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f. SATURDAY AT STREET. WLLtM, PERRY JONES, Wll, JR., Proprietors. lackiFTioN: *1 00 ,ned on application. cc from all parts of the ■Jiat in regard to work yaM be short, concise napanied by full name . il be changed from o *>;n as desired. —__ 1- . fJtrtered a t tbe *t Richmond, Va., as mattt Now is the ti -su ' ne boycott. Richmond r a thoroughbred mported R?v M. Now let the te .'barge. We've got them on t ijt^^^A Hn.ru'i f_jß BBkb«'' '' '''"' --'■'-"Buck " and Royal Baking Powdßa! The smaller youripay the greater your need of organization. "It is well to be f>yal, but not too Royall."—Colonel, M pr and Judge. Royal-tv has coiaii' iced its annual periphrastical in this State. To whom it may concern : Take no tice, we are on the ma of a Royall boy cott! The President hdfe signed the bill legalizing the incorporation of trades unions. Mr. Royall, like the mountain, la bored hard and came a little mouse. j Oveb 40,000 we fabgmen attended a picnic at Rising Sni. Park, Philadel phia, July 5 th. Mr. Moore, the g«tleman who drew the watch at ProgrA Fair, will please cnll at this office. | TnE head of Royallty is often filled with something else" than wisdom— rtud, for instance. Mr. Lange, of Moii roe W T ard, struck the first blow for thy abolishment of the contract system. Read the blacklist; and make your patronage felt on e/very one whose name appears on that list. Mr. Royall wants s". law to force the workingrnen of Richmrtid to patronize their enemk s. How The cholera has maoßjlkr|rinearance in Italy We hope .. I taiiff will be placed opOSi '.'■ ■ .* Baughman Brothers are about to give up the fight. Like a drowning! man, they catch at straws. Don't diej so hard. ' The Congressionsl bee is buzzing around considerably and "the dear people" are receiving .all the attention possible. i I* The old "rat" establishment is about I /to cave in. Let it fall with a crash ] / that will be a warning to all enemies of l ' ; labor in the future. "If Brown and J ;es agree not to deal with a certain arty it is con spiracy." Are we tee afflicted with this nonsenpe again' His Lor< ship wouk' have the work ingrnen of_ Richmond to understand that they must do<# he says or else they will be put in prison. Coupon business nhst be dull or Mr. Royall could not the time to amuse himself with trying to persecute the workingrnen of Richmond. Attend the nezi meeting of your Assemblies. The Boycott Committee will be with you ami the subject of discussion will be British Royallty. The evidence furnisked the State re porter by Mr. Royall might do before a jury composed ci Rcyalls, but it will hardly do before a jurf of fair-minded citizens. Me. W t itt would no- concur in Mr. Royall's opinion. Oh no. Mr. Witt does not receive his *ving from the enemioo of Virginia, course he ■IZXIA. TL°t JiitillUK^ajß^ak. There is not a I Becord where boycotters who them- orderly have been punished. The cape Aided by Judge Sloan has no baarit g .. the boycott in Richmond whatever. Mr. G. Waddy Wils gives Mr. Roy all a severe "rolling ver the coals," and shows that the one reputed work ingman's friend has cangod consider ably since he bec.imecoinisol for the "bloated bondhoi< - All of the K. ol I Assemblies that have met since the Rvidi proclamation was published hay ] -dged their sup port to the Boycjt* Committee and evinced their i».t ■:' • to make it warm for the "re\ iarbor. It is obvioffrthaL" Buck" and Mr. Witt did not read iw in the same school, and the foru-ir is trying hard to convince the Lntt; iiathis interpre tation is the co if )ne. But, then, you know "Bu ' i hired man. We congratulate ur friend, Oliver ; Mountcastle, on his lection to the po-1 sition of First iaw.iant Chief of the { Fire the Depart ment should" be"B^i. a t u iated on se curing such a to its number. I We are now having a Royall Knights of Labor ai! ove t the coun try are petitioning Congre* 3 to pass a land-forfeiting bill. Ti ■3 * jice of the people must be obeyed. 3 f not men must be obeyed. If not r*n will be sent to Congress with a that they must obey thegAßle. The British yoke of BBjMiy_JFas thrown off by our foreßßßßWiore than a century ago hardly be placed back now. >ry if the Boycott Committee cot; deprived of trial by jury and ca i over to England they might be Si up accor ding to the Royall idea. Of course, the re-e]<v «i of Mr. Purcell as keeper of Mom '*» Park was disappointing totheKnig iof Labor. This man has been mo; 'Jfensive to the Order than any office llder in the city. But why blame th gfonimittee ? It is the fault of the bol f made it possible for the old Ri) to get con trol of this committee. We do not profess to f anything about law, but we do kr:o &at several months ago when M. Me, I published his manifesto agai: si cotting, a brother lawyer gave hm teh a drub bing that he it to reply. por.';ihlv heagß this ' h?s been assured have a clear track. V Mr. Royall having faied to break up the Democratic party (faith his cc..:■■ pon business will now tr • his hand on I the Knights of Labor. I< the farmers of Virginia would make; the boycott against the coupons more general they would soon settle this debt question and possibly deprive Mr. Royall of his present lucrative position; But if you don't look out Mr. Royall will have you all in prison. In speaking of the Reformers in our last issue who faithfully represented their constituents we Inadvertently omitted the name of Mr. (James Bahen, of Jackson Ward. Mr. Bahen has been true to the labor cause a?id the people of his ward may well be pro id of such a representative. We hope that they will send to the Council eh the next election a full reprmen 'i<h ef such men as Mr. Bahen. The Westham Granire Company gives notice that all of their employees who refuse to work for stai vai ion wages will be forever hereafter boycotted. For several months this conpany has been endeavoring to steVvt their em ployees into submission, a? 1 having failed to do so they now propose to them that they can either return to work or forever be debarred from em ployment. We hope all iriends of honest labox will withdraw their pat ronage from these unfeeling c mployers. If there is anything left from the bolters lhoe> [ was elected to on the sanßJtlay that Mr. I Royall issued h s diatribelagainst him. Mr. Schonberger ig a trtte Knight of ' Labor and holds his obligation to that Order paramount to all other consider ations. If he has ever said anything against the proprietors of that harbor for obligation breakers down on Main street we have no doubt i.c is glad of jitf If he is not he ough [ to be. II Does anybody think fkr a moment that tli9 prosecution an-i, in a remote contingency, the convicti m of the Boy cott Committee of conspi' :y, will stop fnrther proceedings aga'n,;t the enemy of honesty ? A few wio are unac quainted with the of this fight might conclude Jiat in such event subsequent proceei ings would interest us no more. Bt , this is far from the truth. If the aw can be twisted and contorted so is to convict these gentlemen a large n-iniber stand ready to take their places,jand we yen tore to say that the (Habeas of the long-tail Main street fiiir would molt away as a cake of ice whei exposed to the hot rays of the eun ; ;nd all with out apparent cause. Such is the effect of a silent boycott. All the working men want and demand is justice, and while waiting for that we vill continue to boycott Baughman Brothers. MR. ROYALL S TIRADE AGAINX ORGANIZED LABOR. I In an interview in lait/TuesdaY's State Mr. William L. Rcl %k : for the English bondholl the of RicLu^g^Aßßßßß^ months by endeavonngTßperseeuie i the Union printers of Rijioond, who i are striving to make an haiest living | for themselves and families. Mr. Royall 1 claims to be the counsel jof Messrs. Baughman Brothers, a firr>i which em- i ploys unfair labor and c .deavors to i drag the wages of printer down to ; the lowest rate possible.. T-e grievance of the firm is that the organized work- : ingmen of this city refuse t, i patronize : them or their customers, have ap pointed a committee to «ep them informed as to the moveagßts of the firm's customers. This, in BWopinion of Mr. Royall, is pun- : ishable under the law. 4 We have so often reviewwi the cir cumstances which led to me trouble between the Messrs. Eraaman and Richmond Typographical Jkion that our readers would not boßßghtoncd in tic least by a in the case at this time.BBBBTa free country and we believe f| Wp have a perfect right to spend our 18-d earned wages wherever we feel disposed. If | we, as an organized I>o ly o:' working- { men, find that a certain firm is opposed | to us and conducting its business in a manner detrimental to or.r inter ests, we believe that it is orß privilege to show our disapproval of mid firm's ; conduct by giving our patronage to some other firm more disposed to deal fairly and honestly with ;he working men. We may find it necessauHas has been the case in the BanjAan boy cott, to appoint a commrtßßjo keep us informed as to those who aljiatron izing the objectionable firmßind if necessary publish a list of those cus tomers for our guidance. It srems to us in the eyes of the law and the pub lic we have a perfect right to do this. This is the crime with which we are charged and for which we are ;. formed by Mr. Royall we are to be puuished Mr. Royall claims that Mr. Schon berger has formed a combination with three other gentlemen, known as the Boycott Committee, for the purpose of ruining the Messrs. Baughman. He makes this statement without producing any evidence whatever to prove it. H, as he claims, Mr. Schonberger has taken a great dislike to the Messrs. Baughman on account of their unfair ness to his brother workmen, und has endeavored to induce his friends to patronize some other firm, it seems to us he had a perfect right to? do so. Was it any moro incumbent tupon Mr. Schonberger to keep secret tha names of the customers of the . Messrs. Baughman tlmn for an emp oyee of any other firm to conceal the j lames of their customers. We *b«i- J \< \ a community that it is atraid ioi j tomers to be known that it tftebout time it was closing business. iBJ also complains that Mr. SchonbermßJafter he had been discharged, waßßl the linn's wagon and the Boycott Committee. This II the privilege of every citizen, anßatfß is no reason why Mr. Schonberfflßjould be deprived of it. Why, MBBoyall might watch a man go into and use it to his detriment ifflßVlt so disposed. The street* rJßßß^ctiy . free to Mr. Schonberger, felt disposed, as charged by Mr. Ijlll, to follow this wagon around aißßeure the names of the firm's c J L he had a right to do so. I BT | Of course the Black List BBBshed as a guidance for memberßßlabor . organizations, and they to withdraw their patronage whose names appear on that ll The boycott against BaughnßEros.* has been in progress now foißßy sir-. months and it is very stran»^deed, 1 that at this late day that firiLnab J' ' covered that it was unlawful, ft shows_ ■ that they are weakening aider the, ' pressure and as a last resort ley pro , pose to ask the courts to piot jt them ■in their efforts to defeat the ejects of '. justice; they propose to ask 1 through Mr. Royall, that ißßhree gentlemen composing the mittee shall be imprisoned BJause they, as the representatives of oßiized ' labor, are opposing them l efforts to reduce to starvatiol > the printers of this city. Thl or jury that I;-," •al ian outrage "would be a free and enlightened land. Mr. Royall gave an evideiAWf his willingness to prosecute theßßntle-> , men some time ago, and weßßpose he expects to make himself ißMus in his efforts to persecute are 1 endeavoring to protect from unjust competition in their trgPe. He will find that he is dealing vijth men who are thoroughly satisfied 'hey are doing their duty and whom hsj cannot brow-beat or frighten and wheijWill die and rot in prison before they will yield. So far as we are eoncernetr*we will continue to push the boycott reg irdless of Mr. Royall and his so-called con spiracy laws. No boycott Las ever been conducted more ordeßT and quietly. The obligation breakeM|Whom Baughman Brothers have here from different parts of ABBWntry have not been threatened I itmi with in any way whatel Iwe have done is to withdraw ol ling' from the " rat " harbor andßJ Btom - ers. If this is conspiracy, Mnßßyail, you can make the most of 11 We think you will find this businedßßbont as inglorious as your the Poindexter case. I A FAMILY AFFAIR. BwJ One of the peculiarities of tlßßblt is that it turned out to be a regullflmily affair, in which the men holßßj the balance of power in the CouudßJtook advantage of their position to aß»mce the interests of theirjMlatives. BE : i}, ■. . in bringing about the boljfßßVe was rewarded with the positiOflßfcf Ser geant-at-Arms for a relative Vho had been defeated in the caucus. Mr. M. F. Hudnall, at whose house the plot was conceived and cai d into execution by which the will oi t -c peo ple was defeated, was given a | .lace in the Gas Inspector's office for h,s son, although it is said this yonn-- man is not p, qualified voter. Mr. Evan Snead, who always laimed that, be had no axe to grind, L &ed all the influence he could bring to bear to secure the positiou of Assistant Super intendant at the Almshouse for his son-in-law. Mr. Montgomery also endeavored, to get a son in the Gas Inspector s office. We understand another one if the bolters endeavored to get bis Lather in the Fire Departmeut, and have no doubt all are sec-king some l n -ard for their treachery to the ea;'-. of labor. The people will soon see ■ in [ wardness of the whole of • T?gly j business and they will then cover I how much they have been dee : d in certain men elected on the ; ;form ticket. They will see the selli amo tives which actuated them h ! ting the Reform caucus and the abs dity of the reasons assigned for their ac ion will become more apparent 1 icy know that any mistake which had leen made could have been corrected in the caucus; but then if they stayed in the caucus they could not hold the bah nee of power and secure the nomination of their relatives or particular favorites. They had been squarely beat in aba cus, but they were determined to '. *ye their way if it required a violatic a of their caucus pledge. They knew at in a little room on Fourth street *tth eight or nine present they could j, 4 in their particular favorites and ihey knew by giving certain large offic* to the ring they could secure their "Sec tion. % The more we see of the cond tof these bolters the more thorougl iy do we become convinced that the paople of this city have never a more disgraceful political crime. How these men can reconcile their owr con sciences is a mystery to us. Th Re formers carried this city by an fever whelming majority, yet by the perfidy and treachery of a few of their number all the fruits of their victory have been destroyed and they are virtually placed at the meray of the same old Ring which they defeated at the municipal election. Was there ever a mofe in glorious surrender after such victory ? Was tbt -j. morofjy|B| teres£ of the people? Tasfee, ever , a more shameful disregard of fc will of the people by their trusted represen tatives? But a day of reckons p is coming and every living soul contacted with the outrage upon the peopta will be made to bide their faces in sikanie. Reformers, do not be because your representatives bsi c de ceived you. You may learn a Sjsson from experience and be more careful in your selection of standard- b» arers at the next election. The wilt #f the people must and will prevail! r* * \ (M BLACK LIST. The following parties are patroos of Baughman Brothers, the only rat" printing office in the city of Rich ion.d The list will be revised weekly. f City Railway Company. • Geo. A Haynes. w' J. W. Randolph & Co. /Harrelson & Crump. * *KW. W. Cosby, C & O Restuarant. >Weisiger & Co., wholesale clots , rs 13th, between Main and Franki v • Fourqurean, Price, Temple & Co. • Antrim & Bowie. /West, Johnson & Co. « ,' Horace Blackmur, tobacco fae jjgß sJsth street, bet. Main and Fran feln. »R. H. Dibbrell, general tobacco br< >]««•, corner 12 th & Cary streets. -P. Lambert & Bros., butchera» New Market A /Slater & Atkins, general meijHi.dise brokers, 14th bet. Cary and Bb ti ; W. H. Turpin, seed dealer, street. • !T. R Wyles & Co., commission aier- Cary Street. Kidd, special agent Life isu- Brance Company of Virginia. t August Hot • — I'J. H. Yarbrough, green grocier,' Mar shall street, near New Market t R. E. Tiller, New Market. v'N. W. Bowe, real estate agent, ;I|fi st. y Powers, Taylor & Co., wholesale djrug gists, Main street | R. Cooke, grocer, Main between • Second and Third streets. t» ,/ W. J Johnson, wholesale groce;, 14th , and Cary. * y J. D. Mosby & Bros., nurserymea. .'McCarthy & Haynes, grocers, I road ' street near 7th. t'iWatkins, Cottrell & Co., hardy/are, » Main street. p'J. B. Moore, insurance agent. /City Bank. /S. H. Hawes, coal dealer, corner 18th ■ and Cary streets. ? B. S. Howard, stationer, .Qrner oth and Broad streets. ~ Cringan, Watkins & Co., who'osale . grocers, No. 18 14th street. 1 Hall, Powers & Co., wholesale/ wnfec -1 tioners, 1320 Main street ) W. S. Forbes & Co., provisions, Ninth , and Byrd streets. I F. H. Dean, agent for "Tip Top" Flour. Valentine's Meat Juice. 1 Charles Watkins & Co., comimssion 1 merchants, wholesale grocers, and fertilizers, 1412 Cary street. John F. Toler, florist, 18 Laural street Sublett & Cary, commission nier<- ! ants, 13th street between Main and, Gary. ; Sublett & Frayser, conimisskm mer > chants, Basin bank. Charles S. Grates & Co., general mer chandise brokers, Virginia streot. T. C. Williams & Co., tobacconists 117 7th street and Arch and 7th. Silas Shelbnrn, commission meneant, 1209 Cary street ' Charles D. Hill & Co., Centre ware > house. : James R. Eilyson, leaf tobacco com , mission merchant 1304 Cary street 11. G. Dan & Co., mercantile a! 1311 Main street (second flool 10SBB E- P. Reeves, druggist e w Franklin, Davis & Co., Main strett- W. A. James & Read, tobacco fertili zers. Basin Bank. DANVILLE LETT! R Editor of' The Labor Herald: Times still remain dull and at-de is far from being satisfactory hera Many of the Order are out of employmant and anxiously wait for business to "pen up. We have eleven Assemblies i 1 this city and suburbs all doing well. -Some of them are still without their charters, and complain of the delay in their ac quisition. Next week I hope to give further particulars concernig them- A co-operative store was si irted about six weeks ago, and sin- <• yhe opening has come up to all ex, nota tions. As soon as the arrange -ents are fully settled, it is believed that every K. of L., where possible, wiL take shares. One of the chief principles of ! the Order is co operation, and the j officers of the enterprise wish to call attention of the brethren to this wre through your paper. This shou: i be a great success if properly patronized. There is also a wish to form a Dis- : trict Assembly in this vicinity, <md I understand action will shortly be taken on that point. ROYALL BOYCOTT. — ] Mr. Wilde, Chairman of the! 3 Boycott Committee, Tells the Truth About the Matter. I j \ He Has Right on His Side, and Mr. Royall Will Come Out Second Best. " Since reading the report concern ing Mr. Wm. L. Royall's intentions in ■ relation to prosecuting the Boyco* \ Committee, have you anything to say asked a State reporter of Mr. G. Wadd, ; Wilde, chairman of said committee. "I think," said Mr. Wilde, "the in formation was given to Mr. Royall with the belief that it would be pub lished, and thereby deceive many peo ple who never stop to think, and those who would not put themselves to tb>e trouble to find out the right. Many believe the working people of this city helped to place Mr. Royall in the posi tion he holds to-day. How well he re pays them for their kindness can befit be understood by reading yesterday's State and the following facts : By the votes of the working people of this city, secured through the influence of the .printers working on Air. Royall's (W/t I . v.-. \lr+. Ho..vnJi w«lj mm* . Lineinnatti, he cast in*,, v. Bfn [ the National Democratic Conveirfon for Justice Field for President. lor . this favor, many people assert,! the in- I fluence of the New York Fields seemed [ him the position of counsel for toe English holders of Virginia securibls, I which, as published, yields him an .in come of $12,000 per annum. J.r. , Royall does not conceal the fact t'-at I he has endeavored from the beginni ig , of the controversy of Baughman Brp h , ers and the Richmond Typograpp lai Union to get into a discussion with members representing said Union. He was cognizant of the fact that the^Ty tpographieal Committee had been W nt hn auonymous communication cal» la 1 ted to move men without intelligence [ to take notice of Mr. Royall's actio s Some time since Mr. Royall could hold in no longer, so out he pops with bis accumulation of law on boycotting. All the propositions laid down by Mr. Royall were most successfully, as I be lieve, answered by Mr. D. L. PannilL >f ; Pittsylvania. For some reason Mr. Royall never thought proper to answer Mr. Pannill. " I do not know anything about the authorities quoted by Mr. Royall, and , am only surprised that he has not ] quoted Bishop, an English authority, to condemn what he has been pleased to denominate an un-American custom. I j desire to say that Mr. Royall's state I 1 ment as to the difference between Ricn mond Typographical Union, No. ftO, j and Baughman Brothers— i. c., a tie- j mand by that union that Brothers should «mploy such prinfr%| !a* that union might uiewtto— uf fltif ■ tive, and does not in any sense repr - sent the truth of the matter. Nor caji he by any act or word of the Typo . graphical Committee prove the asser tion. I believe those words were far -1 nished him with the intention to de ceive. Every employing printer in this city knows that the Union does not dictate to them as to who they shall I employ, and their evidence is sufficient to prove that Mr. Royall did not know ' what he was writing about. Mr. Royall, during his publication of The Common wealth, employed union printers, and 1 knows that there was no dictation-or interference with hiji then. If Mess's. Baughman Brothers were actuated try s motives of fairness and honor they could have and can now settle this dif ference between the Union and them selves in five minutes. The Umbn does not now, nor has it ever afled . anything of Messrs. Baughman Mp& has not been conceded by the Bper ' employing printers of this city the interest of the employer anßjm ployee. The Tjpographiia,Comußftee , from the beginning of this controvlsy has ever been ready and willing to Met tle the matter satisfactorily and hoß>r ably to all prrties concerned. Itßas never spoken of the Baughmans iußny unkind or unfriendly way, but hasßn deavored by persuasion and reasolng to win the friendship of the public,lid of Messrs. Baughman as wellfidlie lieve, now, as I have often sail Ire, that had Mi ssrs. Baughman I led j the interview requested by til the dil Ihijn Sbttit ]| is noi there will be no necessity for cott. It should not exist, and cBB I exists because arbitration is refcßa. Arbitration has been invited and sot. at by the Typographical Commi* cc throughout, but has been persistei ly denied. The public should rise in tl air indignation and stamp out any mai or men who prefer dictation to arbi ra tion ; for by this method the boy itt will forever be done away with. I .hi a native of this city, and have li ed here for over a quarter of a cent; ry, ; gathering to myself daily the warn • and truest friends the wisdom of Pru dence ever bestowed upon man. B ••More justice and less law is vA\t is needed in this case. It has (Kr beeu ii.y belief that when differem™ arise among gentlemen that theyßft unable to settle, the matter shofll I left to arbitration. It is but lfl I that Mr. Royall should synipßßß with Messrs. Baughman, for he is BB cotted by nearly the entire press ; large per cent, of the best peo|| | this State for his efforts to force! I , them a settlement of the debt 818 1 State admitted to be secured by bßj BY and fraud. "I shaU now wait a time wißßti lience. In the meantime the will lie pushed with vigor and vimßß THE TOO SMART LAWYER'S DOOM. Mcßuck was a lawyer, and the shrewdest of his race, No rival wight possessed his skill in work ing up a case, A crime that baffled the laws to him was merely fun, He often knew the criminal before the crime was done. Whenever any personage so far forgot himself And had such vulgar manners as to kill a man for pelf, Mcßuck always came, the most sagacious of his breed, To ascertain the gentleman who did the bloody deed. So, when a man concocted a most clever plan to steal, By adding strychnine to a fellow creature's frugal meal, They called Mcßuck and said : " Go find this erring person, do; lie is a man of middle age, whose optics are both blue." Mcßuck replied : "With such a clew to find him I'll engage, If he is, as you say, a blue-eyed man of middle age, His azure orhs and middle age will be the damning facts, By which I*ll bring the gentleman to answer for his acts." The parson of the parish was a man of ui-jst pronounced Blue eyes and middle age ; so on him our propp. • ior pounced. i«a, ha ij' he cried, \v\il\ proper pride, i " the wretched culprit scan 1 ' Behold his eyes—his middle age ! " But i he was not the man. Mcßuck, of course, apologized : then going to the street, The Bishop—middle aged—he chanced by accident to meet. " Those eyes!" cried he, and straightway for the portly Bishop ran, And brought him into court in chains ; but he was not the man. He shadowed next an infant who had op tics Prussian blue, And was as middle-aged as one could find a child of two. With circumstantial evidence convincing he began — The infant proved an alibi; so it was not the man. ''Aha!''said he, "I know a maid with eyes ultramarine; Such striking middle age, methinks, I ne'er before have seen. He drove the spinster through the streets within the prison van; - - -—~~ She proved her eyes were gray, and so she could not be the man. jAt last one day while gazing in a mirror he observed His own blue eyes and middle age, and he became unnerved. Said he : " Such damning evidence 'twere useless to dispute, And I must be the man, or, perhaps 1 should say, ' brute.' " ; And then he put the handcuffs on his un accustomed wrists, ! And on the law's severest kind of penalty insists. His reputation thus he saved; his con science, too, was eased; : For a meddler, they hanged him, as he wished, and justice was appeased. ■ Edit >r -^^! The most perplexing and important duty of the Local Assemblies is, who will make good and worthy members ? The Knights of Labor are troubled with this question more than any other organization in the country. The ex elusion of bankers, lawyers, rumsellers ' and gamblers and loafers in general, make this class more or less at enmity with the Order, and create their curi osity to know all about it. Therefore, those who are more friendly to this ex cluded class than they are to the in terests of labor reform, are anxious to become members so that they may keep their friends and patrons posted in regard to whatever is fJtone in the Assemblies. Then, again, there is a class of office and place-hunters, who are keen—al ways on the alert to get the working man's vote. These are never to be trusted with any interest except their own. Then there is the lazy grumbling class; these are looking for " soft" places and "big money." They always want and expect more than they are worth. As a rule, the class of people alluded to above do the Order more harm than good. They do all the "blowing," stir up bad feeling—good material for stumbling-blocks; but when work is to be done or sacrifices to be made, they may be counted out out, or have to be excused. The Local Assemblies should be more careful upon whom iZiejr-cV ll **' ttthe honor. They cannot to Ro pull down. ImC <;very applicaTtnßJ Boted for upon on his merits as a sobeß ' workingman, who is not for sale, anct who will prove true in the hour of dan-1 ger and necessity to his solemn pledge, of honor. W. H. G. LYNCHBURG LETTER. Editor of The Labor Herald: Having just finished the last number of your excellent paper, the thought occurred to me that while I have been a regular reader of it for some time (and I read everything in it, "ad's" j and all,) I have never seen a word of" correspondence from this our " City of"t Hills." I wonder why; knowing you I have a great many subscribers here I and there should be more, as we have I a goodly number of Knights, among them some newspaper men and many of them who could write some thing interesting as to our noble Or- j der ; not being much of a "quill driver myself, I can only open the ball hoping I some one better able may follow suit. I We have three white Asserabji«s here and one at the Rolling Mill jusfc above the city with a new one ("Pow.; derly Assembly) who have organized I and elected officers and only await an organizer. While there are several \ colored Assemblies, I don't know how , many, but suppose they outnumber the j white. "Hill City," No. 4257, the parent I Assembly, numbers between four an 1 five hundred, I think. When the proper timecomes we will beable to gii 3 a good account of ourselves—we wi U try and profit by your experience in Richmond and see that we have no traitor in camp; there has been some lit le bickering and dissension amongst v* growing out of local politics, but I think it was mainly due to the want of proper instruction in the early stage of the Order here. Of course we have members from both the old political parties, and we had a few members w 1 o, not heeding the advice of Brother £ iwderly to capture the old parties, st 3med bent on carrying the Order in to their party and delivering it up to tt 9iu."* Those few have been promptly " set down upon," and I think whenever the time comes for the Knights of La b>r to take a hand in politics in this c: ty, if it ever comes, you will hear no uncertain sound. Already the old po litical tricksters and ward politicians ac becoming uneasy, and some of t em are making applications for mem bership in the Order although they h 'Id aloof from it in early days when it was unpopular to belong to it. I think, Bro. Mullen, if you could visit as sometime, and talk to the members cf the different Assemblies and those vho have different ideas about the Order, you could do much to harmo rize everything, as I know they all 1 ive great confidence in you and hay iig no D. A., we feel as if we were 1 nder your jurisdiction. I have already written more than I itended when I commenced, and I am aware that it does not comply with your invitation for correspondence in any respect, i. c., ciisp, newsy, or in teresting, but I can't leave off without ICLm<£ a word in regard to >o t .. | pi thank yon lor furnishing us at a Iw price with the best labor paper I aye ever seen published in the interest f any order. I read a certain Rich lond paper purporting to be published 1 the interest of reform (?) about six r seven of its eight papes is filled with tereotjpe stale jokes from other pa iers and Bill Nye-isms, and the balance fith agency 'ads and editorial abuse f labor organizations, and then for six iays to see a rehash of it all in homeo athic doses in our daily press, it is uite a relief on Sunday to read some hing bright and original as I find in he Labor Herald. May you meet with sufficient success to justify you in £re long making it a daily, thus making <t of sixfold benefit to the Order and •Suits publishers. Ginx. Whose Fault Is It ? Complaints are made on every hand Jtv.t we have incompetent men in office, Siut officials are guilty of taking bribes, iat the political parties are corrupt r'rid that the government is in the V t-,nds of demagogues. To a certain these things are truo. Then, Lose fault is it? Is it the fault of --loompetent officials, the bribe-takers, ' c corrupt elements of the parties and " c demagogues'? No. If such per :ns are able to secure the prizes, no ;ne can blame them. Then, who is /e-sponsible for this deplorable state of affairs ? Some one must be. Who is it? The answer is plain. It is the people themselves. The people have die power to say who shall and who shall not hold positions of honor and t ust, and if they continue to elect mi i c rnpetent and untrustworthy men to I 1 iaces that should be filled by the best i*aterial, they must take the consc iences. The root of the whole diffi cßty lies right here. By fa?- the larger of our better class of citizens, ' _______ men of business, vorHngmen, .MM ■_• ipeh; j, stay away from iind caucuses, and take i-1 further interest in politics than to vote. But the wire-pullers, pot house politicians and jack-legs don't stay c way. No, sir, not one. They are all there and generally in the majority. it these primaries are chosen the men to select candidates. The wire pullers, pot house politicians and jack legs , <!hose delegates of their own liking; j f,nd what is the result ? A man is '.Jplaced in nomination whom the better 'dements don't like. Then they turn anxiously to the other party, but the . rime thing obtains there. The better jlasses have staid away from the pri maries, and the worst elements of that iftrty have made the nominations. The result is that when the people come to rote, they have the choice between two ; irvils. It is the people's own fault. If icy would attend to their political 1 "twites; be present at the primaries; ! <3ee that only good men were selected, j Lhen we would hear less about incom ; petency, corruption and malfeasance in office. But they don't attend to these duties, and when the evils of j their own neglect come upon them, j they begin to whine. If people be so foolish as to leave their doors open ■while burglars are working the town, they must expect to wake up poorer in the morning. If they will let the scal awags attend to their political duties for them, they ought to have their monies stolen and their public affairs in a snarl; and they have no right to go whining around about the results tof their own neglect of duty. EMPLOYERS''BOYCOTT. About the Ist of May the men em ployed at Ihe W T estham Granite Com gMßy'a works demanded an increase of iwages, and it not being given they went on strike. Last week the euper- posted notices to all for, -; KTreTOrn to work on 01 Before Satur ■ay, July 17th, they will be debtured jpoin employment by the company. |P The attention of organized labor averywhere is called to the above. Every opportunity to settle the differ erences has been offered by Districts 84 and 92, bat the above enemy of labor and laboringmen has persistently refused to arbitrate. The attention of Gat friends in Louisvilk, Cincinnati, md Columbus, where the curbing and paving blocks are being shipped are requested to let these scab quarries' severely alone. Private in fformation furnished by circular. :By order of Executive Boards D. A 's 84 and 92. I - BXOURSIOX DOWN THE KIVER BY I STEAMER "NORWOOD," 'ommencinq Wednesday, July 14th, Sfc 1 * 1 continuing until the completion of -ii wharf at Norwood Park. 1 The Steamer " Norwood" will make °aily afternoon trips (excepting on Sun- Jay) and on Wednesday, Friday and Moil- Say evenings down the river to Hutch pap and return ; leavingßargwyn's Wharf l;\ the afternoon trip at 2:M, and on the veiling trip at 7:30. Refreshments of all kinds, but no ifjuors on board. Music for dancing on both trips. ?are for the Excursion, - 40 Cents. Children between 5 and 12 years, half price. STEALER NORWOOD. EXcu %ON TO CITY POINT AND UNITEI staIES MONITOR FLEETS, Sunday, July 18th, Leaving Richmond at 10 A. M., returning leaves city p 0 j nt a t 3p. M., giving over Shawn to inspect the monitors. Meals j-m Refreshments on Board at Cn 1 pbices. No Intoxicating Li ''.tobs Sold ob Allowed. A Fint4> ianom "Norwood's" Saloon, and mm t - D y Lubbock's orchestra. Fare f» the Excursion, - 50 Cents. ______ "F'Ldren Half Price. BBBBBCV _B* __Be^HH ffRAND EXCURSION to OLD : oi NT & NEWPORT NEWS, BY LEE IoDGE, No. 275, WEDNES DAY, JULY 28th, 1886. Tr ilir leaves C. &O. Depot at 7:30 A. M. Ret irningJeaves Old Point at 7:30 P. M. Fare f fte round trip $1.50; Children 15&& ; From Williamsburg, 50cts. EXCURSION STAUNTON, Saturday Night, JULY 24. ROeND TRHP, $1.75. C. & O. Depot at 11 P. M returning leaves Staunton at 6 P. M.* E. ASTUMPF'S RESTAURANT. * ttr. Eighth & Main StS. 1 -ek From 6 a. m. To 12 p. m. PO< 9 AND SAMPLE ROOMS. H«i *|& Cent Lunch from 12 to 6 p. m. St I. w Lager Beer. Imported and Domestic Cigars. My > ich Department can always fur nish . seasonable delicacies. I will ahva toserve the very best for the i < <■ (y with the greatest accommoda tion a:nf politeness. This irf the nearest place to the Union Depot and 15ozart Hall. HERMAN C. BOSCHEN, Successor to DoSCHEN & D ROTHER, DcOTS, OhOES, I IHNKS, WATCHELS 501 509, 511 BROAD ST., Va. \IuMIVL WEM)ENBUI«}, w z-sal.cc-:x Yirsfjm.-. i-iu.. _ Jame~R.ver, Rosendale and Portland I ' Cci . 1 • Caieii >d :md Land Plaster, [ Marbi lyust and White Sand, Plastf n-fa' Hair and Nails, Fii-e Lrjek and Fire Clay, 1 Doors, Jash and Blinds, ■ Glass., Paints and Oils, i Freneb imd American Window Glass, Bru»hes, and Builders' and Painters' Ma ' teriah generally, for sale low by Robert Wendenburg, 808 Main & 1407 & 1409 Cary Sts » W. 11. Hall, . 104 S. BTH ST. ; « MANUFACTURER op j LULE CITY BELL, and SADIE ; , CIGARS. I DICK and LONE JACK SMOKING and CHOICE h RANDS of CHEWING I TOBACCO. ■ Fu'i \>ply of Smoker's Articles, &c, SMOKE THE : I. M, i. CIGARS, LONG FILLER, MANUFACTURED BY J»H.Goddin, RICHMOND, VA. PINION MADE. ' BBflrmerly Mrs. B. W. Saunders. ■ FMIONABLE MILLINER. ________29 E. BROAD ST. I^_BfolsrD ' - VIRGINIA. I GO TO iBwSOtf&KENDLER ;, —FOR— GALVANIZED IRON WORK, A_B»LIC SKYLIGHTS A SPEC ofl Bfbd all kinds of Architectural BJ __f Sheet Iron Work. WBM West Broad street, opposite I? *______*. R. R Freight Depot. nmrni ma mm ■LC JST. 9tH St. i:etß«h MAIN' and franklin street. FI! WORK GUARENTEED. A Dr. STISE IN THIS PAPSR. TERMS REASONABLE.