The Labor enquirer., 1886-06-05
passed some most patriotic "whereases.'

clans and military, and so put the thing
through that for one DAWN the year at
least the whole of the 100000 odd citi.
zens here shall listen to nothing bu
labor speeches. labor songs. labor per-
formannces at the theaters, and SO forth,
and that upon bottom principles too
We are sending copies of the preamble
and resolutions to all the Central Labor
Unions in the United States, and we
have some considerable hope that, as
the times are very ripe, they may be in
duced to start a similar movement in
every city of the Union, 80 that, IN the
words of our invitation, "the people Of
this and every other country may know
that labor in America is united and
awake" We believe that all earnest
workers will appreciate the Importance
of centralizing, as it were, and summing
up on. this, the most conspicuous day in
our calendar, the agitation of the past
twelve months. The Fourth of July is
quite as important to Socialists in Amer.
lea, as the anniversary of the Commune
On Sunday last, upon the water front
Rudetzky, ALVIN J. Warren, Hermann
Wolfgetten, Francis Martin and Charles
P. Clough, Anarchists, ", re arrested
the first being charged with using vul-
gar language and carrying concealed
weapons; the second with obstructing
the highway and using vulgar language
and the others with obstructing the
street. They have all, with the excep
ton of Clough demanded a jury trial
and are now out on bail. RudetzkY was
first arrested; rescue was then at
tempted with the results stated above
This is of course in the line of the policy
now being generally adopted by the au
thorities of suppressing Anarchy. II
may be added that they knew before
hand that they would be arrested if they
pursued the tactics of the previous Sun.
day, but presumably regarded it as a
question of martyr6om for principles
sake. A copy of The ENQUIRER was
found upon one of the arrested. and
filed, according to capitalistic authority
with infammatorY articles.
A most enthusiastic meeting was held
on the eleventh, the anniversary of the
Mussel Slough massacre, at Hanford, un-
der the auspices of the I. w. A. and the
Federated Trades. Over 1000, by fal
the largest number ever gathered TO-
gether in that thinly peopled district
were present. and were addressed by
Comrades J. P Cosgrave: w. P. Dear
dorf, and DR.. J. Schellhous. The last
named comrades speech was reported
in fall III the Stockton Mail and is admir-.
able reading. Comrade Cosgrave mod
estly suppressed his own remarks.
The San Francisco BARRIERS held mos
enthusiastic meeting on Sunday last
about 500 being present, aud formed 8
union in connection with the Federated
Trades. Comrades P. Ross Martin
Owen and several delegates from the K
of L. addressed the meeting. Comrade
Hoch, of San Rafael, was appointed
president, and another of our gooC
friends secretary.
The butchers have also organized
within the past week; federation O.
the building trades has been, and on
of the maritime trades will soon be
effected.
From all this it will be evident t.
your readers that organization thrives
and this also applies to the Chimes
question. am in position to state
that throughout California far close
organization is being effected by tn
nonpartlsan, anti-Chinese eXecutiv
committee than outsiders have any lde
Of Civil suits have already been com
menced in more thau one quarter agains
boycotters, and criminal proceedings
will doubtless come quite soon enough
to prove the stuff that all this organiza
ton is really made Of
| need not say that our speakers arr
IN ceaseless demand and if you have il
Denver any speakers yearning for al
audience, we can safely guar rantee then
by the dozens. This ls more, an
happy to say, than the politicians at this
present date can do. |. w. A.
P. S.-From the London Commonwea
of the eighth instant clib the follow
ing: "Such associations as that Of the
Yorkshire miners $4,000 strong) are tht
future sol; for the seed of Socialism
One of these days we shall be wise anC
strong enough to organize regular cru
sade among these men. and to win then
from meagre radicalism to sturdy So
clalism" The foregoing was, unless
am greatly mistaken, written by Kar
Marks daughter, and is added as com
mentarY upon the work we have taker
so vigorously IN hand here, as desert bee
above. |. W. A.
SAN Francisco, May 26.
CLEVELAND, June 3.-The Knights O
Labor convention is over, and the gen
eral assembly at 5 o'clock this evening
sfter ten days session, adjourned sine
die. An address was issued to the
trades unions, before adjournment, also
to the Granders, complimenting then
| nd hai oil