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lowing facts: The company has had in
contemplation for some time the adop-
ton of new rules for the management Of
it's business. The committee having the
matter in charge has been holding meet
ings every week for the past three
months, and have finally made their re-
port which has been adopted by the
company. One of the most important
rules in the new code is that determining
the hours Of duty and the manner Of
paying for extra service, the settlement
of which question has been heretofore
left largely with the supernten-
dents of the company, whose practice
has varied according to the requirements
of the business affected by the accumula-
ton and 9th er considerations. The fol-
lowing is the rule adopted at all indie
pendent Western Union offices which
may be required to keep open all day
Sunday: Nine hours actual service in
the day, six days in the week, and seven
hours actual service at night, seven
nightSln the week, will contitute days
work. All service in excess of the above
named hours! including Sunday, will
be regarded as extra and be paid for at
the regular salary rate on the basis Of
seven hours to day. The above order
was issued to-day and is interpreted BY
some of the operators as having been
forced from the company by the fact
that the Brotherhood of Telegraphers
had demanded certain concessions and
threatened a general strike unless their
demands were at once complied with.
The. officers of the company state that
no demands have been made upon them
of the kind indicated and that it was
necessary to issue the present order now
because its operation affected accounts OF
the company for the current month. 1t.
was intended to have the new rules take
effect at the beginning of the company's
fiscal year,.July ! I. but the printing ofthe
rules has been delayed unavoidably un-
til this time, &.
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The Trades Assembly,.

The regular meeting of the Trades
Assembly was held in Justice Crotty's
court room on last Sunday afternoon.
The meeting was we'll attended, there
being present full delegations from
almost all the various trades unions of
the city. The election of officers for
the ensuing six months resulted as fol-
lows:
PRESIDENT. R. Buchanan. s~e.-. 4
Vice -President--R. L. Jacobs. (.
Reading and Corresponding Secre-
tary-C. L. Merritt. 49, H. III 1 j
Financial secretary-Thomas Hanlin.
TreasureS-Stephen Vinot. -
/. Sergeant-at-Arms-O, /. Smith. r.,
I Trustees-L. Smith. g. Matthasey, HI.
A. Duff. T TN
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THEY DON'T LIKE THEM.

It grieves us to think that the people
in the neighborhood of Mott street New
York, should be forcedto discover, that
somehow the Chinese colony planted
there is not in all respects a welcome
addition. Our eastern friends who have
been yearning to convert "the little
brown man." should not so soon begin
to grow weary in their missionary efforts,
We respectfully suggest to the chief of
the New York police to send over to
Massachusetts, for Hoar and Dawes for
advice Those gentlemen in the senate
have over and over demonstrated that it
was for the chief good of the United
States that the Chinese should come and
occupy this land of the free. Send for
the gentlemen and see what they will
prescibe for the dreadful disease. Pro-
fessor Summer of Yale might also be
sent for He is free trader. He takes
the ground that no man is entitled to
anything that he does not buy or earn,
and that whatever he can get is his re-
gardless of his neighbors. We suggest
to the press Of New York, particularly
the G Commercial Advertiser, to examine
their books and try to discover how
much their patronage has Increased on
Mott street since the location of the
Chinese there We suggest that an invi-
tation be given the editors who have at
long range discussed the Chinese prob
lem so ably, to visit that street; the
opium dens the sinks of awful prostitu-
Ftion the gaming hells; the leprosy pits,
the unspeakable and indescribable
haunts of infamy, misery, contagisn and
filth the uncovering of the gathered
vices of forty centuries, with their
odors and their shame. Let them reflect
then what the probable effects of all this
is going to be upon their city let them
further understand that what they see is
but foretaste of what they may expect,
and then ask them to so to their sanct-
ums and favor the world with lofty dis
cussions of the baseness of the west and
the cowardice of the people who have
had the unblushing impudence to protest
against the futher coming ofa race which
is at once industrious and willing to
work cheaply. Nothing meaner was
ever manifested by the people of the
east; nothing more ignorant, arrogant
and shameful, than the way they met
the petitions of the west for a relief from
the Chinese evil. Now let them work
at the problem. Except for the poor
whites of New York we would favor send
ing Chinese there until, as in San Fran
cisco, thev numbered quite one-eighth
of the population. By that time there
would be ample opportunity for eastern
philathropists to learn the needed lesson,
that some rights are due the American
people, and that philanthrophy itself
may, when misdirected, become an en-
CINE of crulty. Salt Lake Tribune.
It is to be hoped that Miss Fielde, the
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which keep them in poverty and misery
that while living in this land of plenty
our poor are nevertheless driven to the
most abject poverty, to laziness, theft,
debauchery and to self-destruction
filling our prisons and our hospitals, and
forcing them to an untimely grave.
Trusting, therefore, that the united
effort of our charitable societies will
enable us to soon discover and immedi.
ately eradicate the gnawing rodent, ]
remain, Very respectfully,
STEPHEN VINoT,
Sec'y st. Vincent de Paul society.
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A NEW system has gone into effect in
the New York offices of the Western
Union Telegraph company. The
operators now work nine hours by day
light six days per week, or seven hours
per night seven days per week. All
additional time put in is to be regarded
as extra, and paid for at the regular sal
ary rate on the basis of seven hours per
day. The company state that this action
was not brought about by any action OF
the Operators union, but was done by
them (the company of their own free
will and accord. This assertion will
hardly wash.
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II
great Chinese proselyte, who lately came
here from China, will ponder well over
the above facts, that ale may discover
an ample but desolate field wherein she
can better the condition of her less fa-
vored American sisters, ever imposed
and trampled upon by that destructive
element, which forcibly drives them to q
life of shame, into idleness, sickness,
despair and life of shame.
Miss Fielde, like all other preachers
in China, knows well that without the
American family blood (money) they
fail to Christianize the so-called heathens,
and without which even their own lives
are in danger. Did any one ever think
for an instant that if required European
money to Christianize this great and
charitable people !? And yet Miss
Fielde's mission here seems wholly de-
voted to the bleeding Of the American
nation to the extent of many hundreds
of dollars, thereby impoverishing our
little ones in order to buy Chinese female
infants, with a view to Christianizinsg
them, and allowing them tostill remain
subjecu to China. The idea is prepos-
telous. If Miss Fielde will kindly OBJ.
serve her present surroundings she will
notice that she lis still preaching in
China s#gN,s 4 Ell $s5 t#aFs 5tF4a
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To StOrckeepers.

No one should feel more interested in
having labor we'll paid than the store
keeper. Every raise of wages brings
trade to his door, every cut-down drives
trade away. Give the working classes
plenty to do and sufficient pay to allow
them more than mere subsistence, and
they will buy carpets, and curtains, and
pictures anb books, and will occasion
ally visit the theater. Delicacies will
appear upon their table, and new sets of
of crockery will take the place of odd
plates and cups.
But let "hard times" and cut-downs
come, and note the difference. The
stores are deserted many retailers fail,
dragging down with them the wholesale
houses; failure follows failure; the
banks refuse to loan an army of tramps
wanders through the country; gloom
and wretchedness and despair settle
down on the country; vice and crime
increase suicides and incendiarism are
of daily occurrence; faith in both God
and man is shaken and dishonor and
shame faunt their features in our
streets.
Unions and assemblies have for their
object, what? Simply the abolition of
"hard times" by giving every one the
full results of their labor. Trade is only
an exchange of products. If all receive
for their wages the full value of their
toll, they could exchange for an equal
amount of each others products, Con-
sequently there could never be "over-
production" and the merchant would
never have his shelves loaded with
goods no one could buy. There never
was such thing as "over-production."
1t is under-production that causes the
trouble. If man makes three chairs
and receives for pay the value of only
one, he can buy the value Of but one
If the shoemaker makes three pairs OF
SnOeS duu Ouly ISCelFeS lOf LIS ldDOr LQe
value of one, he can buy the value OF
but one pair The consequence is that
two chairs and two pairs of shoes are
"oyer-produced," glutted morket fol-
lows production is restricted, and all
the horrors above depicted follow. II
the pay of the chairmaker, ,andthe shoe
maker had been for full seryicb rem
dered, the shoemaker could have bought
other things to the value of at least two
pairs of shoes, aud the chairmaker could
have purchased articles to the value of
at least two chairs; and the. other chair
and other pair of shoes would have been
purchased by the middleman-the mer-
chant-who is as necessary as the chair
maker or the shoemaker, providing the
number is not out of proportion, as it
certainly now is. " ~ - r.E /
We repeat, therefore, that the store
keepers are interested, above all others,
in having labor well paid. To them it
means quick sales, sure pay, and the
freedom from fear of failure.-Labor
Standard.
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New Misnts.

We, buy large number o. the above
as well as partly worn suits for ladies'
gentlemen and children. While we
greatly prefer to buy garments that need
no repairs, we. nevertheless, do buy old
,style silks. suitable to remodel, also
mems garments of good material, style
and make, worth repairing we am W
buy what the people want ana VIII 0u'
Eof us. Trash we do not "an' AZ al,
nrice. IT is generally conceded that the
LARGEST and best assortment of new mis-
fts and narrtlv rtl worn suits and garments
roav he fonnd at Gleason's, 3O5 Fifteenth
at,sot as we deal exclusively in thai
s,,s of GOODS. and our stock will bear
.lass s ation = please call on us if you de-
sira .nsp ~ bnv or sell or merely see vhatWe
have.
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This fellow Kearney first came TO be
noticed on the Pacific coast shortly be-
fore the Chinese troubles Of 1877. There
were, il is safe to say, five Thousand
workingmen in the city of San Francisco
at that time who were infinitely his
superiors as to intellect, and whose
knowledge of the situation was as
far above his as is the light of the sun
above that of an old-fashioned "tallow
dip" But, by the exercise Of the only
gift which nature had bestowed upon
him, TO wit, his rare, his sublime, his
unparalleled gall, he forced himself to
the front, and by the use of a few par
ticularly strong sentences which he had
managed to put together and commit to
memory, and by styling himself the
peoples saviour and the workingmen's
God, and other equally profane and
senseless claims, he did for q time enjoy
a considerable degree of popularity iH
his own state. But he was not satisfied
with this. He must 60 east, and cleo
trify the natives with the power of his
wonderful eloquence and the great
depth of his reasoning. Alas! poor
Denis 1t wouldn't work. He found
that 50 far from the people going wild
over their pseudo champion, as he had
fondly hoped, he was made an Object of
pity and ridicule wherever he went. He
stood itfora a short time, and then turned
his back in disgust upon the east and its
unappreciative population, and returned
to California Since then he has figured
very little in public life, and has accom-
plished no,hing when he has appeared.
Even the popularity he once enjoyed on
the Pacific coast is gone, as is made
apparent by the fact that after his depar-
ture for Chicago to attend the late
conference, the workingmen's represen-
tatives in San Francisco met and passed
resolution branding him as an inter-
loper in endeavoring to folst himself
upon the anti-monopolists as the dele
gate from California. .-.a :
There is nothing in this fellow Kear-
ney, either morally, politically or intel
lectually. He is simply an ignorant,
|low-fung, noisy, blatant, 4impudent
blackguard, and that the utterances of
such an arrant ignoramus should be sent
broadcast over the country is as disgust
ing as it is idiotic. .--. .. -a@
Why, if trap were set on any corner
in Denver, and one hundred men we're
caught every hour for ten days, and it
we're discovered that any one of the
men so caught did not have more sound
sense, more principle, and more man
hood in each and every ounce of his
weight than would be found contained
in five tons of Denis Kearneys, that man
should first be placed on free public
exhibition for about two days, and then
given twelve hours to get out of the
state. #
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DYNAM1rE is quoted to-day at 46sc
THE CONFERENCE.

For the past three months the. most
important topic of conversation among
laboring men has been the anti-monopoly
conference of July 4 at Chicago. The
conference is now. a thing of the past,
and its actions are matters of record.
That any great good will come out Of its
deliberations l am not prepared TO
pledge; but, that an opportunity is Of
fered the people through what was
accomplished, to overcome the greatest
of all the gre eat evils that oppress them,
is beyond question.
1t is an utter impossibility to please
everyone in platform, and, therefore, it
is not presumable that the declaration of
principles adopted at Chicago will be
embraced by every age-slaye in the
country as the nucleus of their freedom.
But if the people will stand by the
action Of the majority Of their represen-
tatives at Chicago, there is no question
in my mind that the end which ali
desire will be reached, and that the
notifications necessary to the general
welfare will be made in. due time. |
could not be honest and declare that
was wholly pleased with the action
taken and the principles, entire, adopted
by. the gentlemen, but 1 am willing to
abide by the will of the majority, and |
pledge my humble support and that of
The ENQUIRER to the carrying out of the
general ideas embodied in the platform.
The greenbackers and the nationalists
are profuse in their objections (Which
take the form of abusive tirades) to
everything done at Chicago. l mean
the organs which claim to represent
those two great bodies OF reformers.
But that was to be expected, and was
what we all looked for, no matter what
the convention might see fit to do. How
ever, their opinion does not amount to a
pinch of snuff, and their influence is too
diminutive to consider. IL e. i
If the movement inaugurated at
Chicago on the Fourth of July has
merit in it, it will eliminate in thorough
success, regardless of what may be
thought or said by the eranks and croak-
ers; and as evidence that the movement
is entitled to success l respectfully refer
you to the platform published in an
other part of this paper.
Let there be no weakening now. We
have gone into this movement, and are
in duty bound to stand by it. If it
succeeds, and its aims are accomplished
there will be plenty ready and eager to
share in the glory. 1fit fails, the defeat
will lie at our doors, and only those who
are true and honest men in our ranks
will be found ready to stand under the
banner of those who fought and lost.
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Late Telegr.ns CONDENSED.

New York, July H. The board Of al
dermen to-day passed over the mayors
veto their resolutions giving skilled and
unskilled laborers in the employe of
city half holiday from the hour of
noon every Saturday until the 18th of
September next. H.
New York, July lin reference to
the recently published reports of the
contemplated changes in the hours, labor
salries, etc, Of the employees Of the
Western Union Telegraph company,
careful investigation develops the fol-
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Help the Needy.

I l would respectfully request the ladies
and members of the different charitable
institutions in Denver and elsewhere to
ascertain from our unfortunate American
brothers and sisters and to report in a
united sense the unfortunate causes
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Sat1Irday. IL will be devoted to the discus
sion Of all subjects which tend to educate,
alleviate and advance the laboring classes.
Politically, it will support only the friends
Of labor.
Subscription rates, $1.50, in advance. i.
AN communications must be addressed to
THE LABOR ENQUIREK, 1888 Larimer Street,
Denver, Colorado.
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ALL the latest styles in mems "ts ~.
boys stiff, soft and straw hats CSr a7o.
found at 7. S. Clayton'S, $40 and ''''
Lawrence street. s.....
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Our Agents.
The following named gentlemen are agents
Tor THE ENQUIRER in their respective To-
calities, and are authorized to receive sub
scriptions and give receipts
Edward Kyle, Williamsburg. ~I "a
William Howell, Rockyale.
David John, Coal Creek. "a
w. s. Jones, Oro, Lake county. &,
George Wallaesa, 11O11 West Chestnut,
<Leadville. N
T. r. Mcbride, Laporte, Larimer county.
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The publisher Of this paper is not respOn-
sible for the opinions Of contributors. The
columns will always be open for the dis
ussion of all sides OF the labor quesu0ns
of the day, Contributions always welcome.
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eve will renew the times Of truth and jus
tice, 40. -.
: -eondensing in fair, free commonwealth
Not rash equality, bat equal rights.

Entered at the Denver postohice as second
class matter.
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PLAQUES FREE TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-05-25

WAsnINGToN, May 24.-The committee
appointed TO Investigate the charges
against Hin, the supervising arohit ect of
the Treasury, met to-day. Murch stated
ne was prepared TO 20 OH with the investi-
CATION provided certain privileges were &C
corded to him. He desired a full record
to be made OF all the evidence taken and
be furnished copy. Ex.Collector John
l.. Thomas, OF Baltimore, who appeared
as counsel for Bartlett, Robbins d Co.,
baltimore, asked he be furnished copy.
The committee acceded TO the request;
whereupon Murch stated he desired to
take up the charges seriatm, and complete
The Investigation under each charge before
proceeding TO another: He would there
fore take up first the matter OF the Dix Is
land Granite Co., and 10 facilitate mat
tiers would call upon the Architects
once Tor certain papers, which he pro-
ceeded TO enumerate. These included
what were known as the ''l5 per cent con.
tracts. y the orders for the construction OF
buildings for boarding houses for labor
ers at Dix Island, the pay-rolls for labor
upon the. New York public buildings, and
the letter, II one was written, OF Secretary
Sherman, appointing commission to in
vestigate matters relating to the construc-
ton OF these buildings, together with
mass OF other specified papers and docu-
ments. Thayer Of the Architects office,
who was present In Hill's interest, sug.
gested 1t was due Hill, before requiring
him to scour the files Of his Office for ten
years past. thai he should be informed for
what purpose the papers were TO be used
and what specific charge against him they
were expected to substantiate. Murch re-.
piled he labored under the disadvantage OF
being without counsel; that he had never
before appeared In court, either
rs plaintiff, defendant or attorney, but he
expected later on to have the advice OF
counsel. He further stated his object in
asking these papers, was to show that great
frauds had been perpetrated upon the
Government, that the cost Of public build
ings had been increased far beyond any
necessity, and that the contractors had i'm
some instances been paid ten times over
the value OF the services rendered After
some discussion s to the mode OF pro-
cedure, adjournment was had until to-
morrow, with the understanding that
Murch be permitted to inspect the files in
the Architects Office and designate such
letters and documents ~ he may desire to
have put In evidence.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-05-25
KJudge I.yach Active.

LAwRENCEBURa, Ind., May 24.--Your
subscribers will have read OF the suicide OF
Susie Hawkins, and the tar-and -feathertng
Of the brutal father and finally running
him out Of town. AT that time strong re.
sisiance was used In sparing the scoundrel
from being lynchod, but he was finally seen
of safeiylo Cincinnati, and while there
through with Lawrenceburg, and
did not care 10 see the town
again. After the citizens heard
that they conionted themselves. But on
Monday evening he took a train at Scdams.
willie and came down as far rs Elizabeth
town, about six miles east Of here, where
he got off. He told persons on the train
that he had spoiled several fellows In the
mob, and said that 1.-THE vigilance commit
tee c0nld 90 TO HI; he did not care d--n
for his life, but was determined Ia make II
cost something AS soon ~ the word
was received the city was In great excite
ment, and within half an hour after the
word was received a party OF twenty
fye weIl-selected men took the jerk
water engine for Lawrenceburg june
ton and from there procured horses
from farmers and started for Elizabeth
town. A rope was provided, but Haw-
kins got wind Of the affair and hid himself
In the woods, and was not 10 be found.
The party returned and procured gnard
for his house, while the party patroled the
secured the town. Hawkins is to be hang
ed on sight The woman Robinson has
moved TO the house OF her father, Henry
Standriff, and she swears that she will not
quit the town. II she persists In her
threats a committee OF ladies will take her
ont and give her the treatment served TO
her man Hawkins on Saturday night.
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EpIscOnAIianh I'm Counsel,

ST. LOUIS, NAV 2i.--The third and last
session Of the Episcopal Diocese Of Mis-
souri, reassembed at 81. Georges church
at 10 O'Clock this morning. The report Of
the committee on the state OF the church
was next called for and was read by Rev.
DR.. Belts. 1t showed that during the past
year there has been performed In the do
cese 6i3 baptisms. 452 combinations and
1853 communicates, against All baptisms,
iO2 combinations and 3, 4l3 communicates
last year. The decrease In communicates,
the report said, occurred In every period
zeal report, Considerable discussion en-
sued as to the cause for the decrease In the
list. Dr.. Fulton, OF st. Georges church,
said that, not wishing to exaggerate, he
believed that fully two hundred persons
received communion at his church whom
he did not know by name or residence and
whom he could not, accordingly, put upon
his list.