Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-29

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titute coal miners Of Sunday Cree
Valley, 1893.
As the Democratic managers hav
spread all over the country the charg,
that Mr.. M. A. Hanna. chairman Of tn,
Republican national committee, Is un.
Just and despotic to his employees, 9
number of well-known and very popu
lar men In labor circles have seen III
to make the following answers to the
charges:
President william A. Csrney's Investigs.
tIOn.
After thorough investigation of the
charges made against Mr.. Hanna In re.
gard TO the treatment Of the men In the
Michigan iron mines controlled by M
A. Hanna Il Co., am convinced that
they are false and were made purely
for political effect. M A. Hanna & Co.
were the first men In the Michigan
mining regions to give their employees
land, free of rent, on which to build
their homes, and 1t was done at the ex-
press direction of Mark Hanna. His
Is the only mining company which did
not reduce wages this summer.
There have been two strikes In this
district, one In 1890, on a question OF
hours. The men In the Hanna mine.
adjusted their differences with their
employer In a few hours and returned
to work. The second strike, In 1896,
on a question of wages, did not origin
ate In the Hanna Mines but the men
there were compelled to walk out. They
returned to work three weeks before
the strike was ended. The property OF
the other mines was protected by state
troops, but no troops were needed to
protect the Hanna property
WILLIAM A. CARNEY,
President of the Amalgamated Asso-
citation Of Iron and Steel Workers and
Ex- President Of the American FEEDER
alton Of Labor.
Tho President Of tho Ohio State Trades
\ Assembly Speaks.
had charge of an investigation OF
the marine interests of Ohio, made I'M
der the auspices Of the Ohio bureau Of
labor statistics, in 1894. My inquiry
went back for twenty years, extending
beyond the time Of the trouble between
the Lake Carriers association and the
Sailors union. There was no evidence
found In the course Of this investiga-
tion to show tina. Mark Hanna had any
part In the difficulty then existing be-
tween the sailors and their employees.
T. l.. LEWIS,
President Ohio State Trades Assembly
and Secretary Ohio Miners Union.
Richard Powers Of the seamen's Union.
Knowing the history Of the Lake Sea-
mems union from its organization to
It's present, and participating In Its
struggles when to do SO involved dan
ger and sacrifice, can truthfully as
sert that never in all this time, nor at
any other has that organization had
my trouble with Mark A. Hanna. All
assertions to the contrary are false
foods, manufactured for political erect
IND with desire to mislead working
PEOPLE, and denounce them as such.
Yours truly,
RICHARD POWERS,
Ex-Presldent Seamen's Union
Mr.. Hanna Pays the Highest Wages.
The statistical investigation of the
workshops and factories for the city
Il Cleveland, made by the labor bu-
eau, was under my direction. The
eports based upon this inquiry are on
lie In Columbus, and they will show
hat Mr. Hanna paid the highest stand
I'd wages for labor performed In In
ustres In which he was interested.
7. L. LEWIS,
resident Ohio State Trades Assembly
and Secretary Ohio Miners Union.
I. v. Powderly on Deprecated Money.
When labor was scare and wages
Ugh In England In the sixteenth CEN
lry, persevering efforts were made to
ppress the working classes, but laws
ould not reduce the wages of labor;
he king, backed by parliament, the
obility, the army, all the power lodged
the crown and scepter, could not do
, but debased money did 1t. 1t made |
liserable slaves of men, women and r
1ildren. Do the workingmen wish to
MI down upon themselves and their v
lmilies all this suffering by voting In I
lie interest Of the owners of few sill \
or mines? 7. V. POWDERLY,
Ex-President knights of Labor.
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