Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-03-25
- BRAVE COWBOY.
n True Plctur5 .-1.~,.
Thankless Life.


,b;s \cowboy as knight of Labor h
lem Of the labor question that i
our 20 co'ie up for consideration In IN,
other counafls Of the wagc-worker in N,
place near future. John H. Sullivan. know,
~ ihe plains and cattle RANGES a.
BE- bfoncho John, IS now studvino Tho
by workings Of labor organizations in az.
quit rra-3een Eastern citiesq,f- -ff5eiT TeI, ,io
has % wcsslusiiien as "A class, for the pur-
that pose Il enlghtening his isolated fel-
ofter low lrkers of the trails and ranches
- 20 ihe subject Sullivan is a cowboy.
'ou,i ID "a intelligent, handsome younp
nns is il. wiia Peculiarly mild cut vet
s5OO, keen bhe ege| Slight in frame and
reput modes m rdemeanor, he appears any
seeds aps.iip,s put a cowboy as the cowboy is
uniformly pictured. He donned tho
ruI sombrero and spurs when he was
.or V"eNe years old, and has followed
-; every cattle trail from the Gulf of
irl Mexico 10 the mountains Of Washing
pei ton Tertiary in the fifteen years that
n have passed since then.
I AS near as 4 can say, at a rouob
Ne guess" said Sullivan 10 S,,n a.
M porter there are between eight and
zen thousand cowboys in the ranges Of
au the cattle-raising region. No class Of
De( men work harder. None are so moor.
r PAID Tor their services. The tyranny
Z" tpp injustice that they are compelled
st 10 submit 10 az the hands Of their en-
NJ Iis9yeis Is ms great, If not greater. than
lnaf TO which any other class OF labor
n crs are subjected. No people have
N. ever been so grossly misrepresented
ind mSligned. There is as much differ
enee between the genuine cowboy and
es the disrcputable blusterer and BULL
u dozer, That writers for the press have
made the cowboy out to be, as there IS
x between the honest, hard-working me-
,e chanic OF this or any other city aud the
swaggenng rowdy, loafer or bully that
que Nstles him In the street
orA 'Men generally choose life of
cnme because they can make more
m&ney sed maze It easier than thev
~ caiA " honest labor. Imagine a road
M agent, who, by bold stroke, may Sc
cure fortune in half an hour trailing
20 \ herd OF cattle across country for
up, twenty-five dollars mouth
..alo1 "As 70 the eeopdiiion Of the cowbsys
''e"0~ rs wori1ing-men, | say after what /
car have observed in The East, that they
m have no organization back OF them To /
7. demand fair treatment at the hands of
2 employers. But, while they are not
organized for mutual protection, their
, employers have one Of the strongest
aud most systematic, and at the same
time despotlc, unions that WAS ever
formed 20 awe and dictate to labor.
N This is the kanchcrs' Society, 10 which |
/, every cattle baron Of the country be-
= longs On the books Of this society are
'e The names, In alphabetical order. of
{, every cowboy on the ranges, from Tex
~ 10 Washington Territory Tho aver
y age pay of the cowboy Is TWENTY-FIVE
Il dollars month, and 1hat c putting n
i. well up. lie Is obliged to find his en-
lire cunit, except bis horses. These
NN belong 10 the ranchers.
~ But then iiiere Is another way tho
4. cowboy Is fitted out. II he hasn't
money enough 20 1uy his own, the
n fanohcr viii rig him up. The ccgboy
t# Is furnished with tie necessary arti-
| clas, oigd tho ranchcr charges him
b good round price for them. and keeps
~ lflbrn dollnfs q month ont OF his wages
'" to pn, on fhom. If he has good luck
q n he wlli have his ouiiit paid for at tho ,
b cnA II tho seaso6. but be viii discover
II that large part u u viii have 10 be
~ renewed before he goes Oh the range
rr fhe anxi YEAR
li.n "fhe aYcrarc pay Of a cowboy, taxi /
Ing me work asst runs, on the north
''NH and south rangos win not exceed {
IaAA tNcntf-fife dollars month A gruati
manF fhn coWbIVR DhaAe famllies u /
own, "a perhaps pHlfpis Or Gllier
taI'FFs - tNlpoIf ~ no possible I
r|toke q ioiIHnt rn feowbeg haze i
meIo pAN ~ npfI.M npIk m Die
te,a n ~ 1NE Csc 4IHItEt Hf