Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-07
HON EST BOYCOTT.
STILL LETTING ALONE THE
RAT PAPER.
And 50 the h. of l.. and Their Mercan.
tile Friends are Bummcrs I'M
potent Wrath Of tl!uent
Spectators - Don't
Want the News.

The affair between the .NyUjHq
Nc|rS and the organized workmrn Of
New Haven has become one of gen
rraI interest to the public. And the
dear public is holding its own
against the willy attempts of the
Newspaper spectators at bribery
and corruption in the way Of plated
pewter and cheap, edition of the
;" Life of Grant" Old Ulysses must
rest uneasy if his honored ghost
knows how his name is coupled
with a rat sheet.
The proprietors Of the Ncc~ no
doubt have Il poor opinion Of the
Knights Of Labor. for when dis
gustcd customers call at the office
Of the delcrtablc sheet to "stop rlv
paper, or take out my 'ad..
quick. they are met with the i'm
pudent etfrontcry Of the rat masters
hlrrIngs who want to know whether
the NeWS business is to be run by
tummers. As if the workmen of
New Haven, and their friends, the
merchants, were only mere bummcrs,
and the arlstocratic and highly edu-
Gated and "polished" proprietors of
the NewS were workers, =
If honest Labor has not jHst
snansn a@ainst thes" people, it,nAFta
had just cause. Not content with
cutting down the wages of the Jour
ncymcn who nightly toiIcd while
wealthy bosses slept, and sleeping,
gathered wealth, these stiItcd dcspis-
ers Of honest labor must add insult
to INJURY, and 50 we, the people,
are bummcrs,
By the way, some may ask who
the Knights Of Labor are that take
SO much interest in the affairs Of
few journrymcn printers. ltmay al
most be said that they are the public,
awakened to the knowledge that
an injury to the most humble
worker is the concern Of all; 50 that
1t Is not a ter interested persons that
are holding up the proprletors Of the
NcWS to scorn, but rather that sense
Of justice, prompted by the public
conscience which demands that
Labor shall not be further degraded.
Many Of our merchants are already
in the Noble Order" and they
know that. good wages for the
workman means prosperity for the
merchant. " This labor movement.
if it means anything, means that the
labOrcr Is not only worthy of his
hire, but a 50 that the poor fellow
shall not have to wait till "kingdom
come to receive his reward; and
the boss with hcavcnward rolling
eye who stands up Enthusiastically "bc-
fore the Lord will have to pay as
he goes, or do without the services
Of honest men.
There are many interesting mel
dents reported by the walking dele
gate, who speaks very fayorabIy Of
the friendly spirit shown by the
merchants generally for the work
men III their contest with the wage
shaycrs. A German store keeper
was called upon by an agent of the
tabooed sheet, and requested to sub
scribe; and the Life Of Grant was
offered as an lnduccment. II had
no Objection to the book, but !
couldn't take the .Nrws. said the
merchant, speaking Of the attempt
to brlbc him: land haven't bought
a Ne~> since the strike. over Il year
ago.
In spite Of the fact that many ad-
ycrtlsrrs have prrcmptoriIy ordered
their advertisements removed from
the rat-sct columns. the proprictors
continue to publish them. This, Of
course. has Il tendency to njurc
their business, rs every one doesn't
know the circumstances, though the
boycott committee do their best Ia
protect friendly merchants.
The boycott is becoming more and