The examiner., 1886-07-24
MERIDEN.

The suit of James Carlin VS.. "Judge'
Birdsall is to come up in New Haven next
week.
The shops all started up on last Mon
day after their usual holiday season, with a
plentifulness of work. This bids fair to
be busy fall with US. @
Great preparation is being made by the
Il. A. b. society for their excursion to Ro-
ton Point by the steamer Sirius. The event
is to take place on August 2.
The collapse of the Meriden Base Ball
club is a blessing in disguise, for while a
host of people are getting cranky on such
sport, you can't get important duties at
tended to. They are like the blazing kero-
sene cranks, and that is why they so
noticed by the daily press.
We were pleased to see the reports in our
local papers of Mr.. Gonsaluas' sermon last
Sunday. It is more important to print such
glowing thoughts than to run around scrap
ing up the trash which usually helps to fill
a paper. IF they don't look out they will
boom up the local prize-fghters and set the
hoodlums all to smuggling.
The Union picnic at Pawson's park last
Wednesday wes an enjoyable affair in spite
of the dubious weather, which looked as If
the clerk didn't know what to do-whether
to sprinkle to please the Congregationalists,
or to pour on to the Baptists-and so tried
to do both However the latter took to the
water and came home safe, and we'll pleased
with their share of it. -
Several of the shops in town the past
week have resorted to discharge some of
their men under the pretext that the work
was being done in an inferior manner when
the real cause for discharge was in their
belonging to or affiliating with some labor
org anization. How long will honest men
stand by and see their fellow-men being
victimized Have not workmen some
rights which these manufacturers are bound
to respect? TO boycott would be crime
so says the law. And is this not clear
case of boycott on the part of the manufac-
turers But you know it all depends alto
gether on who's OK is gored when the work
er wants justice.
The Satanic press of the country, ever on
the alert to parade the mistakes of the adj
vocates of labor reform, have shown their
hatred to T. V. Powderly by the manner in
which they misrepresent his remarks to the
glass blowers in reference to the militia.
We regret that the Republican went off at
half cock too, after all the kind words it in
ficted on long suffering people. 1t would
have been a great deal better if King George
had listened to reason instead of sending
soldiers to shoot down ellow-creatures; and
the grasping money kings of to-day might
profit by his example, and, instead of send
ing Pinkerton's hired assassins, or even
loyal and legal soldiers, to shoot down strik-
ers, they should listen to the claims of JUS
tice in the matter, for just as sure as there
is God of justice He will surely wake up
when the measure of their iniquity is filled,
and when He does they will be calling on
the rocks and mountains to hide them from
the wrath of the people. 1t is said that the
French revolutionists cut off the heads of
many clericals, because they had deceived
the people and betrayed them into the hands
of the rich, so that a million and half be-
came tramps. We will give a timely warn
ing. No priests or ministers will suffer that
way in the coming revolt, because the edit
ors have superseded them. They hold the
ehloroform to the peoples nose while the
conspirators of monopoly pick their pockets.
How they clamor for every scheme to plum
der the peoples lands, to build Credit Mo
bilier railroads, or to sustain a counterfeit
national bank system, etc. But dies irte
awaits them The ground swell of that day
already makes tyrants tremble, and the
people are coming on the Lords side.