Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-10
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Mass Meeting at Turner Hall to Conside
the Labor TroUhlea

| the Labor Troubles.
! In answer to the open appeal for SYM
| pathy and assistance from the Knights of
Labor of St. Louis, published in Wednes-
/ days REcoRD-U Union, the workingmen of
! Sacramento assembled in mass meeting at
Turner Hall last evening. The hall con-
! tanned between 800 and 400 men. mostly
laborers. The meeting was called to order
! by Noble Fisher. F. ]. Clark, of the Con-
troller's office, was chosen Chairman, and
Mr.. Fisher acted as Secretary.
! In assuming the Craftsmanship of the
| meeting, Mr.. Clark said they were called
together by no usual circumstance. A great
struggle was in progress from one end of
the country to the other Men of muscle
and brains struggling for livelihood. de-
lending their hearth-stone and rights, were
arrayed against aggregated corporate
wealth. 1t was an unequal warfare in a
pecunlary sense il was also UNEQUAL in
point of numbers. 1t was Jaw Gould
againstt the labor of the country. He wishes
TO dictate to the men who labor what shall
be days pay. When he wishes to make
deduction of wages he does it without
consultation with the masses, and a raise
OF salary with him is thing unheard of.
- - - -. Ai-iS ~ 1tCd1 tlODSIty, lelOlV 10
appropriate that which belongs to another.
The poor mans property is that which is
created by his labor. 1t is crime to rob
a poor man of the proceeds of his toll.
IL Is robbery to place value upon
labor below what it is worth That is
simply what this great strife means.
He said that here and there no doubt.
were handful OF men who do wrong but
when man tells him that thousand
honest toilers Joined together to do wrong.
he branded it as a base calumny. Corporate
capital speaks of laborers in a contempt
uous manner, as if they had no rights that
should or ought to be respected. Three
million knights OF Labor were interested
IN this conflict and shoulder to shoulder
with them in this warfare for equal right
and justice stood 100000 American peo-
pie. The few millions who invoke their
wrath may well scan the horizon. for the
day OF retributivn seems to be near at
hand. Men who seek to Cypress the
labor element had better have care.
he did not believe, although it had
been SO telegraphed that the laborers
had fired the first shot, but on the
contrary, that it was fired by the minions
OF Jay Gould. To-day the wires are bur
dened with the record of more bloodshed.
1t Is admitted over Jay Gould'S own wires
that his mlnlons, unprovoked, fired into q
crowd, killing three or four men and NOR
tally wounding poor woman. This is
what has fallen to the lot of the poor East
and what has called this meeting. 1t is fit
and proper that all good people should
come together and counsel. They should
consider well the situation-act like men.
take the side of the down-trodden and op-
pressed, and bitterly den0unce the methods
Of such men as Jaw Gould
The Secretary then read the appeal issued
by the joint Executive Board of Assemblies
l01, 93 and II in st. Louis on Tuesday,
and which appeared in these columns on
Wednesday morning last.
The Chair said all who sympathized with
the Knights of Labor of ST. Louis and ap-
proved of the sentiments enunciated In
their appeal would make it manifest bv
rising. The entire audience arose, and it
was declared adopted unanimously.
The Chair stated that no document of
similar import and character had been read
to the American people since that of the
Declaration of Independence In 1776 it
was the voice of freemen against oppression,
this is the uplitted voice of outraged men,
outraged by their fellow man under the
Government of the United States. What
is Gould's position to-day? He has put
himself upon pinnacle for the just execra-
ton of every freeman in the civilized
John Quinn was the next speaker. He
covered the same ground gone over Dv the
first speaker, and said the Sherifs and their
posses that we read about are no more nor
less than Jay Gould's hired assassins. He
outlined the objects of the Knights of La
Dor organizations and said their only OBJ
Ject was to arbitrate between labor and cap
ital. A strike was only a protest There
never was move for human freedom that
could not be classed as a strike. He pre-
dlcted that the labor troubles would soon
be settled, and believed there would be no
more bloodshed
Noble Fisher offered the following reso-
lutlons, which we're unanimously adopted
WHEREAS, District Assemblies lOl, % and II.
X. of L., have appealed to the Order at large
and the workingmen of the world generally
asking for their moral sympathy and pecuniarv
support; ana whereas, we view the recent
double dealing of Jay Gould with the officers of
our Order as an attempt TO Illustrate and prevent
arDltIatlon OF Inc olIhcultles arising from time
to time between capital and labor and whereas
II GOuld's Vaccinations are successful the pur-
poses for which our Order was founded, namely
the peaceful and equitable settlement of all dis
Putes between employer and employees would
be sacrilegiously subverted and destroyed: and
whereas, any attempt to rend asunder the mu-
tual interests OF capital and labor should be
viewed with dlstTuSt and alarm by all good citi-
zenS, and declared dangerous to the life of the
Republic Of the United States; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That we, /. A. S55 and L. A. {, O53 of
X. OF L. in common with the people of Sacra-
mento, in mass meeting assembled do most
heartily condemn and denOunce the employ
ment OF our national and State troops for the
extlngulshing of popular and inalierable rights
and declare it to be a prostitution of civil and
military power unwarranted by the Constitu-
tlou ana dangerous to republican government;
and be il further
Resoaued, That we pledge to D. A l01, 90 and
IL our moral and financial assistance in this
struggleo OF right against might and injustice
and viii continue said assistance to the best OF
our ability until that arch fiend and public enc
my, Jay Gould, is laid in the dust; and be it
Res0tred, That copies of these resolutions be
sent to G. NJ. W. Powderly and the President of
the United States.
Short speeches were made by James Cor
man, of the Controllers office, John ?.
Dunn, State Controller, Noble Fisher and
Mr.. Corners.
a collection was taken, and $50 20 raised
For CHARTTY's SAKE.-A literary and
musical entertainment and social will be
given at Turner Hall next Wednesday
evening, under the auspices of committee
OF ladies, for the benefit of Mrs Emma
Holmes, very destitute and worthy
woman, who is in falling health and en-
tlrely dependent upon charities. 1t is the
intention to so manage the entertainment
as to be able to turn over the full gross re-
ceipts for the relief and support of the
woman. Messrs. Jones, Fisch & Watson
have donated the use OF the hall and will
furnish their orchestra free for the occa-
sion. A large number of the leading must
cal and literary people of the city have also
consented 10 aid the enterprise by taking
parts in the programme. Tickets will be
but 90 cents, admitting a gentleman and
ladies, and it is to be hoped that this effort
Of the ladies in the interests of charity
will be eminently successful.
CAUGHT PRoNPTLY,-S. A. Cameron ar
rived in the city yesterday from Calayeras
county, and was so well pleased with the
city that ne started out for q good time.
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