The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-11

slavery DtlOft tNt war. Ht Chp
.talist realizes this as well rs the
IabUrer.
con. JOHN /. MARTIN SPEAKS.
| Up until noon Saturday it was
correctly estimated that 5000 peo
NpIe were at EIvins, but by = o clock
. . 900 more had come in from other
/ places. thus swelling the number,
when Martin spoke, to 5000 souls
. The Colonel was mt his best and
.rlr happy to face such cOncourse
.Of sturdy toiers.
MARTINS SPEECH
MIR President: 1t fills me with
/ lrizhl to face this vast assemblage Of
| working men. Years ago crossed
NH, country when there was not a
railroad nor mine. To-day, rail
roads are vicing with each other for
the privilege Of hauling you and the
produces Of your country, My pu!-
pose here i, TO discuss the history Of
rgiui1rd labor for the last twenty
years At one time plutocracy aud
,ilk.slocking a'islocrats laughed al the
possibility of labor organizing and
holding together, but to-day every
corporation aud millionaire in the
country /, watching the actions of
labor unions. All political parties are
trying to cultivate the working man,
Even the President Of the United
States has cundcsccndcd to take up
your cause and 10 fratcrnzc with your
matchIcs- champion, John Mitchell.
"No State in the Union can com
pare iayorbiy with Imperial Missouri
in the brnciiccncc of its statutory laws
enacted especially for the protection
aud good Of the laboring man. As n
legislator, | passed the first two
weeks ply-bil!. The State has passed
laws making eight hours legal days
work, making It criminal negligence
on the part OF operators not to furnish
good air in the mines, not to curb and
timber the loose dirt, aud not to throw
ample protection around all dangerous
places where men have to work.
II hope there will never be an.
other strike and that labor and cap
ilal can adjust their differences with.
ont force Intelligence and arbitra.
ton are prevailing among labor bodies.
The arrogance, greed and hide bound
,cIi,hncss on the part of the million
airc on one side, and the prevalence
If brute force cNcrtcd by strikers at
ono time, have given away to better
feelings; sympathy and disposition
to divide profits by the capitalists,
and to forbcarance and willingness on
labur's part to arbitrate. II ever 1t
becomes necessary 10 strike, boys,
stand together As one man. Don't
waycr nor weaken, but after careful
consideration and the exhaustion Of
all fair means, you are cruelty re-
fused your just deserts, don't you de-
| srrt your cause nor your union, but
stand firmly. You have the power
tn rule this nation. The ballots are
in your hands Don't stop until your
banner wave, over the White House
aud every state capital in the Union.
"l hope to see The time, when, as a
result Of honest legislation, there will
he fair distribution of the earnings
Of mankind. Then every man who
works with his hands will have little
home of his own, in which may be
found happy wife and contcntcd
children. In the matter of doing
good and relieving the suffering in
times of great calamity, like the Kan
sa, City flood, one lodge of working
men has done more rescue work than
all the millionaircs and j. Pierpont
Morgans, who havc lived since the
creation Of the world,n
The Colonel told many amusing
anecdotes which we reported verba-
tim. but after hearing them read
he said leave them ont. >" In an
interview at the hotel, Col. Mar
Tin, said, This is the greatest
country for babies ] ever saw.
wish you could have baby show
for they are all pretty, and | sup
pose it is because of the healthy
condition of the mothers "
BRADLEY HOLDS HIS OWN.
At the picnic Saturday loud calls
for Senator John l.. Bradley were
heard. He went forward and de =
livered happy speech, which was
checrcd to the echo. Mr.. Bradley
is being urged for Congress and
may make the race against Ed
Robb. lie has promised support
which, should he run, will give
him the nomination. Bradley has
the support of the laboring men.
MANAGERS CONGRATULATED.
Messrs. Cook. LeGrand. Cozean,
Cole, the Sutterfeld brothers, the
City Marshal of Elvins, the town
of Elvins, and many others aie tc
be congratulated for the happy and
successful termination of the great.
est picnic ever held in Southeast
Missouri. The parade on the part
of labor has never been excelled il
the State. Elvins can congratulate
herself for having such an orderly
time. 1t is an honor to any town
to be able to report such a stupen
dous pathpinp with so little fric.