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The labor world., 1897-11-27
Should Stand by the Boys.
Editor Labor World:

Editor Labor World:
Allow me to say few words and at
the same time congratulate union
labor on it's choice of candidate
in the News Tribune q contest.
This has been a con test that he's again
brought the workingman to the front
It shows plainly that anything they
take hold of can be accomplished with
favorable results. / believe the late
contest was the most original ever
brought before the public, and was pop
ular with all classes of citizens. 1t
proved pleasure and pastime for
hundreds, and resulted in a victory for
the union workmen of Duluth. The
generous recognition by the News
Tribune of the second candidate has
greatly pleased the numerous friends of
Mr.. Kriz.
But the work of the union mon is not
ended at electing their choice to the
Klondyke. They should bear in mind
that they have chosen this man to leave
his home and family for at least year,
or maybe two. Let me suggest that
the union men take up subscription,
or your valuable paper could be used
for the purpose, to provide fund to
take care of the wife and family of the
union mons choice while be is away on
their errand of inquiry, for upon his
message depends the future of many
union men; if it be favorable many will
20; if it be unfavorable much suffering
and loss of time and money will be
saved. Therefore, stand by your choice
until the last. See that nothing is lost
to this brave man or his family. and by
SO doing you will have nothing to lose
but will gain much.
THos. HANNIBAL.
The labor world., 1897-11-27

PAu1Au Sl Al1CdL d11O Ill III uCl.
Lock at the millions of play:
ers killed in war. And war is
part of the game. They ever
call it the glorious and heroic
part where good and true
patriots lay down their lives III
defense Of the boarded plunder
some greedy and brutal player
has accumulated, while some
other player who has lost his
deal refuses to submit to the
rules and demands new shut
file of the cards. f.
Oh, it is brutal, hellisk,
bloody game, and the very soil
is sinking with the blood and
decaying bodies of those who
lost and were slain by the
lucky winners. -
And still you do not want to
change the rules of the game.
You think it is sufficient to go
about and reform one man
here and another one over
there, forgetting that the old
system will drive him back
into the horrible game before
your words have died out pf
his ears. 7.
You might as we'll attempt
to bail out the sea with one of
your slippers, pouring the
water into a creek that win1s
around the hill and emptjas
into the same dirty pool from
which you are bailing.
Listen! The game is on
now. Did you hear that re-
port of a pistol? Some poor,
discouraged player has blown
his brains out. Listen again!
Do you hear those groans?
They came up from the hun
cry and the starving and from
those who are trying to leave
the game through the poiSpn
route.
Oh, it is horrible to those
who can hear all the groans
and sighs and curses and gun
shots coming up from this
gambling hell, and can see the
bloody \ fingermarks every
where.
But it does no good to close
your ears and let the game 60
on. You are in the game your
self and must play the cards to
the bitter end.
Shall the system be changed?
Are you not tired and Mortified,
helping to carry out and cover
up the dead?
The labor world., 1897-11-27

lh1S was true even unuer pr1'
vate capitalism, despite the
prodigious waste and friction
of it's methods; but of course
it is far more important truth
now when the machinery OF
cooperation runs with abso-
lutte smoothness and every
ounce of energy is utilized to
the utmost effect. The e1e-
ment in the total industrial
product which is due to the
social organism is represented
by the difference between the
value of what one man pro-
duces as a worker in connec-
ton with the social organiza-
ton and what he could produce
in a condition of isolation.
Working in concert with his
fellows by and of the social or
ganism, he and they produce
enough to support in all the
highest luxury and refinement.
Toiling in isolation. human ex-
perience has proved that he
would be fortunate if he could
at the utmost produce enough
to keep himself alive. 1t is es-
timated, l believe, that the
average daily product of
worker in America to day is
some fifty dollars. The pro-
duct of the same man working
in isolation would probably be
highly estimated on the same
basis of calculation if put at a
quarter of a dollar.
i "Now tell me, Julian, to
whom belongs the social or
ganism, this vast machinery
of human association, which
enhances some two hundred
fold the product of every ones
labor?'
"Manifestly," l replied, "it
can belong to no one in partic-
ular, but to nothing less than
society collectively. Society
collectively can be the only
heir to the social inheritance
of intellect and discovery, and
it is society collectively which
furnishes the continuous daily
concourse by which alone that
inheritance is made effective"
EXACTLY so. The social or
ganism, with all that it is and
all it makes possible, is the in
divisible inheritance of all in
common. To whom, then,
properly21 belongs that two
hundred-fold enhancement of
the value of every ones labor
which is owing to the social
organism?"
"Manifestly to society collec-
tively-to the general fund"
From Edward Bel1amy's
Equality"
The labor world., 1897-11-27
RULES OF THE GAME.
Poison Thorn in Appeal to
Reason Describes the Game
of Competition.
Tho He'll That Uph0ldors Of
Present Conditions Desire
to Perpetuato.

Often you hear some OF the
plutocratic newspapers pitch
ing into some skinflint for his
barbarous treatment of his
wage slaves, but you never
hear, a genuine plute paper
saying word against the sys-
tenn that makes all this barbar-
ity possible.
All these skinflints who rob
and plunder the poor and re-
duce them to the verge of star
vation are playing the game OF
competition in strict accord
.ance with the established rules
of the game.
Pullman, Rockefeller, Carne-
gle, Grover Cleveland, Mark
Hanna, Mckinley, and the
whole whooping horde OF
whining, whiskered, white
livered plunderers Of the mis-
erable poor, are playing the
game of civilized robbery ex-
actly in harmony and in ac-
,cordance with the accepted
rules laid down by those who
have for years been controlling
the brutal game.
It is not the men playing,
even though they play the
game so brutal that charitable
people are horritied, against
whom the fight of socialism is
made. They are not to blame
for the system. It was here
and firmly established long be-
fore they were born.
The rules governing the
game of competition are as old
las history-yes, as old as ami
NAL life. Its laws are the privi-
!lege of might, crowning the
most brutal of the brutes with
authority granted by the great
est of the very meanest on
earth, and no man with spark
of charity or. love or justice in
his heart can play a winning
hand.
Those who are "playing to
luck" as the gamblers say, are
men who follow close to the
laws governing the game, and
God help all those who stay in
the game with them.
Unlike all other games we
have all got to show our hand
every day and play to the bit
ter end, no odds how disgust
ing and painful the game
proves to be.
And don't talk about reform
ing the world while this sys,
tenn of plunder goes on. Don't
talk about converting men tc
God as a means of reforming
the world and then turn these
new converts out to play the
old barbarous game of compe
:tition for their daily meal.
Don't look shocked wher
you hear of statesmen ano
Judges and private individuals
betraying a trust, or being de
:tected of cheating.
The game not only allows
cheating, but bestows honor:
ON the successful player who
cheats and gains by it. 1t i:
only when you cheat and fai
that the rules bar you but fo1
a few years.
Don't try to look shocked
over the news that the opera
tors of some mine or factory O.
mill have ground their EN-
ployes down to a system o
barbarity where they ca1
scarcely get food enough t.
keep the immortal souls (which
the great God almighty gav'
themselves and family, i,
their scrawny bodies. Th'
The labor world., 1897-11-27

"The main factor in the pro-
duction of wealth among civil
lied men is the social organ
ism, the machinery of asso-
ciated labor and exchange by
which hundreds of millions of
individuals provide the de-
mand for one another's pro-
duct and mutually complement
one another's labors, thereby
making the productive and dis
tributive systems of a nationa and
of the world one great machine.
The labor world., 1897-11-27

3
to 90 out and shoot into tn ese
scrawny bodies of the employees
if they dare to throw down
their hands and demand a new
deal.
And don't be surprised at
the grinding encroachments OF
trusts and combines and your
impotency to stop them. 1t is
part of the game and the
judges and statesmen who tol-
crate and cOuntenanCe and en-
courage these combines are
getting part of the jackpot
when it is raked home.
And the game allows it, too.
Nothing is too mean nor too
brutal, if the player but does it
all according to the orthodox
rule of competition.
There are jails and prisons
to lock up the players who can
not hide their cards after steal
ing them, and poorhouses, and
homes for the old players who
have lost 80 gradually and
slowly that they were not
driven to suicide, like the play
ers who lose all in a single
game and then go out and
blow their brains out.
Don't try to look shocked at
the sight of jails and poor
houses for they are only part
of the game and stand back a
little farther from the cheat
end of the table than those
churches where poor man
cannot enter and find a wei
come from those who have
been "playing to luck"
There are houses of prostitu-
ton between these two rows of
public buildings, but don't con-
denim the women who are
playing at this end of the table.
They are only playing their
best card to win bread, cloth
ing and shelter. This is what
we are all playing for and fol-
lowing lives of the least resist
ance in our efforts to get it.
Don't blame the poor women.
They are only playing their
best card in this damnable
game of competition. The
honorable means of winning
bread and to win it without re-
sorting to slavery or crime are
growing scarcer every year.
The harlot is no worse than
the plunderer of starving chill
dren-no, not half 80 bad in the
eyes of a just God, unless even
the Almighty is playing along
with those who are winning all
the pots.
But don't blame God for all
the barbarous and inhuman
torture brought on through
this awful game. The game is
strictly human-the competi-
tive battle for bread.
And it is being played now
more fierce and cruel than
ever. Those who are "p1aying
to luck" are resorting to all
manner of mechanical devices
to manipulate the cards and to
crowd men away from their
place at the table.
In thousands of places where
you could find a man playing
twenty-five years ago you will
now find a machine or patent
device attached to the table
performing all that man
could do, giving all the win
nings to the owner of the ma.
chine.
And where are the old play
ers who used to occupy these
places? They are forced still!
lower down along the blood
stained table, and are either
begging or stealing or dead
Don't blame them. They are
only playing according to the
rules that barred them out O.
The labor world., 1897-11-27
GREAT ECONOMISTS.
Lawrence Gr0nlund and Ed
ward BelIamy.
The Questions of Blighted Lives and Col
lectivism Ably Set Forth by These
Leaders of Thought.

the world from their dismal
treadrnills of endless and tor
tuous labor, believing, poor
souls, that through some in
scrutable whim of the AL
mighty they have been robbed
of a share in the wealth of Gre
alton, and must toll on in con-
tentment and absolute hunilia-
ton, or they will even lose the
eternal rest of heaven.
Most of these slaves are lean
and tanned and hollow-eyed,
for their work is SO hard that
even the flesh of their bodies
is sacrificed on the altar of in
humanity. They have no time
for study and recreation, and
their thoughtless faces tell the
pitiable story of plundered
and blighted intellect.
All, God! TO think of the
many blighted minds that are
forced to go cropping their way
through the darkness of preju-
dice and superstition, minds
that might have been able to
solve the great throbbing prob
lens of human progress, and
reach far out into the mystery
that surrounds us, had they
been born under different cir
cumstances, and not robbed of
their natural right to inherit
an equal right to the blessings
on earth.
Shall this hell of inhumanity
continue much longer? Shall
the blighting of intellect go
on? Shall the flesh of slaves
still be sacrificed on the ac-
cursed altar of pious greed?
Shall the treadmills of indus
try continue to grind the hearts
and hopes out of the children
born down among the people
who are threatened with eter-
nal damnation if they dare to
raise their arm against their
numbering, plundering op-
pressors? /9%
I cannot die until / see the
earth restored to the people.
While this is the condition,
and the feeling of the many
who experience the grinding
and enslaving force of COM
petitive political organization,
in which the competition was
closed many years before the
contest begun, even the victor
is not happy in his gorgeous
state. And in his reflective
moments he is heard to MUIR
muir:
The race is won! AS victor am hailed
With deafening cheers from eager thoughts,
and yet
Gladder the victory could forget
The strained, white faces OF the men who failed
It must be that the same
humanizing force which in the
past has brought mankind
with all their doubts and fears
from the despotic sway of the
monarch to the state where
each has a voice in the govern
ment, will, in time, bring us to
the doctrine of "A1l the world
for all the people. ."--Lawrence
Gronlund.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-24
CALAMITY IN OHIO VILLAGE.
DISASTROUS FIRE ATTENDED
BY LOSS OF LITE.
Best Part of cambridge Consumed
Explosion in Drug Store and Two
Men Killed-others Injured.

ChiIlicothe. o.. Sept. 23.-The village
of cambridge was the scene of one Of
the most disastrous CONGREGATIONS this
evening that ever occurred in this
country. An entire square, containing
most of the prominent business houses,
several handsome residences and the
Methodist church, was entirely de-
stroyed, and two prominent business
men lost their lives in an explosion
which occurred in the drug store Of So
Beardsley. The fire was started in a
barn in the rear Of PerriIl Browns gem
erai store by two little boys, who were
playing with lighted matches. Boards
ley's drug store, adjoining, was next
abIaze, and with the limited means at
hand for fighting fire. it passed all
bounds and became uncomfortable. In
the midst of the excitement q terrible
explosion occurred in the drug store,
and MIR. Beardsley, who was inside en-
deavoring 10 save some of his property,
lost his life in the ruins. His brother
in-law. Thomas Higgins. who went to
his rescue, was unable to get cut and
was burned to death, While several
others were more or less injured, but
none fatally.
Getting q fresh start from the burn
ing oils and chemicals in the wrecked
uIuS SlOlef lHS DIe iCetDtu lTOIIl mouse
to house until it was evident that the
entire town was doomed A message
was sent to Waverly and to this city
asking for aid. and both fire depart
mem q responded. The Baltimore q Ohio
Southwestern and Ohio Southern rail-
ways sent special trains with the en-
sines. but they did not arrive until
almost 4 o'clock. nearly three hours
after the first alarm was given.
The best that could be done was to
prevent the fire from being commu-
nicated to the other squares But two
houses were left standing on the square
in which the fire originated. both be-
ing private residences owned by Per-
ril Moore. The estimated loss is $50, 600
The bodies of Beardslay and Higgins
were found on the floor about Is feet
from the front entrance. mutiiated and
burned beyond recognition.
The list Of wounded includes Homer
HuIing. broken hip, and Albert Frey.
internal injuries received by falling
from a building.
Relief has been sent from this city,
and the needs of the people of the IN
fortunate town will be tenderly looked
after
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-24

gotten that parliament resolved meas
ures to secure a stable par of exchange
between gold and silver Sir Michael
Hicks Beach (the chancellor of the ex-
chequer) pledged himself to do all in his
power 20 carry the resolution into eff
feet.
The English public have forgotten
also that ten of the IA mem bers of the
agricultural commission signed a report
recommending bimetalism as a pallia-
i've for the agricultural depression in
England. The public and the newspa-
pers seem to think the government IS
influenced merely by desire to secure
the good viii of the United States,
whore it is attempting to carry out the
declared policy Of parliament"
The Evening Standard. referring to
the bankers protest against the action
of the governor of the Bank of Eng
land, says. The public is confidently
expecting an impression of Condemns
$ion. against the government body of
the Bank of England of Mr. Smiths
extraordinary statement A national
Institution should not be imperiled and
the whole financial system of the coun-
try excited by such Yagaries."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-24
AN UNCOMPAHGRE CONFERENCE
COMMISSIONERS AND CHIEFS
MEET NEXT TUESDAY.
Preliminary Conference Was Held
Yesterday-Mr. Jeffreys corrects
Wrong Impressions Concerning
Mineral Lands.
1snonial to The Herald.l

(SpeClai TO 1ue 11GTdIOJ
Fort DuChesae. Utah, Sept. 23.-Messrs-
Jeffery, Griffin and Myton, the commls-
sioners sent here to allot lands 20 me
UncompahSre Utes ss4ld preliminary
council today with Chefs ChaVenAu& ana
Ilhandra of that tribe Ii was uneNeIltlul.
The indians seemed reticent, not having
talked with their own people Ine com,
migstorers will meet the chiefs snd mead
men in general council next Tuesday at
this place :
Camden. Tenn, Major Ross Griffin of
Kansas CITY, Howell p. Myton of Garden
City, Kan, members of the commission
appointed TO aliot lands TO the Uhcon-
rlahgres, passed through here the other
day on their way TO Fort Duches1e They
were interviewed by the Price Advocate
which says: -
things, said that all lands on the reSsrVa-
ton would be absolutely thrown open
without reserve on the first day OF april
excepting gilsonite and kindred prop
critics. which are reserved by the COY
eminent for future disposition on cohdl-
tons not yet determined e4
This is important in flew of the fact
that the impression has recently gone
forth. from articles published in prom
ineat da!leis, wherein the term Inlherd!
land was used, that the I;ch deposits OF
gold silver copper, etc, known 70 be SIT
would not be opened to the public for l?-
cation Mr.. JeffreyS was emphatic IN F4l6
suafement that all mineral lands, save
known gils0n.te, elaberite and mineral
wax deposits. would be o6ened and ready
for stalking AMI fling upon by April l
next. the powers. as well as the lima
items of the commission being clearly oe-
fined in this regard.
'Relatiye to the mooted question as to
whether or not there was sufficient land
on the reservation to allot to the In
dams in severity, Mr.. JeHreys said ttlat
The information and data in the possess
SION of the commission was TO the effect
that there was enough agricultural land
on the reservation for ti-lS purpose. and
that the commission expected to make
antcable and peaceful settlement with the
respective tribes as regards the delicate
allotment question. He does not antiei-
pat: any difficulty with the White ROCKS
or other alleged intractables.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-24
Times OPPOSES Lord Farrer.

LONDON, Sept. 24.-The Times says edi-
torsally bhCs morning; We do not sup
pogu. in view of the emphatic remon-
general business community that there
viii be any disposition 10 go TURNER even
in a speculative WY, with lo,loB 60
thoroughly ddscreC.ted from the begin
emElatte way any attempt to bring po-
htlcal influence 70 bear upon she admin
isrration rOdcy Of tAe bank"
In concluding its editorial, the Times
says
1T is difficult to resist the force of
lord faTrers argument An internal
tOnal arrangement to raise silver TO che
artificial ya.Ne contemplated. would be Il
revolutionary measure, accomplished
probably w1rios- the consent of 4e-isla-
cure, which would carry VITA st the gray
ext CONSEQUENCES to British finance and
ConFmerce.'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-24
THE HERALD BULLETIN.

PAGE ONE.
Bimetallism Discouraged.
Frontier Day at Cheyenne.
Sensation in Madrid.
PAGE TWO.
Strikers Generally Resume Work.
Stamping Out Yellow Jack.
Calimity in Ohio Village.
PAGE THREE.
The Geyser-M Marion.
Mercur Mining News.
Execution Against Hughes Fruit
Company
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial.
PAGE FIVE.
Militiaman Barker Insane.
Hughes Fruit & Produce Company
Failure.
In Railway Circles.
PAGE SIX.
Testimony offered That Mrs. Luet-
CERT is Alive.
Stock Market on Bear Side.
PAGE SEVEN.
State News.
PAGE EIGHT
Democratic Ward Conventions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-24
TRIAL OF THE WHITECAPPERS.
FOR PROSECUTING MoRMoNs IN
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Six Men Tried Yesterday and the
Case Has Gone to the 5ury-Great
Interest Idanifcstcd-
lsneciaI to The Herald0

Columbia, S. c., Sept. 23.-The case of
the Fairfield whiteoappers is tonight in
the hands of a jury. OF the 80 names
in the Indictment, as originally drawn,
the grand jury threw out all but Jo-
seph Nettles. Charlie Dinkins, George
Moore, Levi Moore, john Moore and
John Hansell.
TIE Witnesses were handled with
great expedition. little time being lost
Nine women testified, several Of the
pretty girls, and all Mormons. They
were Martha Eastlow, Mrs. LYDIA East
Ter. Miss Rachel Eastler Mrs. Artie
Freeman. Mrs Sallie BranhaIn Miss
Maggie Brapham, Miss Alice Branham
Miss Ella Collins, Miss Mamie Collins
The state endeavored 10 show through
its witnesses that an armed mob had
invaded the habitatlon of certain per-
sons who had exp9unded the cause Of
the Normons and Of converts to that
faith, and that the prisoners were
members of the party The defense in
the main made an effort TO prove an
alibi. and to impeach the testimony
given by the witnesses for the prosecu-
tien.
Arguments were made for the defense
by NIessrs. NJ L. Smith and Boydkln
Clark of Camden. and Messrs. E. Rags
dale and c. w Ragsdale of the Wins
bor,o bar. Solicitor NJ K. Henry made
am able argument for the state, being
assisted by r. a. Meases of Ridgeway
This afternoon the case was given to
the jury, after forcible charge by
Judge Bennett. At this late hour the
jury is still celebrating. a mistrial IS
considered probable.
Great interest was manifested IN the
case. but there was no unusual excite
ment throughout the trial. Miss Mag
gle and Miss Alice Branham are the
girls who held the mob at bay with
guns when they were hunting for Nor
mon elders. They testified positively to
having recognized several Of the ac-
cused. The men wore masks, but they
looked underneath and besides recog-
nized their voices.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-24
THE CUBAN LEAGUE.
President Ethan Allen Issues a Stir
ring Address.

New York. Sept. 23.-President Ethan
Allen Of the Cuban league Of the United
States today issued the following ad-
dress to the members Of the league:
A year of patriotic work is about
to end in the grandsst results Last
spring nearly every governor of this
republic. at our request, backed by the
legislature of his state, spoke for Gu
ban independence.
Nov the nGur Of emancipation for
Cuba is at hand The commanding
voice of the nation has at last reached
the executive, though the delay mas
been much too long Our minister in
Spain. with patriotic president behind
him, viii do that which shall end the
murder Dlunder and medieval tyr
amy in Cuba. allowing it's entry into Il
sovereign state The nation is ready
with guns, if necessary. Every mem
Der of this league should be alert to
uphold the president in such policy.
Let all. when the moment comes, say
to him, All divisions end at the waters
edge