Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-04-08

An Address Issued TO she working
men of the World.


men of the World.
ST. LOUIS, April 6.-The joint executive |
committee of district assemblies 101, SO
and II this afternoon issued the following
appeal; -.....
To The Worktngmen of the World Friends |
and Brothers: Hear us, for we plead for
our rights. Men of equity, look upon US,
for we struggle against giants Of wrong
Mad with the frenzy Of pride and self
adulatiou, begotten as 1t Is Of the success OF
Outrage and infamy, there stands before us
a giant of aggregated and incorporated
wealth, every dollar Of which is built upon
blood, injustice and outrage. That giant OF
corporate wealth has centralized its power
In and is impersonated by the eager flend
who gloats al he grinds the life out OF his
fellow-men, and grimaces and dances as
they wrlthe upon his instrument of torture
OH ye workmen Of America, who love
your liberty and your native land; ye great
creators of wealth, who stand as the founda-
ton Of all national good, look upon your
brothers to-dayl Gould, the giant flend
Gould, the money monarch Is dancing, as
he claims, over the grave OF 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 a graveyard OF
hopes, a cyclones path of devastation and
death. Our strong arms have grown weary
In building the tower OF his strength, and
yet he bids us build on or die. Our young
lives have grown gray too soon beneath the
strain of unrequited, constant toll. Our
loved ones at home are hollow-c checked and
pale, with long and weary waiting
| for better days to come. Nay, more
than this, the graveyards are hiding
| his victims from our longing eyes.
Brother workmen, this monster flend has
| compelled some of us to toll In cold and
| rain for five and fifty cents day. Others
have been compelled to yield their time t.
| him for seventeen and thirty-siX hours for
the pittance OF nine hours pay. Others who
had dared to assert their manhood and
| rebel against his tyranny are blacklistei
and boycotted all over the land. He has
made solemn compacts with the highest
authority In our order and then has basely
refused to fulnll his pledges. He lives
under and enjoys all the benefits Of a res
publican form of government, and
yet advocates and perpetuates til"
most debasing form Of white slavery.
Ho robs the rich and poor, the
high and low, with ruthless hand, and al
peals TO corrupt and purchased courts e.
| help him take our little homes away. He
breaks our limbs and mains our bodies, and
demands that we shall release him from
every claim for damages or be blacklisted
forever. He goes to our grocers and per
| suades them not to give us credit, because
we refuse to be ground In his human mill
| He turns upon us horde of lawless Thugs
| who shoot among our wives and children
| with deadly intent, and then he howls fol
} government help when no gets his pay in
coin alike.
Fellow-workmen, Gould must be over
thrown; his giant power must be broken al
you and l must be slaves forever. Tie
knights of Labor alone have dared to be i
David to this Goliath. The battle 10 not fui
to-day, the battle is not for to morrow, but
! for the trooping generations behind us il
! the coming ages OF the world-for our chill
, dren and our children's children. IT'S TIL
| great question Of the age. Shall we In thi'
coming age be a nation of freemen or /
I nation of slaves2 This question must ~
decided now. The chains are already forg't
: | that are to bind us. Shall we wait unit
/ they are riveted upon our limbs? May CT"
| forbid.
Workmen of the world, marshal your
selves upon the battlefield Workmen .
the world, of every trade and cline, on t.
the frayl Gould and his monopollsts mus
go down or your children must be slave
t Think Of the little olive-plants around You
I hearthstones that will be blighted by hi
I | course. Think OF the little home he is seek
ing to rob you OF. Think of the wife frou
whose eyes he has wrung floods of tear
| and from whose heart he has tortured droI,
y of blood. Who can look upon his perlidy
: his outrage and his crimes, for he hi
{ sought to incite felony among our rank ALI
q file; he has bought the perildy OF vile mel
e to entrap the unwary that he might stall
r our fair name and gloat over our mi
, fortunel
Once for all, felcw-workmen, arouse
Let every hand that tolls be lifted to heay 4
u and swear by Him that liveth forever thft
: | these outrages must cease. Let every bren-
t and brow be turned toward our commo
@ | foe; and let no man grow weary until, Tx
nnQd
!, By order of Executive Boards Nos. 101, .
Y and II.
a SEEKING AID FOR THE STRIKERS.
r CHICAGO, April 6.-The officers of Di,
!, trict Association No. "a, and District NJ
e 81, of this city, are about to solicit con
v tributions for the Gould strikers. Tn
i effect of the railway detectives in 81
/. Louis to tempt the leaders of the knight
e to commit felony in the wire-tappiu
C line has provoked much bitter feelin4
J. and the leaders of the movement in CHI
~ cago say thst their response will be
/" contribution of 800 toward the supper
of their brethren now on strike. II
n understood that all the big labor union
:, of the city are anxious to express thei
t. sentiments in this matter by heavy CONT
or buttons of cash. A movement is on for
is too to stir up other large cities. 1t is r,
ID ported that the New York Central Unto
le will be communicated with at ono
te through John Swinton, and that Bostol
t. Philadelphia, Cincinnati and other Gel
r trail trade organizations will also be urge
Df to take prompt action.
Or New York, April 6.-The following l
w patches were received to-day al the Off.
is of the Missouri Pacific Railway Con
I'd pany, in this city:
ut PARSONS, KAN, April 6.-Seven of II
al leading knights of Labor and strikers we
arrested here last night by the sheriff, oil
10 | charge OF conspiracy and destruction
7 property. They were held In 81 900 w
4. each, which they have not yet succeeded
getting.
at HANNmAL, NO., April 6.-Everything
he running smoothly. Citizens are helping
en- to handle freight hero, and have offered
he all the protection and assistance we may L
CHI qutre In carrying on our business. We hn
~ started out four freight trains since yeste
T., day, and have two switch engines at wo
up In the yard.
lat SEDALIA, Mo-, April 6.-Matters at
ly points are quiet and everything is runnil
nut satisfactorily. There has been no interfe
an ence with trains or business.
Oh ST.. LOUIS, April 6.-Two hundred al
IA forty. three trains are moving to-day. W
~ ~ move II more. The strike is practically
ut an end on our roads. We are running trai
OF on all divisions. Men at different paints a
Die applying for work, not as Knights OF Labc
'se but as independent American citizens.
m 81. NJ. HoxIE.