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■ V / . . ii. Ilts I. (B S t , « In » frieodB es, kraglas Eo!r j cestB MtUag OK. I Sysil^ cation, tolling -J6 TOL, I, NUMBER 13. TROY, N. Y., JULY 31. 1886. PRICE 3 CENTS, the twelve years ol our married my husband and nyeeii have been Victims of a peculiar kind of peree- ! ention (they used to call it astracism, if ' I am not mistaken; in the days of Arts* .greet* the woman *ith oonrtly grace; | ih W s lh e h a b i’aairtfface; I . I . oeutly before the public of late, has been rried so extensively ou almost scientific He oalls to toe toi ce the tenners a t work; He bores the merchant, be bothers the clerk; TbebUckemith whllehls anvil ringis, He greets, and this ia the aoig he slsgs: •Bowdr, howdy, bow d’ye dot B o w lB iooralteatd bow are you? A b ,ttatsm y flstasco otbercan, The hcroy band of the wortclngioaii,’ ■’ •‘Hide, my love, U “UnsbkBd, wbye: Has be nothing a t all a t home to d o t' “Hy dear, wheoerw a man » down. Ho esBh a t home and no credit la tows, TOO pliln n preich a- d t«o prood to Mgr, Too timid to rob and tcu lazy to dig. Then over his ho a* bis hga he flings, And t u tt e dear pfople this sorg he Binge: ‘BowflT. h o w ^ , tow d'ye dot How Is your Kite and now are you? Ah, It ate my flat IS DO other ran. The horny hatd ot ihe woiklngman.’ \ Brothers who labor early and late. Ask these things ot the candidate; tPbat U his record t Howdoes hestasd A thene! Hocdaiteribont blshand, Be it bard or Bolt, so it is not prone To close or, t money not Els own. Has he In view no thlevicg plan t Is he host St and capable:—he's your man! i.'heer such a man to the vreiun noga; Join in the choroa when h e aegs; 'Howdy, bowdy, how d'ye do? HOW isyoiiT wife and tow ace you? A b ,itatsm y flstesco other can, The buneet hand ui the woitligiDAn.'\ THE POPYLAB CREDO. BT THI UTI CUiSLZS r aaiBis. Otmes and doUani I doUatu and dime* r An empty pocket’s the worttoi dim e s! It a man la down, give him a thrust— Trample the beggar into the dost I Freenmptuous poverty's qaite appalling, Knock him over: kick him lor taUlngl It a man la np, oh I lltc him higher— Your ronlB tew sale, and he’s a buyer! Dimee and dollars I dollars anddime^: AB empty pockelb the worst of citmeai j know apow, but worthy youth Whoee hopes are built on a maiden’a truth; But the maiden wlUhreathervoeawnhoas* Por a wooer cometh whose cLilms are tbeae— A hollow heart and an empty head, Alace well til ged with the brandy red, A aonl well trained la villainy’s achool— And ossa—sweet Cash-he knoweth the tHmee and dollars I dollars and dimea AS empty pockera the worst ot crimes! I know a bold and honest man W hoatilvestouveon the Christian plan. But poor he is and poor will b*, A scorned and hated wretch is he - At home he meeteth a starving wife Abroad heieadeth the leptr's life— They stngglB against a tearful odds, Who vriU not bow to the p e rse's gods! D.mesatd d<41arsi oolUra and dimes! AS empty pocket's the worst of crimes i So get ye wealth, no matter \Nodifstlo Steal by i (Doug It Join the :lona asked” of the rich 1 trow i ly night and steal by day. I t all In a legal way,) Diverioraake her. lechorch Learn to cant, and loiult }our makw Be hypocrite, lUr, koave and fool; ButdMit be poor’—remember the rule; Dimes and dollars! dollars and dimes! Ah empty pocket'athe worstofcrimes (From the lAbor Froe Preaa.) A Tale of Two Boycotts. \UNKNOWN\ K .O F L. It Is my opir ion that »he whole system of boy- cotUi g Mould be abolUbed, bat bo lor g as one manor Bet of men practice It It will b ; practiced by oiheiB. That emploveie of labor nave to t ■zudetheBrstemof borcotung which (hey prac- Ooe as p ubic as tne workingmen hava isirue^ bat tney use the weapon w iu deadly effect never be lees. While tae victim may aor, be abla to locate the cause ot nts trouble a t all umcB, yet be feel' it keenly. It la time to elop boycot ting. Labor Is aettlrg an e.vample In tnat dl- RcUoo. WlUcapltal emuiatelt? T. V, POWDBBLT. CHAPTER 1. •WHAT WB WEBE BOTH OEIATBD FOE. Fata vlem inyenlent. Providence ordains all tbings; not a sparrow falle but he knows it. How much more does He wateb over and shape the destiny of the new-born child, no matter wbai may beitssur- roundiogs, whether the palace of the king or the but of the peasant! He— thelCrea tor and (jiver of all things—destine it to fulfill some purpose that works good to mankind in the end. Through oppres sion and sufierieg comes enlightenment and wisdom, that teaches os to battle for : not only our rights, but those less foitu- nate aa to edocation and opportunity. I have not thought it right, in the face of a great public stigma upon us—the woikiDg people, the Knights of Labor— to remain silent and let that stigma of Boycott be iastened upon ui without a protest. But I shall endeavor to fix it where it belongs—upon the rich and in fluential government officers, or all those high in authority—whether in church, 8t*te or government. principles, especially by moneyed men, both io the empire “on which the sun never sets,” and in our own country “the land of the brave and the free” that a thoroughly Anglo-Saxon word bad to be coined for it and added to the Queen's English, in order to give to the antiquated old thing a mot eStting modern dress. In its elegant Anglo- Saxon attire, the old Greek word aetra- cism is spelled bo c 'ttism. The peculiar way high officials, rich employers and eorporationa make use of it, has made each an indelible impression on my mind that I feet a great desire to write about it, to take tbe numerous readers of the Labor Free Press and the public generally, iu my confidence. When sc abuse becomes a crying evil, rarely is any notice taken of it, because people get used to a state of things that if it does not affect them very nearly, they consider it none of their business. They are afraid of the name of meddlers; they groan and sigh and wish Heaven would send some cue or something to change the existing state of affairs. But no effortiB made to do it. Still in all times and io all countries, a day must come when some one is born to be particularly fitted to correct some particular evil. Therefore I must give a short sketch of ourselves to show bow the same destiny ruled us both, and what we were created for. I confidently state that my hnsband and myself were born to expose frauds, refoim abuses, and above all, resist oppression—therefore to marry, although a wide ocean and the advantage of some twenty years of life with a foreign tongue aeperated ns on his part. Still that &ce that oonlrols all, made the ocean as nothing, tbe years as days, tbe foreign tongue, an attraction. I was brought up in the forest o f ----- the garden spot o f many in “My Mary land” ; the daughter of a planter, with the Mmpie, honest con'victiona of a truth- fnl bringing up; a scrupnloas honor in small as well ae great things ; a limited knowledge of the world practically, but a vast knowledge of it from reading. My father, a talented literary man, had (for the country) a large and cboioo library. I, from four years up, read everything I could lay my bands on. I learned French to read the moefc beauti ful French; German to go with Goethe and Schiller, if possible, through tbe most instructive and rich passages of their immortal works. As for English literature it was a great feast to me—it was all the world spread oat before me. It led me to high aspirations, to the best and very noblest thouchta I would read for hours when not occupied with ray studies, which was in my early years made at home, under an English gov erness and then dream away the alter- noon—if warm weather—lying on the grass in some retired spot. Perhaps, if early summer, in tbe large nnd fragrant orchard, with the white clover as a pil low; if late in the summer, 1 could find shade up some shady tree, with a nice support for my baek in tbe shape ot a gnarledhmb.—Again—if autumn in the woods near my home; the red and gold fall leayes my reetiug place, my atten tion only distracted by the dropping of acorns or chestnuts, the darting of rab bits, or the antics of a long-tailed squir- When winter came, I had to wrap up and walk by the ice-pond—a large p<md enclosed by banks and fed by a spring bordered by willows and mossy- edges, strewn witn violets in the spring but cold and grey, and bare in tbe win ter. But snow or rain, leaden sky or wintry blast deterred me not. 1 would watch my chance, and fly down the steep bill, and under its friendly shelter. I would pace the short road under it, un til utterly weary. No one could find me if I was wanted ; I told no one, not even my most cherished companion and sister. I would dream of things to be or had been, I was studious, but not queer or sad; healthy and hearty, and merry— in deed full of misphiet I had a pleasant wealthy and bright home: brothers and sistere. “we are seven.” So much for myself. My desfiued husband grew up in the sunny land of France, in Burgundy, among tbe vine-clad hills of “La Core d’or.\ He was an ouly child. Ills father, a bravo soldier of Napoleon the Great, koighted by tbe Emperor on the battle-field of Elmutz with the cross of tbe legion of honor. Both bis father snd mother were of an old familv. He was tbe petted darling of both. He Lad 00 brothers, no Bisters; and as both of bis parents were as himself, be had no uncles, no aunts, and of course, no first cousina He was left an orphan at six teen. He studied law, graduated with honor at the “Ecole de Droit de Paris.” With generous impulses and a ready confidence in people, he spent bis money freely; and was s o -a left w just enough to bring him to this country. His education and letters fitted him for a high position as teacher of lang- neges he obtained it readily; and while teaching in the N al sesdemy, I mK him. We found we had dreamed aw.y port of oar ebiidbood—we loved the same books, the same people and things. I liked his profession above all others. Now for the misfortunes that overtook us; life would have been a long dream if they had not. Fate would not have taken the trouble to have brought us to gether, i ehad not meant to give ns an especial purpose in life. See If my theory is not correct. Both of good parentage; both to begm life, had health and wcalih; both happy and good-natured; both well educated and read; both of a thoughtfnl mind; both fond of tbe same profession as I have said—fate intended os for each o , to be so perfectly united as to be a strong force when our minds should be placed upon a subject. This subject or theme 'iB—Besistance to oppression. Kovr Imust commence my confidential discloanres to the fiiends of the oppressed to whom this narrative is most re^ c t- fully dedicated. CHAPTER II. MT HU8BAIID ABD I. This narrative must be perforce very egotistic. Whenever any one has to speak or write continually in the first person, it must be so. But I cannot make any apology for i t ; as I have begun by frank ly stating that it is destiny that has forced ns into being as far as possible the righters of wrongs by exposing them and opposing them. Therefore, I will give you a slight sketch of tbe two or three years of my early mamed life. It was passed ss moat happy young brides passed theirs, I suppose, While my husband pursued his pro fession, I, whom he had placed in a handsome up-town fashionable boarding house among tashionable. worldly peo ple, soon was deeply engaged in writing, receiving calls, going to breakfast, lun ches. and dianers, icceptiona and balls, makingupskatina parties, (for we bred far from Maryland, “My Maryland” In those bridal days), sleighing in tbe fore noon, dancing at night, and having a lively, thoughtless time generally, How many dear “five hundred friends\ 1 had ! How “pretty” I was I How “de lightfully'' I danced I How “charmingly witty” and “what an exquisite taste in dress and manners I” Wc were not rich as tbe world goes. But my hnsband had a handsome salary and bad bonds paying a large interest io a new railroad. He bad some income also from France; and, in fact, enough to live very stylishly. Who, in this coan- tty, ever saves when be has health and talent and a reputation as a good and learned professor. He might have thought of the future. I certainly did My husband's disposition, as I under stand it, IS very even, quiet; and he has great nerve and self-command. He thinks before he speaks, tells strictly the truth, therefore a little uninteresting at times; calls eoerything by its proper name, hates shams and lies of all kind. Still, he lives in peace with its neighbor and shots his eyes to all private faults, but thinks with a determined, obstinate persistency that what is called public property should be cared for by the peo ple, or, if a pnbUc office is held,it should be properly administered, or the people have a right to complain. He consider every man’s honor is bis own and he should defend it; if be does not, who Quiet as I have said; grave and speak ing Enghsh imperfectly,, it has made him appear sumuwhat diffident. 1 am of a different disposition, as I am unlike Mm in appearance. He is large, fair has blue eyes, I am hardly me dium height and very sleuder. 1 have a creamy complexion, brown hazel grey eyes, straight noso and light brown curly hair, oval shaped lace, red lips that in cline to smite and throw dimples around my month, white teeth and a shapely head and small ears. Tnat is tbe picture the glass gives me. What 1 thick of my self does not matter, what others think, I cannot know. But what they tell has been most flattering. Before story is fiuished, you will be able judge, as I have’ done, how much faith to put in it. .And you must judge of my disposition alto. Of oourse, I am in clined to be very lenient upon myself. That is natural. One day, my husband—I shall call him after this, Professor Merville—came home earlier than usual. 1 was jast dressed to go to a five o ’clock tea. I was ro cur handsome private parlor, iiefore a long minor admiring my new tea-gown of yellow China silk and (esthetic make. It was just (he time Oscar Wilde hadsuch a rage. I had a lovely sunflower in my belt and all the pretty new-fashioned things to make np a perfect ensemble. The Professor looked somewhat pale for him and I would have thought be was not well; but then he had never keen at all sick sioce I msnied him, 1 went to him at once : “What brought you home so early ? To take me lo Mrs. S.’s, to the high tea.” fie amiiedi “No, dear. I am not in a hnmoi to go with you: but you go and I will tell you after.” ‘No,” I cried, “I must know now. The idea lo, send me away to enjoy my self, wheu you are bleeding at home, with a secret to tell me when I come back! I cannot wait. You know the bump ofeuriosty is more powerfully de veloped in woman than in all others.\ “Well, I have heard some bad news. Tbe company that was baUding tbe new road aud I bad my money invested In its bonds, has totally failed; and all I have made in this country has been in a mo ment swept away.” I looked at the clock; but ten minutes to arrive at my friends io time; the car riage at the door. i‘Profe8sor,” Iaaid,“donotmlnd. The same way you made those thousands, you can make others, and 1 will help you. Do not mind; it is not aa bad as 1 thought. You had your dividends Isst month, and perhaps in a short time they will resume payment, or fix it np; your bonds are on tbe land. ” “Tes,” he said, “but when a Company like the Northern Pacific onoe fails in this country, and embezzles hundreds of thousands of the people’s money, we □ ever gel it back. Go, dear; do not be troubled. D is money after all, and, as you say, can be made again. ” He kissed me fondly, came down stairs and placed me in tbe carriage. [ tobecontinoxd .J PiBBCE CiTT, Mo. — The Greenback Labor Convention for the Thirteenth Congreesional District of this state has nominated CoL Homer F. Fellows by ac clamation as candidate for Congress. The Oreenbackers and Knights of Labor struck hands in this convention, and del egates from the K. o f L. acted with tbe Greenback delegates. In addition to the regular Greenback county delegates there were entitled to seats in tbe convention one Knight of Labor for every one hun dred members of the Order in the dis trict. The resolutions adopted were taken largely from tbe platform of the K. of L., and declare that the Government should own and control tbe railroads, telegraph aud telephone lines; that a non-interest-bearing money should be is sued instead o f bonds; that not another acre o i public domain eboulfi be given to railroads or any other corporation, and that after 1690 no alien should be allowed to own land or other real estate. Six years ago the Thirteenth Congresuonal District of Missouri was represented in Congress by Ira Hazeltine, Greenbacker. i THE LAW OF THE NEW CIVILI- *' z A t i o n . A WH^era'ive board with 3amnej Whitlles of PWl Tliver, Mass., as chair man, £ is recently been organized by the Soclolcgio society of America, for the pnrpose of facUilating the crowth of co operative industry in the United Slates. R^gnizing that the first requisite in the accomplishment of this work is knowl- ecyfe of the extent to which co-operation in ^ 1 its forms prevails in this country, and, secondly, the hearty and concerted action of those thus engaged in develop ing the movement, tbe board, in further ance of these ends, is actively engaged communicating with parties interested in these enterprises. The Sociologio so ciety had adopted this method because it recognizes that the competitive system as a controlling agent in industrial devel opment, faib to meet existing needs; and that, in the interregnum between a com petitive and a co-operative civilization, there is a great danger of industrial and social disturbances. It sees that it is im possible for society to go backward into old grooves of action, and that there is an imperative demand for it to go on ward and adjust itself to new industrial conditiocs and requirements. This ad vance is made necessarily through a more complete social organization—the union cf capital and labor by means of a system of profit sharing and participation of the workers through representatives in the administration of burineas, the co-opera tion of the workers productively wher ever it is practicable, and the more gen eral introduction of co-operative stores. The co operative board, through Mr, Whittle, 18 now in a position to offer such information as may be necessary to aid in the starting co-operative stores, the system of profit sharing or the appli cation of co-operative principles to indus tries already orgsniz^; also productive co-operation, and any other movements connected with co-operative industry, co-operative movement m this country is n its infancy, bnt it tan be developed and made a powerful industrial and so cial force by coucerted action, and by the help which the pioneers in the cause in England and France sre willing to render. The Sociologic society will soon publish a set of model rules for retail co-operative stores, which are cliMely modeled npon the Bochdale plan as the laws of tbe states will allow. To increase the efficiency of its work, the beard soli cits information as to the number and kind of co-operative enterprises in the United State?, in order to enter into cor respondence. Those desirous of aiding by combined action in the work o f estab lishing co-operation as the mling princi ple of social and industrial life can ad dress Samuel Whittles, Jr., chairman, 11 Ferry street, Fall River, Mass,, or Mrs. Imogene C. Fales, president, Brooklyn, N. Y. __________________ QUEER DOINGS IN MONTANA. There was a Local Assembly organized in ^mbsrline, Montana, on the 1st of lakt may, which held secret meetings nu- til Jun* 25,' when tbe Northern Pacitlo Coal Company learned of iks existence. The company, which employs about 275 men, then commenced to discharge tlie men for the sole reason of their being members of the K. of L. The member ship of the K. of L. is 186. All men at work here are employed by the N. P. coal company,, which ownsnently all the dwelling houses occupied by the em ployes. Tbe tenants are obliged to sign a lease when they, rent a house, and on ten days’ notice from the company are obliged to vacate, as per agreement. We have been here four days endeavoring to have the men reiustated; but Mr. BulUft, the vice-president of the company will not reinstate them nnlese they renounce tbe Order. This the men will not do. This coal company is on the main line of Ihe N. P. E. R., and is 14 miles from Bozeman, M. T. When the lock out oc curred the company closed its store, butcher shop and saloon; but the saloon was opened m two days to any one who wanted to bny liquors. At the store the company have refused to sell, even for cash, to any member of the Assembly, and the Assembly was obliged to appoint a committee to go to Bozeman for pro visions. There are 57 families here. The company will xvici all tenania on the 23d Inst. They have poeteda notice that when work is resumed the price for min ing coal will be reduced 20 cents per ton. All members of tbe K. of L. are requested to keep away, as also aU others. —C.W. Hanscom. Sect. Ex, Board Dist. BULLETS VS. BALLOTS. E ditor C iahion :— I have heard a great many say “wc will never get anything through revolution,” “we will have to take up arms to get justioe,” Ac. Now these same men say they are willing to take up arms and wade knee deep in blood to get justice, but are not men enough to walk up to the polls oa elec tion day, and deposit a ballot for them selves. That little piece of paper rightly used is a thomaud times more potent than the bnJlet, and the man who has neither the brains or the courage to vote against monopolies, has not tbe courage to carry a musket. It mikes me “tired” to hear men talk about class legislation, unjustlaws, monopoly, corrupt judges, hard times, Ac,, -when, they will not exet- cise their right of franchise. U the workingmen would only vote aa they talk there would be no more hard times; if they would rote for honest money (U. S. notes) there would be no more panic-', if they would vote as they talk there would be no more railroad monopolies, no more comers of the nec essaries of life, no more boarding of money in tbe National treasnrv to help porpetnate the national b.inks who are sucking the very life blood of the nation. But if you would vote as solidly for yourselves as you do against youraeives, we would soon get rid of our National debt, abolish tbe National banks, have the government issue legal paper money good for all debts, have the land reserved for settlers only, have all the land that is forfeited returned to the people, and be a happy and prosperous nation. But will you do it, or will you go to the polls the next election day and put a straight yoie for one of the rotten old parties,and then enrse tbe laws that keep you in idle ness, misery and bondage. Workingmen which will you vote for, freedom or slavery; for slaves you soon will be. B allot L etter F rom T exas A bout the To THE E ditor : —The most important work done by the Knights of Labor at . the Cleveland convention was tbe de- ! mand on Congress to establish a loan of- j fiee in every connty inthe United States. ! Let the Knights concentrate their forces ; on this demand, and every farmer, me- chaiuc and nscfnl laborer m the whole country will rally to their support. Let , Congress issue any amount of fu’l legal ’ fender paper money, to be called ‘Na- I tional Credit,’ and loan to each county as many dollars as the people of that county are willing to take an<i pay interest on. The Interest from the county to the gov ernment should be one pet cent,, and from the people to the connty three per cent This money is national credit; owned exclusively by the government, but it is loaned to the people to cuable them to create and exchange labor and wealth, andis returned to tbe government, with interest without fail, each county being responsible for the amount bor row^. This money will command a imium over gold and silver because It more convenient No one would have could be had o f the same denomination. This money is redeemable in itself. If a note becomes mutilated or worn out a new one is substituted without charge. Whether this credit money is good or not depends on tbe life of the nation. He who cannot trust a note given by the government of the United States cannot trust any note, no maltcr by whom given. If our government should beoverthrown, the national bank notes would not be worth the paper on which they are printed, and justly so, because they are bas d on a debt which the people do not owe. I do not belong to the Knights of Labor, but there are thousands of honest men outside the Order who stand ready to join bands with them when they come down to practical work. They should use all their inflaence to snstain the press of their friends. They should rather throw tbeir nickels in the river than buy one o f the old party papers, much lees snbeoribe for one fora year. They have learned by this time who tbeir friends are. They should tell the lawyers to go to tbe national tramp factory at Wash ington and examine tbe financial man ipulations during and sinoe tbe war, all done by lawyers, and see if they are not entitled to knock at the door of so honest organization. ^ They should by all means keep their present chief at the head of tbe order so long aa he is willing to serve. They should also raise his sal* Friendly papers please copy, S t , M arts , Texas, June
