The Portland daily press., 1880-10-30

~. A. Garfield, NJ. c." and the mark of tie
stamp Oh it. Made microscopic investiga-
uion and testified that the mark is stamped, it
has been stamped twice.
James Gaylor, general superintendent Of
city delivery department of the New York
post Office testified that all letters for city de.
livery have stamp Rec. New York" and
the date and this stamp is placed upon tn ese
letters only. through letter from Washing
ton to Lynn would not gou throgh his depart
ment. On the reverse of the Morey envelope
he recognized the stamp "Rec New York
100" The figure 2 is in the place where the
date is put. The figure at the side of it he
did not think was stamped there. The dates
are made in single piece. The stamp ON the
envelope indicates its receipt in New York
post office and if it were sent from Washing
ton to Lynn that stamp would not be there
Daniel I. Ames, recalled, testified that the
handwriting on the Morey envelope clearly
resembles the exhibits which are in Philips writ
ing. The heavy Sing on the envelope looksl Ike
one OF the stamps used in the city station, The
envelope presents evidence of disturbances
An abrasion on the statson stamp covers where
the dates would be. Have seen many of the
stamp on letters received from Washington
Inc Inquire l adjoining the figure 2 on the
stamp on the reuerse OF the envelope is not
made by a die. Defence did not cross examine
Henry j.. Pearson, assistant postmaster,
testified that the mails from Washington to
Boston are put in pouches in Washington and
sent right through. the pouches not being
opened In this city,, In case the mail is de-
layed the pouches will be taken to the New
York post office and the packages removed to
other pouches, but the letters would not be
stamped here. No cross examination.
John Richards, general superintendent OF
city delivery, testified in regard to changing OF
tion by defence stated he had not heard of be-
ing accused of dishonesty by members of a
firm he was formerly Iartner in.
j. A. Strout, head clerk of the railway SER
vice between Washington and New York, said
that in January. 1880, letters from Washing
ton to Lynn, Mass, did not go through the
New York post Office except on Sunday morn
ing. No cross examination.
Postmaster Pearson was recalled and testi-
fed that the Washington mail goes through
original pouches without being changed. No
cross examination.
Lynn Manufacturers Again Deny the Ex-
istence OF Any Employers Union.
LYNN, Oct. 29.-At a meeting of the shoe
manufacturers held yesterday the following
was drawn up:
Inasmuch as the statement of Messrs. Mower
Bros and Phelan is calculated to mislead the
pubic, we, the undersigned manufacturers
who acted in harmony with them during the
troubles of January and February, 1878, would
correct the apparent misstatement of facts.
First, the meetings of the manufacturers were
of an informal character, held only during the
short period of the strike, without president,
treasurer or any organization as such. At the
different meetings, which were held at various
places, different gentlemen acted as chairman,
and at no meeting was the term Employers
Union ever used or suggested. And no such
name was, to our knowledge, ever applied to
these meetings Cor to the manufacturers at
tending them. Second, the meetings were
for these purposes only, to secure harmony of
action and to obtain, by all fair means, expert
enced workmen-not cheap labor in any sense
OF the word. To this end, we employed Mr..
j. l.. Robinson, who opened an Office for the
purpose OF comforting with applicants, and is
sued in the local papers the following adver-
tiHement:
TO LYNN MEN.
The undersigned, on behalf of the manu-
iacturers employing new men to take first
Jobs, desire to call the attention of Lynn men
who own property, or desire to retain the shoe
business in Lynn, that it Is certainly to their
interest to take the best and most steady jobs,
and the committee pledge themselves to give
them such an opportunity.
Apply at committee rooms every morning
from to 10, or by mail, same address.
Per order
MANUFACTURERS COMMITTEE.
Two other men named Alley and Foster
were sent to the shoe manufacturing districts
of Maine and New Hampshire to secure work
men, but we never employed or heard of any
man by the name OF II. l.. Morey. Signed by
9. S. Sweetser Il Co., J. L. Hollis, S. M. Blu
bier & Sons, Bubier Brothers, A. F. Smithe,
Keene Brothers, Joseph Davis & Co., F. W.
Breed, Morgan & Dore, b. F. Spinney & Co.,
G. A. Coffin & Co., Charles B. Tebbetts, Val
prey & Anthony, Jerome & Ingalls,, j. N.
Smith, BENZ. F. Doak & Co., Luther S. John
sohn, John McNair, John Shaw I'd & Bro.
The following affidavit has also been pre-
pared.
LYNN, Oct 90, 1890.
This mornings papers contain a sworn affidavit
by three (O of the brothers Mowers and James Phe-
Ian, all Democ ats to the effect that ian empoye s.
union, Of which they were members, was formed
was president Cf the organization" Concerning
tae above st'tement, I, John Shaw, I'd, do on oath
dep Sc and say that there never was to my knowl-
edge any such organization formed in Lynn before,
during, or since the strike o 1S77-78. On one oc-
cason only presided at an informal meeting of
few manufacturers when The question of forming
some permanent organization was discussed, and it
was unanimously decided to be inexpedient.
JOHN SHAW I'd.
commonwealth OF Massachusetts,, Essex, 49,
LYNN, Oct 20, 1880.
Subscribed and sworn to before me-
WILLIAM HAWKES., Justice Of the Peace.
Very Thin Indeed.
NEW YORK. Oct. 29.-The affidavit of Clara
8; Morey, of Lynn. Mass. mother of II. l..
Morey, is published, in which she says she has
lived in Lynn from ten to fourteen years last
past, and that her son, 81. L. Morey, has visited
her frequently from time to time until within
the past eleven months, and that since she
knows nothing OF his whereabouts.
Ia fatal facility for laundering seems to pur-
sue Mr.. Barnum in his attempt to bolster up
the bungling Chinese letter forgery. 1t is al
legged to have been written on the 23d of last
January and directed to II. L. Morey at Lynn.
He must have received the letter if it was
found among his effects after his death as
stated by Truth. If he received it he received
it in Lynn, for no other direction appears upon
it. But his mother ~ says she has not seen
him for eleven months, or since the first of
last December, previous to which time he had
called upon her frequently. If he was in
Lynn in January, as he must have been to re-
ceive this letter, it's very singular she didn't
see him about that time. It's very singular
also she has waited ten days before declaring
she is the mother of H. l.. Morey, though she
must have known that there was great inquiry
for him