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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-16

War Steamer Delivered and Paid For
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16.-The war steamer
Ethel Gornlally has been delivered to the
Haytian government. Warner & Merritt
received certified draft for $1,000 the
final naYmant
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-16
T,eath ar ylrs. .vohn ~. ssarrett

BALTIMORE, Nov 16.-Mrs. John w. Gar
rett died at Monte Bells from the effects of a
fall from carriage.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-16
Stunning the I,ooms.
Rocks Like Foul PIay.

LAWRENCE Mass, Nov l6--The Wash
ington mills have discharged sixty weavers
stox,ing $50 looms indefinitely.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-16
Dry TETTER,.

For years was afflicted with Dry 'rsster Of the
most obstinate type. Was treated by many of The
best physicians; took quantities of mercury, not
ash and arsenic. which, instead of curing the Tet
ter. crippled me up with mineral poison and rheu-
matism. The letter continued TO grow worse.
and the itching almost made me crazy In this
condition wasfnduced to take Swift's Specific,
and the result YVES astonishing it was crafty
ing. In few months the Tetter was entirely well
the mercurial poisoning sill ont of my system. and
was well man--and due only to Swifts Specific
All like sufferers should take it,
JAMES DuNNING, Louisville, Ky.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17
.sTo Your Tents, Oh Israel :"

Dispatches of the thirteenth from
Washington say the board of directors
appointed by the central committee, on
labor legislation, organized by authority
of the last congress of the National
Labor unions, submit to the organized
trades unions and assemblies Of labor Of
the United States a manifesto headed
with the stirri ng call, "To Your Tents,
Oh Israel"
The manifesto denounces the majority
of the senate as lawyers retained by
federated capitalists, demands an extra
session Of congress as a remedy for i'm
pending strikes, and advises all wage
wOrkmen to Join their trades unions or
Knights of Labor and present an un-
broken front denounces the abrupt
suspension of the senate investigation of,
the relations between capital and labor,
and says this action, coupled with later
proceedings, cOnvinces the board of di-
rectors of the insincerity and hollow
hypocrisy of the professions of major
ity of the senators.
/ The complete subjection of our Iegis
Iators to the money power was never
more clearly demonstrated than by the
recent tariff legislation of the Forty
seventh congre ess, which threatens to re-
suit in an immediate and distressing re-
duction Of wages in many great manu-
factories of tn e country. The attempt
will naturally lead to decrease and con-
sequent misery and want, and probably
riot and disorder will ensue, and the
blame will be sought as usual to be at
tached to the poor workmen, instead of
the gay and festive liars, bypocrits,
juggIers and public pIunderers who
basely abuse the powers reposed in
them by confding people.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17
IRON WORKERS.

The Chicago smelling works, which
were recently destroyed by fire, are
being rebuilt. 1t is thought that the
works will resume about May l, and will
employ a night and day shift" of 100
men each.
The Oxford Iron works, at BelVidere,
New Jersey, idle for some time past, have
been reopened by new company. The
works employ several hundred men.
The bar iron manufacturers of Penn
sylvania, are busy on small orders, and
live in hopes of a lively demand.
The Phoenix Iron works, Meadville,
Pennsylvania, which, lately had one
building destroyed by fire, are erecting a
new fire proof building about one-half
larger than the old one. They expect to
occupy it before the end of This month
The Chicago Malleable iron company
is, employing 700 men in Us works,
The Edgar Thomson Steel works at
BaddocE, Pennsylvania, have been run
ming short for quite a while, but con-
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17
Educate Agitate Organize !
The TatIOrs.

The misunderstanding between the
Tailors' Protective society Of this city
and the firm of Frank & Putnam, mer-
chant taiIors, has not yet been settled
The firm have E imported number of
tailors from other places to do their
work, but upon having the case fairly
presented to them by the society men,
have refused to go to work, and they
have been provided with places in other
shops. From the present outlook it ap-
pears that the strike will soon end, as
the proprietors will either have to come
to terms and pay the scale or close up
shop, they not being able to secure COM
petent men to do their work at present
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17

q 8 r.
cIuded contract with the Vandalia line
company for 10000 tons Of steel rails.
The works will be run at full capacity"
The Laclede rolling mill at st. Louis,
Missouri, has shut down owing to a dull
ness in trade. ".t -.
i The prospect for an early resumption
Of the steel mill at Joliet, Illinois, is not
fattering. - .. .
The Hubbard, Ohio, mill is again idle,
the proprietors claim owing to want OF
orders.
There seems to be some prospect, or
rather some hope, that the Union Iron
and Steel works, at Chicago, will soon
be startedup under the receiver recently
appointed by the courts.
A company was organized in Chicago
some months ago for the purpose OF
manufacturing turbular rails under the
patent issued to J. S. McKenny, and
they have bought the mills of the La
Grange Iron and Steel company, La
Grange, Missouri, which they propose
to put in operation Immediately.
The Newark, OHIO, Machine company
have resumed operations with 128 hands.
and will put on sixty or eighty more in
the next thirty days.
The pudding and plate mill depart
ments of Oliver Brothers & Philips,
Fifteenth street, Pittsburg, have started
up.
The Cumberland Nail and Iron works,
at Bridgeton, New Jersey, employ 400
hands and is busy.
Teeth extracted without pain go to
him; Dr. Drury, dentist, Opera House
block.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17

called for, that it would be "the opening
act in a political drama which might
end in the overthrow Of. the republic
and the establishment of a monarchy
more despotic than that Of GreLt Britain
against which we adrebelled." "Bank
paper must be suppressed he said, "and
the nation alone control the issue of
currency" Hamilton, the diametrical
opponent Of Jefferson, succeeded in get
ting the British h debt funding and bank
ing system fastened upon US, small at
the start, opposed and put down now
and then by Popular clamor," but al
ways coming to the front more powerful
and arrogant than before. It can now
confront the people by a manifesto of
capital from a single city, backed up by
a billion of dollars when the autocratic
right of monopoly to reign is in the
smallest degree threatened, For the
people to seek by legislation to undo
" hat previous legislation, however cor
rupt, has dol ne, is revolutionary" is
"Kearneyism,p p "Thurberism, "Repudia-
tion," more dangerous to the interests
of our great b usiness corporations than
a cholera epidemic to the health of the
communitv."
"To adapt these words of warming more
in keeping with American liberty: The
existence Of tn hese monstrous corporations
is perpetual danger to the health Of
the community not only, but to the life
Of the republic. They must be wiped
out. That is the sentiment that is every
where crystal izing. Monopoly must be
more than curtailed, more than con-
trolled. The spirit of monopoly must
by broken, and all usurped powers re-
stored to the people, or the republic will
die, and liberty, here established for the
enlightenment of all mankind, perish
from the face of the earth"
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17

day, and the men work ten hours. The
Eup-town workers were advised tojoin the
league and demand the same wages as
their brother workmen receive. If their
demand should be, refused and they
strike, the assistance Of the league is ten
dered to them. IT, >|N|.|
Sixty wire-draW e-s in the East Haven,
Connecticut, Wire-Drawing works, quit
work owing to a reduction Of 20 per cent
in their wages. ! . /. %/~+-
The Manufacturing oemakers' union
of New York City met recently at Mill Mill
tary hall to take immediate and active
steps in support Of the bills to abolish
contract labor in state pr isons. Other
trades attended. ..".. ."..
The spinners and weaVers recently on
strike at the Arlington cotton mills,
Wilmington, Delaware, have concluded
to 90 to work again at the reduced wages,
but with the assurance that an advance
would be made as soon as trade bright
ems up.
The packing box makers and sawyers
of New York and vicinity held mass
meeting recently, and were addressed in
English and German upon the necessity
of making a perfect organization and.
inducing non-union men to join them,
and thus make it possible for fixed
rate of wages to be decided upon and en-
forced.
A woman named Fegner, an import
ant nihilist, who was arraigned for the
murder of General Strelenkof, at Odessa
in 1882, has been arrested.
The existence of a branch of the
Black Hand society has been discovered
in the northern part of Portugal. Sew
eraI members have been arrested and
important papers secured. Troops have
been sent to the locality.
CabIegrams of Thursday state that
5000 weaVers in the Huddersfeld dis
trict have struck work, owing to a disa-
greement with the masters regarding
wages.
Several persons, suspected Of being
nihilists, have been captured on Vasii
Island.
Count De Chambord, in announcing
an address presented by 400 working
men of Lyons, said the republic was in
falIibly leading France to ruin.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17
HOME TESTIMONY.

P1TERLO. September 12.-In reference to
the efficacy of DR.. Hornes Acknowledgements
Belt, we have to say from personal eXPe-
rience: Two years since the editor of the
News" received slight stroke Of paralysis,
affSting the uIner nerve of the left hand and
arm. Ali the remedies known to the faculty
have en- tried In vain. lhreG days use o.
rad eIectrO-magic beIt-haB effected nearly
an entire cure. There is hardly the SIghtest
trace even of numDneSS left This TESTIMONY
is voluntary, and IS made without S0IlG1IIaI.on
from anyone. The editor of the News News
will be glad to give his experience to all WIZ
suffer similarly. Col. JOHN L. BAR1o"'
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17
Pitkin Endorses Them.

DR.. W. J. HORNE, Denver, Colorado.
Dear Sir:-My principal business III PitkiD
is mining, and many sufferfrom rheumatism.
A party N camp bought one OF your Electric
Belts III San Francisco some two years ago ::
he Ioanedtit to me, and it cured me OF 4 severe
case of rheumatism of many years standing.
Everybody in the camp knows had the rheI-
matiSm bad, and how [ was cured. Since
then nave sold several dozen Of your EleC-
tric BeItSitO the miners, many of whom can
not praise them too highly since they were
cured. Several of the miners want them
and will send you an order soon.
Yours truly, n. NJ. HIEsTAND,
PITKIN, Colorado, July 21, 1882
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17
FOR WORKINGMEN,
! hOlLleS l'l OlaC are Easily Reachea,
The Central Subdivision

Begins within two blocks of the rrion
depot, and embraces sonic of the choic-
est building sites about Denver.
Lots for sale at prices much lower
than those charged for lots three Or four
times as far away from the center of the
city. Terms: One-fourth cash, balance
l, 2 and 3 years, interests per cent per
annum, Or upon instalments of $IOto SIS
per month.
These lots, all of which have the ad-
vantage Of Holly water, lie withina few
minutes walk of the depots, hotels and
principal stores Of Denver. There is.
no necessity for either street cars Or
steam cal IS to reach them-a saving to.
the mechanic of from $50 to SIS per
year, to say nothing Of convenience.
They are within easy walking distance
of some off the largest toundries, machine
shops, round-houseS} mills, etc. In The
Central Subdivision there also a few
lots at the foot of Sixteenth street.
suitable for manufacturing sites, lumber
yards, machine shops, etc. The new
railways entering the city have bought
up all the ground in that part of Denver
except this portion of the com pany's
property. Apply at the office of The
Highland Park Company, 249 Sixteenth
street, rear of First National Bank.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17
Wipe Them Up.

The Irish World, in speaking of Gov
ernor CIeveland's veto Of the "5,cent fare
bill" which veto was induced by pc
tition of 1900 leading bankers of the me-
tropoIis, representing over $l,O0O,OO0,-
900 of capital" says:
Compare these opinions with the de-
ci8ion of Chief Justice Taney in the
case of Dred Scott. A Missouri state
court had given the former slave his
freedom and awarded him damages for
having been whipped by his reputed
master; but the chief justice ruled that
because under the constitution, slaves
were property, they continued to be
such regardless of any law congress
might pass, and that neither slaves nor
their descendants had or could have any
right to sue in court of the United
States.
There is little difference between the
one form of property and slavery sus-
tanned by Buchanan's administration
and the "vested rights" upheld to-day
undor the administration of Mr.. Arthur
There is no difference in the arrogance
of either kind of slave master. Capital
ism that exacts tribute from industry by
means of charters, bonds and stocks,
cannot exist except as master, and as
such must inevitably grow more am
bilious and mere insolent. 1t was thus
in regard to the southern slave power,
until taking the sword it perished by
the sword, and by a stroke of the pen
millions of property in man" was
wiped out of existence. And few there
be now, north or south, who do not
honor the leader Of the people who, to
save the union, confscated such property
and made "black" equal to "white" un-
der the constitution,
The battle of liberty was only begun
when CORVALLIS surrendered to Wash
ington at Yorktown. The patriot blood
shed in the Revolution was poured out
in behalf of liberty and equal rights" "
but no sooner was freedom from the
yoke of England Obtained than Ameri-
can Toryism, abash4d in the struggle,
came to the front in Epeace, and union
of states was formed in which north
and south, men and women, in defer
ence to conservative TorYism, we're held
as chattels 1t was "unexpedient" to
abolish the British inherit ance ofslavery.
But still the battle for freedom went on,
until when Lee surrendered to Grant at
Appomattox it was finally settled that
black labor should, like white labor, be
lifted to the level of wages But from
the beginning, while this great principle
of human equality and personal liberty
was being battfed for in politics, and at
last on the field of carnage another form
of slavery more insidious and more des-
potic-the banking and money monopoly
has been growing. Jefferson prophe-
sled, when the first bank charter was
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17
GLASSWORKERS.

The striking employees Of the Lane
and Woodwork glass roof works at
Youngstown, Ohio, have all gone to
Pittsburg. The superintendent of the
works resigned his position, and the
factory will not be started. until the
services of a new man are secured.
The fve-pot furnace at the factory of
Brox & Co., Port Jervis, New York, is
out. The men have doubled up on the
other furnace, thus dividing the work
until trade improves.
The factory at Brilliant, Ohio, is doing
well, and has it's share of what trade is
going.
The flint glass works at Sandwich,
Massachusetts, employs ffty-fye hands,
and is doing large business.
The tumbler factory at Steubenville,
Ohio, is doing large trade. The bottle
factory is running briskly.
The new plate glass works at Creigh-
ton, Pennsylvania, has three twelVe-pot
furnaces; and is now ready to make glass.
The glass factory at Toledo, Ohio,
seems to be one of the fixed facts now.
Three of the factories Of Whitall, Ia
tum & Co., Millville, New Jersey, have
shut down,
The window house of Jones & Town
send, MillvilIe, New Jersey, is to be i'm
mediately rebuilt.
The Homestead, Pennsylvania, factory
is on full time.
The glass factory at WelIsviIIe, Ohio,
is doing a fine business.
The Window Glass Workers associa-
ton of North America, are preparing q
bill to be presented at the coming session
of Congress, making it an Ofense punish
able bv fine. and imprisonment to import
anv glass workmen under contract to
work for certain wages for any length of
time.
The glass trade is reported very dull
throughout the country. No cut in
wages will be made at present,
but will be almost certain to follow the
summer shutdown.
Teeth extracted without pain; go to
him; DR.. Drury, dentist, Opera House
block.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Dayton lock works, Dayton, Ohio,
which is organized for the manufacture
of cabinet locks, will employ about go
hands to begin with.
The pay roll at the Meriden, Connec-
ticut, Britannia shop for October was
100000, the largest ever known.
Mr.. Parnell is said to be coming to
America to give full account of the way
in which the funds Of the Land League
we're expended,
The carpenters on the New Jersey and
New York railroad have struck for an
increase Of Sic. per day,
About 100 men struck last week at the
Pullman palace car shops, St. Louis. A
young Chinaman was put to work, and
the men looked upon this as the begin
ming of Chinese cheap labor, and left the
shop in a body.
1t is rumored in England that the Duke
of Argyll is about to publish a. reply to
Mr.. Henry Georges progress and Pow
ertY." The dook is the mon who estab-
lished scratching posts in Scotland.
Upwards of $4,000 children are en-
ployed in the mills and factories of Mass
achu8etts.
A crusade against high rents for ten
ement houses is being organized in
Chicago.
The shoe trade of San Francisco is in a
very deplorable condition. Three-fourths
of the men in the larger establishments
are idle. The want of rain, the intro
duction of labor-saving machinery, Chi
nese competition and an overStocked
market are the factors in the case. But
chief of all is the competition Of the
Mongolian. Hundreds Of Shoemakers
are out of work with starvation only
few weeks distant. 1t is time now to ask
what is to be done?
There is a strike at the Springfield,
Illinois, Iron and Steel company's mills.
caused principally by the company re-
quiring the men to wholly surrender
their liberty and enter into an agree
ment not to join or belong to any union.
Governor Cleveland has returned the
Tenement Cigar Bill' to the Legislature,
recommending certain changes. In the
title of the hill he recommends that the
word regulate" be changed to prohibit" :"
and in the text the word hereafter" to
be stricken out. The changes make the
bill stronger than it was before. The
Assembly has adopted the suggestions.
The senate has also approved it, and in
short time the governor will sign it.
The bill goes into effect October 1st
Hans Smith, a car driver in San Fran
cisco, out of work, committed suicide
Thurs sday last by shot through the
brain. He did it to escape starvation.
There are at present A local assem-
blies and about 81 trade and labor unions
in Cook county, Illinois, making total
of IS.
At Memorial hall, Ninth street and
Girard avenue, Philadelphia, was re-
Gently held a well-attended meeting of
marble and sandstone cutters. William
BOYLE presided and a.number Of stirring
speeches were made. 1t was explained
that in the southern section of the city,
where the cutters have formed league,
the workmen receive. $3.50 a DAY for nine
hours work. In the establishments
north of Market street, where there is no
union, the wages do not exceed $3.50 a
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17
LABOR NOTES.
MINERS,

Jones, road mine; on the Monongahela
river, near Monongahela City, Pennsyl-
yania, is running double, and many
work atlnights.
Coal mines at Diamond, Portage
county, Pennsylvania, are being steadily
operated. ..-*.
Rainey's coal works, Martins Ferry,
Ohio, employs about 100 miners.
THE mines at Elk Lick, Pennsylvania
are only running about one-fourth time
at present.
Work is still keeping very slack at
Dubois, Pennsylvania. All the young
men are being discharged, and the pros
poets are looking blue for the future.
Most of the pits at Monongahela City,
Pennsylvania, are preparing to com
mence operations, now that the matter
of price is settled.
Work is very dull at Courtney, Penn
sylvania just at present. Inc Courtney
mines are working little more than
half time.
Work at KnightsvilIe, Indiana, con-
tinues very dull some Of the banks are
running only half time and are over
crowded with men.
Work continues poor at Franklin
SQUARE, Ohio, like many other places.
The anthracite coal companies of
Pennsylvania, will resume their produc-
tions on full time
Teeth extracted without pain; 60 to
him DR.. Drury, dentist, Opera House
block.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17
Remarkable Cure After Suffering
Ten Years.

". J. HORNE, Electrician and Proprietor.
Dear Sir:-AbOut six months ago Thought
one of your famous Electric Belts, price $50.
| had been troubled for ten years with neT-
vOusneSS and geneaal debility, also sexual
exhaustion, and during the last year with in
famatiOn Of the bladder, which gave me great
pain and deied all medical skill, but | am
thankful to be able to say your wonderful
Electric Belt has cured me sound and well.
You can refer anyone to me on the subject.
Respectfully yours, GEORGE T. WEST,
With G. G. Hastings - Co., cIOthiers, corner
Montgomery and Sutter sts., S. F., JAN.
20, 1892 =
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17
This Electric Belt will Cure the FOIIOyvfToe
Diseases Without Medictne:

Pains in the back, hips, head or limbs,
nervous debility, lumbago, general debility,
rheumatism, paralysis, neuralgia, Scatica,
disease of kidneys, spinal diseases, torpid
ll.Ver, gouF, sexual exhaustion, seminal ennis
.sionS, asthma, heart disease, dyspepsia, con-
StipatiOn, erysipelaS, indigestion, sexual
dumb ague.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17
From a Denver Merchant.

Dear Sir:--Having suffered for several
years from IumbagO and kidney Diseases
without obtaining relief from medidine, /
can state that your Electric Belt has given
me immediate relief, and | can recommend
it to others afflicted likewise. Yours respect
fully, THOMAS HEWIS0S, Eo I@96, GROCER
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17
w. J. Horne,

Inventors Proprietor and ManulaoIul0 "a
702 Market street, San Francesca
California
Denver Office, $40 Arapahoe street. i, y h0h0
all are invited to write or CALI p.
,THEO. EIAsWELI., General Agent ZOE
Colorado, New Mexico and WyonAIh1llS' :
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17
Educate! Agitate Organize!
Mitchell Guards Br&l.

The tenth annual ball Of the Mitchell
Guards was given at East Turner hall
last (Friday) evening. At the time of
going to press we were unable to give
amy particulars, but in the face of the
extensive preparations and great interest
manifested we feel assured it was grand
The committee have our thanks
for courtesies. Long live the MitchelIs.
* The Rams bore mine, seventy-fye
miles north Of Haley, produced 100000
ounces silver in 1882, at total expense
of 100000. Til he great Ramshore vein
has been traced seven miles, and has
some twenty other valuable claims up
on it. e.. Y e..
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-17

Lamberts' Chop House, open from 6 a.
m. to 12I p. m, 247 Seventeenth street
Jack & Ellen Lambert, proprfetors.