The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-01
The Hardships to Which Adolph Herold Was
Subjected Because He Emphatically De-
clined to Take Partin an Unjust Strike.
An Assault on the Citizens Inalienable
Right to "Work the GroWler."
A Feminine Unknown Posing About Summer
Resorts as ''The Duchess"-The American
Tract Society-A Murderer's Yagary.
BOYCOTT TYRANNY.
An Instance Illustrating Its Working In
Individual Cases.

An Instance Illustrating Its Working In
Individual Cases.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.
New YORK, July 31.-Adolph Herold, cigar
maker, came to this country from Saxony, and
found employment and home in Morrsania,
one OF the northern districts of this city.
Through his efforts was organized the Arbeiter
Volksbildung Verein-freely translated an open
society for popular instruction. He was its first
president. and was honored with several sue
cessiye elections. No man in the community
was more highly respected than he Not long
ago the workmen in SiegeTs factory. where
Herold was employed, felt themselves aggreved,
and threatened strike. Herold was opposed to
this measure, and used his influence to prevent
it. on the ground that there was not sufficient
justification. He was overruled, however, and
the men went out Herold declared publicly
that he should stay in the shop and not share in
the strike His comrades laughed at him, and
then threatened to boycott him if he did not
abandon work. He refused and the boycott was
ordered. It went into effect Immediately. The
rest of the story is like chapter from Put
Yourself in His Place." He was proclaimed
scab by the unions, and all workmen
have nothing to do with him. For
short time the Volksbildung yerein endeavored
to sustain him. He was president of the society
when the trouble began, and it was not long be-
fore the members yielded to the pressure and
deposed him from Office; next they expelled him
from membership. BY and by the strikers tired
of their struggle against Siegel, and made over
lures to return to work on the old terms; but
they made one conditions: Herold must be dis
charged or they would not work. Did the manu-
facturer Siegel generously defend his faithful
workman and retain him in spite of the demands
Oh no! He loved ''peace, balmy peace" and
Herold had to go. He sought employment in
other shops, but the moment he was given
bench, the other workmen threw down their
tools and marched out. The result was series
ofdigcharges that has finally reduced him and
his family to tho direst poverty After time,
came the rumor among the cigar-makers that the
scab Herold had been driven out of town. 1t is
true that Herold has completely disappeared
from the knowledge of his enemies, but it does
not necessarily follow that he is not in the city.
There are other devices than fight-but, per-
haps it is just as we'll that his whereabouts be
over long distance at man who is boycotted
is well known. And by certain well-known COM
binations a man may be struck dangerously
hard, even if he has changed his trade.
Another instance of personal boycott has
grown out of the boycott against Mrs. Land
graft. the widow baker. about which the whole
country has been informed A daughter of
Mrs. Landgraff was married. She worked, with
her husband, in cigar factory, he at rolling the
weed and she at putting up bunches. The mother
sought to help the young couple along, and atone
for lack of dowry, perhaps, by sending them
every morning gift of fresh rolls for breakfast.
When the boycott went into operation they were
ordered to obtain their rolls at some other ba-
kerry. They blindly refused to do this, and the
boycott fell upon them. At the order of the
union their employer discharged them. They
sought work elsewhere together and individually,
butthe black list preceded them everywhere and
they were turned away Poverty has finally driven
them to promise to reject their mothers gifts,
and they have found employment, the boycott
ers taking hold to assist them