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A new FACTOR IN THE FIGHT.
A Powerful Organization of Man ufacturers--
A Strike Coliapses at It's Touch.

A Strike Coliapses at Its Touch.
BOSTON, April 23-The Commercial Bulletin
tomorrow will say: t'The sudden and unex-
pected collapse of what threatened to be serious
strike at the Whittenton mills, Taunton. was
caused by the discovery that that mill belonged
to a huge organization Of textile industries Of
New England. which has been formed SO quietly
that it has escaped all notice. This organiza-
ton extends over Rhode Island and Connecti-
cut. and already includes forty nine large wooden
mills. This society was organized for
mutual protection. It does not recog-
nize the. authority of the knights Of
Labor in any way, but is prepared to use
arbitration in the settlement of strikes The or
ganization is growing in numbers, and it proposes
to give each strike chance for arbitration. A
second society, embracing all cotton mills OF any
Importance in Maine. New Hampshire and Mas
sachusetts, was quietly completed, and elected
its officers in Boston on Wednesday. The Massa-
chusetts league is a league of cotton mills to
which wooden mills are to be admitted; while the
Rhode Island society was formed by wooden
mills and subsequently admitted cotton manu-.
facturers. During the last month the cotton
mills of this State have been quietly preparing
for organization for mutual insurance against
labor disturbances
"The cotton manufactur industry is better
adapted for the formation of such an organiza-
ton than many others. because it is composed
of number Of large mills rather than q large
number of small ones. The quiet organization
which has taken place. therefore, has been con-
Quoted with much expedition, and Its result will
probably be witnessed at the next attempt of
the mill hands to secure the discharge Of work
men who are not members of the union The
society is not corporation and has no stock
The yearly pay rolls of the Massachusetts mills
that have already Joined. amount to SIS, O00 000
The aims OF the company are not in any sense
aggressive, and its purpose is not to attack the
Knights of Labor. but simply to protect it's
members against unjust persecution The
methods OF self-defense which the society will
employ have not yet been made public
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Boycotting the boycott.

st. Louis Special.
There was meeting in this city, to-day, Of
prominent who determined to boycott the
boycott This Is but another branch Of an order
known the Law and Order League which has
sprung into existence lately throughout the
Southwest It is already a young giant, aud it's
principal objects are to assist the authorities in
main tanning the law and to support all persons
who have been boycotted by the Knights of
Labor or kindred organizations If a, person
threatened with boycott shows the white
feather the Law and Order League will have no
dealings with him, but it will do all in It's power
to assist those who refuse to follow the instruc-
tons of the Knights OF Labor or trades-unionists
against their own sense Of right Those WHO
refuse to be bulldozed will get thesupport os the
Law and Order League and its friends. Those
who are afraid Of boycott will be made to feel
the weight Of one that is issued without parade
Of any kind. The boyc6tters have simply ar.
rayes powerful class Of citizens in direct op-
position 70 them. and rs soon a. this fact has
boon clearly demonstrated the weakened will
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Herr Most and His Socialists.

New YORK. April pa socialist mass-meet-
ing of German workingmen was held here to-
night to denounce the Capitalists and the police
who were endeavoring to crush Herr Most and
his workingmen." A large number Of women
were present. Police officers in uniform and de.
tectives in civilian dress scattered abont the
hall, and squad Of fifty police was within calling
in case of any trouble. Herr Most made fiery
address. After scathing denunciation of CAPT
taists and the police, referring to the present
crisis, he said that the revolution in Paris in
1871 resulted because the people were disarmed,
and the same was likely to happen here. They
did not intend to bring riot to the FORE but
they merely proposed TO have revolution and
that was tho reason they should arm themselves.
He concluded by saying that they must work,
live. fight or die and if those present would
leave their names and addresses with the score
tarv he would see that they were furnished with
arms. Other speeches OF like inhammatory
nature were made. and one of the speakers de-
clared that it was shame that the police mad
been admitted to the hail. This caused cries Of
put them out" when the officers made threat
ening demonstration, and stampede of the au
dience followed. This only lasted for moment,
and order was restored. The meeting shortly
afterwards quietly adjourned.
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THE E1GHr-HoUR SYSTEM.
Powderly Says the Knights Will Not Attemp
to Enforce 1t ON May 1.

Powderly Says the Knights Will Not Attempt
to Enforce 1t ON May L.
Scranton Special.
When General Master Workman Powderly
was asked whether a concerted effort would soon
be made by the Knights of Labor for a general
strike for the enforcement of the eight-hour
movement on May l, he said:
No such movement is contemplated by the
knights OF Labor. The country is not yet ready
for the eight hour order of things, and before
any step can be taken toward such movement
the subject will have to be thoroughly and intel
ligently discussed by both manufacturers and
workingmen. 1t must be fully understood by
employers and employees before any attemnt is
made to enforce the eight-hour rule You know
how sincerely and heartily | am in favor of
ducton of the hours of labor. but do not want
to see it done rashly radically, and l DO not
desire to see any effort of that kind undertaken
that would prove failure. and thus retard
rather than advance the object that we have in
view
elias any time been get when general de-
mand will be made for the eight-hour systemP
mo date has been fixed, and none will be
fixed until the question has been fully discussed
and plainly understood by all concerned. Until
such is the case, it would be folly to force the
question. Much harm is being done to the order
by the circulation of such idle rumors, to the
effect that the knights are determined to soon
make general demand for eight hours day.
These rumors seriously interfere with very i'm
portant industrial enterprises and it is pity
that those individuals who are responsible for
such canards cannot be found out and prose-
cuted for their mischief The order Of Knights
of Labor believe in lessening the hours of toll
for those who work, with a view OF affording
employment to those who are now idle 1t is an
economical question, that must be fully under
stood by employers and employed, and no at
tempt will be made to force it upon the country
on the LIST Of May
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killing G. H Thompson on the bridge. while
they were crossing the river to come to this city,
after the shooting in East st. Louis.
Superintendent Kerrigan and Blue, OF the
Missouri Pacific railroad report the business of
the road increasing SO rapidly that they have
great difficulty In furnishing sufficient cars to
meet the wants of the shippers. They also say
they have no trouble in handling freight
The Missouri Pacific hospital Service.
Sedaila Special.
DR.. Willis P. King, assistant chief surgeon Of
hospitals on the Gould Southwestern system,
was seen this afternoon by Globe Democrat
representative, and Intercepted in regard to
Master Workman Powderly's statement to the
congressional MISUNDERSTANDING committee, to
the effect that one Of the grievances of the
Pacific employees resulted from the manner in
which assessments are made for the hospital
fund.
II have read Mr.. Powderly's evidence said
DR.. King. 'sand am surprised at his statement
In the first place. instead of there being an as
ment of % cents on each man who earns 81 per
day. and so cents on those who earn So per day.
as stated by Mr.. Powderly. the assessment is 20
cents on all who earn 800 per month or less,
and so cents on all who earn over 500 per
month
"How about dischargng men after they have
been admitted to the hospitalr
There is nothing IN 1t Whatever. On the con-
trary, the company makes it point to get all
the sick and wounded into the hospital as quick
ly as possible. / have never heard of case
where a sick or wounded man was discharged"
Gin stating this do you speak for the Sedalia
hospital alone2",
mo; for all on the system. so far as know"
Are all classes admitted2'
Eyes from the general manager to the tank
pumper."
How are the medicines furnished"
"They are gratis to all, and on the prescrip-
ton of local surgeons or the family physician OF
employees are sent over the road to the sick"
DR.. King said he felt satisfied that MIR. Pow
derry had been imposed upon, possibly by some
one not at work on <ne system II can say" he
concluded s'tnat since DR.. W. B. Outen took
charge of the hospital system as chief surgeon,
the hospitals have not been matter of griev-
ance and the greatest cordiality of feeling exists
between those in charge of the institutions and
the employees of the system
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gance, and 90 per cent against o reduction Of
wages. In conditions of trade that justify az
advance, it is much more to the interest Of the
employer TO give in than to have his work stop.
OF the 813 strikes the results of 401, or SO pei
cent, are given. OF these, log. or IS per cent.
were successful, IS. or Is per cent were com
promised. and 227. or AZ per cent, were unsuc
cessfuL
1t will be noted that while the larger humble,
OF strikes. 500 out of 613, for an advance in
wages, larger proportion of strikes for this
cause were successful than for any of the other
important classes. OF the BOT strikes for an ad
vance of which the results are given, 127, or Al
per cent, were successful; 62, or 20 per cent.
were compromised, and 1l8, or 80 per cent, were
unsuccessful On the other hand, of the Is
strikes or lockouts where the demand was against
reduction insisted on by the employer, only
OF those Of which the result ia given were sue
cessful; 3 were compromised, and 81 were unsuc-
cessful Of the other classes, those involving
questions relating to the payment of wages were
quite uniformly successful Out of the &c
strikes N connection with payment of wages of
which the results are given. IL were successful,
were compromised, and are reported as un-
successful. On the other hand, every strike in
connection with hours of labor Of which the re-
suit is given was unsuccessful.
In questions relating to administration and
methods of work the strikes were, as a rule.
unsuccessful OF the 813 stoppages by causes
reported upon, 6l0 or 88 per cent, were strikes;
eighty five, or IL per cent, were lockouts OF
the Clio classified as strikes, the results of 800 are
given. Of these. 143. or 80 per cent, were sue
cessful l6S, or AZ per cent, were unsuccessful,
and seventy, or 10 per cent, were compromised.
OF the eighty-five lockouts that are classified
the results of fifty-two given. Of these, ten,
or l9 per cent, were successful; thirty-four. or
about 20 per cent, were unsuccessful. while
eight, or about Is per cent, were compromised.
From Ala of the 762 strikes reports were re-
ceived showing the number of men idle in those
strikes to have been 128, 1852. making an average
of about 80 men to each strike. The report
concludes:
las to wages lost. it appears that ga, 789 en-
poyes lost 49, l.097. This would be at the rate
of $57 each. As the entire number of employees
estimated was 228 1885, the total loss of wages on
this average would be ST., 1908, 1866, which would
have been received had the works run constant
ly. OF course, there would be a number of off
sets to this. In case the strikers were success
full, the additional wages would compensate for
a portion of this loss In other cases. where
unionism sustained the men on strikes, they re-
ceived strike pay or strike-benefits. Then, in
many cases. the parties strikes secured em
ployment in other industries and hence their
actual loss would be what wages they would
have earned at their old labor, minus what they
did earn in presumably less profitable employ
ment.D
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New York Evening Post.
The Missouri Pacific boycott is now at an end
There may be a short season of brigandage, but
that, too. will come to end. The ooycotters
adhere to the opinion that trains cannot run on
the Missouri Pacific railroad without their serv-
ices, and when they see them running they
think that there is something wrong in the moral
they will s'hold out" all summer and ali winter
if necessary. Holding out means that they will
subsist firmly contributions collected in all
parts of the country from people poor as them
selves There is objection to this, but il is
an arrangement which obviously cannot last
long. As Mr. Arthur, the chief of the Loco
motive Brotherhood. said in the beginning,
means death" The longer the taxes
are levied to support the Martin Irons
boycotters, the more dissatisfied will tax
payers become Disintegration will set
in at both ends of the line the burden
becomes onerous The assessments are not
equal to full wages. and therefore the men who
have families and responsibilities on their hands
ply to Mr.. Hoxie for it. Some OF the Knights
have already done so The residuum will either
drift away, or stake to the road or become
burden on public charity. The man who is en-
titled to the credit Of bringing this great con-
spiracy to confusion is Fl. M. Hoxie. What Mrs.
Gray has done on q small scale he has done on a
large one, In the midst of infinite difficulties,
though not an officer Of the law, he has vindi-
Gated its majesty TO better purpose than any
Governor on his line. He has set notable ex-
ample TO all railroad managers and to his coun-
trymen generally, the moral significance of
which 10 that the way 70 deal with boycott Is
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A Town Ruined by Strikes.

Taunton mass. Special.
Troubles at the Old Colony iron works, at
East Taunton, Mass, have assumed shape that
insures the determination of manufacturing in
that once-prosperous and thriving village Five
years ago the company's large nail factory was
burned Owing to constant labor troubles the
company removed the factory to Somerset This
move took from the village a large proportion Of
the population. Nothing warned, the remaining
workmen have kept up petty differences. Two
weeks ago the helpers in the shovel department
requested an advance, hut Mr.. Washburn in
formed them that the concern had lost in three
years 500, 600. He was willing to leave the mat.
ter to arbitration, and selected his clerk the
selected Senator Howard. and these were to
meet last Saturday ard choose another Mr.
Howard did not appear, but teegraphed the men
to go to work until May l. and matters would be
arranged Monday but four of the helpers re-
turned. and the company have shut the shovel
works down indefinitely. and will move the
plant to Somerset and unite ir with the business
there Four hundred hands have to migrate
elsewhere. as all that will be left of the estab-
lshment in Taunton will only furnish employ
ment for sixty hands. The plant is one of the
best equipped In the country.
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Irons and Other Knights Indicted.

ST. LOUIS, April 23.-Between twenty and
thirty indictments were returned to the Criminal
Court to-day by the grand jury Among the
persons indicted are Martin Irons and A. G.
Couehan. prominent Knights of Labor, Com.
mitteeman Geo. M. jackson and I'M
Nichols, fer tampering with telegraph
wires; Messrs. McGary. Burdett and
Chase. and three other strik ers. for obstructing
the Missouri Pacific railroad: Ave or six men for
using dynamite on street-railroad tracks during
the strike, last October of the street drivers
and oil deputy sheriffs who fred on the mob In
East ST. Louis, about three weeks ago The
specific odense for which the deputies are in-
dicted b manslaughter in the third Gsgrse, Tor
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Obituary.
Special to the rpdianapolis journal

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
BLooMINaToN Ill. April 23.-Mr. John r.
Smith. one of the most prominent merchants
and one of the oldest residents of Bloomington.
died at 8 o'clock this evening. He was a native
of Kentucky, but had lived here most of his life.
WILMINGTON. Del. April % Hon. William
Whitley, associate judge of the Superior Court
died this morning of hemorrhage of the stom.
ach after q lingering illness
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not to yield to It an inch. and not to appear to
yield. He has taught the boycotters salutary
lesson, and has probably broken mp their system
in the Southwest 1t win be long time. we
imagine, before q general strike takes place
again on one railroad in order to bring another
railroad to terms
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The Ohio Society.

NEW YORK, April 23-The first annual ban
quet of the Ohio Society, of New York. will take
place at Demonco's on the evening of May z.
The company will include Hon. II. B. Hayes,
Justice Waite, Justice Matthews, Senators Sher-
man. Payne, Allison. Henderson. Voorhees,,
Jones and Wilson; ex Senators Thurman and
Mcdonald and Gems. Sherman Sheridan, Rose
Grams, Hazen and Schenck. and twenty-five
members Of the House of Representatives.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-24

If you need perfect tonic or a blood purifier.
take Dr. Jones's Red Clover Tonic. 1t speedily
cures all troubles Of the stomach, kidneys and
liver. Can be taken by the most delicate.
Price, so cents
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-24

THE powers of Red Star Cough Cure are truly
marvellous. 1t banishes bronchitis
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Knights of Labor Charter Surrendered.
NEW YORK, April ga dispatch was re-
ceived in this city to-day, from Reese, Kan.
announcing that Sunfower Assembly. 4678
Knights of Labor, had surrendered its charter
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-20
THE I" HOME SEEKER"

The Immigration Association Of North.
ern California is now preparing to issue
the September number of the "H0ME
SEEKER.n 1t is to be enlarged, and
fully illustrated with photographic views
of Northern California. twill contain
practical information of the resources
and advantages Of the Northern Coun.
ties. All the proceeds this publication
will be devoted to the carrying on OF
immigration work. We appeal to the
business men of the Northern part Of the
State to give it their advertising sup.
port. By 50 doing, the work Of bring.
ing an increase Of population to the
State will be carried on. At Ogden a
copy will be put I'm the hands Of each
incoming passenger. In addition to this,
several thousand copies will be dis.
tributed ON the trains leaving Chicago,
in order to attract the settler intending
to settle in other States and Territories.
Give the "H0ME SEEKER' y0nr sup.
port. Central and Northern California
immigration Association, S29 Second
street. ap7-tf
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AND WHY NOT THE FARM i?

A few very worthy citizens came to-
gether the other day, and projected what
they call farmers ticket into the cam
paign, and Just now are flirting with an
other side-bar organization for a miscege-
mating union, in the hope that the unnat-
ural marriage will yield progeny capable
Of conducting the affairs of the State.
The Que and only striking thing about the
platform, aside from its paradoxical finan-
cial plank, on which the two dozen dele
gates have planted themselves is the
declaration that the Government should
lake all the railroads, telegraph and tele-
phone lines, and operate them. The same
doctr' ne, carried to its legitimate outcome,
will Justify the party that is 50 active now
IN disseminating the doctrine that Govern
ment ought to take all the land too, and
parcel it out for limited occupancy to those
who will use it in a particular way. And
back of this party only a little way, is
another that goes a step logically further
TO anarchism, and proposes that all rights
IN property shall be ignored, since it holds
possession to be theft property-right to be
monopoly property-holding by one rob-
berry OF another; the State tyrant law an
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-20
MR.. sWIFTs LETTER.

The pitiful attempt inaugurated by the
Eyaminer to array against Mr.. Swift GER
tain foreign influences and to marshal re-
ligious sentiment in opposition to him,
and which under the fostering care of
others has terminated in secret nomina-
ton of Mr. Swift to head a so-called
American ticket, is hattened out and
crushed by Mr.. Swift's trenchant letter to
Mr. Pixley, which we publish this morn
ing. We are more than surprised-though
perhaps no one should be surprised at any
thing that cratic journalist does-that
BIr. Pixley should have lent himself to
The scheme to injure the candidacy of MIR.
Swift. BY what right do dozen
men," whose names are not even given to
The public, to nominate without consulta-
zion with him, or his knowledge, any man
Tor office upon any given platform 1t is
bit of offensive assumption that deserves
The sharp rebuke Mr.. Swift administers.
This idea of putting up ticket under the
hin guise of Americanism on a platform
that fatty antagonizes fundamental princi-
ples of free government, is a piece of
rafting idiocy. Knownothingism has had
It's day in this country. and there is no
more a time for it. The capacity and fit
ness Of men for Office are not to be meas
ured by their religious faith, until free in
stitutions have gone to wreck and ruin and
free government has degenerated into the
rule of prejudice and the tyranny of a mar
row-minded majority Mr. Swift very fiat
" and Enthusiastically gives ii to be under
stood that no secret conclave has right
by the unauthorized use of his name, TO
commit him to any given doctrine regard
ing the limitation of the privileges of citi-
zenship. No one has been more cm-
phatic than we in favor of putting up the
bars, not against people capacitated
% Become American citizens; or those
in earnest sympathy with our system, at
5ached to Its fundamental principles, and
honestly and sincerely forswearing allegi-
ance to all other pcwers-but against the
of scourings of Europe who seek this coun-
try to plot the destruction of free govern
Inent: who take cover beneath the mantle
Of liberty from which to sow the seeds of
anarchism: who come to these shores, not to
enjoy, but 10 destroy who are the outlaws
Of society, the enemies of order, the foes
representative systems ard only the friends
Of license, unrestrained personal liberty,
and chimerical ideas and false ideals of
social organizations and the common pos
session of all things OF property value.
But that any considerable number Of peo-
ole seriously hold that we should exclude
from citizenship the foreign born capable
Of becoming good citizens, and who prove
their devotion to the underlying principles
OF free government, We do not for mo-
ment believe There will, at least, be
no longer any doubt as to where Mr..
Swift stands upon the question of heading
tickets. He is the Republican nominee.
lie believes that party to be, as it is, equal
10 any and all emergencies and issues that
may confront the party and that there is
no need to go outside of it for any RENE
dies for such ills as may exist in our
system.