Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-07
RS? Could mortal man have been more

ers? Could mortal man have been more
vigilantl
The following is the title of the cause
as it appears upon the record of the Fed
eral Court at Indianapolis: TSee evil
dence in contempt case No. 4,7S5.l
In the United States Circuit Court for the Dis.
trict Of Indiana. The United states ex rel
T. J. Wentworth, Geo. Levejoy, E.. N Bar
naby and John Reeves; for contempt.
APpeaIaneesmFor plaintiff, Hon. Hon F Beassmdh dssand
ants. Messrs. Herod & Winter.
These men were arrested for contemp-
of court For interfering with railroad
property in the hands of the re eivers
Taking all the strikers arrested, sevent
teen were convicted, fifteen of whom
we're sent to prison cells for the term OF
three months. Their names are:
ESQUIRE Fidlen, Daniel Murphy, Hen
nv Mcintyre, Allen Outcalt, ID. 8. Craw-
ford. Charles Citizens, Patrick Dean, Jno.
It. Brickley, Charles Watson, John B.
Watson, Mark Miller, Frank Smith,
George Smith, M. L. Barnaby, George
Lovejoy, T. J. Wentworth, w. N. Sayer
and John Reed.
Asa basis of the prosecution waged
against the men of the Ohio and Missis-
sippi road, the following resolutions
passed by them are important:
VNCENNEs, July II, 1SS7.-ln pursu-
ance of a meeting held by the brakemen
of the Middle and West End Division of
the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad on
July Is, 1877. committee appointed for
the purpose, framed and adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions:
ResOlued, That in the present state OF
depressed business and high rate of liv'
ing the compensation received by the
brakemen for their labor has not been
more than sufficient to enable them to
live honestly and fairly.
Resolved, That owing to the recent re-
duction in wages it has been impossible
to do 80 to justify the principles OF labor,
honesty and self-respect. That while we
recognize the universal reduction OF
wages over the country on G great many
railroads, we also cannot fail to perceive
the fact that the standard of wages is on
no road so low as on the o. & NJ. That
as representative of that class of labor
we enter our solemn protest, hoping tina,
it may be recorded on the minds of those
who sympathize with labor's honest ef
fort. That committee be ap
pointed to address Mr.. Jno. r. King, Jr
receiver of the road, and lay before hin
our statemen and condition, with view
to reconsideration of the reduction. Tha
we unitedly. as a body, whole and com
pact, refuse to submit to oppression wher
coming from those whom labor enrlches
and whose motive should be to protec
rather than destroy. That we earnestl.
seek the hearty cooperation of all brake
men, and the sympathy and assistance
of all employees on the o. & Nj. r. r
and it is our earnest wish TO arrang
matters peaceably and amicably will
our employers.
[Signedl CHARLES CAMERON,
T. J. WENTWORTH,
THos. VAN KIRK.
Committee.
Can you recall more plteous appea
for even falr-handed justice? Commen
would mar it's simplicity and eloquence
"We also cannot fail to perceive the fac
that the standard of wages is on no roa
SO low as on the o. & M" say tn
strikers, and vet be it remembered tina
this is the road of which Benjamin Hal
rison was the attorney and concernin
the services to which he made affidavit
THAT nearly one whole week of tim
was consumed and that he believes ths
the services of each of his associates an
said affiant were reasonably worth th
sum of 81 1,000."
The one explanation explains the othe
Its iaborers' wages were excessively lov
Its attorneys fees were excessively higl
One bled the other. and thus woul
the policy of the Republican party eve
be. Let million-handed labor pay tribut
to the aristocratic few.
REEVES STATEMENT.
The following statement, recently OF
tanned from Mr.. Reeves himself, wi
give fair idea of what he thinks {
General Harrison and the treatment rt
ceived by him at his hands:
CLAY CITY, Clay Co., Ind,
August 10th.J
To Whom 1t May Concern:
have been disgusted with the effort
put forth to show that Ben Harrison OF
cupied a friendly attitude toward tn
railroad strikers of 1877. The fact is h
was in bitter hostility to the strikers.
was in a position to know whereof
speak, and | feel it my duty to spea
right out in meeting and refute the state
ment, notably that of d. e. Crawford
circulated in campaign documents, tina
Ben Harrison was friend of tn
strikers.
am now in the employ OF the E. & !
R. R. at Clay City, Ind, having charg
as watchman of engine No. 7S, which run
between Clay City and Brazil l hav
been in the employ of railroads TO
thirty-four years as brakeman, fireman
engineer, conductor, section foreman
etc., and am member of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen, tn,
Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen, ant
the Masonic and Odd Fellows's fra