Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-10-10
CoNFEDRIT X ROADS,
WICH Is IN THE STATE Nv KENTUCKY,
Sept. ], 1873,

lodge Nv Nashenals, Nv the Kearney kind.
Factryvile wuz established by COM
pany NV Massychoosits disturbers, wich
invaded the sacred soil for the purpus Wv
manufactrin iron which is found there in
great quantities, and they hev mill into
wich about hundred men hev bin em-
ployed. The price NV iron hevin gone
down these graspin monopolists he'd the
ashoorence to ask ther sufferin laborers to
redoOse their wagis, given the frivolous
pretex that ez the price nv livin he'd gone
down also they Good afford to work for a
trifie less. Ez most NV the men owned
their own houses, wich they he'd saved,
and was comfortably fixed, they cOOdent
git away, and had to endoor the Ojus ex-
acshuns Nv the grindin capitalists. And ez
cOlleckshuns was difficult and they didn't
git their wagis with didn't regularity NV
former yeers, they murmered some, wich
1 felt it my dooty to improve. They need
ed a leeder, for none Nv 'em knew how
much they wuz sufferin till 1 went and
told en-
/ he'd a tolerable easy time Nv it. made
EN- two speeches in wich showed EN-
they wuz groanin under a tyranny conf
pared with wich the suffeEins NV the Roo
shun serf wuz nothin, and that they wood
never hev ther own till they organized and
crushed their oppressors. 1 showed EN-
that wat they wanted wuz to crush out
capital, and be themselves their own rool-
ers. 1t wuzn't hard to do, and the sec
Ond mite organized a seckshun. se-
The ritooal writ myself, basin it on
Kearney's idee. 1t wuz very breef, and
run suthin like this:
''Hath the brother wrongs?"
E'He hath.''
''Doth the brother brood ?''
che doth.'
els he successful brooder?''
ssHe is. ti -.='5.-
''Doth the brother look forward to the
time when he will hev his iron heel on
the necks Nv his oppressors, and will heV
the lecherous employer by the throat ?''a
sHe doth.'' ot
'Doth the brother understand the yoose
NV box Nv matches?"
''He doth.''
s'Is the brother willin, in this holy
croosade Nv labor agin capital, 10 buy his
own matches, or is he so craven-speritid
ez to ask the Order to furnish them ?''.l-a
che will buy his own" ;.f Il. 5s,r
'FHath the wrOnged brother two dollars
anda half in his trowsers to help the.eoz,
by supportin the agItator 90 ,a7 -
The wronged brother at this stage pro-
doosed the money, wich took to strength
en- the coz, and then perceeded with the
Iectur. remarkt that he wuz grovlin
slave, and that by layin still he wuz adj
din to his bonds. Wat he wantid to do
wuz to rise. He wantid to demand an
ekal divishun NV property, and eff this
reasonable demand wuzn't acceded to, he
wantid to destroy wat property ther wuz,
He wantid to demand an Unlimited ishoo
NV money to be divided in some way so
that he wood git all that he wantid, and
that the hours NV labor shood be fixed by
law ,rand wages also. He should demand
sicHhgislashen ez wood let him live in
absOloot luxury, no matter wat he wuz.
The moro incompetent or averse to labor
he wuz. the greater the dooty Nv the Gov
ernment to see that he didn't want for
anything. Eff after he he'd riz and these
demands:.wuzn'tg grantid, then the matches
shood come in. ,.....>
inishiated the entire force NV the fac
try, and the next mOrnin they marched
in body to the mill and demanded their
heaven-given rites. The bloated employ
ers tried to reason with EN-, and tried to
show EN- that they wuz payin all that
they Good afford to, in the present deprest
condishun NV things, and that they wuz
gettin now ez much ez they wuz before,
folT inf
count. They he'd the impudence to tell
EN- that eff they he'd to accede to ther de-
mands that they wood hev to shet mp the
+ mills, and one nv EN- told the men that
A eff they wood assOom the mortgages, ez
well ez the biznis, he wood be PERFECTLY
wiIlin' to relinquish it then and there.
The workmen wood hev yielded, but I
hev made EN- a speech wich whooped if
up agin. They became infooriated and
, moved on the works. In less than mint
they he'd guttid it, in five minits it wuz in
flames, and in half hour itwuz in ashes,
g and the men firmly but determinedly
| moved off. The first battle fur the rites
NV man he'd been fought in Factryville,
a and the first Yictry Nv labor over capital
# in Kentucky he'd bin achieved. Ill.
s The men wuz jubilant and eongratu-
lated EN-. We adjourned to the grocery
h and poured out libashens NV sod-cOrI
q whisky over our triumph. -f-E
Things wuz boomin for a day or two
FINELY the men begun to git sober, and
went home to their families. 1 notist by
the close Nv the third day an Ominul
:. change in their demeanor toward me, ..,
" sis the bosses goin to bid again ?'' they
asked one NV another. -v rr
s'I ruther think not,'' wuz the anser
u s.,The fact is, all they he'd wuz investid il
l. them mills, and that is gone. They hahn
IS got nothin to bid with.'' z--, .f. s-.r-.
le ''The merry HI you say. Thenw wher
u are we goin to git wOrk?" s7 tas
That staggered EN-. They loafed abou
IS in listlis sort NV way for, day or tw'
,e but they didn't enthuse very much. In
rs yitashens to take suthin began to be IN
IN comfortably infrekent; and there seeme
to be a disposishun toward me that
ne didn't like. aes a 9.-,sss.
III ssYoo see, sed one NV EN-, ''that we he
ne succeeded in gettin our rites. We he
W crushed capital. It's very crushed. w
never saw a more complete crushin OUT u
of capitaIthan this is. But we can't Sc
et where we hev made anything by it, t
he anv alarmin extept. We hev bustid capi
ee tai effectoOally, and hev bustid ourselye
n lest ez effectooally. The meet bari is low
the flour is gone, and we hain't got n
-, work. Yoo showd US how to bust capitl
" now spOse 700 kindly show us how to 6
mr. more, and hev it better organized
tn '<Hev 700 no aspirashens for highe
bv and better life 20 replied. ''Doyoo war