The daily critic., 1890-07-15
CHARLOTTE SMITH
VENTlLATES her OPINION OF NATHAN
BLUR AND TIE TIMES"
HOW the Interview was obtained by
False Introduction-wil Take
Action gainst Her Traducers.

action a EHtuHN hEN AEAuuEeEks
The article in THE Critic Of yester-
day in which appeared a reprint Of an
article Of June %, published by Mrs.
Charlotte Smith in the WORKING Woman
Of this city, concerning Mrs. j. W.
Mackay, and cablegram signed
Nathan Blur, counselor.at-law," to
Mrs. Mackay from New York, after he
had interviewed Mrs. Smith In Wash
ington, elected quite a sensation among
those who know Mrs. Smith-and their
name is legion.
Mrs Smith was seen this morning by
a CRITIC reporter. u deny" said the
lady with evident feeling, "that part
Of the cablegram which SAYS, by a
very few she Is regarded as a pro.
fessional blackmailer, and which i'm.
pugns the sincerity of my efforts in
behalf Of the wofkingwomen. | have
within the past eight years expended
S4S, 600 out Of my own pocket in Bos
ton, New York and other cities in
agitating and eXerting my energies In
the cause Of workingwomen I dare
and defy any one 10 show where / have
received, directly or indirectly, any as
sistance from outside sources.
II will tell you" continued Mrs
Smith, chow those two men Loder and
Blur had an interview at my office.
Loder came with an introduction 70 me
from well. known correspondent.
Loder went TO the latter and made
statements that he was interested in
promoting the interests OF the laboriug
L. 4 a g.
Of the Working Woman. The CORE
spondent gave him n written introduc
tlon, although he told me last night
that he had never previously seen or met
the man. Well, ,itwas on the 10th instant
that both Loder and BLUR came 10 my
Office Loder said TO me that he was an
organizer of labor In New York and
had been watching my course for years.
BLUR also said that the labOring classes
In England had also taken much inter-
est In my efforts for the working
women. lie (Biiur) represented the
English working people. Mr.. Loder
asked me II ! would not 90 10 New
York in the interests of the cloak
makers, hut Blur said that by all
means the best place for me was In
Europe.
You have a very lively paper re-
marked BLUR, but why do you write
so about wealthy ladies Now there Is
Mrs. Mackay, she Is not only a very
wealthy, but a very charitable, lady
Why did you write that article about
herr
ITO these questions / replied that |
was living In free country; that every
dollar put into my paper was out Of my
own pocket; that wealthy society ladies'
took no interest In the affairs OF the
woTkingWOmen, and that for that rea.
son ] had right TO criticize them.
had never seen Mrs. Mackay, nor did
entertain any other than feelings of re-
speet for the lady.
"Loder and BLUR, continued Mrs
Smith, asked me II / could let them
have complete files of my paper ! left
the room and upon my return saw Blur
going through my mail box. He said
! You have a large correspondence,
and ] replied yes, showing him one
letter ] had received from Cardinal
Manning They filled their pockets
with papers, Tor which they never paid
a cent, and took siz copies Of the date
| June %.
Previous 10 the calling of these two
men, Inspector SWindells had been to
my office and obtained several copies Of
my paper and Detective Block called
the next day. LodeT and Blur had
/ been 10 Police Headquarters ana to
Senator Pierce Of Dakota, who had
| known me for years.
Mis-. Smith denied everything that
/ Blur had said about her. oh, yes,
| She added, "he said he would arrange
a great reception for me when ] arrived
IN England, but now that | have
| tffended the Bonanza Queen, II would
I suppose, have been a reception by
being consigned 10 dungeon, am
| sorry that such a weak minded person
as myself has raised such a social cy-
clone with Mrs. Maekay and her
friends, and ia such very hot weather.
Mrs. Smith as stated yesterday, has
written Colonel Robert InEersoll aud
| consulted counsel IN Washington Ia
reference 10 what action she shall take
against the Tunes for publishing Blur
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