The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-06

Indiana. who. being by me first duly sworn,
deposes and says:
twenty-five years, is a flint glass blower at
the present time at the Anderson flint bot
tie house. and has been in the G~lass-wers-
ers' Union since 1879, and is now president
of the American Flint G-lass-workers'
Union. No. So; that he has been the ma,
times in the national conventions. and has
been in each case honored by being APP
pointed on the responsible. committee to ar
range the wage. schedule.
"Deponent says further that he has been
a resident of Anderson, Madison county,.
for nearly four years, and has known or
Charles l.. Henry, now republican candi-
date for Congress. during nearly the whole
OF that time. That in June, 1893, he was
president of the Madison county Federation
of Labor. and at that time visited Marion
as the representative of the glass workers
of union No. IS. That there he saw boys
being employed as conductors on the street
railway, and after returning home talked
with employees of the Anderson Street-rail-
way Company. which was then, and is now,
owned and controlled solely by the said
Charles l.. Henry. That they asked him
how TO go about forming a union. which in
formation he was able to give them as ne ne
capacity as organizer. That the employees
of the South Anderson Street-railway Com
pany took steps TO form a union, but be-
fore the union could be formed those of the
employees of the street-railway company
who were taking an active part in the
movement were discharged by the said
Henry for the sole reason, as deponent be-
lieves, that they were helping organize a
union among the said Henry,s employees.
That the meeting was to be held on Friday
night in June, 1893, or near that date, and
on the morning Of the same day the men
who were to meet that night were dis
charged by the said Henry. That deponent
had made arrangements TO secure a room
in the courthouse, but the discharge of the
prime actors in the movement by Henry
frightened his other employees, and they did
not attend the meeting, which was not
held.
'Deponent further says under oath that
so long as he has known of the said
Charles L. Henry he has known that he,
the said Henry, is, and always has been,
a bitter enemy of organized labor and labor
unions, and has done all he could to sup
press labor organizations. That this is
other union men of Madison county. and
they are opposed to Henry's election on
that account. This the deponent says he
learns from daily talks with the glass
workers and union men of Madison county.
That the said William Beck is opposed to
on account of his open opposition to or
ganized labor in all its forms, and will not
support him under any circumstances on
shared by the glass workers of Madison
county, and the said William Beck will
vigorously oppose the election of the said
'Deponent further says that he believes
the of the said Charles l. Henry
to the effect that the reduction in the wage
scale of the glass workers of Madison
county and the State of Indiana has BEEN
eaHsed by I'll the new tarin law h to be wholly
ing the matter carefully he knows that
such is not the case.
"Depenont further says that he has al
ways been a jealous friend and promoter
of organized labor and makes these state
ments voluntarily and for the sole purpose
OF advancing organized labor and prevent
ing union men from being deceived into
placing in power its bitter enemy;
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
first day of October, 1894.
'HOwARD GATES. Notary Public"
The impression prevails among the work.
thing of an Anarchist. He has an un-
steady record. He was made the Demo-
cratic candidate in a Republican ward at
the last municipal election for city council
man. The Republican candidate for Mayor
received 1,1S votes in that ward to S39 for
the Democratic candidate. The Republican
candidate for the Council received 1,16O
votes to 75 for Beck, thus showing that he
ran sixty-four votes behind his ticket. He
and became a Populist. 1t was in a ward
filled with labori1g men with union princi-
pies. He attended a meeting of the Pop
the haunts of Anarchists. A glass blower
from Elwood had been put in nomination
spoke as follows:
I'm not a delegate, but 1 want to Sec
ond that nomination 1 have listened all
sentative of union labor. I've been a Dem
ocrat all my iife.- But I'm tired of it now.
Why. they are down on the laboring man.
Grover Cleveland sent soldiers to Chicago
TO murder laboring men. General Miles is
guilty of murder. The United States courts
and all the judges are in sympathy with
them. Our own Governor called out the
soldiers to shoot down laborers.. 1t makes
no difference-they call out the military to
shoot them down whether they are right
through with that party and will vote for
your nominee. Why, I've been in politics
for but one office. Yes. they say they'll
vote for you, but l can take a quart of
whisky on election day and get half of
His incendiary remarks attracted much
attention for several days. There is evil
Sentinel article attributes to him. AT least
ho SAYS that he did not. In conversation
with Park McKee who is a member of
the same glass workers union. he said
that when the Sentinel reporters called
upon him they asked him if the glass work
ers were going TO support Mr.. Henry. He
told them. he said. that he had talked
with one o. two who would not. Mr.. Nc
Kee. in speaking further Of this conversa-
ton. said:
Beck told me that he did not know that
the men were discharged by Henry because
they were about to form a union. but he
thought they were. From his conversation
/ think he intends to vote the Populist
ticket. as he does not think either OF them
any good, as he expressed it. He forgets
that Henry brought the Hoosier glass
long time employed as a union man, with
out a suspicion that there was any oppo-
sition TO organizations on the part Of the
company Of which Mr. Henry was presi-
dent. / see that Beck denies that the lower
tariff rate was the cause OF the cut In our
wages here. But he can give no other ex-
PLANTATION of the cut of q per cent in the
wages. on the average. of the window
glass workers. neither can he explain why
If is that the wages of the shade makers
wera reduced If il was not that the man.
ufaeturers had to meet the prices on the
$500, 900 of imported goods that lay in bond
ur.i, the new law went into effect and
were sold at a less figure than we can
make the same goods. Our works were
shut down and we had no work for a long
time because the imported bottle could be
laid down in Chicago cheaper than we
could make it,"
ENTHUSIASM FOR HENRY.
The Journal reporter talked with a num-
Der of men in reference to the charge
against Mr.. Henry, and there was none to
say that ne had ever mistreated, ground
down his employees or had ever said or done
anything in opposition to labor organiza-
tions. Mr.. Samuel Moore, a prominent
glass blower, said that all but two or three
Of the men in his union were members OF
the Henry Club Of glass workers. He said:
1--WE have never heard any question of
Henry's friendliness to labor organizations.
and we know that he is our friend in tariff
legislation. 1t is due to Bynum and his
party that our wages were cut p per cent.
all over the United States. III the Sugar
Trust bill had not been passed we would