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Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-03
COMMUNICATIONS.


NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Sept, -,
To the U'orhmcn'S .idrOcHfP:
The extra copies of the ApVoyATE or
dered were distributed on Saturday after
noon by my bctter-haIl at cIambakr
given by the Spnnrrs at WoodIaWn
Grove. which more than Il Thousand pco-
pie attended.
The spinncrs Of Potomski Mill, No. /,
are on strike; not against the corporations
but against their tyrannical boss, John
Hail. whose petty acts Of tyranny have
made it impossible for even cotton fac
tory slave to work in harmony with him
The strike is sanctioned by the Spinncrs'
Union and the Knights of Labor. The
support given them not only by the
unions but by the general public is gen
crOus and ample; and though they have
now been out three weeks, not Il break
has occurred in their ranks.
Fines on weavers have grown 50 heavy
that resistance has become virtue Fiji
ty cents for spot Of black oil, and a
number Of other robberies that have been
inflicted on the poor unfortunate weavrrs,
reused such a spirit Of resistance at the
same mill that the superintendent was
forced to come to terms and abate the
nuisance.
Going to work one morng, | met an
old friend in the street and asked him the
cause of his idlenes,, and he told me r."
had lost his work in Wamsutta Mill. No
H. for beng off sick. II have worked
there nineteen years, said he, "and the
oversrcr viii neither give ~" work "r
allow me to work in any other mill be
longing t. the same company fOrthc next
three months. il h. had been a cot
tirmed sot and drumkard no notice would
have been taken Of his laying off. If this
Is not huycotting, IN the nam" Of common
sense, what is it: This same tyrancal
over,eer has frequently given away the
looms of weavera whom he allowed to 20
oil on vacation. and " hen demonstrated
with for his conduct. his highncs4 orders
them to hc gone out Of his august pres
enCe.
To show your readers the power that
is exercised 10y these under-bo-ses. will
Just state one fact out Of a hundred.
Some time ago the weavers held meet
ing in the City Hall A weaver named
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-03

Hilbert addressed the meeting. lie told
some facts which were published in the
capltallStlc press of the city, The agent
Of the mill sent for every boss weaver
and told them sUCh things had got to he
stopped, But what became of the speak
or: His work and his conduct never
after gave satisfaction and at last he was
compelled To give up his situation, and
had the modification to hear one Of the
principal colrsTIlJrurs in rirc affair Srr,
Nv" have managed to get rid of the
heEgar at last.
will do Ned. kilhmn the Justice to
say that if he only knew of one-thlrd the
mcanneSs that ovcrseers nthc Wuneutta
Mills practice ON their help, he would
stop their game at once; for | have al
ways found him willing to took and IN
qnlre into all reasonable complaints,
RuHN.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-03
COMPETITION CHOWDER.

A man at Long Branch recently entered
a restaurant and SAID:
"lIavr you amy clam chowder;"
ave have" replied the waiter.
bring me Il plate,
A hateful was set before him, and he
set to work with great gusto. After he
had taken about IA dozen spoonfuls, lie
drew pair Of opera glaases from his
pocket and looked ntently at the chow
der for some time.
Then he jumped up in the air and
shouted: Eureka
"What's that?' asked the proprietor.
"l've got it " yelled the diner.
scot what asked the restauranteur.
"A clam =
"Great Scott" yelled the proprietor,
hes got the clam.
And before the diner could say a word,
the proprietor picked the clam up in a
pair of gold pincers and bore it triumph
ontly to the kitchen, threw it back into
a huge boiler of chowder, and said:
who dealt the chowder to that dark
haired man over there"
II did, said the assistant cook.
"Then you are discharged for dealing
out the clam that we use for llaHorIng
purposes. - REFLECTOR.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-03

Is t" destroy the business OF another, 1t
is illegal.
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tu'' ''"',''i,H "l''l'''H ','', :; '-''' ~
Wv l'"' '''''' '''J"N ',''l'' VI ''','' v'nl'"y
i,'".' ~ "'i'h ~ H""' '",,p'''l "'I' -
'nT !" '"'l'os ''''"'' i""' - '''''''''''
'"9 N''
Hfr,Wh; IN combination ana agree
lHtat between TWO or more persons 20
luJur' the business OF said company Tor
the sol" purpose of causing SAID company,
ON account OF such injury, and for no
other reason, to discharge thelremploycs,
Is criminal agreement and conspiracy.
That :. r;,ht !, ;u,,...,+,.+I, d,,;no
,,n
''"h nave Mrea1l stated to YOU II the
real object and intent of these men was
10 iniure these emuloyes. or to niurr
w., ror,.;,,.,+,,,, p,I,I;.l;n.. ro,,o,,, =,
ouurcss Them to lestr,y thnir business
to ruin their business; if that was the
real object of fine consnirocy il is an nm.
lawful and criminal consuirocv
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-03
BOYCOTT NOTICE.
To Members Of the OrCier Of knights IF
LubOr WhPrerPr fOHnd:

To Members Of the Orier Of knights n
Lnbor mhererer foand:
In consequence of the indefensible and
hostile attitude toward the Knights of
Labor assumed by the firm of +. Cobb
K Co.. of RockEnd, Me-, manufacturers
of lime. the General Executive Board,
after an investigation fully and fairly
conducted by one of the members of the
Board, have decided to issue the follow
ing notice:
All members of the Order of Knights
of Labor, and all others friendly to the
Order. are hereby requested to leave Sc
yerely alone the lime manufactured by
the above named firm of +. Cobb x Co.,
and all lime in which they are in any
manner Interested This lime is branded
Of. Cobb & Co., Rockland, Me-, and
"l. Cobb & Co., Rockland, Me" Other
brands may be adopted by the firm, or
other means used by them to deceive the
public in regard thereto; and to meet this
antcipated action on their part, the Off
GERS and members of l.. A. 292I, are or
dered to make diIigent inquiry and give
prompt notice of any change made to
members of the Order to whom such in
formation may be useful; and all such
members are notified that such nforma-
ton is to be regarded as official and regu-
lar, l.. A. 1927 will also notify parties
intere ited of the shipment of the Cobb
lime. -.JOuHdI Of United LABOR.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-03
CHARGE TO THE JURY
By Hon. Henry St0ddard. Presiding
Judge in the Boycott Case.
CONTlNU ED.

SLrth: THE combination must he
proved beyond reasonable doubt.
That is undoubtedly SO; it is the essence
of the crime. it il the thing that makes it
criminal so far as the charge of conspir-
acy is concerned, and of course must he
proved beyond IA reasonable doubt. IF
the object he legal, then it must be proved
beyond reasonable doubt that the &C
cused combined on certain means of
carry ing ont their object. You I'M
doubtedly mean certain illegal means
addressing COUNSEL, and with that word
interpolated, the request is correct
.Sfrenth: THE mere fact that illegal
acts were done by some one which were
calculated 10 accomplish the SAME END, Is
not sufficient to justify conviction unless
Won find beyond reasonable doubt that
the accused actually combined TO use
such illegal means.
That is correct statement of the law.
EigIith: "The term 'boyc is not a
term of art. and has no definite or Ger
tain meaning. 4 threat to boycott is not
necessarily threat to do an illt gal act,
and such a threat is not, the. fore,
illegal.
The word boycott has not acquired,
gentlemen. in our language, certainly not
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-03
THE BALLOT,
JACK PLANE.


lIo, horny hands!
Come on in bands,
With votes between your fingers;
On to the polls;
March up III shoals
Shame on the man who fingers
Taboo each name
Old parties claim,
And all within their border.
Dead beats and buns,
And such like chums,
The rogles of Law and Order
A rascal shout
That's playing out
A bomb they kept for go" 01S'
Wen break their laws
In freedoms cause,
BY legislating new ones.
Leave bombs to thugs,
And shots to plugs,
With ballots spend your fury;
When boycotts fail
To hit the nail,
Wen taboo judge and jury.
Old party votes
We leave to blOats,
And such like low attendance,
The ballot box
Not bombs or rocks,
Is freemen's best dependence,
john SWittGH'S Paper.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-03
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

New advertisements or changes
must be handed in by Thursday
noon to secure insertion in next
number; Office, 100 Chapel street,
top floor. 20. Address, Drawer lO3.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-03

The forthcoming October number Of
american Art, the new Boston monthly
art magazine promises to he exceedingly
interesting. The magazine Numbers
among its contributors many of the lead
ing art writers and artists of the country,
and among those who will appear in the
October number are Mr.. William Howe
DOWneS, art critic Of the boston Idrt1-
tiSPr, Mr.. Caryl Coleman, Mr.. Frank Y.
Robinson, Mr.. Charles Dekay, art critic
of the Nrtr loIk Times, Mr.. Sidney Dick
inson, art critic and lecturer, Mr.. w. II.
Ranger, Mr.. Lyman II. Weeks, art critic
of the Boston Post, Mr.. Alfred TrumbIe
Mr.. Louis Wertheimber and others. who
will treat Of art topics of general interest
Illustrations will be q feature of the
number. These will include an etching
by Mr.. A. II. Bicknell. Il full-page draw
ing of a japanese house interior, by Il
native Japanese artist, now resident Of
Boston, supplemental plate on heavy
paper. showing a beautiful mosaic glass
window design. numerous smaller draw
ings, and a prOtuSon of charming head
and tail pieces. ornamental letters and
page borders; space will also be given to
decoration and industrial art notes \
single number Of the magazine will be
sent to any address for % cents, four
months for LOO, and one year for S250
American Art Publishing Company
Studio building, 40 fremont street
Boston, Mass,
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-03

Every producer in the land slunld pat
roniHe and read the labor press Th"
Industrial NelrS is published every Satur-
day, on the cooperative plan, 10y the
Knights of Labor of Toledo, Ohio. II is
devoted to the organization, education,
liberation and elevation of the toillng
masses. Subscription price, 50 cents IA
year Address, THE NEWS
Toledo, O.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-03
"Dcr Ritter der Nrhoit.'

To the German brethren in the cause
we recommend the Ritter der Arhclt, e.
the only X, of l.. paper published in the
German language, It is issued three
times Il month, but will soon be made Il
weekly. Subscription price, Sl.0O II
year. Address: RITTER DER ARBEIT.
st. Charles, Mo.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-03

Our advice to any person about to pro-
cure suit of cIothes,a pairof Plantations.
an odd vest, in fact anything in Gents
or Boys fine wearing apparel is to try
the Hub clothicrs. ll2 Church street.
These goods are always reliably made
and for fine fitting garments they have
Il most excellent reputation. Then
clerks and statesmen are always polite AND
attentive. They are now in the midst OF
their great mark-doWn sale. and now,
above all others. is the time to pr0cures
superb bargain at very low price
You must he sure and not forget tn,
number Of their store, IL ChurCh street.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-03

At Lamherl's, $40 Chapel street, extra
ordinary bargains for the next ten days.
Our $50 mems black stiff hats in aIl the
fastest shapes at $500; our SOC. Boys
cloth hats at 99c,, our t5c. Boys blue
cloth hats at 49c.; Boys blue polo caps
at pc, worth SOC; fine scarlet under
wear at SOC, worth Sl.21; our 13r, fine
mems mcrino shirts and drawers at l0r.
our De. white dress shirt al l9c,; all our
50c. silk srarls reduced to 35r,; and don't
forget THAT We are selling shaW-knlt huer
at - ZEE. Don't miss this great sale.
", LAMBERT,
N!0 Chapel street.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-03

Red flannel underwear worth Tl.25 at
9Sc.
Mems Furnishing Goods in general at
reasonable prices. Give us a call,
ROBERr r. BACON, 9OS Chapel #.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-03
LOCAL NOTICES.

Advertisements of situations Wanted
published in the Register tor let. II word.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-03

ItSr our. "TOM STRANG KILLED" and
"ANII SYIIABl'S. T." The two In one. 3 cents
100 copies Sl,5 "rhc Eight Hour Workdny,"
hy 4, Jonas, cent; 100 copies, 90 "crts First
English translation Of MARKS Gnpitni, in "
parts, l0rentS each: subscription. $50 Ready
on Dec 18th, "Wnmun in the Past, Present and
Future by 4. Bcbrl, 30 cents; 100 copies, $50
Full list Of labor publications mailed free.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

r;~htean thousand female students
.re in attendance upon the colleges '"
this country Chicago Herald.
The Christian Dakota indian
vounr men have formed eleven '.no osas
Okodakiciye, which Is tno ""'
call their Y. M. C. A.
1t has been proposed oy ml.
s;onaries in China that the new veis'I.
of the New Testament, prepared ~
Row Griffith John, of Hankow, 20
adonted as the basis of union version
for all China.
-Convers,ons have been reported
from all fields of labor of the American
Sunday-school Union from ONO Nan Nan
sas. Minnesota, Nebraska, ana WIS
cousin. Four new schools have Deen
ORGANIZED recently in the Indian IerrF
tory. .h.s.
AT a regular meeting OF the trus.
tees of Dartmouth College, the request
of students of the college that the reau.
ing-room be opened on Sunday was no'
granted, that subject having pee9
ferred to the trustees by vote OF 'uo
taculty.-Concord IN H. Monitor.
A yestryman in one of the fashion
able churches of New York declares
after wears of experience in passing the
platter, that the richest heiresses rarely
mt in more than dime, no master
what the occasion for benevolence.
They take the lesson of the widow IS
mite metaphorically.
The maximum of daily school work
In Prussia is seven hours for children
eleven years of age up to nine hours
for those sixteen years and upward.
The standard is still higher in Denmark:
No wonder that a large percentage OF
| the children under such systems are re-
ported as sickly and weak-eyed.-c"s-
ago Sun. w.,.h
churches are taken from the most trust
worthy sources: In the year 1881 the
population of Wales was l,5II,zof.
| The Nonconformist denominations COM
prise 1854, 1889 of this number, and pos
sess 4.447 churches; Calvinistic Meth
odists (Presbyterians), 277,290; Con
prerationalists, 276.20l; Baptists, 1881
63l: Wesleyan Mcthodists, sc, 4SS;
Primitive Methodists, 1882; Uni
tarians. 5000; and Methodist Free
| Church, Society of Friends, and Scotch
Presbyterians number 1.6oS.-Chrss''o''
Union.
The ..Oficial Year Book OF the
Church of England" has published
statistics of the amount contributed by
churchmen during the last twenty-five
wears to distinctly church objects. The
figures have been carefully checked
with the view of excluding contribu'
| tons devoted to purely parochial pur'
poses, such as the maintenance OF ad'
ditional clergy, or the relief OF the sick
in particular parishes, to middle class
schools, to unsectarian institutions, and
with few exceptions, to sisterhoods
Even when thus limited, the total sum
contributed in the quarter OF a century
is said to reach the enormous amount
of four hundred million dollars.--N. 4
Examiner.
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A POET LOVER.
He Gives q Very Poetical Account OF n
Exceedingly Prosaic Fact.

He Gives a Very Poetical Account Of an
Exceedingly Prosaic Fact.
viii Shields, who knows more about sell
ing angels food in Iowa than he does
about standard authors. not long since
found new girl and went to see her. The
day after his first call he was met on the
street looking like barrel with the hoops
off, generally, and four or five long
scratches on his face, particularly.
Hello said his friend, whats the
matter"
Nothing" he replied, 'only I've found
out that the poet told the truth"
Allows that? what do you mean?"
Don't you read poetry"
Eyes, some."
"Well, didn't you ever read that verse
which goes
oh woman IN our hours of ease.
Uncertain, COY and hard to squeeze.
THAT'S what l mean"
"Oh," remarked the friend, tersely and
with significant wink, IL tumble. y
Merchant Traveller.
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A NAUTICAL BULL.
The Most Absurd Episode in the Career o
Admiral Porter.

The Most Absurd Episode In the Career o
Admiral Porter.
Even acknowledged war" smiles now and
then at the absurdities oil which he is the
occasion. One evening, while Admiral
Porter's fleet was anchored inside Caps
Fear river, a "contraband" padded his
canoe alongside OF the Malvern, the flag
shin. and informed the Admiral that the
enemy would send down that night pow.
erful ram and torpedo-vessel. As the Ad-
miral had been looking for rams and tor
pedo-boats during three years OF service,
and had never seen one, he thanked his
stars, and gave such orders as he thought
would result in the capture OF has assail-
ants. He was just going to bed, when
shouts, words OF command, and pistol
shots attracted his attention. The river
was alive with boats dashing to the scene
of conflict.
"There he goes!" Head him off,
.sHere he comes!'' "Give him volleyl'
were shouted by the different crews, accom-
panied by the firing of muskets and pistols.
The vessels above the flagship began
firing howitzers.
THAT is sheer folly!" said the Admiral
to his flag officer, Captain Breese. They
will never capture the thing in this way.
| Whv don't they board and foul her screw
with net, as ordered them to do. Jump
into the boat, pull up there, and tell them
to board the thing, whatever it is, at all
| hazards"
The Captain showed off, and in five min
utes the strange vessel seemed to be COM
| ing down on the flagship.
Look out!' was shouted from the boat.
"Give it to him. Then a volley OF mus
kerry and three cheers followed
Here he comesl and all the boats after
him!' shouted the lookout. "We've got
him! Tie on to himl Double-bank him
with boatsl" were heard from the pursuers
Take the enemy in tow, and stop your
noise!n shouted the officer in command o
the boats. Captain Breese returned along
side of his flagship.
"Well, sir, we got himl" said he.
"And a time they had of it." answered
the Admiral. "Why didn't those fellows
do as told them-jam his screw with the
nets?"
"He hadn't any screw, sir" replied tn
Captain.
s'What had he them"
at was something worse than a ram
SIR" said the Captain, laughing. at wa
the biggest bull ever saw. He was swim
! ming across the channel when he was frs
espied. don't wonder they took him TO
a torpedo-boat, he got through the waite
at such a rate!"
"A bull!" exclaimed the Admiral. $50
am not to see ram after allp' and he wen
to his stateroom laughing over wars at
surd episode.-Youth's Companion.
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A TALKING MACHINE.
The Unique Continuance Invented ~ =
vlennese Professor.

rhs Unioue Continuance Invented b. .
vIennese Professor.
The machine can't be infinitely de.
scribed because of its intricacy. The
following, however, as rough sketch,
will suffice: The lungs appear in
stout bellows, with pedal attachment
A rubber larynx operates for the human
larynx, containing for vocal cnords
membranes of ivory. The tongue ana
lips are of rubber, and in articulation
perform the part played by them in
producing human speech. Simple
nasal tones and combinations thereof
are produced by the aid of rubber
tube or open mouth. A keyboard is
provided with the following keys, and
NAV be played for a speech in any Ian
guage: A, o, u, /. L, L, r. w, +, s,
Sh. B. D, G. In the exhibitions the
keyboard is worked by the professors
wife, and the professor expounds. The
above KEYS, by phonetic principles.
are sufficient to produce, with vari-
Gus degrees of accuracy, all the
sounds of articulate speech, artic-
ulate but horribly dolorous and
mOnOtOnOuS, the IncCudiklSiu PCi II 3
scarcely any meditation. BY the action
of the keys different mechanical ar
rangements are brought about in the
region of the pharynx, and the sound
passing through them and aided by the
tongue and lips receive its articulate
character. There being no teeth, the
sibilants are formed BY this mechanism
If nharvnx. and the roll of the ''r" is
produced by a vibrating something the
professor calls the windmill. The pitch
of the machine may be changed four
or five degrees, though the monotone
is preserved for any given utterance'
| Withal, it is fearfully and wonderfully
made, and bad man if you've got tt
be talked to death. 1t pronounced
various words and sentences in three
4 languages, and exclaimed rats in
wav to make .'tarrier" wild. Th'
professor thinks it would be good ap
paratus for deaf mute instruction. l
would be hard on deaf mute, though
If his hearing should miraculously b
, restored, and he was first addressed D.
the machine in its characteristic tone
He would think the faculty OF hearin
an awful infection. The way tina
machine says papa" and mama
Z would chill q parental fioor-walker 10
three consecutive nights. But the ms
: chine is, all the same, unique COZ
: trivance. Chicago Inter Ocean.
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IN HIS MIND.
Two Darsies who Are Approaching an
Uncertain Fate.

Two Darkies Who Are Approaching an
Uncertain Fate.
We were at the depot in Griffin, Ca,
waiting for the Atlanta train, when a
colored man came along with a wheel
barrow and purposely collided with a
brother of color who was coming down
the street. There was war OF words
for a few minutes and then the one who
had been hit limped to the platform
and said:
..Ize gwine to hurt dat man afore he
gifts frew wild me-" -,
"why don't you challenge himP'
asked one. !,
"Dat's no good, sab. lie dun chal
lenged him fo'teen times, an he's dur
challenged me jist as often.''
"And you can't bring about duel?
"No, sab. Ebery time l challeDgt
him he wants to fight wild pitchforks
an of co'se J doan' accept. Eber.
time he challenges me l wants to figh
wild shovels, an of co'se he doan' &C
cept." ,
You'll never get together" &
20. YES, we will. We's edgin' aloni
to it ebery day. Wen keep dis thin
up till bimeby wen agree on cotton
choppers, an den you'll har dat Will
lam Henry Washington was cut dow,
in his bloom at de fust blow. We
edgin', sab, an in my minds eye IT
de head mourner at dat man 8 funeral.
Detroit Free Press.