Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-10-30
MOREY.
THE MAN FULLY IDENTIFIED
Jnst Lige Him to Get Such a Letter.

| Jnst Lige Him to Get Such Letter.
The investigating committee from New
York, which has been searching in Lynn
for several days for traces of II. L. Morcy,
have found evidence enough to prove that
such a person lived there, and not only his
identity but his connection with the Man.
uGacturcrs' Union has been established be-
yond 4 doubt. During the strikes and
lockouts Of 1878 many Of the operatives
employed to replace the strikers boarded
at the Kirkland house. on Summer street,
then kept By o. I. Roberts. The register
OF the house for the year 1873 has been
examined, and II. l.. Morey's name ap-
peacs Oh three different pages, showing
| conclusively that he was at the hotel dur
ing that year or during the strike which
then prevailed. Mr.. Roberts is now pro.
prietor of the Sycamore house, Lynn, and
AYERS that he distinctly remembers MOrey
and states positively that he was the man
who negotiated with him ORoberts) for the
board of the shoemakers above referred to.
This same Morey was in the employment
| OF and received pay from the Manufacture
ers nion at that time.
Following closely upon this fact comes
the discovery that Morey's wife and
mother are now residing in Ward 6, Lynn,
and have signed the proper papers to es-
tablisl. his identity. MOrey, it appears,
was at different times during his life en-
gagged in various kinds of business. He
was travelling agent for several shows and
again he appeared in the role Of a sleight-
of-hani performer. The Kirkland house
register has been sent TO the National
! Democratic committee.
The Globes Lawrence correspondent has
found in that city additional proof that
Ii. L. Morey is not myth. Samuel S.
Mercy, Of that city, says II. l.. Morey is
his uncle, that ii. l.. was born in Andover.
n. H., and l., sixty years old. Some
thirty years ago II. l.. Nlorey went to New
York, but returned. II few years afterwards
to Baskerville, n. H., where he was en-
gagged in mercantile business. Later he
went 10 Boston and was employettas agent
for a commission house. lie then went to
Pennsylvania. where he was connected
with an Employers Union. He went to
Lynn several years ago. In 1877. he was
livin. with George W. Morey, OH Boston
street, Lynn. Henry Or II. l.. Morey was
at that time greatly interested III political
affairs and belonged to the employers
Cnion.' His nephew says, II think my
uncle wrote that letter to Garfield and
added, it was "jiust like him to do such
thing
The following affidavit furnishes addi-
tional evidence Of the connection Of II. l..
Morcy with the Employers Union in Lynn,
Mass, in January, 1880:
State Ct .Nc~ iorL, C;ty oaA Conatu Of Nem
! York. IS.
Richard S. Goodwin. Of the city and
county Of New York, being duly sworn,
dcposeS and says that he resides at No.
| 1l9 Fnuvth avenue. in the City OF New
York. That he resided in Lynn, state of
Massachusetts,, from August Is, 1870, un.
| til January IL. 1880. That he is Il shoe
cutter by trade and was practising his
trade in said city OF Lynn; that there was
an organization started between the 12tl
and 18th of January, 1873, by the shoe
manufacturers of said city, known and
spoken OF rs the Manufacturers League.
afterwards known rs the Employers
Union. That the purpose of this union
was to nave their work done at such
price as they, the manufacturers, dictated
| regardless of the interests Of the men en-
| ployeI To do suc! work. That to the best
Of this dcponcnts knowledge and belief,
| tliis organization, known as the Employ
crs' Union. was il, existence at the time
depcnent left the city of Lynn,
to wit !: January Is, 1890. That dur
> iCSEteIlCt Ill Oi
Lynn ANA during the fourteen weeks lock-
out Of the Knight Of st. Crispin. said En-
players Union had as their agent man by
, the name of Mercy, whose special duty it
wa, 10 90 through the farming districts to
engage men to supply the places Of those
workmen who had participated in the look
out as aforesaid that the matter of this
| mai. Morcy's employment was the subject
! of common knowledge and conversation
among the employees OF the shoe manu-
ta!urcrs Of that city: that the interests of
the nl.in Morey and these Of the Employers
Union were identical. and that the action OF
the said union and the employment of the
said Morcy was tho subject of constant
discussion and comment among the men,
brrs Of the knights of st. Crispin aforesaid;
that the headquarters of the said En-
ployers Union was in Il room in the FIRST
national bank building or Exchange
street in said city.
(Signcd) X. $. GOODWIN.
Affirmed to before ne this twenty
seventh day Of October, 1880.
(Si.ne,D WILLIAM SrTpIIS.
Notary Public, New York City and
County.
At = meeting OF the Lynn Working
men, S association Wednesday evening, the
iolloNHC ircalnDie anu RESOLUTIONS were
adopted
WHEREAS, When this association was
formed 4 resolution was incorporated into
our platform of principles that as an asso-
c;ation VIC were opposed to the inporta-
ton OF scrvile Chinese Labor; and
Whereas. During the labor troubles of
lS.. the Employers Union then existing
delegated one OF their number to visit |
North Adams. where Chinese labor had
been already introduced, and examine into
its workings with view OF introducing it |
into this city, and
Whereas, During the lockout of 1S11-1S |
the Employers Union advocated the in
PRODUCTION of Chinese labor to take the |
place Of shoemakcrs then engaged in the |
lockout and
Whereas, We have seen published ::
letter purporting to be written by General |
Garfield, tic nominee or the Republican
party, to II! l.. Morey, Employers Union,
Lynn, Mass. f;iyorins the transportation
OF Chinese labor; and,
Whereas, We have seen published Cen
erll Garlieltl's denial Of the letter: there
fore, lie it
Reso7te', That Judging from tho previous
intention Of the Employers Union of this
city to Introduce Chinese labor, and also
General Garfieids public record on the
labor question, VIC are convinced that the
letter is authentic, and heartily denounce
the nominee Of the Republican party for
his attempt to reduce the free labor of the
United States to the level of the slave labor
cr of China, and ask our brother working