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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12
THE BLUFF EXPOSED.

Those timid folks who believe that
even yet the labor organizations are de-
termined to strike to aid Debs in carry
ing out his senseless row and to extricate
Sovereign from his hole have not looked
into the situation as carefully as the
leaders of big labor organizations, on
whom would devolve the burden Of the
strike II their organizations should
go out. These leaders think tho whole
business is great big bluff as it is.
For example the president of the Big
Six. New York's Typographical Union,
says:
Sovereign was hasty in issuing the
call. Before man issues such an or
der, looking TO general strike, he
ought to be sure of two things. First,
that men are prepared; and, second,
that anything could be gained by going
out. 1t is very serious matter to or
der ont thousands of laboring men.
notice the Grand Army men have vol
unteered their services in the case of an
outbreak. Let me tell you that the
labor unions would be the first to offer
their services to the authorities ia the
event Of riot. l don't think that the
labor unions are in any condition to
strike. We paid $1,000 last week to the
unemployed Of our organization alone.
Take another case. Mortimer O'Con-
nell, president of the Association of
Street Railroad Employees, laughs
at the idea. "Why," said he, "Gom.
pers will have nothing to do with any
thing that Samuel Gompers is not the
chief central figure Of. There will be
no strike"
The secretary of the United Garment
Workers Of America says 81 don't be-
lieve in this action of Sovereign. As a
general rule you will find that those
who have the most to gain by making
bluff are the very ones to make it.
Sovereign is simply making play for
notoriety, under the wing of Debs and
the American Railway Union. As far
as District Assembly No. 40 is con-
cerned 1t is question whether 1000
members would not be nearer the mark
than 10000. e
James z. Quinn, ex-inaster workman
OF District 40, X. of L., in discussing the
situation said 'Gompers was forced to
20 to Chicago. He didn't want to go at
all. The Knights are not afraid to strike
no matter what may be said to the con-
trary. Gompers is all things to all men.
He went to Chicago ostensibly to fur
ther strike. Now he announces that
he went there in the hope of settling the
difficulty without strike. Oh, you'll
find Gompers on top every time.'s
And SO it goes. All the proclamation
these cheap fellows like Dsbs. Sovereign
and Gompers may write will be of no
avail, for the mombers of their organiza-
tions are awakening to the fact that
their leaders are humbugs and In the
labor-sgitating business only because it
pays them big salaries. n
The sentiment all over the country is
against any strike. Times were hard d
enough before and the thinking work
ingman is not going to make them
worse voluntarily without some sensible
reason, and there IL none in the present
case.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12
Does Not Want Arbitration.
Boston Journal.

The demand which the American Railway
Union made upon Mr.. Pullman was that he
should submit the troubles with his striking
workmen to arbitration When he replied
that the point at issue was his being com
PEELED TO run his works at loss and that that
was matter which dsd not admit OF arDitra-
ton, they responded that he must
arbitrate anyway, and that IL he
did not he was an oppressor and a
brigand. This accusation has figured In the
various pronunciamentos sent out by rresi-
dent Debs. Always the grievance was that
Mr.. Pullman would not arbitrate. Fifty
thousand miles Of railroad have been tied up.
property has been destroyed. blood has been
shed. and great suffering and Inconvenience
inflicted upon thousands of innocent parties,
all in order that Mr.. Pullman might be forced
to see the error OF his ways and agree to arbi-
trate.
All this being matter of recent history, IL
is somewhat surprising to find that only last
month the American Railway Union put itself
formally on record as opposed to the arbitrs-
ton of railway questions. There Is q bill be-
fore Congress, introduced by Representative
Tawney Of Minnesota. providing for compul-
sorry arbitration in Just such troubles as the
present. On June IL last. at Its annual con-
vention at Chicago, obe American Railway
Union adopted tho following resolutions re-
gariiug this bffff
Whereas, A bill Is now before Congress compeIl-
ing compulsory arbitration Of all troubles arising
between the employees and the railroad companies
and believing that the enactment OF such laws is
undemocratic and un-American, and will lead to
despotism and consolidated government, which
means the ensiavemens Of the laboring masses Of
America; therefore b IL
Resolved, That the grand convsntion OF the
American Railway Union at Its nrst national con-
vention enter its solemn protest against the pas
sage Of The Tawney bill now before Congress re-
quiring compulsory arbitration
Resolved, That every local union be instructed
TO send protest to the Senators and Represents
tives in Congress praying that they vote against
the said Tawney bal.
These resolutions wore adopted without q
dissenting voice aud after q discussion In
which Congressman Tawney WAS bitterly at
tackled for introducing the Arbitration bill in
Congress.
Yet within less than o month after the
adoption of these resolutions condemning
arbitration and calling upon Congress not to
authorize 1t, this very organization paralyzes
the industriesof a large section Of the country
because Mr., Pullman would not arbit-ate.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12

No one should miss the splendid opportunity
afforded by the New York, New Haven &
Hartford on Saturday, July i4th, next, to
visit Nantasket Beach and enjoy the numer-
Gus attractions to be found at this popular
resort Tickets from Providence, Pawtucket
and Attleboro will be sold at tho low rate Of
sl-u0 each, and the journey will be by special
train In each direc ion.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12


David Lossslsr sf Rsvsrs. Masa, COM
mitted suicide.
A burglar and his seu were captured at
ouidneck, r. l. A
The Albursh Springs HOUSE, vsrm ont.
wss Destroyed by fire.
Four hundred houses vsys Assexoy cd
hy fire at Lovsts, Hungary. F
Larry Mccall Of Beverly, Mas, Ia re-
ported missing since June "a. ,'
A dessrtsr from ths unitea Stats arm
died unidsntiasd at Hartford.
The Dsnvsss (NasAl irsn works were
destroyed by an incepdiary Era
Bertram A. Baker Of Farminedsle. Me :,
fell QUE Of hk bat and wal. drowned.
Msrttu Burma . burglar wanted at
Jersey City, was captured in Providence.
Maine veterans sustsfn President Cleve-
land In his stsad u the strike ai6lculty.
Morull, the Bsxsslena vsul1-bs sssas-
sin. was ssntspesd % " ysars' imDrison-
menk
The Peoples party - Musacsusests
will hold ststs csuvsntisp % Dostea on
July 10
PC. Hauford. vice DpssiAept ef the
Ns.ss ~ve s"~~
: schoousrs Henry witbinstea aul D. s.
Lawrence were In oollisiea ~ Castle
Island, Boston harbor. %yN
The London prsp sndeesss The sGlrma-
tien OF the usiey Of the empIre ~ the
colonial conferences ~ 0ttawN.
Wholesale hsh dsalsn Of Bsstsn have
boycotted the com nissioa nee whe have
been selling 10 the fssail teAdA
A strssuous effort y bslns made BY
sissssns Of Falmouth. Msss, 70 secure the
location ef . state normal ssAooi In that
town.
The deoision u We 11ssaehusstAs rail
rod eeontDiensu - the sausp - the
sssiesas ~ shsSea - No. = last. In
which three men were kll1e1 plsesp shs
blsns upsn shs snployss = Ne sssl-
Lstssrs OF circslArs IN Bullatisa ef typs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12

SOVEREIGN is now busily at work ar
ranging "a plan of campaign" which
will call out every laboring man in the
country. He should remember Bobby
Burns oft-quoted remark that "the best
laid plans o mice and men gang aft
agIey.n
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12

Shortly after o'clock yesterday after
noon James Smith, a carpenter, working
roof to the ground . distance Of 20 feet.
A fellow workman, William Mclean,
picked him up and found that he had
sustained severe injuries to his right side
by falling on large stone. Smith was
taken to his home In this city and was
attended by a surgeon. Two ribs and his
right thigh were broken and he sustained
internal injuries.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12

UNLESS Governor Altgeld interferes
Prendergast will be hung tomorrow,
and 1t is to be hoped that the Illinois
executive VIII not indulge at this time,
when the dignity OF tho law and the
penalty for its violation need to be up
held, in any maudlin sentiment and so
reprieyc cowardIy assassin.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12

The Britannia wins. This remark to
be kept standing until the races take
place somewhere besides over the Clyde
course. Six successive victories show
that the vigilant isn't in 1t with the
Britannia over an inside course and with
no wind.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12

II Is Almost worth the recent strike
and all its attendant evils to see the
loyal South stand shoulder to shoulder
with the loyal North in defence Of the
GeveFnmeat, and for the preservation Of
law and order.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12

THE plague shows no sign Of abating
in Hong Kong and the deaths average
40 pSr day, and over 100. 600 Of the
wcalthier class of Chinese have fed TO
the mainland. America 10 fortunately
situated to escape the plague. as IL ger
pinates and passes through the fnal
e>ogss ~ quickly that II would bs almost
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12

RorHxsAY. July ~ 1.-The sunksn valky-
rio was successfully sluug between the
wreoking craft and was tswsd .inte shall
lew water last night
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12

THE Sacramento strikers have con-
cluded not 10 battle with the regulars.
This is probably the luckieot thing that
~ Sacramento strikers ever did.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12

ATLANTIC CITY, July I2-Ths schooner
Katie G. Robinson. which grounded on
the inlet bar, has been noated on. The
cargo had to be thrown overheard % -
"A lighfou hsv
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12

AUGUSTA, Me-, July l2.-Chisf Clerk
Soper of the Boston and Bangor railway
mail service jumped on his ear directly In
front of train. He was struck by the
locomotive and had an arm and ribs
kroksu
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12

LAwRKNcE, Mass. July 1s.--Nspoleon
Labrecque, aged 30. while bathing In the
MerrimAc, was drowned He was unable
10 swim and wadsd out too far
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12

Iettsry or circulars IN imitation Of type
ESt's6dsc Ert o. sc'sss oss % ss'rs notice ~ Ssws
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12

6oynE10S's proclamations aren't in it
With Clsveland's.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12

impossible for it to reach the United
States.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-07-12
4. ". LADD co.
July Figures.
The Lowest In Town In Every De-
partment, Quality Considered.

40 pieces Tailor-made Suitings.
perfect copies of English effects 20c
26-inch Printed Indias, new and
beautiful designs sold earlier
for $3.50. Toe
Dresden Tea Caddies. ........... SOC
The advocate., 1894-10-31
Yea or NaY2
EmpOris, Kss.

EDITOR ADvocATE:-In order that the
voters Of thls congressional district may
know what legislation will be favored or
opposed BY Charles Curtis or s. M.
Scott in congress, let us have answer. to
the following questions: II elected how
will you vote on:
First--PaCihc railroad dsbts--fOr fore
closure or extension Of timer
Second Government ownership Of
railroads, teleRrsphS, mines, etoP
Third-Rstiring federal oficsrsH
Fourth-Oivil pension listP
Flfth--Psying difference between gold
and greenbGoks TO soldiers.
Sixth-GOvernment loans direct to
people on land ct 2 per cent. per snnum.
Seventh-Coinsge Of silver.
STANDARDIZATION OF national bank
ing system Of issuing currenoyH
Naturalization Of sll United Statss
courts except the supreme courtP
Tenth Compulsory srbitrationP
EeVenth--IncteRse Of the regular
army as proposed by the general COM
msndingP JAM.
The advocate., 1894-10-31

OO"A WAVSV ooHAA0bAVh0 AASnO AAO yOA
up above the drudgery and toll of the
camp or march. Perhaps you didn't
believe in killing your fellow man, but
"fall in! fall in there, you lubber"
Attention right facet forward
march," and so through mud and rain
your carcass must be driven at the
command of your superior officers.
But where's the dollarP 1t don't
recognize any superior officer to com.
mand it. Funny, isn't it, that Uncle
Sam can lay his strong hand upon a
living human being, and stand him up
to be shot to death, if need be, and yet
can't touch a single dollar except as
collected by indirect tsxationp Dol.
lars big, did you ssyP Why, bless
your soul they were so big that 300 of
them would purchase an exemption
from the draft. Think of it; a human
soul and body bought for $500.
But another proof of friendship as
shown in the grant to railroads July l,
1862. Some of you chaps were in
pretty close quarters at that time, but
that didn't prevent your friends from
granting over 200 million acres of land
and "a million dollars of bonds to sew.
eral railroad corporations. OF course
you didn't want any of that land or
money; you knew that you and your
family could live on gratitude and
glory, albeit that's deuced slim diet
nowadays, with a 10 per cent. mort.
gage gathering at your heels like the
devil beating tan bark. But states
msnship wasn't satisfied with giving
all this land and bonds, but allowed
another mortgage to take precedence
Of that of the United States; and more
than that, guaranteed the interest at 6
per cent, which is not payable until
the end of thirty years. How would
you like to get money on such terms
Uncle Sam to give you a farm and all
the money necessary to improve and
stock it without any charge for thirty
years? All, that would be psternsl-
ism! Governor Patterson, in his re-
port on the Pacific railroad, estimates
the value of the lands, land grants,
etc., to these roads at $447, ,729, ,47O.54.
WheWl What lunk-h we were to
be fighting Johnnie Rebs at $l6 a
month, instead of projecting Pacific
railroads.
But, then, don't you know how they
do love a comrades widow-that is, an
officers widoWP But If you were only
a half man known as a private (for 1t
take two priVates to make an affidavit
in a pension case; one is not counted),
your widow will draw the munihCent,
the princely sum of $l2 month; that
is, if she is perfectly decorous and
didn't allow any Rats Burtons, or
Fletcher Merediths, or Tin-Roof
Campbells floating around her. But
then you know a private's widow has
no business to envy an officers widow
who gets all the way from $50 to $416
per month. You know we're so demo.
cratic in this country-this land Of the
free and home of the braVe-that one
The advocate., 1894-10-31

mans wife is as good as another, ex-
Cept an officers wife.
But now we're to vote on November
s. What a worthy cOmrade is E. N.
Morrill,, to be sureI He'd just as soon
skin comrade as a common sinner, If
reports be true. Didn't want the old
boys to have service pension-toO
much money going directly to the peO-
pie without paying toll to the bankers.
And, boys, that is why the repubH-
can party, as managed by its leaders Of
to-day, is opposed to pensions of any
kind, and here are the figures to prove
it. The secretary of interiors report
of June 30, 1890, gives pensioners in
each state as follows:
The advocate., 1894-10-31
THE PERIODICAL LOVE
Which Politicians Have for the Old Soldier
Voters.

friendship Tor, and s0llclCude about,
the soldier boys that a review of the
legislation of the last thirty years
ought to either indorse or disproVe that
claim. When the war Of the rebellion
broke out General Scott promised in a
general order that the boys should be
paid in treasury notes as good as gold.
This promise was kept so far as the
so million dollars Of demand notes of
July II, 1861, were concerned. But
Shylock was not going to be deprived
of his golden harvest made possible by
the war, and 80 when more money was
necessary to pay the boys and pur-
chase munitions of war we find that
despite the patriotic efforts Of Thad-
deus Stevens and his cO.Workers, the
greenback was discredited by not being
receivable for duties on imports or pay
able to bondholders for interest. No
matter how low the gamblers could
force the greenbsck, the soldier boy
was compelled to receive them at par,
while the gambler bought them at as
low as 35 cents on the dollar, with
which they could buy a gold interest
bearing bond at par. The act Of March
II, 1864, authorized the secretary of
the treasury to sell gold; also to pay
the interest on bonds one year in ad-
vance in gold.
But let us see another proof of their
friendship. The act of February 25,
1862, provided that the coin receivable
as duties on imports should be paid
out as follows: First, to the payment
in coin of the interest on the bonds and
the notes Of the United States. Sec
ond, to the purchase of per cent of
the public debt, etc.. Third, the resi-
due thereof to be paid into the treas
ury of the United States.
Now, old comrades, where did your
friends exhibit any of the tremendous
solicitude for your welfare in that act
that they prste so much about now
that is, just before election2 Didn't
some of you old fellows have to wait
four, six, eight or even ten months
sometimes for your pay and then be
paid in discredited, deprecated cur
rency at that, while the man whose
property you were defending was paid
in gold one year in adVanceP
And now, boys, remember that same
bondholder escapes taxation on his
bonds, while you are taxed to pay your
pension, if you are fortunate enough to
draw one. More than that he can get
$50 on every 500 bond in bank notes
at per cent. and loan to you at 10 or
any other per cent. your necessities
will demand.
They are loud in proclsiming that
you preserved the republic, but when
you need little money to keep the
wolf from your door, you are com.
PEELED by their legislation to go to some
money-loaner or banker, and beg the
loan of a few dollars, whereas you
ought to demand as a right the priVi-
lege of borrowing from the treasury of
the republic your valor rescued from
destruction.
Instead of issuing full legal,tender
currency, as old Thsddeus Stevens
wanted to, the Shylocks got control
and saddled gold interest. bearing bonds
The advocate., 1894-10-31

you in greenbscks, or 1905, or com
pound-interest notes, and so he paid
for all the munitions Of war Of every
description. How, then, came he tc
be in debt after having paid as he
wentH When you study this thing
right thoroughly you will, think, con
clude that the whole bonded debt is q
fraud and ought to be repudiated.
Now, as to the claim that the rich
men came forward with their gold and
offered it to the government; don't
lose any sleep over that, for Shylock
isn't addicted to such cspers. In l84I
when the debt amounted to less than
4 million dollars the secretary of the
treasury could not sell bonds at pal
and said that "the stock must be either
sacrificed to the Shylocks of the coun
try or some other means be given the
secretary to meet these pressing liabil
ities." So we find that Shylock is moi
much different now from what he was
then, or when Christ kicked him out Of
the temple. But some of our modern
financiers contend that the exception
clause on the greenback was necessary
in order to get gold. Was that
true? Let's see what Secretary Fes
senden says. In his report of Decem.
ber 6, 1864, he says, after finding that
he could not borrow 80 million dollars
from the bankers "snd urged by the
conviction that the large amount OF
suspended acquisitions swollen to more
than 130 million dollars, should be re.
duced, the secretary resolved to use all
the means in his power to pay so much,
at least, as was due to our brave sol
diers who we're suffering from the long
delay in satisfying their just claims
but still continuing to serve their coun
try with unfinching courage and un
complaining devotion" Now, boys
mark you, while you were waiting fol
the puposely discredited greenback the
lordly bondholder was getting his in
terest one year in advance in gold. Oh,
how they do love the soldiers vote!
Fessenden continues: "More fully
to accomplish his purpose the secretary
resolved to avail himself of a wish ex-
pressed by many officers and soldiers,
through the psymaster, and offered to
such as desired to receive them 7.30
notes of small denominations. He was
gratified to find that these notes were
readily taken in payment to a large
amount, our gallant soldier in many
instances, not only receiving them with
alacrity, but experiencing their salts.
faction at being able to aid their coun.
try by loaning money to the govern
ment."
Wonderful, wasn't it, that the boys
who were risking their lives in defense
Of their country should be willing to
accept their own governments money
1t was not the boys in the army, or the
farmer who furnished the rstions, OF
the merchant who supplied the cloth.
ing, who refused to accept the green
backs, but the gold gamblers and Jews
from Wall street and London who
combined to force gold up to 2.85 in
order to fill their Golfers at the expense
of patriotic citizens, including the boys
in the army.
The advocate., 1894-10-31

WhYl what allied Kansas, the great
soldier stateP Elghty-two thousand
majority didn't require pensions as
urgently as they needed them in the
other close states.
J. A. MCCREARY.
EmpOria, Kas.
The Republican journal., 1894-02-08
Meals Cor rive Cents.

Restaurant II women only III red and
yellow letters on the glass door OF ALB Ire
mont street announces Il place where any
woman fuf five cents can purchase nlrli-
tious if not elaborate meal
It is run not rs a charity to the unr,n-
ployci women NJ Boston, Tilt rather s~ "
matter " business avn ~ tile same uien
who are back of the Union Rescue Mis-
sion ii "a kneeland street. These iii"
MessrS. Young. PreStum CLARK and u. b.
Fields
The restaurant was opened at this
mornings, and already has had consider
able patronage. The bin Of fare fol- IT, Vim
gives beef stew. mutton stew clear SOUP
or baked beans, with bread, tea or coffee.
for five certs. Butter as i side dish. il
one cent extra. THE soups are gopd,
and the coffee is excellent
The bill Of fare here is tritie more
varied than At the kneeland street institu
ton. AZ the managers believe that Tie
women need more variety than the men.
One thousand meals can besupplie,l dali
N. the cashier Of the new establishment is
Miss Higgins, the superintendent. Mis-
Brennan. There are six tables in the res
taurant, but about six more are to he
added. There are pictures "a the walls,
flowers in the windows. Bosfo Oh Record
The Republican journal., 1894-02-08
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