The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-05-08

strikers arc stationed, each man
standing gard with military reg.
ularity, aud each guard beng re-
lievcd every five hours. Their
business is to harras the Conpany's
cars, hoOt the drivers, keep passen
gers from getting on the cars, if
possible, &c, &c. Suppose the
/ Co. have new man. not u Knight
of Labor. He works for the Co,
drives a car. 1000 police guard
the route that one travels. They
can and do protect him. But hc is
harrassed every opportunity can
not get meal. or Il glass of beer,
without the strikers spottIng him,
aud then warning the saloon keep
cr not to sell, or they will boycott
him. If his wife tries to buy bread
Cr bacon. the storc keeper is'warned
not to sell, or lie will be boycotted.
Her landlord Is warned to compel
her to vaca c her lttle home. or he
will be boycottcd, which means
denial OF food and shelter, and re
ductiUn almost to tho condition of
IL leper of old. And so it goes on
in all its vast ramiticatiol s, all the
power of the vast organization be
ing concentrated on one particular
idea. And then, trade is ut Il stand
still, business paralyzcd. in some
branches almost extinct, while
vast as the country is, boundlesS as
| its resources seemingly are, each
and all are in Il measure, cribbed
and confined. | don't doubt, my
dear Major, that you have wonder
ed at all this III your exchanges,
and doubtless you have said
where, now, is the fourth estate {?
where is the voice Of the Press m
this NatIonal calamity 2" ALI the
fourth estate is dependent upon, ali
its ideas are conferred upon the gov
erning symbols.
So much is depcndant on the is
sue of the veXatlouS conflict, that
until it can be on the winning side
the Press very wisely says moth
ing, and uses the pencil OF the re-
porter, instead OF the pen OF the
editor.
In contrast to all this, there is
the other side Of the question. In
Texas, ireightmen and brakemen
have been getting but 70 cts. per
day, not enough to get II square
meal in Texas, it | may trust my
memory. On the Erie r. r. in
this State, the same class Of labor
is paid $l.1 per day. OF course,
this means, where the men have to
support families, Insufficient food,
1 the scanicSt clothing, the meanest
lodgings, with all the attendant
evils, which increase as the burden
G 'ows heavier. and the wears roll on
Then, recently, the several coal
companies met together in Il cosy
var.or, aid cooEy raised the price
of coal 20 cts. perton. They will,
it i understood, raise the prlce an
other 20 c;s. in the course of II
week or two, and it is rumored that
the next tall will sec coal advan,e
still another 25 cts and this last
advance will take from the pockets
of the people on the seaboard and
Middle States, some IS to 20 mil
lions of money. And, they nave
the right to do this; no law will
c,mpcl them 10 sell their coal al
lower figures so long as they do not
prevent ancther's selling.
Thon the Union Ferry Co. whose
boats ply between our twin cities,
New York and Brooklyl,are anoth
or great monopoly, another exam
pie of the power Of money, winch
has worked the pres e1l fever OF The
: workingmen. Starting from q
small beginning, they rapid,
waxed wealthy, declared great div