The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-03-26

men present handed in their names as
members of the Hancock Association.
The meeting adjourned, subject to
the call of the Chairman.
.-. LABOR AGIrATORs.
New Orleans Democrat.1
Telegraphic advices from San Fran
cisco have announced the arrest, con-
victiOn and sentence Of Denis Kearney,
charged by the police authorities with
using vulgar and threatening language
in his speeches. The court decided
that Kearney was guilty as charged,
since his language was likely to pro-
woke a breach of the peace, and Judge
Rix promptly sentenced the renowned
agitatOr to six months Imprisonment
in the House of Correction, and to pay
a fine of $1,000. 1t is said that the Sc
verify of this sentence was a decided
surprise to Kearney, who expected to
be let off with q nominal fine and to
make capital out of the circumstances
in his future disorderly proceedings.
He, no doubt, thought it would enable
him to appear in the role of a cham
pion of free speech and to llurl his in
vective with redoubled force at the
minions of the sshonorable bilks" and
ssbloated aristocrats' who had, in his
person, undertaken to trample upon
the sacred rights of American free.
men. No wonder, then, that the sud-
den check involved in the penalty of
six months Incarceration in prison and
a fine of $1,000 should somewhat shock
his nerves and arouse his vehement in
dignation as recorded in the kilograms.
osr0k kn~ AR,s-
ment comes the Information that at a
meeting of the Workingmen's clubs of
San Francisco resolutions were pre-
sented declaring in unmistalkable Ian
guage against Kearney and disclaiming
all sympathy with what are known as
the sand lot agitators who, it is claim
ed, have already brought the real
workingmen of tho city and State into
disrepute. This would seem to tlivest
Kearney of much of his boosted
and to. establish the fact that
the open outdoor agitation in San
Francisco has been confined almost
to those loud-mouthed indi-
viduals who have, from time to time,
proclaimed from their arena in the
sand lots the coming doom of those
who dared to deny their claims to reg
ulate the demand and supply of labor
and to fix the amount OF compensa-
ton for the same. There is just a pos
however, that some of these
who now profess such a
holy horror of the wicked ways Of
Kearney have in the past encouraged
him by failing to speak out in con-
of his acts, and now come
forth at the last hour, when his star OF
popularity is nearing the horizon, in
the same manner that rats will desert
\ sinking ship. While Denis Kearney
was looked upon as master OF the sit
lation we heard no talk of his course
damaging the cause of the working
men, but the moment that he falls in
to the clutches of the law we find
them Justify shouting: "Stone him!"
'Down with the arch agitator - But
leaving this matter without further
the State of California, as
we'll as the country at large, may be
upon this prompt action
If the San Francisco authorities. 1t is
likely to revive il respect for the law in
hat quarter, which of late has been
:egarded as at Il very low ebb. 1t will
1t the same time encourage the invest
nent of capital and allow those honest
who really desire en-
ployment to secure it without resort
ng to forcible measures, such as con-
by the late movements of
he Kearney agitators. The lesson
which is now being taught to Denis
Kearney and his followers, it is to be
will not be without it's
influence in other parts of the country
where organized and armed effort is
to compel capital to ac-
luiesce in the demands of labor. Even
,ere in the agricultural districts of
Louisiana we arc advised of move
nents intended to coerce the owners of
he soil to submit to the cxorbitant de-
nands Of laborers, and to prevent, by
orce, peacefully inclined laborers from
working, but it is safe to say that such
will be so promptly and
'ternfy reprcssed by the strong arm of
he law that the "astonishment" of
Denis Kearney will be as nothing when
to it.
Twenty-Five cent. worth of Shcri-
Ions Cavalry Condition Powders fed
out sparingly to a coop of twenty-five
hens will increase tho product Of eggs
. per cent. in value in thirty days.
The Pope, who WAS great pctles-
[rian in the days of his youth, still dis