The herald., 1896-10-11
lie Prints Anonymous Com
4 munications in His Paper II
BUT RETURNS ). UNOPENED
Letters In Answer Over the Slgnature Of
4 Those Attacked
The typographical Union Label Is
Enough for Otis-He Refuses to
r. Open the Envelope.

Editor Herald: The letters printed be-
\ low; marked "a" and "B," were sent by
q messenger boy Of the regular city mes
senger service to the Times office on Fri
day afternoon. The messenger boy was
Instructed to place them in the hands of
Colonel Otis and him only. The boy car
ried out the orders given him and return
ed with a large envelope addressed to
1.-THE Typographical Union, City," The
envelope containing the letters above
mentioned was unopened. A corner card
Of the Typographical union was printed
on the envelope addressed to Colonel
Otis. This may explain why 1t was un-
opened. In order that Mr.. Otis might
have an opportunity Of acting fairly. the
letters were enclosed in sDplain envelope.
addressed in handwriting with which he
was not familiar in the following way:
i'Mr. H. G. Otis, Times Mirror Company,
City" This was taken to the Times
office by Mr.. Charles Fisher, q person
unknown by Col Otis. Several unsue-
cessful attempts were made to approach
the colonel on Friday. On Saturday
morning another attempt was made,
again without success. About p. M,
Z Saturday however, Mr.. Fisher was suc-
cessful. He handed the letter to gen.
stIeman who acknowledged being the
person asked for, and was asked who he
was and whom the letter was FROM Mr..
Fisher replied that 1t was from the
Council Of Labor. He was told to walt,
and in a short time an envelope was pre-
sented to him addressed 1.-THE Commit
tee" Mr.. Fisher brought this to the un-
dersigned, who on opening it found the
contents to be a torn envelope with the
following words written upon It: ,,..
Respectfully returned to the Com
of Labor Council, City.
with the response of the Times-Mir-
ror Co. to all points formerly in dispute.
,+,a.... - III. G. OTIS"
The envelope also contained copy
Of printed circular dated October Z.
1896, which has been sent to local mer-
chants and business men purporting to
give a statement under six heads of
the case "Organized Labor VS.. Los An
geles Times" and also a copy Of the
Times pamphlet, entitled IA Plain
Statement OF Bedrock Facts" The
most important enclosure of all was the
letter jim the original envelope again re-
turned unopened.
= : i =. . JOS. PHILLIs,
Los Angeles, October 10.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8, 1896.
H. G. Otis, President Times Mirror
Company
Dear Sir-Although- mot mentioned by
name, by insinuations have been mis-
represented in this mornings Times.
The ethics Of the newspaper profession
recognize that the right to reply in the
same journal where the attack was
made should be conceded without preju-
dice. This right I ask now. VIII you
concede it? If not, please return these
letters. Ga copy Of which has been taken,
and will, iHease of your refusal, appear
in other papers here) by bearer.
Very respectfully yours,
JOS PHILLIPS,
Member Board Of Directors of Los An. :.
geles Typographical Union No. 174.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9.
To the Editor of the Times: ;. The let
ter signed Charles w. Palm" appear
ing on the eighth page of your paper
this morning contains mis-statements
which l ask the right of answering in
your columns. A reply is necessarily
longer than the communication to which
1t has reference, and in desir-
Ing not to encroach too much on your
space shall. perhaps, not treat the
matter as fully as ought to. 1 shall,
however, trust to the fair-mindedness
of your readers to compare the state
ments in the letter referred to with the
denial herein contained.
Mr.. Palm states that "the list of So
called union offices In this mornings
Times (the gentleman refers to the let
ter In Thursdays Times signed "A Fra
ternity Printer) Is an exact COPY of a
card that was circulated in the recent
county conventions" AS no such card
or any card having upon it the names