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The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01
AN ENTERING WEDGE.

We hear of K of L. assemblies buying
land for cooperative purposes. This is
an important step. Land is the key to
the whole problem. Imagine the effect
upon landlords of cities if the order
should buy city lots and build tene-
ments that would put the average tene'
ment to shame. What will become of
of the boards of trade when the order
buys farming lands, raises grain and
bu Ids mill to grind it?
Suppose they take away the occupa-
tions of many other business" men
whose massive brains, when applied to
enterprise, brings them such vast profits.
1t would be an entering wedge. And
railroads? Here is greater problem.
The K. of L. have as good right to run
railroads as any other company; but
railroad is public matter; tde whole
people must have word in the manage
ment. Yet if the Knights attempt to
take up any industry on cooperative
principles they should be encouraged.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01

HENRY B. PAYNE, the Standard Oil
man. has proved himself equal to the
occasion. Many wondered how he
would meet the charges brought against
him him for bribery in securing MS seat
in the United States senate. No one
was foolish enough to suppose that he
would succumb to the charges without
a fight, and his action when the tran
script of the testimony was received
from the clerk of the house of represen-
tatives of the state of Ohio and pre-
sented by the chair to the senate, proves
that his assurance is equal to the oCCa
sion. OF course he says he is innocent
and much prosecuted man. Of course
he will be whitewashed and his be.
smirched name cleared from the felony
OF which the very large majority of the
country believes him guilty. There are
too many of his colleagues tarred with
the same brush to allow them to find
him guilty AMI nish him. Payne is
rich enough to be revenged on any sen
ators who might vote against his char
acter by turning the tide of investiga
ton in their direction. If the people
wish to sift the truth of charges against
their representatives they must appoint
some other court to trv the culprits than
the body of which they are members.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01
Eight Hours,

There will be grand mass meeting at
the Academy of Music on Sunday, May
2, at 2:30 p. N. for the final discussion of
the eight hour workday. All that are
interested in the question should forego
the pleasures of base ball for one day
and try to get the short dav, so that
they can have more time to enjoy their
sports, as they will not have to work so
many hours. Everybody invited. Ad-
mission, 5 cents.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01
Written for The Enquirer.
MY SOCIALISM.
BY H. COLLINS.

Oh! would were the heir
OF all eartb's wealth and power;
Each living thing should share
Life's blessings every houI.
Or If we've the ruler
OF this great land so fair;
No child nor man nor woman
Should be oppressed with care.
No greedy dog should riot
Among ill-gotten spoil,
Nor thus disturb the quiet,
And rob the sons of toll.
No maiden in a garret
Should stitch her life away,
Nor tyrant in a mansion
Should seek her for his prey.
No children, male or female,
Should toll the hvelong day;
Deprived in life's sweet springtime
Of the joys of school and play.
No hoary-headed peasant,
Nor feeble artisan,
Should be compelled to labor
To enrich some cruel man.
The world should be at peace,
All should belong to all;
And tyranny should cease,
And despotism fall.
The young should all be happy,
The strong with toll blest,
And aged men and women
Enjoy their well-earned rest.
The paradise long sought
Is not so far away;
Would men do what they ought,
Heaven soon would send the day.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01

THERE is considerable talk among the
printers of the country about the man.
ner in which thev are being used by the
capitalist press as tools to heap abuse
upon the workingmen and their cause.
The printers are only part of the great
body of the working people, among
whom only they find their friends, and
they are becoming restive at being util-
lied by their enemies to prejudice the
people against cause in which all wage
earners are 80 deeply interested. 1t is
probable this question will be brought
up at the next meeting of the Interna.
tional typographical Union to be held
in Pittsburg in June next, when it is
hoped measures will be inaugurated that
will induce certain class of newspapers
to adopt more respectful tone toward
the most important question of the day.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01

Oh dawn Of day! Oh glorious sun!
Thy SOcialistic ray
Is slanting DER the cloud of mist,
And soon they'll sweep away.
The superstiticus teachers lore
VIII soon be viewed with scoIn,
And THEN the tiniest babe will feel
Man was NOT made to mourn.
And THEN, from every mountain top,
. And deep in every valley,
Thy warmth and power all men shall know
And at thy beams will rally.
MAJ was NOT simply made for ills
To die at last outworn,
Man-man was made for brotherhood;
Man was NOT made to mourn.
DENVER. April Is.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01
Late Pacific Coast Notes.

FOR the ENQUIRER.
The monopoists and aristocrats of
Portland, Oregon, have secretly organ
lied a branch association of the "Order
of Empire" which was exposed some
three years ago in the labor press and
which Is said to have been reorganized
last year with new improved imperial
istic features.
Daniel Cronin, organizer of the K. of
L. and |. w. A, sailed from San Fran
cisco to Portland, Oregon, on April %.
He had come from there to attend the
San Francisco congress.
nc. Vrooman, of Topeka, Kansas,
and Joseph R. Buchanan, of Denver,
we're the principal speakers at the Fed
Grated Trades great Platt hall mass
meeting in San Francisco, on Monday,
April 26. Comrade Buchanan spoke at
San Jose on the twentieth, at Stockton
on the twenty second, and at Sacramento
on the twenty-third, to enthusiastic au-
diences.
At the non-partisan anti Chinese con-
vention held at Sacramento, Marcl IL,
JohD Bidwell, the Chico millionaire,
openly declared that the laws were
made and interpreted at the dictation of
the respectable classes, and threatened
that "boycotting should be made a
felony" On the thirteenth the Nicolans
California; boycotters we're arrested and
jailed by the United States marshal.
At the same convention Hon" A. A.
Sargent, millionaire, ex. United States
senator and state minister to Germany,
warned" the body that congress could
easily reduce US to slavery by giving the
ballot to I25,OOO Chinese who would vote
as 'respectabllitY' demanded" The con-
vention carried the toycott, however,
and the game goes merril7 on. X.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01
Anniversary of 32Is.

Local assembly 32l8 will give grand
entertainment and ball in honJr of its
second anniversary, on Friday evening,
May 7, at Mammoth rink. The commit
tee having the affair in charge are max
ing arrangements for the most extensive
event of the season. Five thousand
complimentary tickets have been issued,
consequently large attendance is antic-
ipated. An effort is being made to secure
the presence of General Master Work
man Powderly as the orator for the
occasion.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01
CARPENTERS.

Carpenters Union, No. IS, OF the Brother
mood Of America. meets every Saturday
evening at Euclid Hall. All good Carpenters
are invited to join.
JAMES b. MACDONALD, President.
THOMAS MUIRH FAD, Rec. Sec
FRANK FAYER, State Organizer.
f. f. RICE, Cor. and Fin Secetary,
% COlfaX avenue
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01

IF the man and the machine are on
par, the school house is both an extrav-
agance and fraud"-A. Sullivan of Chi
cago in Eight Hour Day"
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01
TYPOGRAPHICAL.

Typographical Union, No. AZ, meets on the
first SUNDAY of each month in Police Court
Room, City Hall, al 2 o'clock p. IN.
O. l.. SMALLWOOD Rec. and Cor. Sec'y
W. H. MONTGOMERY, Fin. Sec.
Collier & Cleveand'S office.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01
TRADES ASSEMBLY.

The Trades Assembly Of Denver and Vicin-
ity meets on the second and fourth Sunday
of each month, in Police 'Ourt room, City
hail., at o'clock. A. MENCHE, President
r. HAMLIN, Secretary.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01
TAILORS.

The TaiIors' Protective Society. of Denver
meets in Judge Jeffres' court room,
O'Clock p. H., on the first Monday of each
month. FRED WEIDER President
i. HAMLlN, Sec, 29l 10Th street
Room So Skinner Block.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01

Tickets for the Bunch of Keys" good
for any performance, can be obtained of
members of the Knights of Labor, Rocky
Mountain Social League, or at this
Office. One half of tickets 30 bough
goes to the benefit of the Southwestern
strikers 1t is first. class play.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01
A Special Meeting.

Tie telegraph reports that a special
meeting of the General Assembly of the
Knights of Labor will be held in Cleve-
land May 25. Rooms for 800 delegates
have been secured at the Forest City
house,
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01
IRON MOLDERS.

hon MOlders Union. meets every second
and fourth Tuesday Of each month at Reno
Hall Twenty seventh and Holiday, at 7:30 p.
N. J. J. SMITH, Cor. Sec,
lOl5 Holiday street.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01
For the Enquirer.
LIES PURPOSE.
BY II. G. TOWER.

1--WE seen yon weary, wintry sun
Twice forty times return,
And every time has added proof,
that man was made to mourn
-BURNS
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01
PLASTERERS' UNION.

The PIastercrs' Union, of Denver, meets
every Monday evening at 7:3O o'clock, in St.
j JOseph's Temperance Hall, corner Fifteenth
and Stout streets.
HARRY COLE. President.
CHARLES NJ. Mc,2ABE, Secretary.
Address, 100 East 18th street.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01
BRICKLhYERS.

Brick cklayers lnternatlOna Union, No. |, OF
Colorado, meets The second and fourth Mon
day evenings in each month, at No. 379 Lari-
mer street, Denver. Colorado
JAMES COOK, Sec'y. NJ. SULLIVAN,
1923 Blake Street. President.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-05-01

For the Landlord Only.
Editor Labor Enquirer.
The state of California is in prosper
GUS condition. The growing grain crops
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-25
Justly Indignant.

CHICAGO, Dec. 22-District Assembly
"a Knights of Labor has appointed a
committee of FIVE which is engaged in
an investigation of the stock Yards
strike, and it is asserted tonight with
seeming authority that the reason
for the investigation is that District As
sembIY 81 (the packing house employees
assembly, has caused a secret bovcott TO
be issued against those of the Chicago
packers who were particularly hostile
during the late strike. The two District
Assemblies "a and 81, embrace nearly
all the Knights in Chicago and Cook
county. District Assembly "a and the
Seamen's District Assembly 1876 it is said
were asked to support No. SIS boycott.
The intention of District 81 (or the pack
ing town assembly, is to inaugurate, as
near as possible. a general boycott
against severalof the packers and make
it permanent.
The action of General Master Work
man PowderlY in declaring the strike off
and ordering the men back at ten hours,
it is asserted, has led t. strong local
movement to have him summarily de-
posed from his present position. 1t is
claimed that special session of the
Knights General Assembly can be con-
vened upon a call issued by five District
Assemblies from five states. Those IA
voring the move say that four other as
semblies besides No. 81 can be secured
beyond doubt, and that such a call will
be made.
In this connection it is stated that T.
B. Barry and A. A. Carlton, the two
members of the General Executive
Board, who were sent to Chicago to set
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-25
Organized

On every page of history stands out in
blood-red letters the MOTTO: Might is
Right. At the head of eyery decree
issued by a potentate, and of every law
enacted by class Parliament, those
who see can read: Might is Right.
Every class in turn must win it rights
and the poor, who are manv, come last
because Might resides less in numbers
than in organized intelligence.
Therefore, Right extends as Liberty
expands. But he who wants right must
first have Might, in which alone his
freedom is safe. For wnat he cannot
take he shall not obtain what he cannot
defend he shall not preserve.
Workingmen, you know YOUR wrongs.
No one but you can right them. Let no
question divide you. What to do and
b wv to do it is of little moment while
you can do nothing. First, be your own
masters. Intelligence you have, and
hearts, and knowledge enough to then
make the world what it should be-.
Come together. Be one for all a nd all
for one. Assert your power bv organl,
zation. Take the ship of state. Hold It.
Governl That is to-day the only cues
tion.-New York Daily Leader.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-25
An "Ideal" Edition of LongfeIIow's
Poems.

FOemBs
The expiration of copyr light is at last
bringing into really popular circulation
the works ofsome of the most celebrated
American authors, whose writings the
high cost of monopoly has kept within
the hands of the few. Alden, the Lit
erary Revolution publisher, has recently
brought out number of the best books
by Hawthorne, Prescott, Emerson, Poe,
Cooper and others. He has now just
published very pretty edition of Long
fellows poems so far as copyright has
expired 1t is in the form which he Is
making famous as the Ideal Edition.
beautiful enough to be worthy of the
name-the type being large Long
Primer, the printing and binding (cloth)
in excellent taste. People who have
been used to buying Longfellow might
suppose the price of the handsome vol
ume to be dollor or more-instead of
which Alden asks only % cents for it
Postage, cents extra, if by mail.
Alden's last catalogue, sixty-four small
quarty pages, which he sends free to
anyone (his publications are not sold by
ok-sellers, buy direct only, ls verit-
able literary wonder in Its attractions.
Address John B. Alden, publisher, New
York or Chicago.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-25
Missing Links,

Missing Links.
For the Enquirer.
"By GEORGE" what?
Law transforms Labor into Drudg-
erv.
Law never made a wrong right.
Beer is a sinful, wine Christian, in
diligence.
New version: "Give us this day our
daily feecings !"
What "vlsible means of support" did
the Blessed Twelve Tramps of GallIlee
po ssess
How Grinnell would have relished a
chance to plead before Jewish jury in
Pilates court
Are not Gary and Grinnell "profes-
sional agitators ?" Certainly they have
done more agitation than have their vic
Tins.
Wherever there is an "over produc-
ton" of privilege. want and misery must
abound.
Doodle and Politics is but a weak i'm
itation of Church and State. Either set
is a social monstrosity.
Election being over eternal prlnci-
pies" have retired from the po olit,eal
arena.
The clergy are 'Wrangling over the
poor heathen's souls, blissfullv obllvl-
GUS of their poor neighbors bodies.
Imagine Jesus in modern church in
claw hammer coat and kid gloves,
passing the contribution box to his
"hands !"
Judge Gary's digestion is still good
and he snores the snore of the righteous
and giveth God thanks. Probably old
Cariphus felt the same.
When a man gets boosted into Office he
sees the millennium dawning, as it were,
and will guarantee that second term
will demonstrate it.
Christ was once placed between two
thieves in derision. To-day the two
great thieves of Christendom-Rent and
Proft-uphold and embrace Christ.
Christ and crust~ Are they sufi-
cient?
A thriving business is reported done
by tailors in hiring out dress suits A
more thriving business could be re-
ported done in sweating the operatives
who made the suits.
T. De Witt Talmage, Brooklyn's rev.
erend clown, thinks that the millen-
MUM will be here in sixty years. And
vet he is familiar with the slams Of New
York
We are not warning against capital,
but calling f, more exact definition OF
capital. 1t is the offspring of land and
labor give it freedom and the contest is
ours. Capital AMI product are the
same; the distinction exists as it is had
or used.
The abolition of chattel slavery was
the Ioadstone that drew John Brown.
The abolition of privilege is its logical
successor. This is the question of the
day in a nutshell. Keep this firmly in
view when new laws or new schemes OF
taxatiol are proposed. The one ques-
ton is: In what do they advance this
great end? DYER u. LUA.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-25
Christmas Candles,

The season is almost here when even
working people feel as if they must
scrape together few dimes and buy
some candy for the children, and now
THE ENQUIRER wants to say good word
for lone of our kind of people," When
you 60 to buy your candies, call on
John Steele, at 1ll9 Fifteenth street
old number, 2S84. There you will find
the verv best confections in the m arket,
great deal of the stock being "home-
made" and everything is perfectly pure
and fresh. Now, keep this in your
mind, and give your patronage this time
to Dad" Steele. 49-tf
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-25

The cry of humanity to- day is not for
charity, but for justice. Let us give our
fellow men their just dues, then they'll
not need benevolent institutions to sup
port them. A low, deep wall from the
London poor is just now ringing in the
ears ofthe world. Good men are COL
lecting thousands of pounds to distribute
among them. That is not what they
want. Give them justice and they will
ask no man for bread. Then they will
be content with their lot and the pro-
fessional political agitator will not find
them such plant tools in his hands.
All these sturdy workmen are not pau
pers They only ask for fair chance
to work tneir own way in life. Unwise
charity takes the manhood out of them.
Simple justice cultivates all that is no
blest and best IN them. How many
have been ruined by too much charity !
Justice never hurt mortal. The tramp
who comes crawling to your back door
to beg a bite of bread, ready to rob you
when your back is turned, might have
been a worthy citizen with his own
home if he had been justly dealt with
back in the years when an honest pur-
pose lurked in his heart. Give us more
justice, even if we must have less charity,
Selected.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-25
EXTRA 1NDuoEmEsrs.

The subscription price Of TIE EN-
aU1RER has been reduced to $1.50 per
annun. and will be sent free to January
l, to all those who subscribe at once.
Friends Of the cause who are in earnest
will makea special effort to increase the
circulation Of the paper. The following
extra inducements are offered:
Ten copies Ito separate addresses, if
desired,) until January l, 1888. upon re-
ceipt of $3.50 and the names of mem
bers of the club.
The assembly of the Knights of Labor
sending ten names and SIS in cash will
be presented with handsome picture
Tin frame) of the founders of the order.
Anvone sending a club of five with
s7.50 in cash will be presented with
either two or the following works;
Henry Georges Progress and Poverty"
Georges Social Problems" Gronlund's
"Co-Operative Commonwealth"
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-25
TRUSTEES SALE.

WHEREAS, Patrick Brady and Charlotte M.
Brady, ofthe County Of Arapahoe, State of Col
orado, on the nineteenth day OF November, A.
D. 1885, by their deed Of trust OF that date re-
corded in book 268, page 135, OF the records OF
said Arapahoe county, did convey to the un-
dersgned w. H Clise as trustee the follow
ing described real estate, situate in the
County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado to-
wit: Lot eleven QI) in Block twenty-eight
C2S), in Hunts additions to Denver, to secure
the payment Of their certain promissory
note for the sum Of two hundred and
seventy-fve (275) dollars, as in said deed Of
trust described, and
WHEREAS, Said note Is past due and un-
paid and a portion Of the interest thereon.
Now, therefore, by virtue of the power con-
tanned in said deed Of trust, and at the re-
quest OF the legal holder of said note, and for
the purpose OF paying the same and all costs
arising from the execution OF this trust, /.
W. 81. elise, trustee as Aforesaid, do hereby
give notice that l will on Tuesday, the twenty
fiah day OF January. A. D., 1887, at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon of said day, at the
front door Of the court house facing fremont
street, In Denver, Arapahoe county, State of
Colorado, sell said described real estate, with
theimprovements thereon, and all the right,
title, benefit and equity Of redemption of the
said Patrick Brady and Charlotte NJ. Brady,
their heirs and assigns therein, at public auc-
tion for the highest and best price the same
will bring In cash. W. H. elise,
DENVER, Colo, Dec. 2, 1886. Trustee.
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deposl. Of the savings Of the people in small

deposit of the savings Of the people in small
sums.
XVIII. That the Government shall obtain
possession, by purchase, under the rights OF
eminent domain, of all telegraphs, telephones
and railroads, and that hereafter no charter
or license be issued to any corporation for
construction or operation Of any means OF
Transporting intelligence, passengers or
freight.
And while making the foregoing demands
upon the State and National Government, we
will endeavor to associate our own labors:
XIX. To establish cooperative institutions
such as win tend to supercede the wage sys-
tenn, by the Introduction of q cooperative In
dustrial system.
Xxx. To secure for both sexes equal pay for
equal work.
XXI. To shorten the hours Of labor by q
general refusal to work for more than eight
hours. }
XXI. To pursuade employers to agree to
arbitrate all differences which may arise be-
tween them and their employees, in order
that the bonds OF sympathy between them
may be strengthened and that strikes may be
rendered unnecessary
The Labor enquirer., 1886-12-25

of Labor. Several hundred men are EN-.
ploYed by the firm, and large number
threaten-to quit work If the discharged
mon are not reinstated.
PIrTsBURa. Dec. 20.-The coke syndi-
cate at meeting this evening refused to
grant the demands of the workmen. A
general strike will probably follow this
action and 10000 men will be thrown
out of employment.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 18.-The eeepers'
strike is the only serious labor trouble
in this city. The difficulty between the
Cincinnati Spring company and forty Of
its employees was amicably settled
Thursday evening. The men had been
on strike for three months. caused by
the DISCHARGE of a Knight of Labor. Ne
gotiations between the district commit
tee and the employers, which have been
conducted in good temper, have resulted
in this fortunate adjustment, and all the
strikers vii return to work Monday.
The Emerson & Fisher Carriage COM
pany have withdrawn their iron-clad
agreement against the Knights of Labor,
and the men are being taken back as
rapidly as possible.
A prominent official of the Lasters'
union announces that an arrangement
had been arrived at between the Las
ters' union and district 80, Knights of
Labor, by which further complications
between the two organizations will be
avoided. The agreement provides that,
in case of trouble between employers
and either members of the Lasters'
union or knights of Labor, there shall
be no interference of one organization
with the other.
Professor Thompson of Lynn, Massa-
chusetts, has discovered a new method
of welding metals. 1t is done by press.
ing the pieces together forcibly and
passing an electrical current through
them. The resistance to the passage of
the current offered by the Joints heats
it to the melting point, and the weld is
made in less time than it takes to tell it.
Goodwin & Co., cigarette-makers of
New York, have discharged all their
hands and put in machines. No wonder
there are 100000 tramps on the roads
of this country.