Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-07
THE LABOR TROU sLEs.
Address from the knights to the Work
ingmen of the World.
SPECIAL BY TELEGRAPH To THE ErooRD-ussoy ]

FORT WORM (Tex.), April 6th.-To-day,
at noon, the last of the troops left. and the
city is without protection from outside
sources, except two companies of State
Rangers, who will remain here some time
Trains have been moving all day without
opposition. The Knights of Labor to-day
adopted resolutions declaring themselves
law-abiding citizens, and condemning all
acts Of lawlessness and violence. The in
dications are that the trouble here is ended
No further opposition to the movement of
trains is anticipated.
New YORK, April 6th-The following
Telegram was received here this morning
II, 60, ST. LOUIS, April 9Th.
hundred and fifty-eight trains are moving on
system 10. More are ready to move There arc
more appncatlons for work than on any dav
'iii0o 'Ae SLIM ii. NJ. HOME.
THE STRIKE TO BE CONTINUED.
ST. LOUIS, April 6th.-The General Execu-
i've Board OF the Knights of Labor have
sent telegram to Hon. A. J. Curtin. saw
ing that his resolution for the appointment
OF committee to consider the present diff
culties on the Gould southwest system met
Its hearty approval. They asked for IFS
passage and the immediate presence of tho
committee in st. LOUIS. After the denart.
ure last night of Secretary Turner. of the
General Executive Board, for the princinal
strike centers IN the Gould southwest sys-
tenn, the remaining members of the com
mlttee announced the unanimous determin-
alton OF the Board to continue the present
strike until an arrangement can be entered
into with Hoxie restoring all of the strikers
to their former positions, with the excep-
ton only of those who participated in acts
OF violence and destruction of property since
the strike began.
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT
Railway officials claim that the continu-
ance of their regular business, which they
say now has been fully resumed, depends
not IN the least upon the action Of any
labor organization, and that the freight
blockade has been permanently raised
They also claim that they have employed a
sufficient number of new men to render
them entirely independent of the Knights.
and that the strike will come to naught
Members of the General Executive Board
however, state that they are confident of
the success of the strike. For" saws
Turner, the roads cannot be operated
labor In the United States is controlled bv
our organization. The statement that the
company is now carrying on its business is
moi true, and the reports that they are send
ing out SO many trains are misleading.
hese are not trains. Some of them are half
tralns: Some are even compose of less
lhan that number of cars. Some are einptv
cars sent out TO make a show"
ADDRESS TO roRKIHGMEN BY TIE KNIGHTS
or LABOR.
ST. LOUIS, April 6th.-The joint Execu
tive Board of Assemblies 10l, SO and II.
knights OF Labor, this afternoon issued The
following address
TO THE woRKINGMEN OF THE WORLD.
Friends and Brothers Hear us for we Mead
or our rights. Men of equity look u;on rs for
we struggle against giants of wrong, mad with
ne u frenzy of pride, of selfadulation.
rage and infamy, there sands before
rs giant of aggregated and INCORPORATED
wealth every dollar of which is built upon
blood. injustice and outrage That giant If cor
Dorate wealth has centralized its power in aud
s lnpersonated by an eager fiend, who gloats
is ne grinds the life out of his fellow mon and
srimaees and dances as they writhe upon his
INSTRUMENTS of torture. o. ye workingmen of
AmeIica, who love your liberty and your native |
and! Ie great creators of wealth. who stand |
is the foundation of all national good Look !
u.
lend; Gould, the money monarch. is dancing as (
lie claims over the grave of our Order over The /
'uin of our homes and the blight OF our
ives. Before him the world has /
miled in beauty, but his wake is the graveyard /
If hopes, cyclones the path of devastation and /
ieath. Our strong arms have grown weary in |
building this tower of strength, and yet he bids !
Is build on or die. our young lives have grown /
,ray to soon beneath the strain of unrequited I
constant toll. Our loved ones at home are hol- /
ow- checked and pale with long and weary |
TrNpr for fnff Nax-c to
han this, graveyards are hiding his victims |
rom our longing eyes Brother workmen this /
monster fiend has compelled some of us To toll !
n cold and rain for five and fifty cents a day F., /
others have been compelled to yield their time /
o him for seventeen and thirty-six weary i
hours for the pittance of nine hours paw, /
Hhers, who have dared TO assert their man |
rood and rebel against his tyranny. are black
listed and boycotted all over the land He has |
made solemn compact with the highest a,,-
hority in our Order, and then basely refused to |
ulfll his pledge. He lives under and EMPLOYS |
III the benefits of a republican form of govern |
nent, ard yet advocates and perpetuates the |
most debasing form of white slavery He robs |
he rich ana poor, high and low with ruthless
iand, and then appeals to corrupt and mr.
'hased Courts TO help him take our little homes
lway, He breaks our limbs and mains our |
'odies, and then demands that we shall release /
lin from every claim for damages or be black |
listed for eyeri He goes to our grocers and |
,ersuades them not to give us credit, because |
We refuse to be ground in his human mills |
IL tuA'-o efcAA no iOIuc OI lHWleSS thugs. /
Who shoot among our wives and children with I
lead Y intent. and then he howls for Govern |
nent help when he gets his pay in coin alike. I
'ellow.workmen: e ~ Gould must be overthrown /
lis giant power must be broken, or YOU and 1
aust be slaves forever. The Knights of Labor /
lone have dared to be David TO this Goliath !
me pattie Is mol ior TO day the battle is not TOR
for trooping generations in the
oming ages OF the world, for our children and I
'ur childrens children. 1t is the great euesfion
# the age. Shall we, in coming aces he n ma
ion OF freemen or nation OF slaves The
question must be decided now. The chains are .
L!ready forged that are to bind us Shall we I
wait until they are riveted upon our limbs , /
Way, God forbid Workmen of the world mar (
hal yourselves upon the Battlefield Workmen
If every trade and Cline ON TO the fray 1
loud and his monopolies must 90 down or |
Iour cnlldren must be slaves Think of the !
title olive plants around your hearthstone that |
viii be blighted by his curse, Think of the |
little home he is seeking to rob you of Think of !
7our wife, from whose eyes he has wrung floods /
u tears, and from whose heart he has tortured |
trops OF bioodt Who can look calmly upon his !
Deridy, his Outrage and his crime? FOR he has /
sought TO incite felony among our rank and /
lie. he has bought the perfidy of vile mea to /
,ntrap the unwary. that he might stain our fair I
same and gioat over our misfortures. Once for |
I'll, feiles workmen, arouse, Let every hand /
hat toils be lifted to heaven, and swear by Him
hat lfveth forever that these ortrares mnsf
lease. Let every heart and brow be turned to- !
ward our common foe, and let 10 man grow
weary until. like Goliath our giant is dead al our
feet.
Signed Executive Boards n 4 1dn 90 s,a ~