The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-03
The Avowed Foe of Organized
Labor.
Statements Made by Picked
Men, Under Pay,
Set at Naught When the True
Facts are Known.
Men "Suspended" in Order to
Break Up a Local Union.
What is the Consequence Of
Morgan's Act9
There is Not n Local Union in
Alliance Today.

Considered by All True Friends of FaiI
Play and Organized Labor.
George T. Wilmington, an employe Of
the Morgan Engineering Works at Ali
ance was interviewed by one of Morgan's
paid reporters at Alliance, Wednesday
and the interview was published In the
Repository Wednesday evening. The inN
terview was had with George + Whiting.
ton n Morgan emplrye. Now George, Of
course, is working for Morgan. He is in
his employ and in order to hold his job is
compelled to acquiesce to any thing which
is suggested to him. AT the time he made
his statement be was under Morgan's pay.
How much extra he got for attempting to
smooth over one Of the most glaring out
RACES which was ever perpetrlted against
organized labor, we are not prepared to
state.
Nine meu we're "suspendedn last
August, at one Il ne, ell union men, and
all members of the only uuion in ALI
ance. George T. Wilmington was n
member of the same union, but as enough
men had been laid off TO accomplish the
purpose intended, the breaking up of the
union, and s George evinced n desire to do
about as Morgan and his hierlings
sugges led, he was not disturbed. In his
interview George Wilmington, a paid
man under Morgan, ref srring TO the men
who werg "susp snded," says, in bis sworn
statements:
"rhey were not discharged, they were
merely laid OFF on account of work being
slack, and no men have been hired in the
molding room since. The superintend.
eut told the committee who waited upon
him that as soon as work came in they
would have the first chance to get back "
"Then you think they were not dis.
charged on account of being members of
the u1ion?n
"No, they were not; my brother, who 10
faI..
and be was an Off 'er in the union; II he
was discharged on that account Why did
they not discharge me for the same reason
as was Z tue time treasurer of The same
local uninr, as wes well known by the
foreman and superintendent OF the Nor
gan ngineering Company"
Reference was made to Whiting
toms brother, and being apprised
of the fact that Georges brother was
in Canton, a News DEMOCRAT man hunted
him up and talked with him regarding
his brothers. staten 9ut. The situation
haying,been explained, Albert Wilmington
who Is now employed in the moulding
department. at one of the well
known plants in this city, was not disinN
clined to talk.
ITO go back to the very flrstn said Mr..
WhitttuRton, who, by the way, is also an
intelligent American born gentleman
as is his brother, thouah he doesn't draw
necessary to say that on the goth day OF
July, 1892. Y Ice President Wisdom Of the
Iron Mouider's U zion of North Am erica
came to Alliance and organized a local
branch Of the U zion, There were about
Is 0f us in as charter members. We start,
ed at once to get the new branch in good
condition but had not yet received our
charter. Pay day was on the 10th and
we were waiting for that day to come so
that we could chip In together aud pay
what expense was incurred in getting the
charter.
All went along smoothly and the new
branch Of the union was a decided success
and bid fair to become a subs tantial local
order, until Augu5t 3. when Richard
Brown, foreman of the moulding depart
ment called me into the office.
"Havs you a personal enemy?n said
1 told him 1 had no enemies that 1 was
aware of.
"Have you ever said anything against
Mr.. Morgan ?n Brown asked.
told him l had no! that could remem
Der Of.
enemies" said Brown "for have orders |
from the Office to suspend you and nine !
others.h
asked him to allow me to see the list |
OF the other men whom he wanted to sus.
pend. He showed me the list. Now there 1
forty men and about twenty apprentices. !
/ noticed that the list of men to be sus.
pended contained only men who vera /
members of the Alliauce branch OF the 1
union, the only union ia Alliance. l told
Brown that il seemed mighty strange that |
the men suspended should all be mem
beTs Of the new union. He said he hadn't
thought OF the union at all, but the men
he was laying off were the last men to 90 |
to work la the shop.
"Why,n said l, "there is one man in the
shop, at least one man, who has been
working here only Ave weeks. He is not
q member OF the new union. Why don't
you lay him off2p
Brown couldn't say why he did not sus-
pend him but said that ne he'd orders to
suspend me and the Others he had named,
ali members of the new union. Among
the men 'suspendedn was the president
(myself) the secretary, the correspopdinp
and trustee. OF course |
when ordered we had to quiz work.
Brown to me. EJust stay around and say
nothing for couple OF weckf and will
Try and fild out who your eGemy is.n
Well, didn't stay aTauld town i knew
that we were di5CL ~ d in order % break /
up the union, and | came TO Canton two
lays later and haVF been hero ever since.
~ one OF the men "suSpGldedn ON that l
day is back to work, O4e of them appli-
ed, but WAS told that they were short of
work and could nOp use any more meu.
Another man was discharged the same
Jay we were "suspended.n He was not
or laid off but he waS dis.
charged for not doing the work that the
foreman told him to do. He was fired
bodily for insubordinEtion, but he is back
10 work az ain. He doesn't belong to the
new union. Why did they take back a l
man who had offended by not doing work
he was told to do, instead of taking one of
rs back Now talk about us being the last
nen. OF the men "suspendedn one had
orked there for 5 years; one for 2%
: sars; two for " years; one for nearly a l
'ar; one for siA months; one for four
.lonths; two for over two months. During
.ptt time any number Of new men have
zen hired.
1 worked there for year and then 1 |
vent away. was in Geneva, New York,
when Brown told my father TO send for
ne. / csme back about the first of March.
was promised steady j1b aud IL was
understood that was TO work at least ono |
year.
Since the "suspensionn three appren-
tees have been put on the fl h9or moulding.
4 they are 30 slack OF work
work why hire 80 mapy apprentices
O help out2 This "siaek workn
tory OF Browns was not true. II was In |
act wholly false. When i got here TO
,anton found that there we're at least 20
lan's work. He had more work than he
'ould do SO he had TO send some of II to
,anton 20 be done here. Then he talks Of /
slack work ~ There are ia Can'on today
4 least seven men working on MorQhn's
york. Two weeks after we came here
ome Of MergaR's work was shipped here
D be done In the Canton shops because