Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-01-31
HOLYOkE.
\ Workingmen's Mass Meeting on /.
Rainy Night.

daN night mdor the auspices Of the
lloI yoke Trades and Labor Assembly
was attended by about 400 persons.
7. j. Moore presided and made Il
brief speech and then introduced a
member Of the Trades Council Of
New Haven, who SAID that the crra-
tor Of all wealth and of the State is
labor, and to the State we owe our
being, Thc State is the people.
Wealth created by the Workngmrn
Is. by Juggling law, transferred to the
pockets of the men who own the ma
rhnrrN and the land. 1t is because
of this system that the competition
between man and man exists. To
countcract the evils Of the capitalist
lc system entails more labor upon the
already oyerWorkcd people. A long
pull and a strong pull under organl-
1atlon Will free us without doubt.
We have been divided against our
selves for Years; We have been demo
Gratis and republicans, hut the bosses
are always capitalists. We must or
game and free ourselves from boss
ism; not as an morgunized mob, but
through the Knights of Labor, trade
organizations and the socialistic la
bor party We in New Haven have
been organized for some wears. and
are now advancing rapidly. | learn
to my regret that there are many of
you IN lloIyoke who work twelve al 4
thirteen hours day. But men who
work twelve or thirteen hours a day
learn slowly about labor organiza-
tons, and the bosses know it. We
want more time in which to organize
am glad to hear that the citizens
of lloIyoke, workingmen, have elec-
ted Il representative to the Legisla-
turo. We have not progressed so
lar IN our town because the work INC
people are not SO numerous in pro-
portion to the population as in lIol-
yoke. There Is movement on foot
IN tins country to reduce the work -
ing hours to eight per day, and
YOU must be ready when the time
comes to demand your rights. If
You are told that if will reduce YOUR
wages, don't YOU believe it, EXpr-
rIenrc has taug ght us that the shorter
the hours Of labor the higher the
pay, and the longer the hours, the
lower the wages. For every good
that the nottingham receives from
the capitalist, he returns It's cquiya-
lent more than four fold. or else
compc)s the surrender by force.
lou must not believe all that You
read IN the rapltaIistic newspapers;
the reporters are honest, but an hon
est reporter now and then loses his
place for telling the truth.
Frederick King Of Naugatuck, a
member Of the Connecticut Iegisa-
trc, was then introduced. lie said
that, owing to the short notice which
he had received, he WAS wholly unprc-
pared to speak. He would try to
answer question which he saw on
the bulls announcing the meeting:
Nv hat is capital, and has labor
rights" Capital is the product Of
toll. Labor has rights, most dcci-
dedly. We read in the papers Of the
situation in ireland, but, thank God,
movement Is on foot to assist that
dowm-troddcn country; thorough or
gani1atlon is bringing this about.
When any country gets thoroughly
awake and demands its rights, they
will be forthcoming. The time has
come to organize, but as sure as YOU
try it, the capitalists will try to crush
it ont. But they cannot hurt YOU in
the least. Let them shut down their
mills if they choose, and if forced to
remain idle some one else will build
factories and give you work. The
time has come to demand our rights.
just 50 long as YOU are kept in igno,
rance, just 50 long YOU will be robbed
Of what belongs to you. Where has
the product Of your labor gone: 1t
has gone TO enrich these capitalists
lou will never have your rights un-
der the present unfair wage system.
Therefore ! beseech you, organize.
organize.