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the labor enquirer. 368 Larimkr Street, DENVER. - - - - COLQRADO. Official Organ of the Rocky Mountain Social League. SOC IALIST PROPAGANDA FUND. The declared objects of the Rocky Mountain Social League are to hold agi tation meetings, distribute literature and in all ways aid in the propagation of the doctrines of Socialism. For the purpose of allowing any who may feel so disposed to contribute means to carry on this ag itation, by printing and circulating books and e League has ordered the opening of a "Propaganda Fund” in The Enquirer. Contributions should be sent to G. 0. Shove, 942 Curtis street, Denver, Colo., who is secretary-treasurer of.'the Pro visional Committee. All donations will be acknowledged in this column. RECEIVED. Sunday Meeting, April 25 $2 15 G. 0. Shove, Secretary-Treasurer. THE LEAGUE. Auuther Specially Fine Meeting— Good Speeches and 9ome Strong: Resolution*, Last Sunday’s meeting was an excel lent one in all respects ; the attendance being large and the comrades all doing well in their respective parts. After'singing “Our Cause,” the lesson “Inadequate 0 jections” was read and responded to by Comrade Charles Cheesewright; followed by some excel lent remarks on the lesson by Comrade Callahan, in which he pointed to the postoffice and government printing of fice as practical Socialistic examples, and called attention to their satisfactory workings. He also refuted the charge that Socialism killed ambition and showed the fallacy of the objections gen erally raised against Socialism. Corprade Shove made a powerful talk upon “Chicago’s Upheaval,” and, while not upholding the methods of the An archists, excused their action in Chicago because it was taken in defense of one of their inalienable rights—free speech. After the usual recess and a song, Comrade Alvord read an interesting paper, in which he said that our actions should be based -on good bottom princi pies—“properly ballasted” —and also ad vocated the drawing of a more distinct line between Socialism and Anarchy. A strong poemientitled “Rebellion of iy-50” wa. then well rendered by Com rade Mrs. Mantle, and was followed by the introduction by Comrade Lennon of a resolution condemning the recent ac tion of the Anarchists in Chicago ; Com rade Graves also introduced a resolution extending them our sympathv, as com rad-s lighting a common enemy, while Hot endorsing their methods. By con sent both resolutions were lai lover and will be discussed and acted upon at the next meeting. After the reading by Chairman Buch anan of a circular containing a new idea regarding strikes, and singing a song, llie meeting adjourned. Trouble at Marshall. The miners at the Marshall coal mine are upon strike, ag.inst a reduction, the company has introduced the “iron man" scheme of mining coal, and re quired the men ti work bv the dav, as tenders to the machine. The miners refused, and are now upon strike. l lie company is attemnting to operate the mine, with the assistance of sixty armed Pinkerton murderers. The man agers cannot afford to pay seventy five miners 70 cents more a day, but they can give sixty Pinkertons $5 each per dav to keep the mine running. Here is the usual consistency of the monopolist. But labor must be crushed. The miners have issued the following circular, of which exchanges will please take notice: NOTICE! Men are requested to keep away from the Marshall Coal mine at Erie as there is trouble ! By. Order L. A. 4454. The Academy The attraction at the Academy next week will be Ezra Kendall and his tine company, in the “Two Kids." Popular prices. Go and see the fun. From a Clergyman. "A hundred years ago we started out with these two principles, viz.—the po litical one of general equality, universal suffrage ; and the commercial one, indi vidual eompe.ition. These two princi ples, it was supposed, would work hand in hand. They have not. One or the other had to be modified. Which one vou all know. The political principle has been silently but surely modified. While in theory this country continues to be a purely republican form of gov ernment, in reality it is not. The peo ple are loosing power. To-day each cit izen votes for the candidate he chooses from president to lowast county officer, but as to the candidates he lias little choice. The candidates are put forward by a power stronger than the individual, vulgarly called the “machine,” and this machine” is al most fully made up of a powerful professional class called poli ticians, a class not in existence a hun dred years ago.”—Rev. Thomas Van Ness. The Case of Louisa Hart. Married at fifte in to the blackguard son of a noted procuress ; forced onto the streets by her hqsband ; set up in a house by a capitalist (whose name we are most anxious to discover); forced again to entrap children ‘o be debauched by other capitalists, this poor slip of womanhood is made tne victim of “jus tice," to shield her guilty clients, and the butt of invective, which is j.onred liberally forth by those whose conserva juc: deliberately allows our -v degrad hood. Such is poor Louisa Hart, now undergoing a sentence of five years penal servitude. We have no curse to spare for the poor girl of twentv-one years, whoee mind has been bent and I wisted from divinely human growth, to be the tool of baseness in its most revolting forms. For her we have only the deepest compassion, as for a sister thrown un guarded into the most miserable filth of this sinful, unreformed world. With all the sins and crimes which she has been forced and coaxed into committing, she is probably nearer to the kingdom of heaven than the respec table bishops and clergy, who uphold both the rights of property and those hideous inequalities, which mike harlots of some of the fairest of our sisters, and satvrs of the brothers of our Lord. Our fury is directed, not against the cowed and unwilling weak girl, the tool of lechery, but against the real panderers and procaresses, who with the knowl edge of these fearful facts unmistikably. before them, will vet defend, tooth and talon,a state of things which shelters the criminal, even from public opin on, which gives him carte blanche to prey upon girlhood and womanhood, and te curely to poison the lives of others, when he himself has b en poisoned by idle ness and overfeeding. When shall we hear the voice of true womanhood, in-' dignant, pitiful, and irresistible;, ervi ng, “our social order is known by these its fruits, cat it down?” What rights has property, when balanced against the wrongs of man and woman ? Observe that the poor girl was gagged, ■ when she was dragged away, lest she should leffall words, which might throw light upon the characters of some of the wealthy, to whom the law smirkinglv savs, “Go in peace, sin again and nothing shall befall thee.” Why have not the police found out any of the “gentlemen” concerned in this horrible business? The reason is plain, the police are guardians of property against humanity. Property can, with their kind permission, do whatsoever it lnsteth, but there is a chivalry bornin the hearts of men,which can only tolerate these things for a little while. —Christian Socialist (London). The Barbers. The barbers of this city are making another effort to inaugurate the Suuday dosing plan in their business. The bosses and the journeymen are working together in the movement,a d public sentiment is with them. The Enquirer bids the barbers Godspeed. At a meeting of the bosses and jours held on Wednesday evening it was de cided to close the shops on Sunday. They will keep open until 12 o’clock Saturday nights. Misrepresentation. Co 1 miners throughout the country are warnod to pay no attention to adver tisements and agents loooking for men to go to Marshall. These advertise ments and agents are trying to get men under misrepresentation. The company claims that there is no trouble with their old men. but that everything is harm mious. Ten men were brought up from Starkville, bv Dave Jones, the scab boss, on Monday, upon the understand ing that there was no trouble. When the men arrived at the mine they found the Pinkerton thug 3on guard. Four of the ten held a conferenee with the strikers, and decided that to go to work, under the circumstances, would be to blackleg, and they left the camp. The remaining six (Mexicans) were over awed by the “guards” and at last reports constitu’ed the entire working force of the Marshall Coal company. The Enquirer gets its information straight upon this question, and is as sured of its accuracy. Attention ! There will be a regular meeting of D. A 89, Sunday, May 23, at 10 o’clock a. m., in McClelland hall. The Co Operative Store is general western agent for the sale of K. of L. and R. R. plug tobacco, also the K. of L, smoking tobacco. Knights of Labor should use it. See that your tobacco dealer keeps it. 20-4-t San Francisco's Parade. From Private sources The Enquirer has learned some of the details of the labor parade, which took place in San Francisco on the eleventh instant. There were about 7,000 in the line of march. The Coast Seamen’s union turned out in unifo-m and escorted a wagon bearing a full-rigged brig. The parade was followed by speaking and a grand entertainment at Woodward’s gardens, over 8,000 persons being on the grounds. The whole affair was the grandest thing of the kind ever witnessed in San Francisco, and it was a high feather in the cap of the Trades Federation. Tile Fishers Won. Editor Labor Enquirer. Portland, Oregon, May 14. —The strike of the Columbia River Fishermen’s union, which has been in progress for the last month, has ended in a victory for the anion; the first victory for labor in Oregon. There were 2,500 men inter ested in the strike. The cannery men acceded to all demands. This union was organized by the I. W. A., on bed rock principles, and is now conducted bv that body. D. Cronen, Secretary for Oregon. To Harness .tinkers. Editor Labor Enquirer. San Francisco, Mav 8. —The Harness Makers’ union of this city have made a demand of their employers for a25 per cent increase of wages, also an adjust msnt of the apprentice system. Oar de mands have thus far not been acceded to. Please warn ell Harness makers to give this city a wide berth at present, as an attempt will probably be made to induce men to come here. Yonrs fraternally, _J. H. Brchns, JUSTICE TO IRELAND. An Appeal to the People of England, Scotland and Wales. The following document, in circular form, has been issued by the Socialist Union, of London. It strikes the key note on the Irish question: After more than seven centuries of government by brute f tree and of land lord robber--, a pretense of a desire to do right by the people of Ireland is being made by the middle and upper classes parliament, which still dominates the people of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Let us see how it is pro posed to do ic by whigs, conservatives, liberals, and sham radicals, alike. Do they offer the people of Ireland the free and unrestricted right of self-govern ment? Do they offer restitution to them of the land of which ‘they have deprived them, or of the millions of rent of which they have robbed them ? Nothing of the sort. They only propose to Change one form of slavery for an other —instead of to land lords the pe' pie of Ireland are to be made to pay interest to bond-holders, and, as usual, you the people of Great Britain are to find the force, the money and the men to compel your Irish brothers to keep a class ih luxury and idleness These classes who rob and oppress both them and you, are sparing no efforts to arouse you against the Irish people. They are appealing to race hatred, to religious bigotry. They and the corrupt press, which is their ready instrument, would set you at each others throats, not in your interest but in theirs. Who were they that droye the Irish in misery and starvation from their own island to compete with you workers of Great Britain and keep down vour wages? Why, the Irish landlords. Who took advantage of their need and vours to grind huge profits out of your labor ? Why, the British capitalists. Fellow-workers! we ask you to turn a de ;f ear to all incitements to enmity against your Irish brothers. Their cause is vours—your cause s also theirs. And those who oppress you both know it, and fear nothing s j much as to see you united. Let the peoples of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales then join hands. Let the now disunited English, Irish, Scotch and Welsh workers stand shoul der to shoulder, let them rally to each others side, for the struggle of the cen turies’ robbed peoples is near at hand. In uqity only is there hope of victory. By unity alone can true freedom be at tained. Let, then, the workers of the four countries stretch out their hands to each other, and by their united strength overthrow the whole system under which they have been plundered in the past, and will continue to be plundered in the future unless it is changed. But it will not be changed bv mere parlia mentary-reform, not as long as the workers send landlords and capitalists, bankers and bond holders, to parlia ment. It is only ova Social Revolution that shall plane under the direct control of the people themselves, the land, the capital and all the means of production, distribution aud exchange, that justice shall be obtained for all. For this end let the workers of all the countries unite. Confident of Success. The carpenters of this city seem con fident that they will succeed in inaugu rating the rule of eight hours for nine hours’pay. At this writing the situa tion is certainly favorable for success. A Worker’ll Ending. “An inquest was held . yesterday on the body of James Robertson, aged 71, a laborer, living in Mill street, Higher iranmere. It appeared from the evi dence that deceased had been for many years a laborer at Messrs. Laird’s ship building works, but had been out of em ployment since May last, and this had made him at times very depressed in spirits. Deceased went to the yard yes terday morning, and asked the foreman if there was a job for him. He was told there was not, and deceased then said he would go and drown himself. The fore man gave him some breakfast, and ad vised him to go to the workhouse until trade was better, but deceased replied that he had been there already, ani he would die rather than go back, His body was found floating in the water. A verdict of ‘suicide whilst suffering from temporary insanity’ was returned.”— Liverpool Daily Post, March 27. The great cut sale continues at the Buffalo Shoe Store on Larimer street. Their Way. Editor Labor Enquirer. Stockton, May 13.—We have a city council that believes in protecting prop erty owners from taxation. They have a bill before them for the taxation of “Bussinesses” for the pur ose of paving the streets. This is a sample of all con gressional proceedings. A Warrington. Albert Simpson. Platte Valley assembly 3403, of Ster ling, has lost a trustworthy and active member, in the death of Albert Simp eon, which occurred in Kansas City, on the seventh instant. Boycott Barnett. E. Barnett, clothier, at 417 Larimer street, is being bovcotted bv organized labor, because he broke his promise to them concerning closing on Sunday. The good people of Denver, in all the walks of life, are interested in this struggle. Boycott Barnett, on Sundays, and every other day, until he redeems his promise and respects the popular moral will, by closing his store one day out of seven. THE LABOR ENQUIRER. due them and was not forthcoming, and,- as they have nad this same delav to put up with quite often during the last two years, the men decided that the time had come for a protest. At this writing the men are still out, but indications are favorable for a speedy settlement. Notwithstanding the fact that matters in labor circles have been compara tively quiet during the past week, there is lots of trouble in the principal manu facturing centers. Over 10,000 lumber men are on strike in Chicago, and there are as many more in other callings. There are neck and neck contests be tween employers and employes in a hundred places, and the pot of discon tent is boiling higher and higher. Help Them Out. Now that the respectable barbers of this city have decided to keep their shops closed on Sunday, it is the duty of organized workingmen and good citi zens generally to stand bv them, by re fusing to patronize—at any time —those who will not close —if there are any such. James Blackwell, printer, who is special American correspondent for Jus tice, of London, is now in Chicago. A letter to The Enquirer announces that he will probably soon visit Denver end the west. Comrade Blackwell is an able worker in the labor movement, and his letterin this issue shows that he goes to the bottom. Colorado will give him a welcome should he decide to give her a visit. The wholesale commission houses of the city have entered into an agreement to close their places of business at 3 o’clock on Saturday afternoon. False Statements Made a week ago to-dav in this paper, by the New England Shoe company, or more trpthfullv speaking, the shoe store from Omaha, backed by a Chicago auc tion house^ This concern makes the statement and false insinuation that the Buffalo is humbugging the people with false claims and that the Buffalo did not dare take up the offer made by the New En gland Shoe company. The Buffalo Shoe companv can ably prove all this to be the blackest kind of falsehood, and those who read the dailies indorse this fact : The Buffalo did copy their article word for word and planted f 1,000 in the C do rado National ban'.-, and sent the other party a copy of ihe paper, and urged the New England Sbse comp my to come forward and keep their word, which they c iwardly b eked out of, knowing they.had bitten off their own nose to spite an honest concern. These are facts that can and will be proven. 4 The public can form its opinion of a concern that resorts to such dirty, low trickery and falsehood. The Buffalo Shoe Company has been here over three years, and the public well knows what kind of goods they handle, and whether truthful advertisers or not. The celebrated stiff Hats from the Co operatime Hat company just received at Clayton’s. Tidbald & Behymer, Undertaking and Embalming, No. 267 17th Street, Denver All work warranted. Down With Humbugs. The half price game completely broken up over the New England Shoe Company’s offer. The .Buffalo did not dare to take Uup as it stood, showing that their half price cut W’as all on paper and the public had to pay for it. The C -Operative Store is general western agent for the sale of K. of L. and R. R. plug tobacco, also the K of L. smoking tobacco. Knights of Labor should use it. -■ See that vour tobacco dealer k3eps it. 20 4 t Workingmen’s Day at the CoOperation Shoe Store. Special discount. 369 Lawrence street. Cut this Out And take it to the Co-Operation Shoe Company, 369 Lawrence, and get the 10 percent discount. To-dav only. The largest store. . The Largest stock. The latest styles, And the lowest prices in Men’s and Boys’ Hats and Caps at T. S. Clayton’s, 285 and 2854 Fifteenth street. N. B.—Until further dotice my store will be closed onSuudavs. The Central Subdivision, taking in Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Kent, Scott and other streets, is on the North Side, less than half a mile from the Union Depot, and leading manufac turing establishments. Choice lots over looking the city and most conveniently located for men engaged on railroads or at work at manufactories. Terms to suit purchasers. Interest at 8 per cent. 14tf John Brisben Walker, Office 389 Arapahoe. Telephone 292. For Sale. Oue beautiful entire block of ground, improved, three good houses and barns, etc., all rented, on Larimer and Holla day streets, accessible to railroads; price $7,000. Two lots on South Eleventh street, near Olive; price $1,300. Three lots and a two story brick, nine rooms, near the La Veta place on South Fifteenth" street, facing the Capitol grounds; price SII,OOO. One double two story brick and lots. 44x66, on Larimer, near Thirteenth ; price, $8,500. House and saloon, complete. 280 Lar imer, four years lease ; price S7OO. S. Vinot, 280 J Larimer street. EATON ROLLER MILLS, B. H. EATON & CO., Props. MamifacturersF-of the “GOLD DUST” AND “SILVER COIN” Brands of Family Flour. HI MARKET PRICE PAID FOR GRAIN. Lob of ’Em. Personal. JUST OUT. THE DECLARATION OP INDE PENDENCE, JULY i 1886. The original of 1776 revised and adapted to existing conditions by an American So cialist. Price 2 cents; per 100, 75 cents; per 1,000, 86. WOMAN IN THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. By August Bebel, Socialist Deputy of the Reichstag. 272 pages. Price 30 cents. Fall list of Socialist literature mailed FREE by JULIUS BORDOLLO, 705 Broadway, New York City. FIRST PRESENT SHETLAND PONY, VILLAGE CART &, HARNESS. SECOND PRESENT, FINE NICKLE-PLATED BICYCLE, THIRD PRESENT, MR M SitMUp ill lit We will award these three handsome presents on September 18, 1886, to some-three of our boy customers hold ing the lucky tickets. We give oue ticket for every oue dollars’ worth of goods bought m our boys’ and children’s department, whether clothing, shoqs, boots, bats, caps, shirt waists, furnishing goods, etc., for boys from 2 to 16 years old. We guarantee our clothing, etc., to bj? more substantially made, better fit ting, more stylish, of better material and for less money than any house in the west can furnish. Write for samples and prices. We mail our new spring fashion catalogue free on application. Chance tickets to the presents sent with all mail orders. Skinner Bros. & Wright, Clothing, Shoes and Hats, Cor. 16th & Lawrence Sts., Denver. SMOKE ONLY. ; ' SMOKING ]i > MANUFACTURED BY THE \ > Mnd t of L, Co-operative Totoacco coJ > PALEICH, IV. C. \ Fur salp at wholesale by CO-OPERATIVE MERCANTILE ASS’S, 337 Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado. •V. P. WOODRUFF <fc COMPANY, Leadville, Colorado. Our Barber Shop UNDER CHARPIOT’S HOTEL. As Gqod Barbers as can he found on the Continent. BATH BOOMS Refitted. Everything CLEAN and CONVENIENT. Readers of The Enquirer are par ticularly invited to call. NEWMAN & LEIK Proprielors WORKING WOMEN’S Employment Bureau 371 ARAPAHOE STREET Denver, - - Colorado. Miss Kate Dwyer Manager. Situations obtained for qirls and women without charge. All kinds of female help fur nished on application, HUMPHREYS’ W. By" F. 11l 3PIIREYS, M. D. RICHLY BOUND I2f CLOTH and GOLD Mailed Free. JST OY PRINCIPAL NOS. CURES. ft Fevers, Congestion, Inflammations. •• 2 Worms, Worm Fever, "Worm C01i0.... 8 Cry In g Coile, or Teething of Infants, .50 4 Diarrhea of Children or Adult*. 6 Dysentery, Griping, Bilions Colio..•• .*>Q 6 Cholera Morbus* Vomiting 7 Coughs, Cold, Bronchitis. h Neuralgia, Toothache. Faceaoho. oQ 9 Headaches, btek Headache, Vertigo.. .50 HOMEOPATHIC 10 Dyspepsia, Bilious Stomach..- . 11 Sapprenei or Palnftd Perkrfa*m •{Hj 12 WnUes, too Profuse Periods..... 13 Croup, Consh, Difficult Breathing.... 14 Salt Rheam,rrrsipelaa. Lruptiona,. .40 15 Ktfefc 58 \l a Sx IS 5$ ft S.'»-ss£SS£l:ill SPECIFICS. Sold by Drngjrista, or sentpostpaid on receipt of pKio^-SUAPURAYrUDICinrcOi, 109 FuttoaSt. JLX. SEE WHAT F. H. Taft Has to Offer SAt 286 and 288 Fifteenth Street. FOR THREE DAYS’ SALE. 600 $1 Corsets for 45c. 28 dozen Ladies’ Hose, 11c. 50 dozen Ladies’ Hose, 14c. 25 dozen Ladies’ Hose, 16c. 5 4 best Peperell Muslin, 13c. Jersey silk Gloves, 37c a pair. Beautiful line of Parasols just in. Big job in 9 4 and 10 4 Sheeting, best. An elegant line of Dress Trimmings just in. 40 dozen Napkins at a big j~b to close the lot. An elegant line of Ladies’ 25c Handkerchiefs, 17c. All shades in Foster's 7-hook Kid Gloves at only 95e. Unbleached Table Linen at 19c, 27c ai d 36c; bargains. Genuine Turkey Red Table Cloth, full width, at 19c, 27c and 32c. The last day for running Lonsdale Muslin, 16'yards for only $l. Genuine Torchon Lace', all widths, 3c, 4c, sc, 6c, 7c, and 8c a yard. 10Q,dozen of Ladies’ Hose, extra length and full regular made, at only 25c. Elegant bargains in Egyptian, Oriental and Spanish Laces to please everybody. 1,000 new designs in Antique Dress Buttons, including the full-fledged Mikado, just arrived. Examine our Camping Blankets. Prices that will save you money. •Immense bargains in Jersey Silk ‘ Kid Gloves »lo close the lot. At 286 and 288 15th Street. F. H. TAFT. f JMhAJWwIAJLN *. Best TIio World For large or small game—32 calibre, 40 grains powderr S 3 cal. 65 40 cal. 60 gr.; 45 cal. 70 and F 5 gr. The strongest shooting ride made Perfect accuracy guaranteed and the onlv absolutely safe rifle ontne mar-^s. ket. Prices av v Gallery, Sporting and Tar- v reduced. Jj^CjUJLiJLIAA JEmMJ get Rifles, world renowned. The standard for target shooting, hunting, aud shooting galleries. All calibreß from 22 to 45. Made In fourteen different styles, prices from slB.oo up. Send for Illustrated catalogue. LfemMARLIN FIRE ARMS CO., - New Haven, Conn. Two targets made with one of our 22 calibre rifles, twenty consecutive shots arter Ilftv Bhotshad already been fired and no cleaning during the entire seventy shots. These guns carry off nearly all the prizes at target matches because they are always accurate and reliable. STRIKE For My Place', and be Convinced that Mine is the Cheapest Place in the City to buy’your , CLOTHING, GENTS'FURNISHING GOODS, ETC. To Reduce my Immense Stock before my removal to my new location, 382 Larimer Street, a 20 Per Cent Reduction Is offered on my entire stock. My stock is fresh and new, of the best quality and latest style, and a thorough examination is invited. J. S. DREYFUSS, 379 LARIMER STREET. 379 • ■EI 1 PARKER, WHOLESALE CIUS, DENVER, COLORADO, Carry the Only Authorized ’’KNIGHTS OF LABOR” CIGARS IlsT THE WEST. Every box bears the K. of L. L. label, issued by the General Executive Board and signed by Frederick Turner, General Secretary and Treasurer. SOLD BY ALL FIBST-CLASS HOUSES -CALL FOB THEM.- WE MEAN BUSINESS! Every department in our store is now full of new, fresh and seasonable goods for Men, Youths, Boys and Children. We We will astonish you in low prices this week. Don’t wait for hot weather, but come at once and let us surprise you. JACOBS & CO., Mammoth One-priceJClothing House, Cor. Larimer and Fifteenth Streets.