The Labor enquirer., 1884-08-30
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pion Of iabors rights IN reItlrd 70 tho
situation Of things hese In the frst
plane, I may ny that We arestill holding |
the fort with every appreciation Of achiev-
ing decided victory. We held ! mass
meeting on Monday the eighteenth, and
i was wen attended meeting, one
designed to do much good. Judging
from the attitude Of the men, they are
moro determined than eyer to carry the
strike to successful issue. The unani-
nous desire Of the meeting was stili the |
LIS per ton or no surrender.
Think, Mr.. Editor and fellow miners,
you will agree with me that the miners
Of Fremont are most determined to set
an example to their fellow miners Of the
state that they will no longer submit and
bow down to the soulless treachery and
despotism Of the coal kings. / may in
form you here that Mondays meeting
decided to send soliciting committees
abroad in the state to solicitaid for the
needy families. and sincerely hope you
will respond literally to their call, for in
fighting this battle we are fighting your
battle indirectly. We are trying to,
maintain wages at a living rate, and then
considering we have not worked day
since June 25,snd only about half-time
previous to that, / think you will agree
with me thstin cases where men are bur-
dened with large families and where
sickness is working its dreadful effects,
we need your assistance either in the
shape of money or goods. And again,
fellow miners, mark your tradesmen and
storekeepers mark those that act the
part Of friend and those that act the
part Of traitor. For he that is not for
us is against us. Let us patronize and
stand by the tradesmen and storekeepers
that are with us during our struggle.
Mondays meeting decided to send
delegates to different parts of the state
to make arrangements for calling a state
convention Fellowmen manfullY fe-
spond to their call, for by unity and
concert of action the EVIL can be ayerted.
The miners of every district in the state
should fully realize how important it is
for them to see TO it that the miners Of
Fremont county shall succeed in pre-
venting an unwarranted reduction in
the price of mining; for how will such
a reduction effect the miners and laborers
of the state in general?
Brother toilers of the state, let me say
right here, as 1 have already said, tn at
the miners of Fremont are struggling
without a thought of yielding beneath
the high and uplifted hand of oppression.
We are bravely, nay, proudly holding
our position and are rising in resolution.
As the storm increases we realize the
fact that we are going through an ordeal
that will cement us together in the bonds
of unity and love, that is making upward
Of 800 coal miners all told, as the heart
of one man.
| We hope in the calling of the state
convention that every mine in the state
will honorably respond to the call, from
the Erie coal camps to Durango and from
the Gunnison to the, Walsenburg mines.
believe the coal miners in general
would be proud to see our highly es-
teemed friend, Mr.. Buchanan, amongst
US at the convention. The question may
be asked, where is the most suitable
place to hold the convention? Well sir,
Think Pueblo is the most central point.
Fellow miners of the different coal
mining camps, / think you ought to let
US know through the columns of The
LABOR ENQUIRER, how matters are stand
ing with you on the labor and Butler
questions. And you, readers Of THE
ENQUIRER, give copy of the little cham
pion to your fellow miners and urge
upon them to become subscribers; and
let every subscriber become an agent in
spreading the light. Then again, the
next question that arises we can negoti-
ate and make arrangements with the
adjoining states and territories, say
Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico, to
decide upon a general suspension for.
say two months. think this would
make our power felt and have desired
effect in remedying so glaring wrong to
apeople engaged in so important and
extensive an industry, and one that
contributes 30 much to the grandeur,
greatness and wealth of the state. Let
US demand that justice be meted out to
us; let US hear the opinions of the above
named territories, through the columns
of The ENQUIRER as speedily as possible,
as the time for immediate action has
already come, and every man is called
upon to perform his duty to cope with
the organized band of tyrants. Nothing
but unity of action will perform the
desired objsct,for, fellow miners, this
tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered.
But we have the consolation that the
harder the conflict the more glorious the
triumph.
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