New-York tribune., 1913-07-15

Consul IN New YORK; IL was iollo"td ny
/ "un bal - feto de mutt" with "A grand
. illumination and fireworks
- -
! IN getting Dr. G. L. Crockett. who was
chairman Of the NnoY County Democratic
Committee. into line for Mr.. Littlrdrld
He thought he had him" once. but he
got away. The doctor was more or less
Of an orator. and so on the promise Of
500 for a speech denouncing Mr.. Gompers,
| president Of the American Federation II
! Labor the doctor came around. THIS
money, Mllhal said, was paid 5y Fed
Wight. Mr.. Littleheld's campaign man
ager
Mulhall said he got word from Gushing
In September. 1895 TO hurry into the 2ith
! New York District for a couple of days.
rs Mr. Fairchild had some secret work
FOR him to do. when he got To Oneonta.
where Mr.. Fairchnd lived. Mulhall said,
ne found FairchllI greatly worried over
reports he had received that the chairman
OF the Republican county committee was
working with the Democrats. Mulhall
said Mr. Fairchild wanted him 10 find out
/ II the story was true. So armed with
letter from one of the Hearst leaders IN
| New York. which Gushing had supplied.
he got acquainted with Colonel Cox. who
was Mr Fnirchlld's Democratic opponent.
and soon became a warm friend. IL did
not take him long. the witness said, 10
/ learn that Mr.. Fairchild's suspicious
were correct and after telling him so he
went to Newark. where he did some work
in the eth and Sth New Jersey districts.
Mulhau also did some work that fan in
tie nth Pennsy yanin District and the 9Th
Maryland District where the Nationa.
Association OF Manufacturers was after
Representative Pelrre. who was the au-
thor of an ant-injrnction bin.
The plan by which Mulhall and officers
Of the Philadelphia Typothet'e proposed
20 break down the printers strike there
IN leoj was outlined IN report, which
Mulhal Identified as one he had made 10
John +. Mcintyre. secretary Il the Ma
tloral Typothet~.
"A great many men had been brought
,up from the South 20 take strikers place.
bat proved no good 10 the employers"
wrote Mllhall. "Our plan was TO get
them TO go out on strike also. 80 they
would become cnargos on the unions and
help ct up their fcnds."
The report to Mcintyre told Of an arr
rangemcut with employment agencies by
which now men could be secured who
were To be encouraged TO go on strike ~
soon a. the labor unions suggested II.
I'm a letter 10 Gushing I'm April. 1906,
Mulhall wrote of conference on March
p between President Roosevelt and
Samuel Gompers at which. the letter
said. Gompcrs declared that II labor
were not favored more In Legislation II
would carry on campaign To elect labor
men to Congress. Mulhall wrote Cush-
ing that he had found In tours OF large
cities that the threat OF Mr.. Gompers"
was being carried out 10 the best OF his
ability, and added that the Gompers
labor leaders are doing their utmost to
turn their labor organization into the
Hearst movement in Philadelphia"
Fairchld Denies MuIhaIl Story.
Except for the voluntary testimony OF
Representative George w Fairchild.
who entered denial OF the Mulhall
charges 20 far as they concerned him.
! the House lobby Investigation was again
at a standstill to-day. The House in
vestigators took heart late this after
noon. however, when Chairman Garrett
obtained the promise of Senator over
man that the Senate committee would
turn over enough Mulhall data to permit
the Garrett committee to begin work to-
morrow.
Representative Farchild asked the
| privilege Of making statement before
the committee to-day the understanding
being that he would be recalled later.
The New York member asserted that
| Colonel Mulhalls allegations concerning
him were mainly in error lie denied the
charge that he was "A member OF the
! Manufacturers Association or that he
had ever been in conference with It's
members or active I'm it's behalf
Mr.. Fairchild also denied Colonel Mul-
halls version of a conversation In which
Mr.. Fairchild had told Of being "at these
political meetings and dinners I'm Mr.
Emery's home"
MIR. Fairchild said that Mulhall spent
one day I'm his district In 1906 without
request or prearrangement. The New
York Representative said the colonel did
''semi-detective" work that day.
'ln stating that he was there In 1908 he
makes another misstatement. He was
not there In that year. In 1910 he spent
one day in my district getting certain in
formation for me. and In 1912 he came
into my district at my request and again
did semi-detective work for me. After
he was there a day or two IL was sug-
gested by some of my Republican friends
that he should return 10 his home I'm New
Jersey, and he went away"