The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-04-07
KNIGHTS APPEAL
To TnEIRI OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OF the World to Rise and Oru,h Gould,
who, they Assert, ls the Author Of ali
their aIsory- secretary Turner Con.
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Knights Of Labor, this afternoon issued
the following address;
To The IHorkiHgmeR Qf the World:
FRIENDS AND BRoTHKRs Hear US, ior
we plead for our rights. Men Of equity
look upon us, for weslruggle against giants
Of wrong, Mad with the frenzy Of pride
and seli.RduIation, begottsn as it is Of the
succession Of outrage and infamy, there
stands before US a giant Of aggregated and
incorporated wealth, every dollar OF which
Is built upon blood, injustice and outrage.
That giant Of corporate wealth has CEN
tralizsd its power in and Is impeEsonated
by the eager Hend who glOats as he grinds
the life out OF his fslloW.men, and grim.
aces and dances as tho victims WTithe upon
his instruments OF torture.
O!ye WoTkiugmen OF America who love
your liberty and your native land We great
creators OF wealth who's as the founds-
don Of all national good look upon your
brothers to-day, Gould the giant tiend,
Gould the money monarch is dancing, as
he claims, over the graves OF our order,
,Yer the ruin Of our homes Rnd.the blight
II our lives.
THE PATH oP GOULD.
Before him the world has smiled in
beauty, but in his wake Is a graveyard OF
hopes, cyclone path Of devastation aud
leath. Our strong arms have grown
weary in building the tower OF strength,
md yet he bids us build on or die. Our
young lives have grown gray too soon be-
aeath the strain Of unTeqIited constant
ioil. Our loved ones at home are hollow.
checked and pale with long and weary
Waiting for better days to come. Nay,
more than this, the grayeyards are hiding
his victims from our longing eyes.
Brother workmen, this monster tiend
has compelled some OF us TO toll in cold
Ind rain for five and fifty cents a day.
others have been compelled to yield
heir time to him for seventeen 10 thirty.
TX weary hours for the pittanCe Of nine
lous pay. Others who have dared to as
tert their manhood and rebel against his
tyranny are black.listed and boyCotted
III over the land. He has made solemn
,ompacts with the highest authority in
,ur order and then has basely refused to
tulall his pledge.
AsTRoEd INDICTMENT.
He lives under and enjoys all the bene-
dts Of a Republican form Of government,
and yet advocates and perpctuates the
most debaslng form Of white slavery. He
tobs the rich and poor, the high and low,
With ruthless hand and then appeals to
corrupt and purchased courts to help him
AXE our little homes away. He breaks
Iur limbs and mains our bodies and then
demands that We shall release him from
avery claim for damages Of be blasted for
sver. He goes to our groCers and per.
suades them not TO give US credit because
We refuse to be ground in his human mill.
de turns upon us horde Of lawless thugs
Fho shoot among our wives and children
With deadly intent, and then he howls for
Government help when he gets his pay in
coin alike.
Fellow workmen, Gould must be over
brown. His giant power must be broken
" you and must be slaves forever. The
Knights OF LsbOr alone have dared to be
David to this Goliath. The battle Is not
,or to-day, the battle is not for tomorrow,
but for the troopiug generations In the
,oming ages Of the world, for our children
md our children's children lis the
Ereat question Of the age. Shall We the
coming ages be nation Of treemen or a
aation Of sIaves2
The question must be decided now. The
chains are already forged that are 10 bind
as. Shall we await until they are rivited
upon our limbs2 May God forbid.
AN APPEAL FOR ACTION.
Workmen Of the world marshal your.
selves upon the battlefield Workmen Of
avery trade aud cline on to the frayl
Gould and his monopolies must 80 down
u your children must be slaves. Think
II the little olive plants around your
hearthstones that will be blighted by his
,urse. Think Of the little home he
ls seeking to rob you Of. Think Of the
wife from whose eyes he has wrung floods
II tears, and from whose heart he has
,ort1red drops Of blood. Who can look
calmly upon his per6dy, his outrage and
his cfimeP For he has sought 10 inCite
felony among our rank aud Gle; he has
bought the petGdy Of vile men to
enter that he might stain our
tair name and Rloat over
our misfortunes. Once for all, fel.
low.workmen, arouse. LIST every hand
that tolls be lifted TO heaven and swear by
Him that liyeth forever that these out.
raQes must cease. Let every heart and
brow be turned towards our common Zoe,
and let no man grow weary Until, like
Goliath, our giant Is dead at our feet.
ExEcurIvE BOARDS OF DlsrRlcr ASSEMBLIES
10l, V3 AND IL.