Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-09-18
NO. 22l.
Misfellaneous.
NiSBY.
How He BUSTED CAPIrAL-ANp THE
WoRKINGMEN.

Nasty has appeared as an advocate OF
he rights of labor. lie went to Factory
vile. village hard by the Confedrit X
Roads, because he knew The mill hands
needed leeder. for non Nv EN- new how
much they wuz sufferin until went and
."id EN- y He repeated the substance of
hearn'y's speeches to them, that ..,bev
re gronin under a iyrany compared
with which The sufferns Nv the Rooshun
sert wuz nothin, anu thet they wood nev.
er hev their own till they organized and
crushed their tppressors. showed EN-
th' wat they wantid wuz to crush our cap
ilal. and be themselves their own roolers.
Ii wuzn't hard TO do"
Accordingly one day they marched in a
body TO their employers '.The blotid
tnpl yers tried to reeson with EN- and tried
TO show EN- tibet they wuz gittin now ez
muchtz they wuc before when the cost
NV Twin wuz ken into account. They
he'd the impudence to tell em thet eff thew
he'd to accede TO ther demands they wood
hev to shet up the mills. and one uf EN-
told the men lhet If they wood assoom the
mortgages ez well ez the biznis he wood
be p-rieckly willin 10 relinquish 1t then
and thar.
The workmen wood hev yielded, but l
hev made TN speech which whooped It
up agin. They becam infurated and
| moved on the works. In les than mint
hey had gutted it. in five minits it wuz
in flames, and in q hart hour it wuz in
ashes. and the men firmly but determined
ly moved on. The first battle fur the rites
Nv man he'd bin tort in Fac,ry, II and the
first victry NV labor over Capital in Ken.
tucky he'd bin acheevd.
For thee days. while the whisky lasted.
:he men were jub liant. but at the close Of
that day Nasby noticed an ominous change
in their demeanor toward him.
''ls the bosses goin TO bid agin p they
asked one Nv another.
IL ruther think not," wuz the anser.
The fact is all thet tn, y he'd wuz investid
in them mills and tibet is gone. They
haint got nolhin to bid with"
"The merry he'll. you Soy. Then whar
are we going 10 git work ?"
That staggered EN-. They lOafed about
| in a lisllis sort Of way, for day or two,
but they didn't enthuse very much. In
vitashens to take suthin began 10 be un-
komiorlaby inirekent, and there seemed
to be dnposlshun toward me that I
didn't like.
"Yoo see," sed one Nv EN-, ''that We
hoN SuSScSuCo III Sittiu Jul TUGS. W0 00v
crushed capital. 1t is very crushed. We
never saw II more complete crushin out Nv
capital than this is. But we can't see
where We hev made anything by it. to any
| al irmin extent. We hev bustid ourselves
Isl tz effectooalIy. The meat bari is low,
The flour is gone, and we haint got no
work. Yoo showed US how to bust cspi.
| tal--now spose yoo kindly show Us how
| to git more. and hev it better organized"
This disgusted Nasby. and he asked
them:
''Hev 700 no aspirations for q higher
and better lite" | replied. "Do VOC
want too continyoo to grovel at The ieet
Nv yoor oppressorsP Hev 700 no pride ?"
I'VE he'd PRIDE" wuz the anser NV this
slave, "but that vanishes. We hev stum-
micks wich liz a'luz with US. Wat VOC
want 10 do is 10 get out Nv this seckshun
in Just three minits or we'll ornament a
Tree with yoo.'
lett aioot. he'd the inisashen money
in my picket, end SCOT NV cloze that 1
rescood irum the burnin mill and ab-
sent-mindeoly forgot TO ask who owned
them. didn't do ez we'll ez Kearney,
but ii served my purpose.