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A SEYEBE 1BBA1GSMEST OF ttOVEHSOK MASSING The 3lost Drastic Excoriation of a GoTernur of the State by a County Sheriff in the History of South Car olina. Columbia. Jan. 4.?Probably tha; most severe arraignment and most'; drastic -txcoriation of a governor of j the State by a county sheriff, in the history of this State, is contained m | a statement given tlie Columbia cor-j respondent oi The Charleston Amer- j ican by Sheriff Joe JM. H. Ashley, of; Anderson, this morning, in connec tion with the recent strike situation i( >wln>./.nTi on.) tha enn.'lhior nf thti Jill .JIXXVICa OUii cut. 0V/UUiii^ wa. WAiv militia there by ihe governor. "The citiztns of South Carolina as a whole praise President Wilson fori keeping the United States out of war," I says sheriff Ashley, "yet we have a J governor in South Carolina who tries' to use the militia, at the expense of j the state, to cause bloodshed, and not to prevent it. and if he keeps on send ing the militia out merely to satisfy his own feelings, the first thing he knows he will cause some uprising that he cannot stop with all the mili tia in South Carolina." Sheriff Ashley's statement speaks for itself, and is a'complete review, from Ms standpoint, of the recent trouble in Anderson couaty. It is as follows: Mr. Editor: Please allow me space in your paper to give my opinion of the strike sit uation as I have seen it. Oth?r peo ple have explained themselves to the i public through the paper3, and a lot; of newspaper correspondents have! come to 'Anderson and gone away and reversed the situation. The newspa pers have twisted things to suit them selves, and as they are all owned by corporations ttoey could not do other wise, and Governor Manning being one of them, of course, came across to try and help break the strike and 6ppress the laboring people at thej Equinox and Gluck mills. The Gluck mill operatives went out about the first of August and the Equinox, the flatter part of August. Mr. Ligon. general manager of both mills al-1 ready a strong enemy of mine, would I hardly speak to me when he met mei on the streets, aid not say a wora to me concerning the strike; never call ed on me for anything. He and his crowd, after running the strike situ ation as far as they could run it and when they would not go any further - or was afraid to go any further, then, *Mr. Ligon called on me. He did not - ask m$ to serve the ejectment papers, tout asked me to place deputies ground "the mill to start it up. I told him ?o; I would not do it, in as .much .^as they had ignored j^ie as Slieri.T all- the way through with the high >ioni)ia^ nr*v>r>orfiir?o ?hot thov ha/1 n^art < <1. With Judge tox to eject those peo ple from their houses, denying them vthe right of appeal, I said I will not 'surround that mill vrith deputies to :start it until they come to some agree ment and let everybody go back to "srork. Then he says to me. "Sheriff, ~we did not think yon want d to serve tliese papers." I told him no; that >Judge Cox had never given me a laaper to serve since he had been mag istrate of Anderson county and that "I 4-ftnW not sprvp a nanpr from .Tudsre "Cox at all now if I could gei around It. Now, Mr. Editor, there has been a lot said about my refusing to serve the ejectment papers. I did ask the mi}1 authorities to give a bond and I would do this work and this they refused to do. I have always under- j stood that notice of appeal stayed al j 'i/Tocedings, and on the advice of my: attorneys I asked for this bond, bur afterwards my attorneys and the mifll attorneys agreed that if I would go j ahead and serve the papers, theyj would be willing to give a reasonable; time for the mill people to get hous-j es and then I was to i>ut them out, which I have done. I ejected Mr.i Duncan on Friday and the other four! were to be moved out on Saturday! rooming, hut Mr. Ligon was not gee-! ting as much revenge on the mill op-j eratives by my course of action as! lie wanted so I suppose he got 'in! "behind Governor Manning to send th?> militia to Andersen. Governor Man-1 ning not wanting very much of an' excuse anyway wired me. I just 'thought I would let him know that' If he was going to run this strike; ?s he wanted it run, he would be com-! gelled to come and do the work him-! self, and in place of coming himself, j sent the militia here to do whati ae wisnea 10 ge uone. -\ow, jur. .exii-j tor, what did the militia do when i they got to Anderson? Did they do j /what Governor Manning prenteded' 'they were sent here to do? No; they were placed inside of the steel fences' around the Equinox mill. Mr. Ligon did not say eject those people from their homes, but he threw the gates i wide open at the mills; said to ev eryone, throw down your union, come -in and go to work and the ten perj cent raise will come without asking. "Wn will not. hear of vou asking for, a ten per cent raise with Governor Manning's military forces with loaded, guns and fixed bayonets walking u? T^nd down the fences, and they were * fbere not to see thai the people of the ' "EJqninox mill were ejected from their' ~-TH>irs'P3, but to try and intimidate the -^strikers so they would think that Ov- J ' srnor Manning had broken the > '.and there would be no use for th .ui' to go any further. In addition to "this Governor Manning has also been The means of driving some of the best mill operatives that we nave m An derson county to other States. Some thirty-six families have gone to Utica, New York, and Baltimore. Maryland, j and more are to leave yet before they' will go to work at the Equinox and <5iuck Mills. From what I can hear j irom those who have gone their wage* 1 ^re double what they received here. ! Governor Manning sent five com-j 3 panies to Anderson, where there had not been the slightest disorder around the mills since the strike had been o^. Don t you know with the mill officials having a magistrate that would do anything in God's world they wanted him to do, if there had been any dis order, they would have had warrants out for them and had the last one of them in jail. Now, they would try lo leave the impression on the pub lic, that these people are lawless, re gu:ar cut Liiiuu.u>, iuc uiagisuaic and his constables could not even serve a warrant on them, but they are trying to create a false impression in order to ease things over for Gov ernor Manning and make some ex cuse for his sending the military companies here, but no excuse can be made except that he lost his head ov\r the telegram I sent him. Now, Mr. Editor, the citizens of South Car olina as a whole praise President TJ"i1r.Ar? l*Aor>ir?fr tVi a TTr?if cut of war, yet we have a Governor in South Carolina who tries to use the militia, this at the expense of the State, to cause blood shed and not to prevent it and if he keeps on send ing the militia out merely to satisfy his own feelings, th.e' first thing he knows he will cause some uprising that he cannot stop with all the mili tia in South Carolina. I wish to be understood, I have no feeling against the military companies that came to Anderson for all the boys treated me nicely and I treated them in the same manner. Practically all of the offi cers realized that there was not any use of the militia comins: to Andcr son and felt that Governor Manning had made a mistake in sending them here and this is why Governor Man ning did not keep the companies hero for quite a while longer. Now has Governor Manning chang ed his mind from the time he wrote Mr. J. P. Gossett, refusing to send the military companies to Anderson iu the Brogon mill strike or did he prom ise the mill authorities between the primaries that he would start up the nniis Dy tne use o itne militia? My opinion is that when he visited An 0(?rson between tlte primaries., he promised them he would send the militia to Anderson and by doing so, he reversed his action from that of the Brogon mill strike in 1915, when he denied Mr. J. P. Gossett the use of the militia, telling him then that he must arbitrate, exhaust every means of the courts, and that the right of jury should be inviolate, and refused to send the military comnan ies to Anderson. Now this was one year before the election but no\? thai the election is over, he feels that he cap treat th-ese people as he sees fit. The strikers were denied the right of jury trial by a man by the name of W. F. Cox, who built the Equinox mill and which bore his name as the Cox mill. He had his troubles with the operatives and allowed northern cap italist as selling agents to squabble up and run the mill in debt, until it could not run any longer, taking the citizens money just because he was drawing a good salary. Being com pelled to shut the mill down, it was then sold and now is owned entirely by the Wellington-Sears company. Tho Governor did not say to Mr. Cox, stop Judge Cox, you must give these people a hearing by jury as he told Mr. Gossett they were entitled to. He did not tell Mr. Ligon you must ar bitrate your troubles, but sent the mil itia to break the strike instead. He has been called Military Dick. In my opinion he has his right title. Now, Mr. Editor, in regard to the Gluck mill 1 wish to -- y they are as law abiding a people as I know or In four yvars there has been only mice arrests maae mere ana cney have had 110 -deputy for the last six or eight years and I don't think they have needfd one for there's nothing tc do there. When the militia was sent to the Gluck mill did they go down there and throw those people out of their houses? No, the same as at the Equinox; they threw the gates open, and started up the ma chinery and said, all of you throw down your union and everything will be alright, the ten per cent will be coming later. They stayed at the Gluck about a week and could not get anything at all to publish in the newspapers to justify Military Dick in keeping the militia at the two mills in .Anderson, so he slipped them off from Anderson and no one much knew that tliev were coins. Just a few of the corporations and their attor neys knew tbey had left Anderson on Sunday morning. Now, Mr. Editor, the starting 'of the machinery at each one of the mills at the first presence of the militia shows what Governor Manning'sent them here for. That he stent them here to start up the mills and to break the strike instead of ejecting: the mil! operatives from their houses, and their manager Mr Ligon, with the mili tary guards at the mills says come in and go to work and all the eject ment proceedings will be stopped. If this is not placing our laboring class of people under the hammer of the corporation by using the militia I don't know what you might call it. Now Governor Manning's reason for sending the troops to Anderson was as he claims to protect the court offi cials in executing the laws. His let ter to a Greenwood citizen says the need was imperative and the justi fication ample, that the sheriff, the C! ace officer of the fnnntv nnt rmlv refused to do his duty so clearly de fined under the law, but openly de fied the law and the courts. This he knows to be false or lie took th? words of Mr. Ligon, the manager who was after getting the militia up to An derson so he could use them to break V'iV fcJW AAK Vx C*. AiVt Ctu.1 t 11 ^ 111 lliavillli cry. Now. Mr. Editor, Mr. McKissick who is the colonel of the Governor's staff came to Anderson. T hap-pened to meet up with him at the Equinox mill. Mr. Frank Hammond was witli me. Mr. McKissick said that he saw no use of the militia at as quiet a! place as the Equinox mill. Mr. Ham-1 monds asked him to come down to' the Gluck mill with us and look; around the Gluck. When we arrived,1 there were very few people to be seen at all and the militia had not arriv-! ed at the Gluck at tliis time. Yet! Mr. McKissick gees off and says the sheriff, the peace officer of Anderson ; county, did not enforce the law and j that Governor Manning was justifi-j able in sending the militia to Ander-' son. 1 have not the time to mention; all the newspaper correspondents one' at a time. Little Watson Bell was at one time connected with a paper in I Anderson. H- came to Anderson *: & ? * * * J * * * *goes off and tries to! write me up to make it look a little j better for Governor Manning. Now I wish to ask the papers why i they want to jump on John Golden, i fho nrPQidpnt nf rh? TTninn , workers of America ?nd say that he is; the same Golden that Ex-Governor; Blease would not meet in Greenville. They thought they were pulling of?j some political stunt when they ad- j vertised through the papers last sum-! mer that Mr. JoTin Golden and Gov-: ernor Richard I. Manning would be! the leading speakers in Greenville at! the chamber of commerce, but in my opinion Governor Manning was mak-j ing promises to everybody, trying to j get elected and as he got elected he went back on all promises made to' iiue UU1UI1 l?kUUllIlg pcvpic UL OUUIU Carolina. Now he is ready to say lie j will never offer for office and Joinj ;! his own crowd, the corporations and! help break all strikes that come here . after while he is Governor. Gover i nor Blease did say he would not meet Mr. John Golden. Whether this is a . mistake Governor Blease made cr not , I do not know, but I think it was. ,| Now, Mr. Editor, enclosed you will find a copy of Governor Manning's I letter to Mr. Gossett, also an article II written by me the 15th day of Nov I ember, 1915, when the Brogon mill j strike had been going on for some I *ima U'Jifln if rv-i O ClA tho nniTTt where it seemed that they were going to have some trouble if work was kept up at the Brogon mill, I had be*n threatened by the Governor, with mili- ( tary company and with the United States courts, and then I wrote the piece to the paper which will elplain itself and will show that I am right where I was in tire strike 1915 ?nd that Governor Manning has reversed himslf from 1915 to 1916. Joe M. H. Ashley. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Executive Chamber, Columbia. November 19, 1915. Jas. P. Gossett, Esq., President Bfo gon Mills, Anderson, S. C. Dear Sir: I have thought carefully over my conversation with you yesterday. There are certain matters which I de sire to bring clearly to your atten tion as I do not wish to permit the situation to remain as it now is with out a clear expression from me. You state that you decline the set tlement of the differences "with your employees through the medium or arbitration, lour position is tnat you are not willing to arbitrate >our rights. You overlook the fact that your company enjoys privileges, rath er than rights, conferred by the Stat? of South Carolina, and that if those privilege? are not exercised in the in terest of the people of the State, the legislature will surely take some ac tion. It is a favorite theme of employing classes to dwell upon the enforcement of laws as if property rights were the only rights that exist; it is squally the habit of the working classes u dwell unon the Dersonal rights as if the law int nded that 110 otter rights should be in force. It is the function of the law and courts and the body of citizens in general to bring these two extremes upon a middle ground. The courts do not tolerate any ex tremes in either of these respects and the body of the citizens have kept the balance well. I do not believe that a board of arbitration properly or^arv ized will decide away either the right3 of property or the rights of persons, i Arbitration has been employed suc ! cessfully and satisfactorily in th? { largest labor disputes that hav3 oc Lurreu m luis couuw\. il is my opin ion that it could have been profitably employed in many others. I repeat that it is my belief that the State of South Carolina will not Ions J tolerate unsettled differences such as j exist at your mill. The decision by j starvation on the part of either sid? j settles nothing; it will simply dem i onstrate which can survive the Ion3 j est. The constitution says that th? Gov ; ernor "shall taKe care tnat tne law? j be faithfully executed in mercy," and ! as governor I esteem it my duty to I endeavor to reconcile differences tlie j tendency'of which is towards a dis-| j turbance of the peace, since in vio- j i lation of the peace the laws require? | ! me to act. i j I therefore solemnly call upon you . t<j submit th-e issue between your em ! ployees and your company to the me ; dium of arbitration. I believe that j a fair and equitable settlement will : be arrived at, and fhat neither aide j win oe prejuuiceu; snouiu eiuier sme be compelled in the arbitration to give up certain of its contentions I f.el sure that those contentions would : be against the best interset of the 1 State and its people. ' I recognize, and you must recog nize, that a critical time has been : reached in the cotton manufacturing industry of South Carolina. Narrow ness. illiberalitv and prejudice will accentuate the differences; broad mindedness a spirit of concession and consideration for the best interests of the State of South Carolina will bring all of these difficulties to a hap py solution. If you and your opera tive' lo not settle them' the State must settle them. I appeal to your patriotism, to the industry that nas brought you to your present high sta tion, and to your long record for kindness in dealing with your em ployees, to prompt you to submerge somewhat your personal inclinations at this time, and adopt the 1 means which will svttie this unfortunate strife, and join with your operatives in submitting your differences to arbi tration. I feci that something should be said about th*> use of the rniiitia. Yoj have appealed to in? to summon the militia and I have declined to do so. It is but fair to you that I should give my reasons. The constitution of the State provides that the Gover nor shall be commander-in-chiif of the militia and that he shall take cp:'Q tha.t the laws be faithfully exe cuted iu mercy and tnat lie shall have the power to call cut the volunteer ai.-d militia forces, to execute the laws, repel invasions and suppress in surrection and preserve the public peace. I am prepared to do my duty under the constitution, but the con stitution also says that the trial by jury shall be inviolate and that the military power of the State shall L-j subordinate to the civil power. I shall consider all of tlie provisions of the law, and if the time comes to summon the militia I shall do so with prompt ness and vigor. Eut I do not esteem that it is the function of the governor to summon the militia of the Stat? without grave cause. The decision of this question in one which, under the rnnstitutinn. to left tn mv and sense of duty, and I cannot shift the burden to any men or set of men. Further, I wish to declare that the governor is not the instrument for the decision of disputed rights. The courts are open for that purpose. You should consider the pitiful con dition of your operatives, and also your immense power as the employ er of many men and women of the State. Their condition excites pity; your power should foe exercised "in mercy." The men who can stop the food of hundreds of men, women and cnnaren, is neia to me sternest ac countability for the exercise of that power. Are you sure you are right that you feel warranted in letting these people continue to suffer? Is it not better to shift the responsibili ty and let impartial arbitrators decide the issue? , ? It is clear to me that such is your duty; I call upon you to fulfill it. Yours respectfully, Richard i. Manninf. Governor. m;w. (Printed Daily Hail, November 15,' .1915.) I SHERIFF TALKS OF TROUBLE AT BROGOX ? ^ Reviews Matter From tie Very First TRIED TO KEEP DOWN TROUBLE. ! In Statement Sheriff Tells of First T nKn. rr*A..kl An nn/l t juauvi liuuviva axiu iivuv*c3 Came Subsequently?Recalls State ments and Conclusions?Talks About Saturday Merbi Episode?His State ment Editor Daily Mail: I desire now to make a statement in regard to the strike at Brogon mill, dating back as far as July 9, when the first walkout occurred. The operatives asked the management to open three side doors at the mill in order that they might get more fresh air. This, the management refused to do and the walkout occurred. Tbe strike lasted from July 9 to 15 or 16. I was away from home at the time and returned home Monday, following the walkout of Thursday. Monday night I arranged with Mr. Gosaett, president of the mill to meet the op-j eratives the next morning, (Tuesday) to see if we couldn't settle the mat-j ter and have them go back to work, j The result of this meeting was the management agreed to gauze tht* { doors, put night latches on the inside' so in case of fire the operatives would j have some means of escape; the op-, eratives guaranteeing the management they would see that no one came in' from the outside, and stating that j all they were asking for was air. The i heat in the mill was kept at a high: temperature. After the agreement between Mr. i G-ossett and myself was reached, he! said he wanted to talk with the com- j mittee representing the strikers. The j agreement was discussed and was sat -1 isfactorv to both the management and | the operatives. In conclusion, he told i them of the w-. Ifaie work he had dope i at the mill by putting in deep wells,! library, etc., and asked them not to ! write a note demanding anything at' a specified hour, but to come to the | office with their wants and wishes.' come or send their committee. "We i I are always glad to recognize our op-! eratives, and talk over their wishes with them.'' On I'vVtedn-esday at noon the mill was started. I decided then %fter every- ; thin? had cooled down to discharge, Mr. W. C. Gordon. I gave Mr. B. B. Gossett notice, also Mr. Causey, su perintendent and W. C. Gorden, that on I would dis- / charge Mr. W. C. Gordon, as deputy sheriff at the Brogon mill. I did not think it was worth while then, to state my reasons to Mr. Gossett, but will do so now, in order that the public may know. When the strike for air was declared. Mr. Gordon ignored the sheriff's office, calling in some men to aid him. who did not belong at the diu^oii iuiu aim -were noi omcers. Tliis came very near causing: serious trouble, and if it had not been for Deputy Sheriff J. Olin Sanders reach ing; the Brogon mill just when hrt did. some one may have been hurt. This is why I removed Mr. Gordon. Then Mr. Gossett refused to recom-; mend anyone T thought could, get! along with the people orer there, and| I Manv riisfrpssina A by them are AI! Pinkham's Vege Here is Proof by Lowell, Mas been troubled \ feelings commc vous condition deal of the time friend asked m< ble Compound, every way. I ache or pain. ] Vegetable Con woman can ta^ ; \mmmmsam 259 worsen si She Tells Her Friends to Tak North Haven, Conn.?" 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The alleged interference was this: A lady came down from Equi nox mill to work in the spooler room az a spare hand. Everything in the spooler room room belonged to the union, and of course they were noi going to get out to give anyone worfc who did not" belong to the unidtti. bhc came 10 lilt: mill aoerai uaj a euiiu finally tir-cd of coraing and not gel ting any work to do. She asked Mr, Smith, what was the reason she could not get a day's work. She was told that everything in there belonged tc the union and they would not get out and give work to any one not a mem ber of the union. If she would join the union, they would get out and give her some work to do. She went back to Mr. Ward and told him that Smith would not give her any work to do because she did not belong to the union. Then and there, without any question, Smith was discharged. This was reported to the union's com mittee, j?TanKim, mnia.ru auu luuiup son. This committee went to see Mr. Ward after work hours, to see if Mr. Ward would reinstate Mr. Smith. Mr. Ward told them he had been in structed to recognize no union com mittee at all. The next morning when going to work this committee was told by Mr. Ward the mill did not ned their services any more. Mr Ward did not give then time to see the superintendent or president as Mr. Gossett, the president, had asked them to do when they had any to*!eiv ance." But in place of that, had in ir v \T J ir I ou neeu oicia ses Read This With all glasses fitted by us we give a writteu guarantee of entire satisfaction for 12 months or we will refund you the lull amount paid foi the glasses. Fitting artificial eyes a specialty. P. C. Jeans & Co. Exclusive Jewelers and Opticians ilments experienced eviated by Lydia E. stable Compound. Women who Know. ;s.?"For the last three years I have vith the Change of Life and the bad m at that time. 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VW? ? d held in strict confidence j structed the "super" to tell them to strike and strike at once, the sooner the better, that before they run a mill with union labor they would rua /no mill at all. Mr. Gossett told the committee at the time of the first strike in my presence, to come to the office, come one or send your com mittee, "I will be glad to talk over any differences my people may bring up and if there is any chance, we will reach an agreement," but at this imo ho trw talk over the mat WXUAWf UV * VAMWVM -V . ters at all. Thompson, Hilliard and Franklin were fired for going to Mr. Ward and asking for the reinstating of Mr. Smith, who was one of their fellow workers. The union telegraph ed to the National headquarters of the union to send a representative to | j Anderson, that the Brogon mill waa ; turning off union men without cause. J When these representatives arrived .4 she phoned the superintendent, Mr. [} Causey she would like to meet him and have a talk with him, and he asked her to come to the mill office. WTiea she arrived at the mill office and pre sented her card, she was told that he had no talk with her. She as.*ed for the president and was told th9 president would not see her. Then she called a meeting of the operatives for that night, and the meeting was held, tTying to avoid a strike, the un ion deciding to pay the four men, Smith, FrankUn, Hilliard and Thomp son, who had been turned off by the mill, the wages they were making while at work in the mill, instead of declaring a strike. This e-oinor on for about four weeks. the mill decided and ordered an in definite shut-down, about September 13. The morning after this order was posted, no one went back to work and the strike was declared. The mil! operatives say they thought the shut 1 down was called so as to run every thing away from the Brogon mil! whs i belonged to the union, and to protect j themselves, so as to receive aid from ! the union, they galled a strike. When this strike was declared I j went to Mr. B. B. Gossett and talkei with "him, tried to get him to let me appoint one or two deputies but he would not pay for the same. I tolcl i ? Hair Your Living Without Money Cost A right or wrong start in 1917 will ! make or break most farmers in the i South. Y/e are all facing a crisis. { This war in Europe puts things in | Kuch uncertainty that no man can | foresee tne future with any decree of j clearness. i khtv> and cartain increase in rotron acreage meaii3 lower cotton ).rices next fail. Cost of all food and ;,rain products iz lii^h, so high that ::o one can afford to buy and expect io pay out v;ith cotton. It's a time above all ciliers to zlay rafe; to produce all possible i od, grain and forage supplies cn ; >ur own acres; to cut LZ'.vn the store bill. A good pic~e at garden ground, rightly planted, rightly tended and l.ept planted tlie year round, can bi r.i2de to p'.y half your living. It -./ill ave yen mere mc.iey tiisn you n.-de '.n the best five acrei cf cotton you ,. :?r grcT;! Hasting*."17 Good roc> u::. al ..out trio r: .:t c: .1 iv .v::i r.: I l.'oy?*s yoa the clear road t > r?r.l fnrr' Itv. !:'s F:?2. Ser 1 tCi* i; l-JCLL? ?. j t; a H.^STiNCC CO., Cjl- -Advt.