The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-01-15
WHOLE NUMBER 924.
IN arbitration ana amicabie adjustment Of

an arbitration and amicable adjustment of
their controversy. Unfortunately these eff
forts have been fruitless. But, as Governor,
upon two occasions. A personal visit to the
valley, early in September, convinced me
avert tVs Without IT much Sa bloodshea OF mueh ex
pense an apprehended collision. Accord
ingly, sent to the valley three companies,
oiiicer r. in in command ] nd reinforced I forced them BY the
addition of another company. Quiet fol-
lowed, and the danger if there were any,
of the situation by the Adjutant General and
the Chief Inspector of Mines satisfied them
that the, necessity had passed, and, upon
their written recommendation, the troops
We're gradually removed; the last leaving the
valley October 3. The annual report of the
movement of troops. have not since seen
necessity, though solicited, to send another
detaehfnent to the valley: Upon the advice
sistants, and after consultation with Judge
Friesner, of the Court of Common Pleas, and
na fhe Shers OF athens LOCKING q ana 1sst Ierpg pg
caused to be posted throughout the valley,
a proclamation calling good citizens, as well
as the disorderly and lawless elements, to q
sense of their duty.
Without much reliance on mere words, l
felt that this step could wSrk @ mob no harm % and
cient military force was also prepared, and
has since been constantly ready to move to
any point where its services might seem
During this long-continued strife but little
has been done by the civil AUTHORITIES, other
Pleas, in Hooking County, the Prosecuting
Attorney of the same county, and the Sher-
IFS of Hooking and Athens Counties to de-
tect or punish these criminals. No reward
has been offered for their apprehension. The
situation has been, and continues to be, one
of anxiety and danger. I could have gar
rsoned Hooking County, and while the force
remained, quiet would have prevailed in its
immediate vicinity. But the employment of
military force is itself an evil. Our system
of government does not contemplate its use
as permanent or long-contnued remedial
agency. 1t is the last resort, and should be
spar1ngly applied, used only when certain to
benefit, and withdrawn as soon as the 6cea-
sion has passed. 1t has seemed to me better
to endeavOr to awaken the civil authorities
their duties, thanto supersede them with
militia. Upon these principles I shall con-
tinue to act until otherwise instructed by
law.
If the present stringency continue, other
strikes will follow. Indeed, this very dis:
beance nfbeaI may prove the PRONE parenb sbs ii
be permanently reduced from eighty to fifty
cents per ton, as now seems not unlikely IN
continue successful work in other mining
districts without like reductions. While the
| relations of capital and labor are delicate,
and, as a rule, had better been left untouch-
ed by attempts at legislative control, to ad-
Just themselves according to facts and the
the the risk O Of T harm, n to to make make arbitration easy
This has been attempted in Pennsylvania by
an act approved April &c. 1883, Session acts
| tribunals to consider and settle disputes be
| tween employers and employees in the iron,
| glass, textile fabric, and coal trades
| without resort to military power, have
| found the principal difficulty to be the want
of an adequate police force outside the limits
| of municipalities. Provision should be made
| by law for emergencies like this. 1 twice
4 urged the Sheriff of Perry County to employ
peace, but was met by the suggestion that
| there were no available funds out of which
| they might be paid. The mine operators and
railroad company were, believe, willing te
provide the means, but this would not only
have been unjust in itself, imposing an un
| fair burthen on the operators and company
| authority of the officers, giving to them the
| appearance of agents of one of the parties tt
| controversy. rather than of the law; Tht
| mines have been defended from the begin
| ming by private guards, without the employ
| ment of whom. in my opinion, work woule
haye been difficult, if not impossible, in tn,
| valley since June last. The use of thi
method of defense has been costly. Th'
| mine-owners have the right to prosecute
such burden: The State owes them protec
| ton, and if the ordinary methods prove una
| valing, others should be devised.
For this purpose recommend the follow
| First, that in case of lawlessness beyond thu
| control of the ordinary civil authority, it b'
| officer of the county, to employ, with thu
sanction of the Court of Common Pleas, if Il
| session, or the Judge, during vacation, sui
| ficient number of deputies to insure the pro
| lection of life, liberty and property within
| his bailiwick, and that they be paid out of tn
County Treasury.
Secondly that the expense of any militar!
| force, called Into service by the Governor
| on the demand of the Mayor or Sheriff, b
| paid out of the treasury of the municipalit
or county, and not borne, as now, by tn
| State at large.
Thirdly. that all damages done to the prot
| erty or persons of individuals by mob vic
lence be compensated out of the treasury o
the municipal corporation or county,
If these measures be provided, the civ
authority will be efficient instead of power
less, as it now is in many parts of the State
and it will become the interest of tax-pay
ers to rally rapidly and intervene actively 1
reinforcement of the officers of the law.
| A limited or qualified power might also b
given to the Governor to offer rewards fo
the arrest and punishment of criminal
where the local authorities neglect this dut!
such rewards to be paid out of the treasur
of the municipality r county.
| i renew the Recommendation of my spec1'
message of April p 1884, that some provisio
be made for the widowed mother of Capital
John ]. Desmond, killed while in the di
charge of his duty during the Cincinnati rio
During the same disturbance, Israel 5. Get
} private in the Fourteenth Regiment, 10:
, his life by the accidental discharge of riff
Jesse =. Brush. a private in the Seventeent
Regiment, was killed III like manner while
the service of the State in the Hooking va
ley, and Emil Kern, private in the Eight
: Regiment, died of typhoid fever, contracte
, during the same service. AT Ashland, sever
, men were disabled by pistol and gun sho
F., and blows from brickbats and stones whi
! on duty at the execution of Horn and Gri
7 ben. For these and other like cases as the
may occur hereafter, l invoke the protectir
: and men of the Ohio National Guard are e
listed for five years-they are soldiers WI
: perform delicate and dangerous duties, al
they ought to be pensloned, and their d
D pendent relatives provided for in case of pc
sonal injury or death.
e There is in the State Treasury to the cred
e of the Board of Managers of the informed
: ate Penitentiary, the sum of S53SlS.5S, d
D rived from collections under the Scott la
n The board wisely concluded not to use al
Y part of this sum until the General Assemb
/ should have had the opportunity to express
1 opinion. The Scott law having been held Il
constitutional, it would seem to be necessa
0 to return this money to those citizens fro
4 whom it has been illegally exacted, and
/ recommend the proper legislation to that en-
e payable under the Scott law for 1884 and IS
e which, by the second section of the act
y tabished the intermediate penftentiary W
n pleged to it, ought not ipperil the progre
: of that most beneficent institution.
:. PARDoNs.
- BY far the larger part of the work in t
- ton of applications for the exercise of tt
e delicate and dangerous power. l have {
IL perienced much difficulty in its satisfacto
- administration for want of accurate and
q liable information of the real character
q cases and applicants The Governor C
a not he expected to avoid mistakes in d
- charging this part of his duty, unless he
~ put in the place. as nearly as may be, of I
u Judge who inflicted the sentence. But
> only assistance he has in this direction,
~ sides the voluntary efforts of the friends
Il prisoners, who are not infrequently int
ested rather to deceive than to enlighten, CT
sists in the statements furnished by Prosec
e ing Attorneys in obedience to Section 81
5, the Revised Statutes. OF these officers the n
IF | jority are conscientious and painstakil
70 and perform valuable public service by f
n | and careful statements. while few negl'
a. the duty, giving it the most casual and p
m functory attention. or omiting it altogeth
n In many cases the Prosecuting Attorney
IF left Office before the application is made, a
D. it not infrequently happens that the appli
II ton is postponed until after the death of
* Prosecuting Attorney so that there is no {
Df TO represent the public 1t is but ta1r tina
@ should add that quite as much zeal and
T. sire to do this duty has been manifested
j. Prosecuting Attorneys who had retired fr