The Red Cloud chief., 1886-04-09
We Strikers.


We Strikers.
Published by request.
We have been opprobriously brand
ed Is communists, AZ q mob a. rioters,
disturbers Of the peace, and strikers.
Are We not your friends and broth.
ers9 Are We not loyal, sober industri.
Gus. tax paying and home loving
human beings! Have We not paid the
earnings of hard toll lavishly into the
Golfers Of your bankers aud merchants?
Have We not freely expended our
money to sustain your schools and
churches? Have We lot ch~eerfully
contributed our money, our labor and
our brains to advance every interest
and welfare of this city? Are We not
composed OF the same blood and
muscle and do not the sameI chemical
elements enter into the composition
of our blood Is yours, Haye We not
the same %sympathies. affections and
feelings for our wives and children
that you have? Have we ever been
guilty Of robbery. forgery. bribery,
frauds. corruption. dishonesty, seduc-
ton and midnight arson, Have We
ever been declared rebels or outlaws,
either by the laws Of our state or u
try? Are we professional hypocrites,
violators of the sanctity, purity and
happiness of the domestic circle? Have
We any rights left or are we the slaves
OF aristocratic aristocracy7 Does the
fact of having filched fifty or sixty
thousand dollars from . certain rail-
way company carry with it the power
to any officials of any city to appoint o
hoodlum police force, load them down
with shot guns to halt, hold up, or
tsrrorize our wives, sons and daughters
without cause or provocation? Is this
law and order, justice and equity,
liberty and humanity! IL this q
sample Of our enlightened civ;lazatio On!
10 this the boasted LAND of the free
and home of the brave!" Is this the
ssylum of the oppressed, where das.
tardly towards are allowed and in
structed to hold us up. while attending
to our usual business avocstions, with
oil the bravado of highwayme en-! 10 it
bravery on your part. when you see
us engaged in \ life and death struggle
with a soulless corporation for our
homes and families and . more ele-
waited humanity, to take sides against
US and crush US! Will it be a source
of enjoyment or satisfaction to your
Christian souls to hear the last expir-
ing vail of humanity as it ascends to
God for vengeance from the groaning.
toiling millions? Is t any wonder that
Christianity languishes when our
preachers are sacrificing humanity on
the altar Of the golden calfy' Truly
the mills Of the gods grind slowly. but
they grind exceeding fine" Will 1t be
any wonder if in the near future some
Of our Goldfish aristocracy shall find
themselves between the upper and
neither milestone?
We glory in the name of strikers!
Patriots. loyalists and liberty-loving,
freedom-seeking men and women of
all ages and G.mes have been strikers.
1t was strikers who were enabled to
throw of the tyranical yoke Of OPP
preston and plant the glorious stars
and stripes owe what should be .
land of freedom.
We strike for the rights of humanity
We strike for our homes and families.
We strike for a higher edut alton. We
strike for justice. liberty and equality.
and may the God of Justice strike
down the golden calf and its wor.
shippers!
We only ask that the company's
officials maintain tho same dignity and
sobriety which have characterized the
actions of the strikers. and We feel
assured that no trouble will ensue.
but We IS citizens shall avail ourselves
Of our privileges a. such to defend our
lives and our families from the fury of
a drunken mob. STRIKERS.
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