Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-28
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 2s. 1889.
Mnhone,e Labor Record.

Mahone's Labor Record
The Democratic State Central Commit
tee has issued a valuable campaign docu-
ment entitled "AReply to Sundry Charges
Brought by General WILLIAM MALONE
Against the Democratic Party Of Virginia"
II is understood 10 be the work Of Colonel
FRANK q. RuTr1N. who never drops thread
in weaving his campaign documents.
This pamphlet ought to have been in the
hands Of our Democratic speakers sooner,
but now that they have received 1t
they will no doubt make up for lost time
bv using il without stint. Major DANIELS
letter. published IN another column, hap
pened 70 reach as yesterday. Upon the
matter treated in tina; letter this campaign
document throws some light. II says that
General MAuoNEs attitude towards labor
Is exhibited by his dealings with the labor
and-supply claimants of the Atlantic, Mis-
sissipp and Ohio railroad as disclosed 10y
the records IF the Board Of Public Works
and the Circuit Court Of the United States.
and then proceeds as follows.
From the records Of the Board Of Pub
lie Works 10 appears that on the 1th 81
February. 1851. q certain contract was
made between William Malone on the one
part and William p. Clyde and others. OF
the second part, for the purchase OF the
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad.
Among other things that contract con-
tanned clause stipulatinE that the PT
r1as7s @,Dfd comply 'rim cfridu terms ~ DC
0gre0i ipOu ie'irat1i than and ne PrcSiGnf
(Gep,rol Mahon,) and board Of directors Of
SAIL road.
on the Sth Of February the Board Of
Public Works uS~euted 10 the contract.
On the 10th # February the sale was made
(not to the CLYDE syndicate they had re-
tired-hut) Go Clarence II. Clark and others
through Bovcc and Kimhall. with whom
the Board of Public Works ratified the
contract with the same stlpulatons agreed
T. with Clyde.
Among the terms agreed upon under
that stipulation between the President
General Mnhone) and directors of the
Atlantic Mississippi and Ohio railroad was
a condition. O., stated by Nj. John 8 Wise
IN the WIN Of April %, ISL that the
labor and supply claimants should be offer
"a fifty cents in cash and fifty cents in COM
mon stock for the prplcipa. of their claims
to an amount not exceeding r20O,OOO.'
Nothing was said about interest. A. the
common stock was then worth only about
$50 a share, the offer was really Sl2OOOO
" Ia pursuance OF tins agreement clrcu-
lar letters were sent 10y the railroad COM
pauy 10 every claimant. rs registered III
list Of the labor and supply claims held
10y M Clark and Mr.. Tyler of the Nor
folk and Western late Atlantic. Mississippi
aud Ohio railroad, making offer % settle
according 90 the above terms, and stating
that the purchasers are in no way bound
20 paw this claim. nor do they believe Ii can
or will be legally paid from the proceeds Of
sale Of railroad. though they had formally
agreed TO pay II. Now what was. the
amount Of the labor and supply claims
In the case of Skiddv, Barbour, and Dun
can, Trustees. rs. Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio Railroad. in the Circuit Court of the
United States. the bill was filed March l3,
1876. On June 6. 1876. Messrs. Perkins and
Finke were appointed receivers and took
possession June y. 1876 They found
Liabilities for supplies, evidenced 10y
notes and acceptances, rs OF juno - 90 o..
$50. .th's5~o ~
Liabilities by open account, for sup
Plies mainly. Observation-Disclosures. O',oVo o.
Liabilities by open account amounts
due for services not taken up In pay
rolls, including executive officers
from president downward. ........ 2l,3S2 %
Ifabfiit,es by open account. pay-ToiiA
labor. H"tid< -
Total. s4oO.252 i2
This statement of the liabilities of the
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad was
verified by the deposition OF +: r.. Port
lock, auditor Of the company, taken before
NJ T. Peasants commissioner and filed
in the case November IA, 1878. Their
amount must therefore have been known
by General Malone more than two years
before he made the contract with Clarence
III. Clark He certainly had list of them
else how did Clark and Tyler get il? Yet
il is plain beyond contradiction that he
sought to pay t-is $500 .252.l2 with l2O, GOO,
or less than twenty-five cents IN the dol
lar-the 500, 1881 labor claims with ST.
1913.
Except some twenty thousand dollars.
which accepted the terms of the Norfolk
and Western railroad, the labor and sup
ply claimants brought suit, and in few
months were paid of in full; the principal
in cash and the interest in sOmmOn stock
Of the new company. But this did not
benefit the laboring men. They had been
compelled 10 sell their claims at discount
of so per cent. or more 10 men who were
rich enough TO hold them and TO fight
General Malone.
This il the record. well remembered
from Norfolk TO Bristol, of the Republican
leader who talks about Republican regard
for the dignity Of labor and protection OF
American industries
" 1t was in every sense q smaller but no
less significant fact that he turned all the
printers out of the Wig Office because they
were union men, rs IL well set forth IN the
newspaper:
"'It was William Malone who as the control
Ter OF newspaper required the unpaid printers
working on that paper 10 accept stock IN that pa
Der In satisfaction OF their debt; and IL was only
short tine after this Injustice had beon perpo-
trsted that those same printors came 10 ther
work one day 10 nnd that. without any warning
having been given them, their places had been
filled and thoy had been rudely driven out OF
employment IL was this same William Malone
who told an intelligent and worthy young print.
or that he wss opposed 10 tho typographical
union aud that he was determined 80 do what lie
could 10 break II up"
1T was this same William Malone who
commanded the locomotive engineers Of
the Atlantic. Mississippi. and Ohio road,
now the Norfolk and Western, to give up
their membership in the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers. purely charitable
organization. aud who discharged all who
refused TO obey his command. supplying
their places by foreign importation"
IL is surprising that any workingman
should be found in the ranks of the Ma