Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-10-22
GIANT POWDERLY AND EftSY
GOULD.

The Mirror was the first pak io
Al to uoints oas Mr. a -as- ~ ~ Hs
HE coming labor lepdera U.s. s o'le
year a-u We siiSee4fAsd II 5ssttiiis niu II
for the issue-the man, as Haissre eI$
presses it, Of brains and heart; and that
at n time when his name was not on
every tongue, as it is todpg The
6rmness, the moderation, the wisdom
which Mr.. Powderly has since display
/ ell have amply justified the prophecy =.
4 liz il the Parncll Of the labor movement
The letter he has Just addressed to
Mr. jaw Gould is the highest evidence
of his capacity as the guiderloi social
revolution. He distinctly reppdiates all
violence, and severely ensures those
who have been guilty of using force
No one recognized more keenly than he
how outrages tend to ALLEVIATE public
sympthy, and it is upon public sympa-
Hthy that the Knights of Labor must de-
pend as their chief support in the mighty
struggle they have begun
Nj. ? " icrly clearly outlines the is
t sues ana the pa ties. This is no battle
e between capital and labor. The man
who says it is, no matter which side he
appears upon, is fal if"r m1 malig-
naut agent of trouble On the contrary,
It the iss ue Is between legitimate capital,
Y industry, and labor on the one side, AMI
i illegitmate capital, the spoils of thou
sand wrecks, tue stolen fruits Of honest
It enterprise, upon the other Who be-
2. Eeves that single man, be he ever so
phenomenal genius, can honestly ac-
j, auire scores Of millions in the space Of a
lifetime? Sir Waller Scott is said to
4 have made three million dollars by his
. works; but every cent was coined out Of
il his terlih, brain, and what be gave in re-
ed turn enriched the world, and will contin-
Ne to do so for untold generations to
come But what have tie Goulls, the
7 Fanderbilts, anG the other railroad kings
al and Wal street Spectators done, what
ire contribution have they made to the
II worlds goods, in exchange for theil
oversize len Golfers? They "bulled'
-" and "beared' the markets, thew manipu-
ne lated r'iiroad stocks, they literally bat
ty tied of IT, ruin of others sveepipg int
,d- t,yir glil'ering piles the moderate mean
If those tempted 10 enter their devil
''' a@lstrom IN Wall street By shear
. ing tsey got the farmers products a
il less than thcir value BY ''buiRng" the
tby sold these products 10 the poor Of TIL
=, cities and industrial centres At m ore thai
rhclr value. Ramed homes, tbepbren
~ Of desp'ir, gha>dy suicides, ssaryn.
~.ete.es these are tie spectres tia
part should cast shadow upon their elegan
and palac $; the blood and the tears Of al
NOR thee are upon their i'll gotten cold.
is By such means the money lords hav
and butt power as Y St as itisramorseless
ness They have their system Of hired n,iuion
for ami spies they bride egsn,ures courts
inor and newspapers; they ride ronoh.s bo
- ''o people whenever
ions pleas.s them. Seeing nj, i Nigh
.eas sem hopeless for Knight powderly
cen ride forth however gallanrly h order
aned slaughter this boated giant vbo d l. strsn.
e b. ling the country to death. Rnt on q
APP amining bis letter to Gould. W. nrecsiy
;ms. that there is mighty ve, NJ Pm IN h
,.. hand He brushes aside such rG raolins
atom strikes boycotts, etc. a, 'a al, JJo
lcur- not worse. He means uereI v4 ~ trv ii
courts for what they are Worth u pn @y
full well that Gould and h e',i hnv' u
smile in derision at this W Iv'los' The he
craft Is the unconquerable weanon ' S;ts d
'ed i,, Ezeahbar Of good King ArtSn, iisV a
i35is strong enough to hew dawn lSi.nt \ Man
For men; 1t is-tLe ballot YAM -'
pave = am the head Of an Or,,nisatio
seam VIXEN eo45sa a,s bQnlsi tn@.rp
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