The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-11-27

sd Kim what il was Tor. He said 10 start
"A Mckinley Club. told him no air, am
"A Dsmoprat and Warwick man, lie asked
ms whether did not think ought 70 vote
for their man, I told MIN no sir On
election day 1 worked about half a day,
and about four or half past four O'Clock
they rang Tor me, aud went 70 him and
said, what II, lle said feel sorry Tor
YOU, but have 70 tell you that you are cut
Ah per cent, ON your
WAGES ron VOTING ron WARWICK
and free trade, went back 10 my bench
feeling very blue, and soon made "a move
10 90 home, hut he asked me 10 stay, ana
aald might work myself up tony former
wages. They said they never found any
fault with my work
These are fair samples Of the seventeen
atatemonia. They are made mostly by
men long In the CompAnyh employ, hnd
many OF them by 40 respectable working
men as live IN this city. They give the
reaaona presented at the time Of the dis
charge, 10y the mon who brought the or
derA ireah from the privacy OF the Preai.
dents office, before the denuneiatlonh OF
an Indignant public had created abundant
reAaOnR for auggchting some other cause
for the action Of the Company, While
each abatement differs IN some minor par
tculara from the others, coming from
different ior0men, are In substance the
same, but one reason was given, yihi
YOU VOTED rnE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Arc these men all llaraY
Fourth. The Company pleads ita past fair.
moss, and through Ia President says, I'VE
have never directly or otherwise, attempt
ed 10 lniimdRte our men In the use OF the
franchise. We propose that our men shall
have the same rights we demand our.
aelyean This 10 noble sentiment, and
the only safe basis Of citizenship, and 4
carried out Ia practice aa well
40 stated In theory, the unpleasant state
OF affairs now existing would not have
been but let ua examine carefully before
we accept ita truth Intimidation takes
many forms. tits fact that now and for
many years, every position In the oompa
ny's shops, IN which q man has any degree
OF control over hlufCllowa, N now and has
been held byn Republican, hence, II there
was intimidation IL could hardly bO done
by Democrats. Now the testimony We
have, clearly shows that Ia the last cam
paipn, 40 well Aa previous ones, part of
tho Republican forcmon were active In
Olccloncorlng In all parta Of the shop nt
all hours of the day. aud have boon much
more offensive than Democrats, aud In
more than one department bulletin orliko
boards were plncnrded with opithota
bENuNCt AroRY on DEMOCRATIC oANDi-
DATES
and principles, with no consuro from the
company or lla officers, II Republican
meetings were held nt other points In the
dialrot, your forenoon were tho men who
distributed the tloNota, advising Domo
Gratis that " would be 10 ihoir intcrchls 10
go, and during this and past campaigns
part OF your ioremon have called the men
OF their departments together " advise
them how 10 vote for their own interests,
nor are you In u position 20 plead ignor.
anco Of thcsoinotn, for II iabuta fowyoars
since, on the evening preceding q Proai.
dental election, your men were called 20.
gcthor, and YOU set the example by an adj
droaa by your president,
Rlfth-'rho first inilmAtlon from tho
Company, aa 70 tho cause Of the dla.
charges was from lts Secretary and Treas
urcr 10 prominent citizen before any
public dcnunclatlon was made. Ho met
Mr.. @, NJ. Russell on the street, and said
TO him, II is reported that you have dis
charged some OF your men for voting the
Democratic tlckotp Russell answered,
ut is not so,n He said, well YOU have re.
duoed their wages 33M per cent for voting
we have
REDUCED THE WAGES or FREE TRADERS,
and walked of. Ho said nothing about
olfenslvonees at that time. IL was not
needed until later.
Sxth-The charges OF the Company arc
that the men discharged wero 30 Offensive
ns to injurc the discipline OF tho shop,
while In some instances parties may have
been offensive, yet the fact that many OF
their mon are among our most respected
citizens; mon who In their every day life
are above roproach, this leads us TO dis.
believe that they In any way intcrfcrod
with tho discipline OF the shop,
Seyenlh--Ono OF thoaO men whose
waaes were reduced wasolf on vacation,
and not In the shop during the campaign.
How can this charge apply 10 himY
These reasons with perhaps othors not
now occurring 10 the committee, lead us
inevitably 70 the conclusion that these
discharges were
FOR NO OTHER REASONS THAN POLITICAL.
The committee as q whole, and every In
diyldual member OF II believes that the
statements made by these men ns coming
from their foremen are true, and we so
report.
and the very few Republicans who In
dorso their course for tho circumstance,
that they yet employ about two hundred
Democrats. II Ia no doubt comforting 70
family waking In the morning TO ilnd
parents and part OF the children murdered
that part Of the family had escaped tho
midnight assassin, but We fail 20 how tho
crime against the murdered ones or
against society would thereby be dl-
minished. Some ofour Republican busl.
meas men admit the act 10 he unmanly
and uncalled for, but think because Rus
sell u Co. give employment tomuch labor,
that for tho interest OF the town tho
matter had better be dropped. Our only
answer 10 that IL, that wo had better be
without town than TO
SUBMIT TO POLITICAL SLAVERY.
As 10 the fact that since the visit Of the
committee, several OF these workman
have been reinstated, wo say that In 20
far as they have tried 10 remedy their
wrong, we giye them full credit, but that
the number 80 reinstated 10 80 much short
OF the number discharged as toleayo
the Question Of principle, involved In
this case substantially unaffected.
Your committee feels that II has fully
covered the ground assigned II, and does
not understand that II was requested 70
make any recommendations, hence we
simply report the facts as we have found
them with tho conclusions we have been
compelled by the evidence to reach, via
That these discharges
WERE SOLELY FOR POLITICAL REASONS.
We are pleased TO add that IN our inyesti'
CATION we have not found the elightest In,
tination that either one OF The Russell
brothers, who are members OF this firm
had anything 70 do with this reduction ol