The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1877-07-28
THE GREAT STRIKE.
The Grand Uprising of
Labor


The long continued OPPressi.
robbery of the working q
.cngth borne their Legitimate . O"
goad>d 70 madness and desp
ing all appeals for justice
rejected; crushed to the very usage. 1.-THE
ing in land Of plenty-havs P .Sa;.m sSs
risen in their might-rsfused n, and =
trampled on, and determine6oin S-Thad-
force, if necessary, W.
M nszsety have tky with which he bought
he bonds, Mm an extortioner and robber."
John sherman.
I'VE should do foul injustice to the Gov
rnment and the people OF the United States
fter We have sold these bonds on an average
---~------~ fA.sn sixty cents on the dollar,
laekev. che deaA make a new contract for
holders 20. p. Morton.
all failed in tn WIT monetary system,
cure the desired co n;la ,s.d me
Of the working classesepk note mAniPuls-
and IA s.A oour.ss.t Of labor -
From every point Of en- trus A9e.i,
hear of the uprising Of laba sIre a -. SaS
mand for wages sufficient 70 kGOvsrn.
and soul together, uttered too If classes,
tain sOund-uttered Dy men WHO'LL Be
rihl4in earnest, who realize that tiOries
RE- = Lotion has come, that they AVeN-0xs
'gdply wrOnged, that their position !
growing daily more deploybls, and p
unless . change for the bitter Oceurstla
coming winter viii bring absolute StarTd
ton in it's train. Men rtaliEing they
facts are in no condition 10 be triaed wit
and although the party press, true 70 Il
master and it's mission, has ridiculed &
misrepresented their claims, the fact To-
public sympathy is Overwhelmingly =
their favor, may safely be accepted a. b
dence that these demands are based
simple justice. ~
Already two hdndred lives have b.
sacrificed. The military powers OF 4.
different States have been used to sEe,
he
like dogs, men clamoring for their GQ-
given rights at Reading, PIttsbu Z
Baltimore Chicago and other points, Ter.
women and helpless children have M
mastered by citizen soldiery, empL Of
to enforce the demands Of railroad CO. -
ations. The end is not yet. b
rohu
Readers, do you thiRLShAt one emf
should receive q $50, NO salary, per he
mum, and another, whOAourly ieOPardus,
limb and life, be remulerated with II
startling sum Of so cents per lcO't..
dGyg Would one Of you with . sPAIul;
true manhood, tamely submit to sudPls
outrage With q family clamoring Vi
bread, with shoeless and rAg-clad chill =
with credit Eaue'-ap emptEstlqss@S..dT, ar
pressing landlord !, -b,ey needed n 4 con,
ogy for a man ~ I'D by the wants Of IN
| " done by nations
strike from the ahosCarey Baird.
With the wanton dssg,Ance regarding I'll
g of the world PR
We have no sympathy VA j. taught in o.
feel satisfied no body of rePSve r depar
w'rkingmen will endorse it. propose
must have its rights thou. Il Jy the pc
all. % Be abs
esnce Of spe
The events now transpiring II ChieAg
'gitimate and inevitable results IN SUI
damnable financial system whiSsvent
ADVOCATE has exposed and dem INV
for years, and which, il persisted Pet
bankrupt the nation, and destI ,f,l,o
very foundations Of our Vovernms ShAC
Justice may for the time being lot
come, but as sure as God reiEns. .oy I,
riumph in the end oasti
enua