The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-17

1t is fact. proved beyond the shadow
of a doubt, that Charles L. Henry, repub-
lean candidate for congress in this dis
1rict, Is a relentless foe of organized labor
Notwithstanding the puerile defense of
himself. which he prepared in his own
office. had sworn to by his own intimi-
dated employees and sent up to this city
through the medium of a young man who
was sent down to TRY and find some
thing" thai could be used in Henry's de-
Tense 1t would have been better for the
interests Of Mr. Henry had the young
man stayed at home.
The anidavits which were prepared in
the candidates office. signed by the can
didate's employees. sworn to before the
candidates private secretary, are enough
In themselves to establish the position and
charges of The Sentinel. The affidavits
of Superintendent Cox are themselves
contradictory, and II is a physical impos-
sibility that ne could have been telling
the truth in both. Mr.. Cox in one afnda-
Wit sol mnly swears that there were no
men discharged from the employ Oh the
Anderson street railway company in June
or July OF 1898, but when confronted with
the affidavits OF The Sentinel he throws
up both hands and comes out in another
affidavit in which he acknowledges thai
he swore falsely in the first by confessing
10 the fact that two men were discharged
IN June or July. lie should certainly Be
allowed 10 hold his position for doing SO
many different kinds of swearing.
The Sentinel has charged Mr. Henry
with being a bitter enemy Of all organ
lied labor. II further charged that he
discharged some Of his men because they
were taking steps 10 form a union, that
he succeeded in preventing his employees
from forming union and that every
man in his employ is a nOn-union man.
His private secretary did join the clerks,
but his hours do not conflict with those
Of the clerks in the business houses for
whose benefit the union was formed The
Sentinel further charged that Mr.. Henry
tried 10 compel his men whom he had
discharged 10 sign a false statement be-
fore he would give them a recommends
ton. and they had positively refused to
so degrade themselves. That he had pub
lciy stated that he would never invest
a dollar OF his money in any business
that was controlled by organized labor.
These charges We're denied and Henry
swore in his employees and behind closed
doors confronted them with his private
secretary in his private Office and COM
PEELED them TO sign paper which was
false in a part OF its statements. His
supe-int endent swo-e to contradictory
statements and the Journal made a fee
BILE effort TO bolster up a lost fight by
sending a young man 70 fix up anything
that Mr.. Henry might dictate. Mr.. Henry
Trajectory affidavits were made, the ar
ticie was padded out to make 1t look i'm
posing and then the friends of Mr.. Henry
shut up They tried to hush the matter
and haven't a word 10 say on the sub
ject since. They want ii forgotten.
II was charged that The Sentinel had
made malicious attack upon Mr.. Henry
and a rt'tractiOn was actually demanded.
The same morning that this piece Of au-
dacity was peTpetrated The Sentinel pub
-. Il
established its position and proved It's
charges 1t had so many afIldaviLs in It's
possession hat Il had not room for them
ali, and this morning gives more, all OF
which prove that 4ir. Henry is an untir-
ing enemy Of organized labor, that he
always has been, that he discharged his
men when they attempted to organize.
that he declared he would never invest
a dollar Of his money in any business con-
trolled by organized labor, or where ne
had anything 10 do with 1t, that he tried
70 compel the discharged men TO sign a
paper containing false statements and
that he did compel his employees to sign
paper which contained false state
ments.
That Mr.. Henry is making a fight in
which the desperation Of despair is ap-
parent Is shown when he resorts to such
shields behind which to hide his record.
All Madison county knows that every
charge The Sentinel has made is true,
and even then il has not all been told.
The feeling of bitterness against Mr..
Henry in the labor circles Of Anderson on
account Of his anti-labOr record has BE-
come pronounced. There the situation is
known and no one places any credence
IN the forced affidavits Of his employees.
Everyone knows how they were obtained.
The man VINO would have refused to sign
that paper would have been discharged.
Even the motOrmen themselves laugh In
q quiet. mysterious way whenever the af-
fidavits are mentioned. Some Of his
owns employees have privately said they
would not vote for him on account of his
position toward labor and on account of
his d0mlneering spirit. which has made
practically slaves Of them and compelled
them TO sign a paper containing state
ments some Of them knew TO be false
The following afidavits are in answer
to the first affidavit Of Superintendent
Cox who at first swore that not a man
had been discharged by the railway com
pany in June or july OF 1893 It also
answers the denial of Henry's friends
who ignorantly asserted that he had not
discharged men on account of the at
tempt to form a union. Charles Nation
and John Gambrel were in the employ
OF the Anderson street railway company
IN July 1893, when an attempt was made
10 form a union. Both took an active
part in the formation OF the union and
both were friends of organized labor
They We're sacrificed. Following are their
affidavits:
WAS UNION MAN