The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-08-31

THAT AFFIDAVIT. In our issue Of last week
We gave most OF the facts, la ~e supposed
them to be- sworn to BY person nAn. a
Charles A. Orleans. styling himself - one
Of the rrm of Deakman 1 Co., stone con
tractors Of Chicago, alleging that Mr. Michael
O'Donahue, President Of the stone utters'
Association, did intiInidate by words and
threats, etc The men in the employment of
Aessrs. DeakmAn 4 Co., and thereby cAuse.l
them 70 quit working for said firm. whereby
the aforesaid firm suffered loss TO the amount
Of several thousands OF dollars. etc An inter
view with MIR Michael O'Donahu-, enables as
to state that the affidavit was a tissue Of
falsehoods and that that consequential Official
Charles A. Orleans, has Land himself liable to
prosecution for prJSry and false imprison-
meut The facts IN the case appear to be a.
follows: II was reported 10 Mr. ODonahue,
that there were IN Messrs l~AkmAn &
90. yard, four men working over time Mr.
O'DOnahue being President Of the Stone cut
ters Association. was in duty bound 10 sscer.
tam the correctness Of the report and 50 pro
ceeded to the yard for that purpose He
found the men at work A. stated and called
their attention to that section Of the constitu-
ton which prohibits members Of the Associs-
ton. from working more than eight hours per
day Notwithstanding the adInonitiun u Mr.
q Don2hue, the men still continued q work
and accordingly were reported to the organi-
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were each fined twenty dollars, and the men
being willing to pay the hne, were permitted
to work until satisfactory arrangements were
made with the firm After the men hal quit
work, Orleans who il only foreman came TO
Mr. UDonahue, and asked him what he
ODD had been doing with his men Mr.
ODonohue replied that he had done nothing
personally, that It the work Of the Asso-
cation. Orleans said he did not care d-n,
for the Association, and If he iDonAhuel did
not permit the men 70 ~ 70 work he Orleans
would fix hun lUDonAhuel for it.. Mr.. Old.
reminded Orleans that he hAd beell a member
Of the Stone cutters Association and advised
him not To be obstinate or cause any trouble
among the men, or he might himself have
trouble with the Association Orleans
became very excited, and told Mr. Cd that
he and the Association might here Orleans
descended to blackguar,lism that would polute
the mouth of the lowest billinsgate 6sh
trollop that ever trod that classical region and
we would not contaminAte the virgin sheet OF
the ADVOCATE, nor insult our readers by even
the remotest aliusion TO it,. The next Mr.
O DOnahue knew of the matter wss when he
saw the affidavit Of Orleans. a. reported in
the TimeS Of the 25th inst. The affidavit
made and the amount OF hail hXed IN the
absence Of the accused, and without giving
him hearing Mr. U'Donahue had no init
nation OF his arrest, until the following Mon
day, when in company with others. he wa
quietly proceeding to his work, and on ap-
preaching the bridge. he observed Orleans and
the sheriff IN buggy. Orleans pointed him
out and then the officers OF the Law executed
their warrant, and the spite and petty mAliI
nlty Of a consequential petty official was graf
flied But what pang the miserable creature
must have felt if it Is susceptible Of feeling
when II found the gentleman he desired g.
prosecute, stood higher IN the community
than it can ever expect to approximate. The
outrage was SO payable and unIustihcable that
every contractor and employer IN the business
was ready to come forward and hail 70 any
amount could have been obtained The mag
nanmity Of Mr. 0'Donahue is all that saves
wOuld-be tyrar' from a felons cell ID tn
county iail