The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-09-05
CANTON. OHIO WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER s. 1883

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Warwick and get all the -four they need
ed. In my own case, when | was VIC
timized in the MahOning valley, made
application to Mr.. HOwells and Mr.. War
wick and got work. know there is not
a more liberal man in the state than
Mr.. Warwick. And it is not that kind
OF charity, either, that is proclaimed by
the ringing of church bells, but in the
natural impulse of great big heart.
RepOrter-YOu seem to be an earnest
friend of Mr.. Warwick.
Mr.. Bell am; and it makes me mad
to hear of these lying fellows trying to
traduee the character of one of the best
men living. You need not take my word !;
go ask the hundreds of WOrkingmen in
and around MassillOn if what l say to
you Is not true. have been coal mi
ner all my life, until the past two years,
and never did any black lying either;
have always stood by my fellow work
men. And when such fellows as An
drew Roy, for political ends, commenced
lying about man who has done as
much for the labOringman as Mr.. War
wick, 1t makes me mad. Why, have a
letter in my possession from brother
Knight of Labor residing at East Liver
pool, speaking in the very highest terms
of MIR. Warwick, for the generous aid
given the Knights of Labor to keep their
families from starving during their long
and bitter contest with the boss pot
tors last year.
RepOrter-Then you think the work
ingmen of MassillOn feel kindly toward
MIR. Warwick, Mr.. Bell?
MIR. Bell-Yes, sir. And all the lying
Andrew Roy and his paid gang can do
will not change them.
M'GREAL INTERVIEWED.
On our way home from MIR. Bells, we
ran across our old Democratic friend,
Patrick McGreal, one of the solid and
substantial Democratic coal miners of
the Tuscarawas valley.
Reporter-Well, Patrick, how is poll
tics? Are we going to elect the Demo
cratic ticket this year?
Mr.. .McGreal-Yes, sir; by a TOusing
majority.
RepOrter-Well, Patrick, how about
you and your Catholic friends voting for
Mr.. Warwick? The Republican papers
say, you know, he is an Orangeman.
Mr.. McGreal-Oh, the diVil take the
man who started that lie. have known
Mr.. Warwick more than twenty years (;
and If he was an Orangeman L would
have known it.
Reporter They say Mr.. Warwick is
not friend of the labOring man. How
is thatP
M McGreal-That is another lie.
Why let me tell you what he did for me
in 1875. You know we had big strike
at that time. Well, the troops were
brought here to put us down. One Sat-
urday night and Sunday morning, about
30 of us were arrested by the soldiers
and taken under guard to MassillOn.
The only friend we found then was John
q. Warwick. Everybody else looked at
us as though we had none. We could
not get an attorney in the town to de-
fond US; all employed by the operators.
John G. Warwick came right forward
and bailed us, Notwithstanding every
body wanted to see us go to Jail. He
also employed B. +. Letter, an attorney
of Canton, to defend us.
RepOrter-Well, that don't look much
like he was not friend of the working
men, does it?
McGreal-SO | say. Let me give you,
however, another instance. When Mr..
Warwick stood up for the miners in 1870
we had 8 months strike. Cyrus Young
and Rhodes 81 Co., of Cleveland, com
menced suit to get possession of some
forty houses on Youngstown Hill. The
whole community was set up against
the miners. A committee of the miners
went down and laid the matter before
Mr.. Warwick. After explaining to him
the last resort of the operators, and
their efforts to throw forty families out
of their little homes, simply because
they refused to work at starvation pri-
ces, Mr.. Warwick said: Boys, this is
an Internal outrage; I'll send over to
Canton for Billy Lynch to defend you in
these suits. Wen give them all the
fight they want before they get through
with this case." That was his language,
as near as [ can recall. And don't you
forget it, we gave 'em HI, too, and
beat them in the suits. If you don't be-
lieve what L say, ask VIM. A. Lynch of
Canton, he can tell you who stood up
for the miners in that struggle.
RepOrter-Well, Patrick, you make
out pretty strong case for Mr.. War
wick; are there any other facts you can
recall similar to those abOVeP
McGreal-Yes, sir; lots of them. Dur
ing the big strike of 1876, when very
few people were willing to give coal
miner bite to eat, John G. Warwick
supplied the striking miners with flour
right along, Notwithstanding he was a
stakeholder in several of the mines. All
that was necessary was to go to Mr..
Warwick and say you had no bread, or
money to buy it with; and never knew
one to go away empty handed. That is
the way he abused and crushed the mi
ners.
RepOrter-Well, Patrick, you make a
very emphatic statement. L suppose
there are others who know their friends
as we'll as youp
Mr., MeGTeal-Yes, sir. All the work
ing people about MassillOn know it. 1
am ready to make affidavit to what
have stated to you; and L can call hun
dred witnesses who can truthfully
swear l am not lying either.
AN ASHTABULA SENSATION.