Show A M I 1 APPEAL to laborers of til th a united states stat e THE RUSSIAN areli f ya extradition with that country is not desirable it is strongly condemned j I 1 graal ial i al to tax E nav homr march 28 fifty thousand copies of a stirring denunciation of f 1 the russian extradition treaty are ara going out today to labor organizations and labor leaders leaden throughout the unitta states from the headquarters of the american federation of labor io in this city accompanying the address is an earnest request that every wags wage worker mail at once onca a protest against the treaty to president cleveland 01 eveland secretary of gresham and the senators iena tors their respective ti tates the appeal reads reada as follows lol tol lovra lows to the trade and labor unions of america Amei ica fellow toilers boilers Toi lers greeting representing the producers of the wealth of the country swe cannot remain silent witnesses of of the great outrage outre ge that has been perpetrated in the star chamber proceedings of the iha united states senate an extradition treaty with the crea greatest test tyrant upon the face of the globe the russian czar is about to ha be consummated by our government in tai the e battle of the people the fundamental principle plea engra ted in the declaration of independence and a rid the constitution of the united states are about to become lothin bat a relic of our glorious past by th thil treaty every russian patriot seeking to liberate tb the e russian people from ibe ahe yoke of despotism 2 and striving to establish a government of by and lor for the people is to be considered and treated by our government as aa a common criminal and as such shall be deliver ad to the mercies ot the czar and his bis hangmen wa american workmen jealous of t th he liberty and independence of our country are at the same aana aa na time tim intensely interested in the struggle roggle Bt for liberty libert and brotherhood ol of all human races M and nati nationalities ties and we therefore most emPhatic emphatically all v protest against this thia in camons American un ua compact with barbari barbarism dm our protest must be sharp against this attempt to make our government the fafe eafe guard of despot am our oar people the consorts and accomplices of the crimes of oar country con a arv the lusi tive slave blare trap of the tha azara C I 1 a mercenary hirelings and spies ane massacres ane siberian I 1 horrors and the arn luiea daily perpetrated pei pet rated by the czar and his bis minions millions fire are too well knan to us absolute aba olata absence rf of any trace of justice in relation to the so called political offenders of russia the most barbarous laws it if they may be called such each making free expression of opinion against the inhuman government rulea ruiea OfRu of russia sais a crime subject to capital punishment Is ig all this not cot sufficient that mat we may not only refuse to entertain all propositions from the czar but to shut up all our diplomatic inter courses with that country until freed from the yoko yoke of tyranny and despote iam the free people p ople of russia will enter into a brotherly alliance with the free pe of tbt th united states the russian people want freo free speech free assemblage free prows prans and elector itil suffrage halt not all civilized nations combine to assist those thosa noble heroes and patrinia patriot patr ioia 9 of rusa rubia who in the s tr aLgle lor for these inalien able rights ot ol men sac sacrifice rifle their lives let the tha voice of the people be ba heard in the sanat let all organized labor raise its thunderous protest against this shameful encroachment of politics upon the moral sense of the people let us sound the tha strongest alarm until our sense of indi in di nathn be felt and our voice be ba heard beard by our president Pres dant and his advisers advie era butto be effective we must be prompt otherwise it may be too late to retrace the dis disgrace now bending beading down upon UP and the wrong about to be inflicted on the russian people lot let a all 1 our unions send resolutions of protest to the pro pre secretary of state and senate and to the press throughout the country from the atlantic to the pacific our of indignation shall ring and per beate every hamlet of true Ameri americans caos and let our zeal not be ba relaxed until efforts to save eave the honor our nation are crowned with succeed suc cees and this disgraceful treaty be recalled or nullified our country must forever remain the asylum and b bathing spot for all who dare brave danger for freedoms bake and beek refuge from persecution of tyranny and despotism war vir berwits cog cil aden III Rill special to tai 41 TIBBE HAUTE ind march 28 an important meeting of the bituminous coal operators of th thia ia district is ansem in I 1 sion alon here today and the outcome will be out of ereah importance to opera tore torL miners and consumers of coal in general A few weeks azo aeo the freight agents ag a ants ot of the various railroads covering the indiana coal field decided to advance rates ten cents per par ton and the adeane ad vane van e went into effect two weeks seeks alzo ago today tod a y thereupon a call was waa issued for tod a ys conference its purpose Is ta devi devise ways and ni ans of compe effing the roads theome to come down to the previous rate many of the heaviest ors ore are in favor of down every raine and shaft abaft in the hoosier Ho oBier coal belt in order to bring the railroad managers ers to their canses this thia action would cut cat down earnings earn insa of the tha roada thousands of dollars daily while it would also produce a scarcity of the i product and I 1 seriously embraces con aers |