The Labor enquirer., 1883-06-16
DENVER, COLORADO sATU RDAl, JUNE ,I6 1883

family and vulgarity in an open assembly
of 500 ladies, and they said if their
names were given to the public all of
the men would return to the factory.
In order to prevent this the publication
OF their names was not resorted to, and
on the very next Monday every one of
them returned to work. A committee
! notified them to come from the factory
| within twenty -four hours or be expelled
from the order, and they refused. No.
tlce by Fost was then served On them to
the same effect the next day, notifying
them to come in person and give good
reason for violating their pledges. They
refused to appear and were accordingly
cited before the court and expelled
from the order At the next regular
meeting of 1875 they sent in a letter
| rendering their designations" the i'm
portant assertions in which were, Kim
ball & Co. discharged their cigarette
makers under well grounded appre-
hension of strike, which they had a
perfect right to do. The following day all
I Knights of Labor employed bv Kimball
& Co., in different departments OF busi-
ness were ordered to stop work, and the
order was complied with. We have at
several meetings Of your order attempt
ed to be heard, but have as often been
ruled out of order by gag law and not
allowed to explain our position
y Now every word of that was false
and was duly published in the daily
papers. The following reply of the com
mittee appointed to notify them appear
ed at once in the papers, to which they
have as yet Ventured no reply"
Here follows concise and exhaustive
report by the committee, which com,
pletely overthrows the attempt made at
defense by the traitors. The closing
words of the committee are:
ave have only to reiterate that these
men were legally expelled from the
| order for deliberate and willful violation
Of sworn obligations, and that their
! statements in last evenings papers and
| those of a similar character that may
appear in this mornings papers, are not
| true. Signed
'Their names, which were at once
! sent to the General Assembly, are as
follows: Rodger Curneen, Thomas Dee,
Thomas Fitzpatrick, James Gavin, King
c. Cloonin, Michael Fitzpatrick, James
Sheridan. Gus Hall, John Donovan, Ma
thias Legler, George Ritz, John Rafferty,,
Patrick Kelly, John Barry, William
Cloonin, William H. Barry. John B.
Dunn, Harry J. Mallory, John Fitz-
patrick, William Kelly. The girls ex
PEELED are: Lizzie Ryan, Kittie Ham
lin, Hattie Hamlin, Libbie Goodwin,
| Maggie and Matte Flynn.
"rhe cigarette girls are more deter
mined than ever to stand firm in this
matter. They and all the members of
| Knights Of Labor assemblies in Roches-
| ter. as well as other trades organizations
that are coming to their assistance. re-
alize that something deeper is meant in
this issue than the mere question of an
| increase in wages. Truth calls attention
of the assemblies throughout the union,
and the leading men of the order, to the
fact so keenly realized here that the
basic principles, not Only Of the Knights
Of Labor, but Of all trades organizations
is being assailcd in this contest A re-
fusal has been made to recognize the
right OF labor to band together for self
advancement and protection. The firm
of Kimball & Co. have boasted that they
would break up the order here in
Rochester, and it is for the interest of
the order at large to see that they do not
accomplish their object. That they will
not succeed need not be doubted, for no
labor difficulty has occasioned more gen
eraI interest since the existence of the
order. Other trades organizations are
awakened to the real intent of this lock-
out, and are contributing funds to the
maintenance of the cigarette makers.
The klmball goods are being effectualIy |
boycotted wherever trades organizations
exist, and more earnest efforts than ever
are being put forth to extend that in
huence until the difficulty is settled, and
the right of labor to band for benefit
and protection is admitted, and employ
ers recognize labor's right to arbitrate
difficulties through any committee of it's
choosing The order Of workingmen of
every name is called upon to stand by
Rochester in the defense of a principle
which may be assailed in their case at