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The Labor enquirer., 1888-01-07
IN FIGHTING SHAPE.

A reduction in the size of the
ENQUIRER was deemed advisable
by the stockholders; consequently
it appears in its old and familiar
shape. The amount of reading
matter will not be materially de-
creased. The improbable matter
run in the paper since its enlarge
ment has been left out and in fu-
ture everything in the paper will
be devoid of chestnut flavor. The
reduction in the size also makes a
very appreciable reduction in the
running expenses, a very desirable
consummation.
In this connection it is desired
that the t1Itnds of the paper
those who has always worked
earnestly and tirelessly for its sup
port and success-be given a word
or two regarding the necessity of
extending the circulation, as from
that source, as has always been
the case, its support must come.
As is we'll known to all the
friends there has been a system
attic boycott kept up against this
paper for several months past in
this city. Everything that can be
The Labor enquirer., 1888-01-07
THE BOYCOTT AGAIN.

The systematic boycott inaugu-
rated against the Socialists during
the past summer by the wealthy
hall owners, who are seconded in
their base and cowardly methods
of suppressing free expression of
honest conviction, by a set of
Doodle labor" men, manifested
itself again last Sunday when the
agent of Lyceum hall refused the
use of it to the Socialists after it
had been regularly engaged and
money paid in advance on rent.
This was no surprise to the So
cialists inasmuch as it is no less
than the fourth hall boycott which
has been inaugurated against them.
Any other class or society SUBJ
lected to the prosecutions under
gone by the Denver Socialists
would hive ceased from troubI
ling" and gone to pieces long ago.
Although persecution may tenn
porar'ly impede progressritt1 Gan
not destroy the germs of Truth
which are implanted in tie sub
soil of Socialism. Copsf4uently
the League will conti6ps 10 hold
its meetings, even ASugh L is
boycotted iqto holSiqe them i5
barn or on a vacaT Tin the 81
| air. /H n,
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though the Yale professor may
not recognize i, the inquiry is
still pertinent, what shall It profit
= people to gain the whole world
and lose their own souls1
In every age the wise and the
humane have seen and deplored
the social disorder whereby so
ciety is ever divided into three
more or less hostile classes; the
few with a superabundance.
plagued with exxsei, safety, and
surfeit, the many barely able to
get the bread of life, and a middle
class who are neither rich nor
poor.
The ceaseless conflict of interest
and feeling between these classes
and the wretchedness of the most
numerous produce the agitations
and convulsions that ever imperil
and often destroy society and
states. This condition of affairs
is especially dangerous in a free
country. Aristotle observed this
long ago. Inequality" says he,
"is the source of all revolutions
Men equal in one relation wish te
be in all: equal in liberty, they
wish absolute equality; not obtain
ing this they persuade themselves
that they are wronged. and rise il
insurrection." His remedy is
"Act that even the poor may hav'
an inheritance" The years tina
have rolled by have brought us nj
greater wisdom.
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one. contains several significant
"straws" showing how the vested
rights" are beginning to be recog-
nized in their true light, as vested
wrongs.
The Socialist always'claims that
the carrier should exist only as a
tool of the public. Judge Helm
may not be a Socialist, nor even a
student ofthe mildly conservative
doctrines Of the patchwork re-
formers, still he makes the Bold
Socialistic declaration that "the
carrier must be regarded as an in
termediate agency existing for the
purpose of aiding consumers in
the exercise of their constitutional
right"
The decision relieves the farm
ers of the royalty" burden and
stands as a warning and significant
precedent showing how the courts,
rotten and corrupt though they in
the main are, begin to give sign.
of being ameniable to the voice oi
the people who are demanding
the death of privilege and legaliz'
ed robbery.
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...us revolutionary spirit
fermenting in the many states, and
said he was preparing two encycli-
Gals dealing with Socialism, the
license of the press and the great
danger of universal suffrage, which
he considered terribly menacing."
Thanks, thou priestly parasite
of Tiber's marshy banks. Thanks!
Universal Suffrage!
Free Pressl
Socialism!
All yow enemies; and by your
own admission.
Yes, by all means, give US the
"encylicals." Just the the thing
two Of EN- and a couple of bulls"
to the faithful-trot EN- all out!
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done to poison advertisers against
the paper has been and is being
done, by a cotefie of boodle-labor.
would-be politicians. who desire
to kill off the only paper that
dares to oppose their nefarions
schemes for manipulating the
votes of the workers at every cleo
tion. 1t is of course needless
statement to make. that this
paper has always had the bitter
opposition of the rich and rotten
better classes" There is not a
labor" boodler or "better class"
parasite in this county of Arapa-
hoe but would, notwithstandingits
humbleness, give thanks to hear
of thesuspension of the ENQUIRER.
When it ceases to have this antag-
onism, then it deserves to and will
die. The reduction in size places
the paper in fighting trim and ii
proposes to live and fight it out on
the same old lines even if il
doesn't run an lad. Tin its columns
Now let each interested com,
rade get a friend to subscribe and
by so doing help the paper to be-
come completely independent Of
advertising patronage.
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"0LOsED PART OF THEM."-

MAYOR LEE has closed the
green cloth gamblers places, but
the board Of trade is in full blast,
together with the swindling "real
estate speculator who holds forth
on the curbstone.
While believing that the man,
whoever he is, who gets something
for nothing, is an undesirable men,
Der Of society, yet the ENQUIRER
maintins that the green cloth gam
bier is the more desirable -'
two-the spec
man.
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company; the EnteI7 ! +
by the Enterprise compaf egned
the Garfield company.
An arrangement was entered in
to at the Nelson shaft, Excelsior,
Hickory Ridge. Hickory Swamp
and Lancaster collieries whereby
the proprietors agreee to pay the
old rate ofwages until the strike
is settled. The collieries now
idle in Shamokin gave employ
ment to $500 men.
The Enterprise coal company
has agreed to pay its miners the 8
per cent. advance demanded.
The miners at Nelson shaft, hav-
ing failed to reach a settlement,
will strike tomorrow.
PHILADELPHIA, January 5.-The
strike of railroad hands still hangs
on without any appearance Of
change.
PoTTsvsLLE, Jan. chairman
Lee and c. Farne, who have been
to Scranton to confer with Pow
derby on the subject of the strike,
returned here this evening. They
report that Mr.. Powderly unquali-
fedly repudiated all the assertions
ascribed to him to the effect that
he was oppose to the railroad
strike. Lee and Farne were d.
rected to return to Pottsville, Sc
lect a committee from the joint
executive railroad men and the
miners and proceed to Philadel-
phia and present the entire mat
ter to the General Executive
Board of the order, which have
no official knowledge of the strike
which they are expected to sus-
tain.
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The Reading Strike.

READING, Pa, Jan. 2.-The coal
and freight traffic, while in full
operation on the Reading railroad,
is not as brisk as it was before the
labor troubles. Itis apparent that
the new men are not able to move
trains as rapidly as the old ones.
The majority of the coal mines
are idle, and this, likewise. has its
effect on traffic.
SHAMoKIN, Jan. IA meeting
of the Knights of Labor and rail-
readers was held here to-day and
as a result general strike of
miners and railroaders will be
made to-day throughout the an
thracite region, except in the
Wyoming valley. The miners
strongly condemned the course of
the railroad company and the
brotherhood of engineers, and
made an appeal to the men who
contemplate coming into the re-
gion to seek work, to remain away
until the strike IS settled. They
also advised the hotel and board
ing-house keepers not to enter
tain scabs, and declared their in
tention to fight to a finish.
PHILADELPHIA, January 3.-The
great railroad strike is still on and
lis characterized by the same de-
termination on both sides to stand
firm that has marked it from the
beginning.
SHAMoKIN, Jan. 3.-The miners
strike went into effect this
morning at all the Philadelphia
and Reading company,s collieries
in this section with the exception
of North Franklil, numbers one
and two. In addition to those of
the Reading company's collieries
the minerswent out at the PENN
'ylvania. owned BY the Union coal
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"ROYALTY" KILLED.

The state supreme court sur.
prised the people on Wednesday
oy hitting the water monopolists
right in the eye. The case in
which the water barons became
worsted is that of DR.. Wheeler of
THIS city vs-the High Line ditch
company.
The suit was brought nearly two
years ago in the district court of
Colorado. Wheeler's ranch is To-
Gated south of Denver under the
High Line. The price of water
was sI.so per acre. The ROYALTY
charged was $40 an acre. and tn.
royalty must be paid before the
water is furnished. Wheeler ten.
dered the water rate but declined
to pay the royalty. The water
was not forthcoming and Wheel.
er's crop was burnt out" The
suit resulted.
Judge Elliot decided in favor of
the monopolists, holding that the
royalty was a part of the price for
water. The case then went to the
supreme court. Justice Helms
decision embodies the proposition
that the ditch &C. ..panv com.
mon .s"--'.%is a public servss,
ana as such comes under ~. 80.
. troll OF its crea,or-,he n.oole
The decision. a very exhpu.s;v. [
The Labor enquirer., 1888-01-07

REVEREND HUGH o. PENTEcosT,
the Newark minister who defend
ed the anarchists and condemned
their murder, is being offered in,
ducements by bis former congre-
cation to return and take charge
of his old-church. AT latest ac-
counts he had not given the con.
gregation an anwer. He lectures
in Rhode Island next week under
the auspices OF the R. |. central
labor union.
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THE FARMERS ASSOCIATION.
Second Annual Meeting. Strong and
Significant Resolutions Passed.

The second annual meeting of
the Colorado Farmers Protective
Association was held at Euclid
Hall on Thursday, January s..
Election of officers, for 1888, one
of the principal objects of the
meeting, resulted as follows !:
President, R. A. Southworth; Vice
President, c. F. Strong; Secretary,
]. F. Flower; Treasurer, DR.. B. A.
Wheeler.
The association passed set of
strong resolutions the drift and
tendency of which is such as to
convince any observant person
that there are some farmers in
this state who hold decidedly ad-
vanced and radical views on some
of the great questions which are
pressing themselves forward for
solution. From the resolutions
the following are selected:
We hold that the state should
assume control of the waters of
the state and - same
as her most sa
We hold tn
control all av
We hold
belong to 4
only.
We hole epcr
should be the servar
people. 81
That monopolies are contrary
to the spirit of American institu-
tions.
We demand that all the neces-
saries of life be placed on the free
list.
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not differ with the very
a. men, who have as leaders in
the agitation sent forth the ap-
peal for unity, because | think
unity undesirable but because it
is as foolish to think of anything
like unity next year in the ranks
of the toilers, who are the vast
majority by whom the political
decisions will be made, as it is to
think of taking a trip to the moon
next Fourth of July. Why is it
foolish1
Because there never was in the
history of the world a time when
so many men held different opin-
ions on every question, on eco
nomic ones especially.
Because the vast majority of
the men, who must be united to
win, don't know that there is any
thing upon which to unite.
Because three-fourths of the
workingmen to-day. if you ask
them what they think of the labor
party, will greet you with-"Rats!"
Because the biggest half of the
voting cattle will to-day, if asked
what they think of government
control of railways and telegraphs,
answer: Get out you id an
archist"
Because there is not enough
intelligent discomfort in the ranks
of the masses. !
That there is intelligent discon-
tent in the minds of many is a
hopeful sign that the time is COM
ing when it will not be foolish to
say: LET US unite next year"
Some will ask: What's proposed
to be done1"
Let the labor press, in .conjunc-
tion with the labor-saving ma
chine and the wage slave owner,
keep on manufacturing intelligent
discomfort in the minds of the
masses for, say, FIVE years and at
the end of that time the night con-
dihons for unity" may be here as
an actual reality.
One of the ablest labor editors
in the country has said, regarding
this proposition for uniting next
year, that the crop is ready for
the reaper, meaning that the nee
essary conditions for victory are
already here.
l wish the existence of those
conditions could be proven with
half certainty. As it does not
seem that their existence can be
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CoMRADE LOUIS CULMsEE and
his estimable wife have the sym
pathy of their many friends in the
loss Of their little daughter.
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REAlTl
tFNF aekeN
differences with
ployes superinte


ployes superinte
We have notl :, arbitrate
There are 10000 idle men in New
York and plenty who are willing
to work,-Good morning.
This is what we, in the west,
call the dead mortal cinch. 4"
Those who claim that defensive
labor organizations are all we
need and that the Socialist is
the victim of an hallucination are
respectfully requested to paste
Superintendent Kcim's words in
their hats.
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spEcIAL NOTICE.

rhoss Of our subscribers who receive ,s tns,r .
n.ns.s win Iheir address printed on me mar
In viii please not ce the datI ne ,hav sno h.vo
a. II denotes the date 70 r ,nhn smith ai.1S
,nnsrs vn,a Ppbsi Mr smith has paid TO september
i Isr' Issi and md on that date hts subscription be.
= scrr.: ,r. s"ai1 due II MT renewed promptly
the paper vii be stopped without further the,
notice n the date does not corresponn WIN
kovvs ,hs error corrected. II you fall 10 re-
ceiye y"ur paper mail complaints at once 70
this once and to your local postmaster.
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THE silence Of the associated
press on the Reading strike seems
to point strongly in the direction
of victory for the strikers.
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Entered al the Denver postofrice as second
class matter.
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RECRUITS WANTED.

A late mail brings a circular
letter addressed to my Dear Sir. "
1t comes from a far eastern state,
and is evidently from the pen Of
a man whose heart is in the labor
agitation not for what there is
in it" in a nickel-and-dime sense.
The writer of the letter desires to
hear from all into whose Hands it
may fall. regarding the pToposi-
tion laid down therein. (Fle gist
of the letter is cry for {aniy of
all who come under the head of
american manhood
LET US unite for political action
o1 scommon ground upon which
every man shall drop his peculiar
fdeaSof what constitutes the cor
rect mode ct achieving the desir-
ed endf IS emancipation
and do ne united host"
This j nc
II has not
yet ing this it
" 1-7 pect unity"
not caring
4 another man
links similarly
differ with those
think, that if the
at unite next year,
going to eternal smash,
the reform. agitation is
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HIS SA7tsE EsENr
A Rome dispatchteiEz

A Rome dispafeftelsz
made the Pope BY party o.
grims." Among other things sa.
by the holy father" was one which
indicates recognition on his part
OF the joyous fact that as the
school house comes in he moves
out; that ac~- : the light of
as s dupes he
tain money
interesting
n this wise:
rred to the
- lamented
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Oornor 10Th and Lax-f1aa or 0tU,
A. SUARTHoUr, President.
A. J. HARDEN, Secretary. 1855 pd
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PIasterers' international Union, No. ~,
Meets every Monday evening
atE3O In Room IS, Tabor Block,
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n this wise:
rred to the
: lanented
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-05-25
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

TN1O CANAL C4NPANT-Lo-
Il cation OF principal place OF husi-
ness, Car son City, Nevada. Location OF
works, owens Valley, Inyo Cosnty,
California.
Notice is hereby given that at q meet.
.ag of the Boz ri OF Trustees, held on
the first day OF May, lass, an assess
ment no. ~ of twenty five cents per
share, was levied upon the capital stock
Of the corporation, payable immediate.
- in United States God Coin, to the
Secretary at The office OF the Company,
IN Carson City, Nevada.
Any stock upon which this assess
nent shall remain unpaid on the
TWEEN ID YOF NAY, 1883,
will be delinquent and advertised fer
sale st public auction, and unless pay
Ment is made before. viii be sold on
Tuesday. the TWENTY-SIXTH DAY
OF IUNE, 1885, TO pay the delinquent
assessment, together With costs of aG-
vertisipg and expenses of sale. b.
erder OF the Board OF Trustees.
I. r. HOFER.
Secretary.
Cf7ce-N the Bullion & Exchange
Bank, Southeast corner OF Carson and
Proctor streets, Carson City Nevada.
may6td
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-05-25
yau.es G.. Blaine.

New YoRK, May 23.-Blakley
Hall cables TO the Sun that he met
Blaine in his apartments at the Ho-
tel Binda. Hall says it is impossi-
bic to imagine a more perfect pic
ture of health. Blaine walks with
head erect and shoulders back and
has gained in weight. Hall further
says Blaine told him that since he
has been in Europe he had not au-
thorized or instigated even in the
most remote way any newspaper
reference to him whatever. He
said he had made up his mind at
the outset to keep out of the papers,
and had done so. He said he
would be in Europe till the middle
OF July and would not talk about
the Presidency in any way.
After Blaine had taken ride he
was found at dinner at the Hotel
Binda. at which were few personal
friends. lie is anxiously awaiting
arrival. when he will
start On the coaching tour through
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-05-25
johnson Sides Alarmed

Captain Sam and Johnson Sides
told . Gazette reporter today that
they thought the State authorities
should take some steps to appra-
head the avenging redskin, Nudge,
who has recently sent three or tour
members OF the Washoe tribe OF In
dams tc the happy hunting grounds.
The Premier says that unless the
murderer is arrested he is fearful
that some of his people will be
killed, as Washoe, when on the
warpath, delights in shedding the
blood of the hated Piute. Twenty
five years ago the Washoes killed a
Piute on the Ophir grade; nine
years ago another Piute WAS muir
dered at Carson, and again four
years in Carson, third Piute
bit the dust.-Gazette.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-05-25
Kgogers-AissSn

The sequel to the Kissane-Rogers
expose, which aroused the people
OF this Coast about year ago, was
developed recently in the County
Clerks office of San Francisco by
the commencement of a suit by
Saliie c. Hart, against William X.
Rogers, alias Kissane.
The plaintiff is the wife OF Jesse
B. Hart, the attorney, who died a
short time ago. She alleges that
in August 1880, her husband was
employed by Rodgers 70 go from
this State to the States of Nav
York and Arkansas and perform
for him certain services as attorney
and counselor. Mrs. Hart declares
that he performed the services "in
and about certain legal proceedings
against the defendant under the
name of William kissane," then
pending in both the States mention
ed. She asserts that the deceased
never received any money in pay
nent for his services. She demands
Judgment for So ,0C0.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-05-25

AnYHYn1 Morphine Habit Cured in 10
nRGI to 30 dayA No pay till cured.
" SO08 Dr.. J, stephens. Lebanon, o.
ME 3U
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-05-25

Its ConstitntiOna!i TO he
Tested.

|
The last session of the Leg;sla-
.urc passed a bill providing for a
test oath which WAS intended to
encroaclments OF the Mormons in
the politics OF this State.
1t provided that voters before
having their names placed on the
| register list must take an oath to the
the effect that they held no allegiance
to the church OF Latter Day Saints
and did not practice polygamy.
So far none OF the Registry agent
have required this test and it is
question among lawyers whether
or not the failure to require this
test in the advertised call for regis
tration and election would rot IN
validate tie same.
Therefore the Secretary of the
State has refused to include the
test oath in the call and Mr.. Wells
the Governors Private Secretary
has begun nianddmus suit to
compel the same. This will make
a test case and bring the writer
before the Supre;ne Court.
The writ Is retu.nabie june Ind,
that it may be decided in time TO be |
acted on.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-05-25
PLEDGES Kent.

Senator Stewart is making a very
splendid record in his high office.
Men not half SO capable and worthy
as he have, before now been elected
Presidents OF the United States. He
is as alert as lynx as strong ss a
lion. There is not better admins
trxt;Ye ability than his between the
seas, while his capacity to get
through work is altogether marvel
GUS. He is vindicating every prom
Use made for him by his friends
when he was a candldate.-Salt
Lake Tribune.
This is good reading on the face
of the assertion SO often repeated
that Stewart would be in San Fran
cisco during the entire session.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-05-25
HILLS REVENGE.
Ezo.g he EiJiy Sent the Knife
Into Cleveland.

Into Cleveland.
| The Philadelphia Ledger of the
10Th. publishes the following under
the head OF special from New
York:
It has taken forty-eight hours for
the friends of the Administration in
this State to realize that although
they drove Governor Hill from the
field as candidate at large to St.
Louis, the supporters OF that willy
| politician have dealt the President
a severe, deep, searching blow
under the fifth rib, in the resolution
on the tariff question, which was
passed by the Convention on the
first reading. 1t appears to be an
endorsement of the Presidents tar
if message and the Mills bill, but
the history OF its construction, Of
the refusal of the committee to
frame it so as to request the men,
bcrs of Congress to vote for the
Mills bill and careful reading of it
has caused howl Of Indignation to
GO up from the free traders both here
and Ut Washington. An interview
with Congressman Mills appears in
to-day's World, in which he init
mates that the Democrats OF New
York will be responsible, through
this resolution, for the failure OF the
Mills bill, If it does fail. The Presi
dent himself is said to be extremely |
at the situation, which |
he recognizes as direct slap at the |
Mills bill, and only quasi endorse
ment of himself, as be
himself to that measure
and is using all his power and pat
ronage TO force the Democrats in
he House to support it. Cover
lor Hills friends are saying that
he man laughs best who laughs
asst, and predicting that the
administration will be on its
noes to Hill before Fall.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-05-25
Syrup OF Figs

Is Natures true laxative. 1t is the
most easily taken, and the most eff
fective remedy known to Cleanse the
System when Bilious or Costive; to
dispel Headaches, Colds, and Fe-
vers to Cure Habitual G Constipation,
Indigestion, Piles, etc. Manufac-
tured only by tho California Fig
Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal.
For sale by George c. Thaxter,
agent Carson. jan1