Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-27
THE LETTER GENUINE.

DtOVGTS CHtON DtU AUtSt, UNU 81 4tU
Mwrray-AddttionaI Evidence.
Boston Special.
Reporters here have been busy the past
few days to find whether or not such a man
as H. l.. Morey, the asserted recipient of the
Garfield Chinese letter, ever was known in
Lynn. One scribe found that the Employ
ers' Union of Lynn did exist, and is still in
existence. Notwithstanding the denials Of
Jewell and the National Republican COM
mittee.
Our reporter found A. A. Mower, of
Mower Bros, boot and shoa manufacturers
of Lynn, last evening. Mr.. Mower said:
"You can say, at least, that there is absolute
ly no truth in any statement that either my
brother or myself, or any member of our
families, had anything to do with that letter.
My brother and myself were members of
the Employers Union. The Employers
Union did certainly exist-every body in
Lynn knows it; and it is nonsense to deny
it. We formed Union or a combination
of employers to protect ourselves
against the strikers. We rented room as
a place of meeting for the Union, held
meetings, discussed the situation, and
formed our plans as to what We had best do
to protect our interests. There can be no
question as to the existence of an Employ
ers' Union in Lynn during the labor troub-
les of 1S77-S. I was member of it, and I
know it existed. You may say this as pos
itively as have said ir. / never heard that
the Union dissolved. You see, while he
trouble was on We met often, and as soon as
the trouble ended we stopped meeting
that is about all there was to it,
Mr.. Mower said, further, that he could
not recall man by the name of Morey, but
there might have been such man there for
all that. "You see," said he, .sduring the
labor troubles We were afraid we should run
short of hands; so we sent out agents to get
fresh hands to take the places of the strikers.
l sent my foreman, and my brother sent his.
By the way, he is the Lsary alluded to, see,
as the possible recipient of the letter. There
is nothing in that. Mr.. Leary was not a
literary man, or man at all likely to engage
in such q correspondence. Keen Brothers
sent their foreman, and the Union sent out
two agents. The name of one of these was
BIaney Alley, and he was sent to Auburn,
Maine The name of the other cannot re-
call.''
A reporter last night found the city editor
of the Truth, who has been in Lynn for
some days investigating the subject. This
gentleman said:
"You can say, from me, and quote me as
authority, that have been over in Lowell
and found four people already who remem-
Der H. L. Morey very we'll, and say they
know he was in Massachusetts, in 1S77-7S,
and that he was employed as au agent by the
employers to go out and get operatives to
take the place of the strikers"
In the opinion of these witnesses, accord
ing to our informant, it was not strange that
the people of Lynn could not roeollect any
thing 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 oper
atiyes.
In view of this evidence of the existence
of FL. L. Morey in 1878, and the strong
probability of finding other evidence in
Lowell and Salem, it may be we'll for tie
Republican papers to postpone for day or
two all assertions to the effect that no such
man ever existed. The letter in Boston is
the subject of comment every
where, and Democrats generally say it was
surely written by Garfield. Republican
of course, pronounce it q forgery; but many
of the leaders say at the same time that un-
doubtedly it contains Garfield's opinion on
the subject of Chinese labor.
The feeling now prevails in both parties
here that Garfield must now come out. and
state how he stands upon the question, in
order to satisfy his best friends on the Pa
cifo coast Washburn must go.