The Labor enquirer., 1886-10-09

tne STATE supreme court, Whlcn m9t mere
to day, Justice Gordon decided that the
store order system, under the act o
June 20, 1881, was unconstitutional ant
void, inasmuch as by it persons are
4 prevented from making their own con
tracts" In his opinion Judge Gordor
says: "The act is an Infringement aIik,
of the rights of employer and employe
and it is an insulting attempt to put th'
laborer under legislative tuteIage, which
is not only degrading to his manhood
but subservient to his rights as citize1
of the United States.
If DR.. Aveling, the English Socialist
goes to Chicago to stir up the restless
element to a rescue of the condemned
Anarchists, he will probably meet with
a warm reception. Chicago is in nj
mood to stand any nonsense of tina
kind. DR. Aveling, if such is his pur
tpose, had better not stand upon the
order of his going, but go at once 10 {
more congenial cllme,-New York Her
aid.
New Jersey state legislative commit
tee of the trades and labor unions met
at Trenton last Sunday. and appointed a
sub committee to prepare a supplement
to the fac ory act, making the first Mon
day of September legal holiday, anc
another preventing railroad and other
companies from lnstituting insurance re-
lief bureaus for ther EMPLOYEES. The
committee was also Instructed to propose
tactics in opposition to the proposed re-
enactment of old conspiracy laws.
A meeting of about 600 workingmen,
with few women among the number
| indorsed the Greenebaum hall ticket al
| Twelfth street Turner hall last night
I. J. Morgan ran the me- ting much as
| he had run the convention. He called
the speakers in their order, disregarding
the calls in the body of the house fol
certain speakers. The platform and
principles as adopted by the Greene
baum hall convention were read, ap'
plauded, ard ratified unanimously. A
resolu ion was adopted that this assem-
blp send greetings by telegram to the
United Labor party in New York, and
congratulations upon the nomination OF
Henry George for mayor of New York
City," The name of Henry George was
received with applause and yells. Dan
Gleason and GOOdhue were greeted
with long-continued applause. The So
cialistic character of the meeting was
sh Dwn when Morgan explained that the
LABOR movement was not confined to
Chicago, and its object was the abolition
ton of the principles in the Declaration
of Independence, which has hitherto
been mere ideas on paper.--CniCago Tri,
bune.
LONDON, October 6.-Tne local Demo.
in which it says, the unemployed are
certain to experience distress still more
severe than that which they expel
enced in 1885. Honest WOrkmen and
their families are doomed to a hopeless
struggle with starvation during the com
ing winter. The wealthy classes are re-
sponsible for this awful neglect of the
poor Our rulers could not but fear for
themselves if they could see the misery
which their selfish apathy int1iCts upon
the producers of their wealth. Show
them your despair, and their danger
leave YOUR sIums and follow the lord
mayors show in November, silently and
sOlemnly, in order to convince the rich
as they are driven to their banquets, that
the most munlfcent charity on their
parC can never plaster over the cancer
which their mad greed of wealth
planted in the heart of our civilization.
CHICAGO, October Judge Gary, in
the criminal court this morning over
ruled the motion for a new trial IN the
cases of the eight Anarchists who were
charged with the haymarket massacre,
and confirmed the verdict of the jury
that Spies, Parsons, Flelden, Schwab,
EngeI, Fischer and Lingg should be
hanged, and that Neebe should suffer
imprisonment for fourteen wears in the
state penitentiary,