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The Osceola times., 1886-06-12
A Judge Sails Through the Air.
lChicago Times. |

Judge Lucas, Of McCook, Neb., went to
the public bath house, and was just in
the enjoyment of a hot-water bath when
there was an explosion. One end of the
bath-house went flying into the street,
and the judge followed, landing in big
snow-drft. The boiler in the basement
had burst
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12

The following interesting card re-
Gently appeared in the Douglasville
(Ga.) star; Certain INSCRIPTIONS wo-
men who have no regard for truth,
have. with view of iniuring my sis
ter's business, circulated report that
she is "stuck-up," and does not respect
country people. This is false and
malicious representation, whose au-
thor is as deceitful as she is ugly. My
sister especially solicits the patronage
of the people who live in the country,
and guarantee that she will give them
every attention and courtesy.
JOHN X. BRANTLEY.
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12

While a railroad train was rafting
through Dakota an Icelander girl-an
emigrant-jumped from car, ran three
hundred yards, gathered her apron full
of flowers, and returned STA ling to tie
train, which had been stopped where
her reckless jump was made. = Dsasty
Tribune
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12

YouNG and middle-aged men suffering
from nervous debility, premature old age,
loss of memory, and kindred symptoms,
should send 10 cents in stamps for large IL
lustrated treatise suggesting sure means OF
cure Worlds Dispensary Medical Associ-
alton, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12

KALo Kleans Koat Kollars Komplete-
ly Klean; does not injuro the finest
Fabric Send 15c. to J. 7. Dromgoole &
Co., Louisville, KY, for a box by mail
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12

How many women there are working to-
day in various branches of industry-to
say nothing of the thousands of patient
housewives whose lives are AN unceasing
round of toil-who are martyrs to those
complaints to which the weaker sex is liza,
and irksome and their lives shortened, yet
hard necessity compels them to keep on.
To such DIR. Pierce's "Favorite Prescrip.
tom offers a sure means of relief. For all
female weaknesses it is a certain cure. All
druggists.
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12

"A society of bachelors has been Or
0snized in New York, and each men,
Ter is to receive five hundred dollars on
bis wedding day. 1t is for the purpose
Of encouraging msrrisge.-N T. Ma"
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12

PIKE sTooTHAcBE DROPS cure in minute, &c
Gisnns Sulphur Soap heals and beautfes. 25c.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corns Bunions
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12

THE beneficial results produced by the
Use of Halls Hair Remover are wonderful.
Ayers Ague Cure is warranted sure
cure for all malarial disorders.
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. By druggists. 5Oc.
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12

A WESTERN compositor has been trying
TO set a hen TO music. Chicago Ledger.
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12

AN opponent Of Darwinism calls 1t ''sci-
entific monkeyism.h
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12

An auctioneer does as he is bid, post
man as he is directed
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12

THE intoxication of wealth is not due to
o tight money market
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12

HINT FOR WiNTER-How TO keep your
rooms warm-keep your CRATES coaPd
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12

IT is the "duck of a bonnet" that makes
q young girls head swim
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12
Work, Work, Work!"

A DENTIST Is no chicken. He is always
pull-it
The Osceola times., 1886-06-12
The Oft Told Story

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The Osceola times., 1886-06-12
A Hnrcnin In Corner Lots

"kBoUr the greatest tsil-bearer | know"
said the farmers boy, sis our peacock"
The Labor enquirer., 1886-04-17
AVOID RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION.

1t is possible that clause in MIR. Pow
derly's letter may cause great deal OF
useless heated discussion. 1t is thatpart
referring to "the church" What church
is meant is not clear in this land Of
thousand churches. The Knights Of
Labor is an industrial, not religious or
ganization. Differences in creed gener-
ally make bad blood, destroying the har-
mony that must accompany effective
action. This is Why most Knights wish
to avoid religious discussion. But the
q. NJ. w. has broken the custom and
deliberations on his letter will turn on
this point.
Many Knights will object to conforma-
ton to any church, for the reason that
no church has ever taken the initiative
in labor reform. The appeal made by
the strikers last week, to all working
men, refers to the patience in which
they have long waited for redress. The
church has been content to let them
wait, apparently oblivious of their suffer
ings.
This is not meant to arouse discussion.
1t is simply to show the Knights that
their reward, whatever it may be, will
result solely from their own efforts,
While they may be benefited by the
good will and influence of the churches,
they will not look to invisible Provl
dence for miraculous aid, nor wait for a
church decree to further their cause. II
the religious and non-!eligiols Is members
all agree that snccess will come from
their own exertions only, there is no
reason why the subject of churc'es
should be brought in. Many regret 1t,
especially, coming as 1t does, from the
head of the order.
The strikers have one erroneous idea
that will preclude success unless aban-
doned. That is, the notion that they
are fighting Jay Gould. No victory over
him.can be permanent. Gould is merely
what any other owner ofrailroads would
be. If the roads are his he can do as he
pleases. This point cannot be repeated
too often: abolish private ownership in
railroads. When that is done there will
be no struggle with tyrant monopolists.
While tits not done the fight will con-
tinue increasingly.
The church is not democratic enough.
Submit to the powers that be" is de-
cree constantly violated by restless
laborers. No striker can believe it,
hence every striker repudiates that
much of the source of his creed. H.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-04-17

pleased to term a barbarism and tyr
amy, now that the laboring element has
adopted the boycott to aid them n their
fight against fortified might and priyl-
lega. After the lessons so ably taught
by the succs ssful men of this and other
times it would be very foolish indeed II
labor did not profit by and even better
the example.
In boycotting. as in everything else'
the rich and powerful think they have
monopoly and others SHOULD not in
fringe on their preserves.
They can bovcott the workman, who
dares counsel his fellows to unite for a
raise of wages or to tighten his hours of
toll. They can boycott every interest
that would be likely to impede their
progress to wealth and power; no matter
if women and children are starved and
ruined. The fact that they are rich Is
evidence that they are successful in the
business in which they are adopts.
The only difference between the boy,
colt as used by the capitalist and laborer,
is, the first uses it in silent and more
deadly manner than the last. There Is
an intuitiye bond of sympathy between
the rich, and it only needs the slightest
warning that their interests are men,
aced, to see them rally as one man to
down the foe. They need no paper to
circulate their determinat ons, and
should a paper presume TO take the side
of the people, to vent their wrongs, and
strive TO teach them way to better
their condition, capitalists do not make
a very great hurrah about it; they don't
get out dodgers denouncing it, but qul-
etly withdraw their patronage and see
that their friends do the same. Should
one of their fashionable preachers dare
to profane their rulpit by siding with
the poor and opp1 essed and visiting the
curses of the law and the gospel upon
the oppressor he is asked to talk walk,
and He never can walk into another
well-pai pulpit. Should politician
have enoug:. of the milk of human kind
ness in his nature to leglslate for the
Iaborer, he is so effectually boycotted by
them that he finds his occupation gone.
Now let the workingmen learn of capl-
tailsts, and individually, without wait
ing to see what their neighbors intend
to do, bring all their po ers to bear
upon any person or corporation that
attacks their interests, and men will
soon cease, or very careful not to say
or do anything to inJure labor. Labor
must be watchful and down every man
or thing that speaks or acts against it.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-04-17
IN SELF-DEFENSE,

Few people will applaud the deputies
at St. Louis who fred into the crowd.
1t is doubtful ifamong all the capitalists
laws there is one to justify those depu-
ties. They took upon themselves the
functions IF Judge and executioner, but
did not care who was judged and execu-
ted, the result being the death Of sew
eral fierce non-combatants and o.e dan
gerous uDarmed woman.
AS such men are liable to be used as
deputies, strikers and spectators should
act accordingly. No one would enter a
forest full ofwild beasts, without prepar-
alton. If people find that strikes attract
such monsters, they will not frequent
the vicinity without arms, with which
they will defend themselves in case of
attack, as they would from beasts. But
these beasts could have learned Il lesson
from return volley that other beasts
could Lot.
The above will suit the law and order
element, for it contains one factor that
the action of the deputies does :ot-self-
defense. That is, no law autlori zes
either act, but selfdefense Is the excuse
for one, wanton cruelty for the other.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-04-17
RAILROADS AND THE BALLOT.
Cold Reasoning Upon the Ehctency OF
the Ballot as Compared With
that OF Force.

For The Enquirer.
Fears have been expressed that failure
of the Southwestern strike would bring
disaster to the whole order of the
Knights of Labor. Frequent failures
dam ge any putation, yet the whole
need not suffer for the failure of a part.
Mistakes will furnish wisdom and the
order will continue to grow.
They are progressive even thoug
their principles are regarded as too con-
servative, by Socialists. They present
the pleasing spectacle of large mass of
men and women advancing to social
freedom. A sign of progress is seen IN
the resolution at Chicago, that govern
ment shall own and control railroads
and telegraphs. To strike for anything
else is useless and illogical. If the
strikers accept the wage system they
must submit to it's iron law"
How the press bubbles over with pity
for the suffering public during strike
on the railroads. But the rights Of pri-
yate property are scared. The managers
NAV run the roads or not; no one should
complain. The public can demand
nothing but public roads.
Some figures given by the Chicago
Tribune ought to induce other assem-
blies to follow the Chicago example:
"The Gould lines have lost $2,500, 900 in
gross revenue, 100000 in damage to
railroad property, and 100000 expended
for detectives and guards and i the fu-
tile effort t. run trains. The strikers
have lost at least $5OO,OOO in wages
The actual strikers on the Gould lines
numbered only $40, but on account of
their unsDeciied and unknown grievance
over 5000 engineers, conductors, fire.
men, clerks and telegraph operators
were nevertheless COMPEL to quit
work"
Who gets this $2,2OO,OOO? The $780,
600 would allow each of the $40 strikers
over $S6. This is about double the aver
age monthly salary, but the strikers had
lost only sixteen days when these estl-
mates were made; 100000 is liberal
estimate for salaries of the strikers and
the other 5000 employees mentioned.
Out of$2, 100000 in revenue only $780,,
600 is paid to employees. This is the
basis of private railroad finances. Make
a liberal allowance for wear and tear,
oil, material, fuel, etc., and still we shall
find an enormous steal, the plunder
goin as interest on bonds. dividends,
watered stock and high salaries for no
service.
The Chicago resolution was printed
far and wide. Knights will read 1t and
The Labor enquirer., 1886-04-17
PeWDERLY VS.. GOULD.

Thursday mornings papers contained
lengthy letters that passed between zen
eral Master Workman Powderly and Jay
Gould. 1t appears al this stage OF the
strike that, as we predicted last week,
the whole resources Of the order are to be
brought to bear upon the Gould system.
Money is pouring into the treasures OF
the assemblies interested from atl parts
of the union, and when the strike will be
over, or how it will end, no cne can tell.
The lessons learned by the strike, no
matter how it ends, will be of inestlma-
bio value to the cause Of humanity. II
it g won it will be by wise and deter
mined stand of labo- working as one
great whole and will teach the value OF
universal organization. If it is lost 1t
will teach that although men organize
ever so Thoroughly ard still believe In
and respect the laws of supply and de-
mand and the vested rights and prlVl-
leges of the rich, No matter how at
tanned, their labors will be IN vain.
While the supply of men is go abun-
dant and the system that makes them
80 is allowed to flourish, it will be VerV
hard for those who depend on labor to
attain to a highe: plane, and strikes
cannot help but impoverish those who
take part in them.
l do not believe in strikes, because
with the present surplus of labor on the
market a strike without the use OF force
is almost hopeless; and labor is not yet
quite we'll enough organized to tight
militia and regular troops.
Powderly in his attack on Jay Gould
in all that he threatens and promises TO
do, will be heartily backed by the entire
order az the order is not as Conserva-
tive as some seem to think and IL IS
only held back from radical measures
by trusted leaders.
. Gould's re ply to PowderIy sounds very
much like a whine and he thinks II his
great wealth will not save him from the
wrath of the peop,e, his citizenship WILL
What vast price ne fixes on citizen
ship and how strange it is that he ig-
nores the rights and citizenship of
others-the man is a great egotist He
sends a pack of hirelings who shoot
down five men and one woman, deprlV'
ing them of both life and citizenship be-
cause they simply ridiculed his tools.
What is his life more than one of theirs?
If be was shot, Only one-sixth the crime
would be committed that was done
when those unfortunates' were MUIR
dered
The Labor enquirer., 1886-04-17
"Natural Enemies"
ZRNO.

For the Enquirer.
Nations have long considered each
other as natural enemies" but they are
nothing of the kind, the enmity exists
betu cen rival rulers alone, and it
arises from their thievish propensities.
There will yet be universal brother
hood among all people, but it will only
come through the harmony arising from
the abolition of class distinctions into
master and man.
In one sense the rich and the p" or al
ways have been and are to-day natural
enemies" and the gains of the one class
are the losses of the other. An analysis
of society proves it. The wage payers
and the wage workers are natural enc
mics simply because they occupy an un-
natural position. The one is measur-
ably the serf of the other. There is no
sympathy or friendship because they
stand on different planes, socially, and
educationally. The middle and upper
classes are filled with the old mGnarchi-
cal delusion that some classes are better
than others, and that the natural posi-
ton of the working class is to be sub
ordinate and inferior class who were
created to do the duty and toilsome
work of the world.
And this wage class have never vet
attempted to institute an industrial or
social reform that was not antagonized
by the capitalIstic classes and their gov
ernDents. For although we claim 70
have republic, it is nothing more than
class despotism, with every official,
state or national under, the control Of
capital. And the blinded wage workers
The Labor enquirer., 1886-04-17
Died.

At Highland, Sunday night, April IL ;
Lily May, infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. M. Koppin. of scarlet fever, after a
short illness of SO hours. Lille was a
bright little child and we'll beloved Of
her parents, who have the sincere SYM
pathy of their many friends and &C.
Quaintances in this their great bereave-
ment. The funeral took place at the
Catholic cemetery Wednesday forenoon.
Suffer little children to come unto
me and forbid them not"
The Labor enquirer., 1886-04-17
or the Enquirer.
A MESSAGE.
BY ALBINA L. WASHBURN.

Cold, cold my heart as any stone
When for myself wrought alone,
And dark and murky was the day
When for myself the work or play.
But now with others on my heart,
With hope and faith TO take my part;
From morn to night work with glee,
To hail the dawn of Liberty
Far on the skies of rising morn,
The hope of millions yet unborn
Throws up the hope of beamlng light
To scatter all the gloom of night.
And now, with hope and living faith
We work to conquer fear and death,
Nor heed the tauntS Of sneering men;
Who say the dawn comes not again.
Awake! awake! ye hearts of steel,
And let your fires their cOldnesS melt,
Awake! and let your bosom feel
The fOndness for your fellows felt
BY hearts of flesh and let your hand
Be lovingly stretched forth to meet
The hand that earns enough to eat,
And give its store to those more sad,
That they, our brothers, may be glad.
DENVER, Colo, April l3.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-04-17

perpetuate this condition of things
through their votes given to rival par
ties, each party the mouthplece of capi-
tai.
This class despotism is apparent in
every strike or struggle between labor
and capital. No distinction made be.
tween rebellion of starving wage work
ers in the mine or factory, and rebel
lion against the government ITSELF
Pre- isely the same means-police, state
militia and federal troops are used in
each case. To rebel against class Is
held as rebellion against the govern
ment of that class. In olden times the
baron exercised the power of putting TO
death any refractory man-at arms.
Our boasted civilization" cannot toler-
ate this but delegates the same power to
the barcn's government! 1mprison-
ment or death awaits the wage worker
rebel o-day the same as it always did.
1t is time to explode tFis dalnna-
BILE antl-republican heresy of class in
feriorit,. Every labor paper should at
tack distinctions as she cause of all the
wrongs and sufferings of humanity.
Labor cannot wage successful conflict
with capital so long as it acknowledges
the right of capital to hold tin wage
bondage. How many of Jay Gould's
slaves questioned or denied his right to
own and control his railroads? If the
thousands of strikers had struck against
this also, and given to the world labor
manifesto that labor had proprietary
and partnership rights in every rail-
road, factory, mine and industrial estab-
lishment, it would have stirred the
world. As it was, the strike and strlk-
ers will 90 into o; livion, poorer and
more enslayed than at the beginning.
This is class war growing naturally
out of changed social and industrial con-
dltions. Labor must compel capital to
recognize it as such. There must be ex-
tensive concessions and compromises on
the part of capital or it risks everything.
The New Civilization demands one class
and one united interest. ]. F. BRAY.
PONTIAC, Michigan.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-04-17
LET JUSTICE BE DONE.

Attorney General Thomas deserves
we'll of tn people for his determined
action in getting after the various asses
sors of the state. 1t appears that the
boards of county commissioners of the
several counties have been in the habit
of debating to the assessors the rate at
which property should be taxed, IN som
cases putting it at one-third and even
one fourth It's cash value. The law saws
property shall be taxed at its full cash
value and to make the law bear equally
on all alike, rich an DO r, it should be
enforced. If one county pays It's taxes
on a basis of one-fourth cash valuation
and another on a basis ofa full valua-
ton, it is unjust This question of tax
alton is one that should be well seen to,
and the attorney general should be en-
couraged in every way to see that the
various assessors do their duty from the
fact that as the law is now operated, the
rich and tricky have every advantage
and the poor bear the greatest of the
burden of public expense.
How many poor men are there who
know what the rate is, as it can be
changed by an arbitrary board at pleas
ure? So we find the poor man paying
for his humble home at Its fully cash
valuation, while the rich take advantage
of the discount and evade the law. To
see how these evasions work one has
only to investigate the books at the as
SCISSORS office and learn the rte paid
for the homes of the poor and then of
the rich the first pays full valuation,
and the lattera one-fourth.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-04-17

The Woman's Cooperative Exchange.
Editor Labor Enquirer.
would say tony sisters who are IN
terested" in the exchange but who have
never "co-operated" with the few who
did, that the three months are nearly
gone which allowed myself to give to
the practical test of an idea which
promised great benefits, but which was
really an experiment.; for, although
there is a wav to do everything which is
an improvement on old ways, it often
takes considerable study and expert
ment to find it. l have studied and
have tested the conviction l had that by
the exchange of the products of labor
among laborers, money-the representa-
tive of labor-could be largely dispensed
with, and I am glad to say that results
prove beyond doubt the entire practi-
cability of the plan if enough w1rkers
would combine to furnish the variety of
product needed for all. But some half
dozen women-be they never so enthu-
siastlc-cannot do it all, though the
range Of their genius be quite large for
they have their family cares and duties
which take much of their time.
AS for myself, 1 have done my duty
by myself and by those whom 1 wish to
benefit so far as l could; having sup
ported myself and given my time TOR
several weeks. 1 had hoped to find
some ardent spirit on whom the mantle
of this mission might fall and be toler-
able fit, but as yet have found none.
My health, both bodily and mental, iS
failing and I must leave the work for
time at least NY pecuniary resources
have been exhausted too, and cannot
incur debts see no means of paying, for
l revere honesty.
What the business really wants is
woman in her own house who will be-
come the medium of exchange for her
neighbors and her district, who may
feed the country patrons and stable their
teams when our sisters come in with
their produce, and who will also take in
all their surplus for exchange with that
of the women Of the city as furniture,
embroideries; paintings, jewelry. This
woman must be honest and self-sacritc-
ing and in time will do we'll hope
such a one will come and offer her SER
vices for the district of East Denver and
one each for North and West Denver.
ALBINA L. WAsHBURN,
8l3 Stout street