The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-04-13
A BIeod and Thunder Appeal.

a Bleed and Thunder Appeal.
ST. Louis, April 6.-The joint executive
board of assemblies l0I, 20 and l., of the
Knights OF Labor this afternoon issued the
following address:
10 The rrorLingmeH 81 The UoSld:
FRIENDS AND BROTHERS Hear III, for
We plead for our right. Mn of equity,
look upon us, for W. struggle against giants
of wrong. Mad with frenzy OF pride and
self-adnlation, bego;ten a. il Is OF infamy
and outrage, there stands before III giant
of aggregated and Incorporated wealth,
every dollar of which l. built upon blood,
injustice and outrage. That giant of
corporate wealth has centralized itS power
in and is impersonated by the larger fiend
who gloats n he grinds the life out of his
fello men. and grimace> ard dances -
they writhe upon his instruments uf tor
ture. %. We workingmen of America who
love your liberty and your native land /:
We great creators of wealth, who stand a. a
foundation of all national good. look upon
your brothers to-day. Goulr, the giant
fiend. Gould, the money monarch, i
dancing, A. he claims, over the grave Of
cur order, over the ruin of our homes
and the blight OF our lives.
Before him the world has smiled in
beauty. but his wake Is a graveyard oil
hope-a cyclones path of devastation and
death. Our strong arms have grown
weary i'm building the tower of strength,
and vet he bids us build on or die; our
young lives have grown gray too soon he
meath the strain OF unrequited, constant
toll Our loved ones at home are hollow
checked and pale with long and weary
waiting for better DAYS To come; nav more
than this, the graveyards are hiding his
victims from our longing eyes.
Brother workmen, this monster tiend has
compelled some OF Us TO toll i'm cold and
rain for FIVE and fifty cents day. Others
have been compelled To WELD their time to
hIm for seventeen and thirty-six weary
hours for the pittance of nine hours pay.
Others who have dared TO assert their man
hood and rebel against his tyranny are
black-listed and boycotted all over the
land. He has made solemn contracts with
the highest authority I'm our order and
then has basely refused to fulfill his pledge
He lives under and enjoys all the benefits
of a republican form of government
and yet advocates and perpetuates the
most debasing form OF white slavery. He
robs the rich and poor, the high and low
with ruthless hand, and then appeals TO
corrupt and purchased courts to help him
take our little homes away. He breaks
our limbs and mains our bodies, and then
demands that We shall release him from
every claim for damages or be blackliSted
forever. He goes TO our grocers and per-
suades them not to give Us credit because
We refuse 10 be ground In his human
mill. He turns upon us a
horde OF lawless thugs, who shoot among
our wives and children with deadly
intent. Then he hswls for government
help when he gets his pay in coin alike.
Fellow wOrkmen, Gould must be over
thrown his great power must be broken or
you and must be- slaves forever. The
Knights of Labor alone dared to he a
David To this Goliath. The battle Is not
to-day the battle is not for tomorrow,
but for the trooping generations
in the coming ages Of the world
for our children and our children's
children. IT'S the great question Of the
age. Shall We, in the coming aeeS, he
nation of freemen or nation of slaves
This question must be decided now The
chains are already forged that are To bind
upon our limbs? Nav, God forbid. Work |
ingmen of the world, Earshal yourselves |
npon the.battlefields; workingmen of every
trade and cline, on. to the fray. Gould |
and his monopoly must 60 down or your
children must be slaves. Think Of the |
little olive plants around your hearth |
stones that will be blighted by his 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. |
Who can look eamly upon his perfidy, his !
outrage and bis crime, for he has sought To
ncite felony among our rank and files /
BE has brought the perfidy of vile men to
.ntrap the unwary that he might stain
Dur fair name and gloat over our misfor-
unes Once for all: Fellow workmen,
lrous and let every hand that tolls be
fitted to heaven and swear by him that
iveth forever that these Outrages must
ease. Let every heart and brow be turned
Oward our common foe and let No man
row weary until, like Goliath, our giant is
lead at our feet.
[Signedl EXECUTIVE BOARD,
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY l0l, % AND Il.
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