The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-06-05
TWO MEMS CRIME.
Hax The Great Strike Originated.


Appeal.
Capt. G. f. Henry of Cleveland,
who was ordered by the United
Court, under whose order the Tex.
as and Pacific road was being op.
Grated by a receiver, to make a
thorough investigation Of the
cause which led to the strike in
making his report says:
''That he commenced taking ties.
timony at Marshall on April 9th,
and the evidence generally OBJ
tanned was that most of the men
engaged In the strike did not know
what it was for. He inquired spe-
cially into Halls case and the testi.
mony showed that he was q worth.
less workman by reason of his
indifference to his duties, his atten.
tion being absorbed in studying
the rules of the Knights of Labor,
and deyoting time to committee
work for his order that should
have been given to the railroad
company. Everything in his (Hal's)
estimation appeared to be secon.
Diary to the knight of Labor, aud
he assumed in his imagination the
responsibilities Of the general man.
ager, legal adviser and general ex.
ecutive officer of the road, and
wanted everything subordinated
to the organization to which he
belonged. Capt. Henry said he
had examined the company's
books, which showed that under
Halls foremanship the work in
the shops had cost the company
80 per cent. more than it did un.
der his predecessor
Martin Irons, the man who or
dered the famous strike, prepared
a written statement for the Curtin
Congressional Committee in which
he said:
AT the time Of Halls discharge
delegates Of the Knights Of Labor
were at Marshall, Tex, and had
just finished q session and the
: discharge was regarded as o dis
tinct attack on the order. Wit
ness personally made efforts tC
get Hall reinstated, but without
success. Passes for three wer,
! given to Hall, in witness presence
0 to take them to Dallas, wher,
. grievances and Halls discharg,
were to be discussed. But as tn
d board numbered five, anu onl
6 three passes were given, and q
y they were handed to Hall and no
q to him, he regarded the act as al
n other slight on the order, and d.
}, clined to use them to go to Dalla
0 He telegraphed to that effect, an
Q received no reply. The next da
5, he telegraphed again, and receive
a message purporting to con
T. from the operator to the effe,
a that Col. Noble was from HON
% Witness wired back unless he hf
8, a reply by 2 o'clock the next d.
Is he should call out the men. Il
n received no reply and did call Il
y men out. Seeing that 1t was us
n' less to hope for an adjustment
ID the grievances, he afterward call'
out the Missouri Pacific men,"
g. II will be seen from these G
g tracts that the greatest strike ev
IN known in the United States W
Of brought about by Hall and Iron
II for no other cause than a pure
personal grudge toward the Tex
H. Pacific railroad. Such monstro
~ crime against the great busine
interests Of the country and Il
K workingmen who are members
u the Knights of Labor, was inspir,
ID by Hall, discharged because of h
le incompetency, and Irons, becau
81 he failed to get a free pass.
70 The cost of the recent strik
T. inaugurated by Hall and Iro
ID after all may be a blessing in d
guise. 1t will induce the Cley
land convention, now in sessic
to devise methods that will pl
" vent such men as Hall and Iro
20 from forcing a strike without SUI
VI cient cause. The convention W
W doubtless bring order of of chat
OF
In A Delicate Job.