Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-07

!: SUNDAY MORNING,
great railroad lawyer who, as we shal
see later, denounced the strikers as law
breakers, ruthlessly disregard the high
est mandates of the law that he Nigh
"coerce" some poor laborer at the pom
OF the bayonet? Will he plead ignor
ance of the law, as he does on hi
Chinese record? l leave it with you
but as the record appears he, ia
above all others, violated the statute
OF our State. 1t is not littl,
strange that in the war of the rebellion
Mr.. Harrison permitted sixty-nine regi
ments to pass his door before he joine(
the Seventeenth Indiana, but when il
came to war against workingmen he
joined Company G, of the First Regi
ment and was the leading spirit in al
that conflict? This energy and activity
may be explained somewhat when we
| remember all this time he had big fec
from one of the roads involved in the
| strike. His company once organized
armed, General Harrison proudly march.
ing them on the streets, finally quarters
them at the arsenal. The Nelcs of the
9th says:
''Four companies of volunteers, under
the respective commands OF General
Harrison, Colonel N. r. Ruckle, Major
j. j. and Captain Harry Adams, marched
into camp at the United States Arsenal
this morning. x X They are armed
with the new breech-loading Springfield
rifle, most formidable and efficient
weapon"
The city under the policy was soon
filled with soldiery. Over 1000 volun-
teers were raised here. The author of
Ben Hur'' was also "spoiling for a
fight and l have felt all along he
should have been nominated for Cover
nor on the Republican ticket as a fit
running mate" to Gen. Harrison. The
NeDs thus announces his arrival:
Gen. Lew Wallace and a company of
Charlottesville warriors came in at 5
O'Clock this morning, having driven over
country roads all night"
Notwithstanding this menace of armed
forces and repeated threats of coercion,
the difficulty ended as the men said it
should, by arbitration, and General Har-
rison at the close receipted to the State
of Indiana for 500 for four days pay,
while his men receipted for $235.30, or at
the rate of So cents per day each. But
it is claimed by General Harrison's
friends that this money was turned over
to some permanent militia company.
HARRISON SLIPPED ON THE JURY.
We will now direct our attention to Mr..
Harrison in the role Of arbitrator. He
was a member of the Citizens Committee
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tween the roads and their employees
1t is not necessary for me to say that an
arbitrator acts in the capacity of Judge
or jury. His first requisite is fair men
tai poise, lack Of bias-of prejudice-to
be without interest. This jury or COM
mittee met in the old Council Chamber
of Indianapolis on July Goth. Observe
that on July Oath General Harrison had
enlisted on the side of the "Pinkerton
Policy" and been drawing pay from the
State at the rate of IS per day for two
days. He had already drilled and armed
Company @ and hai them quartered at
the Arsenal. Note, too, that in Febru-
ary preceding he had entered the employ
of the o. 4 M. Co., which was involved
in the strike and that he then had their
gold in his pocket. Do you grasp the
situation? He had somehow slipped on
the jury which was to try his own eli
ent's cause.
You have heard of packed juries.
What do you think of the one which was
to try the strikers case? Now it has
glpne into history that Mr.. Harrison's
speech at that conference meeting was
very arrogant-very dictatorial towards
the Strikers Committee which was in
vited to be present. The newspaper re-
ports OF just what he said are very
meagre. The speech will never be fully
known. General Harrison will never
furnish the public with a copy of that
philippe. The News of July 26, 1877,
referring to it, says:
hen the reports were all in (mean-
ing the grievances) General Harrison
took the floor and began TO present the
aspect OF the strike from the other side. X
Have you a right while you are
breaking the law to appear before a COM
mittee OF law-abiding citizens with an
appeal to redress the wrongs you claim
to suffer from. At this point the rail-
road portion of the audience arose en-
masse and made break for the door,"
This only gives us an idea that the
speech was in some way grossly often.
sive, but for more light we are compelled
to look to other sources-to men and
members of the committee who were
there.
Early after the nomination of General
Harrison it was rumored and stated on
the streets that he used such expressions
as these: "That dollar day was
enough for workingman )" "that if he
were Governor or Sheriff he would force
the men to time at the point of the bay
onet;;" "that if necessary he would shoot
them down." or expressions of like i'm
port and perhaps others OF a ssimilar
nature.
HARRISON'S ABUSIVE SPEECH.
Now let us see what the facts are.
How does labor stand in Indiana toward
Mr.. Harrison, and is their attitude un-
just-without reason? When that gentle
man, nearly two years ago, was seeking
an election to the United States Senate,
organized labor from all parts OF the
State met in their respective assemblies
and forwarded resolutions to Indianapolis
denouncing him and his candidacy. On
the 9TH day OF August of this year. at the
fourth annual meeting of the State Fed
GRAFTON of Trades Unions, that body, the
largest and most representative in Indi.
ana, passed resolutions calling upon
all workingmen to vote against him.
Later the District Assembly OF the knights
of Labor for the Indianapolis Dis
trict (Mr. Harrison's home) met and did