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THE FARMS' UNION mm 8 Volume IV. MEMPHIS, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, -I UIVV U, Number 2 . a Humphrey 's Green Front. 10,000 Men, Boysand Children to tall at ray Store and examine my Mammoth Stocl r I ! OP- Clothing which I have just received, and which has been pur chased under a prospect of a low tariff and bought the o ids away down, the equal has never been known ill Northeast Missouri. I am prepared to sell you rrT nnnr.Q I i Kven 'udow your own ex pectation. Those hits. 7 Caps, Boots, 3 f hoes, ! i" I lo An irwAi 4 14 11 MM . Furnishing Goods, i AS WELL AS M t Are all Fresh. New Goods, and purchased under the re cent decline in the eastern market, and. positively, will ie closed out to make room or another sto k, which I xpect to buy in the mar nture, even lowi r than ever (possible. Call early and 0.1 m.t if -i ill IVIC 1 11 1 v 11 1 vu ww wtar YE T 1 T ' ! h. emember, Old and Young . . qicciaitv. I am yours as rAii M. Humphry, rcen Front, h Side, JAUipiUJ, Wler, -n r Government Ownership of Railroads the Levion Taasm? by the? St'r.ke. It is a necessary, un . v rsa ami ciii seif-evident truth, thai n be produced without suilieient cause. The present videspoead eontesl be tweea 1 he greal railroad u porations euip! with all t be t i'ii 1 it business paralysis, riot and hi kkIsIic i. must of necessity be the legitimate result of something that is radically wrom iu our pre sent industrial system, which has (een established fv law and usage. I ' i- nol our purpose at this time to discuss the question at issue be ; tween the railroads and their employs, : but rather to call attention to the sit nation as it actually rxi.-t--. with a view to discovering the cause and suggesting a remedy which will be just to all and prevent such deplora- ! i.i.- dit urbances in t he ful ure. j There are two parties to this eon test, the railroad corporations and meir employes, tiiesc corporations have Iiccii created by tbe same power that created the earth and all Urn in habitants thereof. We, the people, ' have tiie rigid to repeal the law and thus destroy tbe corporations, bul we have no right to destroy the employ es who are our brothers, bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh. The employes refuse 1 handle Pullman sleeping ears until such time as the Pullman company will do justice to its operatives by submit ting the differences to arbitration. The general managers insist that the shall handle Pullman sleepers or that all the othe; business !' the road, freight, express, passenger and mail shall sto;), until power enough can lie brought to liear to force obed ience to 1 heir diet a! e . 1 I The public suffers from this sus pension of the freight, passenger and I mail service, while it would seareeh be affected :it all lv the stoppage ! l he Pullman leepers which the em oloves refuse to handle. It is i he general managers then, who are paralyzing the business of 1 1 he ci iunt r and nol the A. Q. 1'. j The employes are perfectly willing to ikj everything required of them to keep up the freight, express, maii and passenger service, which the pul -lie actually needs, pending the settle men: between the Pullman company mil its employes. Pul this paralysis to business is not j th only thing that the general pub Ik-.may justly comidain of; but riot. Mini .bloodshed with the desttution ol 0 .:! v has fo!!uwed,;which involve- ; sses which the general public will j have to pay. I a a . a 1 No one is, or can be i mis siaie 01 a ins hull" ral managers. 1 1 enabh s .1 t.. ,...,,,.,,,.(,,..,. ....... 1,11111 L. ... .1.1. ill tttlt JUUHI ri il!i I ment against tueir employes an I to ,-ie I he reacra! nil tile to niv ul , !.,..... f..r ..11 ..' .!:,, ,J I . . .1 .. I. . 1 . 1 1 ;oei iiiai iu:j iti 1 1 c i . ' 1 ue A. 1. 1 . kccint real 1 . . ,. . , ,. . thai t,'ie strikers are the greatest sutlers from these riotous, and incendiary proceedings ot the criminally inclin l ed tugbs from lums. Flic strike I leaders have insisted that the strikers shall -'av away from every place where there is likely to be trouble and we have every reason to believe that as a rule ti.ev have done so The letter sent by Mess:--. Debs and Sovertegn to Mr Cleveland, pledges the organizations of the A. I U P. and K. of L to assisl the au I thorities in keeping ordei and :n the I arrest ,;" offendei s. The facts then iu regai i I this 1 contest as it actually exists, in ay he plainly summarized in a few woi I The general manag rs in 'heir efforts to compel th ur emplove-j to h :n die a C Ttaiu sleeping c ir. have i.y their obstinacy, paralyzed the business ofj tbe eo.'ntrv to tue greai injury tlie general pui i he L'Uitiloi b refusal to handle Pullman deeper, have depi i vi a few puopie , of the pleasure :' sleeping in a Puli- I man and pacing several limes what i tue el v ,v- is M.'i u. because lo thai weans the3 would vastly strengthen their own side to I tbe dispute. The railroads would le benefitted by not and the destruction 1 property, as that would enable lueui 10 ,;U ror military ami rnore ettectually subjugate their .-mi ami iu nit- vim uirougu me ouris coi mpel tbe gen ;ral public m:,kl' u11 tneir 'sses g""d in the i !K,';!' oi damages. We subtuit tuat the general public in not afford to run the risk of bv- '"g tIie present condition of affairs constantly re-enacted; and this must necessarily be the result as long a- ' ur railroads are run for prival e LTam by private corporations which can in crease their own orofits bv reliieino the wages of their employes, or b "j overcharging the general public l'ti j their services as common carriers. It is the general public that is to Ik? served m tLis matter. We, the people, are tbe actual emp!oes- of both the corporations and the em- ploy'es. We have a right, to atiobsh tle which have been createi n undoubted corimrations I bv law and thus put an cud to strife. Lh.e cor- porations are liodies without souls and mil V tf Iesl nie J ivit Inillt 1 :t.. - - - .j..-........ .. ... ........ gressing the moral law, but to kill, . . , , , , muniioaie or enslave tue employes, who have human souls and in the preseu' .strike demonstrate licit thev are actuate entirely by human sym pathy for the oppressed. It ha- been developed by the pre- -ciii strike that the employes want peace, harmony and fair treatment Tins, we can well afford to give them, We have also learned that the rail - rtiads are willing to plunge the couii- voice ef labor might be lieard from try into civil war iu order to compel i New York and ativisinr caimiies their employes to bant'le a certain ! and assuring tliem of final success. deeping ear. which is obnoxious be ause it is manufactured by a soul- t l . . . i ... :. .. i-.-. Hiuiiu him niai m ii.uiici iaiii" us employes. We most decit'edh- don'i wan! war. or a uiilitay desKtisni saddled on us for such frivolous and j m I yet such an infamous reason. Hence, under tbe circumstances, we hold that we. the general public. oughl at oiue ti take p:issess"o:i of every railroad and telegraph in t he Pnited States, under the right of! eminent domain, discharge these cor porations, who arc so willing to have war and bloo Ished and set these em : ployes, who want peace, to work at good wage-. t ne millionss which now () to t,lesc corpiratioiis as divul would then remain fn the pock- eis 01 luc P"!'-' wouni re- inove tl,e (';lil"v' of 1,11 trouble, anu 11 ioiiows as a logical sequence ' 1 a e 1 t 1 a necessary anil sell evident pro position, that the effects, such as we bcths, would cease, and trouble us no more I -. . toievei It is the reasonable duty of the I ' ,v sarv legislation immediately, to brine: about th s most desirable result ;t Viiil cli.tlll.1 I!..- nninrni f.,il f..l- .i.i iiii, ill' . 'ii 1 . . . . vw I.IIVI I this action at once, il tue duly oi the peo; le t I'lCi a eongi oss. next ; November thai will m ike the govern ment ownership of railroads, a- de ; aiaa led by the O n tha pl.itb irm, a leading obj fct. We must abolish the the coi p Mate control of our publie highways or it a iw seems evidei that these corporations will soon ii volve the country in continuous riot ami niootisiied, until our irovcrnment hln.ifUli.u1 iil .., .... 1 degenerates into a military despot ism. This most dis strouseulmia itim. wid be the logical arid inevitable r suit ol tlie continuance oi tue i . c sent system, vote for govemmenl tue a ion tn m oi ; .te i ;'! rations. file safety and perpcl uitv of the V, Missouri Wor! ib inus it Senati ir Peffer iias :' -r.-i an amen ment to the tariff bill, leviinsr 5' i 1 ileal ou immigrants. This won loubtless "protect American labor, mt it would not be the kind of pro-'the eetn ii tlHJ mall'.; rers are n m ik in: ftir Tarkio 1 1 i lepeutlent. rhe parity between the two old p r 1. I. ttuui !'n- on. NEW YORK LABORERS. I tie lahor ileuionsi rat ( 'ooiier Union, New Vori held 11 to express sy math v with the strikers m cj, ZO and the West was an ex Inordinary outpouring ..f people. Th hi 1 ,.i-om.5...i t..,.v-,.,. ..,..): ! ' " v.vv csj, ..wo I people sinromided the building i. ii:n. it- iu m. me inceung was . 1 1 .. v,.l ,. .1 e ..... ! pressing its convictions. Tl te name of President Cleveland was received 1 with such a storsj t' hisses and hoot mil's that Henn ( icorge, wno was n-e . ; :;met Harris presided and intro dnee I Honrv li. iii-.n. Tin. nnili of sinale tax was unusually bitter I Vehemently he denounced the use of j Federal troops i put down the strik- ers. Governor "Altgeld and (Jovenoi Stone was right in the stand the took, and the action of the President in send in ? out Lrmms was sin arnvrMiii assumption of autboiity. Mr. George sab! he would rather see all railway ' nropert. of the couutrv burned up, all 4 cj o the rails torn up, then to see them preserved by force of arms. Tlu tnillimii:inc mailiitluup mAruiv i ... ".,..ViluwiV j I ' IM ill. I 4 I 1 I i ll , by robbery and debauchery, by the . . ." purchase ot JUdires ami legislators and now they wanted io preserve it ' bv the bayonets and the anus of the I Kedend troop-, and for that purpose the rights of States were being en- j roached upon by the Fetleral an thori ties. j After Mr. George had finished, a telegram was received from Samuel Gompers, at Chicago, asking that the I Frank K. Foster, a lawyer of ifos ton, was the next speaker. He too ! i , n : i i i (icuouiiceu i resident cievciaiiu am Attornej' General Oluey. Clevelami and Olney, he said, would pass away. but the labor power would finally carr all before it. It was a movement ot evolution, not revolution, and when the wave was strong enough, God help the Puilmaus, the Carnegies and the flueys. Father Thomas 15. Ducey, pastoi of St. I. 'o"s Church, said the criminal hi this case was not President Debs, but President Pullman, The resolutions adopted com me n- ceci t ie decisive action or tiie A. u. I . in demamung aibitratiou. Li sympathy sai expressed -,i , w ith viol- '.ce. o me ru.soaiuons uemamieo the removal of conditions productive l i . if violence. if .) , i- . Ill l ie .' II o 'il e it u -K linn m .... ............... ... .,.-M M, ,tJ the resolutions paid We denounce and ' ' .i.m -.eieuiu mai t , perversion ot the functions of the Federal judiciary by which unpreced 1 ented oiilers mauled manifestly on i iiitrue allegations are made the hasir i for the assumption Of military author hat the unwarranted and anti- publican interference of the Federa Government with the affairs of tin of the State, even iu spite of the pro tests ot their . iveihors. is a usur i oi power, wiiicu should be con demited b ail itans.'1 j tv hn ing Ameri The i ivernmeut was declared to in ihe interest of corporations an i coipirmg against the liberty :!!!'! civil rignis i citizens. I li ami civil rbrht of ..itiv.., Ti... en .te w;;s denounced for rusbiuf to the defense of monopolies and cor- in the sacred 'I'tV. ie protection of tin service was declared to be . 1 1 retext, am private corpor: have s wn their iaab litv to preform 'ti 'ir-ouiv :ts puoitc earner-. queutly Congress is asked to i dz 1 1 it railways. m We Steaded to the p pie of California and Cot ed lo foreclose the nation s Ulort232l in the Pacific rail in conelusio called on m : worbinginen 1 Si their political right MeKinlev b uieves in protecting iported pauper lalKirers with gat- Uauiar thng guns and Winchester i I u ion. sons. It is reported ut populist heai quarter: .t iopek: . Kansas, that i rancis, of Ci . d rue, wi ,,-.,..,..,.. nu.. 1 Mnmilioht . 1 1. ...... t:.. t,..t,.,t . . ... . ill ( has joined lb people's purtv. , is 8akl lUa, he wi st , fi,.. .t-.t.. f...-ti.. t- .1. . Hon. V. L wis. :' Alliauci . Seme of the Converj Oiii.-. who Congressman Ikirt s cheil . ' manager in the campaign of tt ' ! r ; years ago, eaused a political sensa '.O.1',:' tion thereby indorsiu; Coxev as .- ! ! ''Vl; congressional candidate in an intei :': ' J! He in an inter He asserts that j " U "' a "oca d-'l ; livi; ! as unfaithful many democrat win I I ox uiawaiua, tvansas, uemocra ! h,its lUv populist state ticket am announces that hereafter it will p rri. r .1 . - . Prl lUe principles ot the peop ' Iho nefinli-'- the democracy I pai'ty. It charges witli f:ll' lo lhe th-dgcs made in t!,e (,i,it"'g platform, and com uietK,s tue 1H'1'U' s l,:ll,v for tb i , , piucK, earnestness ami eutbusiasm with tbe which it is meeting the iiuestions of the Uav. IMU-' I . Attorney It. p. Talor. of Nash - vine. .. i .. is out in an open letter severing his allegiance to the de- mocratic party ami proclaiming him self for the KopIes party. Rev. W. J. While, i). ), editor Of the Georgia Baptist, at Atlanta, lia- anuouciug editorially that "as things j now look in Georgia, he favors the I people's parly and expects to vote J the people's party ticket as a privatt itizen. He has ,r:: ,M..ie.n oeen ;i inner s Outlook . 1 1 ......... f t.. i epu ilican. The Georgia Fa i Ik this tn ' Heretofore con vcrta have come to us bv singles, bul now tlicy are coining in squads, Morgan districts gives ns five, liber ty loving men m one bunch. A full i ii ii hand. Halloo! I . The Woodbury Messt nger. of Wootlbury, Ga., formerly a demo cratic paper, is oul for the populists in a vigorous editorial announcement. K. S. Harris, one of the leading citizens of Walton county. Ga., has joined the peoples party. In a card he says "it is solely a question of honesty on his part." He has al ways been a democrat. t. the Topcka, Kansas, populist j headquarters it is claimed that T. L. 1 Bond, of babua, tne law partner of T. F. Garver, has left th.' republican pirty and will in the future uffiliati with the populists. 1 Nathan Crec, of Kansas City, Kan., a deleg ate to the recent Lieinocrati piate Convention, annuiice,. yester "a "Mt ia' wnld vote the i!...i I... ,11 i. I in.. I 1 ; ticket. ' m a leading merchant Kuqia. Kan., and a heretofore pro ruiacut Kepubliiasi. ta 1 i Ay utitioun- . io i i j ei :i ticket. John WcLucasoneof the leadinJ Republicans of Jefferson cou. tx. Kan . has declared for the People.- 1 party. A lir1 f L'l other 11 "publicans in the s i ue town-hip have di elareo ! the same wa and iheir nam can hi furnished at any titn.j. 1 Cleveland wants the , pie taxed build him a new and more ele--in! i" uuim miu new aiiuuifirecleg.ini . . 1...: 1 i .: White House. If hi don'i like his uarters and ms pay . nun resign. Uy the way, he sent congratulations to the (jue m on t iv birth of the m u roval ji (JIi, ltnw our unlHrul t 1 : . i & i uoie on :o' a u . a.:m tUe c xnnmi n people vote for ii like dumb driven Miurs, ! ;i i i on Me. I ne siio'it i j g ..t Ut . r- crowd at Ham n md, la I . sceina t. have m i with the Httsqua!i&d eon lem nation of the I iw-ahiding citizen ot that city. :i th se davs. however, the sentiment of lite eilueeos eems Ul tie a Iftattef .-::tall eciicern t tun powers taa Ik1. Iowa Tribune The old parties talk tariff an I hon est money bat their strong arguineni is a regiment of troops arnted with inchesiers. f. tmar Onion. ication. j STATE OF MISSOURI i 1 t th - i tn 11 1W1 ... .niinisi term . iv 4. c, it' i county, .;.ho,,i:;.Vv!:- ::,v,J,f,.1,;.!', ;.;,:.: tonJ. Imw-i . u d 7 '-. "!;"' X' beth int. :i , . t 1 ' il.M- P V. ' '-I !!. ,!, ",p H ' !i!V".,i lit Am,k,Min -ir ' w H. Stafford -i' . 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