The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-30
THE OPINION OF
AN EYE WITNESS
Part Played During Pishermen's Late
Strike by Their SO-calIed
Friend.
ASTORIA FEDERATED TRADES
In 1893 Expressed the True Character
of the Paper Now Posing as the
Friend Of the worklngmen and
The Free Silver Craze.
Editor nf the Aniorlnn. =

Editor of the Astorlan:--
know It II contrary 10 your policy TO
soil the pages Of the AAtorlan and risk
homes II this city In which your paper
cirrulates. by references to the noto-
rlous sheet which has done 80 much to
disgrace Astoria In the minds OF those
who do not know the city. and who
have Judged the class Of our citizens
from the way that paper has been al
lowed to slandcr and defnme all who
vcnturcd TO oppose IL policies or refuse
the aid ~ their patronage or support
In It's blackmailing schemes for exist
ence, ! say { have noticed this policy
on the part OF the Astorian. and have
admired Il. but In my opinion the time
has come when II Ii the duty Of all re-
spectacle people In this community to
combine In some manner most likely to
rid us of a reptile which has become a
/ positive menace TO our peace and fu-
ture prosperity. ! watched the course
of the men who ran that paper during
/ the unfortunate fshermen's strike of
last spring. and could hardly contain
my indignation al times on witnessing
their efforts 10 hoodwink the hArdwork-
! Ing and worthy men with whom they
! pretended TO sympathze. but for whom
they really had no other consideration
than Ca use as tools In forcing ahvertis-
ing patronage from our merchants. and
whom they hled 10 the very farthest
limit 60 which they could protract
the strike. II is absolutely astounding
that men of the unusual order or Intel
ligenc- so often observed In our fisher
men should bc 80 blind to their own
Interests. or so easily deceived by the
schemes u these bloodsuckers as to call
them by the name of friend. or 20 sup
pose 10y any possible stretch OF imagl-
nation that their real interests could
be subserved by the advocacy OF any
cause IN which they We're concerned !
through the medium ~ the vulgar and |
lllterEte columns these fellows repre- /
sent. Every unbiased and intelligent |
person In Astoria knows that the Daily |
Budget was the very worst enemy the
fishermen had In their last controversy
with the cannerymen. and that Il was
through its lying and malicious attacks
upon those who were using their ut
most endeavors To obtain fair settle
ment for the men. and owing TO It's daily
publication OF misleading reports and
deliberate misrepresentation that sew l
eral fair compromises were defeated, II
and the strike prolonged for weeks be-
yond the time when fishing might have
beeh resumed, had the truth been told.
NJ the price which the fishermen were
ultimately forced to accept In to-
nights issue Of this paper | notice an
other hypercrtical appeal TO the FISH I
armcn. In which an attempt is made 10 |
stir up in them prcJudices which might I
tend to overcome the good Judgment 6
which l know a large majority of them /
mean To exercise in their choice Of can /
itdates at the polls next Tuesday. Now I
n order that the members of the Fish
'rmen's Protective Union may know {
low much a friend the man who runs d
md manages the Budget is and has /
been to the cause Of fair wages and or @
saniZed labor | ask you to publish {
he following extract from circular I
which was issued In this city by the /
Council OF Federated Trades a few o
ears ago, and number of copies Of Y
which l understand are In the hands O
II workngman in this city, and can n
be obtained for distribution by the a
Republican committee. | wish that YOU b
ould print tbe whole of this circular, b
'ut hope that you viii find space C
or at least the portion which have "
marked with a lead pencil Il
II. ]. b. "
(The extract marked by Mr.. b. from
he circular In question, which bears the s.
imprint of the seal OF the Federated v
Trades of Astoria, and is headed "A p
statement Of Facts" is as follows) n
THE executive committee of the Fed q
rated Trades were instructed to call ;,
pom him and endeavor TO adjust the .,
natter (of differences between them), h,
ut he refused to talk with them, and a
ven went so far as to threaten to -
hoot one OF them II he ever came in 9,
lde the Budget office. and otherwise &c,
cted in the manner OF man bereft Of
eason, As the committee could get
o audience with him, In the face Of
Nisting circumstances they were COM
elled to declare the Office unfair and
allied out any union men working
herein. This was done, and since then
OF the Budget has been spumlng
bout "boycotts." "anarchistic plots"
nd the "FIeathen Chlnee" He has at
!cked the private character of differ
1t members Of the Federation through
lie columns of his libelous sheet. print
g mass Of fabrlcatlons and rubbish d,
lat no one but a foul-minded person III
st to all decency and self-respect and m
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