Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-19

| rison, talked earnestly, but very kindly 10
| the strikers, with whom be was in SYM
pathy.'
! Thomas w. Christian, brick mason,
swears that he was interested in the strik-
| ers, was at the conference, and charges that
the stories of Gould and Schwartz are lies
made out of the whole CLOTH" William
5. Elliott was at the conference and swears
as does Christian, and adds: General
Harrison spoke kindly, and entirely in the
interest of the men,"
| THAT MILITIA COMPANY.
Eli F. Rutter, Horace Mckay, Benjamin
A. Richardson, Joseph A. Humphreys.
John S. Parkington, w. A. Bell, w. d.
Seaton, d. III. Wiles. ]. 81. Wildman, Harry
Milligan, John G. Wright, Berg Applegate,
C. c. Burgess, Charles F. Sayles, John NJ.
Todd, H. NJ. Foltz, Howard Call. G. NJ.
| Bradbury, Thomas H. Spann, w. W.
| Sickles and A w. Hatch, surviving mem
bers of the Harrison militia company of
the strike of 1877, and who are still in In
| dianapolis, and are vouched for as reputa-
bic citizens of Indianapolis. of good stand
ing, and high business character, unite in
an affidavit sworn to before Robert B.
| Keith, Notary Public, October 6, 1888.
This affidavit is very long. 1t sets forth:
l. That they have read the Gould and
Schwartz circulars.
| 2. General Harrison did not organize,
arm or drill the company
| B He did not march with it to the depot,
or towards ii, or towards the strikers, threat
Ing to start the train by force
! 4. The Governor did not "head him off u
The Mayor did not stand by and resist
| General Harrison" General Harrison did
not say to his men, "We'll shoot the dogs.
| anyhow; hanging is too good for them" or
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tured into any such meaning.
5. All the statements in the letters and
circulars referred to concerning the COM
pauy are maliciously false"
| 6. Governor Williams issued his procla-
nation July 26, 1877. Next day the COM
pany formed and all the troops, including
it, marched, not to the depot, out to the
| United States Arsenal, more than a mile
away and there remained until disbanded.
| Z. By request OF Governor Williams,
regular troops were sent from the regular
/ army and arrived st the arsenal August
2Sth and on the 29th the militia returned
TO the city and were mustered out.
s. When the order came to muster out,
| General Harrison came to the company
and ordered the men, drawn up in line, to
unload their weapons. They did so, and
General Harrison then said to them in ex-
PLANTATION Let us remember that our
| mission is to prevent violence, not to do
violence. 1t would be all infinite pity if.
on the march or after we reach the city,
! one of these arms should, by accident. even,
| become discharged, and some innocent per-
son be injured. | am still of the firm con-
viction that nothing more than the mere
fact of our military organization viii be
required to secure the peace"
8. The suggestions of General Harrison
| ahODt unloading WAS a1npfad hO Gapar.1
Macauley, in command OF all the troops, and
was then made a general order.
10. The troops then marched, not to the
depot, bul to the front of the Postotfice and
stacked arms. General Macauley rode, un-
armed, to the depot, and among the strik-
ers, to see if there were any signs of riotipg
He soon returned, reported peace and order,
and the troops were then and there dis.
banded.
IL. General Harrison's pay, and That of
others OF his company, amounted to S2ll %,
and the money was donated to the Indian
apolis Light Infantry, AMI paid yer to
| Frank L.. Bixby, treasurer of said company
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR REPUDIATE GOULD.
Now recall these facts. Gould addressed
a circular letter dated September 10, 1888.
to Local Assembly 1853, Knights of Labor,
at Canisteo, n. Y. This has been freely dis
tributed in Sacramento. He used the seal
of District Assembly 116, Knights of La
Dor, and signed the letter as Secretary of
the same. The Indianapolis eNe,cs pub
Ished the letter, and the very next day
Hon. James A. Wildman and Charles P
| Watson called on William Klinesmith a
halter, Master Workman of Assembly l06,
who then and there repudlated the Gould
letter, declaring be had never seen it be-
fore, that copy of it had never been laid
before the assembly, and that the seal was
used without authority" Messrs. Wild
man and Watson on the 9TH of October.
1888, swore to an affidavit setting forth
these facts, and adding that Mr.. Klinesmith
| SAID to them that he would bring the mat
ter before the Assembly at its next meeting
the third Friday in October.
GoULDs CONFESSION.
Before Gould had been employed to work
for the Democratic Committee he made
| statements that prove him to be a con-
contemplate liar, IS the following affidavit
| shows:
STATE OF IND ANA,
MARIN COUNTY, -
John R. Robinson, of lawful age, being duly
sworn upon his oath says that he is well ac-
| quainted with one Edward Gould, who is now
making political speeches in which he is att ick-
| ing the personal record OF General Harrison !;
| that on or about the 7th day of August 1888
| said Edward Gould in a conversation addressed
to afiiant and others, said: THAT a man with
| a particle of brains would not accuse General
! Harrison of making such a statement as that a
| dollar day was good enough wages for any
| Worklngman, and that he (GCul J did not be-
| lieve that Harrison ever said it. because a man
would be fool who would make such state
ment, and General Harrison was no fool and
| further atfiant sayeth not JOHN R. RoBINsoN
| Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9Th
| day of September, 1883.
HORACE L. SMITH, Notary Public.
Albert Hoffman knows Gould, and swears
| he heard him make the statement sworn to
| by Mr.. Robinson. John A. Coulter. Silas
| III. Brattain, John r. Bells and David E.
| Williams each swear in distinct affidayits
| that they know Gould, were present at the
| time referred to by Mr.. Robinson, and that
| they heard Gould make the remarks as
stated by Dir. Robinson
IN CONCLUSION
In conclusion, we cfil the attention of
| the reader 80 these facts, here o;pre set
| forth in the RECORD UNION, and supported
| by the oatbs ut true men, men of unaues-
| toned integrity, and in the mouths OF
| many witnesses:
| l. General Harrison did not in person
| command the militia company until the
| last of its four days service, hut First Lieu
! tenant Ritter did, and so swears. General
| Harrison was busy serving on the Arbitra-
| ton Committee with Governor tBlue
| jeans Williams (Democrat), Senator JOS
S. Mcdonald (Dem.), General Macauley
| (Dem.), Frank Landers Dem J, Mayor
| Caven (Dem.)
| 2. A Democratic Governor and Demo-
cratic Mayor called for the troops and for
the arbitration and the public meetings.
| 3. The troops were not called ior against
the strikers, bat TO preserve the peace and
protect life and property against the law
less element that hocked 10 the city to take
advantage of the strike, in order to ply
| their criminal vocation and induce riot,
to the end that they might better carry on
| their nefatious business.
| 4. United Senator Mcdonald, Demo
crat, has the manhood to come out and say
as follows:
| ~ was associated with General Harrison
in conference with the strikers, and
| throughout he advised peaceful settle
nsnt of The trouble. l have no recollection
of his using any bloodthirsty language or
insulting any representatives, of the strikers
during our conferences. | don't think it
will cut much OF figure as an issue in this
campaign. The situation was threatening
10 Indianapolis then, and Committee on
Public Safety was organized. A sub Com
mittee on Peaceful Settlement met the
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