The Labor enquirer., 1883-05-26
May They Heed 1t.
Editor of The Labor ENQUIRER.

oAAS L
DENVER, May .24.-Mr. Editor, after
patiently waiting to see what the coal
miners in this state would do or what
part they would take in trying to in.
crease the present circulation of the LA
BoR ENQUIRER, am compelled to speak,
for the following reasons. First, as |
have worked in coal mines since l was
eight years old, have felt the number
less tortures sent forth by those despotic
rulers, which the majority of coal and
iron kings are Throughout the country.
l have seen the honest coal miner, time
after time in the coal fields of Pennsyl-
vania, 60 to the mines with his dinner
bucket full of cold water and cornmeal,
his wife and family at home destitute,
deprived Of the simplest comforts of life,
through the doings of an ungovernable
class of aristocratical thieves and plum
derers, who were not satisfied until they
demonstrated in a marked manner their
ability for destruction.
Second, Having worked in the coal
mines in all the principal coal mining
states in the Union, l have seen the laws
of those tyrannical oppressors executed
in their most terrible form.
Third, After taking an active part in
three coal miners strikes in Colorado, I
claim to know what treatment the
miners receive and what sympathy
comes to their aid through those publ
cations with which the state is over-run
Fourth, have seen the miners raised
from the stages of starvation and igno-
rance to the platform of happiness and
intelligence through the efforts and per-
severance of such papers ais the LABOR
ENQUIRER is.
And now Mr.. Editor, through the COL
umns of your valuable. paper, dedicated
to the cause of humanity and justice, I
would ask those coal miners, do they
think, that as men they are doing their
duty to their fellow men, to their wives,
or to their families by lying in this dor
mant state as they are?
1t is necessary at the present time,
that the LABOR ENQUIRER should be
read and studied by the coal miners of
Colorado, so as to be prepared to take
an important part in the present revolu-
ton and assist in it's reaching maturity.
He that does not work with US works
against us, and the laboring man who
does not take his part in intoxicating the
principles of justice and equality is a
stumbling block. If you are detri-
mental to the advancement of labor,
you are assisting it's degradation; you
are tightening the chains of slavery
which are wound around you; you are
disfranchising the innocent babe and
you responsible for it's existance: and |
ask, will you still pursue this injudicious
course, or will you at once say I will
study the labor question, will have a
labor paper come to me weekly, l will
show a better example to my fellow
man. If not, there is no instrument of
torture yet invented by man capable of
the desired effect, or sufficient in its
harrassing powers to make you realize
your insanity.
Mr. Editor, do not want to take too
much space IN your valuable paper, it is 4
not necessary at present. will write a
letter next week on the coal miners
strikes in Colorado, showing the sympa-
thy they receive from the so-called la
boringmen's papers of the state. l will
also in due time give the coal miners
the satisfaction of reading an ironclad,
which is gotten up for their special pro-
lection. And in conclusion l would ask |
the coal miners to send on their sub
scriptions, if not for one year, send it on
for six months; if not for six months, |
send it for three; and by 80 doing you
will encourage the undertaken of the en-
terprise. The subscription is a mere
trife, you are directly interested in hav-
ing labor paper in your midst. And
such is the LABOR ENQUIRER. Do all in