Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-12

also of the employers. At one time one>
third Of its members were Employer
Then 1t was somewhat like the Civic
Federation. Of which Senator Hanna was
'In a sense yes. It tried to settle labor
disputes as far as possible without recourse
70 strikes. 1t is true we had some Strikes
but we settled ], 100 labor disputes without
strikes Indeed. might say we prevented
over 1000 strikes
How Mark Hanna Did Business.
speaking OF Senator Hanna" Mr.. Pow.
Derby went on. che was thoroughly in
earnest in his desire to settle labor troubles
through arbitration. I know that he began
1t more than twenty years ago. 1t IL now
twenty-five years since was asked by his
men to come out to Ohio to- act as their
representative In a strike there. went and,
as their delegate, called ON Mr.. Hanna and
tried to present the case He treated me
politely, but refused to talk to me. He
said:
Why don't they come to me and present
their own case? They know me. l know
them. don't know YOU
WIN you receive committeeT asked.
OF course will, said Mr.. Hanna. Send
them in
II went out and brought in a committee
Of the miners and then started to leave:
Mr.. Hanna. Sit DOWN. looked at the
men. They said stay. and 1 stayed"
well. the discussion then went on be-
were taken up item by item and threshed
over. Sometimes Hanna gave in, some
times the men, but in an hour or so 1t was
all settled, and the men said they were
satisfied and would go back to work 1t
was hot at times, but at the close Mr.. Han
ma said: Now, men, when you have any
trouble In the future l want you to come
right to me and we will talk 1t over. Don't
eli NV 10
Pennsylvania and Ohio to talk for you.
You know what you want. / know what
/ want. We are all sensible men and can
do our own business, and we Will do H.
From that time on Mr. Hanna and his men
settled their labor troubles by conference
and mutual Cancellation. He was thor
oughly honest and earnest in his advocacy
of this policy and his life shows it.
How Powderly Saved Railroad.
'Tn your strikes 1 suppose you have often
had to deal with many violent men, Mr..
Powderly?"
Yes, we had" was the reply. But We
tried to hold them in check. I remember
an incident of the great railroad strike or
1886, when the Gould system of railroads
and other roads in the southwest were tied
UP. The men had left work for some time
when got letter proposing plan TO plow
up every bridge and culvert on the Gouia
railroad system upon a certain siehaI'
reach Jay Gould was through his pocket.
and that this action would prevent the
trains from running and break the strike.
The writer said that he had the dynamite
and he gave q full plan as to how 1t should
be placed and exploded to wreck the syS-
tenn He marked his letter confidential and
asked that it be sent back to him. de
signed it with the name Henri Lee "a
ron -
II was Mortified. and at once sent
warning to all the local assemblies OF the
Knights of Labor, protesting against me
scheme. and SAYING II was nea'er 10 resort to to-
such yillainy to win it, At the same time
filed away the letter.
A Story of Parnell and Gladstone.
"Well. about three years after that" Mr.
Powderly continued, Il picked up my
paper one morning and saw that a man
named Henri Lee Caron was giving testi-
mony in a damage suit brought by Charles
Stewart Parnell against the London Times.
Caron was on the side of the Times, ana ne
pretended to testify as an Irish spy that
Parnell had been mixed up in the aSSaSsihd-
ton of Cavendish and in other fiendish out
RACES in Ireland l knew that Caron hao
belonged to some of the Irish agitator or
ganizations although he did not belong TO
the knights of Labor. The moment saw
his name l remembered that letter. took
it from my files, had it photographed ana
mailed prints to Parnell T. p o Conner ana
Michael Davitt, and l sent the original TO
Mr. Gladstone, telling him to give 1t to
Parnell."
.'Why did you not send the original to
Parnell?" l asked.
Because thought his mail might not be
safe l was sure that Gladstone's letters
would not be tempered with, and that IS
why 1 sent the original to him. All the let
tiers went through, however. As soon as
they reached London L got cable from
Parnell, asking me to forward the original,
but he got it the next day from Gladstone
Shortly after that Henri Lee Caron was
put on the witness stand and was ready 10
make what believe was a tissue of lies. He
did give his testimony, but when his letter.
nronosing to wreck the Gould system with
dynamite was read, it had such an effect
that his evidence counted for nothing ana
Parnell came out on top. l got letters OF
gratulations and thanks from both PAR
nell and Gladstone in regard to 1t.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.