Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-24

l | sure guarantee of our patronage. We can do no less than this, for we as well as the advertisers are attacked directly in the line of our personal liberty, and we must stand by them or else admit that we fail to see the serious character of the situation and our personal and individual obligation and | duty in the matter
 But we can do more. We can appeal to our fellow citizens to support us and the adver- l tlsers and the COURIER in the attack made upon us. We can call their attention to this | of honor, that neither the COURIER nor any 1 of it's advertisers go down in this fight. We can do more. We may demand to know who is the "prominent Knight of Labor' who voices the threat of this organization against us Who is he, Mir. Register? No | matter who he be, we have a right to know of every Knight of Labor whom we know whether he indorses the threat made by his organization, or not.
 The merchants of this city, when they learn that their names are on the black list, need have no hesitation to let that fact be made public. Organized Society will take care that no merchant, singled out for vic tim, shall be offered up on the altar of this Baal. {
 Let every merchant remember that there is no real strength in this boycott The in dividual members of the Knights of Labor are not going to do so mean thing as some of it's hot-headed members threaten The game is one of bluff-they hope to succeed by soaring us and the merchants of the city. They are a secret body, and they rely upon the maxim that everything that is unknown terriies" In fact, the guns pointed at us are wooden But if they were Parrot rifles, and loaded with powder and shot and canister, all the same there is nothing for us and the citizens of New Haven to do but to put down this boycott.
 This boycott has attracted the attention of the whole United States. It's success would be everywhere known. Does any citizen of New Haven for one moment doubt that he would have to drop his head in shame for his city, if it is to be said that tho boycotters, by their appeal to the merchants of this city, broke up and destroyed the business of the COURIER because it would not do an act of injustice to It's Workmen!
 The citizens of New Haven must take up this challenge of the boycotters, and say 'tyou cannot win in this fght'-if for no other reason, for the reason that "organized labor" if it can succeed in this instance, can break up the business of any man who will not submit to its dictation.
 The Palladium, the other day, in giving Ina If fha storm, told of the sufferings of poor Melius, whose daughter was struck by lightning. The Palladium said that Melius was a non. union printer in the employment of the Morning News; that when the News last March was boycotted by these ssme boycott ters into surrender, and discharged it's old non-union force, Melius was thrown out of employment; that he had endeavored after wards to get employment in this city at his trade, but that the union had relentlessly fol- lowed him and prevented him from getting brought into great want.
 Citizens of New Haven, does it need an- other flash of lightning to light up the story of the sufferings of other families of printers in our city, to be brought to beggary and want because Typographical union No. AZ will neither take them into their union nor permit them to obtain work in their calling at the place where they have for years ob- tained it?
 It is not the COURIER, nor we, it's subscrib- CTS, nor it's advertisers, alone, whose rights | of personal liberty are attacked, but it is a ! body of dozen defenseless and poor work l men whose rights are most wantonly attacked, | and upon whom will rest the extreme severi- ] ty of misfortune if this attack succeeds. If | the good will of the COURIER is destroyed it's | business is destroyed. If it's good will is to be | lost you, the citizens of New Haven, will do | it by withdrawing your patronage.
 If this body of poor workmen are driven from their work and out of this city-if they ! go ''elsewhere," 1" and all at the demand of | these boycotters, the shame and disgrace of it are upon you, the citizens of this city, for it is avowedly through you and your selfish fears that the boycotters boldly announce that they intend to accomplish their purpose. | VIII you let them succeed, and how will you answer their impudent appeal to you to aid | them in succeeding?
 A SUBSCRIBER OF THE COURIER.