San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-01


in the state of Ohio shall be with
out food, shelter and clothing
while 1 am governor."-William
Mckinley to the destitute coal
miners of Sunday Creek Valley,
1898.
As the Democratic managers
have spread all over the country
the charge that Mr.. NJ. A. Hanna,
chairman OF the Republican Ma
tional committee, is unjust and
despotic to his employees, num-
Der of well-known and very popu-
lar men in labor circles have seen fit
to make the following answers to
the charges:
"After a thorough investigation
of the charges made against Mr..
Hanna in regard to the treatment
of the men in the Michigan iron
mines controlled by M. A. Hanna
& Co., / am convinced that they
are false and were made purely for
political effect. M. A. Hanna q
Go. were the first men in the Mich
igan mining regions to give their
employees land, free OF rent, on
which to build their homes, a1d 1t
was done at the express direction
of Mark Hanna. His is the only
mining company which did not re-
duce wages this summer.
eThere have been two strikes in
this district, one in 1890, on ques-
ton of hours. The men in the
Hanna mines adjusted their differ
ences with their employers In
few hours and returned to work.
The second strike, in 1896, on
question Of wages, did not origi-
nate 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.
"WM. A. CARNEY,
president of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel
"Workers. Ex-Vice President OF
"the American Federation Of
"Labor."
COLUMBUS, o., Sept. %, 1896.
81 had charge of an investiga-
ton of the marine interests OF
Ohio, made under the auspices of
the Ohio Bureau Of Labor Statis-
tics, 1894. My inquiry went back
for 20 years, extending beyond the
time Of the trouble between the
Lake Carriers association and the
Sailors union. There was no evil
dence found in the course OF this
investigation to show that Mark
Hanna had any part In the diff
Guilty then existing between the
sailors and their employers.
ssT. l.. LEWIS,
president Ohio State Trades AS.
"sembly. Secretary Ohio Min.
'ers' Union"
"Knowing the history Of the
Lake Seamen's union from it's or
ganization to the present, and par
ticipating in its struggles when
to do so involved danger and sac
rifice, can truthfully assert that
never in all this time, nor at any
other, has that organization ever
had any trouble with Mark A.
Hanna. All assertions to the con-
trary are falsehoods. manufactured
for political effect and with a de-
sire to mislead working people,
and / denounce them as such.
"Yours truly,
ORCHARD POWERS,
"Ex-President Seamen's Union.'
The statistical investigation OF
the workshops and factories for
the city of Cleveland, made by the
Labor Bureau, was under my
direction. The reports based upon
this inquiry are on file In Column
bus, and they will show that Mr..
Hanna paid the highest standard
wages for labor performed in in
dustries in which he was interested.
ct. l.. LEWIS,
sPresident Ohio State Trades AS
sembly.
"Secretary Ohio Miners Union"
"When labor was scarce and
wages high in England in the six
teenth century, perseverlng efforts
were made to Cypress the working
classes, but laws could not reduce
the wages OF LABOR; the king,
backed by parliament, the nobil-
ity, the army, all the power lodged
in crown and scepter, could not do
1t, but debased money did 1T. 1t
made miserable slaves OF men,
women and children. Do the
workingmen wish to call down up
on themselves and their families
all this suffering by voting in the
interest of the owners of a few
silver mines?
ct. V. PowDERLY,
"Ex-President Knights OF Labor"