The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-10-07
CRUSHER.
Central Labor Union Of Clevc-
land Calls Hanna Such.
THE CHARGE is REITERATED
This Is at Variance with the DooiarS-
tion of the Senator In His First
Personal Pronoun Speech.
at Burton.

In his Burton speech, M. A. Hanna,
q senator by virtue Uf the weakness
of Bushnell and the grace of the keno
gambler, Geo. b. Cox, says:
During the last campaign, 1t was
charged against me as chairman Of the
national committee, told upon the
stump, reiterated upon the platform
and Uttered through the filthy news
papers, that as an employer Of labor,
was the worst there ever was. In other
words, my cognomen in political cir
cles on the other side was that OF
Labor Crusher.' Well. where l live,
in my own city, among the men who
work for me, do not need to make
answer to any such charges. 9ut, as
this is the opening meeting of the
campaign, want to say in this pres
ence, and | wish it were not so large,
SO that l could use a very brief adjec-
tive, it is a lie. l have been, in the
ramiflcation of my business a large
employer of labor, but | think | can
state it correctly that / was the first
man in the state of Ohio who ever
recognized organized labor. And
from that day to this. l have
never refused to or declined
to recognize 1t. l believe that
my prosperity should be theirs and
that l cannot have 1t without their CO.
operation; and If my success, either
in private or public life, depends upon
such charges as have been made dur
ing the last campaign to prejudice
against me the laborlng men of the
country, l leave my cause in their
hands" Senator NJ. A. Hanna, at
Burton, O., September IL, 1897.
The Toronto Journal says:
The disruption in the Seamen's un-
lon was only one in long chain of
incidents in Hanna's labor crushing
career. Here is an abstract from the
minutes of the Central Labor union
Of Cleveland, a representative body of
workingmen, consisting of delegates
from some eighty labor unions. The
meeting at which the following reso-
lutions were passed occurred on We'd
nesday, June 10, 1896, a few days be-
fore the st. Louis convention:
Committee on legislation submitted
the following resolutions:
To the Republican trades unionists
Of the United States: Realizing that
In a few short months the union work
ingmen Of this country will be again
asked to cast their ballots for presi,
dent, we, the delegates of the organ
| lied laboring people of Cleveland, ap'
peal to Republican wage workers who
have been repeatedly told by theiI
| party newspapers and politicians thai
| they must initiate capital and organize
| IL they would enjoy the benefits OF 6
higher tariff, to demand that the Hon
Marcus A. Hanna, the principal man
ager OF William Mckinley, explain his
attitude relative to labor organiza.
tions.
l. Ask the Hon. M. A. Hanna II he
did not aid in destroying the seamen's
unions of the lower lake regions ant
then contribute to fund to send A. r
Rumsey, his scab procurer, on a pleas,
ure trip around the world as an &C.
acknowledgement Of his services.
2. Ask Major McKinley's bosom
friend" the Hon. NJ. A. Hanna, If he
has not taken a prominent part in
wrecking the mine workers unions oi
Pennsylvania.
3. Ask this tremendous political
general, who fleeces his workingmen
with one hand and spends money Law.
ishly with the other to purchase q
presidency, the Hon. M. A. Hanna, Il
he did not destroy the union of his
street railway employees and positively
refuse to allow them to organize.
4. Ask the great Pesident Maker
Hanna If he did not say to the strik-
ing employees OF the Globe shipyard
that $1.30 per day is sufficient wages
for them (when competitors were pay,
ing more), but, If they would vote for
Mckinley, he would favor paying $15C
day.
S. Ask the unselfish Hanna II he is
not at this moment erecting a mansion
for his son and employing scab labor
and disregarding the wage rate and
S-hour day of the building trades.
6. Finally ask Mr.. Hanna, before
his candidate is given a nomination
for the highest honor In the land, il
destroying workingmen's unions and
paying pauper wages for long hours OF
toll Is his Interpretation of protection
to American labor and prosperity and
patriotism.