The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25

an employer asked his employees 70 sign encn
document The great state OF Warrington has
a bright future in store, but unless 1t protects
honest labor from the domineering rule OF grasp
ing corporations its progress viii receive .
check. And when IL comes to resorting to the
Importation Of negroes and cGtthroats TO take
the place of honest workingmen, something
must be done.
1.-The working classes are the foundation of
the nation, and If they are not prosperous the
whole country must suffer. The Oregon I'm
provemeut Company should heed this warning
before IT is too late. Any man who would sign
such an agreement as that company has pro-
posed must be physically, mentally and morally
decayed, and men must strike against these out
RACES. Strike In manner that shows you mean
IT. Use all means in your power to remedy the
evils. They have not kept within the law, but
we must do so AZ long we can; but we must
resist them one way or another
Organized labor will perpetuate liberal ideas
OF the people, but IL must be founded upon edu-
cation. We want 70 supplant ignorance ana
superstition with education, vice ano I'M
morality with virtue and industry; and In order
to accomplish this great end we should all LEND
helping hand and stand together in maintain
ing our rights"
After listening to the music an hour longer
the audience was treated 20 an appeal from +. r
Carroll, who said In substance: 81 am gao 70
see 80 much interest manifested In this ngnt
against oppression ] am glad to see 50 many
assembled here, not only because you have con-
tributed your mite at the door as well as your
presence in behalf of right and liberty. 1t be-
hooyes us to raise our hands and voices when
we sec oppression and the trampling down of
the rights Of liberty, whether we shall see the
flag float over freeman enjoying liberty or
minions OF slavery and oppression.
This company Is trying to drive out honest
workingmen by means of oppression and turn
them and their families out of their homes. IL
they can drive these men out, IL can drive us all
out But this Is a government OF the people, by
the people and for the people. The people have
made II and the people must maintain It. THESE
COO miners and their families are driven on with
out word Of warning and without any wrong
doing on their part, and the oppressive corpora
ton brings GOO worthless individuals TO take the
place OF these honest laboring men. These
negroes, as serfs of greedy corporation, have
been brought here and protected in slavery by
armed men for blood money.
"These armed men are under person named
Sullivan, name which bespeaks race that Tor
200 years has fought against tyranny, but among
all names there are traitors and spies like Judas
IscaTiot, and this man has shown himself TO be
traitor and spy, ready 10 sell his soul for mess
OF pottage, ready to drag down the poor and up
hold the rich, ready to sell his birthright while
working for blood money.
Saaiut W kHt CoiCltu utdn W bO WOuAo eNf-S~
the slavery OF his race; shame to those who
would perpetuste this slavery. II took millions
of lives and millions OF dollars and made rivers
of blood to liberate these slaves and now slavery
Is introduced by an iron-clad oath and an iron
clad decree. What lie the difference between
slavery as 1t was and slavery under contract?
When q man binds himself and his liberty
under contract he becomes q serfe That our laws
and our own self-respect will not endure, and 1t
hah no tn sav IN fhf2 rnnnpVQd
shall not come here and introduce your contract
labor and serfdom. II they come they must
come as free men. Every man has right to
sell his labor for whatever he chooses, but we
win not permit this class OF labor TO come here.
"These contract laborers are taking away the
miners bread, and when you take away mans
bread you take away his life. If the laws Of the
land will not protect you there is a higher law
the Law of self-protection, and when it becomes
necessary you can take the law into you own
hand"
The speaker then referred to the prosperity of
Pennsylvania thirty years ago, but said 1t had
been lessened by foreign labor, which drove
honest labor out
Continuing, he denounced what he named
the degraded contract labor, and then said:
"Shall we permit ourselves to be driven into
the waters Of the Pacific ocean by contract
labor as We have been driven from the East?
III not, we must rise up and protect ourselves.
We must have intelligent men to perform this
labor or we will be as badly off as we were in
the East. We must protest against introducing
cheap or contract labor. We must say to this
corporation. we pay taxes the same as you, and
as we have to obey the laws, 30 must you. You
bring men here under false preteuses, and we
viii rise up in against you and liberate these
people. When we have risen up and done our
duty, we can do no more. IL you want to be
serfs and grovel in the dirt 1t is your own look
out.
"if this corporation, because 1t has the power,
does these things, we must protest as American
citizens, and must use force, influence and
money to help the suffering miners. We pro-
tested against the Chinese intiiction and the
government raised up walls against them. We
will protest now against contract labor. Miners
OF King county, stand up for your rights and the
people will assist YOU.
Another miners benefit concert was given at
Beede's pavilion last evening.