, 1869-12-23
EMPLOYMENT luEkElEs.
1Aytrr feora Dir. q. IL, Wood.

Ii HE Editor at The Chicago Tribune:
In your issuc Of the 1911 inst, yon published
what purrosted te be M account Of ptotecuton
tnsltuted against ne, BY certain parties who
claimed to have tnen employed through my 8gen-
CT, and to have BEN vlctn[ztd BY mY false repre-
scntattona That Epurt Kas 80 cntuentiJ uujuat,
and calculated 10 ildict such ees1ous datnsgs upon
me, tnat hope TOT Will give place in your COL
unns fer Il brief statement OF the facta tn the
case. On November. 1869, l received N or1er-
which GOV hold y ny passrtsion- ~. ".
J. ludu, heayJ raitosa CONTRACTOR, OF st. Lauts,
art At tha, .lus Su9s5 Agent tor tie Little Rock
Fort Suith RaIront Company. TOR :. eo !aooreis
o1der you have pnbllaed: bur Iouf reporter doea
ne gross injustlce y Inn be TO snlolea my III
no9y ~ TO maze lie fpeas u admit inat The
k1os Mr. Ruad. OF naa aey suiaorfy from n.u.
! Wb1t tta,ed Tas ,h2 did moi kn1E Nj Dndd
PeltoIatly. onl! BY Ke1essl1on, Up TO That date ;
LIN, personally. and III: i ". tlzned by h.a, q
MT once, IN presetce ct wltuessea. The Or
teE 10 the oflcebooE, shtEu IN courr, although IN
The q IT,, ~ ss "a; wsitien oas saa
ms cae1k, md men was saaed oJ NJ. Dada, u
hi nlm .ame. 1na nea enssxed
on that order Msre .ee!ssd a., a. 4sm, ass:
Agent q the Iis,,e Roek L For smith Railroad
Il ot
| trBct witt botn parties hAs hen nlied haVo
| kent 10 tts cuIlrapy, Upon hi1 urdef, oEef s0
| men who Ne1c received aH't furnished employ.
neut ~ aRlce.4. tns Il bppeA1 th1s tue rAllf1ad
| company Was not yet ready pf the nAsona and
| stoLt%c1tterp. The tnjuaticehone &nete men wAs
IN itc reinsal OF the compan 10 fnrulsa them io'+
| ncdlatc e1nployn 6 l. they living been engaged
| through one ii ita dnIy auturtEed officers. bare
acted in perfect Reoo faith a. every incident OF
! n!sfAkc xnA entirely win klT Il. aul &ht coln-
papy Tor whith be acted. ian alw1's FerJ csle-
iul 10 hare an trder ffsln rtponAlhle pafttca be-
.ote corafing an5 enpsoJe, asA htA snete beeo
| either 1tllnarS seute or jlnt!ce 10 the Armof5
| Court knero this chsks CALI ups II Noula nave
l eeu IsaILt4seL nj o1ts EHp rue attorney tn
l gagged 10 ps0Heca:e mt abaatlooed he castp per
csIt:rR !nt tLfire sbecnceat any Kfo0nd Tor &C:
i.tinp. Durinp The p*st surNaSr ! nave tasntshet
! employ uent Tor over 1890 lneA aud women, I
| fact xhlcn tuy Looks u utE1 =, AMI can Crodoct
| snd llDeIxlts with which mr. paa!neSa IL con
ductetL YpuIs yerr resfecttnuy.
t-ulCAGo, Dec. -, 1861: q ". Mnon,
! 1t Will ce sect INN the hpofe conmo1lc4slo'
tbat Mr. Wood e1rnerstes htp.ei from m
| f.lte re,frkeofa rpns tc'Ahore1s It appears TIL
| he WIS iuly authorlxs4 hy the raisr 1ad cnmPa1
| TO procure Isb1reF1 tsr theT-A fact Which Wa
moi ktAtet Ii the r,p0lt OF the pfoceedtass
THE Police Court, AL that be sent tne2e meo Iol
<,fo undsf an nrrer vhtca Be could pot but hf
l!ue wls genuine The PROBABILITIES are that 10
fsllf. ID ccn1ranJ ordt red more men than Net
aetitu, SID att,r hating taken all sent by n
| Wood for WHOM tneJ hs,l ~ork, declined TO has
Sly thitR 10 10 ~ b the tndis!sua7s whom he srt
n Ut l.ter aar. and by whom complaint VI
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