipointed on the responsible, committee to arrange the wagt- schedule. "Deponent says further that he has been a resident of Anderson, Madison county, for nearly four years, and has known of Charles L. Henry, now Republican candidate for Congress, during nearly the whole of that time. That in June, 1893, he was president of the Madison county Federation of Iabor, and at that time visited Marion as the representative of the glass workers of union No. SS. That there ,he saw boys being employed as conductors on the street railway, and after returning home talked with employes of the Anderson Street-railway Company, which was then, and is now, owned and controlled solely by the said Charles L. Henry. That they asked him how to go about forming a union, which information he was able to give them, as he had organized a number of unions in his capacity 'as organizer. That the employes of the South Anderson Street-railway Company took steps to form a union, but before the union could be formed those of the employes of the street-railway company who were taking an active part in the movement were discharged by the said Henry for the sole reason, as deponent believes, that they were helping organize a union among the said Henry's employes. That the meeting was to be held on Friday night in June, 1893, or near that date, and on the morning of the same day the men who were to meet that night were discharged by the said Henry. That deponent had made arrangements to secure a room in the courthouse, but the discharge of the prime actors in the movement by Henry frightened his other employes, and they did not attend the meeting, which was not held. "Deponent further says under oath that so long as he has known of the said Charles I Henry he has known that he, the said Henry, is, and always has been, a bitter enemy of organized labor and labor unions, and has done all he could to suppress labor organizations. That this is known widely among the glass workers and other union men of Madison county, and they are opposed to Henry's election on that account. This the deponent says he learns from daily talks with the glass workers and union men of Madison county. That the said William Reck Is opposed to the election of the said Charles L. Henry on account of his open opposition to organized labor in all its forms, and will not support him under any circumstances on this account. That this feeling is largely shared by the glass workers of Madison county, and the said AVilliam Beck will vigorously oppose the election of the said Charles L. Henry. "Deponent further says that he believes the statments of the said Charles L. Henry to the effect that the reduction in the wage scale of the glass workers of Madison county and the State of Indiana has been caused by the new tariff law to be wholly false, and he further says that after studying the matter carefully he knows that such Is not the case. "Depenont further says that he has always been a zealous friend and promoter of organized labor and makes these statements voluntarily and for the sole purpose of advancing organized labor and preventing union men from being deceived Into placing in power Its bitter enemy. "WILLIAM BECK. "Subscribed and sworn to before me this first day of October. 1894. "HOWARD GATES, Notary Public." The impression prevails among the workingmen of Anderson that Beck is something of an Anarchist. He has an unsteady record. 'He was made the Democratic, candidate in a Republican ward at the last municipal election for city councilman. The Republican, candidate for Mayor received votes in that ward to S39 for the Democratic candidate. The Republican candidate for the Council received 1,160 votes to 773 for Reck, thus showing that he ran sixty-four votes behind his ticket. He

then became disgruntled with Democracy and became a Populist. It was in a ward filled with laboring. men with union principles. He attended a meeting of the Populists In which he used language befitting the haunts of Anarchists. A glass blower from El wood had been put in nomination for- an office. Deck secured the floor and spoke as follows:. s "I'm not a delegate, but I want to second that nomination. I have listened all day to hear someone nominate a representative of union Tabor. I've been a Democrat all my life: , pat I'm tired of it now. Why, they are down on the laboring man. Grover Cleveland sent soldiers to Chicago to murder laboring men. General Miles is guilty of murder. The United States courts and all the judges are in sympathy with them. Our own Governor called out the soldiers to shoot down laborers.. It makes no difference they call out the military to shoot them down whether they are right or wrong. I want to say now that I amthrough with that party and will vote for your nominee. Why, I've been in politics so little. I know 'em, but I never run for but one office. Yes, they say they'll vote for you, but I can take a quart of whisky on election day and get half of them." His incendiary remarks attracted much attention for several days. There is evidonce that Peck, did not say all that the Sentinel article attributes to him. At least hi says that he did not. In conversation with Park McKee. who is a member of the same glass workers' union, he said that when the Sentinel reporters called upon him they asked him if the glass worker were going to support Mr. Henry. He told them, he said, that he had talked with one or two who would not. Mr. McKee. In speaking further of this conversation, said: "Beck told me that he did not know that the men were discharged by Henry because they were about to form a union, but he thought they were. From his conversation I think he Intends to vote the Populist tlcV.et, as he does not think either of them any good, as he expressed It. He forgets that Henry -brourht the Hoosier glass works here. In which Beck was for a long time e.npioyed as a union man, without a suspicion that there was any opposition to organizations on the part of the company of which Mr. Henry was president. I see that Reck denies that the lower tariff rate was the cause of the cut in our wages here. But he can give no other explanation of the cut of 21 per cent In the wages, on the average, of the windowglass workers, neither can he explain why it la that the wages of the shade makers wero reduced if it was not that the manufacturers hrvl to meet the prices on the $o00.000 of Imported goods that lay in bond ur.t!'. the new lav went into effect and were sold at a less figure than we can make the' same goods. Our works were shut down end we had no work for a long time because the Imported bottle could be laid down in Chicago cheaper than we could make it." ENTHUSIASM FOR HEXRY. Th Journal reporter talked with a number of men In reference to the charge against Mr. Henry, and there was none to say that he had ever mistreated, ground down his employes or had ever ?aid or done anything in opposition to labor organizations. Mr. Samuel Moore, a prominent glass blower, said that all but two or three of the men in his union were members of the Henry Club of glass workers. He said: "We have never heard any question of Henry's friendliness to labor organizations, and we know that he is our friend in tariff legislation! It is due to B3'num and his party that our wages were cut 22 per cent, all over the United States. If the Sugar Trust bill had hot rteen passed we would hr.vo been operating at the old scale and the manufacturers would have paid it gladly. What Is more, if the tariff rates were restored to-morrow the old scale would be restored to us Just as soon as ii manufacturers could meet together. Th-t it the kind of tarifT reformers we are and we are solid for Henry." The enthusiasm of the Henry sentiment amonir the elassblowers was remarkable. 'It is not generally known that there is a strike among the glassblowers and glassworkers in many parts of the United States because' of the reduction of wages on account of the tariff disturbance. One of the prominent members of the union said that fully one-third the union men are out of worit on this account. It has become, not a question of politics with them, but of business, that they should vote the Republican ticket this year, especially for Congress. The Sentinel stated in an editorial on the subject of Henry and the street-railway company that all the employes are Republicans except Cox. The Journal reporter Interrogated some of the men for the facts. H. Wetzel, a motorman, who has been employed for several years, said: "There are as many Democrats as Republicans among the men employed by this company. Nobody ever asked me my politics when I was employed, and I have never heard of it3 cutting any figure when the company wanted a man. We have never had any trouble with the company or Its officers." "Did you ever hear the officers say they would not permit you men to organize a union?" "No." was the reply: "Did you hear any threat from them at the time that the meeting was called for an organization?" "That call was a fake." was the emphatic response. "There never wag any-

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thing said to any of us then or at any other time about belonging to a union.' 4 "Has the company ever- threatened to reduce your wages?" ' ' "No. We have been getting $1.50 a day since 1S92. Before that the company paid $1.25 a day. We thought that maybe the company would give us some increase when they took off the conductors and we had to collect fares, but we never asked them for more money, and we are satisfied that the company Is doing as well as it can by us." "Have you any reason to believe that at any time Mr. Henry was hostile to organized labor?" . "No." ....... This was the testimony of a number of workingmen, that were interviewed by the Journal man. Many of them were Democrats who Intend to vote for the Republican candidate. Democratic business men bore testimony to the same effect and some denounced the assault upon Henry as an outrage. Allan Holllngsworth. a prominent member of the party, was one of the number who spoke In unqualified terms of disapproval of the course of campaign laid out by Bynum and his satellites. The more closely the Sentinel story Is inspected the more It discloses that it was a fabrication. It is well known, of course, to Zumwalt, as well as to Williams, that Mr. Henry is not and never was the sole owner of the street-car company, but still ' this assertion appears under seal of oath In the affidavit of each. The same recklessness of statement permeates the whole story, showing that it was manufactured to bolster up a "bad break." which was likely to tumble down upon the heads of Its authors. The story Is notorious for its absence of truth. DISCOURTEOUS ARMY OFFICER. Col. Merritt Barber Charged with Insulting: the Army of the Tennessee. OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 5. There is some probability that the fetter of Col. Merritt Barber, adjutant-general of the Department of the Platte, to the local representatives of the Army of the Tennessee, in refusing to have anything to do with that society, and referring to it in a most discourteous manner, will cause a court-martial. It has created a sensation in military circles. Colonel Barber has an excellent record as a soldier for gallantry. His singular response to the Armyv of the Tennessee's invitation is, therefore,' considered the more surprising. One of the regular army officers taking part in the reunion said to-day that the affair would receive official inquiry, and he would "attend to the matter" when he got back East. Gen. Stone, chairman of the exectulve committee, determined to suppress all correspondence in the affair with Colonel Barber, kut some members of the committee Insisted on having access to and copies of it. General Howard . Is quoted as having commented on Colonel Barber's course in scathing terms. Barber, in his letter, declared he had never beard of the association and cared nothing for it. Mny Re Conrt-Mnrtinled. WASHINGTON. Oct. 5 Army officers in Washington were surprised and grieved at the conduct of Col. Merrit Barber. While no official notice of this action has been received here, it is not doubted that the department commander. General Brooke, will prefer charges to the War Department, upon which Colonel Barber will be courtmartialed. Probably the charge will be conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman, or conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline. Colonel Barber's conduct is the more Inexplicable In that he is himself a member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac and has, at times, fraternally attended the reunions of the Army cf the Tennessee. Colonel Barber Is not a West Pointer, but entered the army during the war as a volunteer, served with distinction part of the time on Gen. Grant's staff, and did not enter the regular army until after the war. The fct 13 recalled that Colonel Barber has, in recent years, suffered from nervous breakdowns. While assistant adjutant-general at St. Paul, about twe years ago, he collapsed and it has been a matter of doubt whether he has ever recovered entirely. CAPTAIN HOWGATE TALKS. He Walked the Streets of New York Openly for Eight Years. WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-Captain Howgate was interviewed at the District jail to-day as to District Attorney Birney's purpose to bring the prisoner to trial within the next sixty days. "I am glad to hear it." he said. "I am ready for trial at any time. I ask no favors, except that ample justice shall be done me. All I want Is fair treatment. That, I believe. I shall have." Referring to his capture by ex-Chief Drummond, Captain Howgate smiled and said: "I have been greatly amused at what Mr. Drummond claims was a great piece of detective enterprise. The whole truth of the matter is I have openly walked the streets of New York for the last eight years. Hardly a day or night has passed that I have not recognized and been recbgnlzed by people of Washington. The fact of the matter is that I could have been arrested at any time during theh-e years. So the impression which I am told prevails that I was not really wanted seems to be pretty well warranted. I never intentionally harmed man. woman or child, and I have always endeavored to treat everybody as I would like to be treated in turn. What most concerns me now Is the position in which my family will be placed." NVotutiit frith AnnrrhUt Literature. CHICAGO, Oct. 5. The police arrested a woman to-day who was found at the Union Depot with a bundle of Anarchist literature. In her possession were found several circulars signed "Lizzie Loftus, Queen of the Anarchists." and ordering the destruction of Cnlcago on or about tct. 6. The woman, who was plainly dressed and of middle age. refused to give an account of herself, and was locked up pending an investigation. ,j

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over the Royal at the Chicago World's Fair. The judge of awards on baking powder writes that the claim by another company to have received the highest award v is false ; that no such award V V was given to it. The Royal Baking Powder is the purest and strongest baking powder made, and has received the highest . - - award at every fair, wherever exhibited in competition with others

ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL 8T.f NEW-Y0GJC W. C. T. U. CONVENTION TKMPKIIAXCB "WORKERS OF INDIANA BEGIN A AXXUAL SESSION. AddrenK of Mr. L.. M. neok, the President, Showing: the Extent of Drink Evil in America. The lower floor of Roberts Tark Church was filled yesterday with a body of finelooking women, who compose: the memberFhlp of the W. C. T. U:, .which is fast growing to be one of the powerful organizations of the world. The women were seated by counties, alphabetically arranged, and each section was marked by a card bearing the name of the county represented. Large flags were placed on the organ and galleries. On the platform were Mrs.' I. M. Beck, State president; Mrs. E. L. Calkins, vice president; Miss L. E. Reed, corresponding secretary; Mrs. M. O. Cammack, recording secretary, and Mrs. L. F. McWhirter, treasurer. The meeting was called to order by the president, and the usual opening exercises of prayer and Scripture reading and ' the singlng; of the crusade hymn,. "Rock of Ages," took place. Prayer was made by "Mother" Trlsh. who Is the State evangelist. The roll call of officers showed that there were fifty counties present. Each one was represented by the president and one delegate for every twenty paying members. The several committees were appointed and committees reported for the executive and State central meetings. This formality was followed by the address of the president, Mrs. Beck. She said In this country there were 2,000,003 victims of drink. The W. C. T. U. has been working for twenty-one years for temperance, and it has gone Into many branches of the work. The greatest need which she felt for the work was schools of method. Another point she made was that the women of the organization need to inform themselves on the questions of the day and to be so intelligent that they can enter any door that would be open to them. The organization of clubs in the churches would effect 11.000,000 children, who could be reached through that avenue. Mrs. Beck also spoke of the Hadley Home and its benefits. The devotional hour was conducted by Mrs. L. M. Thomson, of Blocmington, superintendent of. the evangelistic department, and after the announcements were made the meeting adjourned for the noon hour. The delegates to the' meeting will be entertained by women In the city, and all who have arrived have been assigned to places as near the church as possible. Tne opening exercises of the afternoon were led by Mrs. Calkins. Col. Eli RiWer, Mr. Halstead Ritter, president of the Epworth league, and Mr. Solon Goode, president of the Good Citizenship league, were present and were introduced by Mayor Denny. The women gave the speakers the Chautauqua salute. Kxch man gave a short tall; on their several lines of work. Mr. Goode aid that good citizenship was the "crystallization of Christian sentiment." Miss Lode E. Reed, who has been the corresponding secretary of the W. C. T. U. in this State for twelve years, made her annual report. She noted progress In all branches of the work. There is not a village or hamlet in the State which has not its organization of W. C. T. U., or where the work has not. .been carried. Indiana was one of the first States In the Union to form a W. C. T. U. after the woman's crusade, which was begun in Ohio twenty-one years ago. There are over one thousand societies In the State. At the conclusion Miss Reed thanked the organization for the love and devotion it had always manifested toward her and resigned the office of corresponding secretary. This last act Is much to, the regret of the whole organization throughout the State. Printed reports of the finances of the W. C. T. U. were distributed, and then the treasurer. Mrs. L. F. McWhirter. made her report. Moneys have been received by her Flnce the closing of the books, Sept. 21. The total receipts for the year were 15.21.17 and the expenses were $3,221.70. The amount received from the luncheon served at the State fair was SSSD.10. with a little mere than t25 net. Applause followed the announcement. At the close of the report there was an Informal discussiqn by members of the different societies as to the amounts which they were credited In the several departments of the work. The hour of 5 o'clock having arrived the hearing of other papers on the programme was po?tnoned to some other pension. The most prominent women of the meeting are Mrs. Katherine L. Stevenson, national superintendent of the literature department: Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge, corre.iondlng secretary of the National W. C. T. 1 .: Mrs. Iouise S. Rounds, president of the Illinois W. C. T. U. ; Miss Clara Parrish, national organizer of the young woman's branch; Mrs. Charlton Edholm, world's superintendent of the press department, and Miss Esther Pugh, national treasurer for many vears cf the National W. C. T. U. THE EVENING SESSION. The opening exercises in the evening were conducted by Mis Esther Pugh. The formal opening of the meeting occurred at the evening session. Rev. G. A. Carstensen made the address cf welcome on behalf of the churches and Mrs. Josephine R. Nichols made the address of welcome for the members of the W. C. T. t of the city. The responses wer made by Mrs. Z. H. Stanley, president of Union county, now of Richmond: Mrs. El'.en K. Denny, of Vlncennes, president of Knox county, and Mrs. E. I. Calkins, of South Bend, vice president of the Statf W. C. T. U. There will be no 'meeting to-day till 2 o'clock, when the annual election will be held. The appointments for the pulpits for tomorrow are as follows: Roberts IMrk M. E. Church At 10X

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