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Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18

than is sometimes given persons who
take the lives Of Others in the same
city. Such oppression could easily
be avoided if the working people
would cast their votes for those
whom they know to be their friends,
and who. while in Office, would not
toady to those with capital by OPP
pressing the poor. These matters
should be more seriously considered
by those whose capital is their labor.
How any person IN IN official posi-
ton can make blackmail out Of the
issuance Of circulars, which call upon
the friends Of those who sign them
to refrain from making purchases
from the man who interfcrcs with
the right of an organization to estab-
Ilsh II scale of prices for the labor of
It's members, we cannot understand.
On the other hand, the employer or
employers who blacklist workman,
and call upon others in the same
branch Of business to act in like
manner toward the same man, is
Matchmaking that person, for the
simple reason that starvation is
threatened him unless he gives uI
all rights guaranteed to him by the
Constitution Of our county, and per.
nit his dependents to suffer while
he is working hard for his oppressors
If things 90 on in this way, the tim,
is not far distant when to oppose ;
wealthy candidate for office, if he be
already in power, will be pcnlten
tlary olTensc, without any law on the
subject ever having been enacted
And yet the oppressed are largely il
the majority, and. through the bal
lot, could reIegate al petty tyrant
to private life. VIII the people Civ
the above due consideration, and ac
accordingly? We hope they will.
CjHcinu0H INi0niH.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18
SOCIALISM,.

While the municipal officers of
New York are cndeayoring to send
Socialists to state prison, and the
press is dcnounclng them Us enemies
of civilization, the legislature. with
out knowing it, has passed q straight
Soclalstic bill affecting one Of the
worst Of the many monopoies that
take advantage of the needs of hui
man beings.
A few years ago Gas companies
charged whatever they pleased per
thousand feet for gas. A few years
later the legislature passed a bin
compelling them to furnish Gas for
*l.,5 per thousand feet. The last
legislature reduced the legal price
to Sl.25.
The gas companies are private
corporations, maintained by private
capital. And while the interference
Of the state is Il good thing, and
should be extended to other abugiv,
monopolics, it sounds a little odd tC
hear the philosophical Socialists de
nouncrd by the men who have adopt
ed their principles. The men VIII,
voted for the bill reducing the pric,
of gas We're State Socialists in fact
though too obtusc, doubtless, to Sc,
or admit it. y. J. Truth Seeker.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18

well "seryc two masters" and Or
ganized Labor should be satisfied
with nothing less than the undivided
service and efforts Of those whom 1t
elects to represent it. Moreover,
the demonstration attending the
Of l.abor's demands with
party hacks and party schemes has
been too often demonstrated to re-
quirc amy further experiments IN
that line. A clean record, clean
men, and u fair and open manner Of
deciding upon II policy or platform,
inside the ranks Of Organized Labor,
will bring victory in the end, even
if Labor must outlIye the experiences
Of AboIitionists before it achieves Il
decided victory, beside which thc
abolition Of black slavery would
seem insignificant.
Then let Labor use politics, but
let it be Independent Labor politics
and take an important step towards
aboIishing wage slavery. But it il
inevitable. 1t will be done; only
let us hasten the movement by cheer
fully aiding it instead of obstructins
the advance by daIIyingwith corrup
political parties, or expecting any
thing but i'll from them, for the,
have lost their testimony.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18
DIVIDING EXPENSES.

When employers and employees
have disagreement, and as result
thereof tho employees are put to cX-
pcnses or deprived of their means of
livelihood. it seems but fair, should
1t be deemed by II board of arbltra-
ton that the bosses were at fault,
that these bosses should make good,
to some extent, at least, the damage
caused by their fault. Certainty the
board of arbitration or committee
having the matter in hand for settle
mcnt, after being recognized by both
parties to the quarrel, should not he
deemed guilty of eXtortIon or black
mail in case they make money or
other award, or impose II fine upon
either of the parties recognizing
them as competent committee.
This, IN sGeet, was rlono by n New
York Judge recently, however. The
committeeman were tried on charge
of extortion, and various extreme
penalties were imposed upon them.
OF course, this exhibition of class
2eqiSIaiioU has aroused the lndlgna-
ton of all true labor men, and II
their memories are worth anything,
they will remember to do their duty
by themselves and put in motion the
proper machinery to Dust the enemies
of labor from positions that give
them power over the working class
and place in power Organized labo
itself
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18
NOT ES.
Who are New llaycn's "hoodlc'
aldermen Let Joseph speak
itstlf (

Who are New llaycn's "hoodlc'
aldermen : Let Joseph speak
Convicting people of conspiracy is
very much like sending man to
jail on general principles"
The proprietor of the boycotted
courier testified in court that the
withdrawal of the advertisements
would ruin it. lie evidently apprc-
ciates the fact that the advertising
colamns of his literary enterprise
are the hrainicst ones in the paper.
The New York star proposes to
unite the various cities adjacent to
the metropolis under one city govern
mcnt, and call the new city Manhat-
tan. The project is one that is
favorable to the democratic party,
especially if the new combination
should succeed in obtaining thepow,
crs of State. Socialists would
hardly object to the scheme, either,
The crying injustice practced
aoaiuct the work mon who ogtoI
as agents OF their organizations il
carrying on the boycott against la
bor's enemies in New York, has hat
Il good effect; the Central Labo
Union of the metropolis having dc
cided to take vigorous steps, politi
cally. independent of the eorrup
parties who placed the Barretts an,
| Felloweses in power.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18
THE STORY OF A SPECIAL

The Cleveland Lealer tells an ugly
story on the man who champloned
the cause of Benjamin f. Butler for
the presidency in 1884. We alIude
to editor Charles A.. Dana, of the
New York SIM. This is the way
the story goes:
1--WE were in California in the spring
of 1888. Charles Ananias was beingtoted
about the State in his special car. Be
fore his arrival at San Francisco he die
tated telegraphic dispatches at different
points along the road announcing that
'lton. Charles A. Dana, the veteran eli-
tor of the New York sun, has arrived in
his special car at - The next day
another despatch appeared in the papers
in almost the same terms, announcing
his arrival in his special car at another
place. This was repeated the third time
just before reaching San Francisco.
When he went to Los Angeles the per
torrance was gone through again. The
silly old fellows vanity was wonderfully
inflated by having special car all to
himself, and he took particular pains to
have the fact advertised. Now it seems
that Jay Gould loaned him the car and
gave HIM free transportation, whereby
the great railroad wrecker and hundred
millionaire secured control of the SIMS
editorial columns This accounts for
that papers course in sustaining and de.
Tending the great monopolist."
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18

Last Wednesday we received a
copy of lie .SocialiSte from Paris,
dated March 6, 1856, just recovered
from the wreck Of the steamer Ore
gon. The names Of Basly and
Camclnat lost none Of their lustrc
by the deIugc Of the sea any more
than they did by that Of the opposl-
tons yltuperation in the French
Chamber Of Deputies when they in
sisted on cXpclling the monarchlcal
traitors.
The National Executive Commit
tee Of the ). l.. =. has ust issued "a
pamphlet in German, entitled die
Ikarlcr Won Nord Amerika," being
u Warming against the founding of
communistic colonies, by AdoIph
lIcpncr. Those who read German
can find in this little work n rcfuta-
tIon Of much that has been said of
the objects ofsocialism. and it points
ont the only true and possible escape
from wage slavery.
The men who were instrumental il
blacklsting Thesis in New York City
| have been sentenced to various terms o.
hard labor in States prison. Serycs then
night. They We're simply common Grim
mails. n massachusetts, "Ldb0r' PAPER
No doubt it is sympathy with thu
brutal proprietor Of the notorious
New York concert dive thai INSPIRED
the above. TO boycott manufac
turers who cut wages is all right; bu
to boycott the proprietor OF Salo,
rh0Ht0HI is crime, according to tn
editor of this discriminating sheet.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18
FARMERS AND WORkMEN,

1t is learned that call will soon
be issued for national convention
of the farming and laboring interests.
to be held at st. Paul on the 25th of
August. Delegates will be elected
from every Congressional district.
The movement looks to a permanent
organization and has Il political OBJ
jet. it is proposed to establish a
representative Congress of farm and
labor delegates. with headquarters in
Washington. The ayowed purpose
is to concentrate these influences
upon the Congress of the United
States and also to elect representa-.
tive laborlng men and thus counter.
act the influence of monopolies al
the National Capital.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18
WORRIED,

Our friends of the Register seem
to be worried because the New York
Central Labor Union, which is boy
cottlng Ehrct, because he "merely
did his duty rs n witness, etc, have
determined to form an independent
political party and elect candidates
Of their own choice to the l.eglsla-
turc, and to Office generally; and do
divers other wicked and irregular
things, including the running of a
daily paper to advocate the views Of
the new party.
1T is very interesting experiment
that is thus projected, and developments
will be looked for with interest. A re-
preventative workingnpn Of New York
city says that IA good policy for labor in
these new ventures would be ito stand
by its friends and defeat its enemies.
Just so, Mr.. Representative Work
ingman; but opinions differ widely
rs to who the friends are, and to
save all doubts upon the question
the workmcn will select their candi-
dates from their own ranks.
'Ignominious failure will probably
convince WorklnGmcn that organization
Of labor is best confined to those field,
wherein it has proved successful.
From the above one would infer
that our Crown street neighbor pre-
fcrs that we should content ourselves
with strikes and boycotts, havln!
been moderately successful in thos'
fields.
These experimental ventures in I'm
tried ways do not promise much beneii
to the interests of labor.
Organized workmen do not stan'
in fear Of the "mtried ways" Man
Of us have been all the years Of on
manhood working away ut the OF
political machines without any goo
results 50 far as the great mass Q
the people are concerned; the soca
and industrial conditions are cor
stantIy becoming worse, until W
have resolved to take the matter i
, our own hands and strive for bette
conditions. feeling sure we cannc
: make them worse. We may, and i
the nature of things, must, max
=. mistakes and encounter failures, bit
8 in the end we shall be successful.
! In no event will organized an
r educated workmen fall back int
the ranks of the old political pa
ties. II.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18
TANNERS STRIKE.

LNNN, MASS, July T.. A gener-
al strike was inauguratcd among the
tanners of Peabody and Salem this
morning, for lifty-nine hours Il week.
Meetings were held by the tanners
and curriers' assemblies of the
Knights of Labor, Sunday, and the
action taken this morning was dcci-
dcd upon. Last Friday evening the
leather manufacturers met in the
town house, and decided to oppose
the titty-nine hour movement, and it
is said that all agreed to stand to-
gethcr IN opposition to the movement.
This morning, when the o'clock
whistles blew for the lahors of the
day IN the tannerles to begin no one
responded and it was the same when
the $50 whistle blew: but when the
: O'Clock whistle sounded nearly all
the tanners began work. There was
one exception. the men being told
that nothing would be done to-day.
This place will probably he in fui
operation to morrow. In two Other
/ places the men went in at : instea(
| of q O'Clock, and were ordered out b,
the proprictors They are nov
/ locked ont.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18
EiGHT-AOUR FARM LAWS.

Young man in search If a ph.ce-"Do
you need any hands, Mr. Hayseed.''
Farmer Hay Need EN-; Certain
ly do Pullott your coat and pitch right
III.
How about the eight hour rule ;
Do You believe in that: =
That the rule ON this farm. young
man. You 90 Ia work at four in the
morning and knock off at noon Then
you so on again at one O'Clock and work
till nine. Eight hours at time isenough
for me, | tell you. Philadelphia Call
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
A PEN Al CODE.

New \ ork has an iron"lad collcc-
ton of laws which must have been
framed in the Middle Ages, but con-
sidcrcd too tyrannous for common
use. Accordingly, after mellowing
for Il few hundred years, they have
been dsentombed for use in "morc
enlightened" age. Among them is
II conspiracy law, warranted with
elastic meshcs, built on purpose to
hold little fish and let big CUES slip
through.
This conspiracy law is a favoritc
weapon against boycottcrs. They
have such laws in other States, such
Us Illinois, and they are warranted
double-back action, pcnitcntiary-surc
provided n grand jury can be got to
operate them.
The beauty of the grand jury sys-
tenn is that no sympathlzer with the
accused parties can be represented.
Only the well-to do employers of
labor and those who live on the earn
lngo OF labor not the common herd
are eligible for admission to the
charmed circle. AS a penltentary
popuator it never fails, except when
aldermen or other big fish are con-
ccrncd, but no guilty poor man can
escape,
1t is SAID the statue of Liberty
was detected smiling when the mu-
siclans were convicted. OF course il
might have been sarcastic smile,
but it certainty Shout i not be per.
mitted again. lhbrrty should not
he allowed to trliir with the wor k OF
grand iurles and penal codes of the
"freest country on the face of the
earth.
Taken altogether, the penal cod,
of New York, together with conspir
acy laws in other States, deserves /
niche in the temple of fame. Labo,
Lcdt
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18
NEW HAVEN, july Is, 1886.
NEW POLITICS.


when Organized Labor will have to
decide whether to use the power of
the ballot in an endeavor to enamel
pate itself or allow the
capitalist parties to continue indeh-
nitely to hold out to laboring men IA
choice between two evils.
As we have pointed ont on other
occasions, the use of the ballot means
more than simply going to the polls
on election day and casting one or
other Of the printed slips of political
infamy handed out by some bought
and-pald-for political heller. 1t
means preparation long Before cleo
ton day, and thorough organization
for the work that is to be done.
The majority of the trades unions
have for years held aloof from poll
.toae;top even the mention of anything
that bore any relation to political
economy, and these organizations
still have mummitied pctriactions
among their memberships that look
with holy horror upon an invasion
Of the deyout meetings of their
union with anything of Il political
nature. Considering the meaning
usually attached to the word politics,
and the cause of it, we can hardly
blame honest men for having Il feal
of its invasion into their trade socic
ties. Still, we cannot allow fearful
superstltlons to bar the progress o
the labor movement; and therefor,
we say let the trades unions take /
step forward and iHraie politics.
This course of action is what part
politicians fear; and when the
soberly ''glye you pointer" and ad
wise the trades unonists not t.
allow their unions to be invaded b
politics, they real y are afraid of al
invasion from the other side. Thi
is their real cause of "solicltude 10
the welfare of the trade unions.
Now, We would hardly advise tn
discussion of the merits of the cal
didates of the capitalistic politics
parties in our trades union meetings
There are other things to attend t
there. But the discussion of unio
principles, political economy, tn
relation Of our organizations to tn
welfare of the people, and such tol
les, could not fail of good results
for these questions all lead to an III
derstanding of politics. The dang,
to the ole fossils of the democratic
and republican" party stripes
imminent, but what of it? If thcl
are few of these among the organ
lied workmen, the sooner they IA
converted to the new order of thin,
honest labor polltics-or die, Il
better for Organized Labor.
Therefore, workingmen, let no S
ductive political cooling lead You in
s.Schwanz-politik;;" don't expect al
good from those who are Interests
in the OLD parties. They cam
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18
OPPRESSION.

The bolcotters who were sentenced
t. the penitentiary in New York the
other day, were given heavier SEN
fences, without any authority of law,
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18
Our people please themselves with

Our people please themselves with
the fancy that they are free because
they have the right to mcddlea little
in politics now and then. In con
ventlons, in legislatures and in SINH
lar places they chatter and scream
like so many crows and jays over the
eternal principles of freedom as Sc
cured in the political fabric, and
meanwhile the great economical
facts of hfe-the facts which are and
always were the really shaping and
controlling forces in the political
destinics of n people, sweep rapidly
and certainly forward on lines that
indicate the will and movement of a
despotIc spirit, In that movement
great collision with the popular
will Is in preparation. N. ].
Hcrdid.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18

A new comic opera of pronounced
type Is called "A Thousand Ems" Ii
may he sequel to THE Galley Slave
-Nelc Orleans Picagune.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-07-18

The wise young man always laughs at
his tailors jokes.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-31
RETALIATING.

The United States has at last found the
opportunity to retaliate in kind on the
British government. Four British schoon-
ers have been captured by the American
revenue cutter Corinne for poaching in
Alaskan waters. Capt. ABBEY of the
Corinne reports to the treasury department
that he caught his prey in the act of steal
ing American seals and that he stripped the
vessels of their arms and ammunition and
towed them into port. They had about
1000 seal skins aboard. If the Canadian
authorities can afford to raise rumpus be-
cause American schooners catch few worth
less fish in British waters the United States
government is certainly justitiable for run
ming down British vessels engaged in steal
ing seal skins. If the British authorities
show disposition to kick all we have to do
is to present the Canadian fishing episode
as precedent.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-31
ANOTHER MINE HORROR.

Pennsylvania has dark record in the
way of the numerous mine accidents which
have of late years taken place within her
borders She is supposed to, and doubtless
does, maintain sufficient corps of mine in
spectors and presumably they perform their
duties as well as any one could under the
circumstances. There is every probability
that the accidents are not to be attributed
except in an occasional case, to
negligence on the part of these in
spectors. On the contrary it has been
shown that in many instances ac-
cidents have occurred very soon after the
inspectors have made their examination and
found everything apparently in good order.
But it is manifestly impossible for the in
spectors to maintain constant supervision
over mines. The managers alone can do
that through the constant enforcement of
precautionary regulations. But human life
in the mining regions, estimated from the
operators standpoint, is exceedingly cheap
and the proprietors Of the coal fields have
not been in the habit of regarding
its safety as an essential element
in their calculations. If, however,
the occurrence of every accident
were brought home to the owners forcibly
by the infiiction upon them of heavy fines
or even imprisonment, radical change
would take place. There would be no
further careless waiting for the visit of the
inspector to determine the safety of the
mines. A constant and vigilant system of
nrivafn iOcnnotion yuouId hn onnctautIv an
forced and the result could not fail to be a
diminution in the annual number of
casualties. The experiment is worth try
ing and Pennsylvania evidently stands badly
in need of something of the kind.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-31
ALExANDER,s RETURN

If, as seems likely, Prince ALEXANDER
has returned to his throne under suffrance
from Russia and with the understanding
that he will be the creature of that ambi.
tious country's car, he will forfeit large
share OF the popularity and good will which
he had obtained among our liberty loving
people. ALEXANDER in exile, deposed
from his rightful position by superior
power. would lose neither in dignity or re-
spect, but ALEXANDER assuming a nom
inal sovereignty and becoming the
puppet of whimsical and arrogant
government that he might continue
to be surrounded by the gaud and glitter of
tinsel court, is neither dgnified nor de.
serving OF respect. In the eyes of most
people he will be thought to have forfeited
that valiant manhood whose possession be
SO well demonstrated in his warfare against
King MILAN of Servia. Though she has
failed IN substituting tool more peculiarly
her own In ALExANDkR's place, Russia has
still gained point by utilizing the recently
deposed prince. With the knowledge of
the fact that the car has only to nod To
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-31
MISTAKEN MoDEsTY.

AS Uncle JOSH WHITcoMB would say,
the Minneapolis exposition must be ex-
pecting visit from the minister. They
are putting clothes on the statuary in the
art gallery. Modesty is most commenda-
BILE grace; at the same time the Exposition
managers should remember that it is also
"a discerning grace which only bushes in
the proper place" In the present instance
there is a manifestation of prudishness en-
tirely out of place in. a public exposition
There can be nothing vulgar in art except
to the vulgar minded. In their mistaken
eagerness to obscure the suggestion of vul-
garity in the art display the managers have
only made it the more suggestive. The
GLOBES advice to the managers would he
to remove the drapery, and if the exhibition
is not decent without the drapery then re-
move the Statuary. A work of art which
is not fit to be looked upon as it came from
the artists hand is not fit to be seen at all.