The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-20

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family to be the very best of citizens
!, They are all sober, industrious and very
quiet boys, who never were known t
seek quarrel or provoke anger witt
, any person. George Z. Carr had just
risen from sick bed where he had been
confined with Inflammation of the
bowels far some two months, an6
through the advice Of his physician
sailed on the Sparrow for the purpose o.
regaining bis health, and no other, al
be is no sailor and did not seek to injure
any member of the sailors union by st
doing. l-,.-s
To show how absurd the statement oi
| the Star is, wherein he is spoken of as
captain, need only to state that George
T. Carr is very Young man. not twenty
five years old vet. and has always fol
lowed farming and working in the tim
ber. Another ing wherein is stated
that which Is not true. IL states tho'
"John Hubbard and Others were en-
gagged in asking the men to subscribe for
the purpose of assisting th ose who were
locked out etc, when the real facts Of
the case are that George T. Carr and 9
boy friend and townsman had been ur
town and were returning to their vessel,
and as they were nearing the wharf six
men came out from cover upon them,
demanding of them to quit the vessel
and not to work any longer, to which
Carr consented, 's it was any port in q
storm, and he thought it the best to
concede to them until such time as he
could explain. Thew then turned to the
boy and demanded oftlm the same. He
being mere bov and not knowing what
to do in the matter, answered boy
fashion by saying that he could not do
so, as he had signed the articles for the
round trip. This e1asperated the sailors
so much that they made rush for Carr,
which resulted in one of their number
getting fatally shot. During the scufae
the sailors managed to get Carr's pistol
away from him, when, about this time.
two men hearing the fracas came to see
what the trouble was. The sailors fear
ing detection ran, the one being shot
falling after running some 200 yards, and
before breathing his last he exonerated
Carr from all blame, saying that he
alone was the aggressor.
The above can be substantiated by
many citizens here in port, and that
pertaining to the trouble at San Pedro
can be fully substantlated there. There
fore all such cock and bull stories as
published in the Star will out in time,
and labor papers should be very careful
in giving credence to them until a full
investigation has taken place, as it only
hurts the cause by losing the confidence
of all those who are in sympathy with
us. am confident that had there not
been good, active Internationals here in
Eureka that there would have been
very serious trouble among the sailors
and "scabs" here, but up to within two
weeks of the end ofthe strike the sailors
had the full sympathy of all the citizens
of Humboldt county, lawyers, judges and
all, but the moment they went to Arcata
wharf. at the upper end of the bav. and
clouted a sailor from the deck of a
schooner laying there, bruising and
maltreating him. That moment they
lost the respect of our citizens. and then
it was that our comrades who still took
their part were also blacklisted and
discharged, and are still out of work,
thus being made to suffer through the
foolishness Of those they we're striving
| to aid and assist.
In closing would say that l hope the
lesson at San Pedro will not have been
without showing to organized labor the
folly of using brute force, when BY e1er-
cising little wisdom and strategy a
strong enemy can be out-generaled and
a victory won without losing anv advan-
tages that have already been gained ;
and that this pull headed course invari.
ably ends in defeat and loses all prior
victories. Therefore, 1 say, rally once
again, boys, and let past experiences and
defeats be your guide to future victory.
II. M. BURNETT.
EUREKA, Cal., Nov. 5.