Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-21
ANARCHIsrs' ARcuMrSrs.
The Fiery Appeals Being Orcui.s-d Amons
Homestead workinrm.a.

ANAiScHtsfs' ARGUMENTs.
The Fiery Appeals Being crru,.,,-s ar,,,.
Homestead woriSInsmen.
Stan Correspondents Tue Evening Sta
hoNrsrran, Pa. July 20. Isea
Gov. Psttison and the militia ofscers AZ Carnp
Black are still dong their utmost 10 tind the
people who this morning disseminated sesiitious
Circulars In the tents Of the eighth regiment
There are one or two clues, but the rascsls have
had ample opportunity 20 get away sstnlv.
After some difficulty I succeeiedi in getting hold
OF one OF the circulars and kept il long enough
to get COPY. Here nis;
TO THE MILITIA
CHOOSE YE THIS DAY WHOM We WILL
SERVE.
'Comrades; We. the workers OF Homestead.
appeal 10 YOU In The sacred name Of Justice ana
liberty " help us, your brothers in our string
gle against the tyranny of CAPITALIZATION
We beseeoh you not 10 be the mere tools and
piaythfngs OF those who falsely call thcm-elvc.
our saPeriors. Think Of those YOU leave be
nind-your fathers. mothers, wives sweet
hearts bruthers, sisters and friends- they are
ieiiow-workers and companions in misfortune
We ask YOU 30 consider the condition Of tho
workers today. A severe depression an trade
n necessary consequence Of The wild corruption
ana the reckless speculation INDUCED In by the
capitalists in their haSe TO grow rich bv the
robbing Of the produce of our labor has
thro1n tens Of thousands of our fellows out Of
worn. Ihis means starvation 20 the waee slaves
thus rendered helpless through no fault of their
own. Their families become charg,ahl. 60 the
poor rates and increase the burdens OF those
still employed. but liable every oAy 20 be cnst
adritt, while the fierce compeiiiios. FOR employ
ment tends 60 barely sufficient % keen
body and soul together Thus the con
ditlon OF the workers becomes more
and more hopeless and degraded. Suoh IL thu
state OF things amongst us-thc hborers
producers Of all wealth. We make clothing.
vet wear rugs; build mansions and palaces vet
live In novels. cellars and carrots: plough. SOW
and reap, yet 60 hungry. But doubtless many
amongst Won know by bitter experience how
true this is. free citizen fighting in defense
o. his hearth and home. n volunteer who risks
ms NE to ard an oppressed People-thcse are
the only men By whom the sword can be honor
ably drawn and any time glory gained
But You are not free men-you are mere
machines, food for powder not much more.
You are but The instruments by which we and
our brothers IN other lands are robbed of the
fruits'of our toll
Were the present system equitable there
would be no need for force 20 sustain IT, but
the workers are robbed 20 shsmelessly that IL IL
necessary for the opposing classes 10 hire ono
half OF the working men 10 butcher the other
half should they be too loud in their demands
for Justice.
Comrades! You, Ike ourselves. are the vic
tims OF q cri e. E'afc q .o-i " Won belong
! TO .he poorle. o. vrorys arc mutual Like
yo'ii o-e'Lr"s IA leld, mine and factory you
have nOthlaa to ,ook forward 90 when disabled
, BY age, wounds disease but the tender
mercies Of the work house. Yet there is no
lack of wealth-of everything that l. necessary
70 Ensure comfort and the commodities Of life.
Why then should want and misery abound
Because society is divided into two classes
those who produce nothing and consume much
and those who produce much and consume
little.
MANY faint with toll
That few may know the cars and ~oss Of sloth-'
I'VE have seen how the workers fare. Let Nc
now glance at the idlers-the d-ones Of the
community. They toll not, neither do they
epin, yet they are clothed In purple and fine
linen and fare sumptuously every day. These
people claim as their private property the land
end all its natural products-the game the hsh
In the rivers. In fact. everything necessary 20
the sustenance Of life. We the workers exist
\ only on suffersnce and on condition of main
tanning these land pirates in idlenss and luxury.
Besides this landlord class which uionopo-
hZes the raw material there IL another the cal,-
italist class-which possesses all the instru-
ments of lsbor-mines, machinery and the
means OF transit: railways, canals. shipping &c.
Confronted BY these classes stand the work
ers. possessed Of nothing save the power TO
| labor, compelled therefor TO cell their labor
| their bodies, for mere subsistence; In other
| words, to work for starvation Sages. The Ia
borer in factory and mine, the policeman and
| the prostitute upon the streets the soldier and
| the sailor on the parade ground or shitloard.
| are alike under this unnatural system % legal
| lied extortlon &C reed into the surrender Of
1 some power or part Of their bodies 20 crafty
the greed lust or ambition of those who own
| them. For where the land upon which a man
must live, the bread which he mast eat and the
tools with which he must work are owned and
controlled by another he himself il owned and
controlled by that other in exactly the same
What IL needed 20 drive tyranny out Of the
| world and forever emancipate the many from
| bondage to the few is TO educate the many that
every tyrant viii know that he cannot hire one
| half Of the workingmen 20 butcher the other
| half Let every tyrant know that man can
| be hired 10 be hrman butcher either ms q
| policeman or soldier, and our freedom il won:
| for II is on hirelings that tyranny has always
depended to carry cut its stern represEiye
| measures.
"Comrades, we ask you TO think over these
| facts that you may Judge between Us and those
who rob and rule u.s. We seek TO establish q
commonwealth based on liberty equality and
| fraternity in which there sbzll be work for
all, leisure FOR all. comfort for al. In which
there shall be neither millionaires nor pzupers,
landlords nor capitalists. masters nor servants.
In which there shall be- neither ranks nor
classes, but 10 become good citizens the
best tide any man need aspire TO. Then, in
| deed, shall we haye q country worth fighting
for, where every soldier IL a citizen and every
citizen, IL need be, a soldier.
"will you help us TO realize this glorious ideal,
| or will you, ut the bidding of the monopolist,
| shoot down your fathers, brothers and friends2
In the name Of humanity call on you,
Choose ye, this day. whom We viii serve
GKo. II. Harmless.