Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-22
TO TIiE rJEE.IC'.


d.tracta, and representation have made 10 r,.uc
IT, ina.icioSy :ilss statements circulated
in vao~ turin the last thirty days (but Iaslly
through tie columns of my court, o1s competitors con-
cerrIs myself, THE DAILY POST. and the rate Of
Wa.'fs Ped 10 its employees thoualt it best also to
allow the men who imagine they have better rigt to
conduct business than myself to such extremes
As their malice DISREGARD Of he i al rights OF others
would lead them if uneicck.d by opposition tie fear
Of consequences.
For month he local columns Of the II publican"
and the advertising columns of the Star" have
eontain-l viIlanous libe;7 of myself or reports
the actions boasts Of my libcl!ers Neither in M
OWL paper, nor elsewhere, have made any reply until
now The time has arrived when propose not only to
defend myself from these falscools aud SANDERS but
also to discover whether there is some this
District that Will protect man, who is quietly hon.
orably conducting legitimate business. from the
alta IS of irresponsible men, who strike from the cover
of secret assemblies Anonymous circrlasand unsigned
atvertseIn rs. H. after having published daily paper
III Washington for six years paying my debts aud CIV
ing steady employment and good wa2es to hundred or
more PERSONS IT, after having added something to the
attractions and value of the Capital City by erecting
fine block Of buildings the site of some miserable
shantes, am to b. traIuced and bcled or. as the
phrase goes, 'boycotte" of exist. " it shall not
be until the good people of Washington are in formed Of
the means employed and approve of them SO generally
h 70 max. it Impossible for 1le TO proceed
1t has been stated by anonymous committee that
do not Iay fair my employees and dozen or
more local Trades Unions have been urged to PASS rcso
lutons aS>a!iius upon this false representation
That the public know how false this is attach the
sworn and unsolicited declaration OF the typesetters
and workIn in my Office:
IL VI. Stsy.i !ittcLjas Proprietor of- "Tfe p,xf.
w Gesi.e that have YOUR permission to do So
IN Justice to ourselves vii justice to You, to
answer certain staeIn hts made y the Columbia Typo
graz meal HoL frequently. four wtts in
t' newspapers and ic1or- different Trades nio, that
We are Iai starvation and obliged to labor
from ten t. twelve hours Il gitt to them
i0th sta;' III htS III Il-ioasy false We make the
ioli"Wil ,'sfatons and voluntarily qualify them
by &t.Iiayit:
l. That the tirst@rae workrnen on THE Posr average
as the tayr' shows, from SIS to S;5 per week for
iroih SlX To days aud to eight hours
per ni-ht.
That are not required 70 stand around without
WORK thereby losing time except intervals on
SUNDAY night and that We not obliged to submit
iuFioit'is or loss OF time. to give one-fourth
hali work 70 Others. That TO fifteen full coIupositors
TIER are but four apprentices
That the price paid us for piece -,rnrLand tb+s xa
des especially to call the attention of the public to as
benz llt'e under oath If in excess Of has been
for th. last nine months rqutI to the Union scale to
WIZ; ~ cents PER 900 ens-owine to the 'fancss,"
called Of HE Posi- type in comparison with that of
.l' htP"b''caa We have also another advantage in
that the great bulk of the type ussd by THE Posr is
smaller than that used by the Republican
We desire also to say that our pay is prorr. and
l'r; 'ii-' we are at'oinodateti when the proprietor
dec.Ds the c;ssc worthy one. advances that the
vefy best provisions made for comfort that
onr characters honest, Industrious and temperate
men VIII ba ar co9niariS with those craftsmen
III THIS city Thai out of the twenty three PERSONS en-
IIoysd III the conn i"siIlg-room seven lave families
AMI that a number OF have bought and paying Tor
ourown homes IN this city That have made no war
tn Typographical Union and do not try to prevent
any boiy from. j,iLiII- it.
Thomas Ia! lUr, Herbert J. Browne
J.. W Gaines, Ben Il Harris
A. A. III ikes. Don Murray
j. I'm Gallon. j. A. Clark.
james L Barnes, 7. l. Morris,
John ]. Lacy. Chas Il Byrks
stephen W Cooley. Chas S!zar
W. II. Snead jas V Gather
Harry Il ulnel. j. F. Fitzyerah
stephen j. klijuf Frank Campbell
J y. Senc;,ttivpr. O E. Flauhar+
SCbSc:l'c cd and sworn tO ny each person SHINING the
ahOve before Notary VIblc and the Dis trict
OF Columbia, this 2lst ,!ay OF November 1893
i>al1 A. b. KELLY
The assaults referred to have been made on NE and o.,
THE POST because VIII not discharge foreman and
afofce in whom l have conilence and who do their
work well and properly. and give the Office over to the
ehar2e AID control Of 1nell who ass,lil me-
1t may b that TIE POST will be broken down bv
the at.&cI~ bu, q sire to assure the public that it
Will be published aiy-even If 10 arer than six inches
sI1reuntil have fully established the right Of man
To control tho business in which he invests lis money
lis brains and his industry.
HE P1Sr has always n&fa:ainei tn r-,.s AMI in
tereSs Of werlslsa and hes been their s:aui.ch and
Hkno&l i,si avoeate II has steadily supported the
eEht hour law, the payment of fair wae the protec
ton Of l"rin- in II t ri.ts and the improve
nent OF their domestic condition by the erection Of good
md l.'.lthy houses fer their occupancy They have
always found il, a wn, helper not only in words
but d sts. And yeta number of them nron the false
statements of anonymous assailants without inqyrng
to the truth fsisity of the charges have passe
resolutions accusing rayin- starvation waes and
derouncin- unworthy of support or patronage.
Because in an article published in THE POST of the
9th of November ii stated that a number of low
drinking shops Were kept open Sunday in violation
OF law and that young and boys were furnished
liquor 1t them 20 the extent beistly drunkenness
The saloons of the city have been eanvasset and mum
Der Of the propretOrs have been induced stop the
paper Merchants have been threatened with loss Of
trade # they advertise THE POST and subscribers
have been insoenty warned to discontinue it, under
threa's o. hre punishment. On Sunday last every
newspaper IN the city hired 70 publish an advertise
ment warning the public against HE as one who had
employed all OF bis ability to degrade labor
The effect Of this criminal crusade uror ,,,. ;,.
shall make public The persons who have st,,7 TIT
POST because would conceal or def, nd t, ill.,,
feerfng oIen Of low drinking dives on suD,ev s,,u
have whatever benefit attaches TO their action Aston
the who have Hbalel and THE POST by cir,,
lars, cards pretended society resolutions posters and
advertisements IN othe- newspapers. they shall soon
have the opportunity TO defend their action in the
courts III the meantime shall expect the SUPPORT of
eitzsns and business men of Washington who dsap-