The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-11
TIE lNTELLIGENCER.
WHEELING. OCTOBER II, 1897.


An illustration OF how the Popocratic
attacks on Senator Fanna are acting as
boomerangs, and how the name given 10
him as "a crusher OF labor" is reacting
in hts favor among the worklngmen of
Ohio, is found In the action OF the Broth
erhood of Boiler Makers in Cleveland.
Lodge No. 8 Of that organization, with a
membership OF 800. is one OF the largest
individual lodges OF union workmen in
Ohio and is made up OF men of all par
ties. Disguised with the action of some
paid politicians, who pose as labor lead
ers, In misrepresentation MIR. Hauna's con-
duct as an employer of labor, 'the boiler
makers held u meeting and passed the
following resolutions:
Whereas, We. the members Of Lodge
No. 5, Brotherhood of Boiler Makers and
Iron Shlpbullders of America, have be-
come Disguised with the attacks made
on NJ. A. Hanna, senator for Ohio, re-
gardlng his position toward organized
labor: therefore, BIO 1t
''Resolved, That this lodge refutes
euch attacks as slanderous and uncall-
ed-for, as we, as employees of the Globe
Iron Works Company. In which Mr..
Hanna is largely Interested, have always
been treated with fairness and just
ness seldom met with by any labor
union.
Resolved, That in justice to Mr.. Han
ma, these resolutions be given to the
press for publication"
It will be remembered that similar at
tacks were made on Mr.. Hanna last year
In an effort to turn the labor vote against
Mckinley, and that then. as now, the
libel acted as a boomerang. Working
men who were in the employ of Mr.. Han
ma promptly nailed the stories that he
had ever been guilty of injustice to his
employees. The PopocratIc campaign on
this line Is proving Just as impoteRt as
It did then.
1t is probable that the attitude OF the
Democratic candidate for governor of
Ohio on the labor question has a great
deal to do with the effort Of his man
ayers to divert the attention Of the work.
lngmen from him to Mr.. Hanna, Can
didate Chapman is very largely interest
ed IN coal mining, and hIe employees have
experienced all the hardships against
which the recent strike was directed
company store, dishonest screening. high
house rents and all. This is known to
ali the miners of the state and they are
asking him now some very embarrassing
questions.
Since his nomination for governor by
the Popocratlc convention Mr.. Chapman
has attempted to "hedge," and to win
over the miners he had formerly oppress-
ed, and to curry favor with the miners
of the state by Withdrawing the script
In which he had always paid his en-
ployes and reducing their house rents.
The miners of Ohio are not fools and
know full well the Significance OF these
two "philanthroplc" acts being perform
ed on the eve OF an election in which the
"philanthropist' is candidate for gov
ernor on the free silver Democratic
ticket. It IS not strange. therefore, that
an open letter addressed 10 the candl-
date. and containing some very pointed
questions should be in circulation;
nor is It strange that the ques-
lions have not been satisfactorily
answered by the candidate. Here Is the
letter;
GLEN ROY, O., Oct. 4.
Hon. Horace L. Chapman:
Would you kindly answer the follow
ing questions through The State Jour-
nal, or any other paper of general circu-
latlon In the state2
Flrst-Wuuld you, MS governor recon-
mend in your annual message to the
general assembly, the passage Of a law
providing for Weighing coal before
screening?
Second-Tn case n bill for Weighing
coal before screening should be intro
duced In the general assembly, would
you, as governor oppose the passage Of
such bill as you did the Thomas screen
bill In 1893?
Thlrd-slnce you became candidate
for governor you have drawn In all your
script In case Of your defeat will you
reissue script MS you have done for years
in violation Of the laws OF the slater
pOuTtn-ln CAAc OF your lcltAl TOT gov
ernor Will you continue the reduction Of
your house rents me- you have done since
h., you became q candidate for governor
Flfth-Dld YOU ever before you be-
came n candidate for governor extend
credit TO your miners IN your store?
Twenty-ylx thousand miners await al
anHwer TO the above questions
v cry respectfully you're,
CASH HUTCHINSON, Miner.
This letter ls giving some Of the Pope
cratic brethren considerable uneaslneBs,
nnd the effort to countcraot IT, effect and
the general feeiinR aEninnt Mr.. Chap
man among the mlnorn OF the state by
ilbclllng Mr. Hanna having been de-
bounced by Mr., Honna's own employs,
che Popocratlo managers are In any-
ghlutr uv a pat,, fnptnIi, frnftp of mind