The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-04-07
GOULD THE GRABBER!
Some Strong Assertions from
the X. of l..
HE MUST BE OVERTHROW!
Alleged TO Have Wrought Among
the Working Glass.
To the workingmen Of the world.

To the worI<ingmen OF the World.
ct. LOUIS, April 6.--The Joint Execu-
tive Board of Assemblies 1Ol, 80, Il,
knights of Labor, this afternoon issued
the following address:
To the Workingmen of the World:
Brothers, hear US, for We plead for
our nights. Men of equity. look upon
as. for we struggle against the giants of
wrong. Mad with the frenzy of pride,
OF self -adulation, begotten as 1t Is OF the
success o. outrage and infamy, there
stands before US the giant OF aggregated
and incorporated wealth. every dollar
OF which is built upon blood, injustice
and outrage. That giant OF corporate
wealth has centralized its power in, an d
is impersonated by the eager fiend who
gIoat-.ts he grindS the life of his fellow
men and griiuaces and dances as they
writhc upon his instrument OF torture
D. We workingmen of America, who
love your liberty and your native Ian 4:
We great C: Gators OF wealth who stand
as the foundation OF all national
good. look upon your brothers to-day.
Gould. the giant, fiend. Gould. the
money monarch, is dancing as he claims
over the grave of our order-over the
ruin If our homes, and the blight OF our
| lives. Before him the world has smiled
/ in beauty, but his wake Is q graveyard
OF hopes. a cyclones path of devasta-
ton and death. Our strong arms have
grown weary in building a tower Of
/ Strength. and vet he bids us build on
or die. Our young lives have grow n
grey too soon, beneath the strain OF
unre1ui.ed constant toll. Our loved
ones at home are hollow-cheeked and
pale with long and weary wait
I ing for better days 70 come Nay,
more than this, the grayeyards
are hiding his victims from our longing
ewes. Brother workmen, this monster
fend has com pelled some Of US to toll
in cold and rain for 55 cents a day.
Others have been compelled TO yield
their time to him for seventeen and
thirty-six weary hours. for pittance
OF nine hours pay. Others, who have
dared TO assert their manhood and re
bel against his tyranny, are blacklistec
and boycotted all over the land H'
has made solemn compacts with the
highest authority in our order, ane
then basely refused TO fulfill III
pledge. He lives under and enjoy
ali the benefits Of a Republican form
of government. and yet advocate
, and perpetuates the most debasing for
of white slavery. He robs the rich anss
poor. high and lew, with ruthless hand
snd then appeals to the corrupt and
purchased courts TO help him take on
little homes away. He breaks on
limbs and mains our bodies, and theI
demands that we shall release him from
every claim for damages, or be black
listed forever. He goes to our grocer
!. and persuades them not to give u
|. credit because we refuse TO be groun'
In his human mill. He turns upon u
horde of lawless thugs. who shoe
among our wives and children VIII
deadly intent. and then he howls 70,
q government help when he gets his pay
IN coin alike.
! Fellow workmen, Gould must be over
D thrown; his giant power must b
broken. or YOU and | must be slave
forever. The Knights of Labor alon'
: have dared to be the DAVID to TIL
Goliath. The battle is not for to-day
the battle is not for to -morrow-but 10
! the trooping generations in the cominl
ages OF the world-for our children an
our children's children. Ii is the grea
question of the age. Shall We, II
coming ages, be 4 nation OF freemen o
a nation OF slaves? The question mus
he decided now. The chains are already
n await until they are riveted upon on
q limbs? Nay, God Forbid Workmei
: OF the world. marshal yourselves upoi
the battle field. Workmen OF ever
d trade and cline. on to the frayl Goul
o and his monopolies must go down o
l. your children must be slaves Thin
q ~ The little olive plants around yea
s. bearthstones that viii be blightei D
p CURSE Think of the little home he
ie seeking TO rob you Of Think OF u
wife from whose eyes he has wrun
floods OF tears, and from whose heai
he has tortured drops of blood WI
can LOOK calmly upon his perhdy, 81
" outrage and his crimeP He has sougf
- to incite felony among our rank an
n file. he has bought the perhdy OF vi
- men TO entrap the unwary. tnat I
he might stain our fair name and CLOS
sr over our misfortunes. Once, Il
IN all fellow workmen arouse! Let evei
! hand that tolls be lifted to heaven. an
n swear by Him that hveth forever IN
~ these outrages must cease Let ever
IN heart and brow be turned toward OF
:, common foe. and let no man gro
~ weary until, ike Goliath, our giant
3 dead at our feet
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