The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-07
In Which They State that the ToilerS Are in
Danger Of Becoming Slaves, and All Are
Invited to Help Put Jay Gould Down.
Mr.. Hoxie Says the Strike Is Practically
Ended and Business Resumed.
Trains Moving in All Directions and No 0ppo
sition 0ffered-The Fort Worth Knights
Resolve that They Are Law-Abiding.
APPEAL FROM THE KNIGHTS.
Workingmen Of the World Invited to Assist
in Crushing Jay Gould.

Workingmen Of the World Invited to Assist
in Crushing Jay Gould.
ST. Louis, April THE joint executive com
mittee board Of assemblies 101, 90 and IL, Knights
OF Labor, this afternoon issued the following ad-
dress:
ITO the workingmen of the World:
Friends and brothers, hear us. for we plead for
our right. Men or equity look upon us, for we
struggle against giants of wrong.
Mad with the frenzy OF pride and self-adula-
tion begotten, as it is, of the success of outrage
and infamy, there stands before US giant of ag-
gregated and incorporated wealth, every dollar
of which is built upon blood, injustice and out
rage That giant of corporate wealth has CEN
tralzed its power in, and is impersonated by,
the eager fend who gloats as he grinds the life
out of his fellow-men, and grimaces and dances
as they writhe upon his instruments of torture.
20, ye workingmen of America, who love
your liberty and your native land; ye great
creators OF wealth, who stand az the foundation
of all national good, look upon your brothers
to-day Gould, the giant hend, Gould, the
money monarch, is dancing, as he claims over
the grave of our order, over the ruin of our
homes, and the blight of our lives Before him
the world has smiled in beauty, but his wake is
graveyard Of hopes, cyclones path Of devas-
tation and death. Our strong arms have grown
weary in building the tower Of strength, and get
he bids US build On or die. Our young lives
have grown gray too soon beneath the strain of
unrequited constant toll. Our loved ones at
home are hollow-cheeked and pale with long and
weary waiting for better days to come. Nay,
moro than this, the graveyards are hiding his
victims from our longing eyes.
Brother workmen! the monster fend has
compelled some of US to toll in cold and rain for
i've and fifty cents day; others have been
compelled to yield their time for seventeen and
thirty weary hours for the pittance of nine
hours pay; others who have dared to assert
their manhood and rebel against his tyranny,
he has made solemn c0mpacts with the highest
authority in our order, and then has Dasely
refused to fulfill his pledge. He lives under and
enjoys all the benefits of republican form of
government. and yet advocates and perpetrates
the most debasing form Of white slavery He
robbed the rich and poor, the high and low, with
ruthless hand, and then appeals 70 corrupt and
purchased courts to help him take our little
homes away. He breaks our limbs and mains
our bodies. and then demands that we shall re-
lease him from every claim for damages or be
blacklisted forever he goes to our grocers and
persuades them not to give us credit because
we refuse to be ground in his human MILL He
turns upon uE horde Of lawless thugs who
shoot among our wives and children with deadly
intent, and then he howls for government help
when he gets his pay in coin alike.
"Fellow workingmen, Gould must be over
thrown. His giant power must be broken, or
you and must be slaves forever. The Knights
of Labor alone have dared to be q David to this
is not for to-morrow-but for the trooping gen.
erations in the coming ages Of the world, for our
children and our childrens children. 'Tis the
great question of the age-shall We in the COM
ing ages be nation of freemen or a nation of
slavesq The question must be decided now. The
chains are already forced that are to bind us.
Shall we wait until they are riveted upon our
limbs9 Nay, God forbid.
'sWorkmen Of the world! marshal yourselves
upon the battlefield Workmen Of every trade
ana cline. On to the fray! Gould and his mo-
nopoly must go down, or your children must be
slaves. Think of the little olive plants around
your hearthstones that will be blighted by his
curse. Think of the little home he is seeking to
rob you of. Think Of the wife from whose eyes
he has wrung foods of tears and from
whose heart he has tortured drops of
blood. Who can look calmly upon his rerfdy,
his outrage, and mis- crime2 For he has sought
to incite felony among our rank and file: he has
bought the peridy Of vile men to entrap the
unwary, that ne might stain our fair name and
gloat over our misfortunes. Once for all. fellow
work men, arouse! Let every hand thai tolls be
lifted to heaven and swear by Him that liveth
forever that these outrages must cease. Let
every heart and brow be turned toward our COM
mon foe, and let no man grow weary until. like
Goliath, our giant is dead at our feet
'EXECUTIvE BOARDS,
District Assemblies Nos 101, SO and H."