Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-10-26
ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE.

The Employers Union Did Exist at
Lynn, Mass . and so did Morey.
BosToy, October 25.-Reporters here
have been busy the past few days to find
whether or not such a man as ii. l..
Morey, the asserted recipient OF the
GARFIELD Chinese letter ever was known
in Lynn. One scribe found that the
EMPLOYERS Union OF Lynn did exist:
and is still in existence, Notwithstanding
the denials OF Jewell and the National
Republican Committee.
One reporter found A. A. Mower, OF
Mower Eros, boot and shoe manufac-
turers of Lynn, last evening. MIR.
Mower said: "You can say, at least, that
there is absolutely no truth in any state
ment that either my brother or myself,
or anv member Of our families, had any
thing to do with that letter. My brother
and myself were members OF the En-
ployers' Union.
The Employers Uni: N Did Certainly Ex.
Every body in Lynn knows it; and it IS
nonsense tu deny it. We formed a
Union or q combination OF employers TO
protect ourselves against the strikers.
We rented room as place OF
meeting for the Union, held meet
ings, discussed the situation, and
formed our plans as to what We had best
do TO protect our interests. There can
he no question as to the existence OF an
Employers Union in Lynn during the
labor troubles of 1878. was MEM
Der OF il, and know it existed. You
may say this as positively as | have
said il.
Never Heard that the Union Dissolved.
You see, while the trouble was on We
met often, and as soon as the trouble
ended we stopped meeting. That is
about al there was To it.
Mr.. Mower said, further, that he could
not recall a man bv the name OF Morey,
but there might have been such a man
there for all that. "Iou see" said he,
during the labor troubles We were
afraid We should run short OF hands; so
We sent out agents to get fresh hams to
take the places OF the strikers. sent
my foreman, and my brother sent his.
By the way. he is the leary alluded to,
| see, as the possible recipient OF the
letter. There is nothing in that. MIR.
Leary was not literary man, or man
at all likely 10 engage in such
q correspondence. keen Brothers
sent their foreman, and the Union sent
out two agents. The name OF one OF
,hese was Blanev Alley, and he was
sent to Auburn, Maine. The name OF
the other l can not recall. ."
People Who Remember Morey.
A reporter last night found the city
editor of the Truth, who has bten in
Lynn for some days investigating the
subject. This gentleman said:
"Iou can say, for me, and quote me
as authority, that | have been over in
Lowell and found four people already
who remember III. l.. Morey very well,
and say they know he was in Msssa'
chusetts in lS111.1S, and that he was en-
ployed as an agent by the employers to
90 out and get operatives to take the
place OF the strikers.
In the opinion Of these witnesses, ac-
cordng to our informant, it was not
strange that the people of Lynn
Could Not Recollect Anything About
Morey,
because he was very little there; that
he spent most of his time in Lowell and
Salem. was not native OF either place,
and was good deal hunting up opera
tives.
In view OF this evidence OF the exist
ence OF II. l.. Morey in 1878. and the
strong probability OF finding other evil
dence in Lowell and Salem. it may be
well for the Republican papers to post
pone for day or two all assertions to the
effect that no such man ever existed.
The letter in Boston is the subject OF
comment everywhere, and Democrats
generally say it was surely written 10y
Garfield. Republicans, of course, pro-
nounce it forgery; but many OF the
leaders say at the same time that un-
doubtedly il contains Garfield's opinion
on the subject of Chinese labor.
The feeling now prevails in both par
ties here that Garfield mus. come out
and state how he stands on the ques-
ton, in order to satisfy even his best
friends on the Pacific coast.