Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-11-29

hope it won't continue so, as the CompaD
are expecting new contracts every day.
Mr.. T. F. Wash, paymaster of the s. G
Co.. made flying trip to Syenite last Frida,
and Saturday.
| The remodeling of Workmen's Halls pro
crossing slowly but surely, and, If completed
IN time, We understand the GranitevilI.
Brass Band will give a Mask Ball on Xma:
Eve, of which further particulars will be
given later on.
| While Mr.. Charles Schneider was return
ing home one evening last week, he was
stopped by three masked men and robbed Of
| twelve or fifteen dollars, and till yet no clew
| TO the robbers has been found, and probably
will not be, as he could not recognize any o.
| them.
A party of six or seven, headed by Bud
SwIney and his hounds, went out yesterday
on deer drive, and it was dear drive, too
about capturing any.
We haye still little more to say in regard
to the recent election, and it is this: There
is scarcely congressional district in these
United States where there are not enough OF
the laboring class to elect or defeat any
member for Congress, whether he be accept
able or Objectionable to either of the two old
parties, and We'll take for instance the case
of Hon. John j. O'Neil, chairman of the
Committee on Labor of the last, or fiftIeth
congress; the most fearless champion of the
Vii Of k,o y,Lo
who has always fought down combinations
and trusts To his utmost, and how has he
been rewarded for his manly efforts! To
the contrary, he has been defeated in his
district, where nine-tenths of the voters are
wage-workers, and they have elected in his
stead man who is as uniting to represent
district Of men who have to earn their
bread by the sweat of their brow ,as Baaam's
ass. Talk about shame and disgrace! If it
hasn't been brought to bear in Mr.. O'Neil's
district, then we acknowledge ourselves not
capable of comprehending what shame and
disgrace are. And this is not the only case
wherein the wage-workers have cut their
own Threats. There's Representative Ray
ner, of Maryland, who is also chairman of
an important committee which reported to
the House the Postal Telegraph bill, and he
defended the measure against the supporters
of corporations and combinations and other
opponents of the bill, from first to last, and
still the wage workers of Mr.. Rayer's dis
trict allowed him to be defeated. But, above
all. the most shameful case of them all in our
estimation is the ease of Congressman Ford,
of Michigan, chairman of the committee on
immigration that was appointed to investi-
gate the contract labor law; and he did it so
well that the moneyed elements of his dis
trict. which he fought to the bitter end, used
every effort with their Doodle to have Melvin
I'll. Ford defeated, which they did, and We'll
venture to say ninety nine out Of every hum
dred Of them are pulling their hair for al
lowing their labor representative to be de-
feated, and thus adding these three repre-
sentative friends of the laboring man to the
list of men who have been murdered, as it
were, in the house of their friends. And so
on throughout the whole country. The re-
suit of the recent election shows that nearly
every congressman who has, during the last
taken an interest in legislating laws
for the benefit Of the laboring man, has met
with defeat, too, and by the very men they
were serving. We ask the question, is 1t any
wonder that politicians look with suspec-
ious eye upon labor reformers? We think
ers have no excuse to offer for our defeated
friends and congressman, O'Neil, Raynor,
Ford, Ciardy, and numerous others. The
sweeping declarations of these victorious
like Mr.. Kinsey, were that
if Dir. Harrison was elected higher wages
would surely be the result, and now that
they have been elected those promises ought
to be fulfilled Immediately, as the winter is
drawing nigh. and we are in need Of all the
money we can get just now to prepare our
selves from the chilly blasts; and although
we do not expect much directly from the
promises Of the little demagogues in the
field, we do from the national committees
who have made these promises through
their campaign literature, ahd we can't but
expect them to be redeemed. But here is
about the way these promises will be made
goods like the Higgins Carpet Manufacture
ers of New York. They had about / 200 men
previous to the election, and those
employees were asked to support Mr.. Harri-
son and Morton, which they did. They par
aded the streets in professions, and on No
vember 9th cast their ballots for the gentle
men who cry protection against moderate
reduction of the tariff, and the result is, on
last week the Higgiuses discharged 900 of
their employees, simply because they belong
ed to labor organization! Call this protec-
ton, Ell? Yes, it is; but, contrary to their
promises of higher wages, it is simply no
ages at all.
Charlie Reno accidentally slipped and fell
from scaffold in the polishing mill to day,
the left elbow and receiving a
nasty cut on one Of his hands; also sprain.
ing his left knee badly. DR.. Farrar was
called in pretty shortly, and fixed him up as
well as could be under the circumstances.
Roh't Trauernicht has daughter very
sick with pneumonia, but at present she is
slowly.
Another man was hurt in the quarry to-
day, but we did not learn his name or the
nature of the accident, but hope it is nothing
serious, however. Yours, Truly,
Nov. Goth, 1888. SNUX.
Iron Mountain News.