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The Labor enquirer., 1886-07-10
The Tolls of the. TOtlerS.
FOR the ENQUIRER.

For the Enquirer.
Are the workingmen of this country
aware to what extent they are hedged in
by the law? Prior to the present ex-
cltement over the difficult phases of the
labor question we heard little about
what the statutes said about conspira-
ces the abrldgement of free speech aGd
an untrammeleu press perhaps not one
out of ten knew the meaning of the
term "posse ,comitatus" even if they ever
heard the word before, and few work
| ingmen were aware that they
could be forced to shoot down their own
shopmates if the command were given.
But experience, if hard teacher, is a
most thorough one, and the wage slaves
of this country are beginning to find
out that the boasted freedom which they
once dreamed they enjoyed, is verita-
BILE myth, vanishing into thin air when
their necessities or loYe Of Justice causes
them to rebel against private or corpo
rate oppression.
Workingmen Americans !sYou who fam
cied Yourselves serure in your supposed
rights, do you not see the net that en-
velopes you? Look which way you
will, there is no escape from the meshes
of capitalism. The law supports your
oppressors and is held over your head to
terrorize YOU. If you strike, your mas
ters, under the protection of the law,
may fill your places with the scum of
the earth you have absolutely no re-
dress, for if you interfere to prev ent
others taking your places, YOUR employ
ers appeal to the law, and you are in
danger of severe unishment. If then
you assemble to discuss ON your wrongs,
and under the excitement of the mo-
ment you use threats and strong denun-
citation, you may be forciblY dispersed
by the armed mlnions of the law, and
the laws of your country will severely
punish you if you resist being roughly
handled by its toois. If in your Just
wr 4th you turn and retaliate upon the
police and kill or main some of them
you are guilty of the awful crime of
murder. A reekingly corrupt press,
narrow. preiudiced pulpit, and even
many of your own shopmates will howl
for your own determination.
For over hundred years you have
been sending men to congress and to the
state legislature to MAKE laws, and now
you see the result. They have laws now
to cover everything. They are all in
the interest of capital, and, of curse,
detrimental to the toilers. All, or nearly
all of them have been drawn under
pressure of some great corporation or
wealthy individual, for their own bene-
fit. They have so hedged in the very
constitution of the United States with
statutory enactments that 1t is now
crime to act according to its spirit. Free
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Naturally u Poet.

Man is sometimes poet uncon-
sclously. We were taking a stroll
through our springfield city tow ards the
park. My companion called my atten-
tion to pair of sparrows building a
nest. The male bird carried big tim
ber-a straw-to roof, and the female
bird followed with material to feather
It's nest. Then they chirped Justify,
made love to each other, and looked out
for dinner The street furnished it.
"See those birds there building a
nest. How happy, how joyous~ ex-
claimed nv friend, and l added: by
attiuence blest."
And look at that man across the
street," he continued, gray hair, curved
spine, and rheumatic feet"
The man was climbing ladder, and
carried mortar to the second story of a
building. He looked suIlen. The spar
rows were happy. No wonder They
had resumed work as a pleasure, The
man came down and quit. A little girl
brought tin bucket. The man opened
it and ate in silence. He had no greet
ing, cheering word for his chlld-the
child none for her father. Something
was wrong.
l did not enjoy the beauties of the
park that day. Coming home opened
a neWspsper-a Chicago daily-a and was
disguised by the beastly spirit of re-
venge breathed from every line. The
man beasts general record is bad, very
bad, indeed. The day was beautiful.
Iut l felt like coming home in a dark
night from the play house where a trag-
edy had been performed. sat down to
write an article againgt Anarchy. and |
wrote this:
SPRING SONG OF 1886.
Matt. $685.
pee those birds there building a nest,
no" happy and joyous by attiuence blestl
Inen LOOK at that human architect.
Care-worn, half fed, with rags bedecked.
He's building nest for bird of prev,
While his brood in squalid hole must stay
He's building mansion with columns and
dome,
Wnlle his hrst-born, as tramp. throppb tbo
land doth roam. ''0
Look at them all, the toiling slaves,
Whatever they do, they dig their graveo
The graves of their bones of hon.
peace; -O
..N i o'o.y seep tnelr woe will increase.
AS long as his garments are cnrsad n wv a.os
stitch; ~ 0''''i
AS long as blood is used for cemant
In mansions and TEMPLES for Mo1ooh,, 49,,
NO peace for the wicked. no rest for the the
poor! h.114 = -o- 'uo
f.. . -Keokuk Democrat.
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THERE comes to the most valiant in
the struggle moments when his courage
almost forsakes him and he wearies of
the fight; there are moments when he
will become disheartened and hope ebbs
so low that there seems nothing want
ing to make the future utterly blank and
hopeless The clouds around which
there seems no silver lining, hang cold,
dark and dispiriting e'er the heart and
mind and the very life seems burden
We could gladly lay down. Wrong and
injustice heaped upon the good and
pleasant things of life while right pulls
its rags around its shlvering form and
gnaws its crust. OmniLotence seems
delegated to Shylock whose golden rule
reads, do unto others as l please"
Those dark moments come to most of
US, when 1t seems that the God of JUS
uce has vacated his throne to Mammon,
and we feel our hearts 90 out in prayer
to no one but the God of Force whose
power we in our better momepts would
not seek.
But the clouds break and through the
rlft there comes CLEAN of sunlight
perhaps In the shape of a hopeful and
encouraging missive from a fellow SOL
dler In the fight, who bids you stand to
the guns and keep bold front to the
euemy; perhaps in the form of the last
words of true comrade whose fearless
voice has been hushed by the dead walls
OF dungeon into whose shadows he has
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,eech is abridged. You may not criti-

speech is abridged. You may not criti-
else the government, for thatis "lncen-
diarism" and ''inciting to acts of vio-
lence." You may not impeach the gov
ernment, for that is "hlgh treason
punishable with death. You NAV not
condemn the parasites who feed upon
the Drawn of labor nor the wealthy
robbers who hold you between the upper
and neither mlll-stones. for this is Com
munism, Anarchism- worst OF all
possible crimes just now.
Well, what can YOU doP There is not
building IN this country large enough
to contain all its written laws. There is
not man living wise enough to know
one-tenth OF them-and they are all in
the interests of your masters remember
that. Jay Gould boasted his supremacy
to the laws. Tom Scott gloried in tie
fact that he owned the state legislature
of Pennsylvania, body and soul. Van
d6rDllt 16elS 80 SEIZURE GuaI uo Son
damn the public" with impunity. You
cannot appeal to the law to protect or
assist you To you the law says yirtu-
ally this: You may 60 on strike but
you shall not prevent your masters from
carving on their business in any mal-
ner they see fit. You must not be.long
without visible means of support either,
for vagrancy is crime. You shall not
beg, for that is a mlsdemeanor. If you
become tramp you are worse off than
ever. for tramps are the acknowledged
scum of the earth, without even as many
rights as barking cur.
Poor fools, yours is indeed desperate
case. Capital has8ou securely bv the
throat, Law stands by with ready whip
to lash you into subsection. How long
can you bear the strain2 How long
keep back the anger that even now
chokes you with it's intensity ? Hoa
long? Why just as long as you respect
the law. CATO.
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LINCOLN'S LABORERS.
They Get Up and Garry Through the
GrandesI Celebration Ever Had
in That City.


celebrated the Fourth of July on Mon
daY, the fifth, in grand style, The
whole affair was under the direction of
the Knights of Labor and the Trades
Assembly, and the whole city and coun-
try round about are loud in praises of
the success achieved.
A fine parade, over mile in length
was the opening feature all the assem-
blies and trades unions taking places, in
large mum bers, IN the line. A feature of
plays, such as mechanics at work on
wagons at their calllngs. The process
sion marched to fine shady grove about
two miles from the postoffiCe, where
there was music and speaking for nearly
three hours.
Frank NJ. Fogg, of Michigan, was the
principle speaker, and he took the Lin
colnites by storm, with his clear-cut ex-
position of the rottenness of our public
institutions. Mr.. Fogg has reputation
of several years standing throughout the
east and north, as an anti-monopolist
and an opponent of our ruinous money
system: this reputation he fully sus-
tanned at Lincoln. Speeches were also
made by severalslocal speakers, and the
al n o ro / o
interest and enthusiasm.
The editor of THE ENQUIRER arrived
too late to speak at the grove, and was
announced to address the people in the
evening, in postoftce square. At the
were assembled in and around the
square; but owing to the racket made
by the bursting of patriotic fireworks, he
talked only few minutes that evening,
and postponed further remarks until the
next evening. The committee then let
loose their patriotism, in the shape of
fireworks, and Lincoln witnessed such a
pvrotechnic display as it never had seen
before. On Tuesday evening THE EN-
QUIRER man delivered an address in
postottice square, to about 800 people,
upon The Declaration of Indepen-
5nce, and How 1t is Being Remem-
bered."
Taken altogether the working people
of Lincoln have just cause to feel proud
of their success upon this occasion, and
the remark that, well, they'll get all the
help they want next time" is quite com
mon from the business people, and in
the papers.
1t is impossible to give full report Of
the event in this paper, and to give the
names of those who deserve credit for
managing the affair 80 Systematically
and nicely; but Jim Craddock and the
Goys" did it, and they did ii we'll.
Ye editor is under obligations for cor
dial treatment, and he now drinks this
toast with his iced milk Long live
and prosper the organized workers OF
Lincoln"
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WALTER VRooMAN is hitting sledge-
hammer blows in the labor cause in
Kansas, speaking two or three times
each day. The "boy-preacher" is a
whole team in the work. and his self
denial in giving his time and energies
without remuneration. has earned for
him warm corner in the heart of every
man and woman who loves humanity.
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a man who loves his country as well as
man can.
1t is a cheering sign for Socialism
when it is made the subject to write
upon in the sci ools and colleges and
the text for the "orator of the day" on
the Fourth of July. ~
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of the riches accumulated bY ages OF
rugged toll.
Order it is slavery, the lettering of
thought, the abasement of the human
race, maintained by sword and lash. 1t
is sudden death from the fire-damp, slow
death by burial, 1t is hundreds of miners
torn to pieces, or entombed yearly
through their masters greed. and nit
railleused, chased at the point of the
bayonet, the moment they dare to. COM
plain. H.. .% H..
Order, in word, is the drowning in
blood of the Paris Commune. 1t is the
death of $4,000 men. women and chill
dren. torn TO shreds by shells, mitrail-
leused, buried in quick lime under the
Paris pavements. 1t is the fate of the
youth of Russia, walled up inprisons,
and buried in the SHOWS of Siberia, the
best, the purest, the most devoted repre-
sentatives of whom perish bv the hang
mans rope.
Look vou-thdt is order! :.
And disorder-what is it they call dis
order? 1t is the uprising of the people
against this ignob!e order, the people
bursting its chains, overthrow:ng all
obstacles and marching toward a better
future 1t is whatever humanity has
most glorious in it's history.
1t is the revolt of thought upon the
eve of Revolutions; it is the upsettinR
of hypothesis that have been hallowed
by the stagnatIon of preceding ages; it
is the throwing, the gates oDen to a
whole food of new ideas and bold dis
coveries; it is the solution of the prob.
lens of science.
Disorder! 1t is the abolition of an
cient slavery; it is the insurrection OF
the Communes, the abolition Of feudal
serfiom, the effort to abolish economic
serfdom.
Disorder! 1t is the lnsurrection ol
the peasants rising against priest and
master, firing mansions to make room
for cottages, emerging from their dens
to take their place in the sun. 1t il
France abolishing royalty, and dealing
serfdom a mortal blow throughout the
whole If western Europe.
Disorder 1t is 1849 making klngE
tremble, and proclaiming the right tc
labor. 1t is the people of Paris fighting
for pew idea, a,and, While succumbing to
massacre, bequeathing to humanity the
idea of the free Commune. and opening
up road to that Revolution whose ap'
proach We already feel, and whose name
will be the Social Revolution.
Dsol der-what they call dlsOrder-i
those epochs during which whole gener
atiOns carry on an unceaslng conflict ant
sacrifice themselves to prepare for hu
manlty better existence, by freeing /
from the slavery of the past. 1t is thos'
epochs in which the genius of the peo
pie has free play, and makes in few
years gigantic strides, lacking which
mankind would have remained in thei
condition of ancient slavery, grovellin
and degraded in misery.
Disorder ! 1t is the birth of the fines
passions, and the grandest devotion; l
IS the epic poem of the supremacy o
love of humanity.
The word "Anarchy," implying as
does the negation of that order and call
ing up the recollection of the most gle
rous moments in the life of the people
has it not been we'll chosen for part
which Is marching to the conquest of
better future?
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THERE is nothing competent to ex-
PLAIN the recent and rapid corruption of
the whole decency of our national or
ganlzation, except the fact that the pre-
historic natural system of the general
ownership of the nations soil by the
nation itself, has, all over civilization,
been replaced by tie impiouslv selfish
introduction of private ownership of
the land
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A CHALLENGE,

Twas not in Denver on Monday, when
the Fourth was celebrated, but have un-
derstood that Rev. Phillips, Of Leadvllle,
who was the orator of the day, opposed
the theory and doctrines of Socialists, in
the strongest terms. Therefore, hereby
challenge the Rev. Phillips to joint de-
bate upon the question of Socialism, and
hereby pledge to meet him at any time
and any place in the STAGE of Colorado
which he may select.
Jos. R, BUCHANAN.
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been thrust that Wrong might enjoy un-
disturbed its privileges. The sunshine
brings hope anew and we grid more Sc
cure our armor and wonder why it is
that shadow and sunshine play 80 con-
stantly over the landscape of human
life -. - -
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CARPENTERS.

Carpenters Union, No. 55. of the Rrotber-
nood OF America. meets every Saturday
evening at Euclid Hall. All good Carpenters
Ian JL4In ES D. MACDONALD, President.
THOMAS MUIRHEAD Rec Sec
FRANK BAYER, State Organizer
+. f.. RICE, Cor and Fin. Secetary,
% COlfax avenue
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HIS MAJESTY.
Money is king money is king!
Sound forth his praises, loud let them ring

Money is King! money is King!
Sound forth his praises, loud let them ring
Hail to him, cringe to him,
Down on your knees,
Fawn to him, bend to him, +
Serve for his ease.
Give him your purity, give him your worth
He is the monarch, the sovereign of earth.
Bow to him, slave for him,
GIVE him your youth,
Honor and happiness,
Manhood and truth.
Money is monarch, money is king.
Shout forth his praises, loud let them ring!
ANNA 81. F. HASKELL.
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TAILORS

me Ia1lors' Protective Society of Denver
meets in Judge Jeffries' court room a
o'clock p. M, on the first Monday Of each
month: FRED WEIDER, President.
l. hAMLIN, sec, 29l 18th street
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PLASTERERs' Union.

e,5ott, re Flasterers' Union, Of Denver, meets
GGosoy Goy, monday evening at 7:3O O'Clock, in ST.
oS osePns m temperance Hail. corner Fifteenth
cuAp1Ee HARRY COLE, President.
NnAhLES M. Mct'ABE, Secretary.
Address, l6O East 18th street.
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TRADES ASSEMBLY,

:. me Trades Assembly OF Denver and Vicin
1ty meets on the second and fourth Sunday
hall y, at o'clock. A. MENCHE. President.
7. HAMLIN, Secretary.
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BRICKLAYERs,

Bricklayers' lnternat,on,. Union No ot
Colorado, meets the second snd fonrth Mon.
uay ua evenings in each month at No. S79 Lari-
efstreet, Denver, Colorado,
JAMES COOK, Sec'y. M. SULLIVAN,
IoIo blake Street. President.
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IRON MOLDERs,

lion Moiders' Union. meets every second
an9 aIn1, fourth Tuesday of each month at Reno
~ nail h"enty-seVenth and Holiday, at 7:3O p.
H. j. j. SMITH, Cor Sec,
l0l5 Holaday street
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FEDERATED TRADES.

ell iinefatdquarters ef t of the Representative Coun-
ha izations 6, Of the Pacific coast, is at Huddys
haii' So912 Market, San Francisco, California.
En FRANK RONEY, President.
Z. II. MCKINLEY, Cor, Sec.
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Senseless Cruelty.

Let us hope that when the time of
retribution comes the outraged people
will be more merciful with it's enemies
than these are now towards their vic
tims. Look at the unprovoked and
senseless cruelty practiced in Milwau-
kee.
Recently in that city there marched
a few hundred peaceful citizens and
labo ers, bent upon trying to better
their condition by legal means, also K.
of L. strikers, and boys, women and
children. They wanted to make an I'M
preston on the community by their
numb bers. They carried no arms. They
did not want to fight. Helpless, like a
flock of sheep. they 90 to see their
brother laborers, to persuade them not
to take stand against their class, to co,
operate with them, and see whether or
not the first of May will bring them all
some relief. They march few squares
and are received by six companies OF
militia and squad of police.
At distance Of 200 yards the captain
l-Traeumer is the cowardly murderer s
name-commands FIRE! and num-
ber of the unfortunates fall, among them
a boy, mere child.
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Look again at the murders committe d
in East St. Louis by the nired towards
of law, and bailed by the towards Of the
moneY-bag.
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Look, also, at the murder committed l
recently in Des Moines, Iowa, by the
thug Frank PIerce-a constable-and
YOU have an illustration of the methods
of the law and order party of our times.
-Keokuk Democrat.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-08
UTAH.
idvIccs from salt Lake.

SALT LAKE, March 7th.-The Legislature
has but four days more to serve. No pro-
gress has been made in conforming the
laws of Utah to the national statutes, and
all propositions made tend to the opposite.
The deadlock between the Governor and
the Legislature is still unbroken.
The Mormon women met in large num-
bers at the theater, yesterday, to protest
against the Federal officials and Courts.
Long speeches were made, upholding the
right of women to go into polygamy
=" Thousands of women in the land, now in
prostitution, would be glad to be made
had no right TO say that women
should not marry. 1t might as well.
On the ether band undertake to
compel women of Catholic celibate
orders to take husbands. Such social pre-
ferences should be respected, and the Jaws
had no right to interfere" The protest
declared that womanhood had been out
ragged in the Utah Courts in questioning
women about expected maternity. the
fathers of their children, etc. Suffrage was
declared 10 be vested right in women
here, not to be attacked. An emphatic de
nial was made that they voted otherwise
than according to their own free will. The
noble women" were eulogized who had
IeiusSu ~ answer questions asked by The
Courts. The action of Judge Zane and
United States Attorney Dickson, in reauir-
ing testimony from legal wife against heI
husband in an unlawful cohabitation case
was condemned. Senators Morgan, Tel
Ter, Brown and Mrs. Belva Lockwood
were thanked for opposing legislation for
Utah. The wives and mothers of the
United States are called upon to come to
the assistance OF the women of Utah in
their resistance to interference with their
rights. A committee was appointed to
memorabilia the President An enthusi-
astic speaker wondered if the Federal
officers would persist in their course after
reading the protest. Another indignant
sister held the horde of petty officials in
cOntpmnf
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SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

The Grand Central Market and Lunt's
Dancing Academy. on Bush and Post
streets, was destroyed by fire Sunday
morning. Several other buildings were
also burned, causing total loss of $50, ,ooC
to $4,000.
Mrs. Leeison, who shot and seriously
wounded her husband few weeks ago
has furnished bonds in the sum of s.. .00c
and has been discharged from custody
Her husband is expected to be able to get
around in few days.
General Henry NJ Naglee, of San Jose
died at the Occidental Hotel in this city
Friday afternoon of neuralgia of the
bowels. He had been under medical treat
ment here since the middle OF last Janu.
ary, but had obtained no relief.
United States Marshal Franks has ap.
pointed Charley Queen, who resides al
Duncan's Mills, Deputy Marshal for Men
docino and Sonoma counties, at request o.
lumbermen in that vicinity, who state thai
they desire official protection in antici
pated trouble. The nature of the expected
trouble has not been made public.