New-York tribune., 1869-06-24
THE C0LoEED LABOR QUESTION
OPINIONS AND ACTIONS AT THE Confederate
CROSSROADS.
POsT OFFIs. CONFEDERTr X ROADS,

POgT OFTIs, CONFEDERTT X ROADS,
CWich Is in the State Kentucky June ., 1869
The agtashen NV the question nv nggers
abin with white IN Washington reached the Corners
four weeks ago perdoost mite hey ben exped,a
most profound feelln white artzans assembled 10
wunst and passed resOlOOshens in sympathy Win their
brethren I'M Washington and urgn nv em 10 hold
the bitter end rather than compermise their dignity by
lOwenn themselves 10 the level NV the greasy Ariken
The meetin wuznt a large one for We hey only i've
IL wuz enthOosiastc. Three nv the nve hed Din ~ B
CONS for four days hevin bin st paid OF by newcomer
for house they he'd repaired for him, and they In
frame nv mind for most anything that wuz eggsctn.
directed the a9tenshun NV these 10 the fact hat
a nigger pasterer at that time employed la
plastern house on the state road between the Corners
and Garrettstown, and askt ef they content TO
Law st h and see an take the their
mouths I'm that wayf mpored ON labrin man 20
preserve tho dignity Nv labor shel nggers Invade yoor
They wuEnt none em piasterers. but they replied
prompttood be showd the wretch that they mite
Ibr hm. But restrained em til bed organized en- into
workin anyhn wch didn't jne H. and wich perhbitd
nlggers from jnin It. This preliminary work accom-
plshed. remarked, "follow meP They did II win
on rsachn the house we halted, and there onr eyes
rested a site wich blarsted There wuz niggcr,
fublooded niger with onto him, and oVeralls.
Plastern away, whstn and sngln sometimes 9ae some
times another and then agn 6oth 70 wnsp Methodist
hymns. And ever and anon the unthinkn man OF ME
rOty wood stop and eXecOOt a breakdown, and Ian To
hisself that he Good be heard mile. The disgusin
wretch displayed hls groyeln nacher by drinking water
We made short work uv IT, Weinformed him that tho
labOrers the Corners he'd organized UnOn aud that
Good be permitted TO work within Us boundaries
berry well p remarkt the Afrikn cuss calmly putin
a dab mortar and smOothin it berry well! III lno
g But you can't No Niger kin be admitted"
90 Den speck she hey 10 aud work widout bein
member. DE ole woman aud de babies must hab daF
such nsolence Good not NV be tolerated We he'd
stated the TO hn calmly aud dspassonatey We he'd
informed him the laws We he'd made, aud tins wretch
with his work. Their wnz but one course take aud
took IT, We snaked the platform out from under him; NO
up his mortar bed; broke his trowei ana other
tools and notified him oishey that any attempt at re-
sooinin work wood result in lynchin NV him:
quit plasterin but he'd found employment striker IN
blacksmith shop Nv course sich am outrage on the
was OTOole could not be permitted and - O-IOole re-
fused 10 work with him he wuz discharged. The next
than otherwise carryin home shin bone nv heef Wch
he he'd bought The next day aerward observed mat
p.oy ., & la Oh Ier = tyttt ana me the Two cham
pions nv laber fur this seckshun ez We don't work
We have time 10 attend 10 ~, selested TO tho
ity with nigger, aud they strnek hslh r ~
made but one or two more efforts. lie undertook 90 t
work At various places but by this tune ~ Nu1 WI
opposed 10 recognisin em In any capassty and ha
yeeded. He got very thin and pale and hagalrd aud
feedn very well at home. Motifs the material results
Of freedomi rs AIsLoorLr BEGGED! but ny eouse the
snktly material cussdness the niggertho Internal
play itself He demOraLed rapidly. and In week be-
came most disgustn ODck he stole chckens NV
Deekin POgram, leastways Deeku POgram's chickens
mssin and who should hey stole en- but tins Niger
he stole OF Elder Penuebacker, aud wuZ finally
detected takn ham from BascOms smokehOuse. There
doubt 10 his guilt-he wuz taken IN the act,
with the fatal ham I'm his possession. He he'd taken 10
home, and his wife wuz fryin large slices NV IT,
There could De but endin 20 stch succession nv
crimes. The citizens too much inoeused 20 await
the ackshen the law aud they hung him az
site The Corners Will never tolerate niger theef In
their midst no how.
Wv course improved the occasion. Ez his body was
swinging IN the air askt people TO behold the fruits
OF Radicasm and Fanatycisn. That Niger wuz wunst
the happy happy owner there wuE atween EN-
material reashen. The nigger work and MS owner eat
and thus fulfilled the entire dOOties NV NE lie wuE
not hung then for he worth too much money 10
hang How he'd 1t bin with him sencef He demandid
10 be made free man--he wuz made "A free man, and
here he Is. tOle that there no need NV sayin
more-that body dangn in the air, wich lts sole wuz
marchn on, the most eokont sermon wich Good Oe
prcacht
The man house the niger plastrin wuz in
town Yesterday, trying To get Caucashn plastrers 70
finish the Job but ther amt EN- here he ISN'T
sueceedn very Well he probably won get into his new
quarters This Fan.
am not certain wat become nv bis family There
o niger womans body pulled out NV the dam day or
two afJerward wleh somebody remark wuz the vile NV
the deceast and Capt MoPeter remarkt thar when no
went 10 the cabin the deeeost ngger 10 secOor hts
share the furnOOr that two eadn nggers from Car
rettstown were nOtst maxim of with the children. But
there's no ten whether there's eny rOOth IN these ru
myself at the head the anti-ugger labor movement
PETROLEUM V. Nasty. 2. ".
(Wioh means POstmasterl.