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The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

THE "Old Man" of Our Organette Hys
all to pieces in his last issue and calls us
hard names, besides prophesyiDg evil
things for cur paper. 1t only amuSes us.
We didn't say the editor0?) of Our Organ
cite ever favored sub lists; but we do
say he not only favored the men who
assailed theogentIeman who tried to wipe
out the curse at St, Louis, but aided and
abetted the nefarious scheme with power
full one-line editorials and nine-line
heads. Your memory may be d little Off
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03
Pitkin Endorses Them,

DIR, W. J. HORNE, Denver, Colorado.
Dear Sir:-My principal business in Pitkin
is mining, and many suffer from rheumatism,
A party in camp bought one of your Electric
be % loaned an I to H4 me and iT It cured T1 f severe we're
case of rheumatism of many years standing.
Everybody in the camp knows | had the rheU-
matiSm bad, and how | was cured. Since
then have sold several dozen of your EIec-
trio Belts to 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. HTEsTAND, }
PITKIN, Colorado, July q, 1852.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

ORDINANCES creating the Seventh and
Eighth. wards of Denver were intro
duced in tha city council Thursday
evening. The First ward win be divided
to provide territory for: the Seventh, and
the Eighth will be taken fro ON the Fifth,
If the ordinances are approved four ad-
ditionaI aldermen will have to be elected
April 3, making a total often. How
many Of these shall be chosen from the
ranks of upright citizens, and how many
from the gang Of thieving politicians
and chronic ofice-seekers
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

"IT is estimated that thirty per cent of
the Dartmouth college graduates are
skeptics, This may account for some of
the eccentric efforts at journalism in
certain portions of Colorado, denver
Tribune. The average graduate believes
that he has learned all there is to be
known and vainly imagines tat there
is nothing beyond him. But when the
cruel world shall have brushed his cob
web theories away be will find that there
are realities in this life of which he had
never dreamed.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

Tile New York Voice Of the People
will shortly launch its daily The sub
scription books will contain 10000
names from the start Denver work
ingmen please take notice. The Voice
is an uncombromising foe to monopolies,
and receives its support entirely from
workingmen. We congratulate the
wage-workers of New York on their
success in building up an organ devoted
to their interests.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03
HOME TESTIMONY.

, PUEBLO, September 12.-In reference TO
the efficacy of DR.. HOrne's acknowledgement
Belt we have to say from a personal eeHPe
rience: Two years since the editor OF IN; IH7
affecting the nneT nerve % Of a'eS the left 6and
arm. All the remedies known to the tacult!
have en- tried in vain. Three days use Q;
DR.. Horne's electromagnetic beIt-it ougnI,l,
read eIectro-magic beIt-ha8 effected near!
an entire cure. There is hardly tile sIigllteS2.,
trace even Of numbneSS left. This testlntt2?nni5
is voluntary, and is. made without SoIiCltal!o,";
from anyone. The editor Of the "Ae|5S
will be glad to give his experience to all WV
suffer similarly. Con- JOIN L. BAEION,
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03
UNION PRINTERS.

Considerable discussion took place in
the United States senate one day last
week concerning the printers employed
in the government printing office, at
Washington, and the malicious, con-
temptibIe spite displayed by some Of the
senators was only equalled by the stupid
ignorance of some others. Messrs. Hale
and Plumb were particularly conspicuous
in their opposition to the idea that a
class of artisans hayea right to protect
themselves by organization, and the
former thought steps ought to be taken
to "ruthleS8Iy weed out the office all who
belong to this association Everybody
knows what's the matter with Plumb,
1t is a clear case of ''Sour plumOs." He
tried once to work a backwoodsman
from Kansas into the public printing
office; but upon examination the fellow
proved to be such an incompetent ignor-
anus that he was rejected. We suppose
Senator Plumb is of the opinion that it
requires brains and experience only to
be a senator, and that anybody can be
>printer if he only has the backing of the
delegation from his district. Well, the
fruits of the standard sof excellence in
typography put up by the Typographical
union is a little in advance Of green
cages.
Senator Voorhees, laughed at the folly
of the "shadow-fghters and proclaimed
the right of the printers or any other
class Of workingmen to associate them
selves together for mutual protection
and advancement. Mr.. Voorhees,
deserves the thanks of every union man
in the country for his sensible defense
Of their rights, and inuumerabIe votes of
thanks have been te4egraphedthim.
Senator Conger drove the nail home
when he said he did not understand
that printers belonging to the union had
undertaken to control or dictate to the
public printer in any other way than by
saying that if he employed persons who
are wiling to work below d certain rate
Of wages they did not desire to employed
with such persons. This the printers
had right to do, and their association
I was good for themselves and the COM
munity at large" The printers union
does not dictate to employers who shall
do their work, but does say what rate Of
wages they will not work below, and
who are competent and eligible to men,
ber8hip in the union. There is not an
experienced unbiased publisher in the
country but will say the work of union
men is 200. per cent superior to that of
rats We cite the recent work done
for the state Of Colorado by the Times, a
rat roost.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

THE Typographical union meets to-
morrow. One of the most important
questions to be brought before the body
IS that Of admitting females to member
ship. 1t is to be hoped this question will
be settled as it should be-by allowing
womensthe same rights and privileges
granted the stronger sex, when they can
satisfactorily pass an examination as to
their competency.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03
Remarkable Cure After Suffering
Ten Years.

". J, HORNE, Electrician and Proprietor.
Dear Sir:-AbOut six months ago l bought
one of your famous Electric Belts, price $20
[ had been troubled for ten years with ner-
YOuSnGSs and geneaaI debility, also sexual
exhaustion, and during the last year with in
fiamatiOn Of the bladder, which gave me- great
pain and deied all medical skill, but | am
thankful to be able to say your WOnderfu
Electric Belt has cured me sound and we'll.
You can refer anyone to me on the subject.
Respectfully yours, GEORGE T. WEST,
With c. c. Hastings = Co., clothiers, corner
Montgomery and Sutter stS S. F., Jan.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

AT meeting of the New York City
Labor Lyceum, last Sunday evening, an
able address was delivered by Professor
George Vaughan, taking for his theme,
"The coming War in America" In
discussing the impurity Of the ballot
and corrupt action of public officials,
the speaker said "The ballot is now
only plaything to amuse the SWindled
toilers and deceive them into believing
that all the infamous laws and the horde
of thieving public officials are the crea-
lures of the workingmen's votes, and
that they have no one to blame but
themselves. Verify imagination rules
the world There will soon be a rude
awakening from all these visions. There
is a real freemaSonry Of suffering, for
zone touch of nature makes the whole
world kin" There is no higher law
than that Of necessity. When the day
Of awakening arrives woe be unto those
who have become wealthy by specializing
upon the necessities Of others. Already
the forces are organizing for the conflict.
Already has the shout of "the land for
the people" echoed round the world,
and Iandlordism is trembling like an
aCnpD loaf"
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03
THE CITY CAMPAIGN.

Inabout five weeks the polls will be
opened for the election of a full set of
: city officials and a councilman from each
of the six wards in the city, There will
be hard fighting and skilmi6hing along
the line has already commenced in good
earnest, This election will be more ex-
citing than any ever before held in the
city. There are several strong reasons
for this belief, among which is the fact
that according to the provisions of the
new city charter twovery important and
good-paying Offices have been created
and added to the list of soft situa-
tions; another is, that the democratic
party will probably not place straight
party ticket in the field, but its leaders
will attempt the defeat of their rival by
masquerading with "CuIzens' Ticket :"
and, greater than all, the wogkingmen
will enter the arena for the righteous
purpose of attempting to cleanse the city
government.
It5i8 undeniabIe that when any com
munity is Frustrated and public conf
dence withheld, through the thievery
of oticiaIs-or any other cause.-the
burden rests heavier on the people, the
daily toilerS, than upon any other class
If confidence be destroyed in a cityS
future prosperity and enterprises be
suspended or forced to depart those who
earn their living by their labor, and are
tied down to the locality by the thongs
Of poverty and by the presence of help
less families, we say, are the greatest
sufferers. Merchants, too, share in the
general woe and their business suffers :;
but the wage slave is he who has to COM
bat the gaunt wolf; want and misery
sit not 80 sociably at the hearth of
others, as at the wage-slave's, though
there is only ashes on the hearthstone.
All the foregoing facts are too well
known for repeating to be necessary
but there are some among the mass of
toi.ers-men who have experienced just
such scenes as we have painted--who,
in times of comparative prosperity, be-
come careless and forget that such DAYS
may come again. Hard times are not
tabooed misery and suffering are omni-
present and long-EEed; Because YOU
and yours are fed aud clothed to-day,
man, do not forget that millions of>your
fellow creatures are in want, and that no
man can tell what moment he will 90 to
swell that aching miserable throng.
The cure for the present and the pre-
ventive for the future rests with you,
fellow-workers, By proper legislation
and honest administration you can have
your just share of the ease and, comfort
your labor creates, In your hands lies
the power to select honest legislators,
and faithful administrators. You must
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

THE San Francisco Truth publishes a
long list Of labor papers, those afiIiating
with labor and those friendly to the
cause. The last Sub-head in the column
is, "JournaIs Pretending to be Friendly
to Labor" The only journal scIassed
under this head is the Labor World, Of
Philadelphia This is strange, but then,
"Truth is always strange"
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

COLONEL \. G, FERGUSON is promi-
nentIy spoken of as a candidate for the
new Office of police Judge. We have
known Colonel Ferguson since we were
very small boy, and know no man we
could more cheerfully support for the
position. He is thoroughly qualified to
perform the duties of police judge lthe
act creating the office 8tipulating that he
be a lawyer of not less than four years
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

WE can stand it to be spoken Of as the
Denver Labor Engineer" but when
they call us the tabor Enquirer" we
must enter our solemn protest. If some
of those who clip from us pay as little
attention to the articles they copy as they
do to the headline Of the paper, we
fear there is small cause for US to feel
complimented We received a paper
,the other day directed to the Labor
Opera House" Take it slow, gentlemen,
Lots of time. We would like frst-rate
to bea good Engineer" and wouldn't
mind being an S80OOOO opera house, but
the Tabor joke don't suit us.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03
Our Agents.

The following named gentlemen are agents
for THE ENQUIRER in their respective To-
calities, and are authorized to receive sub
scriptionS and give receipts.
Edward Kyle, Williamsburg.
William Howell, ROckyale.
David John, Coal Creek.
". S. Jones, Oro Lake county.
George WallaeSa, 11O17 West Chestnut
Leadville.
L. Mcbride LapOrte, Weld county.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

THE chances Of NIcPhilomy for sue
cess in the Sixth ward aldermanic race
are enhanced every day. A large num-
Der Of gentlemen are zealOusIy adVocat-
ing the cause of the poor mans candi-
date, and while the gentleman himself
rather modest in the. canvass, his friends
are hard at work.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

W. H. MORROW is canvassing the city
for subscriptions for this paper and we
hope he will be favorabIy received by
the worlingmen. Mr.. Morrow is man
of integrity and thorough gentlemen
and if properly encouraged and aided by
you will prove invaluable in building up
your paper. Let those who are inter-
ested in the cause take a little trouble in
introducing and otherwise aiding the
agent, and THE ENQUIRER subscription
list will shortly lead all others in The
state, and the only journal in Colorado
devoted to the cause of the wage slave
be found at the freside of every family
in whose interests it is Iaboring.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

SENATOR TABOR was united in matri-
mony to Mrs. Elizabeth McCourt, of
Wisconsin, on the first instant. One of
the presents from the groom to the bride
was a diamond necklace, valued at $75,-
600. They come high lSenatorships and
wives, but he must have them.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03
This Electric Belt will Cure the Following
Diseases without Medicine:

Pains in the back, hips, head or limbs,
nervous debility lumbagO, general debility,
rheumatism, paralysis, neuralgia, sciatica,
disease of kidneys, spinal diseases, tOrpiu
liver, gOut, sexual exhaustion, seminal ennis
stipation erysipeIaS, indigestion, sexual
weakness, impotency, catarrh, piles, epilepsy,
dumb agUe.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03
aspen leaf.

OUR missing agent has not been To-
Gated yet. We have learned, however,
that in the two or three days that he
devoted to canvassing he secured be-
tween fifty and one hundred subscribers.
A great many have reported at the office
and will receive the paper for the time
paid, but we are satisfied there are yet
many whose names and addresses are
not in our poSses8ioh Anyone holding
a receipt, or knowing of anyone who
subscribed for the Uaper through 7. NJ.
johnson, will confer favor by sending
the name and address to us, We want
to furnish the paper to all those who
have subscribed for it, In this connec-
ton we desire to warn the public gener-
ally, and publishers particularly against
one T. VI. JOHNSON. He is a smooth
taIker and possesses some shrewd \busi-
ness qualities, but won't do to trust as
far as one can throw a bull by the tail.
Pass him around.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03
w. J. Horne,

Inventor, Proprietor and Manufacturer
702 Market street, San FranfISco'
California. ,-,
Denver Office, $40 Arapahoe street. "ns''
all are invited to write or call;
THEO. HAsWELL, General Agent "
Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

THE LABOR ENQUIRER is published every
Saturday. 1t will be devoted to the discus
sion of all subjects which tend TO educate,
elevate and advance the laborlng classes.
Politically, it will support only the friends
of labor.
Subscription rates, $1.5O, in advance.
All communications must be addressed to
The LABOR ENQUIRER, 37O Larimer Street,
Denver, Colorado.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03
From a Denver Merchant.
DIR. w, J, HORNE.

Dear Sir:IHaving suffered for seyera.
years from IumbagO and kidney diseases,
without obtaining relief from nedidine, !
can state that your Electric Belt has given
it to others afflicted likewise. Yours respect
fully, THOMAS HEwISON, Grocer
DENVER, COI0, August %, 1882
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

LET the workingmen OF the city be on
the alert. See that only honest men are
elected in April. In your hands lies the
power to put the proper men at the head
of the city goyernmen and if you don't
do so, you will be guilty of the crime
Of smcidaI NEGLECT.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

A st. Louis dispatch Of February -,
says: For some time past much dissatis-
faction has existed among the engineers
on the Wabash railroad in regard to
their pay, especially for delays and over
time, and several members of the griey-
ance committee Of the engineers organi-
zation have. boen here for some days
past to see if a new schedule could not
be arranged with Colonel Andrews, the
general superintendent OF the Wabash
system. The consultations have been
held with that official, but no satisfactory
result was reached, and the committee
have sent for P. NJ. Arthur, grand chief
Of the Brotherhood of Engineers, to aid
them in procuring new arrangement of
wages
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

WE understand Mr., Z. c. Bradford, of
the Union Pacific shops, is being urged
for alderman in the fifth ward. Mr..
Bradford has a large number of friends
among the workingmen of his ward, and
will be heartily supported by them.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

is man Of honor and has al
ways been the friend of the working
man, being anything but rich in worldly
goods himselfs \ -.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

Lamberts' Chop House, open from a.
m. to - p. m, 247 Seventeenth street,
Jack & Ellen Lambert, proprietors.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03
ORGANIzE for the April election.
Consistency.

The Labor Gazette don't use any
patent "outsides" or "insides," or "stereo-
type plates" or any other swindIing
contrivances resQrted to by rat news
papers to impress the public with the
idea that they print large amount of
reading matter Every line in this
paper is set UP for it."-Dayton Gazette.
That's us, too.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03

Entered at the Denver poStottce as second
class matter
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-03
ORGANIZE for the April election.

KEEP your eye on the ward bummers.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-28
Laurel Fork Il Sand Hill Railroad.

W. Va. transportation Co., lessee.
VOLCANO, w. Va, May 81, 1880.
Ofollows:
No. leaves Volcano at 9:l5am, connecting
with Express mail West.
No. leaves Laurel Fork Junction at 10: l5am,
No. leaves Volcano at pm, connecting
with Express mail East.
No. leaves Laurel Fork June. at 6:l5pm.
Extra.-Monday mornings only. Leaves
Volcano at 40am. Leaves l.. +. Junction at
S:25am.
No. 2will wait so minutes for delayed Ex-
press from the East.
No. viii wait hour for deayed Express
from the West.
NJ. &C. CHURCH, Secretary.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-28
he 'Leven of the Senate.

THAT the action of the Ito be-
t;storical eleven members of the
c.nate. will learen the whole lump
4 West Virginia politics, there
an he no room for doubt.
While before, there has been a
,neral dissatisfaction on the part
1.-THE people with their represen-
t,tives who dallied with their wish
9 and delayed their hopes, this
hidden and unexpected finging
hack of their prayers into their
f,oes, will undoubted foment a
righteous indignation that will
rise in general revolt against all
,ineserying politicians, and throw
tbem aside as unreliable and un-
worthy.
If this shall be the result, the
Dccasion and the time will not
have been without due compensa-
lion.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-28
Card of Thanks.

We have never seen a more ap-
|propriate card of thanks, than the
|bllowing clipped from the Point
Pleasant Register. The only wonder
is that in our modern civilization
that there would seem to be spec
| al occasion for thanks to public of
fcers for not inficting an Internal
plague on quiet and happy com
munity. But they are thankful,
and thus express their thanks;
eve, the undersigned citizens of
Hannah district, Mason county,
West Virginia, take this method
Of expressing our heartfelt thanks
to the Commissioners of Mason
county for refusing to grant IL
cense to sell ardent spirits in said
county. They have the good will
|Of all the moral element of this
part of the county by their act.
A. Cobb, John Wesley Cobb,
D. Il. Shelf, III. Daigh,
=. Starkey, G. A. Vaughan, jr.,
Il. Daigh, Augustus Young,
James Sharp, J. NJ. Waugh,
|Thos. hilbert, A. L. Scott,
A. Hunter, George Young,
John Sharp, M. F. Blazer,
J. W. Starkey, George A. Henry,
W. Hayman, w. T. Barker,
J. W. George, E. T. Hereford,
T Blazer, VIM. McVickel,
!, G. Buckle, G. W. Buckle,
4. Brown, 7. Holloway,
G. H. Wells.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-28
California.

Speaking Of the pressing Of the
cause Of Temperance before the
California Legislature, the Rescue
says:
The petitions against the repeal
Of the Sunday law and asking for
Local Option and the Constitutions
al Amendments received some
'i !. signatures, so far as reported.
VI these 5000 were voters. The
petitions after presentation to the
legislature were referred to the AS
Ssem6ly Committee on Morals. The
1000 y Templar Committee who had
. u matter in charge, obtained
nearing before the Committee on
Morals, Rev. George Morris pre-
ented the case in brief address
ana ! was followed by Grand Chief
l,emplar Winchester, in valu-
4ole address. Mrs. E. P. Stevens,
our =, W. V. T., then made most
( EaChetlc appeal which it is be-
IeVed could not but touch the
aearts of all present. 1t brought
.H SarS to many eyes. Rev. DR..
p"lnell of Sacramento, summed
up the case in brief but strong and
slean words, exhorting the COM
allttee to take their stand in this
a ana all such cases on the side Of
Sl8ht, truth aud humanity.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-28

DROWNED AT HoME.-As one of
the many sad incidents of the floods
is the following from the Marietta
Times: Gan old lady named Groves,
who lived alone in house on Scam
mel street near Third, was found
lying dead in the water in lower
room in her house Thursday after
noon.-She must have fallen in the
water, and from cold and weakness
was unable to get up, as the water
In the room was not over two feet
deep"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-28
West Va. University.

TIC New SesSIOh EBtgInN SepItEfADer
9Th. 1882. Ten Separate Schools. inc1ud-
ing School of History and School of English
Full courses in Law and Medicine extending
throughout the session. Enlarged facilities
Agriculture; completely equipped chemical
labratory. Thorough courses inAncient and
Modern Languages and Literature Text
books at cost. Necessary expenses not over
SI75. For catalogues and other information
address W. l.. WILSON, President
Morgantown, w. Va.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-28
Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad.

IN effect November u, 1889. The Quickest
l. Time and Fewest Changes, to ali points
West and Northwest.
The popular line to st. Louis, Chicago, Om-
aha and Kansas City.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-28
Freeman Free.

:. all Ministers, the FREEMAN viii be sent
., 40 year, in advance. Better still-to
Minister sending $500 with the names of
..oor1v subscribers, the FREEMAN will
.ont. free, for one year.
..,,o. 7er7as-Sl.50 a year-same rate for
.+or time. Address,
FREEMAN. Parkersburg, w. Va.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-28

Stop on signal.
Nos. and and No. Q east of Chillicothe,
stop at all stations.
Train 80 will carry passengers be-
tween Chillicothe and Parkersburg.
Trains Ncs. 80 and 30 will carry passengers
between Athens and Chillicothc.
Trains Nos. and have Palace cars 10
Cincinnati and st. Louis without change.
Trann No. 0has Palace Cars to Cincinnati.
No trains on Hillsaor3 or Portsmouth
branches on Sunday
THos. p BARRY, Genl Pass. & Ticket Ag't.
j. Il. ROSE, NJ. Oft.
JOHN ADAIR, Agent.