The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-03

fsA EEEll- I A. -NbAs l. A7''s
To The Voters of the TIre5lt.eti Congress
sional MaaIy Men Of EUery
Purity
As q regularly nominated candidate for
the responsible position Of representing
your interests in Congress, the time
seems 10 have come when ! should, as
briefly as possible, reply TO some state
Inents Of certain parties in the pay Of The
Democratic leaders who are seeking to
influence you in voting.
First. They charge that ! favor en-
ploying foreign labor. Answer; never
brought a foreigner into this country,
and out Of 500 employees have but five 90
per cent. working for me, and they are
filters and coke-drawers, and have been
in this country from eight to twenty
years. They have been working hereto
fore in other parts Of this State-Blair,
Cambria and Huntingdon counties.
Second. They publish an affidavit
from T. w. Armstrong that / declined TO
employ him and Immediately employed
three Italians. Answer: l never en-
ployed an Italian in my life, and his
sworn affidavit is false.
Third. They publish another affidavit
that charge s. 50 rent for four-room
houses at my furnace, and that dis
charged one Bowden because he refused
to rent one. The answer to this Is, that
the Everett Iron Co, in which Marshall
Williams father was interested, charged
for these same houses S6 90. l have since
improved these houses. and at the pres
ent time they have gardens enclosed and
are supplied with pure spring water,
piped to their doors, and I charge the
men hut 81 % for them. SO Bowden's
affidavit is false
Fourth. They say that l compel my
employees to deal in the stores at Kcarney
and Everett. Answer: When / took
possession Of the Kearney store, which
had been used by relative Of Marshall
williams. at once reduced the prices
which they had been charging from 10 t.
. per cent but no man has been com
PEELED To deal in it. Subsequently | was
asked by some of the men to start store
at the Furnace, and after repeated re-
o.ests did 50. and no man is compelled
TO deal there. As the EarlstOn store has
considerable outside trade its prices must
be fair. When the Everett Iron Com
company owned the Furnace all the men
were forced to deal through the firm OF
J. b. williams & Co, and copies Of the
form Of order which they used are now
in my possession. Men were forced 10
take orders for such small amounts a'
one n ) and four ~ cents. VIII : Mar
shall Williams aud his friend Jas c
Barndollar, who wished me 10 'mpe
all my men to deal in the Barndollai
store, please explain?
An affidavit has been procured from
John McIlhenny, until lately one Of 81,
employees. John Il a good fellow. III
must have liked me, for be followed m'
ont from the Schuy lkin Valley. 20 miles
to work for me. John has one weakness
he is fond ofa drink and does not know
when he should stop. These wolves 90
ing about in sleeps clothing, and pro
f-ssing to be such friends CT the work
ing men, got John druEk and then le'
him 10 sign some sort Of an affidavit
after which they turned him out on th
streets 10 be pat in the lock up.
John Blooms affidavit was obtained il
the same manner in 80, aud is being re
published now. although Bloom, on Oei
I3. 1895. signed application for work a
the Furnace, showing twhen sober b
must consider me fair man. He is be
ing kept drunk now. lest he might max
another affidavit explaining how he ha
been nisled in 80. AT thai time Effort
we're made to get two other soldiers
make an affidavit before they succeede
, with Bloom. In one case money was O
. fered a veteran 10 perjure himself
have NEVER spoken Of a veteran as
'5ummer." Blooms affidavit Is false.
What think you. workingmen and a
voters, of men who would first get al
other man drunk and then lead him I
, swear TO lieg Is your property. th
privacy Of your home. the honor of you
self or neighbors safe in snch hands
Need take up more Of their falsehooc
, aud deny them?
5 You all know that this a free countr.
A Men do not have to work for me. Agail
4 if owe any man a just claim-a form'
5 friend, an employe. or even aD migrate
any sensible man knows it can be co
b lee ed.
( How as 10 the design ef all Ihis2 Den
: ccrafic managers know they cannot d.
0 feat me without prejadicing The working
q men, and they are using such tools
they can purchase in trying 70 blind yo'