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The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
Batting the HOOK.

AS this paper goes to press the repub-
lican convention, in Chicago, is siding
up to the nomination of national ticket.
The factions are there as strong as usual,
and decency and common veal will, as
usual, be sacrificed to personal ampition
and gain.
The platform adopted contains the
customary bats for catching the work
ingman. There is plank on the tariff
question which declares that american
labor must be protected" another plank
favors the establishing of a bureau OF
labor statistics, and another is opposed
to the importation of foreign pauper Ia
bor under contract. The platform also
favors the enforcement of the eight hour
law.
All this taffy reads very well in plat
form, but the workingman who is
caught by it, deserves the title of fool,
which the politicians so unanimously
give him. Some of these measures have
laid before congress for several sessions,
and all of them have been particularly
urged during the present term by the
labor societies and advocates but they
have been ignored -as they will be in
the future. If the republican party or
any other party is so solicitous for the
welfare of the workingman, in congress
is the proper place to show it, and not in
conventions and platforms.
Workingmen, the politicians who are
running the Chicago convention are
your bitterest foes; and they lie when
they say they are in favor of measures
for your benefit. They have lied to you
regularly in every convention they have
held, and you are fools if you bite At
their sugared bait.
shall have more to say on this sub
| iect next week, when there is more time
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
The Nomination.

During the excitement over the Chi
cago convention the friends of this
paper should not forget more important
matters. 1t makes no particular differ
ence to the workingman who Is placed
on the head of the presidential ticket,
but it is matter of Importance for them
to know who are their friends at home
and where they can get value for their
hard-earned money. Jensen, Bliss q
Co. are friends to the cause of the laborer
because they advertise in their paper,
and thereby contribute support to a
means of educating the workers to their
true situation. This firm has the largest
and most mplete hardware store in
Colorado, and if you want anything in
that line you can get bargains from them
and at the same time show appreciation
for their friendship. Their store is on
the corner of Eighteenth and Holladay
streets.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
General Butler ON the Greenback.


In speech in the house of represen-
tatives February 20, 1878, Ger eral But
ler said:
Therefore, Mr.. Speaker, am ready
to say with the preacher. (Ecclesiastes W
1O.) He that loveth silver shall not be
satisfied with silver We want the
greenback for our currency and mean to
have it. of that currency l said on
this floor nine years ago and repeat now
with all the confidence gained by expert
ynce:
"I stand here therefore, for inconvert-
ible paper money, the gteenback, which
has fought our battles and saved our
country; which has been held by us as
Just equivalent for the blood of our
soldiers, the lives of our sons, the widow
hood of our daughters, and the orphan
age of their children.
"I stand here for a currency by which
the business transactions of forty mil
lion people are safely and successfully
done, which, founded on the faith, the
wealth, and property of the nation, is at
once the exemplar and engine of its in
dustry and power; that money which
saved the country IN war, and which has
given it prosperity and happiness in
peace. To it four million men owe their
emancipation from slavery; to it labor is
indebted for elevation from that thrall
ofdegradationin in which it has been envel-
oped for ages. stand for that money,
therefore, which is by far the better
agent and instrument of exchange of an
enlightened and free people than gold
and silver, the money alike of the bar
barian and the despot.'
"But do not desire that the green
back currency should be made to serve
the country as it has done, vlllified, in
suited, deprecated by the act of the gov
ernment itself; being refused not only to
be received for all debts due the govern
ment, not even paid for all demands due
from that government.
"The American system of finance
which will obtain in the near future
and hope at once-which desire, is
"First. A dollar that shall have at all
times certain fixed and stable value be-
| lou which II cannot uo
Second. demand that that dollar
shall be issued by the government alone
in the exercise of its high prerogative
and constitutional power, and that power
shall not be delegated to any corporation
or individual, any more than Charles the
Second ought to have delegated his pre-
rogative of stamping gold coin for the
benefit of his paramours, as monopoly
Third. l want that dollar stamped
upon some convenient and cheap mate
rial of the least possible intrinsic value
so that neither its wear nor its destruc
ton will be any loss to the government
issuing it.
Fourth. also desire the dollar to bt
made of such material for the purpose
| that it shall never be exported or desir
able to carry out of the country. Fran
| ing an American system of finance d'
not propose to adapt it to the wants Q
lany other nation"
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
Pleasure Before Business.

A copy of the programme of entertain
ments rendered the delegates to the In
ternational Typographical union, at New
Orleans, this week, has been received. 1t
embraces banquets, carriage rides, ex-
cursions, operas, etc., and reflects credit
upon the committee of union No. II,
But the most striking part of the pro-
programme is the last paragraph, which
runs thus: Delegates are respectfully
requested to allow no business to inter-
fere with the carrying out of this pro-
gramme, which will be executed solely
for their pleasure, and will be, we hope,
long and pleasantly remembered"
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
A NcW Collector.

Mr.. David Fisher is at present engaged
collecting subscriptions for The EN-
oUIRER. He will call upon all those
whose subscriptions have expired and if
any who read this know themselves to
be behind in their accounts it is to be
hoped they will settle with him.
l must have money for the paper or l
cannot furnish it. If you do not care
enough for it and the cause to comply
with the rules and necessities, and pay
in advance, please 50 inform Mr. Fisher,
pay what you at present owe, and the
paper will not be sent to you any longer.
I am willing to do all in my power to
advance the cause, but I cannot do the
impossible, which l should attempt if
tried to furnish the paper without being
paid enough to get it out:
r RuCH ANAN
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The "Pratrie Farmer" Booming.

The Old Friends of The Prdirfe Fdrnsr and
many farmers all over the West, and East,
too, will be glad to learn,of the good fortune
that has come to this time-honored journal,
been doing good service to and for the agri-
cultural interests of our country. The num-
ber of May Sd announces that, hencetorth,
The Prairie Farmer will be under the Editorial
Direction and Business Management OF Mr..
ORANGE JUDD, who, after more than a
quarter century of service at the head OF the
American Agrculturist, has left his former
Chicago, a thousand miles nearer to hundreds
Of thousands of his older enterprising readers
who have preceded him to the West. The
number before US give evidence of the vigor
work. All who want specimens of the papers
as it is, and it to be, and to enjoy Its adyan-
tages, can have The Prairfe Fd17ner weekly,
from May lst, up to 1885, by sending a single
dollar to Prairie Farmer Publishing Company
$50 Monroe St, Chicago, III.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
He Has 'En.

The spring rains are about over and
now everybody will want new hat.
Some men like a nice soft hat, others
prefer a stiff one, while there are others
still who want nothing during the warm
weather heavier than straw. At T. S,
Clayton's 2S5 and 2S53 Fifteenth street,
all the different tastes can be gratifed.
He has this spring the largest and most
varied stock of hats and caps ever offered
in Denyer. He has all styles and shapes
of imported and American makes, and
has some new ideas in straw goods that
are sure to catch the eye. AS usual Mr..
Clayton's prices are as low as the goods
can be sold by anyone. Call and look
over his immense new stock.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
or interest to Advertisers.

The following resolution, which needs
no explanation, is respectfully submitted
for the perusal of the merchants of this
city.
Similar resolutions have been adopted
by the Trades Assembly and nearly
every other labor organization In the
city, and certified copies are in possession
of this office. This one s printed by
special Instructions the others being
omitted for lack of rom
SANCTUARY MONTGOMERY ASSEMBLY
KNIGHTS OF LAB0R 1+E4.
DENVER, Cole, May Is, 1884.
At q regular meeting cf the Mont
gomery Assembly Knights Of Labor 1924,
held on the above date, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That all mem Oers of Local
Assembly 1924 Knights of Labor, patron
ize any and all business films who ad-
yertlze in the LABOR ENQUIRER IN prefer
ence to all others.
,~ PHI. 3ALFE, NJ. W.
Seal LOOMS W. SMITH, R. s.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
Not Ended.

From John Swintop's Paper.
FALL RIVER, May 2S.-Since last l
wrote you the strikers at two mills have
resumed work, viz, the Union and lee
umseh. Proposals emanated from the
officials of these mills that if the strikers
would resume work as body, all the
scabs would be discharged, and, through
alterations in the machinery, the wages
would be no less than before. This mat
ter was submitted to a general meeting,
Saturday night last, and it was finally
voted to let the spinners of these two
mills return to work for two weeks to
ascertain if, by the alterations alluded to,
the wages would be increased.
There is nothing substantial about the
conditions it is only promises we have
to depend on.
Nevertheless, owing to our inability to
furnish the spinners on strike with means
to purchase the coarsest kind of neces-
saries, we thought it the wisest course to
adopt. A 81
The strike will be continued at the
other mills as before, and by allowing
the spinners at the Union and Tecumseh
to resume work our wants will be ad,
ministered and our supplies increased
Tho strike still exists at other mills
without any signs Of settlement. Nt
ROBERT Howard, J \
y8 Secretary Spinners Union.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
LABOR NOTES.

London, England has 100000 OF
working people.
The stone-quarrylnen at Hamilton,
Ontario, gained their strike.
A trade and labor council has been es-
tablished at st. GATHERINGS, Canada.
Shoemakers are warned to keep away
from Detroit, as trou ole is brewing there.
Buy Douglas coal, SS,5U Tor 1000 pounds.
Telephone SAT: Office l7611 Fifteenth street.
There are now six cooperative cooper
shops in successful operation at Mime
apolis.
The circus carried away many dollar
thrown away by mel who are "too poor
to support labor paper"
The molders of thi is city are antici-
psting trouble. They ask molders to
stay away from here at present.
The Knights of Labor are rapidly ex'
terminating the New York Tribune in
Massachusetts,. In some large towns not
adeaer will sell it.
The strike of the cigarmakers en-
ployed in the factory of Mooney Bros,
New York, against a reduction of wages,
resulted successfully.
The Knights OF Labor are growing at a
wonderful rate in this locality, Eight
new assemblies hs We been organized
within the past five weeks.
There is comparative little doing in
the building trades Of Denver. Usually
at this season there is plenty to do in that
hne but this year it is very quiet.
Societies represented in ther Tades AS
ssn0y should begin to canvass for good
~A'eF'al for delegates. The new term
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thought and the progress Of the party
elsewhere.

+
thought and the progress Of the party
/ elsewhere.
But the chief beauty Of the plan is
that q course of education has been
mapped out and excellent text books
provided. and that these are placed in
the hands of the various groups, who
forming themselves thus into classes ars
enabled, in an extremely short time, to
perfectly familiarize themselves with the
fundamental principles of true social sci
ence.
Following this course comes scientific
and comprehensive course of chemistry.
In brief, the producers are scientifically
elevated from the condition of ignorant
slaves to the position of intelligent free
men, prepared to act as leaders in the
great social revolution, whose birth
throes are already agitatinQ the world.
Secret, mysterious, worldwide, quietly
ihoney-combing society, the l.. w. "A.
offers to daring and devoted. men and
women of earth, the sole practical means
of releasing the wealth-producers from
the shackles of tyranny. 1t does not
fear betrayal since its system of organi-
zation prevents the possibility of ftreason.
It does not fear suppression, because it
has millions of members, as well quail.
fed as the leaders to assume direction
should those now at the head be re-
moved. =
It does not fear failure because it,
knows its own power and strength, and
the Justice and truth of its cause. .,s5.
Suppose that you call together eight of
your friends some evening this coming
week at your own home. Read them
this article, then form yourselves into
group according to the above plan. Then
forward an account of your meeting to
the Division Secretary. You will then
receive proper documents and each man
OF the group can go out and organize a
group of his own and so on. Let US take,
say limit of three months, to perfect
each group. If you alone should follow
out the plan, what would be the result ?
Let us see: In the first series of groups
there would be yourself and eight others,
g. in the second series, 72 in the third
series, 64S in the fourth series, 5,S32
That is to say the ball thus set in motion
by you alone would within one year or
ganize effectively nearly 5000 men.
1t is work OF this, kind that has under
mined all the thrones Of Europe, and
which in but few years more will make
American workmen ready to clasp hands
with their brothers in other lands, to
topple to its fall, tie whole mighty incu-
bus of wrong that now threatens the
whole world with death and desolation.
Address Division Secretary and en-
close in an envelope directed to the
editor of this paper.
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begins with the second Sunday in July.

begins with the second Sunday in July
The number of idle men in this city
does not appear to be reduced by the
coming Of summer, as was expected.
There are thousands in this city out OF
work.
What unskilled laborers alone can do
was shown few years ago at Liverpool,
when the whole trade of that great port
was brought almost to standstill for
weeks by strike of dock hands.
The new plasterers' organization of
this city is progressing nicely. Their
card will appear in the directory column
as soon as they secure permanent place
of meeting and decide upon the time.
1t is reported that the Union Pacific
have advertised for 500 carpenters in
Chicago and st. Louis. just what this
means or how much foundation there is
in the rumor THE ENQUIRER cannot say.
The workingmen of this city have is,
sued an appeal to their fellow-working-
men everywhere to keep away from this
city, claiming that there are more men
here than.can get work, and that wages
are low.-Muskegon News. .:..
The labor societies of Ohio will have a
grand state convention at Columbus, on
the twenty-fourth. Grand preparations
are being made, and the indications now
are that state organization will be
made which will be second to none in
the country.
The Granite Cutters Journal delivers
lecture on the necessity of working
men supporting those papers that stand
up for their rights. 1t says: "1f work.
ingmen will not support such papers,
they cannot expect frst-class paper to
advocate their cause"
The compositors on the London, Onta-
rio, Advertiser stood shoulder to shoul-
der few days ago. and, demanded that
certain privileges taken from them be re-
stored, Nine out of ten OF the demands
made were acceded to, and the men re-
turned to their cases.
Secretary Flannery, of the Pennsylva-
MIA Miners association, has been named
as candidate for the chief of the pro-
posed bureau of labor statics. The
Woods Run miners Of the fourth pool
have forwarded petition to that effect
to Washington, it is said.
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Fired on From the Rear.

Says friend in private letter to the
editor of THE ENQUIRER: 81 am an old
soldier and have faced death on many
occasions without fear. In this grand
cause of human emancipation in which
we are engaged, knowing the justice OF
our quarrel, we can meet the enemy
without regard to numbers, teeth to
teeth, and death has no terrors that
would make us finch. We care not for
the enemy in our front, but, Oh, it is
terrible, it is CALLING, to feel that while
we are thus engaged with the enemy,
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
KNIGHTS or LABoE.

Cosmopolitan Assembly No. zoos, of Lead
vile, meets every Sunday evening, at Union
hail, corner Seventh an6! Poplar streets.
Montgomery Benevolent Assembly No.
NJ meets every Friday evening, at Knights
of Labor hall, at 7:30 o'clock. -s
Union (benevolent) Assembly No. 1927
meets on the first Tuesday of every month,
at Knights Of Labor hall, 1856 Holiday, at
7:N O'Clock.
Rocky Mountain Assembly No. 24s7, of
Cheyenne, Wyoming, meets every second
and fourth Sunday afternoons and on the
second Friday evening of esch month, in
odd Fellows hall. -. @.'. =
Montezuma Assembly No. 1916, of Las
Vegas, New Mexico, meets every Thursday
evening, in Odd Fellows hail. on the East
Side. .f-
International Assembly No. 3217 meets
every Wednesday evening, at 7:3O o'clock, in
Odd Fellows hall, Santt Fe avenue.
Fidelity Assembly No. S210 meets every
Friday evening, at Strauss hall, 407 Lari-
mer street, at 7:9o o'clock.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
MoIdera. Attention.

At the request of the board of officers
of the Iron Molders' union No. 1873, of
Denver, THE ENQUR1RER calls attention
to the existence of trouble in this city,
owing to attempted reduction of wages.
Molders are requested to stay away from
here at present, and exchanges are asked
to give this item place in their col
umDs
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"To-Dayn For Sale.

Several copies Of late issues of the ex-
cellent Socialistic+ magazine, "To-day,"
have been received at this Office. They
contain articles from the pens of some Of
the abfest thinkers in Europe, and also
an epitome of the peoples movement in
that land. They can be obtained on ap-
plication at 25 cents copy. The pro-
ceeds of all such sales are devoted to the
propaganda. Come early as there are
only few copies left.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
Personal.

John Most is the guest of Independ-
ent Group I. W. A., and is stopping with
Comrade Dorwarth.
Duncan Nick Whyte (the Hermit) was
in the city Wednesday, on his way home
to Leadville from the Indianapolis con-
vention. He dropped in and smoked a
pipe with ye editor.
DR.. De La Matyr has returned from the
greenback convention and trip through
the east. He will occupy his pulpit to-
morrow.
John Mcneil, state inspector of mines,
paid THE ENQUIRER a call on Wednes-
day. He has just returned from trip
through the coal regions,
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
Truth.

Just before going to press the first
number of the San Francisco monthly
Truth reached the Office. 1t is fully up
to expectations and will be greeted with
applause and renewed hope by the
friends of the cause. In the next issue
of this paper, will give an extended
notice of this new battery, manned by
Comrade Haskell.
In the meantime, a few copies are on
sale IN this Office.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
At 3SS
Larimer street, you will find the best

Larimer street, you will find the best
clothing in town:
Rollins & Bond have opened the finest
stock of double sewed soods for men,
youths. boys and children's wear, from
five years up, they ever brought here: and
with their present facilities for doing
business, can make it to your interest to
trade with them if it is real value you
are looking for.
We sell goods at One Price to all, and
everything marked in plain figures.
We also make clothing to order for
those who prefer it. Call and examine
our stock. ROLLINS q BOND,
1888 Larimer street.
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most,s Lectures.

Owing to the fact that the lectures Of
Mr.. Most have been delivered in Ger
man, it is impossible to give full
report of them in this issue. Next week 8
paper will contain in full, lecture de-
liyered in English to aselect audience on
Thursday evening. 1t was translated
from the German for this occasion, and
will appear in next weeks ENQUIRER, for
the first timeiin any print. Extra copies
should be ordered early.
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our friends should fire on us from the
rear. That is what makes our work 80
bitter. SO hopeless; we are either notsu
tanned nobly and fearlessly abandoned
entirely, or fred on from the rear. Yet
all this arises from want Of education or
want of proper understanding as to
what to do and how to do it"
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
To Correspondents.

G. W., Leadville-Your favors re-
ceived, and amounts properly credited.
L. B., Wetmore, Custer Co.-Many
thanks for your favors. Names added to
the list, and amounts credited. Let the
mood work 90 on.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-06-07
Another,

Editor Labor Enquirer.
DENVER, May 13, lGS4.-Dear Sir: AT
a regular meeting of the Iron Molders'
Union No. 188, of Denver, the following
resolution was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we, members Of Iron
Molders' Union No. 1SS, Of Denver,
patronize any and all business firms who
advertize in the labor ENQUIRER IN
preference to any otter.
LOOMS W. SMITH, Pres.
Seal ]. H. GILBERT, Sec