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The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18
AN OLD ABoLITIoNIsT.
He Writes Letter to His Grandson in
which He Speaks Of the Past,
Present and Future.

For The Enquirer.
Many cf the old abolitlonists could
see but one kind of slavery. They can
see no likeness between chattel and
wage slavery. But a man who bases his
ideas of reform on principle, can apply
his convictions Of what is right to any
case that may come up His mind is
sustained by the strength of truth and
does not grow old with the body. Below
is letter to me. the writer being 80 years
old, which shows zeal as strong as
when he violated the law of the United
States by feeding and hiding negroes
who were escaping to Canada via the
Underground railroad" in central Ohio.
He was the only abolitionist for miles
around and was cordially hated for his
views. -. ...;
He now sees the evil of wage slavery
as he then saw the evil of chattel
slavery. Listen to this man who lived
while Washington was yet allye, and has
watched the progress of the world for
nearly century.-ZENo.
GRELToN, Ohio, April 8, 1885.
DEAR O.. ] thank you for your
letter. Dynamite has come ; it must be
discussed. l think you are competent
to discuss 1t, 80 | hope you will 90 on.
We have some unpleasant things to deal
with and we must do the best we can
with them.
have lived part of my life among
rattlesnaKes. and wondered what such
devilish things were permitted to live
for, and the best thing 1 could do was to
exterminate them as fast as possible and
was not particular about the means 1
used. 81. -"I.
We are oppressed and cursed now with
worse enemies than rattlesnakes. Sys
TENS, devices of wicked men at work to
deprive us of our rights and make US
slaves, now exist, Men are not angels
nor saints, and when they see wife, chill
dren and friends hungry and naked
while surrounded with abundance of
what they need, produced by their own
labor, there is an ine4orable desire wells
up to possess it, and it can't be expected
that they will stop to discuss the NOR
ality of the means to be used to gain
possession >. ''!vR lSS.A a&s%4
= l have lived through and fought, the
battle with chattel slavery, bad enough
vet not near 80 bad as the preeent sys-
tenn. l predicted in a public meeting
at Green Springs, Ohio. ten years before
the war, that.it would end in blood. l
was not proud of the utterance, but only
grieyed that 1 believed it to be true. So,
now, If some terrible catastrophe shall
occur in which many lives shall be sac
rifced, vet if it shall abolish oppression
and restore the rights wrested from us,
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18
WRIGHT AND THE wORK-woMEN

In this issue will be found another
long article from Charlotte Smith upon
the subject of the national labor bureau,
and its management. Mrs. Smith very
justly objects to the course of Commits
sioner Wright IN barring women out of
the bureau, and makes a well-founded
claim for recognition of her sex.
While Mrs. Smiths articles upon this
subject are little too much given to
praising herself, yet there can be no
question of the rights of the female
workers in connection with the bureau
and only one opinion as to the duty of
Mr.. Wright. have never had any great
faith in the bureau or entertained any
hope that it would accomplish anything
of consequence for the benefit of the
workers; but if the government is to
expend large sums of money in gather
ing statistics relative to the misery of
the producers of the country, certainly
cannot understand why there should not
be as much attention given to the famale
portion of those producers as the male
Indeed it is positive fact that the most
horrible examples of the blasting results
Of our system are to be found among the
hard-working, poorly-paid women and
girls of our country, particularly in the
large cities.
I do not believe that Mr.. Wright in
tends to give the time and labor which
is necessary to the wretched side ofthe
labor question, and thereby awaken in
the hearts of the good people desire to
do something to alleviate the misery of
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18

AN article from John Swinton's Paper
is going the rounds of the. labor press
1t contains plan for taxing those at
work to support those out of employ.
ment. For a piece of patchwork the
scheme reads very well but how foolish
it is to be wasting thought upon charity
schemes, when if the workers would but
comprehend the truth, they can remove
all necessity for taxing the poorly paid
slave who is at work to keep from starv-
ing the miserable fellow who is denied
work. 1t is robbing Peter to pay Paul.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18

"THE TRAMP's DREAM" which is now
running in The ENQUIRER, is wonder
fully interesting story-if so it can be
called. Many of the thoughts are new
to the average reader, and the whole is
marked by the original style adopted by
the writer. Cato" is a man of strong
convictions, and all his writings are
worthy close perusal s but "The Ira np's
Dream" Is his masterpiece, and should
be closely read by every student of Social
Science.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18
OLD "so1n ARRAYED AGAINST Us
Gods Sunlight to be Used as a Labor
Saving Machine, and His People
VIII Suffer.

For The Enquirer.
The Creed of the Scientific Socialist,
for so we may name its lofty platform OF
ethics, the Rights of Man." declares
that the whole people should hold the
land, light, air, water and all other of
Natures resources as the natural her1-
tage in common of all mankind" This
declaration. defensible alike upon
grounds of morality and necessity, un-
like the dicta of ecclesiasticism. can be
logically demonstrated by the syllogism
that what no man made no man can
own, where none own exclusively the
title of all is equal, and that hence the
title being equal all men have an equal
right to use. ~ ...:.~- !. ..ts l-aer.
Upon these rocks, not of Faith but of
Fact, the Scientific Socialist rears his
temple wherein the. word is preached
unto the poor-wherefrom the Voice de.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18
A New Way to "ssve.n

FOr The Enquirer. -
If personal economy be a remedy for
the workingman's poverty why not
study it to the fullest extentP There is
no knowing how little man might live
on if he tried. Italians living on garbage,
or Cinnamon on rats, is nothing to what
might be done. Tanner showed that
people might live without eating much
Of anything, and that, Of course, would
be Immensely economical. But he might
not be able to do, much for his em-
ployer, while thus illustrating the ''sav-
ing" principle and therefore the plan is
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18
CHICAGO, April Is.
Give Us Plain Language.

Give Us Plain Language.
Editor Labor Enquirer.
SAN FRANCISCO, April l0.-One of the
recent issues of The ENQUIRER contained
an expression made by our inestimable
Co worker, Lizzie Swank, which 80 fully
met my convictions, that I cannot help
repeating it here. tits to the effect that
those who would mystify the labor ques-
ton by making it appear complicated
and awfully incomprehensible' one. are
enemies of the labor movement. would
modify that verdict to the extent, that
such people hardly ever mean to do
mischief, but rather intend to stimulate
the public to deeper inquiry. But the
effect is really an injurious one. for the
masses of the workers, whom it must of
course be our prime object to have on
our side, if we ever wish to accomplish
anything, are so extremely letharg1c that
it Is even hard to make them reason on
a plain common-sense proposition, much
less on anything purely. scientific"
J. H, B..
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18
DEVOTED DANIELwITz.
He Spices His Labors In Behalf Of Educa-
ton. by "Knocking Out"
Tool of Capital.

From the daily press of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, CLEAN the facts concerning little
episode in the experience of one OF the
noblest champions of the labor cause: e..
Sigisimund Danielwitz, who is we'll and
favorably known to the earnest workers in
the labor cause In several countries and par
ticularly to those of the Pacific coast, has for
the past two months been actively at work
soliciting subscribers to THE ENQUIRER in
California.
Last week he paid visit to Los Angeles
in this interest, and while there called to see
young man who is engaged in the butcher
shop of Mr.. Wendt. The young man was
not in at the time and he asked Mr.. Wendt
what his business hours were in order that
he might return before the shop closed. Mr..
Wendt was busy at the time and did not an
swer him and he repeated the question. At
this a rough, by the name of Pritchard, who
had followed DanieIwitz into the shop,
siezed him by the coat collar and shouted in
q gruff, insulting manner, "what business
have you got to inquire for mans business
hours ?" Danielwitz asked him what right
he had to grab him by the collar and tried to
release himself, and Pritchard, retaining his
hold Danielwitz struck him powerful blow
in the chin, making a large abrasion and
completely upsetting Mr.. Tough.
Danielwitz was arrested, but was at once
dismissed by the justice.
Pritchard was formerly policeman, but
was discharged for drunkenness, and has
since been open for an engagement at any
dirty job. The evidence is pretty posi-
tive that he was hired by the capitalists
of Los Angeles to defeat the efforts of Dam
ielwitz in behalf Of an advanced labor paper.
Comrade Danielwitz has had experience of
this kind before; all kinds of knavery was
indulged in by the foes of organized and edu-
Gated labor to prevent our comrade and the
lamented Starkweather from circulating
Truth when 1t was being published.
Such acts but show the hand of capitalism,
and make the workers the more determined,
and so long as Danielwitz is physically able
to punch the heads of the tools of our enc
mics there Is no occasion for tears
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18
THE BLUE MARK.

Those subscribers who see the blue
mark on their paper will understand
that their subscription has expired, and
I hope they will give the matter their
attention. Those who are several weeks
in arrears must pay up at once, or the
paper will be stopptd; it is unnecessary
to again explain why I have to pursue
this course. Be punctual, friends, if you
have the good of the cause really at
heart
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18

The realistic picture in "Germinal' of the
caving in of the Montrose mines is duplicated
at the present moment in Shenandoah, where
ten miners are entombed In living grave by
the breaking down of one of the gangways
In the Cuyler colliery in Raven Run "The
miners" says the account in the daily press,
"who are acquainted with the place have lit
tie or no hope Of those imprisoned being res
cued alive. The scene at the mouth of the
slope is heartrending in the extreme. The
unfortunate miners are all men of families,
and the appealing cries of their wives and
children NIL the air in the vicinity of the fatal
nine." These tragadies are of too frequent
occurrence in the mining world, and the re-
sponslbility for their happening is rarely
placed where it belongs.-Laborer.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18

GENERAL GRANT dreamed, one night
last week. that he was a tramp" under
going all the horrors of such situation.
II might be we'll, If the general RECEIVERS
his health, to have him write up his
dream and publish it as sequel to the
"Tramp's Dream" now running in the
columns of this paper.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18

the nyasd; but l ppq his Irspol1s
win cDnsistof cold d&able compdsed OF
stiff figures ard idiotic theorfsing g On
supply and demand Y. y .psQtactions and
charity --+
If the commissioner wXnts to live
congress and the senate Of the United
States some startling facty concerning
the condition Of the toilers Of the land,
ne can do no. better than -deyots the
necesssrytim 70 informips himsaH Of
the awful situation of Stke axorkins
women and girls in all the large cities.
The things he will learn are not new to
all Of but ittmight put some Of our
government officials who have wives,
sisters and daughters, and whose hearts
are not yet dead, to4thinking in a new
vein upon the subject: "What shall we
do for OUR work people"
I would suggest that Commissioner
| Wright give US, q chapter upon the
women and girls who work for some oi
the large dry goods and clothing estab.
lishments in New York City; one o.
these grandly beautiful palaces which
are the pride of the city, When ]
think Of these thingsI can but cali to
mind description have read of one Of
these places, the substance of which is
It's foundations are built with the bon ct
of the white slaves, male and female
the skeletons of journeymen tailors and
poor seamstresses, all starved to death
constitutes the door-posts and the win
dow-frames; the walls are made of skulls
the architectural devices are cross bones,
and the whole is cemented firmly anG
solidly by the blood, pith and marrow Of
the miserable wretches who are forced
to sell themselves in the Slave Marke
of Competitive Labor. ar~r e., .,
AS have said BEFORE I do not hops
for any materially beneficial results from
the labors of the bureau, but it is estab
lished, funds have been appropriated t.
conduct it, and believe that woman
as the greatest of slave laborers, is en-
titled to a full hearing and to represen
tation in the corps of information
| hunters. :.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18

STUDENTS in Social Science will find
Starkweather and Wilson's work on
Socialism Evolution or Revolution"
very interesting and replete with scien-
tific propositions, tersely stated. Price
10 cents for sale at this office. ..'.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18

WoRK1RaMEN should read more; not
the class of matter to be found in the
capitalistie press, but papers and books
which deal with the industrial question
from common-sense and humanitarian
stand-points. Organization is progress
ing grandly, education should not be left
hahind o.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18
! pains u. blood tses 4lsr. q

cnln8 the Dl00d non Aefs OF
4merica. e
The vintage Of chandpdgne flowed
long. steadily and profasely,n Yee, and
its color Was blood-red. The robbers Of
the poor md their rlleeislative allies were
drunk on the blood Of the white slaves
their avaIcieusness and lust have slain ;
60 drunk that they did not see the hand
writing on the xili. But It was there
all the same. and the fplfllment Of the
warning cannot BE- much longer DELAYED.
/ Go, on with your fsasting. ye flesh
eaters and blood drinkers; the noise Of
your high reyelry in awakening the
slumbering people. t.,F,,,..s IS
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18

- CHICAGO Anarchists certainly do not
lack nerve. They hold public meetings
at which they discuss motions to blow
up the robbers roost-board of trade
buildings, and kindred motions.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18
AN ACT CONCERNING TRAMps.

SECTION 1. Every tramp, upon conviction
as such, shall be punished by Imprisonment
at hard labor in the nearest penitentiary for
not more than six months, the expense dur.
ing such imprisonment not to exceed one
dollar week per capita, to be paid by the
state.
SEC. 2. All persons who rove about from
place to place begging, and all vagrants liv-
ing without labor or visible means of support,
who stroll over the country without lawful
occasion, shall be held to be tramps within
the meaning of this act
Sec. s. Any act of vagrancv by any person
not resident of the state shall be evidence
that the person committing the same is
tramp within the meaning of this act
Sec. 4. Any tramp who shall enter any
building against the will of the owner or oc =
cupant thereof, under such circumstances as
shall not amount to burglary, or willfully or
malciously injure the person or property of
another, which injury under existing law
does not amount to a felony, or shall be
found carrying any firearms or other danger
GUS weapon, or burglars tools, or shall
threaten to do any injury to any person or to
the real or personal property of another,
when such otfense Is not now punishable by
imprisonment in the state prison, shall be
deemed guilty of felony, and, on conviction,
shall be punished by Imprisonment in the
state prison at hard labor for not more than
three years.
SEC. 5. Amy person being a resident of the
town where the offense is committed may,
upon view of any offense described in this
act, apprehend the offender and take him
before justice Of the peace or other comre-
tent authority.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18

The publisher Of this piper IS not respon.
sible for the opinions of contributors. Inc
columns will always be open for the discus M
sion of all sides of the labor questions OF inc
day. Oontri ributions alwaS s welcome.
The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-18
Down With Tramps.

Below is bill which has been introduced
in the general assembly of the state of New
York, and which has been fovorably recon-
mended by the committee to which 1t was
referred. That is the way the legislature
deals with the problem of idle workers-en-
forced idlers.
Here is the way, as John Swinton's Albany
correspondent says, that the general assem-
bly, proposes to deal with the one hundred
thousand people in the state of New York
who are out of work:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-03
Election Reform.

WAsHINe7sN, February 2.-The bill
introduced by Holman to-day, to pro-
teri the purity of the ballot, provides
that it shall be unlawful for any person
to give any of his property, real or per
ssonal, to be used, directly or indirectly.
IN securing vote for appointment for
any office under the government. The
violation of this is to be punished by a
fine not exceeding $500, and imprison-
ment not exceeding one year. The bill
further provides that: Every person
hereafter elected or appointed to fill
any office of the United States shall
take and subscribe to- the following
oath: / do solemnly swear Cor affirm1
that [ have not directly or indirectly
given, promised, advanced, or paid any
money, or given or conveyed any other
article of value to any person, or persons
to assist, aid or procure my selection or
appointment"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-03
Personal.

V.M. C. SILVA was in, town on Mon
day. ....
JOHN TURNER, sheriff OF u tab County,
was in town yesterday.
T. FRED TRANE, the Lehi merchant,
came to the city last evening
S. A. KESNER goes to Spanish Fork
this morning, on legal business.
THOMAS PELLs, the prominent mining
man of Bingham, is in the city.
THE UTAH CENTRAL took lie Grand
Young northward yesterday morning.
JUDGE WILLIAMS was down from 0g-
den to attend the opening of court yes
terday.
GEO. NJ. Snow. of the firm of J. T.
Morgan d Co., bankers, at ketehum, is
in the city.
e. w. LoDER, after severe siege of
illness, was out enjoying the fine sun
shine of yesterday.
J. e. BAMBERGEX and family will take
the d. & R. G. for New York, and will
beabsent several months.
THE UTAH CENTRAL train dispatcher at
Juab, J. +. Clinton, came up from the
south last evening, in The interests of
the railway company.
Hon. A. O. SHOOT, after a lapse of
considerable time. was again on the
streets of Salt Lake on Monday. He
shows the marks of his recent illness
Miss DEANIE CAME, daughter of Hon.
John L. Caine, leaves for Washington
this morning. to joinSher parents She
will return with therhDabout the middle
of March.
S. T. SAITH, general superintendent
of the U. P. r. R., accompanied by Z.
Dickinson, assistant general superinten-
dent, came down TO Salt Lake on Sunday
night. They leave again this morning.
SPENCER CLAwsoN, A. Roundy, John
r. Winder, Jr., and Joshua Midgely left
1 Tor the east yesterday morning, via the
1 D. & R. g., ION business and pleasure
bent. They will see the Worlds Fair,
the Mardi Gras and the Inauguration
before they return.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-03
Egypt.


LONDON, February 1.-The following
dispatch was received from General
Wolseley:
KogTl, February General Earle adj
yanced his troops within seven miles oil
Brit, but will be unable to concentrate
them in readiness to attack that place
until the Sd. owing to the Diff
Guilty of navigating the river The
enemy holds a strong position
at Brit. A deserter from the
rebel ranks, says the commander of
Brit, has received a letter from the
Emir of Berber stating that the British
had captured Metemneh and sent steam
ers to Khartoum with troops and stores
for the garrison there. The Emir strongly
advised the commander of Brit not to
oppose Earle's advance, as the British
were sending troops across the desert
from Korosko to Abu Hamed to sup
press the rebels. The deserter recently
left Belber, where he says there are
twenty six survivors of the massacre of
Colonel Stewards party, wrecked on the
Nile in one of Gordon'S steamers. The
survivors are Syrians and Greeks. He
says they are not imprisoned, but are
not allowed to leave Berber.
SUAKIM, February THE British, to-
day, made reconnaissance in force Of
the camp at Kasheen. The rebels, who
hold strong position, were very cour-
seemed 10th to leave their own ground.
The British subsequently returned to
Suakim. No casualties.
CAIRO, February 1.-General Butler,
General Wolseley's chief of staff, was
temporarily appointed, to succeed Cen
eral Stewart as commander of the expe-
dition to Khartoum, VIA Metemneh.
General Sir Evelyn Wood succeeds
Butler as chief of staff. General Green
fell succeeds Wood as commander in
chef of the Egyptian army. General
Clery succeeds Greenfell in command
of the Nile transports.
LONDON, February 1-Birti village is
on the River Nile and inelosed by horse
shoe shaped rugged hills. and the only
FAITHS leading 10 it are narrow passes.
The natives say there are 1890 rebels
there armed with rifles Spies report
5,000rebels at Hasheea and Tamaneb,
seven miles west of SualSin. 1t is be-
lieved the rebels lost heavy by Smelling
in the recent reconnaissance.
KoRTI, February 1.-The last boat
containing reinforcements and stores
has arrived here and the force con-
tinued on its way to Metemneh. Has
samepeb tribe made oyertures of friend
ship. This is important as 1t will Sc
cure for the British force supply OF
cattle and perhaps camels. Three hun
bred of the Mudir OF Dongola's troops
advancing under Colonel Colville on the
right bank of the Nile, have arrived OPP
posite Brit. The rebels crossed the river
and Dengola's troops retired inland four
miles. 1t is stated the rebels are well
prepared for fight and disappointed at
not having an opportunity. General
Earlcolumn passed Bahak cataract
intending to attack Bahak. while the
boats were struggling in the rapids.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-03
LIGHTNING FLASHES.


No deaths have occurred from Satur-
days explosion of natural gas in Pitts
burg.
Senator German has detailed to Cleye-
land the arrangements for the Inaugural
ton.
The Hooking Valley coal strike has
ended, the miners union having re-
duced wages 10per cent. El
England has accepted the French
counter proposals relative to the finan-
cial management of Egypt, with a few
amendments, which France and the
other Powers have adopted, and an
Egyptian treaty will shortly he arranged.
The Turkish government has sent a
circular to European powers protesting
against the occupation of points OF the
Red Sea without her consent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-03

MANCHESTER, Februsry 1.-OIeary,
The Fenfm, lectured to 1900 persons
this evening. He condemned the re-
cert dynamite outrages and said they
were likely to complete the enslayement
of ireland. He characterized the dyna-
mite agitators in America as ignorant
and lnsriv,nulous fanatics O'Leary
was frequently i,Iterrupted by the audi
enee. An freshman of Liverpool,
named Connolly, said no honest Irish
patriot should denounce any weapon
the lrishmen used against Eng
land. This statement evoked great APP
plause. Other speakers followed, who
strongly advocated the use of dyna-
mite against England. Cheers were
given for O'Donovan Rosa.