Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-04-08
AID FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN
STRIKERS.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
A Hearty and Pitiful Appeal.

hS1h ~ 4AN L
A Heart and PitifuI Appeal.
ST. LOUIS, April THE Joint Execu-
tive Board of Assemblies Nos. 10l, SO and
II, K. of L., this afternoon, issued the fol-
lowing address:
To the W%orkingmen OF the World-Friends
and Brothers: We plead for our rights.
As men of equity, look upon us, for we
struggle against giants of wrong mad with
frenzy of pride and rehabilitation, begot-
ten as it is of success, OF outrage and in
fanny. There stands before US a giant OF
aggregated and incorporated wealth, every
dollar of which is built upon blood, iDjus-
tice and outrage. That giant of corporate
| wealth has centralized its power, and is
impersonated by the eager fend who gloats
as he grinds the life of his fellow-men, and
grimaces and dances as they writhe upon
his instruments of sorture. o. ye work
men of America who love the liberty OF
your native land. We great creators OF
wealth who stand as the foundation OF all
national good, look upon your brothers to-
day. Gould, the giant iend, Gould, the
money monarch, dances as he claims over
the graves of our order, over the ruin OF
our homes and blight our lives. Before
him the world has smiled in beauty, but
his wake is the graveyard OF hopes, a cy-
clones path of devastation and death.
Our strong arms have grown weary OF
building the tower of strength, and he bids
US build one or die. Dur young lives have
grown gray too soon beneath the strain of
%unrequited and constant toll. Our loved
ones ut home are hollow-cheeked and pale
with long and weary waiting for better
days to come. Nay, more; the graveyards
are hiding his victims from our longing
ewes. Brother workmen, this monster
| fend has compelled some of US to toll IN
| the cold and rain for five and fifty cents a
| day. Others have been compelled to yield
their time to him for seventeen hours and
thirty-six weary minutes for the pittance
of pine hours pay. Others who dared to
assert their manhood and rebel against the
tyranny were blacklisted and boycotted all
over the land. He has made a solemn
compact with the highest authority of our
| order, then basely refused to fulfill the
pledge. He lives undo and enjoys all the
benefits of q Republican form of Govern
ment, and yes advocates and perpetrates a
most debasing form of white slavery. He
robs the rich and poor, high and low with
a ruthless hand, and then appeals to cor
rupt and purchased courts to help him
take little homes away. He breaks our
limbs, mains our bodies, then demands
that we shall release him from every claim
for damages or be blacklisted forever. He
goes to our grocers, ~persuades them not to
give us credit because we refuse to be
ground in his human mills. lie turns
upon US a horde of lawless thugs, who
shoot among our wives and children with
deadly intent. then he bowls for Govern
ment help. Fellow-workmen, Gould must
be overthrown. His giant power must be
broken, or You and / must be slaves for
ever. The knights OF Labor alone have
dared to be q David to this Goliah. The
battle Is not for to-day, not for tomorrow,
but for trooping generations in COM
ing ages of the world; for our W chill
dren and children's children. 1t is
the great question OF the age: Shall
we in coming ages be o nation of freemen,
or q nation of slaves? Tn question must
be decided now. The chains are already
forged that are to bind US. Shall we wait
until they are riveted upon our limbs ?
May God forbid. Workmen of the world,
marshal yourselves upon the battle field.
Workmen of every trade and cline, on to
the fray. Gould and his monopolies must
90 down, or your children will be slaves.
Think of the little olive plants around
your hearthstones that will be blighted by
his curse. Think Of the little home he is
seeking to rob you Of. Think of the wife
from whose ewes he has wrung floods Of
tears, and whose heart he has tortured
drops OF blood. Who can look calmly
upon his perfidy, his outrages and his
crimes? He has sought TO incite felony
among our rank and file. He has bought
the perfidy Of vile men to entrap the I'M
wary that he might stain our fair name
and gloat over our misfortunes. Once for
all, fellow-workmen. arouse; let every
hand that tolls be lifted to heaven and
swear by him that liveth forever that these
outrages must cease. Let every heart and
brow be turned toward our common foe,
and let no man grow weary until, like
Goliah, our giant is dead at our feet.
(Signed): Executive Boards of District
Assemblies Nos. 101, SO and IT.
A Mob OF Strikers I'm st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, April THE engineers en-
ployed upon the railroads centering in
East st. Louis decline to state the course
of Chief Arthur's presence in this city, or
its probable effect upon the extension of
the strike TO either of the departments OF
the roads than those now involved. A
prominent member Of the Knights of
Labor, however. when questioned az to
whether the engineers would support the
strikers, said: "mhat is just what they
are going to do. You can depend upon
IT," Arthur, to be sure, is opposed to the
strikes, but such a pressure will be
brought to bear that he cannot resist. 1t
is declared the engineers on all OF the roads
centering in East st. Louis, except those
on coal and passenger trains. viii go out to
aid the knights In their fight.