The Labor enquirer., 1884-08-09
MoId Reliable, Again
Editor Labor Enquirer.

Editor Labor Enquirer.
CANON Cry. Coal FIELDS, August 81
"Section Handp takes objections to my
letter because he says it gives pointers to
the bosses, fail to see it, and Section
Hand" has failed to show them up. He
garbled the letter and distorted it to
suit an unmanly purpose that of bring
ing contempt upon the writer. Whether
he has been successful5ln his purpose we
will see. The object of my letter was to
show that strike without thorough
organization was failure this no one
will attempt to deny. We have lived
long enough to learn that open and
public organizations are not only fail
ure, but disastrous results are: ever in
their trail. When Section Hand' has
suffered as much for the cause of labor
as the man he effects to throw mud at,
| he will doubtless wish he was so good a
man.
I am happy to say that,the letter that
was SO obnoxious to Section Hand" has
had the desired effect, that of making a
STAMPEDE for the Knights of Labor.
Section hands, navy or railroad build
ers are always welcome within our
chambers, providing their intentions are
good and honest. 1t is not my intention
to clash swords with any man who is in
the same boat, or pulling for the same
shore as myself. A mans enemies are
numerous enough without those of his
own household, l do not say it in
malice, but if there has been any pointers
given to the bosses, unfortunately for
Section Hand" here is where they
begin: To create dissension in our own
ranks is playing squarely into the hands
of the bosses. When man is fighting
the enemies of labor in front, it is un-
kind and eowardly to be fired on by his
friends from behind. VII. 4
Section Hand' quotes freely from my
letter to prove that am an enemy to
the miners and a tool for the. bosses.
Numerous letters poured into theN Office
of The ENQUIRER and none of them
agreeing. the editor could not understand
the situation, he called upon us to unite
so that We could understand each other,
this call a good number of the. Rock
vale men obeyed and are still coming.
They have not the least suspicion of
"Old Reliablep being traitor, nor will
they ever have cause.
Section Hand says, sod Reliable
we will not allowyou to be judge in this
matter" We will not force it upon
Section Hand" as it is already accepted
where it will do equally as much good.
1 lay no claim to being modern prophet
or modern Elijah, but assuming that /
do, I could not be eany more of failure
than he is-a guesser in trying to point
out to the operators who aOld Reliable"
is, Be careful, Section Hand" least
some innocent man suffer for your mis-
takes. =a .S-
Here he garbles; $50 per cent Of the
miners have not the price ola sack of
-four" Why does he not give the pre-
ceding sentence in that paragraph.
Section Hand" knows, Savage knows,
and every miner in the place knows that
80 per cent of the miners haye not the
price Of a sack of -four. This philosopher
has discovered that it is ill-adyised to
publish to the world our poverty. What
is it that causes these periodical strikes?
Poverty Poverty And the soulless
corporations Of the east in many. places
have forced the toilers to such condi-
ton of poverty that they cannot strike.
freely admit that have much to learn
on the labor question, but will have to
find more accomplished teacher than
Section Hand
He garbles again in saying, think of q
few unorganized, penniless men throw
ing down the gauntlet to millions Of
organized capital" Why did he not add
the words, "my intention is not to dis
courage, but to bring before you your
true position in declaring war upon those
coal corporations unorganized." Oh, no,
this he could not do, if he did he would
have nothing to criticise.
1would admonish you, ''Section Handp
to cleanse thy heart and turn thy face to.
that which is good, and all will be we'll.
OLD Reliable.
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