The morning times., 1895-09-20
RATHER TOO ToUCHY.

Some times men are very "touchy,"
especially when on the alert for a cause to
make trouble, and this seems TO be the state
of min dthat governed the conduct of Messrs.
Blake, spohn and Cook when they furiously
rushed into print yesterday to denounce The
Times The reason for their apology"
as the Star styles it, was the claim made
that The Times was instrumental in bring
ing about the prosecution of Contractor Nc
Waugh for violating the eight-hour law,
and the furtherreasou is that Messrs Blake,
Spohn and Cookssrc unfriendly to The Times.
The following is clipped from yesterdays
Star:
AN UNNECESSARY APOLOGY.
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
The editorial in this mornings edition of
The Times pretending to apologize to the
committee of the Federation of Labor for
taking the prosecution of the charges
against Contractor Mcvaugh for violation
of the eight-hour law out of the hands of
the committee is misleading and unwar-
Committee secured the necessary evidence.
sc5nlDei a witness to make oath to the in
formation, had the warrant issned and
sdetailed an officer to make the arrest. -
E. N. BLAKE,
MILFORD F. SPOHN,
Committee
Notwithstanding the statement OF the
committee the fact cannot be denied that
The Times was the cause of the suit. The
first information that the eight-hour law
was being violated was given the public
through the columns of The Times, and it
was ON that Information that Messrs Blake,
spohn and Cook were appointed, by the
Federation of Labor, to make an investi-
CATION. The witnesses in the case made ap-
plication to The Times for redress for their
grievances, and were referred to The Times
lawyers, Messrs Ralston and Siddons, for
the instituting ofa suit. Meantime Messrs.
Blake, Spohn and Cook, had employed Mr..
Lipscomb to act as their attorney. Hear
ing from one of the witnesses that The
Times had Instructed its lawyers to begin
prosecution the Committee went to Messrs.
Ralston and Siddons and solicited their as
sistance. Following is letter from Mr..
MISUNDERSTANDING that tstatement.
Editor Times Answering your request
just received asking for a statement OF the
facts relative to the arrest of Contractor
McVaugh so far as / am acquainted with
them, | beg to say as follows:
Yesterday afternoon when away from
the office q note came to me from You
asking me 10 push the prosecution of Con
tractor McVaugh. and stating that you could
furnish, through one of The Times re
porters, evidence of the agreement made
with the men, ] subsequently received
from you second letter of similar import.
Later in the afternoon the chairman of
the Federation committee called at my
office with Mr.. Linthicum, mechanic who
had been employed more than eight hours
day by Contractor McVaugh, and asked
me 10 prepare an affidavit upon which
a warrant might be issued adding that
Mr.: Lipscomb had rendered his services
and would he glad to assist in any manner
These gentlemen also stated that some
Of The OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COM
LIP SC0MB'S OFFICE.
''in view of all the foregoing circum-
stances and being desirous TO obllige the
gentlemen of the Federation and your.
sell, prepared with as much care as pos
sible an affidavit setting forth in full Z
all the circumstances material in my judg-
ment to be set out as constituting the ele-
hents OF the crime, and, accompanying the
gentlemen who had called upon me- went to
she office of Justice Taylor, who swore
Mr. Linthicum TO the affidavit above
mentioned and issued a warrant for the
arrest of Contractor McVaugh. Upon this
warrant the arrest was made.
pursuant to your wishes as Indicated
by your notes to me above referred TO,
attended at the police court this morn
ing and rendered such assistan nee TO the as
sistant District attorney as was possible.
JACKSON H. RALsToN"
To sum the matter up: The Times first
gave the Information that the eight-hour
law was being violated; on that information
the committee was appointed; a Times
lawyer drew the Information that led to
Mr. Mcyaugh's arrest, and he also assisted
IN The prosecution. u
The committee's attorney, Mr.. Lips