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LOCAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
TB4DE* ABBBMBLT.
The Trades Assembly of Denver and
Vicinity meets on the second and fourth Sun
days of each month.
J. R. Buchanan, President
C L. Merritt, Secretary, News office,
XNIOHTB OF LABOR.
Montgomery Benevolent Assembly No.
1*24 meets every Friday evening, at Knights
of Labor hall, at 7:80 o’clock.
Union Assembly No. 2327 meets on the
first Tuesday of every month, at Knights of
Labor hail, 386 Holladay, at 7:30 o’clock..
BARBERS.
Barbers’ Benevolent Protective Associa
tion meets every Tuesday at 9 p. m. at
Knights of Labor hall, 386 Holladay Street
J. Leonard, President.
W. Newman, Secretary.
TTrOQRAPniCAL.
Typographical Union No. 49 meets on the
first Sunday of each month at Knights of
Pythias half, at 2 o’clock p. m.
0. L. Smith, Financial Secretary.
F. P. Manix, Recording Secretary.
TAILORS.
Tailors’ Protective Society meets on the
first Monday of each month, at Justice
Jeffries’ court room, at 7 o’clock p. m.
C. Puttkenmbr, President.
T. Hamlin, Secretary.
stonecutters.
Stonecutters Union meets every alternate
Tuesday, at Justice Sopris’ court room at
7:80 p. m.
IRON MOLD BBS.
iron Molders Union meets every second
and fourth Tuesdays of each month, at
Knights of Labor hall, at 7:80 p. m.
J. H. Gilbert, Secretary,
83 Park street.
LABOR NOTES.
There is over 1,000 Knights of Labor
in Decatur, Illinois.
Sharks eat big fish ; big fish eat little
fish; little fish eat mud.—Justice.
Buy Douglas coal, $3.50 for 2,000 pounds.
Telelphone 347; office 176 K Fifteenth street.
The miners at Salinesville, Ohio, have
accepted the reduction and no questions
asked.
The strikes in progress in Ohio are
mainly against reduction for the summer
before March 1.
Three _ hundred miners are striking
along the Connoton valley road against
a 10 per cent reduction.
The tobacco packers at Petersburg,
Virginia, after a gallant fight, have re
turned to work unconditionally.
A number of pattern makers at the
Westinghouse machine shops are strik
ing against a proposed reduction.
The Victor stove works at Salem,
Ohio, has resumed operations, the men
accepting the 10 per cent reduction.
The stove molders at the works of Orr,
Painter <fe Co., at Reading, have accepted
a reduction of 10 per cent in their wages.
The various labor organizations at
Cincinnati, Pittsburg and elsewhere con
tributed nobly toward the relief of flood
sufferers.
The strike of the cotton operatives,
Lancashire, England, has been termina
ted by the masters acceding to the pro
posals of the operators
The semi-annual joint convention of
the river and railroad miners of the
Pittsburg district will be held on the
second Tuesday in March.
It is rumored that carpenters at Cin
cinnati are to be reduced. They are re
ceiving less pay than other building
trades, but are poorly organized.
At Danville, Pennsylvania, there are
three lodges of the Amalgamated Iron
workers. The men are all on a strike
against a reduction of 12i per cent.
The Colorado Iron works reduced the
force again this week. Work is also very
dull at the Rio Grande shops. A large
number were laid off the other day.
Joseph A. Labadie is now working in
the office of the Commissioner of Labor
McGrath, at Lansing, Michigan, where
he will be employed fora few weeks.
The new secret work and traveling
signs and passwords have been passed
upon by the Carpenters' executive board,
and will be sent to the unions this week.
Stove molders are in good humor once
more, as there “is a general opening up
and a rush of business at many points,
and very little heard of reductions lately.
‘ The glass works at Bridgeport, Ohio,
and the Buckeye factory at Bellaire,
were burned down last week. The high
water reached the lime and started the
blaze.
Laboring men must unite and learn to
pull together. Corporations of every
kind are linked together, pull together,
and feather their nests while fleecing the
people.
The strike at Birmingham, Alabama,
is off, and the Amalgamated men are
taking employ ment there. It is said
President Weihe notified them to take
this action.
The prospects are that the miners of
Ohio will resist the proposed reduction
from 80 to 60 cents per ton. About Pitts
burg, at present rates, the miners make
about 96 cents a ton.
The Pittsburg Herald, speaking of
printers, savs: “Last week was a good
one for ‘subs’ on the papers, the regulars
having to stay at home and ‘space-out’
the water in their houses.
The Lebanon Manufacturing company
of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, hah reduced
its laborers’ wages 10 cents per day and
the wages of all kinds of mechanics from
10 to 25 cents per day.
One year ago there were but a very
locals in good, working order in Lynn,
Massachusetts, but at the meeting of last
Monday fifty-six assemblies were repre
sented, one of them a woman’s, only one
month old, with a membership of 500.
After a lot of ignorant Italian laborers
have hanged a few contractors who do
not pay them, the contractors will learn
to treat them with honest consideration,
even if they are poor devils and must
take care of themselves. —Pittsburg Her
ald.
At a meeting of the Holders’ union,
Troy, New York, recently, a decision
was received from the proprietors of the
various stove foundries. They say they
must have a greater reduction than 10
per cent, or they will not resume opera
tions, as the Western competition renders
such a course hazardous.
A league of the building trades is now
under way in Now Orleans, and a meet
ing has been held for that purpose. Del
egates from the carpenters, painters,
bricklavers and plasterers, were in ses
sion. The gas-fitters and plumbers will
also join. The best of feeling prevails
among the delegates.
A. C. Rankin, Master Workman of
district 3, has resigned his office and will
issue a call for the election of his suc
cessor. Mr. Rankin has been a mosteffi
cient officer ond his loss will be deeply
regretted. He still remains a Knight of
Labor, but will not hold an official posi
tion.—Pittsburg Herald.
On the first of January the Sandusky
Tool company made a reduction of 10
per cent in wages, with a promise that it
should be restored as soon as business
revived sufficiently to warrant it. One
of the reasons given for the reduction
was that the Ohio Tool company, under
the prison contract system, obtained
their labor for only 80 cents per day,
while they were paying $1.50 and $2 per
day.
THE ASSEMBLY.
It Meets in Regular Session and
Transacts Routine. Busines s
- Resolutions.
The Trades’ Assembly met in regular
session in Knights of Labor hall, 386
Holladay street, Sunday afternoon, the
attendance being only fair.
There was little to report from the
standing committees, and the routine
business occupied a very short time.
P. W. Smith presented credentials
from Assembly 1424, to fill unexpired
term of J.. H. Brooks, resigned. The
credentials were accepted.
The agitation committee made an in
formal report concerning the rally which
was held at West Turner hall on the
fourteenth instant. The chairman of the
committee stated that the owner of the
hall, who had not charged anything for
the use of his property, was a little dis
appointed because he had failed to ob
tain anv patronage at his bar from the
large throng of workingmen who were
present. This statement was received
by the delegates with a murmer of ap
proval.
The secretary reported the constitu
tions as printed and on his desk ready
for distribution.
Bills of the Labor Enquirer for print
ing constitutions and hand-bills for pub
lic meeting were allowed.
A resolution pledging renewed and
active support to The Enquirer was
adopted. [The resolution, together with
the remarks of Delegate Bailey, will be
found in another part of this issue.]
On motion members of the committee
on arbitration were allowed one day’s
pay for service rendered.
The question of assisting the carpen
ters to more purpose in forming their
union was taken up, and the delegates
exhorted to do all in their power to aid
in this good work. It was announced
that the carpenters would meet on the
following Thursday evening, and dele
gates were urged to attend the meeting.
The following resolutions were read
and unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That this assembly unite in
the general movement now being made
throughout the United States to boycott
the New York Tribune, which has vio
lated every contract with its employes,
and is the avowed enemy of organized
labor.
Resolved, That this . assembly use
every effort to prevent the sale of that
paper by refusing to patronize any news
dealer who persists in handling the New
York Tribune.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The Day Dawns.
Cedar Rapids, lowa, Feb. 26.
Editor Labor Enquirer.
: *Oh ! God. how long will their wrongs be
dumb!
How long the hopeless strife?
Ere the hearts that die and the souls be
numbed
Shall quicken to new born life;
And the empty hands, that toil from birth
Be clasped in a band that spans the earth,"
It was once said “Whoever attempts
to pull down the American flag —shoot
him on the spot;” and this sentiment
was warmly endorsed by the great body
of loyal Americans. That flag is but the
symbol of the rights it guarantees to the
citizens living under it. In our govern
ment fundamentally, in theory, it gives
equality and the implied right, at least,
to the common inheritance of the nation
and the pursuit of such vocation as shall
result in happiness and competency.
The man who should pull down the
symbol of American liberty and equality
and trample its folds in the dnst is guilty
of a small wrong compared wjth him
who should conspire to deprive the
citizen of his birthright and reduce him
and those depending on him to poverty,
hunger and rags. If to shoot down the
former is an act to be commended,
doubly so would it be just and right to
mete out death to the latter. The one
but disturbs and disgraces the symbol of
human liberty—the other destroys and
robs the humanity and all that pertains
to it, and leaves its victims disgraced,
beggars, outcasts, slaves.
Will the sons of toil arouse and de
mand a recognition of their manly rights
before the fetters of the would-be despots
fasten to their limbs and crush out every
hope.
The calm discussion of these labor
questions do not disturb these tyrants in
the least. They look Bpon it as an inno
cent passtime in which men devoid of
courage engage; but let the bullet do its
work, as did Cox of California, and the
argument will produce some effect.
So long as the laboring people tamely
submit to the grinding power oMhe
rapidly growing monopolies of the nation,
so long will their burdens, privations
and poverty increase.
The labor element must unite and act
as a unit in all matters, great and small
that in any way effect their interests.
The welfare of the wealth producing
classes is thfe welfare of the nation, from
which the life blood of the government
is supplied and which alone can perpetu
ate it, J- L- Enos.
f
Vindicator.
Editor Labor Enquirer.
Denver, Feb. 24.— X am sorry to hear
that you was obliged to appeal for aid to
carry on the great and noble work of
editing the best, the truest, the boldest
paper west of the Mississippi, but the
majority of such are always in distress.
I am well aware that a man possessing
your principle must feel the pangs of
honest pride and manhood lowered to
the lowest ebb when forced to make
this appeal. Yet it is the proper course.
It cannot be expected that you can live
on air and water and work hard. You
are worthy of the best food and cloth
ing, for you have labored hard for the
poor, not only of Denver, but of the
world at large. Yet those luxuries you
don’t enjoy, and I know it.
I must say from ray heart to all the
readers of The Enquirer, shame on you
if yon ever let this noble, little iron-clad
sink forever after all it has done for you:
The principle of The Enquirer is
broader than the prejudiced religion
many believe in ; it has overstepped the
boundaries of nationality, and calls all
men by their right names—brothers of
one family and children of One Just God.
What grander principle than this could
be established among men ? What bet
ter or holier form of worship can man
offer to God than this ? None that I can
see. And let me here say, I have been
thoroughly instructed in that grand old
Catholic church, which taught me when
a boy, one of the best and truest forms of
religion ever uttered by the lips of men
—love your neighbor as yourself. But
who is my neighbor? Read the answer:
Mankind of every description, without
any exception, even those who injure us
or differ with us in religion.
So you see the principle taught by The
Enquirer is nothing new to me. yet I
almost adore is for propagating the long
lost truth that men are brothers the
world over.
I hope no one will get offended at
what I said about the creed and church
I believe in. I am the friend of the
poor and the enemy of tyrants, and will
remain so until death closes my lips and
and deprives me of the power of speech.
Now, brothers of the workingmen’s or
ganizations of Denver, I appeal to you as
true men, for I often sat among you, en
couraging you by word and example in
the best light God has given me, respond
to the call of The Labor Enquirer.
Come to the relief of your brother who
is at the head of that little bark, not
with wise and nice talk that will do no
good, but with the cash to tide him over
the cold, dark and unmerciful ocean of
poverty, for such I must call it. It .is no
shame or crime to be poor ; if it is, nine
tenths of the human race are sharers of
this shame. May God bless him who
gives cheerfully, and make his path in
life smooth, for it is in a good cause.
■ Vindicator.
For Re-election.
E. P. McPhilomy, alderman from the Ninth
ward, is announced as a candidate for re
election at the April election. Me. is a labor
ing man, was elected by laboring men one
year ago, and has conducted himself in a
manner during his term of office which makes
him worthy of their renewed support.
The Yoke We Suffer.
The farmer should cease sucking his
thumbs. He should wipe his eyes and
chin. He is not a baby. He should go
to some laundry and have his spinal
column starched. He should brace up.
Oh, that the farmer were a kicker !
That he would make Rome howl! That
he would make those who oppress him
get up and dust!
His oppressors are many and bold.
They control the markets, the ways of
traffic, the telegraph, the forum and the
government. Labor is their pay, labor
ing classes their victims. And farmers
constitute more than half of the labor
ing masses.—-Farmer’s Call.
Speculating in Commodities.
In the national house of representatives,
on Wednesday afternoon Mr. Lefevre offered
a resolution reciting that speculation and
gambling in American farm products have
obtained control of the market value of these
products and directing the committee on
judiciary to prepare a bill prohibiting the
purchase or sale of wheat, corn, cotton, pro
visions, or other articles of prime necessity
unless by actual transfer of the articles, or a
warehouse receipt accompanies such actions.
Also a bill authorizing such governmental
interference as will give stability to the price
of the commodities.
Burned to Death.
About 2 o’clock on Monday morning a
fire broke out in thd National and Nash
ville hotels, corner Nineteenth and
Wazee streets, this city, andfooth houses
were considerably damaged. Three men,
Patrick McGuire, William Whelan and
Jeremiah Sullivan, were suffocated and
burned and were taken out of the Na
tional hotel dead.
It is charged that the fire department
service was insufficient, but the coroner’s
jury failed to bring anything further
than the customary verdict in such cases
—“came to their death by suffocation.”
THE LABOR ENQUIRER.
THE ELOQUENCE OF TRUTH.
A Resolution Passed by the Trades
Assembly—A Delegate's
Remarks.
At the regular meeting of the Trades As
sembly, on last Sunday afternoon, the follow
ing resolution was offered and unanimously
adopted. Mr. J. D. Bailey, in speaking to
the motion to resolution, so ex
pressed the sentiments of the assembly that
a motion to publish his remarks In The En
quirer was carried unanimously:
Resolved, That we give all the aid and as
sistance we possibly can to The Labor En
quirer, of Denver, by donations, suhsrip
tions, advertisements, etc., and that all the
delegates are authorized and instructed to
urge upon their respective organizations and
other friends to do the same.
The resolution was signed and presented by
the full delegation from assembly 1424.
Mr. Bailey said:
Mr. President: As the delegates of
1424 hare introduced this resolution, I desire
to make some remarks in favor of it and The
Enquibeb.
First, 1 wish to state that we hare done so
because we believed it to be our duty to the
paper and to our fellow laborers in Denver
and the state of Colorado, in order that the
paper might be put on a paying basis and*
live, and in so doing we have not consulted
the editor, but our own feelings, in order that
The Enquirer might continue to be a
bright and shining light, as it has been to the
wageworkers of this and other states, and
other labor papers throughout the country.
I have no doubt in my mind that its editor,
Mr. J. R. Buchanan, feels that he would
greatly prefer, if it were possible, to have no
appeals made in this way for his aid, but
that should not trouble him in the least. It
is a duty we owe to the labor cause and tol
him. It is a matter of business to sustain
that paper. The working people have not
responded liberally enough to pay the run
ning expenses of the paper, from various
causes and reasons. Some could not owing
to the scarcity of work, low wages, high
rents, and cost of living. Others hare
thought, as the paper »as forthcoming every
week, being of good size and brimful of
reading matter, that it was all right, that it
was on a paying basis. They saw no mur- 1
murings in the paper; they did not know it
was one continual struggle to get that paper
out week after week. Why was there no i
murmurings and no appeal for aid in that
paper ? Because the editor is a man— one of (
intelligence and refinement. A mau who,
did not, nor does not, wish to bee. It was no
doubt his desire, and is to-day, to publish a
good paper solely on its merits. But in such
times as these it has been impossible to do
so without money for its support. Cash had
to be paid for help, for material and for
everything done. Advertising decreased, 1
and that is the best paying part of the paper.
Still the columns must be filled. When there i
were no advertisements reading matter had to
be set up and put In—which took the cash.
Expenses increased rapidly; subscriptions
came in slowly, and the expenses have been 1
greater than the income. Finally, when the 1
editor saw that without assistance the paper
must go down, he made an appeal through ,
the columns of his paper for help. This was
doubtles done with many regrets, and per
haps feelings of humiliation, but it was the
last and only resort; the last vestige of hope,
and surely no man on the continent of Amer- 1
ica should say one word against it.
Now, gentlemen, I hope that resolution i
will carry without a dissenting voice; that
each and every delegate of the Trades Assem
bly will do all they can to aid and assist in |
keeping alive The Bnquirer— the best pa
per te-day advocating the cause of labor be
tween New York and San Francisco. I claim
it is one of the best papers in the United
States, and that we, the wageworkers of Col
orado, should not allow that paper to go
down. It might be years before another one
half as good would be started. It will not do
for us to be without an organ to advocate our
cause. If that paper goes down we have no
help. If we keep it going ahead it will ma
terially advance our interests in many ways.
As I understand it the columns of that pa
per are open at all times to us for the discus- ■
sion of labor interests and the rights of the j
wageworker, while the the so-called great
papers of the state are not printed in the in- ■
terests of the laborer, but in the interests of |
the money powers that be. Their columns j
are not free to us, but are closed against us ■
tighter than the chances of equality.
A strong proof, to my mind, of my asser
tions have of very recent date occurred.!
Rev. De La Matyr made us a rousing speech
and The Enquirer published it in full, j
The Republican had a synopsis of that J
speech, the Tribune a small notice, and if 11
mistake not the News had very little to say.
Gentlemen, you know as well as I do that if
either one of the old political parties had
been having a rally, with one of their promi
nent speakers, a brass band to toot for them,
and a lot of old political bummers to ap-1
plaud, they would all have had their short
hand reporters there. The speech would
have been published in full, with big head
lines. and all would have been glorious.-
It has been my privilige to be in The En
quirer office frequently, this winter when
idle, and I am satisfied It is, and has been,
run on the most economical plan tliat was
possible. I know the editor worked every
day and until late at night, and even on Sun
days ; that he has done, and does do, what
the fewest number of men could or would do.
He is a practical printer as well as writer;
steps up to the case and composes many of
his articles and editorials and sets them up
without stopping to write them, often talking
to visitors or men on business at the same
time, and perhaps smoking a cigarette as he
goes on with the glorious work. Gentlemen,
there is not one man In ten thousand that
could or would do this. Most of them would
require a private office to write in, and
another printer to set the type; besides,
when they saw they were losing money, they
would get a patent outside .or inside—they
would not care which—and give you old stale !
news, something about like you get In com- j
mon papers.
In view of all these facts, 1 say again, if
we let this paper go down, years may come
and go ere we have another good labor paper
in Colorado, because if this one falls no man
of energy, intellect or money enough to start
a paper, will take the risk after they see
there has been a failure. They can and will
do something else. And allow me to say
that Mr. Buchanan could make a decent liv
ing— at least SIOO per month—without run
ning a paper, and I honestly thinx that he
has the cause of labor at heart. If it were
dollars and cents alone that he is after, he
could get them. There has not been a time
for months that the old politicians would not
have been glad to have gotten control of The
Enquibeb, and would no doubt been willing
to have paid its editor a good, round sum and
then had the paper go suddenly down to rise
no more. This he has been honest and proud
enough not to do.
I want to say a lew words to all who
smoke, drink beer, etc. While lam not a
temperance lecturer, I want to make a prop
osition to them. That is to do without one
cigar or one glass of beer each week, which
cost them 5 cents each. That would make
them $3.60 per year, which gives them
enough to take and pay for Thx Enquirer
($2) a year and have 00 cents left Or, if they
will do without one cigar and one glass of
beer a week that would be a saving of $5.20
per year, enough to pay for two subscribers
(and have SL2O left), one for themselves and
one to send or give to some friend and per
haps make that friend a convert to the cause
of labor, and they might induce others to be
come readers and subscribers. It would be a
good scheme to buy with the remainder a few
copies occasionally and send tnem or give
them to others. All these things help.
I think it would be a sad comment indeed
if Denver, claiming a population of 60,000
and a large portion of that population work
ing people trying to better their condition, if
if they do not come to the front and give The
Enquirer a boom. There are probably more
laborers in Colorado, in proportion to the
number of inhabitants, than almost any state
lx the Union, and this paper should have a
larger circulation than any other paper In the
state, and I think If fire can keep It up for
the next three months that the miners ana
laborers throughout this and adjoining states
and territories will lend ns a helping hand, ad
vertisements will come in, the paper will be'
all right—a good, solid paper and a good,
paying investment in various ways. The
assembly 1424 Knights of Labor have come
to the front with $35.60; “the silent worker,”
sls; Independent Group, $8.50; Molders’
union, $5; Stonecutters’ union, $5; oash,
(several persons) $5.50; from other places,
$12.50; making a total of $82.10.
That is a very good showing for the first
week. If every union will work in earnest
and every person will do what they can this
amount can be increased so that there will
be no room for doubts about the forthcoming
of the paper and its success.
Changing the Presidential Term.
Washington,- D. C., Feb. 25.—Repre
sentative Springer to-day Introduced for
reference in the house, a proposed con
stitutional amendment, making the
presidential term six years, and render
ing the president ineligible for re-elec
tion the succeeding term. It provides
for a direct vote for president in each
state, and abolishes the electoral college.
The term of representatives in congress
is fixed at three years, and congress
shall meet e'ach year on the first Wed
nesday in January, the first session to
convene in January succeeding the
November election.
Late Labor News.
By Associated Press.
East Hampton, Mass., Feb. 25.— The
operatives at Willston mill have struck
against a reduction of 3 per cent in wages.
Amesbuby, Mass., Feb. 25—The weav
ers, spoolers, corders and spinners of
mill No. 1 have struck.
London, February 25. —Shortly after 1
o’clock this morning a terrible explosion
occurred in the cloak room of the Vic
toria railway station in London. The
explosion was undoubtedly due to dyna
mite. A large portion of the roof was
blown off, and nearly all of the glass
work in the station was destroyed.
Seven men have been sent to the hospi
tal with severe injuri ;s. Extensive
damage was done to the surrounding
property.
Two reports accompanied the explo
sion, the noise being like the discharge
from a cannon, and it was followed by
an immediate rush of flames. The book
ing office, cloak room and waiting room
were completely shattered, and are a
confused mass of debris. Luckily all
trains had ceased running, and only a
few persons were about the station.
Reading, Penn., Feb. 27. —Notices are
posted in nine hat factories, employing
800 hands, announcing a reduction .of
wages of 12 per cent. The reasons given
are competition and the exorbitant duty
on wool.
Vienna, Feb. 28.—The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Tagblatt says the
czar has decided to convene the supe
rior council on the tenth of March for
the purpose of considering the Socialist
question. They will take into consider
ation the question if there really ex
ists a powerful Nihilist party and, if so,
what their wants are and how to satisfy
or crush them, as the demands of the
country may require. The council will
be composed of representatives from
the ruling classes.
London, Feb. 28.— 1 n the house of
commons the home secretary stated that
a third infernal machine had been dis
covered at the Haddinton railway sta
tion. The machine was of American
manufacture and contained dynamite.
London, Feb. 28.—The clerk of the
cloak room at Charing Cross railway
station opened at midnight, last night, a
suspicious looking box, which was
thought to contain explosives. It has
been sent to Woolwich to be examined.
The detectives have kept a close watch
upon the resorts of the Irish National
ists in London, but have made no discov
eries. It is believed that the dynamite
conspiracy is managed wholly abroad
and that the conspirators hold no com
munication with the Fenian or National
circles here. The machine was inside of
a valise, attached to a cash box, It con
sisted of twenty pounds of dynamite, in
which was imbedded an American alarm
clock with a pistol. The hammer of the
pistol was elevated.
Pittsburg. Penn,, Feb. 28.— The coal
I miners in tne third pool inaugurated a
strike to-day for the district price, 3[
cents a bushel. Fifteen hundred men
are out and only twenty-two are working
in the entire pool. An asssessment of
$1 per week on each miner in three
other pools has been made to support
the strikers, and if this fails a general
suspension will be ordered.
Postboys' Party.
Great preparations are being made to in
sure a success upon the occasion of the
letter-carriers’ fifth annual ball, which oc
curs at East Turner hall, on Thursday even
ing, March 13. The printing Is out, and
the various committees are hard at work,
looking after every little detail which go to
make up a successful entertainment. The
boys will have a large attendance, and they
deserve it; for In cold or heat, sunshine or
rain, they never fail us. Their devotion to
their tedious labor can not but make them
hosts of friends and admirers. . -
AMUSEMENTS.
:
AT THE GRAND.
“The Hoop of Gold” did not do
a good business daring the first four
nights of this week, which was the ex
tent of their engagement. The Mure
was probably due to the fact that the
Mapleaon Opera Company was an
nounced to finish the week, and the
people have been holding off, as it were,
for that attraction. “The Hoop of Gold"
is of the same class as “Lighta o’ Lon
don” and “Ruling Passions,” bat the
lines are better and the plot is not so
incomprehensible. The company has
some first-class people in it, bat the lead
ing man is very weak. He should be
changed. With a good man in the prin
cipal part and an average house to en
courage “The Hoop of Gold" would be
superior to many plays of its class.
To-night (Friday,) the Mapleson Grand
Opera Company begins an engagement
of four performances. The company ,is
led by the great Patti, but this lady will
sing but once—at the Saturday matinee.
. Mile Etelka Gerater. the only living
rival of Patti will sing on Friday and
Monday evenings. There are seyeral
other soloists of high reputation, an or
chestra of twenty-five pieces, all sup
ported by Her Majesty’s Grand Opera
Company.
Tuesday evening the ever welcome
“Strategists” will open for five nights and
a matinee. This piece is a favorite here,
and will undoubtedly draw largely
during this engagement.
THE ACADEMY.
Mr. Hughes, owner of this comfortable
place of amusement, has been superin
tending the work of a large force of
workmen during the past two weeks, and
the house is being greatly improved and
will undoubtedly soon enter upon a suc
cessful career, Morrissey’s Hibernicon
opened for three performances on Thurs
day evening. Many are familiar with
the character of this performance, as its
reputation is widespread. The pano
rama of Ireland is exceptionally fine and
the acting of the company is in thorough
keeping with the spirit of the pictures.
Saturday evening will be a special occa
sion at the Academy and a large audi
ence is anticipated.
Resources of Civilization.
The Armory was comfortably filled on
Thursday evening, on the occasion of the
lecture of the Irish patriot, Mr. P. J. Sheri
dan, and an audience more thoroughly In
sympathy with the orater of the evening
never gathered in this city. Frequent and
vociferous applause greeted the pauses after
almost every sentence uttered by the speaker.
Uufortunately it is too late for this paper to
give an extended notice of Mr. Sheridan’s
remarks in this issue, but I can not let the
subject pass without congratulating the
people who liav'e the cause of Irish freedom
at heart upon the possession of such an In
telligent, fearless and conscientious ally as
Mr. Sheridan shows himself to be. He fully
understands the situation and has the good
common sense to see the futility of “consti
tutional agitation;” and he has the nerve to
say what he thinks.
A more extended notice will be given of
this gentleman’s views in the next issue, in
the meanwhile dynamite is quoted at 46c.
Has Returned.
T. S. Clayton, the hatter has just returned
from an eastern trip, where he has been
laying in a stock of goods, and he desires
this paper to announce that he now has the
largest and most complete stock of hats and
caps ever brought to this city, embracing the
latest styles in all the varieties. He also
pledges to sell at lower prices than ever
before. The store is still at 285 and 285%
Fifteenth street.
On Saturday
Will be opened out the large stock of
shoes from the flooded city and offered
for sale by the. famous Buffalo Shoe
Company, at remarkably low figures.
This will be the grand spring opening,
so we will give a big cut in all our other
goods to enable all our customers to have
a grand benefit for awhile.
Carpenters.
The Carpenters’ union met Thursday
night at Knights of Labor hall, 386 Hol
laday street. The meeting was addressed
by several speakers. The constitution
and by-laws of the Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners of North America
was read and adopted. Meeting ad
journed to meet to-morrow (Sunday) at
3p. m., at the same place. Carpenters
are respectfully invited to attend.
A Semi-Occasional Lie.
Paris, Feb. 27.—The police are convinced
that the advanced Irish party have made
Paris their headquarters in Europe for the
preparation of their dynamite schemes. The
Irish Nationalist colony includes representa
tives from three centers of the Irish Republi
can Brotherhood. The first section com
prises the former Fenians, James Stephens,
John O’Leary and General MacAdavare, but
the last named disavows belonging to the
society. His mission was to counsel his
friends against extreme violent views, but it
was not his duty to reveal tnelr acts, how
ever nefarious or mistaken they might be.
He was certain that other Nationalists shared
this view. Captain McCaffery said the weak
were justified in using terrorism against the
strong.
He repudiated any affiliation with the con
tinental secret societies. He sympathized
with the revolutionary propagandism in
Europe because Ireland was benefitted
thereby, but Nationalism, even the most ex
treme, was not necessarily linked with Ni
hilism or anarchy. He denied conspiring
actively, bat he added that experience was
valuable to prevent a mistake, and the repe
tition of former mistakes. The police have
traced the arrival of five transfers, or men,
belonging to the third or active section of
the dynamiters, who have been told off for
the next attempts.
One of them is from Buffalo, New York;
one from Patterson, New Jersey; one from
Brooklyn and two from Texas. They are
believed to the pupils-OT Mezeroff. Th e
other Irish Men who are under watch are
Cornelias Cn 11 uore, Eugene Davis and Casey.
It is believed that the dynamite is made at
Montrogne. The supposed manufacturer Is
registered as an authorized chemical student.
The instructor Is believed to be a man
named Brady under the alias of King. “The
Brotherhood” meet In the Rue St. Honore
and Avenue Victor Hugo.
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Revolution.” For sale at this office
price, 15 cents.
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