Wilmington journal., 1875-08-20
TO Tie Public.

|
Warrock, Willis & Pittman, committe,
OF the Typographical Union of this place
containing an affidavit signed b.
Messrs 0. f. Bailey. r. l.. Bean an
W. Ii. Colbert, I deem it proper Il
make a statement to you of what
kno" about the matter. The afidavi
reads as follows
WILMINGTON, Aug. 18th, 1875.
We the undersigned, (non-Union
printers. lately in the employ of Ell
gelhard & Saunders, of the DA1I,
JOURNAL, feel that a statement as tC
the cause of our ceasing work on thai
paper Is due the Union printers of the
city, We therefore lay the following
before the public as the facts of the
case
First, we quit work on our own ac
cora, without any intimidation, OF
promise from, and without the know.
ledge of any Union printer, until we
had done so.
Second, the cause that induced us
TO cease work was the refusal on the
| part OF the proper person foreman
connected with the Office to pay one OF
us for labor done.
| third, we were brought to this CITY
without understanding the cause of+1,s
t1onoie between the JOURNAL and its
former printers, and we leave of our
OWE 1fee Will. y. +. BAILEY,
W. H. COLBERT,
! Il. L.. BEAN,
Personally appeared before me O.
f. Bailey, w. II. Colbert and X. h.
h"ail, VINO being duly sworn. sayetb
each Tor himself, that the above state
ment Is true and correct.
L. NJ. GARDNER. J. P.
H1LMISGToN, Aug. 18th, 1875.
have received two offers to leave
your employment. The first came
through the Postof1ice and promised
me fifty dollars and traEsportation,-
The money it was stated wonld
be lett at certain place on the wharf
designated IL the letter. The second
offer WAS found upon one of the desks
III the JOURNAL office, and read as fol-
lows
Mr.. PATE If You will leave the
journal fortnight we will pay You 800
ami tranSi tatlon anywhere yon want
10 go.
Ang. L.
There can be no doubt about
my having received the offer as
stated III tho JOURNAL of yesterday
upon Information from me. In addi-
ton TO this Mr.. Bailey told mo on
Tuesday morning last that without
wishing to be understood as being
sent by any one he would say to ne
that If [ would return with him and
Messrs Blan and Colbert, I could get
twenty dollars ana transportation back
to Atlanta, and proposed to go and see
Mr. Kennedy at once about the mat
ter.
so far as Messrs Bean and Colbert
NE concerned, they distinctly stated to
me that they Were to receive twenty
dollars and transportation back to At
lahta. They also stated to me that
they had t.ken solemn oath to leave
your employment and return home.
L nave further to say that Messrs
Bailey, Bean and Colbert, were each
and every one of them particularly i'll
formed by me before leaving Atlanta,
that the Journal was engaged in a
fight with the Typographical Union Of
this place, and that they came here to
work i'll opposition to the Union.
In regard to my alleged refusal to
pay one OF the printers for labor done
l make this statement. Mr.. Spence
who left here on Sunday was paid mp
70 Friday night previous-the end of
the pay week i'll the JOURNAL Office
He cont!nuedto work however on Sat
urday and Saturday night and sold
his claim for pay therefor TO Mr. Col
bert for s., and tnereupon Oh Sunday
evening Mr.. Colbert demanded pay
meut, which I refused, for the reason
that Mr. Spence still owed forhis trans
portaf;un. / afterwards told him
however that [ would see you and get
him the two dollars he was out of
pocket.
threatening to leave if not paid, and [
toIi him [ would zee you and if pos
sible get you to pay him the full
amount, that the matter WAS too small
to make t. fuss about. Later in the
day he came To me again, and told
him [ would guarantee him the whole
anouut due Mr. Spence (about
81 If he would remain at his work.
There was no labor done by either one
of the mon who made the affidavit
| that was not paid for. Since [ came
here ali the men under ne have been
| paid regularly and promptly.
| In addition to this, / have to state
that on yesterday, and without your
anowlejge, [ discharged and sent
away from the Office young Frank
Muse for making a proposition to a
another printer who had that day en-
tered your employment to leave it
The proposition was to pay him tWen-
ty dollars and transportation back
home. I have also to call your attcn-
ton to the fact that young Charlie
Willis, son of Mr.. Hardy B. Willis,
who had been suspected of being 60
between between the Union printers
and yonr mploy ees LEFT your employ
ment at tie same time with Messrs
Bailey, Bean and Colbert.
It is true, as l say in my letter, to
Mr.. Willis, aportion only of which is
published by the committee of the Un-
ion, that I cannot say positively, no1
did, the Journal state thai [ re.
ceived any offer directly from Union
printer, but taking ALT facts togeth.
ar. [ have no doubt the offers did come
from members Of the Union And i'll
this connection, [ have to state furth
| ay tf,,4 Mr. HorCv r Willis told Oe