The Portland daily press., 1886-04-08

has basely refused to fulfil his pledges. He lives
under and enjoys the BENEFITS OF a republican
form of government, and yet advocates and per-
petuates the most debasing form Of white slavery.
He robs the rich and the poor, the high and the
low with ruthless hand, and then appeals 10 cor
rupt and purchased courts 10 Help uIll tdhc ouf
He breaks our limbs and mains our bodies and
demands that we shall release him IRON from every
He goes to our grocers and persuades lhesn nos
to give credit because we refuse 10 De grouiiu
In his human mill. II.
shoot among our wives and children with ueadIy
intent. and then howls for government neIp "heh
he gets his pay In coin alike.
Fellow workmen, Gould must be overthroWh;
His giant power must be broken, or you anu l
must be slaves forever. The knights OF LABOR apo
alone have dared to be David to this GOllan-
The battle is not for today, but for the genera
tions behind us in the coming ages OF the worIa /;
for our children and our children's children: lis
the great question of the age Shall we In this
coming age be nation of free men or nation OF
slaves?
This question must be decided now. The chains
are already forged that are to bind u.s. Shall we
wait until they are riveted upon our limbs? May
God forbid.
on the battlefield; workmen of every trade and
cline Of the world, on to the fray. Gould and his
be slaves Think Of the little olive plants around
your hearthstones that Will be bighted by his
course! think Of the little home he is seeking to
rob you of; of the wife whose heart he has turtur
ed, and from whose eyes he has wrung floods OF
tears! .,..;.o ,,,,o,, h,s ,>orsd,, h,s
outrages and his crimes, for he has sought to
incite felony among our rank and file, he has
brought the perfidy Of vile men to entrap the un-
wary that he might stain our fl tar i, nas saw na wp gpE
men, arouse! Let every hand that tolls be lifted
to heaven and swear by Him that lveth Forever,
that these OutrageS must cease. Let every honest
breast and brow be trained toward our common
foe, and let no man grow weary until ike GOIal,
our giant is dead at our feet.
Ix Orda rnfE
The following telegram has been sent to
Congressman A. G. Curtin, at Washington:
ST.. LOUIS, April 5, 1886.
Hon. A. G.. Curtin, Washington:
The resolution introduced by you in the House
of Representatives to refer the present dl11cuties
existing ON the Gould Southwestern system OF
railways to special committee to be appointed
by the House for the immediate investigation,
board, and we look for its passage at once, and
the committee is requested to come to st. Louis as
quickly as possible, as we believe that such com t
mittee would gain sufficient knowledge OF the
case to enable your body to legisate lntelhgenty
cav FREDERICK TURNER, Secretary
W. HI. BAILEY,
j. w. HAYES,
For the General Executive Board of the Knights
of Labor
With reference to the manifesto of the
Knights of Labor, published this morning,
Mr.. Gould's representative said;
These people seem to forget that coal was made
25 ner cent cheaper throughout the southwest
by MIR. Gou$d when he opened the railroad sys-
TEN there. The people through that country are
in favor of the company. which shows tnat Ihe
statements made this morning are absurd Inc
knights because the Kansas City journal de-
nounced the acts of the strikers, demanded that
the Union News Cornpany should not denver any
of the papers of the Journal Mr.. Hoxie then no
titled the News Company that no other papers
should be carried il it did not deliver the journal
as usual The News Company therefore Qeclded
to pay no attention to the order OF the knights.
Nj Hnt.1do o1iA huf "a m
would not have much effect on the people, espec-
ially the people of the southwest, and he did not
seem at all disturbed by the fiery remarks as
made by the strikers.
The Latest.
ST. LOUIS, April THE executive board of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
are holding meeting in East st. Louis to-
day, Chief Arthur being present, and are Sc
riOusly considering the question whether or
not it will be advisable to strike in support
of the Knights of Labor.
Adjutant-G Gen. Vance was a spectator OF
the action of the mob this morning in forcing
the men employed in the railroad yards to
quit work, and he has telegraphed the situa-
tion to the Governor. 1t is generally thought
the situation has become serious enough to
warrant the ordering out of the militia to en-
able the railroads to carry on their business
Twenty of the fremen employed on the en-
gines of the Bridge and Tunnel Co. struck
to-day in support of the Knights of Labor.
This unless others can be found to fill their
positions, will stop the transfer of all
freight and passenger trains over the bridges
SCRANTON, Pa. April Master Workman
Powderly is able to attend to correspondence
and expects to be sufficiently recovered with
in few days to leave his house.