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nyed only few months, others survived
for two or three years, but none of them
are as much as remembered by the rank
and file Of the labor movement today.
The only journals Of this class that were
started prior to 1880, which are issued to-
day, are The Labor Standard, Of Pater-
son, n. j., edited by Joseph P. McDon-
nell, its present editor, and The National
Labor Tribune, of Pittsburg, founded by
Thomas j. Armstrong and conducted by
him until the time of his death, some
what more than year ago. The latter
paper is now managed by the widow
and brother of its founder.
The great boom in the field of labor
journalism came in the years of 1882
1885. during the time Of the phenomenal
growth of the trades unions and the
knights of Labor Towns of 10000 in.
habitants, and in several Instances OF
less population, had their weekly papers.
some of goodly size and some very small,
some ably edited and some otherwise
In several cities dQilies were started,
notably The Leader, of New York city,
which was among the first to go when
the decline began Now three or four
German and as many English daily pa
pers in the United States are devoted
exclusively to the interests of labor.
Though many of those established during
the boom did not live to celebrate an
anniversary, there were in the United
States in 1886 not less than 800 such pa
pers. Quite a goodly number were de-
voted to the class interests Of distinct
callngs and were issued 10y the author
ity OF unions, and many of those are still
being publshed; but the greater number
were for labor. whether skilled or un-
skilled.
Several were pronouncedly socialistic,
and three or four went so far as to fly the
banner of anarchism. 1t is not essential, If
it were possible, to give the names of more
than small proportion of the labor
papers of three, four or five years ago
few from each section as representa-
tiyes being sufficient In the east there
were John Swinton's Paper and the Boy
cotter (now The Union Printer), Of New
York; The Craftsman. Of WashingtOn,
The Leader, edited by Frank K. Foster
Of Boston; The Laba' standard, of Pater-
son, N. j.. The Exa-niner of Hartford,
The Tocsin, of Philadelphia.
In the middle country. The Tribune,
The Herald and The Commoner, Of Pitts
burg; The Ohio Valley Budget, edited
| by John Ehmann, of Wheeling; The
/ Workman, of Cleveland; The Labor Leaf,
( edited by Joseph A. Labadie, of Detroit;
( The Unionist, of Cincinnati; The Signal,
of Indianapolis; Tho Knights Of Labor,
! of Chicago; the Union. Of st. Louis.
| Southern Industry, of New Orleans,
and The Labor Herald, Of Richmond,
Va, were the leading southern repre-
sentatiyes.
The Labor Enquirer. of Denver, edited
by Joseph r. Buchanan twho conducted
a paper of the same name in Chicago
during 1s77-7s); The Hayes Valley Ad'
vertiser, of San Francisco and The West
ern Watchman, of Eureka, Cal, looked
out for the west The Denver paper wa:
radically socialistic, Truth. of San Fran
cisco, edited by Rurnette g, Haskell, I
paper which attracted considerable at
tention because Of its pronounced social
ism, suspended in 1854 Tho public /
already more or less familiar with Tn
Alarm, of Chicago, which was foundel
by A. r. Parsons. one OF the men exc
cuted Nov. II, 1887, for participation !,
the Haymarket meeting.
Since 1858 there has been a steady d.
cline in the number OF labor papers, an,
at present there are not more than l3
published. Most of the distinctly trad
papers have survived, and several hav
been recently added TO this class. Thi