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The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-10
BALLOT OR BULLE Z.
The Former the Most Effective
Means of Freeing the W age
slave.
To the Editor Of The Labor Enquirdr

TO the Editor Of The Labor Enquirer
DENVER, March Sin your issue of
March 5, notice on our m pnicipaI.
election you place against EACH other,
"the ballot or the bullet-which 2''\ The
Workingmen of Denver have the ballot
in their own hands and although not
secret ballot, yet ballot, and if used for
the purpOsefor (which it was given, is an
instrument Of great power fOrthe benefit
Of the Masses and real .selfpr6tectiOn
far superior TO Colts .revolvers or the
needle gun. The ballot in our hand is
the lever by which the holder possesses
the power to overturn oppression,
tyranny, monopoly and every combina-
ton against the welfare Of the many for
the benefit of the few
Why then curse our Oppre8sor8; why
talk of tyranny and denounce monopo-
lies, when we hold in our hands the
instrument Of our deiVerance from this
bondage of which we complain? The
fault is not so much in the monopolist
as it is in ourselves, Are we not all
selfish and like to lay our hand oh all we
can get?, We must look elsewhere for
the cause Of our hardships, andyI fear
that it lies within ourselves, within the
reach Of every mans hand. Do we
complain Of the number of saloopB and
beer shops? Cannot we pass them. bv
and give them wide berth, and keep
the demon out Of self? Act MS be men
and hold in possession the cash we hand
over to the saloonist, the beer seller and
the gambling hell, and we shah soon
witness a change in our homes, our per-
sons and our fanatics, and cease to be-
wall our helpless condition, and feel
that we are somebody ourselves. Let us
Wakeup to- the fact that it is impossible
to help a man who wiIl not help him
self Was the wealth .uselessly squan-
dered in these luxuries Of life, put to a
useful purpose or invested in improving
our homes, what change would we see
in this great city Of Denver. Instead Of
being the creature Of circumstance, as
we are now, we should become more
able to- grappIe, with the problem of life ;
and instead Of. wanting to divide the
property of others, we should be- anxious
to hold our own.
The ballot we hold In our hands if
used Alright is the only ingtrumen that
can accomplish our freedom We have
seen the bullet in the hands of great
army, backed by a great and patriotic
nation which was nearly ruined by the
expense involved. And will it be more
successful when only backed by poverty ?
No. fellow labors, let us drop the thought
Of the bullet and rely ON the ballot to
work out our freedom and that of our
brethren, our wives and our children, let
us put the ballot into the hands of our
wives. sisters and mothers, and we can
accomplish all this and more also.
A UNIONIsT.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-10
Educate Agitate Organize ,
Prince Krapotkine.

The following petition, signed by a
large number of prominent EngIishmen,
in behalf of Prince krapotkine, has been
sent to the President Of the French re-
public:
1--WE, the undersigned British subjects
and others, artists, men Of science and
letters, appeal to your clemency on be-
half Of Prince Krapotkin@ sentenced at
Lyons to five years detention in French
prison. His: exploration Of Siberia and
Finland is universally regarded as d
masterpiece Of scientific research. In
Russia the Imperial Geographical society
has published the great work in which
he has set forth the results Of lis exam
ination Of the geological system Of Fix
land. In France he is known as the au-
thor of the important chapters on Russia
contained in the Photographic Gniver-
seIle'' Of NJ. EIisee RecIuS In England
he has contributed during recent years
to such periodicals as Proceedings of the
Royal Geographical Society" ," "Nature,"
"FortnightIy Review" and others, while
most of the articles on Russian geogra-
phy in the new edition Of the "EncycIo-
pwdia Britannica" are by him.
believing him to be capable Of much
that in his absence must necessarily re-
main unaccomplished in the interest of
science, which is the interest of human
ity, we impIore your interference and
enlreat that you will be pleased to re-
store him to the pursuits in which he
eyceIs, and to the studies to which he has
devoted his high abilities. We make
this appeal in the firm persuasion that
the sentence passed upon him is practi-
calIy a sentence Of DEATH 1t is known
that his health, broken by the hardships
to which he was exposed during his
journeys through Siberia, was further
impaired by his long Sojourn as a pOlit-
iCaI prisoner in a Russian fortress, and
that he is afflicted by gastric disease and
with a severe form of scurvy. To de-
prive him of fresh air and of bodily free
dom will rapidly and surely to de-
yelop those ailments and to infict upon
him much suffering and premature death.
In the hope that you will favorably en-
tertain this petition your memoriahsts
will ever pray.
HENRY NAUDEsLEY,
B. W. RICHARDSON,
JOSEPH COwEN; M.~Pg
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-10
Declared. Unfair.
DENVER, March 8, Il

DEAVER, WaTCh 3, 1865.
The firm of Frank & Putnam, mer-
chant tailors, St. James Hotel block,
having refused to sign the bill Of prices
fixed by the Denver TailDrs' Society, the
society has called out the union 1en
employed therein and declared thelshop
unfair. Tailors are warned TO keep
away from the shop, and unioRmen and
workingmen generally are requested to
withhold their patronagefr0m tie above
mentioned firm. 1
Executive COMMITTEE / Denver 'T4ADgs
Assembly,
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-10
TALORS' TROUBLES.
A Merchant Tailoring Firm Refuse
to Pay the Scale, and are
RATED" "

In another part Of this issue is card
from the executive committee of the
Trades Assembly declaring the mer-
chant tailoring establishment Of Frank
.6 Putnam, Curtis street, unfair, and
warning fair men not to patronize said
tirM
The facts in this east, as obtained
from an officer Of the TaiIorS' Protective
,orietv, are about as follows: The Pro
rerHyc society have d bill Of prices, set
ting forth the price to be paid for making
each different garment. Frank & Put
nam opened their business here bN adj
yrrtising to make clothing at consider
aoIc below tie prices charged by the
established frst-cIass houses in the ciW.
They brought the most of their taiIors
rom Boston, The society scale Of
prices fixes the rate for making coats at
IS, without counting extras; the extra
work frequently increases this amount
t. $50 or SD. The new firm only paid
their workmen - for making coat, and
no extras allowed; all other work in
proportion. The Protective society
recognized the possible effect Of these
starvation wages Oh the business Of the
other merchant taiIors in the city, and
as it is a strong principle with them to
protect their employers as well as them
selves against inferior work and cheap
labor, all effort was made to induce the
new firm to Sign the bill Of pricesy pay
the union scale and have their work all
done in the shop 5y skilled and expert
enced wOrkmen. Frank & Putnam re-
fused TO do this, The society thereupQn
held a special meeting last Wednesday
night to consider the matter further,
when the men employed in Frank &
Pumam's shop, seven in number, made
/ application ami were admitted to mem
bership Their admission, Of course,
made their withdrawal from the shop
necessary unless they We're paid the
scale the firm refusing still to sign the
bill Of prices the men are now out. The
society has made d liberal appropriation
to provide for the needs Of these unem-
/ pIoyed brothers, and will spare no effort
to protect them and the fair employers
in the city.
! Let AL fair men heed the warning Of
the Trades Assembly committee. In
addition to theunion principle involved,
there is policy in stunning an estab-
Iishment that refuses to employ skilled
workmen, but pay starvation wages and
send large portions Of the work out to
be botrhed by inexperienced hands.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-10
The Building Trades

We expected that at this time build
ing would be in full blast, but whether
it is from the effect OF politics and the
desire Of property owners to see a good
honest city government inaugurated be-
fore commencing permanent improve
mrnt$ or a fear that :the winter is not
Yet over, we know not. One thing is
certain, building is not near as brisk as
twas expected to be at this time and
most every job that comes oaIt is figured
over two or three times before being
contracted, and ster being cut and cur
Jailed of a large amount of the work, is
turned ont an abortion of the original
design. What does this mean? Is it
that the cost of construction is too high
in Denver, or a determination on the
parrot owners to put no more expense
IN the construction Of a building than
is absolutely necessary to keep it stand
ing. To entertain the latter deduction
would be to express doubts as to the{
permaneht prosperity of our city, and |
Tat we depended altogether on Jim
Town eXcitements for success. But the |
'Dtore Of Denver iSassured, and property |
owners need haYe no fear as to the ad-
Instability Of constructing good substan- I
naI and handsome buildings, that will /
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-10
STATE MILITIA.
wba, They Amount to--The celt
Taken to Task for Its Tncon-
slstency.
sIstency.
To the Editor orThr Labor Enquirer.

TO the Editor oriThr Labor Enquirer.
DENVER, March In my letter Of
February %, / stated that I would say
few plain words pertaining to the policy
Of the Rocky Mountain CtIt on military
life, | am a subscriber to the CeIt; !
wish to see it prosper-honorably if post
siblb. When the CeIt was first published
it set forth in its prospectus everything
that was honorable and encouraging to
acknowledgment of Colorado in general
and Denver in particular, want much
needed ia this city-a want not supplied
by the CeIt as promised. Whether the
fault lies with the editor or the want Of
honest support by the people he started
to assist in their battles against mo-
nopoIy, know not The policy Of the
CeIt now is: God il good, Nc is honest
and the devil amt a bad buy either.
The Celt admires and couns4ls the formal
tiOn of military company's by the state
of Colorado; live in unity as husband
and wife and prevent their quarrels
reaching the outer world. Now, in the
name Of the founder of Christianity; in
the name'Of all who still suffer the
pangB of hunger and misery for Chrlsts
sake sooner than revolt. give us an
answer What does Colorado want with
all the military company's that are
being organized here? Why, they are
going over to Cork and London as soon
as they are ready, and blow every hair
in John Bulls head out, and write
Emmet's epitaph; and if they don't
attend to this before the next session of
our legislature they will get a bob-tail
discharge. No,- guess not, give me
another chance to find more correct
answer They are not going to Ireland
to assist the poor Of that, or any other
country. Those dispicable creatures
called captains, majors and generals, men
whose necks are crooked from IOOkingat
their shoulder straps, men who believe
that stripe of yellow or red on their
pants or Jacket is a heavenly diploma,
giving them authority to organize and
drill lesser idiots in the art Of killing the
noblest work of God on earth, the men
who toll for bread, if they dare attempt
to ask or dispute that they have any
rights that should be respected by mo-
nopolists and idle loafers and the men
with the crooked neck and striped pants.
Military company'B are organized here
in Colorado, as we'll as elsewhere,
throughout the land, for the purpose of
fighting and stealing from honest men
what they produce by the sweat Of their
face
The glowing tribute of the senate and
house of representatives to the CeIt is a
mockery. There are not six men out of
the forty-six names, friends of the Celt
or Ireland, Mark this, and bear it in
mind. Pull the names off; 60 down to
the section hands on the railroads and
get fOrty-six names that will subscribe
for the paper and unite to meet the cruel
conflict that is coming upon us and it
will be.a far more glowing tribute than
What you now have. Workingmen,
unite, you need it. NINDIcAToR.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-10
ONLY a Poor Woman.


lice station shortly after dusk last even
ing, and said woman was lying on the
rOrnerof Fourteenth and CItampa streets,
ana that she had been shot. A police
man was dispatched TO the scene, and
arrived in time to see the supposedly
diving woman lifted in the arnaS Of a
RErCELcAN reporter and some water
forced down her lips.
Where the woman fell WAS a perfect
pool Of blood, extending at least a foot
around her head. Her hair was matted
with gore, and her face was covered with
clotted blood. She was lying on her
right side, one hand under her, the other
living across her breast. Her clothes
were bloody, and sacque she ewOre gave
evidence Of having been in struggle,
These were about the conditions of
affairs when The REprBLGcAN's good
Samaritan arrived first upon the scene.
In little while a crowd began to gather
but from all the aid extended they
might have been miles away. Several
women came near enough to see the
woman WAS poorly clad, and then walked
quietly away as if to say they could not
furnish healing balm for wounds of such
a creature as that-a woman not fair, and
aboYe all, not elegantly clad. No dia-
mon ids glistened in her ears or at her
bre4St Her hands were not faultIeSsly
shaped, nor snowy in their whiteness.
Eerffeet were not such as would fail to
crush the harebell, but were shod in a
pair Of old Arctic OVershOes. Her dress
was not Of satin, nor were her skirts of
brocade. She was simply working
woman, bent with toll, and showing up
on her features the lines Of toll and care.
Elegantly dressed women came and
looked, looked and then went away. No
word Of kindness nor sympathy, nor was
aid pr0tfered No one knew whether she
was dangerously wounded or was only
badly hurt The reporter was the only
newhomade an examination, and when
a policeman arrived, together they took
her to carriage, and drove to a physi-
clans 70 ascertain the extent of her inju-
mes.
When DR., Bancroit's Office was reached
a curious, gaping crowd assembled on the
street and barred the passage from the
| hack to the door, and it was with the ut
most difficulty that a way was forced
through. The woman was placed in a
reclining chair and the blood washed
from her face by the tender. hearted ply
sician and his attendants. During all
this time she was in a semi-unconscious
condition, but soon revived sutfently to
talk, but was 50 weak she could not make
herself understood. When the extent of
her injuries was found out it was discoY-
cred that besides a severe, deep cut above
the left eye and a slight wound on her
hand, no others existed.
The woman gave her name as Lizzie
Mclaughlin, a domestic at 30t Stout
street. and said She fell in fit on the
sidewalk and wounded herseIf-Fr0m
Thursdays Republican
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-10

In another part Of this issue is a card
from the executive committee of the
Trades Assembly declaring the mer-
chant tailoring establishment Of Frank
& Putnam, Curtis street, unfair, and
warning fair men not to patronize said
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-10

bea pride and credit to the city, III
stead Of worthless shells, tike the one
that is being renoV.oed at the corner Of
Sixteenth and LarimeF streets, one Of
the finest building sites in the city.
This building will have TO be torn down
again. in two or three years
As for matera., ,,the state is fill Of it,
Labor is as cheap, if not cheaper, in
proportion to the cost of living, as in
any city in the union; and We venture
to say that very few cities in the country
can duplicate the building We have here
for the same amount ol money and
whzn architects Ieard to refuse bids
from Jim Crow" contractors We may
EXPECT to have better class of build
ugs. p
>r1>E.lITERS-
quite number Of stonctuuerS are yet
idle, although there is work enough ON
hand to keep them all busy bn' the
usual delay in getting the 0uarry's open
compel them to wait for material Look
alive Mr.. luarryman and get down T."
business. About twenty # nUr best me
chanirs left for OId NcAiro last week
where there is large amHut Of stone
work to be done, AMI if they send back
favorable report quite number more
will follow. We rereiyed word from
Andy Butler, who len here for Buffalo,
New York. He reports any amount 0l
work east for stonccuuc,N. Several of
the men had their tools stolen again last
week, and recovered some Of them
in pawn shops after being compelled to
pav'the amount advanced to the thief.
We think if workingmen cannot recover
the tools by which they make their liv-
ing when their names are stamped on
Them without compromising with the
thief, it is time some arrangements were
made by which they could DO 50.
BrickIayerS, carpenters, painters, plas
terers. in fact all BRANCHES Of trade are
not oyerburdened with work at present,
but have a hopeful outlook for the near
future.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-10
HENRY MAUDBLEY,
B. W. RICHARDSON,
JOSEPH CowEN; NJ p.
andOtherS. 9
knights Of Labor.
will ever pray

Knights of Labor local assembly 2327
meets at the usual place, 1856 Holiday
street, to-nEorrow evening.
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-10
To Confer.

PIrTSBURG' March S.-Meet. t.jngs of the
Amalgamated Associatio,1 Of IRON and
Steel Workers, to con- oder the sCaIa of
wages 70 20 INTO eject June l, will be
held nezt Satuy. .dav, simultaneously in
thlS,cltH wheeling, West Virginia, Gov
lngCoh' hsntucky, BellevilIe, Illinois,
Youngstown, Ohio, and Philadelphia, as
te1eg2aphed some weeks ago. Workmen
nave decided not to demand any radical
changes from the present scale governing
oLs5. olie wages 'S OF engineers, This being the
reduction, everything will noss ,,r' o9 ~
smoothly. poo w
The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-10

-. 2uoSIIioeFS residing outside of the
oo,,s 10y VIZ are lnoeoted to this paper, will
-ll0- q" 4%,or ny calling on our author
up, as we are in pressing need Dos'lt Of tbe
root of all evil" '1A9
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-06
An Apnropriate Expression

Editor Morning NelrS:' viii you kindly
allow me, through your valuable medium,
space to offer few suggestions, relative
to an appropriate mode for the citizens OF
Savannah to express their appreciation OF
the great loss to our State in the death OF
our beloved Governor. As detachments
from the different military organizations
leave for Atlanta to attend the funeral,
let the balance of the military, as well as
all the civic societies and Fire Department,
on the day and at the hour of the funeral
meet in front of the City Exchange or on
South Broad street, and march through
the principal streets at funeral time,
thence to the Park extension, where the
usual funeral salute of three guns be fired.
1t seems to me that this would be an APP
prOpriatc manner for our people to express
themselves, and as business will be no
doubt entirely suspended there would be
a large turn out.
Possibly some prominent citizen might
be influenced to deliver a eulOgy at the
Park extension, which would add to the
sOlemnity of the occasion.
| advance these hints hoping it may be
the means of causing some public action.
GEORGIAN.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-06
SPECIAL NOTICE.
For Suwannee River Landings and
Cedar Keys.

Steamer "CADDO BELLE" Captain A.
/. Rice, leaves New Branford every TUES
DAY and FRIDAY MORNING, at 4 O'Clock.
Passengers by Fast Mail Train on Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway go aboard on
arrival. Returning leaves Cedar Keys every
WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at 9 A. NJ,
with Fast Mail Train.
Passage fare Savannah to Cedar Keys Sll 80.
Round trip 81 20, including meals and berth
on steamer.
Tickets on sale at Bren's ticket office, Leve
& Alden's tourist Office, and at the passenger
depot of the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway.
Rates of freight, with quick dispatch. same
as by other lines. A. l.. RICE,
Agent PeOple's Line.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-06
THE OPERA.

Attractions at the Theatre-The Fords
Engagement - IOlanthe and the
BLACK ClOaks.''
Ford's Comic Opera Company viii open
an engagement at the Theatre for three
nights and a matinee, next Monday even
ing, with Gilbert and Sullivan's last and
famous opera s.Iolanthe," which will be
presented for the first time in Savannah.
The company will follow with Lies Man.
teaux Neris' or ''The Black ClOaks,r by
Bucalossi, and 'sThe Merry War;" by
Strass. Mr.. Ford's company numbers
upwards of forty operate singers, led by
artists like Blanche Chapman, MarieIBoc-
kel, Geneyieye Reynolds, Louise Kissing,
Alice Butler, Clara Peck, etc., Geo. w.
Denham. Chas. +. Lang, Chas. w. Dun
gan, Philip BransOn, L. W. Raymond and
Louis Carlberg, whose names alone are
a guarantee of the general excellence OF
the company, and we are glad to be able
to assure our readers that Mr.. Ford has a
chsrus that has been praised in every
city in the country where Ford's Opera
Company have appeared.
The musical critic of the Baltimore
Sun, in speaking of theIrecent production
of '1IOlanthe" in the Monumental City,
says:
s'After an extremely successful tour of
Comic Opera Company began an engage
ment at Ford's Grand Opera House in
this city last night, in Gilbert and Sulli-
vans latest work, entitled 'Iolanthe; or,
the Peer and the Peri The audience
was very large and fashionable, and the
opera was presented in very creditable
and satisfactory manner. The orchestra
tion was arranged from the piano score
by Professor /. 2. Sousa, the leader of the
Marine Band in Washington, while the
vocal score and the libretto cOrrespOnded
with the published work. 'Iolanthe' is an
opera that improves upon acquaintance,
and both the librettO and the music are
more thoroughly appreciated after audi
ences have been made somewhat familiar
with the keen satire Of the former and the
melodies of the latter. Both yOcally and
dramatically Mr.. FOrd's company is well
qualified to give most acceptable inter-
probation TO the opera, and the success of
the initial performance last evening as
sures Mr.. Ford of very successful en-
gagement at this popular house, in a Pc
cuniary as we'll as an artistic point of
view"
The sale of reserved seats for ''Iolanthe,"
as we'll as the other operas. will COM
mence on Friday morning at Bren's ticket
office.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-06

In order tOmeet the demand of all those
whose winter clothing is worn out, and
who do not want to buy heavy clothing
now, we have had made and have just re-
ceived cery nice selection Of Spring
Clothing, consisting in part of Middle
sex Flannel Suits, Yacht Cloth Suits,
Chevoit Suits, in blue and green, CASH
mere Suits in dark, medium and light COL
ors, etc., ETC., all of which we offer at a
slight advance above manufacturers
cost. All of our winter goods now in
store we offer positively at cost. A call is
respectfully invited.
SIMON MITCHELL,
Adr.-24 Whitaker street Lyons Block }.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-06
The End of Celebrated Case-The Tell
fair VIII Sustained.

\ dispatch received in this city yester-
day from Washington announced that in
the celebrated Telfair will case, or as it
was known in the courts Wallace ;.
Jones, executor, and others, appellants,
vs.. William Neyle> Habersham, executor,
and others, the supreme Court affirmed
the decision of the United States Circuit
Court, with cost, against the appellants.
Miss Mary Telfair, daughter of Gov.
Edward Telfair, died in 1870, at an adj
vanced age. leaving will, by which she
bequeathed the most of her large estate
to various charities in this city and else
where. and the suit was brought by her
relatives to set aside the will. The case
has been carried from court to court until
il reached the Supreme Court of the
United States, in 1873. The decision now
rendered settles the case, and the estate
will be distributed as directed by the tes-
tatOr. Gen. A. II. Lawton, Messrs. CHS
holm & Erwin and W. GraysOn Mann,
ESu were ATTORNEYS for the will.