The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-09-19
FROM MASSILLON.
Fosters Royal Liars Lies Over
thrown.
Prominent Republicans of MassiIlOn En-
dOrse John G. Warwick as Ever the
Liberal and Generous Citizen.


illustration of this assertion is found in
the lying tales that have been circulated
about John G. Warwick, the Democratic
candidate for Lieut-GOYernOT. So far,
the louder the hOwls the larger the lie;
and governed by this fact | came down
to the Tuscarawas valley to mingle with
the people, and learn how John G.. War
wick stood among men who have known
him for q quarter of a century. found
after careful inquiry that the size of the
lies told about him we're correctly repre-
sented by the lamentations of the Re-
publican press, and were no exceptions
to the general rule.
Lie No. was an assertion that in re-
spOnse to Mr.. WaTwick's request, that
Gov. Hayes sent the state militia into
the valley in 1875 to overcome striking
miners. This tale was seized upon with
aVidity by the Republican press and cir
culated throughout the entire state, and
to give il an official verifcatiOn, as it
were, Andrew Roy, Niue Inspector, skip
ped to the front, and produced what he
afIirms is an ample VerifcatiOn of the
tale. The object of this hullabalOO was
to try and make the wOTkingmen of Ohio
i'll the mines and elsewhere, believe Mr.
Warwick was Il cOld-blOOded OppressOr
of labOring men, and that VIM. G. Rose
was the best friend poor man ever had.
The facts of the case are as follows:
A strike had been in progress in the
the Tuscarawas Valley for some time in
1876. On Friday, April IA, 1876, it cul-
minated III riot at the Warrington
mine, in which several persons were in
jured. AdjtGeneTal WikOff fastened at
once to the scene of the trouble, accom-
panied by Attorney General John Little,
and followed at a later date by Roy, who
was mine inspector at the time. The
sheriff of Stark county Informed the
Adjt-General that he was unable to keep
the peace, and thereupOn WikOff indited
a telegram to Gov. Hayes, which was to
the effect that the presence of the mill
tary was necessary 10 enable the author
tiles of Stark county to maintain peace.
The sheriff signed the telegram, and it
was sent on the 18th to the Governor.
On Monday, the 18th, WikOff went to the
Silver Creek mine, and in talk with a
lot of ''black leg" miners, who had been
put to work in the place of the striking
miners, assured them they would be pro-
tected by the strong arm of the state.
Mr.. l.. O. Hoover of the MassillOn Amer
lean, was present at that time, and his
paper of the same week contains the fol-
lowing report: 1.-The Adjutant General
addressed about q dozen of the work
men, telling them bI ieily the state had
now come to their aid, and would pro-
tect them if they desired to work. That
a company of state troops would reach
there as soon as possible; he thought
about Thursday of that week, and that
all the force necessary to maintain the
majesty of the law would be sent on
short notice, not only to that mine, but
to any in the valley" Andrew Roy, who
has sought to make capital for the Re-
publican party, by assisting to fOist into
circulation garbled statement of the
facts connected with the ordering of
troops to the valley, was cOgnizant of
the whole matter at the time, and al
though he did not have the power to or
der out the troops, he was an active ac-
cesSOTy, as can be proved beyond reas-
enable. doubt. 1t was Republican Ad-
jutant General that penned the message
to Gov. Hayes, informing him that it
was necessary to send troops, and in
this he was cOunseled and advised by a
Republican Attorney General. His talk
to the Silver Creek "black leg" miners
is most conclusive proof. AdJt-General
WikOff was also chairman of the Repub-
lican State Executive Committee at the
time.
Mr.. Warwick, prior to and during the
riot, and until the troops had been call
ed for and were on their way, was not
in the state, as he had gone East with
DIR. StreatOr of Cleveland, at present
Collector of Internal Revenue, and Judge
intimatiOn he had that riot had occur
red, was when DIR. StreatOr handed him
a telegram giving an account of it,
while they were at breakfast at their
hotel in Washington. DIR. StreatOr and
Judge Tyler will confirm this assertion
at any time; and as DIR. StreatOr is good
Republican, his statement cannot be
termed biased one. To sum up the
whole story in a nutshell, as far as Mr..
Warwick is concerned, while Republi-
can Adjutant General and chairman of
the Republican State Executive Commit
tee was haranguing lot of black legs,
and promising them the support of mus
kets and bayOnets, aud Andrew Roy was
standing back and holding his peace, in
stead of speaking a good word for the
strikers, John G.. Warwick was hundreds
of miles away, and knew nothing of the
act which he had been charged with un-
til it had been committed by Republi-
can official. 1t was charged upon Gov.
Hayes in 1876, and to relieve him of the
burden, the blame was charged to the
sheriff of Stark county. Will Mr.. Roy
please explain his silence at that time,
If he knew John G. Warwick was the
manP
met Robert Bell, who worked in the
coal mines of Ohio for many years, but
who for two years has been engaged in
the grocery business in MassillOn. Mr..
Bell Is highly respected citizen, a
member of the NassillOn Common COun-
Gil and wOrkingman, whose word is as
good as an oath among men in the TuS-
carawas Valley. 1 said to him: "Mr.
Bell, the Republican papers, aided by
Andrew Roy, have been making the
charge that John G. Warwick caused the
troops to be sent here in 1875 to put
down the striking miners. You were
engaged in mining at that tune, L un-
deTstand. What is there in the charger
Nothing whatever. There is not a
word of truth in it. In the first place,
MIR. Warwick was out of the state at the
time of the Warrington mine riot, and
did not return until a week or ten days
after. In the second place, the next day
after the riot Gov. Hayes, upon tele-
gram from Rhodes 70 Co., of Cleveland,
sent Andrew Roy and Adjt-Gen. Wikof
here, at least both arrived here the next
day, April 10, 1876, and after an investi-