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The Labor enquirer., 1884-01-19
Something Mus, be Done.

Cow the poor, slaves. Make them
realize their dependence. Select a few
intrepid men and have them thrust like
felons into dungeons. Still the voice of
a few of the ablest journals which cham
pion the labor cause. Terrorize them,
demoralize them, and they will be help
less as panic stricken host without
leader. This, in short, is the programme,
as clearly defined, and as rigidly to be
carried out as any which ever guided the
action of men. And why has capital
become suddenly imbued with the spirit
of aggressiyeness? Simply because it
perceives that the time is at hand when
settlement of the long pending conflict
must be had. Here we stand at the end
of a year, which despite all the cries of
hard times" has witnessed a greater
volume of trade, a larger amount OF
profit, than any ever known in the
history of the country. Capital has, as
ever, derived its share of those profits
it has waxed fat and hourished like o
green bay tree. And labor? Why, labor
finds itself enjoying the festal season,
the supposed era of goodwill to men,
either in enforced idleness, or at reduc-
ton of wages and time as to bring it to
the verge of starvation. Yet the air is
harmonious with music and laughter,
for while labor all over the land is shiv-
ering in hunger and want, while parents
gather their offspring around them in
mute despair at the cherries present,
the dreary future, capital is festive and
gay, and one millionaire vies with the
other to give the most sumptuous feast,
the most expensive ball. The poor
steadily-becomlng poorer; the rich con-
stantly absorbing the fatness of the land
Where will this end? 1t will end, if
not arrested, in blood and in anarchy.
It will end in dead Vanderbilts and life
less Goulds.. 1t will end in oceans of
blood and in the destruction of the most
perfect government so for devised in the
history Of nations. God forbid it! Hun
ger makes men wolfsh. To see loved
ones suffer cuts keener than knife.
And when men have reached the lowest
strata of suffering, they become either
apathetic or desperate in their despair.
Craftsman
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ssven 60 yyseGh.
1dfp thags llnae fron - Gaaphe:
4 s9iyo - taaeD eenis Wueth t noar, tWe
eeuS worth q hzttsr snd tw6 ceai' woeta
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+ II NJ stlnding IN ! we1t end graeoy stnrl
md nw Wsulan come IN and by the abovs
quantities. q the necesn1ies Of life the wo
man paid seten cents and went ont turned
in surprise 10 Tie clerk and said:n
sHave you many cast0Enen who buy IN
snch small quantities r .
Lots WAS his reply"
Nowthis shows the results Of our indus
TRIAL system. It IS the natural outcome o1
IN unjust method Of production and distihu-
don. While irresponsible private individuals
monopolize capital, the means Of labor, there
must be the extreme inequality Of conditions,
and If continued the whole nation will pass
under the yoke Of the few very rich. The
people at large must be dependent impover-
ished and degraded 50 long as capital Is held
and controlled by the few. It is the profit
exEted from the masses that brings poverty
and vice. To put stop to profits, the means
OF labor must be under the management Of
the whole people, and the competitive system
replaced by national cooperation. Then
there win be no millionaires, and conse-
quently No poverty. b. w. Brown.
+ John SwintOn'S Paper.
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DR.. De La Matyr is stirring up the
church goers of the city, by his candid
treatment, in the pulpit, of vital and
momeutous questions. On last Sunday
morning he handled without gloves the
hypocrisy of some Professed Christians
and caused quite sensation by inform
ing some sanctimonious people that they
were largely responsible for great deal
of SHINING. DIR. De La Matyr intends to
talk plainly to all people from this time
out. You should visit his church and
hear him occasionally. &C. I.
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Realixinx the Situation.

A newspaper published in this city,
which claims to be the organ Of the en-
ploying class is not altogether blind as to
the signs of the times.
Sometime ago we took occasion to
comment upon the tone of its arrogant
editorials on united labor and kindred
topics. In late issue of this journal,
reviewing the unsettled state Of affairs
in Europe, we find the subjoined:
"Now, however, the whole spirit Of the
revolution in progress is socialistic. It
aims not SO mush at political as atindus-
trial, economic and social reforms.
Where it seeks political changes -as in
Russia, Ireland and Spain-it does so
chiefly as a means to accomplish social
changes of even greater significance. In
Ireland and England the discontents
center chiefly in the tenure of land; in
Spain and Germany they relate rather to
industrial questions; bnt everywhere the
discomfort arises out. of the unequal dis
tributlon Of wealth, the increasing wealth
of the rich and the increasing poverty
of the poor. This goes on hand in hand
with the increasing intelligence of the
working class. Large factories and
scientific processes are natural educators
they broaden the sympathies of work.
ingmen, and bridge over the chasms OF
nationality, language and race. There
was this sympathy in the revolution of a
century ago and half century ago;
but it is tenfold more powerful now than
then."-Baltimore Free Press. , VI.
READING, Penn, Jan. H.-Great desh-
tuition Is reported among the miners who
are working IN the ore beds in Lower
Macungie, Lehigh county, and along the
East Pennsylvania road. Their pay was
reduced recently from rs to 60 cents per
day, and now the storekeepers refuse to
give them the usual monthly credit, de
manding cash payments. The contrac
tors say this reduction was, necessitated
by the fall in the price of iron. Only a
few of the mines are in operation, and,
as a result, hundreds of miners are idle.
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The petition.

Following is the introduction to the
petition which is being circulated for sig
natures among the workingmen all over
the country:
To the Representatives of the People in Con-
gress Assembled:
We call upon you, in the name of the
intelligent wageworkers of the United
States, to enact such legislation as will
forever prevent the importation into this
country foreign laborers under contracts
made abroad.
We call your attention to the fact that
this system is growing and extending,
offering standing menace to the stabil-
ity of American institutions, and aiming
a direct blow at the spul of the CONNER
cial life of the nation by attempting by
unfair means to reduce to the starvation
level of Europe the wages of our native
workmen. To such an alarming extent
has this system been developed that we
find the attention of foreign consuls
drawn towards it's manifest evils, and in
some instances it has been made the SUBJ
ject of special reports. $
We welcome gladly to our shores those
who have burst assunder the chains of
oppression and come into our midst free
moral agents but we sternly protest
against the landing of bands of serfs
upon whose carcasses blood money to
the extent Of $50 per head has been paid,
and whose liberty is foresworn before
their native land passes from their view.
We call upon you, therefore, in the
name of the American artisans, to enact
such laws as will make it a criminal of.
fense to bring to this country bodies of
men whose freedom has been purchased,
as it is the easiest thing in the world to
send an agent among the ill-fed, ill-paid
and population-presse Iaborers of al
most any of the industrial centers of the
old world, and obtain a sufficient num-
Der of beings ready to 60 anywhere, at
any time, and at almost any price.
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Late Labor News.

By Associated Press.
PARIS, Jan. ia meeting of 1000 un-
employed persons, including several
women, was held in the Sale Lewis to-
day. Violent speeches were delivered
favoring armed revolution as the only
means of ending the stagnatlon of trade.
Delegates were present from the Work
ingraen's association. They adopted a
more moderate tone, expressing the be-
lief that an appeal to the chambers
would mitigate the crisis. 1t was pro-
posed that the workingmen 60 to the
Palais Bourbon en- masse on Monday,
but the idea was rejected. The meeting
separated quietly.
DUBLIN, Jan. 13.-The Nationalist
meeting in County Fermanaugh, which
Biggar, member of parliament, was an
nounced to address, has been prohibited
by the authorities. = ~ "
The garrison of Enniskillen has been
ordered to make preparations to accom-
modate 1000 additional troops, which
will be sent there in view of the National
meeting announced for the coming week;
and the one at Cavan On the sixteenth
and another at Boyle on the twentieth.
VICTORIA, B. c., Jan. ia stringent
anti Chinese law will be introduced into
the house 1t declares that it shall be
unlawful for any Chinese to enter Brit
ish Columbia, and imposes an annual
tax, to be fixed by the house, on all
Chinese over IA years of age.
PATERSON, N; j., Jan. ia secret
meeting of silk weavers was held this
afternoon. They decline to make any
statement except that the strike is post
poned until Wednesday. y - +
PErERsBuRe, Va, Jan. 1.-THE hands
which are employed in three of the
largest tobacco factories here struck to-
day in consequence of reduction in
their wages of 25 cents per 100. This
strike throws out of employment be-
tween 600 and 1000 men, women and
children.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Jan. 1.-THE
nailers at the Mount Hope and Old
Colony works, in Somerset, have struck
against a Is per cent reduction in their
wages. .
WAsHISaToN, Jan. IA petition
from certain citizens in Kansas was pre-
sented to the senate, asking for consh-
tutional amendment in favor of woman
suffrage; also petition from citizens Of
4 Minnesota, praying that colonies and
families be allowed to lay out villages
on the public lands, in order to estab.
lish cooperative industrial societies.
LONDON, Jan. 15.-An Anarchist was
arrested at Hamburg to-day who is sls'
pected of being implicated in the at
tempt to blow up the Office of the chic
of police, at Frankfort on the night o.
October q.
81. PErKRsBuRa, Jan. 15.-H is stated
that the officials have obtained posses
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York, kas ined I weekly papeE 0lled
the Boyccttsr. Tho stzikin8 carpet
weasezs aaso have ayeekly papsr known
= the Carpss weavee's Jsarnal.
Some disnatisfsction exists among Gin
cinnati shee manuhctnrern because the
arbitration committee decided in favor
Of the workmsn. If the decision had
been the other way, it would have been
al right.
At the Scott Iron works, Reading
Pennsylvania, on Thursday, l25 men
were notified of . reduction in wages
ranging from 15 to 80 cents per day. A
number Of them stopped work, but the
works are still running.
The strike Of coal miners near Lexing.
ton, Missouri, on Tuesday last, was sort
Of aAash in the pam" All went back to
work again. The trouble grew out of a
charge by the superintendent that there
was too much dirt in the coal.
It is now five months since the glass
workers about Pittsburg went out. and
there are yet no signs of q settlement
The scab potteries at East Liverpool,
Ohio, are all closed. The cooperative
pottery, however, is running full time
and kept busy.
The finishers at Moorhead & Co.'s
mill, at Pittsburg, struck on Tuesday
against the new steel process, which is
so much harder than the iron formerly
used that it is impossible to make the
same wages. About 100 men are engaged
in the strike, and the matter will likely
be adjusted satisfactorily.
A strike of spinners in the Mile End
Thread works, on the Passaic, opposite
Newark, is in progress. The wages Of
the English operatives there we're cut
down, and they quit work. Superin-
tendent Cook procured new men in
Rhode Island, but when they arrived at
the mill and found that a strike was
going on, they refused to work. Some
of them returned home at once.
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b> >to brsk - "a bush q nashiss.
of whatever kind. -
II capitalistic expropfiatiDn continues
another twenty Tesn increasing inpower
in the same ratio thst it hes done in the
last twenty, The figures prove that the
entire wsse-taking clas viii b then 10
duced 70 the Chinese standard of living.
There i but one remedy for this ap-
proach Of primitive barbarian That
remedy is the abolition Of . loafng class.
and the establishment by the workers Of
q scientific system Of governmental CO.
operation in both production and dis
tribution.- San Francisco Truth.
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rhe al.ss Blswep, Intsraatisnal.

4
A meeting Of the executive committee
of the Knights of Labor has been held
in Pittsburg, and An international asso-
ciation of window glass workers has
been formed at last For months past
the glass workers have had agents busily
engaged in England, France and Bel
GUM in combining all the workmen in
window glass factories into one compact
international association, under the title
of District Assembly 800, Knights OF
Labor Within q few days this organic
alton has been completed in all its de-
tails. 1t is the only international labor
union of the kind. 1t is said that $4,000
to 1900 blowers, or from 10000 to
10000 men, including all classes of men
employed in window glass factories be-
long to the union.-C Craftsman:
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For Rent.

The corner store with two rooms in
the rear, good cellar, Holly water con-
nected, in the Vihot block, corner of
South Tenth and Capitol avenue-$20
per month. Inquire either at next door
or by postal card, postoffice box 23s7,
Denver
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sien ~ ! lsttdr 81 cI,hef. Hvse bend
in he lodsine of ! Nihiliat named
Leada, Who had |bsen II close conmuni-
eiiion With tho Irish nalcoats.tA Ths
Letter, it i believed, advises simulta
neous attack upon tho emperor Of Ger
many and the car Of Russia.
PANS Jan. 16.-The worxingmen's
delegates had Z conference today With
The members of the party Of the ex-
treme left in the chamber Of deputies.
The delegates pointed out the Act that
$50, 900 hands ara out Of employment.
and they demanded that the chamber
arrange to provide work for them NJ.
Clemenceau advised the delegates to re-
turn and obtain mandate from the
workingmen. The delegates refused to
withdraw, and the other deputies urged
the delegates to remain calm, saying that
1t was necessary before taking action to
have an explicit statement of the work
ingmen's wishes.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l6.-The fact that
the Western Union Telegraph company
Yesterday abrogated their contract with
the Chicago Inter- Ocean for q private
wire from Washington, for the alleged
reason that this paper published Senator
. :
Hills postal telegraph speech, which Sc
verely arraigns that, company, has Gre
ated great indignation here. Several
senators who have hitherto opposed the
telegraph bill assured Senator Hill to-
day that in view Of these facts they
would now heartily support his sor Con-
gresham Anderson,s measure.
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TAILOiRs.

Tailors' Protective Society meets on the
first Monday Of each month, at Justice
Jeffries' court room, at O'Clock p. m.
G. PUTTKENMER, President
T. .HAMIN, Secretary.
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TYpoeRApu1cAL.

r. Typographical Union No. 40 meets on the
first Sunday of each month at Knights Of
Pythias hall. at O'Clock p. m.
o. L. SMITH, Financial Secretary.
F.P. MANIx, Recording Secretary.
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KNIGHTS OF LABoR.

Montgomery Benevolent Assembly No.
l4A meets every Friday evening, at Knights
of Labor hall, at 1880 o'clock.
Union Assembly No. 1897 meets every
Thursday evening at Knights OF Labor
hall, 1856 Holladay, at Z 80 o'clock
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IRON MoLpRRs.

Iron Molders Union meets every alternate
Tuesday, at Knights of Labor hall, at 7:30
D. m. JOHN GILBERT, Secretary,
Colorado Iron Works.
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MorTo of Clayton's Hat Store-low
prices and goods guaranteed as repre-
sented. u.-s
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sTosRCUTTERS.

Stonecutters Union meets every alternate
Thursday, at Mitchell Guards hall, at 7:30
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BARRIERS.

BARRIERS Benevolent Protective Associar
ton meets every Tuesday at p. m. at
Knights of Labor hall, 1856 Holiday Street
j. LEONARD, President.
w. NEWMAN, Secretary.
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AMUsEMENTS.. F.
AT THE GRAND.

Monday evening Frank May opens
for a week at the Tabor in his great
specially "Davy Crockett" Mayo has
gained such fame in, his personation OF
this character that, like Jefferson and
RIP Van ,Wlnkle," his name has become
synonymous with it, He has a fine com
pany with him, who, from continuous
representation of the characters assigned
them, become perfect in them. The
piece will be splendidly mounted by the
stage management, and will introduce
several fine stage settings of which the
Tabor is so capable The engagement
will undoubtedly prove a great success.
"Be sure you're right; then go ahead"
Colonel Robert G.. G.1ngersoll will deliver
one of his great lectures on orthodox
Theology at the opera house, tomorrow
evening. There are many in the city
who have long desired to see and hear
this gentleman, and they will now have
an opportunity. The admission will be
81 to parquette, dress circle and bale ny,
and so cents to gallery. Go and hear
him, whether you agree with him or not.
He can't be beaten as an entertainer.
- IA THE ACADEMY.
The Kendall Comedy Company have
had good week at the Academy so far
and will continue to fill the houses and
delight audiences during the remainder
of the engagement. II. A. Kendall is one
of the best comedians who has ever
visited the city, and his wife is first
rate actress. They are both careful and
energetic performers and are untiring in
their efforts to please. There viii be two
performances to-day. afternoon and eve
ming. In the evening the drawing of the
Distribution Cigar store will occur upon
the stage after the regular performance.
This viii be feature, and the house will
be crowded. The proprietors of the DIS
\ tribution store hare issued several hun
dred tickets to their customers. The
4 admission to the Academy during thu
enaaeem ent is 50, S5, and 25 cents.
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LOCAL LABoR ORGANIZATIONS.
rRApra AssEMpLY.

The Trades Assembly OF Denver and
Vicinity meets on the second and fourth Sun
days Of each month.
J.R. BUCHANAN, President
c L. MERRITT, Secretary, News Office,
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Anl FHfor the working class. Send 10
nm Icents for postage and we will
LII mail you free, q royal, valuable
Hill box OF sample goods that will put
JILL you in the way of making more
money in a few days than You ever thought
possible at any business. Capital not re
CURED. We will start you. You can work
an the time, or in spare timeonly. The work
Is universally adapted to both sexes, young
and Old. You can easilyearn from so cents
to IS every evening. That all who want work
may test the business, we make this unparal-
IeIed offer: To all who are not well satisfied
we will send 81 to pay for the trouble OF writ
ing u.s. Full particulars, directions, etc., sent
free. fortunes will be made by those who
rive their whole time to the work. Great
Success absolutely sure. Don't delay. Start
now. Address SrIHsoF Il Co., Portland, Me.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-18
A Renaissance OF 1880.
John I. DayenpOrt's Solution of the
MOrey letter.

New YORK Aug. 1S-John Davenport
has published a book of $50 pages dealing
with the Morey letter forgery of 1880 He
says the author was one Henry H. Hadley, a
lawyer of this city, whom he describes
as a rather shady professional He
quotes from Hadley's letters to Stone that
he has always been Democrat, and says the
forgery was committed in the rooms of
Hancock Republican association on or about
Oct 2 1850 The proof of the authorship is
very specific. About LOCO letters written by
Hadley have been compared with the Morey
letter, and it is shown that he always miss
spelled the word "Teligiously" as it is miss
spelled in the Morey letter; also, all nouns
ending in lies" such as companies" cop
les" enemies" he spelled with final 'ys,"
as the word ''companys," which appears in
the forged letters. In his genuine CORE
spondence Hadley invariably dotted the let
ter ''r' when it occurred in word contain
ing an ii, as in the signature to the forged
letter.
Hoadly is declared to have made his ar
Tangements for launching the / tier upon the
public with great shrewdness, and admits
that he wrote the name Henry L. Morey in
the register at the Kirkland house, at Lynn,
and sub stituted it for the name of George E.
c. Morey in the affidavit of Mrs. Clara
Morey declaring that he was her son. Dav-
export says the letter was offered to The
Sun, but Dana said he believed it was forged.
and would have nothing to do with it. The
language of the letter is shown to have
been culled from the speeches of a number
of gentlemen on the Chinese question, and it
is also proved that Mr. Garfield did rot use
the letter paper upon which it was written
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-18


The cowboy remnant of DR.. CarVer's
Wild West" show which went to pieces
at Valparaiso Ind, the other day, is now
quietly restlng-in a stable, at Chicago.
Their crude hotel accommodations, how~
ever, are the least of their difficulties, as
they aver that they would rather sleep in
the barn than in the best hotel in Chicago.
They claim to have been with DR.. Carver
eight months and Lever saw a payday
Sometimes they were paid a little money
but none were paid regularly. Carver
owes each of the gang from $3.50 to $500
and there is not cent in the crowd. eve
are thinking of dyeing our skins red, said
one, for the government has sent the In
dams on home. We poor whites, darkies,
Mexicans, and half-redskins are not
wards of the nation, so we are stuck here
There was not one of US would have come
east, but we wanted to see the country
We've had enough of it, and of the show
business too. can tell you there wouldn't
a gang of fellows go hungry in our vic
unity out west if we knew it. l hain't
ever stopped round here before. Civilized
ways seem different from ours
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-18
LOGAN AT CHAUTkUQUA.


CHAUTAUQUA, Aug 1S.-Gen. Logan al.
rived at noon and received royal greeting.
He was received at Mayville by Louis Miller,
president of the Chautauqua assembly, and
other leading gentlemen; also by the Young
Mems Blaine and Logan club of jamestown
and escorted to the hotel, whore he was
greeted by cheers from a large number OF
ladies and gentlemen. He was addressed by
Rev John H. Vincent, superintendent of in
struction, as follows:
GEN. LOGAN-lt gives me great pleasure tC
welcome you to our summer resort on Lake
Chautauqua. We have here people from al
portions of the land. The representatives OF
the Grand Army of the Republic have just
been with us 1t is our purpose to difluSe
our wholesome and worthy ideas through this
and all lands, and to promote education and
culture in the homes of all people.
Gen. Logan resonded as follows:
DR.. VINCENT, AND CONFERENCE.-THE fame
of your great institution has become world
wide 1t has sent out to the American PEG
pie its rills of influence and knowledge unit
its aggregate resembles mighty flood bless
ing all portions of the country. | am glad Il
be here; glad, indeed, to be with you to-day
and in closing may say | have hope thai
your influence here at Chautauqua may have
its proper effect upon Inc as well as upor
others
Three cheers were given for Gen. Logan
and three for Mr.. Vincent