The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-04-08


The kmoHfs hos ADDRESS
TtE Datn
~. LnUIs, No April e.--The joint
executive board ~ aefeaihiits lOl, %
and u, Kaiknts 81 bspsf. t.iis alter
nOnn issued re ioilOwius aiidress.
70 thc iForkiagEieR of ne tyorid:
FRIENDS AND BRcTHERs Hear
us. flr We plead fer our rights. Men
Of equity lnnk upiu ". fur We strug-
gle aEainsi gianlH 81 WrUnE. men With
ilie irei,zy Of pride and sris adulatiOns
begotten as u is Of the success OF out
rage and infamy. There stands be-
fore us q giant 81 aggregated and IN
coFporHted wealth, every dollar OF
which ls built upon blood, injustiee
aud outrage. The giant % corporate
wealth has centralized lie power 10
and Il impers0nated by the eager
hend who gioats IS be grinds the life
cut Of bis fellow men and grinlates
and dances % they writhe upon bis
Instruments Of torture o, ye work
inFmen Of AmeFiea, who love your
liberty and your native land, ye great
eryers % wealth who stand e. the
foundation Of ell national good, look
uDon your brothers to-day. Gould,
the giant hend, Gould, the money
monarch, is dancing, as he claims,
over
THE GRAvEOF OUR ORDER,
over the ruin Of our homes, and the
blight Of our lives. Before him the
world has smiled In beauty, but his
wake is q graveyard Of hopes, q ey-
clones path Of devastation and death.
Our strong arms have grown weary
In building the tower OF strength,
and yet be bids Us build on or die
Our young lives have grown gray too
soon beneath the strain Of unrequited,
constant toll. Our loved ones ct
home are hollow checked and pale
with long and weary waiting for bet.
Ter days 90 come. Nay, more than
thIs-the graveyards are hiding his
victims ffom our longing eyes.
Brother WOrkmen, this monster
nend has compelled some Of us 10 toll
60 cold and rain for i've and afty
cents 8 day. Others have been COM
PEELED 10 yield their time 20 him for
seventeen and thirty-slK weary hOurs
foE the pittance Of nine hours pay.
Others who have 20 assert their man
NIl4HN MNAu NE0ElAEA NAlHN 4AN ~ A84nN
are black listed and bOycOtted ell over
the land. He has made solemn cOm-
uactn with the highest authority 10
our order, and then has basely re-
fused % fulfill his pledge. BE lives
under and enjoys al the benefits Of .
republican form Of government and
yet advocates and Perpetuates the
moot dsbasing form of white elaverY.
-a..n- 80 NND hhrwh
and low, with ruthless hand, ano
thea appeals 10 corrupt and purchased
courfs 10 help him 70 take our little
homes again. He breaks our limits
and mains our bodies, and then de-
msnds that we shall release him from
every claim Of damages, or be
BLAcK-LIsrED FOREVER.
He Roes 20 our RrOceFs and pereuades
them not 20 give Us credit, because We
refuse 70 be ground 10 nis human mill.
He turns upon Ne q herd Of lawless
thur, who shoot among our wives
and children with deadly intent, and
then be hoWis for government help
when he gets bis psy 10 coin alike.
Fellow workmen, Gould must be
overthrOwn. This giant power must
be broken or you and / must be slaves
forever. The Knights Of Labor alone
has dared to be q David TO this Goliath.
The battle is not for to-day. The bat
lie A not for tomorrow, but for the
trooDlng generations in the coming
area Of the world. For our children
and for our childrenis children. IT'S
the great question Of the age. Shall
we, In the coming age, be q nation OF
free men or q nation Of slaves? This
question must be decided now. The
chains are already forged that are 20
bind us. Shall we await until they
are rlveted upon our limbs?
''nAY GOD FoRBID."
Workmen Of the world, marshal
yourselves upon the battle field.
WoFkmen Of every trade and cline.
on 70 the FRAY. Gould aud his mOnOp-
oily must 20 down or your children
wusf be slaves. Think Of the little
olive plants s7Ound your hearthslOnes
that viii be blighted by his curse.
Think Of the little home he is trying
10 rob you or Think Of the wife from
whose eyes he has wFung floods Of
tears and from whose heart he has
tortured drops Of blood. Who can
look calmly upon his perfldy, his out
rage and his crime? For he has
ought 10 ineite felony among our
rank and file. He has brought the
perfidy Of vile men 10 entrap the I'M
wary, that he might stain our fair
name and glOat over our misfOrtunes.
ONCE FOR ALL,
fellow WOrkmen, arouse. Let every
hand that tolls be lifted 10 heaven and
swear BY Him that llVeth forever that
these o1trages must cease. Let every
heart and brow be turned toward our
common foe, and let no man grow
weary until, like Goliath our giant is
dead &c our feet.
rSignedl EXECUTIVE BOARDS,
District Assemblies 10l, SO and IL.