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The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13
A wANToN MASSACRE.
The True History Of the Bay View Muir.
ders Given Away by The Capt.
talistic Press.

MILWAUKEE. Oct.E22.-AIl of the repub.
Iican speakers, including Senator
spooner, use the riot issue only where
they have reason to think it will do
them good. In this city, for instance,
they have nothing to say on that subject,
but let them address crowd of farmers
at county fair and thev depict in lurid
language he desperate perils from which
Rusk and handful of badly disciplined
militia saved this city. So far as Rusk's
campaign rests upon this riot issue it is
the basest fraud that was ever perDe-
trated upon the people Of Wisconsin.
There was no riot here. and if the shoot
ing of tie militia upon an unarmed
crowd of workingmen had occurred at
any other time than 1t did, when the
world was horror-stricken bv the use Of
dynamite in Chicago, it is not at all
probable that the men who ordered it
to be done would have escaped the PEN
itentiary. 1t was an unprovoked attack
upon men who had no warning of dam
ger and who had no Intention of menac-
ing property or life.
So much has been said on this subject
that it may be we'll to recall the circum-
stances of that shooting. The strike
then in progress was for eight hours. A
company or two Of militia we're stationed
at the Bay View rolling mills, where
the strikers had been fir g to 60 and
come ever since the trouble began. Ru-
mors of all kinds were in circulation,
and civil as we'll as military officers felt,
in view of the blood disturbances in
Chicago, that. as the eyes of the country
were on them, it was necessary for them
to do something valient. 1t so happened
that procession # strikers, carving an
American flag, was approaching with
banners inscribed, Eight Hours" and
when this orderly body came within
1,5OO feet of the rolling mill it ls said
that a command to halt was given.
Whether this is so or not nobody knows,
but it is known that it was not heard by
the marchers, who continued in their
way until stopped by a fusillade. The
whole population of that suburb was out
viewing the parade. and there Was no
more danger of lawlessness than there is
in an ordinary Fourth of July process
sion. Not single shot from the guns of
the militia hit the members of the trade
unions on parade, but several of the by
ISLANDERS, little school boy included,
were shot. This is the Anarchy" Of
which the world has heard SO much,
and on the strength of which Rusk is
now demanding reelection. 1t was a
waEton massacre by a hot headed 9TH
cial who, laboring under the excite msnt
emanating from Chicago, might have
been guilty of a much greater atrocity.
Tor. Chicago Herald.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13

his aid that we may be spared the pay ]
ment; yet be able and willing to SUN /
mon an iron courage that shall strike of
the industrial chain. break the fetter
that shackles labor, proclaim liberty
again and re-establish justice. without
shedding one drsp Of. Christian or pagan
blood,
This can be done. though it may not
be. The solution lies with organized
and unorganlzed labor. It possesses .
baton that can command the music to
which politicians must dance--a wand
whose magic power ctn make or un-
make presidents, governors or legisla-
tors, who are the creatures of pitalIstic
desaotism. vet they gave it birth and
power that can compel the politicians to
grappIe this industrial tyrant. environ
him with statutes that will compel a
feeding upon himself until he shall be-
come harmless and docile as lamb. no
longer master, but servant of the toiler.
The potency lies IN the ballot
The ballot! Use it wisely and the
history of this new conflict need not be
traced in blood. or the story of new
Appomattox written on pages blurred
with widows and orphans tears. Ig-
more the ballot, keep up the cry of mo
politlcsn and the struggle for human
rights can only be gained through the
lurid light Of the French Revolution,
whose history would never have been
y ritten, had the masses had the power
to right their wrongs, that lies within
the control of the producers of this re-
ballot. We implore labor
to test its power.
Apply this last without reserve
Free this mine of moral dynamite !!
The explosion will command hllt that
capitalism will heed. .-
Then industry shall see the star that
shall guide it out of bondage.
Then despotism will. be displaced by
true liberty and iustice-giviHg to capi-
tai its rights-and nothing more, to
laborers their rights-but nothing less.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13
Souls Saved, Men Lost.
For the Enquirer.

For the Enquirer.
DENVER, Nov. GAIL institutions
should se judged by their results. and
it would be very unfair to scrutinize
them too closely, until they have been
allowed sufficient length of time to adopt
means to an end. Eighteen hundred
and eighty-six years is a long time to
test, the usefulness of an institution
winch claims to be the divinely ap-
pointed means for renoyatlng fallen
world. t
Generation after generation have
passed away, and yet to close observer,
the work is as far from being accom-
pushed as when it was at first instituted.
1t is reasonable enough to begin to in.
quire the reason of this failure. Is it
because life is too short to finish the
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13
Parsons Speech.

The eloquent address delivered bv A,
r. Parsons before the Jury in the An
archist trial, has been printed in paInph-
let form, and will be sold at 8 cents per
COPY. The money raised by the sale of
these pamphlets will be devoted To the
trial expenses.
This speech, which held SPELL oound
the court, prosecution, jurv and audi
ence, should be read by every American
citizen: as a contribution TO the labor
movement it is without superior.
Those desiring copies can get them, IN
any quantity, BY writing to the Chicago
Labor Press Association, rs and IS Fifth
auenue, Chicago.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13
DANGER AHEAD.
Felix Adler sees Trouble In the Present
Aspect Of the Labor
Movement.

A Sun report says: "Fe lix Adler
spoke Yesterday in Chickerlng hall on
the subject, Is there danger of a conflict
between classes Among other things
he said :
II see signal danger in the present
aspect of the labor movement. do not
blame workingmen for making begin
ming in the political labor movement,
but I do not think that movement
should be recruited entirely from one
class. Nor do believe their best and
most trusted leaders are animated by
class bias. believe they are working
for the good of the commonwealth.
"If one class is attacked by chronic
discomfort the whole body is sick. There
come occasional growls from laborers,
BONE of whom are mischievous spirits,
longing to wreak vengeance by them
selves becoming oppressors of their op-
pressors. Lest this virus should spread
what are we to do? We are ourselves
to blame that it exists. answer, the
labor question should not be permitted
to remain solely the business Of laborers
to solve. You should not let the laborel
feel that he is alone. Join his forces and
help Linn solve the question.
"The main thing is to take away work.
ing peoples impression that they are
alone. We must do mission work among
them. Every employer who treats his
employees fairly is missionary. 1t i.
true that employees are often tyrannous
and exacting in using their new found
power, vets fair employer command
the respect of his men. This persona
relation is bond and bridge. and b,
who cultivates this bond deserves vel
of his country. The movement of whicl
We now see the beginning Is the van
guard of movement which will becom
in the end far-resching triumph.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13

work commenced, or is the means not
adapted to the result sought. or have
they been treating the effect while the
cause has been oyerlooked7 We think
the latter.
The Christian churches have very
largely failed in their divine mission,
because thev have been pursuing phan-
tom or myth. They set out to save
souls" or something they knew verv
little or nothing about, when they were
commissioned by the Master to 90 and
save men. And in pursuing the myth.
they have lost sight of the sman" who
was made in the image of God. The
"soulD Of the man has been the object of
their care, and often killing the "msnn
under the prstense Of saving his soul.
Had the church and its ministers shown
the same love for man, woman and child
as they professed to have for their souls.
the man and the woman would not
have been in the deplorable condition
in which they are found to-dav. Have
you ever saved soul to YOUR own Ger
tain knowledge and not saved the man
1t is all nonsense to speak about "love
of souls" about which you know noth-
Ing, and allow the man and woman to
be enslaved, about whom you know SO
much and care SO little.
Is it not about time for the church to
call halt, ani change its tactics or
modes of working7 We think tits. If
there was little m re self-sacrifice on
the part of protesting Christians. to pre-
vent SO many of their k nd from being
offered up as a sacrifice on the affairs of
Mammon; If they would only wait for a
moment In their propaganda to consider
the results obtained, and be silent on
the sufferings Of our Lord Jesus c lrist
long enough to take into consideration
the hunger and WEAKNESS. the naked
ness and misery of our own kith and
kin, and in reference to whome He said:
"Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of
the least of these nv brethren We did it
not unto me !" had Je us Christ endured
the slow torture, the lingering death
from daily starvation, the constant, cruel
treatment that men and women and
helpless children receive from the greed
of the worshipers of Mammon, I think
His love for the race would not have
sustained him to the end.
Ye ministers Hf Christ and profes.
sional men, partly educated &C the ex.
pense of the people, and ought to be re-
garded as the conservators of Ihe rights
of the poor and ignorant, why did you
stand bv and witness the stealings of the
national banks? Why did you h1ll
your peace and not lift up YOUR vol Q as
a trumpet upon the usury inflicted upon
our poor, by which they were daily being
robbed of their all aud reduced to state
of slavery? And by your silence you
become partakers in their crimes.
The people can now see your remiss-
ness, and as a matter Of course distrust
your professed interest in their welfare,
hover much you may have loved their
souls" and have tried to save them. Men
and women that are every year becom-
ing more and still more enslayed, who
find it harder to live and make both
ends meet, whose feet feel less secure
upon this earth, and are sinking deeper
in poverty, and are struggling for dear
life to mold on, have no lime to think of
soul" in their effort to hDld Into "life."
THOMAS YOUNG.
The Labor enquirer., 1886-11-13
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I1-4-4t
, 1886-09-26
PANIED OUT WRONG.
A Clerks Method of Growing
Rich With Ease
Pans Out Disastrously to
Somebody Else.
Arrival of Justin Mccarthy
in America.
A CONFIDENTIAL Clerk sk,ps.

New YORK, Sept. 25.-The lfua and
EcpreSs says: 1t was reported this after
noon that the suspension of John NJ.
Moore d Co.. bankers and brokers', of
No. ~ Broadway, as announced in the
Mol and Express on THURSDAY, was the
result of irregularities on the part of a
trusted employe Of the house. At Moore
q Co. s Office it was admitted that such
was the fact bnt the name Of the offender
was withheld. II was ascertained that
some months back the firm took into their
employ n young man aged 81, who had
up to that time resided in a western city.
lie brought with HIM to the metropolis &
method Of growing rich with ease and
rapidlty, and without expenditure of CAPT
tai. Having nc faith in the rise of stocks,
he cached the conclusion that euch of
the firm customers who gave orders to
buy should sell instead. aud on numerous
orders for long account he gave directions
for selling short, without the knowledge
OF the firm. Finding the market going
against him. he left the city a few days
notifying the firm by letter that his
hedging process, which had been car
ried on for some weeks, had panned out
disastrously and that the firm, according
to his calculations. would find themselves
short some $50, 900. An examination Of
the books revealed the fact that the firm
has thus far sustained a loss of close on to
800, 900. The whereabouts of the con-
fdential CLERK are unknown. The loss oc.
casioned by the clerk 5 speculation falls
upon the firm alone. They expect to re-
business in a few DAYS.
, 1886-09-26
EATHER


The minimum temperature OF the sea-
son at this station was reached yesterday
morning, the mercury falling to 34a. ac-
%eompanied by the first light frost of the
season also. The maximum for the day
was 6So and mean, 52'. High south
erly winds prevailed, reaching the maxi
mum of20 miles. The temperature still
continues to fail, the average for yester-
day being 50 lower than for the previous
day. The most remarkable feature OF the
reports yesterday, is the amount of rain
fail in the Missouri and Mississippi val
leys; every station, from St. Paul to Gal
weston, reports rain in the past twenty
four hours, the heaviest fall being 2
inches at Des Moines. The temperature
and pressure are auetuating, and very
tickle weather is still promised for a few
days.
, 1886-09-26
SPARKS r THE WIRES.
More slight shocks at Charleston.

More slight shocks at Charleston.
Parliament has been %prorogued until
Nov. II.
Rome has established a cholera quar-
antine against Sardinia.
Hostilities are imminent in Madagascar
between the Hovas and the French.
Bulgaria remains in a state of siege
and antl-Russian feeling is on the in
crease.
The reserve increase of the New York
banks during last week is reported at ST.
377,
Cholera is spreading rapidly in the
southern towns of Austria. and has
reached Vienna.
John B. Taylor, treasurer OF the Penn
sylvania Railroad company. died yesterday
at Philadelphia.
A schooner is reported wrecked near
Fort Arthur, Manitoba. Two bodies have
been washed ashore.
After providing for a dividend of IA per
cent, the Rock Island Railroad company
still has a surplus Of SIPS, 600.
Narten Allen, of South Carolina, has
peen appointed custodian of the aban-
Mont.
1t Is announced hat Oct. 2S, has been
selected as the day for the formal ~inauru.
ration Of the Bartholdi statue in New
York harbor.
The exact date of the race between the
Mayfower and the Galatea depends upon
the breeze, as it has been agreed to be run
during a high wind.
, 1886-09-26

DETROIT, Sept, PA FREQ Press Reed
City special says: A terrific thunder storm
commenced at 4 o'clock yesterday after
and lasted until Q p. M. Christie
pher Gabel barn was struck by lightning
and consumed, together with this seasons
crops, involving a loss OF $1,000. The
Grand Rapids d Indiana railroad have
had a bad washout half a mile north of
the depot and the track is undermined for
hall a mile between Reed City and Grape.
On Hersey river the food carried away
everything. Gingerich's dam, north of
here, was washed out at Q o'clock and the
rush Of water cleared the way. Morris &
Martins and p. x j. Bitnc-'s dam, at
this place. and the dam at Hersey is also
gone, The Flint Il Pere Marquette rail-
road has a number Of washouts east and
west of here. Their bridge about two
miles cast has been moved out of position.
besides damage to the stone work from
the settling of the foundation, At Cop
ley the lightning struck a tree which tell
on the house. killing a child and badly in
juring its mother-names unknown. The
loss in this section is estimated at $780,
O00 Trains will be delayed several days.
, 1886-09-26

OMAHA, Sept. 25.-Last evening. about
$50 O'Clock, the elevator in the Omaha
National bank, when making a descent
rom the top story, dropped from the
second to the first floor. There were three
telegraph operators in it at the time, two
Of them being ladies, Miss THAN and Miss
Rhodes, the third being Mr.. James Clute.
The elevator has been in n poor condition
for several days back. and, this morning,
was known to act badly, raising its loads
only with difficulty because of its leaky
condition. The cause of the drop, it is
presumed, was the leaking of the water
on a sudden which allowed the cab to fall,
crushing in the floor and shaking mp
the occupants to a rather alarming ex-
tent. None Of them, however, were sori.
ously injured.
, 1886-09-26
Endorsing Kate Field.

SALT LAKE, Sept 25.-At a meeting
of the James B. Mexican post, Grand
Army of the Republic, here last night, a
preamble and resolutions were adopted
appreciative of the thorough work done by
Kate Field in investigating Mormonism
and Of her subsequent labors against the
monster; closing, hat with gratitude to
her, we cordially and earnestly commend
Kate Field to our commander in chief as
the one especially fitted to present the
facts il the case, through the Grand Army
Of the Republic, to the country. and re-
specially request that he commend her
in her good work to III comrades every
where.
, 1886-09-26

SorLA, Sept. 25.-lt is stated that
when Prince Alexander was still in power,
Mr.. Mackay, the American millionaire.
offered to advance 4 large loan to the
bulgarian government.
Gen. kaulbars, the bearer OF the Rus
sian ultinatEm, will declare that the ac-
ccptance of the ultimatum will alone res-
tore good relations between Bulgaria and
Russia. 1t is expected hat If the Bul-
garian government does not comply with
R.ssia's demands, Gen. Kaulbars will
Immediately return to st. Petersburg.
The assertion is made in political circles
that the grand sobranie will elect King
Charles, of Roumania, prince Of Bulgaria
in reward for Roumania' srecent friendly
attitude. The election of King Charles
will, it is thought, be agreeable to Servia,
because it will be calculated to realize the
formation of the Balkan federation. 1t
is further asserted that if the powers do
not accept King Charles, Alike Pasha. or
one Of the Orleans princes, OF, as a final
resort, the Russian general Ignatieff will
be proposed. \ state of siege will he
raised on the 2nd of October, 50 that the
elections may be held.
, 1886-09-26
Justin McCarthv,s ARRIVAL.

New YORK, Sept. 25.-Justin McCar
thy, who arrived here this afternoon on
the White Star steamer Britannia. was
met down the bay by a committee of re-
ception on a revenue cutter. Mccarthy
talked freely and said in regard to the
defeat Of Gladstone home rule measure
that he was quite prepared for it, and was
surprised that there was not a greater
majority against it. The people were now
anxious to see what Chamberlain would
do. He did not think that Harrington
Ind carried as many with him as il was
thought he would do, and he believed it
would be found that the secessionists
would fall away from the ranks of Sails
bury when they found they had received
no appointments. If eviction was pressed
in Ireland he thought there might be indi-
vldual disturbances there, but there would
be no organized political troubles. because
the Irish people understood the position
Of affairs perfectly.
As to the suppression of the National
League, that could never take place, be-
cause it was an English as well as an Irish
institution, and it would require an act OF
parliament to bring this to pass, which
would be very difficult of accomplishment,
as they numbered eighty six Home Rulers
and would be sure to have a great many
Radicals with them.
There was something sail about an or
gained attempt on behalf Of the Irish
people, to avoid the payment of their
rents. He did not believe anything of the
kind would occur. OF course, in some
cases, i, would be impossible for the peo-
pie to pay their rent, as they were without
means.
In speaking OF the appointment of a
commission TO inquire as to the tenure
and purchase of land in Ireland mentioned
in the queen 5 speech to day, he said that
was one Of the many ways the Tories had
of evading the question, and that it only
meant delay to enable them to formulate
some definite plan for dealing with the
Irish question.
As TO his return to Europe Mccarthy
said he intended 10 be back for the open
ing of parliament on the 9th of February.
He had not come here on any political
mission of any kind. but TO give political
lectures for his WI purpose. He had
come rs a literary man, rather than a
politician, aud intended 10 lecture on the
English House of Parliament, the
Irish National Cause, English Poll.
tics, and one or two other subjects,
and endeavor to give the American people
a fair view of things on the other
side. The Irish people, he added, felt
perfectly satisfied with the defeat Of Glad
stones measure, and seemed disposed to
call it a victory rather than a defeat.
Mccarthy spoke of the admiration
which Gladstone and Parnell had for
each other, and said Parnell believed i'm
plicitly In Gladstono's power to give the
Irish people what they sought if he lived.
, 1886-09-26

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-An impor-
tant case, affecting the public lands of the
city OF Monterey, Cal which has been
pending in the general land office for e V
eral years, has been declded by Commits
sioner Sparks in favor of the city. Com
missioner Sparks has also instructed local
land officers in New Mexico in the case of
certain Navajo Indians, who long occu-
pied a canyon in that territory, that the
lands embraced within the area of the In
dian settlement were excepted from the
grant to the Atlantic 4 Pacific Railroad
company, and his directed that the ap-
plication of the Indians to make home
stead entries on such lands to be allowed.
, 1886-09-26
1. o. o. F.

BosToN. Mass, Sept. 25.-Last night S
session OF the Sovereign Grand lodge of
Odd Fellows did not close until midnight.
1t was ordered that after the LIST of Jan
uary, 1887, all anctons shall be required be
procure uniforms before being mustered;
that officers shall be elected on the night
before the 10Th of April and that clerks
shall report the same to the adiutant of
the battalion and adiutants through the
brigade and divisions to the adiutant gen.
eral OF the army. Provision was made
for the expense Of the department. The
report OF Gen. Underwood was then
adopted. The Sovereign Grand lodge was
called to order at Q o'clock this morning,
Mr.. White in the chair. A resolution
that the Sovereign Grand lodge will not
be responsible for any debts or contracts
of the Patriarchs unless authorized by the
Grand lodge, was laid on the table.
The Grand lodge accepted the PROPOSE
ton of the order in Columbus. o., to
give the second floor of the Odd Fellows
temple for the offices of the Sovereign
Grand lodge and a committee of three in
connection with grand officers was ap
pointed to make all necessary contracts
and releases involved in the removal OF
the Office from Baltimore to Column
bus. A resolution requiring proof sheets
of the revi ell ritual of the degree
Of Rebecca to be submitted before being
published, was adopted. Various reso-
lutions of thanks to local lodges, the gov
ernor, mayor, and citizens, were unani
mously adopted. The following legisla-
ton was adopted:
In lieu Of other regalia, members of
grand lodges may wear a scarlet ribbon
and members of the grand arrangements
purple ribbon.
The Grand lodge was then adjourned
and the session of 1886 was closed.
, 1886-09-26

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