The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-22

cells Tor the term of three months each
! Their name are:-
, Esquire Fidlen, Daniel Murphy.
. Henry Mcintyre, Allen Outcalt, ID :
Crawford, Charles Citizens, Patrick
! Dean, John +. Brickley, Charles Wat
son, John Is. Watson, Mark Miller,
Frank Smith, George Smith, N. l.
Barnaby. George LovejOy, Il. j. Went
worth, w. N Saycr and John Reed.
, AS a basis OF the prosecution wagcd
against the men oi the Ohio and Missis'
sippi road, the following resolutions
passed by them are Important
Vlncennes, July II. lS77.--In PURSUANCE
Of u meeting held by the brukemen OF the
middle and west end ni the ONO aud Mis-
sissippi railroad OH July 10, 1877. Il commit
tee appointed Tor The purpose framed aud
adopted the following resolutions:
Resolved, That in the present state Of de-
pressed business aud high race OF living The
compensation received 10y the brikeEIeu for
their labor has not been more Than sufficient
to enable them to live honestly and fairly.
Resolved. That owing u tine recent rcduC-
ton I'm wages IL has been impossible to do 80
tO Justify The principles OF labor, honesty and
self Prospect, That while we recognize the
universal reduction OF wages over The couE-
try on a great many railroads. we also cannot
fail 10 perceive the fact that the standard Of
wages il on no road so low rs on the D. II Nj.
That a. representative OF that class OF labor
we enter our solemn protest, hoping that u
may be recorded on the minds OF those who
sympathiZe with labor's honest effort. hat
Il committee be appointed TO address MIR.
jnO. X. King, Jr., receiver of the road, and
lay before HIM our statement and condition,
with IA view To reconsideration of the reduc-
tiOn. That we unitediy, rs q body. whole
and compact refuse to submit 10 oppression
when coming from those whom labor
enrichea. and whose motive hOuld be to pro-
tect rather than destroy. That we earnestly
seek The hearty cooperation of all brukGmen,
and the sympathy and assistance OF all
employcs on the o. N ". Il. r., aud il is our
earnest wish TO arrange matters pCacebly and
amiCably with our employers.
lSigned CHARLES CAMERON,
I'd. WENTWORTH,
THOMAS VAN KIRK.
Committee.
Can you recall a more pitcOus appeal
for even iair-handed Justice? Comment
would mar its simplicity and eloquence.
"We also cannot fail to perceive the
fact that the standard of wages is on
no road so low as OH the .. Il NJ"
says the strikers, and yet he it remem-
bered that this is the road of which
benjamin Harrison was the attorney
and concerning the services to which
he made affidavit: "That nearly one
whole week of time was consumed
and that he believes that the services
of each OF his associates and said affiant
were reasonably worth the sum of
81 1000"
A FEES AM LEA WAGES.
The one explanation explains the
other. Its laborers' wages were excess
sively low. Its attorneys fees were
excessively high.
One bled the other, and thus would
the policy of the republican party v e
be. Let million-handed labor pay
tribute to the a~ristoratic few.
Three OF the above defendants, Love-
joy, Wentworth and Barnaby, in a
short time after Mr.. Harrison came
into the case threw up their hands and
pleaded guilty. One OF the defendants,
refusing to plead guilty, was prosecu-
ted with unusual vigor by Gen. Harri-
son, the gist OF the whole charge being
that he participated in the passage of
the foregoing resolutions, which are
made a part of the evidence against
him. A nor innocent man, upon the
face of the governments testimony,
was never arrested and brought into
court. The inia,ny Of the persecution
in this case can be rarely PARALLEL, yet
it is a fair sample of the animus and
substance backing the preseHtments
aga INST the fifteen men in all who were
torn from their families and lodged in
the prisons of Indiana.
Four witnesses were called by Mr..
Harrison to testify against Reeves.
The first man was j. II. Clark, OF Vim
cennes, who said 81 did not sec the
AnfaVIunt paayac fhara of oil ~
u. w. Ewing being mex placed upon
the stand, testified, among other things:
"During the several times | saw him
(Reeves), did not hear him say a word
Or see him do anything only move
along with the crowd"
j. 5. Wilson, the next witness, said:
81 could not say that | saw Reeves
take any part in the means used against
the moving of trains. saw him pass
through the yards-saw him several
times; but whether he took any part in
it or not could no say. l never heard
him say anything"
Wm. Chad wick, next called, stated:
"Did not zee him (Reeves) do any
thing. He was in his shirt sleeves
and was there apparently like the rest
OF us, to see what the excitement was"
Mr.. Harrison here introduced the
original copy of the resolutions, rs
above set out, and here the prosecution
rested.
Reeves went upon the stand in lis
own defense and told a straight and
plausible story; that he was poor; u
ma of family; had been an employe
OF the o. ~ M, and was in its strike
eleven months previous for nonpay-
ment of wages; had not been working
for the road, however, since that time,
but had been i'll The country, first with
a plasterer, then as harvest hand, and
at tue time of his arrest was Is it'll a
threshing machine. That he was
totally ignorant of the strike and mno-
cent of any part OF IT,; belonging to
nom of Its societies or committees and
happened to he about the point of
strikers out OF curiosity, as were hum
dreds of other citizens. Gen. Harrison
cross-examined him vigorously, but did
not succeed in shaking his statement.
The foregoing is a fair outline OF the
evidence upon which Benjamin Iiarri-
son urged and secured Reeves convic-
ton.
REEVES STATEMENT.
u 'IOlIO wing statement, recently
obtained from MIR. Reeves himself, will
give a fair idea of what he thinks of
Gen. Harrison and The treatment re-
ceived by him at his hands.
CLAY CITY, CLAY Co., IND, Aug. 10.
To Whom 1t May Concern:-I have been
Disguised with the efforts put forth 10 show
that Ben Harrison occupied a friendly atti-
tude toward the railroad strikers Of 1871.
The fact is he was III bitter hostility to the
strikers. | was in "A position to know where
OF | speak, and | feel il my duty TO speak
right out in meeting and refute The statement,
DOtably that OF ID. h. Crawford, circulated In
campaign documents, that Ben Harrison was
"A friend Of the strikers.
ain now in the employ of the +. 4 |. x.
x. AT Clay City. Ind, having charge as
Waterman OF engine No. rs, which runs be.
tween Clay City and Brazil. | have been IN
the employ OF railroads for thirty four years
aS | rskeman. fireman, engineer, conductor,
section foreman, etc, and am "A member of
the brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, the
brotherhood Of Railroad Brakemen. and the
Masonic and Odd Fellows FraternitieI.
prpyiOus 10 The general strike nf 1877 I hud