St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-12

ready employed In collecting and s0lic-
iting stock. The executive committee
still has an assistance fund and see to
it that none of the men become dosti-
tute while waiting for employment.
~
The question is often asked, "Will
the working people patrOnize the her
dics?" tits safe to say that they will.
because the majority of them hold at
least one share of stock in the enter
prise, and will want to see that pay a
dividend. Then there is strong senti-
,ment among organized people against
patroniZing the street cars. A large
number persist in walking until the
herdics are put in operation, ana
still larger number patrOnize the cars
from necessity and would gladly trans
fer that patronage to the herdic.
r.
Street car service has been so arranged
that most of the working people have
the daily pleasure of being obliged to
sit in crowded seats, or stand and pay
their nickel just the same. 1t the car
company can not afford to furnish more
cars then the surplus of passengers will
naturally go toward the herdic line Tor
the sake of comfort and convenience. II
for no other motive.
:sas ~, '-,55:.seF. e*
W. G. H. Smart objects to an extract
quoted from his pen few weeks ago,
saying that it puts him In false light,
and requests that the whole paragraph
be quoted in order to show his true SEN
timents. 1t is taken from a circular
sent out by Mrs. Lucy Parsons as an
advertisement of her new book, and
reads as follows: Il have read your
Life of Albert r. Parsons with an ln-
terest that increased from the begin
ming to the end of the volume. 1t has
corrected some false impressions that |
had in regard to Mr. Parsons supposed
responsibility for the throwing OF that
fatal bomb. had never thought that
that occurrence was the result OF an
actual conspiracy on the part OF those
who called the Haymarket meeting, de
liberately planned as a part OF the DEM
onStration should circumstance favor it,
but confess that [ did think until the
reading of this book that it was the
natural consequence of your husbands
teachings. Lam glad to acknowledge
that now believe was mistaken. At
public meeting in Minneapolis Oh Nov. IL
last, thought it my duty to protest
against resolution denouncing the ex-
ecution of your husband and his fellow
sufferers as Judicial MURDER" Should
such resolution be again offered in my
presence, you may depend that shall
not make the same mistake, but shall
instead give it my support. 1t seems to
me that every one with the same
preiudices that I had, who reads your
book, must reach the same conclusion.
and on this account, if for no other rea-
son, 1 earnestly hope that it will be
read by all persons who are honest
enough to wish to be just. But, al
though have enormously thought AL
bert r. Parsons criminally responsible
for public utteranceS calculated and i'll
tended to incite to deeds of violence
simple-minded men engaged in strikes,
and thereby already excited by their
sufferings and wrongs, [ have never
doubted his honesty of purpose or his
loyalty to his own convictions of duty.
Therefore have revered him as mar
tyr, and his voluntary surrender in
order to share the fate of his comrades,
his dignified conduct during that men,
orable trial, and athe sublime herOiSm
of his death, place him in my mind
among the noblest of that highest aris-
tocracy of human nature-the ''nOble
army of martyrs" This is irrespective
altogether of the rightfulness or wrong
fulness of the cause for which he died.
His children need never be ashamed of
their fathers life, and they ought to be
proud Of his glorious death"
~
. The committee on employment bureau
meet this afternoon at the Labor Temple
at 3p. m.
*x*
The ladies of North Minneapolis have
not allowed their enthusiasm to die out
since the strike is no longer burning
question. Their industrial club holds its
meeting every week, and the members
propose to get as thorough an education
as possible on the different phases of
the labor movement, and are likely to
succeed if they work as earnestly for
the next six months as they have tor the
past few weeks.