The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-04
THREATS DON'T SCARE PARRY
TWO ATTEMPTS PLANNED TO
HARM HIM.
One Plan Was to Attack Him in Tunnel
His House Guarded and Orders Given
to "Sh0Ot to kiIl"-DangerOus Labor
Leaders Responsible for Mlrderous Talk

Leaders Responsible for Murderous Talk
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 3-President Parry
of the American Manufacturers Assoc
alton, whose opposition to union labor has
caused threats to be made that his children
will be kidnapped and who has found it
necessary to guard his house, says he is
not worried over the situation. He said
to-day:
All care to say is that the man or men
who enter my premises to abduct any Of
my children will leave the place dead for
that is the order given the men at my home
l get letters almost daily which make some
sort OF threat against me, but pay no al
tention to them, and ordinarily | throw
them into the waste basket as soon as
read them" !,
Mr.. Parry said to-day that he ha<4ceon
informed Of two plots to do him PdIly
. harm. He passes through the Dnois
street tunnel at the Union Station livery
day and two weeks ago the tunnel keeper
met him at the entrance and warned him
not to enter. He explained that he had
overheard two men in the tunnel talking
Of assaulting Mr.. Parry and he had has
tened out to warn him of his danger. The
Union Station officers were called but the
| two men had become suspicious and had
| left the tunnel.
Two months ago the Waterman at the
Parry country home heard two men talk
ing in the underground on the canal bank,
and he became convinced that they were
plotting against Mr.. Parry. One of them
remarked that "tbere is $4,000 in the job
il we do it,, and all the talk convinced the
Waterman that Parry was the subject Of
conversation. Then the men discovered
third person present and fed down the
canal bank. 1t was the demonstrations
and the receipt Of many threatening letters
that led to the hiring of watchmen, who are
on guard day and night at the Parry home.
"They are heavily armed said Parry
to-day And have orders to shoot to Kill
/ would not say that organized labor rs
officially responsible for all Of the threat
ening letters. / do not believe that the
majority of men in organized labor have
any desire to do other than that which Is
right, but do believe that the men at the
head of that movement are inspiring many
thoughtless men to a feeling that only by
murder and violence can they overcome
the apparent injustices which seem 10
prevail in economic conditions.
The average labor leader is dema'
gogue pure and simple. He lives by stirr1ns
up the passions Of men, and Mr.. Gompers
head of the American Federation of Labor
is the chief one of the lot. Four years
ago Mr.. Boice, an officer Of the Western
Miners Federation, made speech in Sa,
Lake City in which he advised the miner
union to save their money, buy rifles AM
use them on their employers. Mr. Gomper
made speech in the Coliseum Hall Denveri
shortly afterward, in which he Endorsed
Mr.. Boioe's strong language.
MANY men who cannot think out these
deep economic problems are aroused 70
q feeling that any one who opposes tNe
labor demagogues and their perniciou'
doctrines is against the laboring man
For this reason it ia quite likely that some
unfortunate might think he will be doing
the cause Of humanity benefit by injurh9
me or those who Lelong to me. -
But wish to say right here that inalV
made up my mind az to the iniquity OF me
organized labor movement as il ia beihe
conducted In the United States az prese',
and under no circumstances shall pe
deferred from doing what / believe 20 n
right by. threats. coercion or intimIda'N'
Of any kind