Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1894-07-13

thousands which makes them desperate.
If ruin and flame, death and assassna-
tion shall follow in the wake Of the grind
ing power of greed and naughty pride,
the great monoplies of this country must
stand responsible for the crime.
A plutocratic press howls against labor
because the great dal!ies are owned by
the corporations. The Chicago Times
alone in that great city, stands for the
defense of labor.
Capital is organized to crush all labor
organization. II has the robber million
aires Of the nation backed by the govern
ment to help in its treason.
Labor is ever on the defensive. Organ
lied monopoly can crush individuals as
easy as man can the worm under his
foot. Labor was forced to organize in
its own defense. Tt grows stronger with
repeated failure and bitter experience.
The great struggle now on between AFRO.
giant capital and defenseless labor has
been gradually approaching a crisis since
the government fostered and created
trusts and monopolies by special prvi-
leges
The present struggle is the logical re-
suit Of class legislation. The government
stands by the child Of its creation
Labor is forced to fight for its very life.
There are three million Of men in the
country today who are nearly homeless,
half fed, desperate and curse the infam-
Gus laws that has made them tramps and
beggars. Do you wonder that these men
are desperate? Can you wonder over their
discomfort? If you appeal to them as
American citizens, they will tell you the
liberties of the people have been sold
again for British gold.
There is no greater plutocratic thief
in the country than Pullman. None deny
this
His werkmen were becoming slaves.
They demanded justice through arbitrat-
ion He refused and laughed to scorn
the demands Of the men who had done
so much for him.
1t was made to defy labor organizations.
The American Railway Union accepted
the notice of battle from this naughty
robber knight.
roads that 1t would not handle trains
with Pullman cars attached, until Pull
man agreed to arbitrate thetrouble with
his hungry workmen.
Instead of the railroads making an
effort for harmony and peace, by request
ing Mr.. Pullman to meet his men in an
honorable way;'the general managers of
twenty-seven railroads decided to stand
by Pullman in his cowardly act and be-
gin war to exterminate all laber organi-
zatiens. Labor is no coward when Or
ganized. and President Debs was author
ized by the A. r. U. to call all its mem
bers from work and tie up the railroads.
The railroads called on the courts and
the courts called on the y. S. Marshals
and they hired mercenaries and thugs
everywhere to bulldoze, arrest and shoot
at pleasure. The people paid no at,en-
tion to this pop gun amusement, The
president was called on and he, too.
promptly stands by the Infamous com bine
and order out the troops to overaWe the
people.
The high handed outrages committed
by the thug deputies drove desperate
men,-not railroaders,- desperate
by injustice, and hunger until law was
laughed at and the human fiend broke
loose and crime began.
Where will it end!
Will the railroad king sit on his throne
and howl defiance until ruin surrounds
him?
Is there no man among the railroad
kings who can see the fatal abyss ahead ?
Is there no man among the great money
kings who can see the finger marks of
revolution?
The railroads had much less justice in
their determination to uphold Pullman,
than the A. r. U. had to demand Justice
from him.
1t looks like fight to a finish
Labor will triumph, because you can
not destroy the labor millions of the
without pulling down the temple
of liberty with them.