Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-06-11

n,onv and had said that the peopie
working in the mill were not gooo
neople and if they continued to Worh
there when they went away the!
vould not be able to secure jobs any
where else. Arsenault was 10 glAe
| tho girls $40 that night for going OUT
and was to give them more "hei,
| thev wanted it and Arsenault hdu
! sa;d that they were in danger OF los-
/ ing their reputation in WORKING At
| the mill.
Upon cross examination witness
said she was a member of the union
in Madison. Miss Katherine Goou-
child was with Mr.. Arsenault "heh
he had called at the house. Mr.. AT
senault was president of the union OF
which witness was a member.
Miss Ludivine Boulanger. sister oil
the previous witness, gave testimony
rega riding the visit of Mr.. Arsenault
| and Miss Goodchild to her house ana
corroborated her sisters testimony
about that visit.
| Alcie Boulanger. brother of the pre-
vious witnesses, testified that he hal
! talked with Arsenault about his sisters
working at the mill. Boulanger's broth
/ er Hector was also present. Arsenault
! had said that witness sisters were not
doing right in working at the mill and
that they were in danger of losing their
reputation. Arsenault had said the peo-
pie there were nothing and had said
You wait a while and We will fix the
rats"
| William Morrow also testified in the
first case and spoke about going to the
moving picture theatre and seeing there
Attorney Folsom Merrill, Arsenault ana
Smiley.
| Attorney Merrill then briefly stated
the defense, which was general denial
of the allegations. and called to the
witness stand the defendant, Tennis Ar
senault
Tennis .Arsenault testified that he was
president of the Textile Union that went
out on a strike, and said he and Miss
CIoodchild, as committee from the union,
went to see Misses Beatrice and Ludi-
vine Boulanger about March - regard
ing the matter of a check the girls had
received and to explain to them about
the situation of the strike. Defendant
said he had stated to the two girls that
he did not wish them to think he and
Miss Goodchild had come there to get
them to go out of the mill. The Bou-
LANCER girls had told him they were 60
ing to leave the mill on Friday or Sat
uFday and that they had gene back to
work because they needed money for
their clothes And to that Arsenault
had replied that they should let him
know if they needed money and if they
were not working on Monday he would
meet them on the street and talk It
over. He did not say that the girls
would lose their regulations in working
at the mill.
Upon cross-examination by Attorney
Pattangall, Arsenault testified that ne
told the Boulanger girls that their
names being sent to other unions would
probably bar them from obtaining work
elsewhere. Witness had no idea of say
ing ANYTHING that could influence them
to lease the mill And defendant testi-
fed II was the understanding of the
union people there that it was because
these union people went back to wots
that Mr. McMann did not come down
for the purpose of settling the matter.
The defendant, Arsenault, upon redi'
rect examination testified regardin:
, meeting Alcie and Hector BoulanSei
and had said to them that he did no
doubt that the. people working in tbs
mill we're nice people.
Miss Ethel Goodchild Of Lincoln stat
ed that she went to the home of Ludl
vine and Alcie Boulanger, she and Ten
mis- Arsenauit comprising committed
from the union to see the two girls
: Her testimony regarding the converse
tion at that time cerroborated tina
given by Arsenault. She testihed tina
, nothing was said about the bad reputa
, ton of those working at the mill. sht
remembered that it was March % tha
F they had called upon the two Boulange'
: sisters.
Paul Cyr of Madison testified tha
he did not hear Arsenault say ht
would fix all the other rats in tn,
mill or that the Boulanger sisters
would lose their reputation if they
continued to work at the mill
Case Against Howard w. Smiley
The case against Howard W. Smii
ey was opened with the testimony
, of Edmund l.. Curtis, who stated
, that the evening of May he an:
others were going by the Curtis
lunch room, the Boulanger sisters be
, ing ahead of them. and he had hearC
Smiley say the bunch working do"f
say he would fix the bunch of rats
, And the next day at the movin2
, picture theater he had heard Smila!
say he would fix the bunch of rat'
working at the mill and would SHOW
them something.
= Witness upon cross examination
t stated that he is a member of th'
t Bartenders' Union and is connectt,
, with a detective agency.
, acqua lnted with Smiley, who runs
the moving picture theater in Mad
ison and that on May he was in the
, theater with Arsenault. He testified
that he had heard Smiley say il
they went to work for the mill com
pany the union people would throw
; stones and bricks at them.
After the defense in this case hac
been stated by Attorney Merrill. ths
defendant. Howard W. Smiley ol
Madison. took the stand. He said he
is not a member or associate of any
} union and testified he had not male
the statements alleged.
Upon discrimination by Atto-.