Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1915-02-17
k0TNGS WA|RL At %AyS STREAK Of RUST:
Inmates MARKHAM AVOIDS TRUTH IN REPLY tn
ntsDEMOcRAT EDITORIALS; DEFENDS vOu0R
-. yek.burg Tunes Democracy

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=. EDITORIAL IN s"uf lz>u' II Jan 2'th
J" w. rmrd IN NV 81 the iat that
w. ., IN, ,un niue 81 the pre-
r n 81 ar sir,mt ,"nrt. President
- ,enr t. tl,h 1uf"f drawn /"
A. ,uric. At TIA. t'fm "t court a
o NJ, pamphla an winch he :"
i.n,,,atc, tn damage suit hn>
80 W'..i,,rllu have ncNer yet
defendant VIII t""t kindly To-
J. .ued. nor haa, ! cN'r hei"re
o,f quite 50. persistent III keep
he, that # III frequently party
I,,-a fa,h,r ursn,nhlr position.
"a ,bn.-a, g. thu hai"p x Mis-
VILE, railroad. hclurr the pub
~ fout,e. the rnffp-r ri the pam
"a, II possible. /" prejudice the
). TN, county ~ iaN"r 81 the
go IN an, luWltion that might
!, stiofe them aNetN un>comly act.
nv. 10 nj ~ apcn attempt II
~, The cour,e 81 justice ] might
IA, here. that Mr. Markham would
r,l, surprised II be could hear some
\. ,,ore,,ion, al di>arpto,al 81 his
~ m this matter They have come
nom men whom he would least
~, vould cri,lci,e In course re
,h,, IN the Foley letter tMr Park :
=, accompanied ihat~le;tcr when II
L.,,,,d in a local new Spaper) al Sept
ma entitled Reply Ia Mr. Dab
she sad
M Dabney ha, brought other nn
. b, SUITS against the lazun x Mis-
.ro Valley Railroad company. some
yixh arc pending and we shall not
,kn,ks TO Discus them
Ivo Of these unjust suits were tried
=, ha week One was brought be
n. on account ui the Negligent han
81 Of , tram ON the defendants line,
kOss sas Sc, on tire by sparks from
rsspe and totally destroyed
m hase va, wrc,ohed old shack
,sk according Ia the proof. about
ma But IN II Wa a human being
NJ old negro w,mIn--an cx-slave
- ia woman who was universally
Il .kpushi OF by both white and black.
vas an invalid confined to her bed
nsble TO walk When the Y. 4
4vR r set fire L. the house she was
M to death,
fans outraged a, this act of the in
M , Law abiding I = and fair deal
si'1 Y. I'M v K K. this woman's
Ma bssssht suit. and-contrary to
y sssss Of right and justice. from
Nafkhams viewpoint-the jury re-
NJ . verdict Tor our clients
n cher unjust suit. was another
nose The fire was caused by sparks
= ssothef locomotive Of the Y. & NJ.
! 4 and i, destroyed the home and
hoN effects OF two hard working
son living near the main line of the
w r K. II was the irony of
nat the locomotive that set out the
mined fire was pulling the special
p d President Markham. The proof
daf. The jury returned a verdict
~ clients.
IL Evidence in these cases. a. you
IN your editorial. revealed the in
suag facts that the Y. & NJ. v seems
eene dumping ground Of equipment
sneed by the ] {, and tina, ire
esbe negroes are filling the respon-
POSITIONS at the y < NJ. V. shops
.hns men ought Ia fill, and this
'k" accounts for the large number
nas against this railroad
Ss'ing that more suits are brought
the y. 4 NJ V K K IN Warren
~ IMAM against the | {. X. r. in
and Indiana, might remind Mr..
nan that the y & NJ. V. does not
M the latter states.
s What the docket Of the supreme
Mississippi shows as to suits
there against all the railroads
Mte This covers only the first
ma supreme court districts |,
~ district " Wv
Ian v K r. I'd SUITS
~ R. 81 suits.
.tV R. : SUITS
Aein r K. 5 suits
rs ! RR. I SUITS.
~. r. r. suits
~ R R. ? suits.
80 4 {. X X. . suits
I K I. X K. / sun.
:st P. R. X. / snit
: ! Pse. R. R. slit
" T. N. K R. suit
IN DC seen that the / {. and Y.
- v, which are under Mr.. Mark
- engagement, have an aggregate
s to their credit COR. rather,
more than three times as
~. are pending against all the
nhroads in the state combined
=. suits the Y. & NJ. V. has ss
|, I K. r. 81. All these cases
:, . mar have been decided against
n, road, IN the lower court, and ap-
\ ss. me supreme court. Doubtless.
.nam can explain this to his
I..,: as',e'ion. hu, | dare say. any
= h.. he might make will sound
- - 40 excuse than a reason. The
-. - I'm, state are likely TO have
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