The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-04-07
The st. Louis Leaders Abln.
don Bluff and Appeal to
All WOrkmen.
The strihc or cred ON Again,
f"ll Head, But the BntIo
Il Really Lost.

address was ISSUED thi. afternoon h,
! ne Joint executive board ut usscui
oll's No lul, D. md 9a 4niphts %
labor
o" Iitt WoEKINc Nus urluE WORLD
Friends and iioihcr-. hear u.. ior
We plead tor our nights Men oI
equity look upon us iut We -trugpl,
against giants of wrong. Mad Viii
the ircnl, ot pride. of scif-adulati ion
bcgoticn ~ IT'S of ,ucc,s,, of outrage
and iuiHmy, there stands before d. "a
giant of aggregated aud incorporated
wealth, every dollar of which i- built
upon blood, injustice mud outrage
That giant OF corporate wealth hn,
centralized IT. power iu and /. inn.
persunutcd by, Au eager iicud who
glUal- AS be- grind, lite out of h- fcl.
low mcnAud gtlmuccs aud dances a.
the! writhc upon hi. instrument, ot
torture. ON yc Worhmcn of Amcri.
ra, who love our librrN
aud yOur hand. mcat creator,
Of wealth who ARE the foundation
OF all national good, look upon your
brothers to-day Gould. the gnut
iicnd-GouId, the money monarch.
b, dancing H. he claim, uycrthc grnvr
of our order, over the ruin of uur
homes and the bught of our live,
Before him, the world ha, smiled in
beauty, but ia hi, wake D., thc grave.
yard of hopes. the cyclones pnth of
devastation nd death. oar .trouu
arms have grown wear, ruu build.
ing the tower of his strength. and set
he bids u- build uu or die. bur
young lives have grown grn, too
soon beneath the sttaiu Ut uuruuuitcd
constant toll oar loved one, a.,
home ARE hollow checked Vud pnlr.
with long, weary waiting for bcllur
days Ia come. Nay. more thuu thi, ,
Oraye yards ARE hiding his Victim,
from our longing ewes. Brother
work men, this monster hrud
las compelled some OF %. ,u
tod In the cold and ram tor live and
fifty cent. duy. Others have
been compelled to WELD their time to-
him for scvculccu and thirty..iN
weary hours for the ,utianrr ut nine
hours pay Others, who hai dared
to assert their manhood and rebel
aud boycOttcd ml over tho And. llr
has made solemn cuumci- with the
highest authority IA our order. and
then has ba,cly refused to tuhll the
pledges. lie lives under. enjoy. all
The benefits of u republican form at
government, aud Yet advocates and
pcrpctuutrS n form of white slavery.
he Iuus - Z, .,t,i pvVst th-t, auu tuh, .
with ruthless hama. ana then npuculs
to corrupt aud purchased courts TO
help him TO take our little homes
away. lie breaks our limbs. mains
our bodies, and then SAVE we shall re-.
lease ham from every claim for dam
nges or bc black-listud forever lie
goes To our grUDcr- and prrsuadr-
them not tu give Ms credit hrcuusc We
refuse to be ground In his
mill lie turns upon u,
Il horde OF lSwless thugs who shoot
among our wives and children with
deadly intent; then hc howl- for gov
help when he gets pay In "a
like coin.
"Fcllow-worh men, Gould must bee
uVorthruwn, his gIHut power must bc
broken or, you aud must Ice slaves
forever. knights OF Iahor alone have
dared TO be the Drv,d tu this tiuliah.
The battle l. not Tor to.dHy, the huttlc
j. not for tomorrow, bat Tor coming
generations behind IL, lu The onm-
iny ave ottue word Tor our children
und our childr,u's Children his the
great question OF the age. shall We
IN coming ages be- a nation Of free
men or uRtluu of slaves Ih- qucS'
tiun must he decided now. ia,
chains are already forged that
are to bind us. Shall be wait
until they are rivClcd upon our
limbs; Nlty God forbid Workmor
Of The world, marshal yourselves upon
the battlefield. Workmcu Of every
trade aud cline, ON to the tray
Gould and his mOnUpalic. must -
down, or your children must b,
slaves. Think of the little olive plAut'
around your hcarthstOuc- that viii b,
blighted by his curse! Ihink of ,hC
little homes hc is seeking TO rob yol
OF. Think of the wllQ from who's,
ewes he has wrung floods OF tears, An,
from whose heart hc has torture,
drops of blood Who can look calm.l
upon his pcrlidy hi- outrage, hu
crime, For he has sought TO iucli,
felony among our rank aud file; h'
has brought the pcrndy of vile men I,
cntrap the unwarN thHt lac NIGH
stain our fair uuue and gluat owe
our misiurtuucs
once tor all, tcll-workmcn, arouse
Let every hand that il true Ia itself
be lifted to heaven, aud swear b,
Him that lives torcvcrthat these out
RACES must cease Let ever heart An,
brow be turned toward our common
! lOc,and let no man grow weary until
like Goliath, our giant Toe In dead a
our feet"
by order of the executive board
/ OF district ASSEMBLIES lUl 93 and H.,
krrestInu IisIIiCusp strikers