Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-11-10
Bloody Times Ahead. Concluded.

session of congress. and every one OF
them is against the interest OF the land
less, the moneylcss, the machneryless
man.
On the other hand the labor unioni+ts
are foolish. umsOphisticaled. not secret
ly and very loosely organized, and al
ways quarreling among themselves
against their own interests. There are
three large labor organizations in this
country: the knights of Labor, the
American Federation of Labor, and the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
each with Il man ut its head. These or
CARNATIONS, instead of working together
for the benefit of the members of all,
fight against each other more bitterly
than they war against the mOnOp0Iists.
The leaders of these organizations are
more intensely opposed to each other
than they are to the OppressOrs OF labor.
They neither think together, vote to-
gether, nor work together; and they
have not money enough to buy voters,
lawmakers and judges. The mOnoplists
are united and strong. The labor UNI
ions are divided aud weak. 1t is no
wonder the politicians and editors wish
to keep the attention of working people
directed toward labor uniOnism, for as
long as it is so directed mOn0pOlies have
nothing to fear.
But now labOrers are beginning to
understand that the strike and the boy
cOtt is failure. No great strike ever
succeeds now. No great strike can ever
succeed again. What has happened on
the New York Central railroad will al
ways happen. LabOrers are beginning
to understand this. Strike assessments
can no longer be collected. The men
are losing faith i'm strikes. When they
have entirely lost faith in them, mObs
will attempt to ACCOMPLISH what unions
have failed to do. Then the mOnOpO-
lists soldiers and police will shoot down
The laboring people and they will be
cheered on in their bloody work by the
monopolists' editors and clergymen.
This dark and perilous time is just
before us. We are on the brink Of a
financial panic. 1t may break upon
us at any time. Only few days ago
money was loaned Oh Wall street at
the rate of nearly two hundred per
cent. interest per year. Soon after the
panic comes labOrers will begin to feel
the pangs Of hunger and the bite of
the cold, a hungry stomach and
shivering limbs know no respect for
property, no reverence for law. And
when hungry men begin to seize food
and clothing wherever they can find
them, the monopolists will have them
shot, and if there is any physical
courage left in the breasts Of the long
suffering people horrible dance of
of death will ensue, by the light of
burning houses and to the discOrdant
music of cries and grOans and musket-
~ and dynamite bombs.
What makes this event more sure is
the attitude of the clergyman toward
the poor. Protested disciples of, in my
opion, the g-andest man in histOry-a
poor man; q man who was born in
poverty, anil was hanged by the gov
eminent at the behest fthe Church
they are the subservient ambassadors
of the rich. WhSther they be cOnsci-
cntious or cowardly in their devotion
to the rich, do not presume to say.
Perhaps something of each. But
will stake my reputation as an observ-
er of facts by affirming that they are
the faithful defenders and servants of
monopolists. Their churches are
built by the rich; their salaries are
paid by the rich they eat and drink
and hobnob with the rich, they preach,
for the moet part TO the rich and AT
the poor; they suppress all the Bible
saws against the rich, and emphasize
ali that it says about contentment in
poverty, emitting to state that the rea-
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