Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-02
AN APPEAL.
Tke LEGAL Knights OF Labor Assemblies
OF The Reading Railway Issue
an Appeal to the People.
CoIein, Gould and tho Cspisalistic fzsss
DsnouDced-rhe Laborfng hisn
Incftad to RevenXs.

| NEW YORK, Jan. IA conference oil
dele gates from the local Knights OF L..
ber assemblies Of the Reading Railway
system was held here yesterday and is
sued an appeal ITO the workmen and
worK women of America and outside OF
it," to support the Reading strikers by
contributions, declaring the fight theirs
ss well. It was very bitter 10 its de-
annexation of the management, chargir e
it with deception, bad faith and plum der.
1t declares that the management Of the
road had been In negotiation with the
Brotherhood OF Engineers Cor two weeks
to supply engineers In case CT strike :;
that they subsidized employment agencies
and kept hundreds OF men on hand to
take The strikers places, aud being thus
fortified forced the issue. The employees
are urged to cast aside petty iealousies
and qusrrels and consider that Ii is fight
to disrupt the organization Of the Knighfs
of Labor. 1t says that every corporation,
the law, the Plnkertors, the police, the
press, the military powers, are against
them, and that the Industrious part OF til e
nation, who earn their bread by honest
labor, should be with them. Isexpresees
confidence in the militis, who are work
ing men In many cases. and says: "Fheir
muskets are loaded and they have colonies
and captains" Il proceeds: Grades
unions, socialists, anarchists, Knights of
Laborists and other lists who are inter-
ssted in bringing out the more equitable
condition OF society are invited and
requested to join hands with US in strik-
ing down the system whose representa-
tives at all times have combined to crush
US. Il ever the workingmen had reason
to combine there is reason row. If in
dustry had cause to rebel there Is now
sufficient cause. Our m0nsTch Is money.
Our Caesars are the Corbins and Goulds.
From their entertainments We all suffer.
from their aggressiOns we must protect
Curselves.n
Extracts are then given from articles
published in the Chicago Tribune, New
York Herald and other papers to show
that the press is sgsipst the Knights aud
in favor of capital and it continues: 1.-TWO
thousand men who appreciate the situa
ton csn with ease cause these bireiipg
editors to regret that they suggested the
best means of ersdicatiUg an evil from
society. They threaten Us. We have
reason TO believe that the threat would
be put in execution had their masters
the power OF execution. Have We those
2000 men in the great com mercisl cities,
Minneapolis, Chicago and New York, WIZ
for the sake Of humanity, are prepared
to Get in concert to prove to the hirellng
editors and their masters, that having
drawn the sword they must be prepared
to take the consequence Yes, we have
those 1000 and We know they will act.
Then Messrs. Corbin, Gould and editors
cast your die. Our metropolis of the new
world Can boast of its 100000 idle men
with starvation at their doors.
Every large city in this free slsnd can
ooasL of similar condition. All, but
Mr.. Corhin and his ilk will say I'VE know
it, For this very reason do we make
var on you, believing this hunger will
pit them against your organization.
Yes, Mr.. Corbin & Co., the times have
changed. The great majority Of those
thousands have tasted the bitterness
of the vile use you have made
of them when it suited your purposes.
To-day they are the despised of society.
rhev owe nothing but vengeance to you,
Messrs. Corbin, Gould & Co., who are the
representatives OF society to dsy in your
madness, but success is arousipg the
slumberipg demon. We have nothing to
lose but our chains"