Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-01-31
BRIDGE PORT.
Labor'S Mecca-A "Puritan Social
iNt-Away with Competition.
JOINT COMMITTEE

The Labor lyCeum has become the ia
yoritr Sunday resort Of our working
people. believe an earthquake would
not prevent their attendance. In spite
of the respectable press which warned
them against these terrible Sucialistic az
itators, in spite OF Tia" condemnation of
eanctnnonious-looking dyspeptiCa lwho
would arrest, if they could, the birds in
the air for singing on Sunday, in spite
of rain and snow, the working people
have, Sunday after Sunday from far and
near, tioCked to their Mecca, the Labor
Lyceum, to listen to the Rev. Socialist,
Mr.. Warner; the AgnostlC Socialist,
Edward King; the Atheist Socialist, DR..
Burhans; and last but not least, to the
puritan" Socialist, Herbert Eaton
say "purtan' because brother Eaton
as cruel enough to inform the attend
my reporters who We're probably con
tcmplat,ng new yarn about another
foreign Socialist to frlghten their gullible
pubic. that although his ancestors landed
in the Mayhower and participated in the
enactment Of the blue laws, lie, Herbert
Eaton, had evolved into Socialist agita-
tor.
Neither time nor space will permit "A
reteration in detail OF the speakers mas
terly Grafton,
lie agreed with Herbert Spencer that
the misery of the poor was in great
measure due 10 themselves, not as the
champions of the "Lct alone theory"
would have Us believe, to the depravity of
the poor but to their credulty and indif-
ference. The Wagc-Workers have but to
reach out their hands and the world is
theirs. Discomfort is the first step to
progress. Thanks to SOcialistic agitators,
the workers Of the world are opening
their eyes; they proclaim their rights in
unmistakabe tones; they will soon act.
The Sociallstic Labor Party does not urge
them to JOIN. II well knows that the
spreading light Of the Labor Press, AS
sisted by the capitalistic starvation whip,
will soon make every worker a Socialist.
In order to enable the worker to study
his condition and to seek for relief by or
ganIzed, united action, We must enforce
the eight-hOur normal Wurk-day. DO
We believe in violence? No But we
will fight capitalistic tyranny to the bit
ter end. The dynamite sCarcS, as period
icaIy reported by the Associated Press,
ar" silly fabriCatlOns, invented hy schcm-
ing knaves to mlsIead the workers and to
frighten old ladies'. They are getting So
stale that even the capitalists don't be
Epve them any more. The minute Or
ganized Labor in America obtains politi-
cal control Of this country, a bloodles VIC
tory is theirs Step by step they will
work ot their industrial reforms until the
aCcursed competitive system IS wiped OIL
this fair land and every 'man's u man
for a that.
The speaker was frequently interrupt
ted by by bursts Of applause. General
Noble. with IA consistency peculiar (" that
gentleman, praised the honesty Of the
American working people in glowing
terms, and few moments later ridicuIcd
Socialism because ii forgets the natural
propensity for wickedness which exist,
to-day and ever will exist. II the Gen
eral will continue his apparent interest in
the Social questions he will yet grow
wiser. X. OF l..