The Labor enquirer., 1886-10-30
Labor Notes.

OHARLESTONi OCb. H. u0 DouVh OH'
DINA synod, in session at Cheraw, has
rpouested Professor Woodrow. who is
accused of teaching the doctrine of evo-
luton, to resign his chair in the Theo-
logical seminary.
Tramps are so mum arous and trouble
some around Santa Clara, California,
that a vigilance committee has been
formed for the purpose Of driving them
out of the country.
\ home for the family of the late
Urah S. Stevens, founder of the Knights
Of Labor, is to be purchased in Phlla-
drlphia by the General Executive Board.
LONDON, Oct. 25.-The crofters of Kill
mui-, Isle of Skye, attacked force OF
police who were assisting the sheriff to
make eyictions aud the military had to
be called. 1t was necessary to charge
the crofters with bayonets before thev
were dispersed. Several of them were
wounded and six we're arrested.
An English speaking section of the
>ocaIistic Labor party has been organ
zed in Bsston.
Three hundred employees of the RA-
cine Wagon and arrlage company have
struck because of the removal of John
Beck, assistant foreman Of the shipping
gang.
The day switchmen in the Louisville
L Nashville yards at Louisville have
omit work. They demand more ply.
\ Chicago firm has bankruDted itself
on convict labor at 81 cents day. Con-
Wet labor has become unpopular, and
goods made under this system do not
meet with the ready sales desired,
lHIrAGo, oct. 24-To protest against
tire verdict in the Anarchist trial 2O5
u.rn and % women assembled IN
>.na.Ts hall, in the town of Jefferson,
last evening. The speakers were Julius
HrAf,. Justice Fred Englehart, DR..
K.cin and others. Justice Engehart
~aIl that his position would indicate
t4at he was a servant of the law, but he
A-ayOwed anv connection lth that sort
IL. Aw under which these eight men
were convicted 1t was a judicial MUIR
l-r, and the Working classes would not
) and BY and see their patron saints
murdered.
LONDON, Oct. 24-The Social Demo
,rauc Federation has issued a manifesto
ID which it says: The unemployed are
certain to experience distress still more
severe than that experienced IN 1850.
II nest w0rkmen and their families are
Il ma.ei to hopeless struggle with star
Walton during the coming winter. The
1paltnv classes are responsible for a"-
I il neglect of the poor Oar rulers
could not but fear for themselves if they
.uli see the agony which selfish apa-
INV inhicts upon the producers OF
wealth. Snow them
y.,,r despair and their danger. Leave
your slums and follow the lord mayors
SOW on November 9, silently and sol
rLulv, in order to convince the rich as
they are driven to their banquet that
:Ae most munifcent charity on their
part can never plaster over the cancer
r.rIr mad greed Of wealth has planted
n the heart of our civilization"
LONDON, Oct. 22.-ReliahIe reports de
>.roe the condition Of southern Russia
i, dey1orable. Discomfort Is universal
The Nihllist propaganda is in more ac'
We and hourishing state than ever Dc
re- The prisons, especially those al
\.,olaietf, Odessa and EkaterlnosIaV are
...el to overh Jwing, and the prop 'rt'on
Officers and students comprising tnoSe
AHo are confined IN the prisons anu
g. Sc who are under police surveillance
- a source of much alarm to the authorl-
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