Show STRIKES STRIKES the labor question assuming a more perplexing inc aspect i THEE NIGHTS ADDRESS anro consider in the advisability of a strike by western A to the herald hour law washington april 7 deuced a bill in tho senate today to day to provide eliat e lj lit hours eliell conati into a days work for all letter car rier sand that not be reduced bv reason of a decrease iu the hours of labor THE KNIGHTS ADDRESS f blant power f 4 ant 19 broaten Br olten ST lopis april G the joint executive board of assemblies 93 17 of labor this afternoon issued he following fol lowine address to the world biear us for we plead for our of equity look upon u for we against the giants of wrong mad with the arenzy of pride adulation begotten as it Is 0 alie success of outrage and infamy there elands before u and incorporated wealth every dollar of which is built upon blood injustice and oui rape that bant of corporate lias central iced its power in and is impersonated by he eager fiend who gloats as ho eranda the life of his fellow men and grimaces and dances as they writhe upon his instrument of torture 0 ye of Americ iwho love your native landye preat creators of wealth who stand as the foundation of all national good look upon your brethers brn today to day giant fiend gould he money monarch is dancing ins as lie clarno over the grave of our order over the of our homes and the blight of our lives before him the world has smiled in beauty but his anle ia a graveyard of hopes a cyclones path of devastation and death our strong arms have grown weary in and yet tic bids us build on or die our young iv s leave grown arpy too soon beneath the strain of unrequited constant toil our loved ones at home arc hollow checked cheeked and pale with long and weary waiting for phiys to come nay more than this the graveyards are leiding his victims from our longing eyes brother workman this mon ater fiend has compelled some of us to toil in cold and rain foro canta a day others have to yield luicir time 10 liim for seventeen and thirty six weary hour for a pittance of nine hour any others who have dared to assert manhood and rebel against ills tyranny are black sted and boycotted idad jle has mado solemn compacts v ith the highest authority of our order and then basely refused to fulfill his pledge he lives under and enjoys all the benefits of a form of and yet advocates ea and perpetuates the most debasing form of while slavery lie robs alio rich and poor high and low with ruthless hand and then appeals to and purchased coulta to help him take our little homes away HB breaks our limbs and maims our our jodlo lc and then demands that we shall release him froin every claim foi damages or be blacklisted forever lie goes to our grocers and persuades bliem not to us credit because we refused to be around in his human mill he turns upon us a horde of lawless who dhoot among our wives and children with deadly intent and then he howls for government help when he gela his pay in coin alike fellow workmen gould must bo overthrown his pant power must be broken or you and I 1 must be slaves forever the ann hta of labor alone have dared to be the david to goliath the battle Is not for today to day the battle is not for tomorrow to morrow but for lie trooping generations pene rations inthe coming ages of the world for our children and our childrens children it is burcat question 01 the aw shall we in ages be a nation of freemen or a nation of slaves abo question must be decided now the chains anro already forged that are to bind us shall we await until they arc upon our limbs yav god forbids workmen of tho yourselves upon the battle workmen of every trade and clime on to the fray iou d and his monopolies must go down or children must bo slaves think of tha limilo olive plants around your hearth stones that will bo blighted blish ted by his curall think of the litte he ia to rob you of I 1 think of he wife from whose eyes he lias wrung floods ofte arsand from heart he hns tortured drops who can look calmly upon his perfidy his outrage jad his arme he lias sought t incite our rank and he has tho perfidy of vile men to entrap the unwary that ho etain our fair ame and over once fur all fellow workmen arouse lt every hand that toils be lifted 10 him that forever that these outrages must case Let every heart ami brow be turned toward our common foe and let no man prow weary until like our giant dead at our feet SJ tined EXECUTIVE P A the lacree La croe fire april 7 alie fir in the timber district yesterday caused u oral irisi of etith an lenaur unco of A fire nt two amock this in lie bua inea blackd on third street il a losa 0 insured for 3 THE STRIKE chief arthur in st Louis The will help the knights ST louis april 7 the engineers employed upon the railroads venter ing in east st louis decline to state the cause of climet arthurs presence in this city or its probable effect upon the extension of the to other departments of iho roads alian those now involved A prominent member of the of labor however when questioned as to whether the engineers would support the strikers str ikera eaid that is just what DS t do you can depend upon it arthur to bo cure is opposed to barkes but beuch a pressure will be brought to acir that he cannot resist it is declared that llie en sneers on all the i cadd centering in east st louis exea t those on the arc us will go out lo 10 aid the knights in ficht ST louis april 7 ylie quiet state aira which has existed in east st louis fur the past week was suddenly broken to day by a riot A crowd of strikers numbering over 1000 formed about noon at the railway depot and headed by the leadir of abo strikers in that city marched to the ohio mississippi deput where a number of platform men were at work no guard of police or deputy sheriffs had been stationed there and the employees were easily forced from their positions thence the mob advanced upon the vandalia yards here a few deputies were on duty who ordered the men back they refused and made a rush bearing down upon the offic cra swarmed the gates into tho yards and forced all the employees at work out of the yards from hero they marched to abo burlington yards where a similar scene was enacted and aalthe employees forced out the men then rushed the chicago alton yards and upon arriving there were met hy a strong force of deputy armed with winchester repeating rifles they ordered the mob back and called upon them to disperse this the crowd refused to do and upon attempting to rush through the gates the marshals brought rifles to their shoulders to fire if the crowd advanced this cooled their ardor somewhat ome what and they turned backline bac klime the less determined however that there should be no work done in that city while the knights of labor are still on their strike the deputies remained tho alton yards fear iii a second attack upon that point while the strikers pro ceded to the cairo short line yards whither they are no v p m in arching 2 p cupon arriving there their way was obstructed and by the same means employed at the other yards forced the men at work there their positions tho mb then dispersed robt eject but not before allin a ofaf tho strikers to tako place at hall where resolutions vill ba adopted debating de lating thai no one will be allowed to fill tha otril atra places ST louis april the board of the brotherhood of elpin eera aro holdier in east st lonia today to day icea arthur being present and they are seriously con sideri Dg tho question as to whether or not it will be advisable to strike in support of of labor ST louis april 7 adjutant general vance was a spectator of the action of the mob in forcina the men employed in the east st louis railroad yards to quit work and lie has telegraphed the situation to the governor pm twenty of the firemen employed upon the of fie bridge tunnel company struck today in support of the knight of labor this unless others can be found to fill their positions will stop the kransler of all freight and passenger trains over the bridge Land Matteri washington april 7 the order which spark a issued april ard 3rd 1885 suspended final action upon all entries of public lauds except private cash entries and such scrip locations as are not dependent upon the nets of settlement and cultivation in the w hole of colorado except the land in the lale ute reservation all of dakota idaho ciali washington new airsick AIr sico montana and nevada as well as upon all timber entries under the act of june ard 3rd 1878 ale upon all cases of desert land entries secretary lamar cays whatever may have existed at ali hib of the it has clawd to to longer cpa in order atin suspending of all action and involving in common the condemnation of tho innocent and cuilty the honest and dishonest white I 1 earnestly ur brothe othe exercise of the strictest vigilance to prevent by all agencies within your power the consummation of fraudulent or wrongful land claims yet when vigilance of all these not a substantial evidence of fraud or wrong claims should not be delayed or their consideration refused on penceal reports or rumors the above order as issued by you is therefore revoked and you will proceed in orderly and lawful consideration for the disposal of the claims suspended by it order revolted april 7 tho secretary of the interior has revoked the order sparks of the general land office of april suspending final action upon entries dpn public lands far louis april 7 at the iron mountain arris today to day nil is quiet and orderly biye switch engines are at work wi th the crews selected from thorold tho road force of twenty of the switchmen employed in these varda returned to work yesterday but went ont again to do eo by a ee irom abo the yard master bent to deloio for newsmen twenty of whom arrived this and are now t work boand dead bed K Fw nAVES conn auell athos A r professor of baliu literature in calp waa discovered dead in his bed this morning he was in his year r H r the chinee question Quei tion washington april 7 the acting secretary of the treasury lias instructed ted tho collector of customs at port townsend washington territory in cases eliere chinese subjects claiming to bo merchants teachers students etu dents and others of the classes es er opted from tho restrictive provisions of the chinese emigration act arrive at that port from places in countries other than china where there are representatives of the chinese government he the collector is to facilitate the determination by the courts of iho treaty rights of the immigration in question and is not to send back without judicial examination any of them unless there is positive evidence that they are of the prohibited class their course approved NEW april 7 interest jn the southwestern strikes among men in this city continues to grow the action of the general executive board in recalling the order to re sumo work and in pledging the sup port of alie entire organization to the strike meets with the approval of the majority of the knights in this re pion from a larye number of local and district assemblies resolutions favoring this course and pledging themselves to furnish their quota of alie necessary funds sent to secretary turner A kitsing alderman NEW april 7 alderman delacey cannot be found and it is left the city on sunday night with the intention of remaining away of N Y went to candor recently and had with him several biant powder cartridges which he took pleasure in exploding the last one that be set off blow him into so many pieces that some af pf them were never found TUB SALVATION ARMY has reason to be encouraged at its success in kala mazoo sixty eight sinners have professed to be converted since it sounds ed its first war cry there and of these all but three are keeping the faith while twenty have enlisted as earnest and vociferous soldiers |