The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-08
DENuNCIATtON OF JAY GOULD.
The Striking Knights Say He Must BE Put
Down-What Gould Saws.

ST. LOUIS, April s-The joint executive
committee of the three Knights of Labor
assemblies involved in the strike on The
Gould lines held an all-day session Tuesday
and when they adjourned published an
address TO tbs Workingmen of the World
in whi,h they beg their brethen to hear
them and declared they pleai for their rights
and are struggling against giants of wrong
Gould is denounced rs the giant fenl"
who grinds the life uut OF his employees that
he may enrich hlmself ruins til ir homes.
blights their lives, makes Acknowledged
and pale the loved ones OF the laborer's
home and drives his victims TO the grave
yard. The world smiles in beauty until
Gould passes by, and lis wake lisa cyclones
path of devasta ion.
Gould is denounced because, say the com
mittee, he has compelled some laborers to
work for - cents per day and Others to
render from seventeen TO thirty six hours
work for nine hours pay. and has had those
who have RAISED their voices against this in
justice acklsted all over the country. This
monster fiend robs rich and poor and then
purchases corrupt courts to legalize his ac-
ton He breaks orr limbs and mai us our
bodies and demands that lie shall
not he held to account Tor 1t on rain of
blacklisting; he pcrsuades our gro .ers to
refuse Us credit; he turns upon us horde
of lawiess thugs, who shoot among our wives
and children with deadly intent and then he
bowls for government help when he gets his
pay in coin alike
The manifesto closes as follows. Eel
low workmrn, Goull must I've overthrown
His giant powe5 must he broken, or You
and | must lie slaves forever. The Knights
OF Labor alone have dared to be "A David to
this ioliah The battle is not for to-day
the hattie is not for to morruw-but for the
trooping generation in the Coming ages of
the world. FOR our children and our chill
drens children NOrkmen of the
world, marshal yourselves upon the battle
field, Workm of every trade and cline. on
to the fray, Could and his monopolies
must 60 down, or your children must be
slaves Think of the little olive plants
around your hearthstones that will be
blighted by this curse Think of the little
home he is seeking TO rob you OF Think of
the wife from whose eyes he has wrung
floods of tears, and from whose heart he has
tortured drops of blood
Once for all, fellow workmen, arouse! Let
bfahb biiat tpilS IL ii4ts'i ~ heaven ana
swear by Him that liveth forever that these
outrages must cease. Let every heart and
brow be turned toward our common foe. and
let no man grow weary until, like Goliah,
our giant is dead at our feet
EXECUTIVE BOARDS D. A. 10l. 10.
a telegram from New York says: When
Jay Gould arrived at his Office in the West
ern Union building Weines lay he did not
seem in the least disturbed by the denun-
citation which he received Tuesday in the
address issued by the Knights of
Labor. When his attention was
called to it by the United
Press reporter, he dismissed it with
the remark that the manifesto would
not have any effect upon the people of the
southwest, who were thoroughly conversant
with the history Of the strike and with his
action since he became connected with a
railroad system that has so largely
developed the southwestern country.
"A representative Iof Jay Gould in speak
ing of the address Of the knights
said "The fact that the citizens
generally in that section of the country
where the strikes exists are on the side of the
railroad, show that many of the statements
made in the address are absurd"
Vice President Hoxie telegraphsd from
st Louis, Wednesday, that s7S freight trains
moved on the system, Tuesday, comprising
4,o2l loads This is an increase of twenty
four trains and 6s2 loads over the
same day last year. 1t is claimed
that this is the largest movement of loads
made on any day since the strike began,
and is fully equal TO the business done
before the strike Everything 10 reported
quiet at all points of the road