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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-10
An Informer's IIl-iucE,

CAIRO, ILL.,, June 5.-IIarry Armstrong.
implicated in the latest frauds at Metropo-
lis, and who escaped from custody there a
few days ago and was arrested az Dongola
last night and passed through here to-day
in charge Of the sheriff Of Massac County.
en- roGte TO Metropolis. it is said, upon the
assurance Of officials at Metropolis that he
would not be prosecuted il he turned
States evidence, he was induced TO give
the whole scheme away. which resulted in
the arrest of the wrong-dOers, and he re-
CARDS his arrest as an exhibition of bad
faith. The prisoner says he feels sure of
aequittal.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-10
Most Internal.

BALTIMORE. Nd, June 4.-FOr deviItry
and vindictiveness, Jacob Rosenthal, Pole,
takes the lead. Rosenthal and Louis Gold
stein have been on bad terms for several
months. They boarded in the same house,
Rosenthal sleeping on the third floor and
Goldstein on the second. Early yesterday
morning ROsenthaI crept down stairs to
GoIdstein's room, and while the latter was
sleeping poured vitriol into his ear from a
bottle. The dart of the pain awoke The
victim, and his piercing screams aroused the
whole house. He is suffering horrible agony
and is ON tie verge OF insanity. Rosentha
is in Jail.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-10

So far as examined the books of the
suspended Merchants National Bank,
of Peoria, H., show that j. Finlay
Hoke, late bOok-keeper, and now So
jOurEfng in Canada, has succeeded in
stealing S1SO,OOO of the banks money,
and * is believed when the examhla-
tion is concluded it will be found to be
100000. The bank officials say that
Hoks must have simply stolen money
from She counter and drawers and fixed
his books accordingly.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-10

ST. LOUIS, June 5.-When the criminal
court Yesterday morning continued the.
hearing OF the case Of the State VS.. Hugh
n. Brooks alias W. ii. L. Maxwell, John I.
Martin. counsel for the defense, continued
his plea for the prisoner. He was followed
by Mr.. Glover, who made the closing adj
dress for the prosecution, closing at 9:Se
o'clock last night. A few minutes
later the jury retired. There was a gen.
eral expression of relief that the great case
had been finally submitted and cnnsid.
cradle speculation was indulged in W jth re-
gard TO the probable verdict.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-10
A Needless killing.

FAYETTE, No., June A young man
named Chas. Watson, residing near Harris
burg Boone County, Mo-. who had been at
tending the meeting OF the United Work
men to-day was shot through the head and
killed at one p. m. by Louis Manpin. who
had been deputized by Marshal Crump
To assist In the arrest Of Watson
for disturbing the peace. Watson and other
friends had mounted their horses and were
leaving the town when Manpin reached
Watson with 4 drawn pistol aud command
est him to halt. Watson spurred horse and
attempted to pass when Nanpin fired Wat
son fell from his horse and expired ALMOST
instantly
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-10

AT a recent meeting of the Chicago
Council Mayor Harrison vetoed the or
dinance passed Immediately after the
Naymarket massacre providing for the
addition of fifty men to the police
force. The Mayor held that there
seere no funds available for the pay
fnent of the new men. He also de-
elared that recent events had shown
there was no necessity for the appoint
,:seEt Of additional police.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-10

THE following curious dispatch
comes from Munich: The Bavarians,
having quite made up their minds to
get rid of King Louis, are now anxious
ly discussing ways and means. Mean
while the King has withdrawn from the
vulgar gaze and barred out his minis
iers, who have lately been permitted to
communicate with his Majesty through
the royal hair-dresser.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-10

THE Beech Greek, Clearfield & South
western railroad was sold recently al
Clearfield, Pa, to w. X. Vanderbilt,
c. c. Clarke, George F. Boer, j. NJ.
Gazzam and c. j. Langdon for 1,3OO,-
600, subject to mortgage held by the
Union Trust Company, of New York,
for S., 900. GOO.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-10

THE remains of an immense masto-
don have been found by some ditchers
in marsh, located eight miles south
of Elkhart, Ind. One piece of shoulder
blade weighed over forty pounds and a
tooth, well preserved, weighed four
pounds and a half. The frontal bone
measured three feet in width, and a
piece of the tusk five inches in diam
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-10

THE statistics of German exports
from January to April, inclusive, indi-
cate large increase in the expectation
of textile fabrics, hardware and ma
chinprv
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-10

A NUMBER of ladies have been ar
rested at Laconia, n. H., charged with
stealing memorial offerings from the
Union cemetery.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-10

JULES VERNE's wound from the pis-
tol-shot of his insane nephew still
keeps him confined to his bed.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-10

PLYMOUTH CHURCH has voted the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher leave of abb
6ence so that he can take a trip to
Europe.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-10

TIE estate of the late Henry P. Kid
der, of Boston, fcots up TO a valuation
of 81, I80,624.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-06-10
CURRENT COMMENT.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND is four years
older than his mother-in-law.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

THE editorial columns of newspaper
belong to the editor, and in them he is
expected to express his opinions, but the
news columns are the property of the
readers of the paper; they buy it with the
understanding that the matter in its
news columns is reported truthfully and
without bias. Any journal which mis-
states any matter in Its news columns is
thief, and steals the money of its sub
scribers, just the same as does the grocer
who sells sand for sugar. The Denver
dallies are run on the thieving plan, anG
every man who purchases them is the
victim of a bunkoing scheme. The re-
ports of last Sundays meeting of the
Social League as given in the daily
papers were lies; those hirelings who
revised the reports and sent them in tx
the printers are liars, and the owners Of
the papers who printed them art
thieves. They robbed their innocent
subscribers of the price charged for last
Mondays papers.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

A GANG of political shvsters, calling
themselves the Board of Trade" and
Chamber of Commerce." have held a
mass meeting at Seattle and passed reso'
lutions on the Chinese question. The
resolutions declare that the Chinese are
a curse to the people of the Pacific coast
and that they must be "peaceably'
driven out land other resolutions censure
and malign the labor men who drove the
coolies out of Seattle on the seventh and
eighth of February. The meeting at
tempted to apologize for the scoundrel
Squires, who is governor of Washington
territory, and for the murder ofCharles
Stewart. The object of these "business"
men is to prejudice the public ainst
the legitimate snti-Chinese movement
of the labor men of the coast, but their
Misrepresentation and threa ts will
amount to naught. Another piece OF
brutal, cowardly work like the killing OF
Stewart will make every honest man in
the west shoulder his gun-aud shoot,
too. The remarks of TiIman JOY will fit
the case of the buffers of Seattle:
"You may resoloot till the cows come home,
But if one Of you teches the boy,
He can check his trunk to warmer cline
Than he'll find in IIlinOy."
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

THE Republicans gentle gazelle seems
to be afraid somebody will think he
sprang from good old Anglo-Saxon stock
and, consequently he is everlastingly in.
sultinglv the ancestors of Sitting Bull by
telling the public what an original and
thorough American he (the editor 49,.
He seems to be sorry that he did not in
habit this globe in the DAYS of know
nothingism ;" and so am I-he would
have been eligible for membership in
that ilIustrious organization upon all
definitions of its name. The Social
League seems to have incurred his
enmity because it sees Humanity under
all suns, and BECAUSE it holds that an
honest German, Irishman, Frenchman
or Negro is more worthy object than a
"high-toned" thief or his journalistic
tool, though he may have been born
under the "star- spangled banner" 6
long ways under it, too.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27
YOU'RE Welcome,

Banks, the bloody handed blackgusrd
who disgraces the clerical cloth, has
been telling Cleveland string of lies
about the Seattle trouble. This Banks
is one of the towards who shot the life
out of the prostrate body of Charles
Stewart in Seattle.-Denver LABOR En-
oUIRER.
We do not doubt that Banks deserves
the reprobatiou of all good men. We
feel, Notwithstanding all the confi citing
statements, that there can be no excuse
for Banks-he probably deserves every
word of the above-but when the Dem
yer editor goes on TO term Banks q
"sanctimonious old hellhound," we seem
impressed with an idea that we had bet
ter not copy the rest of the article.
Banks friends, if he has any, might not
like it. And vet, we feel good deal as
did the lady who thanked the gentle
man for "cussing" the driver for splash
ing her new dress.-Haves Valley Ad-
vertiser.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

ationists. Thisis not said for arguments
sake. nor is it inspired by an unreason.
able opposition to existing Institutions.
fThot nine out of ten of the judges OF
United States courts are owned, soul
and body. by the monopolists of this
country has been evidenced every time
there has been test; they are named
for the positions by the railroad and
bank kings, and it is probably natural
that they should serve them when the
opportunity is offered. III =r
Citizens, there is but one way out OF
all this muddle, hut one plan BY which
to settle these ever-increasing troubles.
There will always be strikes and con-
tests to arbitrate until the system which
allows one man the control of the labor
and destiny of another is replaced by
one which gives equal protection to all
and guarantees to each producer the full
product of his toll. tits because the in
teliigent people of the nation are begin
ming to realize this, that the trimmers
are now in favor of the arbitration law,
which they so bitterly opposed short
time since. The trimmers must 60.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

THE Republican msgnaminiously gives
it's consent for the worklngmanmen to
stick to their organizations" Thanks,
most noble fester," we shall stick, and
we shall continue to select our organiza-
tions without your assistance; and we
shall continue to celebrate such ami
versaries of steps in human progress and
noble deeds as suits our sweet pleasure
and you may continue to lie about US in
your local and editorial columns just as
long as it pleases .you,-and US. My
proposition to argue the Socialist doc
trine from a scientific or common-sense
standpoint with the Republican; or
upon the platform with anyone it may
produce, is still open-and no takers.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27
TRINMERs,.

The daily press, that great educator
and shaper of public opinion, has re-
Gently given another evidence, of the
truth of the assertion frequently made
by this paper, that the daily press of the
country never takes an advanced step
until forced to do 80 by the pressure of
events and public sentiment; that it is
an imitator and not leader that it
never advocates a radical, progressive
move until it Is frightened into 1t by the
people,
Organized labor has been clsmoring
for years for the creation. By law of
courts of arbit, alton, and the capitslistic
press has opposed it. They said it would
be interfering with vested property
rights and the rights of individuals to
control their own affairs. in tho mean
time the people have been advancing
further into the "knotty" labor and cap
ital question, and they have about come
to the conclusion that there should be
no need for arbitration between labor
and capital, because they are one. are
co-e1istent; that all capital belongs to
the laborer who created it, Therefore
this great leader of progress has come
to the conclusion that courts of arbitra-
ton are not oplv right but necessary "to
maintain harmony" 1t, mas also said
that aarbitration is as fair for one side as
for the other" The novice in laborol-
ogy may think this is true, but the OBJ
serving and stpdlous man knows better.
. Ifthe decisions of the courts OF arbi-
tration are to be subject to revision oy
United States circuit and district Judges
every sensible man knows that the
monopolists will control the yerdics'
because the col,rts belong to the torpor-
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27
will you learn that the capitalistic press
is your ehemy, and that it only tolerates
Won for what it can get out of You2

1 NEVER thought jay Gould was a
fool, but if he is responsible for the state
ment that an injunction would be asked
for restraining Knights of Labor from
giving financial assistance to the strikers.
I change my mind forthwith. Or, maybe,
he is playing the public fora fool, wnich
is likely. Well, jay. those who have
been doing your dirty work, in the
press, legislatures and Judiciary, are the
fools Won take them for, if they try any
such nonsense on the people who live in
1ooe ..N
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27
THE Republican seems to have forgo

THE Republican seems to have forgot
ten that it was compelled a short time
ago to admit that "The Socialist is not a
bad man; he is generous and large
hearted, and if his ideas could be prac-
ticed all mankind would be happy ; but
he is Utopian"-or words to that effect.
Last Monday it called them beer guz-
zlers and "blatherskltes." Evidently
the Republican has discovered that the
Socialist movement is undermining the
the rotten foundation of society, and
now, instead of being, like the north
pole. remote object to write up" is a
domestic article much sought after in
the market.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27
That SoctaItsttc Meeting.

To the Tribune Republican.
In your paper of to-day l find short
editorial on meeti g of The Rocky
Mountain Social League, and insinua-
tlons therein that are, in nv opinion,
unmanly and unjust. You saw: "There
was an address delivered upon poor
Louise Michel, the demented creature
just liberated from French prison."
This is stating by Implication that she
was restrained of her liberty because
unsound mind, which is not true. The
industrial world knows and loves Louise
Michel; she had the courage of her con-
yictions, and preached aloud the doc
trine of Liberty, Fraternity and Equal
ity. Hence her imprisonment.
Again, YOU say: "If the Socialist
Communist would drink more water and
less beer, etc." I happen to have the
acquaintance of large number of Socia.
lists, and state that they are the most
sober and intelligent men and women
in the country. AS for J. r. Buchanan
I know him to be total abstainer, a
most worthy citizen and certainly a
much abused one. was not at the So
cialistic meeting last night, nor have
ever been to one here or anywhere else.
l have been told by gentleman who
was present that Mr.. Buchanan's ad-
dress was sound, logical and temperate,
and that The Tribune Republican did
not give its readers fair synopsis of the
proceedings.
You published four-column sermon
of Bishop Warren's, composition Of
meaningless iargon and imaginative ab-
surdlties, while you could not spare one
column to the industrial question. Is
it any wonder that labor papers are
sought, bought and read? UnQuestion-
ably the Tribune-Re is the
most impartial of the Denver dailies,.
yet it fails in many instances to give a.
fair presentation of the labor question,
to its readers. have read your paper
for many years and am subscriber, and
would like to read labor sermon as L
like to read church sermon, whetherT
agree with it or not. Give US the facts
and your readers will give the verdict.
: Yours, r J.W,G,
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

NOTHING succeeds like success" is an
old saving, and the Denver daily papers
during the past few days have empha-
sized it. These contemplate trimmers
are loud in their praise of workingmen
who have won the strikes they have
made. The street car men in New York
City and the tube workers OF Pennsylva-
mia won their contests, and they are now
not only sensible, but heroic benefact-
ors of the race. If the great railroad
strike is decided in favor of the men,
these papers will lsud them to the skies,
Oh, you innocent workingmen, when
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

THE Republican keeps the following
paragraph standing and runs it into its
telegraph columns every day: "At Mar
shall there are 200 men working in the
shops" This is lie. There may be a
few things working, but there is not
more than forty, and there isn't man
among them.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

IT is reported that the Kansas City
switchmen have won their point and
have gone to work. If this is so everv
one of them should be marked. They
should not be allowed to work until the
whole business is settled; for alone they
could not have won their strike, and
they would not have made it if it had
not been that the other strikers had the
company about paralyzed. Their in
gratitude should be punished with q
vengeance.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

The editor of this paper never was a
good guesser, and it looks very much
now as if his prophecy that the grand
blow up will come in 1889 is to be de-
feated, by the earlier arrival of the
event. Well, don't let any dellcacy on
my account stay the advance of Lib
erty but I want to ask, parenthetically,
in passing: aro you ready, boys? If not
well, YOU should know your duty.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

IRISH, German and other citizens of
foreign birth or parentage, and their
friends will re kind enough to remem'
Der that the Republican is authority for
the statement that tie celebration of
memorable perio in the history of any
ofthe old countries, is disgusting to the
healthful-minded citizens of the Unite q
States" The Republican should have
issued this edict prior to March II.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

In an article upon the Social League e
celebration of the Commune, the Repub,
licau said: eff Socialists would drink
more water and less beer they might
keep their blood cooler" Such cowardly
insinuations are worthy of creature
who carries his whisky in coal oil can
For sobriety, morality. and intelligence,
the members of the Social League will
surpass the libertines and roues who con-
stitute the circle of friends of the editors
of Denver dailies.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

Tue telegraph says Governor Marina
duke, of Missouri, has issued procla'
nation ordering railroad strikers to re.
turn to work. If Marmadnke has done
this, lie is a regular horse "chestnut,'
and occupies the attitude of dog bark
ing at the moon.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

"No able-bodied American citizen
wastes his time" over the Paris Com
mune. Those who have intelligence
sufficient to celebrate the anniversary OF
the Commune are they. who do not
waste one moment of time; and you
will wake up one of these fine mornings,
Mr.. Republican to find out that the "cel-
ebraters" have been putting in good,
substantial licks all the time.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

A PROMINENT young lawyer of Denver
remarked to the editor of this paper the
other day, "The chasm which divides
the law from justice is broader and
deeper than The Atlantic Ocean"
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

THE millionaire knights of Labor are
very much excited over Jay Gould's an
nouncement that members of the order
will be sued for damages consequent
upon the great railroad strikes.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

JAY GOULD has sounded the war note.
He says, mo compromise p This will
do for the strikers battle cry; let it run
down the column, from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, NO COMPROMISE!
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27
District Meeting.

District assembly No. SO will meet at 10
o'clock Sunday morning, in McClelland
hall. All delegates are urged to be pres
ent, as important matters viii come up
for action.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

Until the hour of twelve the Bastlle clock
ticks slowly on;
Then DeLauna, the gov'nor, sees that some
thing must be done.
With slow and measured tread he walks up
to the battlement,
And on this human lava tide he looks with
gaze intent.
He sees at once their frenzy Wild he sees
them drawing near;
But we'll the prison wall he knows, and
nothing does he fear;
But when he hears their maddened cries he
turns with with'ring frown;
"Men, to the guns,"h he sharply cries, "anc
NOW yon devils down."
Great God, what bloody battling new comes
on, ah, ne'er before
Has yon bright sun looked down on such a
scene of human gore.
Grape-shot, chain-shot, and canister from of
the prison wall
Are poured, and in perpetual flood among
the masses fall.
Great swaths are mown right through the
crowd, which others soon fill in.
Blood flows along the ground-cries fill the
air with dreadful din.
Eight on, fight on" the dying cry e'en with
their latest breath;
The wounded fiercely onward rush until
they fall in death.
They reach at length the prison wall, but ii
is nine feet through;
They strive in vain to tear 1t down; they
know not what to do.
Then bold Torney, defying death, amid the
shouts of all,
Ascends the wall to cut the chains and let
the drawbridge fall.
Up, up he climbs, amid the raging fire OF
musketry-
But musket balls can never take the life of
such as he
And now he stands with ak in hand upon
the prison walls,
He strikes the chains with mighty force and
down the drawbridge falls.
Into the inner court they surge with shouts
of victory;
They open wide the dungeons drear and set
the pris'ners free.
Right up the battlements into the gov'nor's
room they push;
There DeLauna they meet, and all upon
him fiercely rush.
"Back, back, ye fends, touch, touch me not,
give heed TO my command;
Move back or from out my hand will hurl
this burning brand
Into yon monster powder magazine mark
my words we'll
III blow you all, myself, Bastile and Paris
into hellP'
Full well they know he means to do just
what he says, and fear
Takes hold of them and back they rush, and
soon the court they clear;
But now old DeLauna is seized and hurled
from off the fort,
Back surge the crowds with piercing shouts,
into the inner court.
They madly seize and tear his flesh, each
greedy for his heart;
They fire his old Bastfle, then back into the
city start ,..
] ust as the mooon aseends the eastern hills,
and silyers o'er ...-
This bloody scene, but shines upon the old
Bastile no more. .-..-. ~. &. Il,
The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-27

THE robbers composing the St. Louis
board of trade have passed resolutions
condemning the strikers. Now it is in
order to hear from Bradsteet's and Dun's
blackmaihng out fits.