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T H E C L A R I O N . P diusbid W u e l t AT TUE CLARION OFFICE, TROY, N. T. TBUM8 OK SCBSCKIPTIOS: TKOV, SATURDAY, ACGOST M, ISM, D on ’ t T ale N onsense . The fools mo uot m U dead yet, and now and then one finds Lis way into sc.me la bor organization. During a somewhat lengthy oditoiial experience we hsTe come acioss quite a numiier of such We remember one in particular, who eonsidered himself a representative Oi backer, and who had quite a nuiniter of curious and original schemes for the amelioration of workingmen. A favoiiie one of these was that the government should own tue railroads, aud permit every one to travel free. The theory sounded very flue. Of course the “gov ernment\ WHS expected to pay all the ex penses. But when one remembers that in this oonnfry t ie “goveromenf' means no more and no less tiian the people, the project turns out to be ahorse of another An apparent disriple of thlsaec.ent financial sage, by the name of S.mth. worth, has turned up in the Working- man's Advocat-*, who assures us that the regular f.re to California may be reduced to onlf |1 by the government owning the railroads. It is the sime old tune, only p ilyed on a labor organ instead of a greenback one. We were never iu the rwiroaJ busiuess, but even with that set tled conviction of administrative ability which is likely to inoruase in the s ratio with one’s ignorance of a businoes, we should not care about taking such a contract on onr hands. Iron niads ate expensive to build and to keep iu repair; conductors, ongincers, stokers, brakemen and the rest—evenatjav Ooul'i’s scale of wages—cost somethiog: law suits must be ^aid for, damages setilcd. aud editors, legialators and Congressmen passed free; to say nothing of officials’ salaries, bribes to secure the pasiage of favoraide legis lation, and the building of palace cuts for directors. Taking all these things into eonsiderstion, a Si fare from New York or Troy to San Fraucisco seems pretty low tariff, and we feat the “gov ernment\ would have a heavy balance to To come tight down to the subject and talk sense, the only way the govi menl’s bills can be settled, is by director indirect taxation; and while the moseyed man and tCie pleasure seeker would be riding around at the public expense, for a nominal fate of 8 l, the workingmen of the eouniry—the producers—who way or another pay all the taxes, wou’d have to skinnish around lively to meet the demand of the tax collector. There are certainlr snfficieut abases in onr great railroad systems to keep the labor papers in subjects for talk for a ( presidents and managers might be greatly diminish'd, fewer free passes given ont, directors cjmpelled to ride in an ordinary palace car like common men and women, and the system of bribery be dispensed with altogether. But all this reforn-atiin should lake place, not for the bvnt-fit of the traveling public, which for the most part is able to pay a reasonable sum for its transportation, but in order that the beggarly wages of the employees, from conduot'-rs down, might be raised to something like a living rate. What we want in this matter is equalization, salaries lowered, wages raised. Unquestionably freights miaht be lowered to the advantage of freighters, and stilMeave suflicient profit to the rail roads. And it is neither impossible nor undesirable that fart-s should be reduced somewh.t. Bat when we want to talk about a S i fare to Caliiornta let ns go into a corner aud whisper where no- Lo jy will bear us. T he M iners of P f , nnsylfanu . Ti e North American Betiow having engaged Heniy George to invts igHte thu condition of labor in the ©oal and iron districts of Penusylvauit, the first of a series of aiticlcs from Itis pen appears in the August Qumber of that pt riudicaL It presents a staitling view of the abject poverty and sattcring of workingmen iu a region which is exceptionally favored by uaturu to yield large riiturns to labor. In addition to these natural advantages the manufactunng and mining industries are heavily “protected.’’ Of the freqneni strikes among the miners of this region Mr. George says: Men dependent upon their daily labor do not strike for the fuu of etrikins even foolish aod reeklea airikus, when they occur in any number, indicate a chronic irritation that can only proceed / proceed from real grievances. Coal mining in Pennsylvania employs 140,01)0 persons at wages which would be fair if they were regularly employed. But they do not have regular employ ment, being idle for weeks or months at time. Theoretically a minei receives from ?2 00 to about i52.50 per day, a la borer from #1.60 t J 81.75; but the actual wages jraid, as shown ty the State Bureau of Labor Statistics, ranges for miners from #7 to $8.84 per week, and for labor ers from S4.91 to $6.3 Opir week, ut out, of the miner’s «w«.s must come the cost of the mining supplies—powder, fuse, oil, cotton, etc.—and these must be bought from the company at from 20 to 100 per cent, more than the ordinary prices. Figures sometimes published in regard to the higii wages of miners are mistead- iug and uutruu. The apparent earnings are maJe to seem lac.er by crediting a man o'n the books with not only his own pay but hat of his helpers as well. Mr- George pves one instance: an for a mouth's wurk proved up. juiry to be in realiiy the earnings iirir ptisous—thetr.._ man himself, a one man for a of fut p ........ . .. boarder who worked with him, and bis wife and daughter, whose pay for work done aroued the compsuy’s offices Lumped with hi<. The “pluck me\ store system generally prevails, and employes are “ expected\ to deal at these stores. There ia pulsion, of course, but if a man ventures to deal elsewhere, he will presently be informed that the company no longer needs his secvicA Tiie prices charged at these stores range from 15 to 190 pet cent, above ordinary rates, averaging from 25 to 40 per cent. The miners are also comiulled to rent houses of the com pany at exorbitant prices, aud every one is “ a tenaut upon five days’ notice.” Sutely organized isbuc has plenty of work before i t in Peunsylvanis. “A ll fob the G ood of the W ork - INOMAN.\ The Northern Pacific Coal company is a great corporatiou, and employs a large number of men. The following are some of the rules of the company to which its cmpljyes are required to submit: Wagts are set a-id regulated by the .superiut.ndonb, and Ih'j amount due in any one month will not be paid until the 25;h of tbe month following. Thus if a woiknian is discharged or leaves he must sell his time-check at a ruinous discount The long waiting for bis money will also comi«l him to resort to orders upon the company's store wliich will be furnished him to the full amouut of h s wa^es, but not beyoud. Theemployes are required to patronize the store, butcher shop and saloon estab lished by the company, to the exclusion of all utherA Each employe is compelled to rent one of the company’s bous- s, and if he isUis- charged or leaves of his own acc./UD(, be must surrender possession of the house within ten days. Any employe joining any secret labor organization, or in any way taking part in any strike, wilt be at once discharged, and under no circumstance re-employed Single men are required to pay #1 per month aud married men $1.50 per month toward the hospital fund, which will se cure to them aud their families the at tendance of a physician employed on contract by the company, and on no condition may they employ any other physician. This does not indude child* birth—for which $15 extra shall be paid and certain other specified diseases. Fur the violation of these and other rules not here enumerated, an employe for the first offence is fined $5 or laid oS from bi° work one week at the opiion of the superintendent. For the second of fense he is discharged. '^itb all these humane aud philan thropic regulations for tlicir well-bdng, isn't it strange thnt workingmen should be 80 uugrnteful and discontented, and desire to mansge their own affairs? uer, the Republican organ of that city aud district, to tlie effect tliat it has blacklisted union men; has pubii-lied distorted accounts ot labor u-oublus, and invariable sought to throw the responai- Isbor, and iu the recent difficulty between that paper aud the union, it refused to pay uuiou men the union Bcale, but adveiiised for uon-uniou men ut the same price, compelbug its forty uniou compositors to walk out of the office. The union then makes the fol lowing appeal: The United Bt..tvs, the nation itself gravely contemplate, a war oi biiilita with Mexico to defend one “rut\ printer’s alleged right to h s liberty. Let us inauguiate sucn a war of ballots in defense of tae liberty L abor in P olitifs . The call of the State Workingmen’s Assembly for a State convention, to be held in S.vracuse on September 14th, is published in this issue of the C larion . Let every labor orgaaization of this city not only give it their attention, but elect their proper quota of delegates to the conventiou. It will be the fifth annual meeting of this assembly, and important action will be taken in regard to the man* in wli^-'li labor sliall enter iuto politics in the ooming campaign. Whatever ac tion ffivorable to labor has so far been taken by our State legislature has been through the influence of, and the pre^- brougid to bear by, this organiza tion. The ooming coDvention will review the action of the late legislature unon the labor bills presemed before it, and frame other bills for future presentation. It will urge strongly upon the labor meu ot the State to require of all candidafes for office, by whatever party nominated, pledges to support the measures favored by this convention and by the conven- iion of the Knights at Richmond in Oc tober. In this way, without pnt'.iag an independent candidate in the field, the interests of labor will be certain of repre sentation, and all candidates who are false to their pledges will be boycotted as is votes are concerned in the future. In this way politicians will be (aught the salulory lesson that the workingmen are not to be satisfied with promises merely, but demand setion as well. V~SibKnbe tort&eCLAKION.tiaysM.^ A L ittle M iked . The Telegram in discussing a o i l for a socislistic convention to be h ell at Au burn next montii, confounds socialists and anarchists. If it bad confounded the aims and methods ot the Demoerstio and Bepnblicau parties, there would not hare been so much wonder in it, for it would take a greater hiteilect tliau pre sides over the average newspaper, to dis cover any i-eai uilloreace between them. Anuichisis may plot all th<- dteadful things the Telegram talks about, but we have yet to iearu that the doctnues of Socialists “ Include au advocacy of steal ing or dMCroying other people's property, ot of killing people.” That paper fur- ther thiniu “some good mlgUt result from their politicai action for it would show them how few people there are in this country who sympithize with their peculiar notions.\ There Is another pos sible good might result; it might leave certain people like the editor ot the Tel egram, better informed as to the real political doctrines and beliefs of socialists, and tne methods by which they propote to carry thorn out. Socialism is cer’ainlv treasonable m Europe, where it aims to overthrow hereditary power, aud estab lish governmeuta by the people; but in this country there is no reason why it should be so bitterly denounced. We may differ with it in some teipccts, but it has the auiiie professed aims of all true IlepubliCiu aud Democratic p arties-the euuctmeut oI laws lavoiable to the equal- izuion of wealth, and a recognition of the equal pulitical ri,>bts of all citizens. T hk Cievelitid Typographical union brings a saries of charges agsinst the bility upon trades unions; has import' luub” labor, and iu the recent difficul Ik uo luttogumue sucu a war or ouliois defense of tae liberty oi forty union will ifftCtually todietsthem- inized labor in Uhio. Just suit to organized labor in Ohio. Just so sure HS tue patriots who sacrificed their livei in the war against human slavery were mart rs to the eternal prin- ciuie otUbeny, just as sutely are Ihcc forty citizens martyrs to that identical principle. The slavery exists in differ ent lorms—that is ail. We ask the new Grand Army of the Republic, the Knights of Labor, to enlLt in the cause. We ask all organized workingmen to boycott poiiiicaliy the organ and the men who silently witness our wrongs and re fuse to vinuicite ns. D on ' t read with teats in your eyts of the suffetiugs of sewing women in our great cities who are coiupelleJ to work for from 20 to 60 cents a day, and then lUt aud iKiichase the very garments these women make, and siarvewhile mak ing. As you beiieve in the rights of labor, Slid that every jierson who works should receive suffeieut pay to secQre not onlv the uecessit vs but tue comforts ot life, boycott the cheap, ready made underwear for sde everywhere. We do not mean this as a crusade against the mcrcuants who have it for sole. Tu>-y offer it only to meet a demand. If you do not purchase the garments ready-made, you will patebaae the materials unj make them yourself, or you will purchase those goods which pay a better price to the makers. Cheap goods—that is, goods offere-l below the average market price— mean, as a ruie, cheap labor by some- A n iusurance branch has been organ ized in connection with the InUrnatiou- al Typographical imion by which any member of u union may insure his life for toOO, by paying assessments when. called, into a common fund to be devoted to the payment of death beuvfits. Tlie iiBSeesmeut rate of each person join ing before October 1, 1886, will be fixed at 26 cents and remain at that rate, all becoming members after that date will be taken in on the graded rate, beginning at 2o cents for members from eighteen to twenty five, and increasing 6 cents for each Hdditional five years of age. W hen Congressman Beach died at Cornwall, N. Y., recently, Speaker Car lisle telegraphed to Sergeant-at-arms Leedoni, to get together a delegation of Congrei-smen to attend his funeral. But nut one could be found who Vos not too busy with his own affairs to go. If Con gress had been in session, the affairs of tile nation would not have so pressed them bat that they could find time to adjourn over for a day, and a large dele gation of Congressmen would have jumped at the chance of having a ffrsl- clasB junket at national expense under pretenue of attending (he funeral. T he Greenbsekers and Democrats of bis Congressional disirict in Iowa, have each unsnimously nominated General James B. Weaver for Congress. How TO Do I t . Some time since a striking advertise- ment appe.ired in the daily papers of the United Staten. It was headed, “How to Make Money.” The advertisement of fered to bend, on payment of a small sum, an infallible method whereby money would be made. Th> usauds sent ttxlr “ quarters,” and in due course re ceived a slip of paper, on which w printed in bold L-ttcre, “ Work like That advertiser should be prosecuted for a swindler. Don't those who work the hardest iu this world receive the least pay? They work hsr.l because they have to oc they couldn’t live. The slips ot poper should have road: “Sit iu your office, let BomelioJy el*e do ’he work, tnd you tike the proflu.'' T he Prohibition party of New York county has passed a series of resolu'iouB which we may suppose fairly embody the sentimeuls and aims of the organiza tion thtoughout the State. Am.mg other things we find the following: “De- uouueing anarchists, hut allowing labor to organize for proper purposes, aud pro- vicliog for arbitration by the government in disputes between employets aud em- ployea.” This party bus put a gubor niiorial candidate iu the fiell— II. Clay Boscom of Troy. hlr. Bascom has a pattern shop in this city, empk.ying in that and in the moulding shop connected with it m the neighborhool o*' 150 men. His fmployes Say that the discipline eo- forced in these shops is far stricter than ID otner establishments, lieing iu some respects like th it of a prison. He forbids hia employes belongiiqr to labor organi zations, and if we have uot been muio- formed, he has disoh-irged men for dis- obedieccB in this respect. If the Pro hibition p aity wishes to secure the votes ot workingmen it has been unfortunate iu its candidate. CcTTTSo is at large again. As soon as the Mexican authorities found out ihat he was a scab piioter, they sent him with all haste across the border into Texas. Tne suddenness of the release has com pletely taken the wind out of the govern ment sails. Secretary Bayard must feel a good deal like a man who put forth all his energies in a tremendous kick, and nearly wrenched his leg off kicking sinst L-othiug; and now it is said he don’t know what to do next. We can tell him. If he wants to get up a row with Mexico anyway, let him inast upon that gOTtnmfint taking Catting back again, aud for fearhe should be lonesome^ send a delegation of ecali printers from Cleveland to keep him compiny, Such a conree will meet with more general ap proval than permitting him running at large in this eouctry to underbid the la bor of honest workiogmen. A t the meeting of the Central Labor onion of New York on Sunday last, it was decided that in future each trade should manage its own affairs and deal with its own difficulties. Heretofore the building trades were forced to listen to the cigsrmakers troubles; the printers to disenss the grievancee of the paiuters and masons. The building trades form one section, the clothing trades another. Clerks and salesmen form an “early-clos. log” section. All those haudling food or drink are in section 6. There is an iron and metal trades' Nt'ction, a furniture makers’ section, etc. The permaDont officers of the union will be elected to morrow. T he City of Troy took back to New Ytgk on TiiesJay uight 200 children who had 'been sent out two weeks before under the auspices of the Fresh Air Fund association. This is a laudable chanty, under our existing social conditious, and we are glad that the children of the poor of our groat cities are permitted to breathe the fresh coantryalr under any circumstances. Rut how much betler it would be for all concerned if working- men were paid sufficient wages so that they could themselves affoid to give their wigen aud children a'summer holi day, instead of being bnmbled by a pub lic charity. J. B. M urphy of Chicago, masturwerk- mau of District Assembly No. 23, K. of L., dropped dead at hia home da Sunday night Murphy was oue of the beet umon Knights in Chicago, and was especially lu the public mind just now by reason of uis recent action iu suspend ing two entire assemblies of Knights owing to their communistic membership. His death resulted from iung troubles lugbt on by going ont at night to speak at labor meetings. T he New Jersey Unionist, published at Newark, suggests Henry George as candidate for Congress from the Eighth New York district. “There is, it says, “a total vote of say 24,000 in the district and if the Knights of loabor, the trade unioni, and the workingmen generally go to work they can elect one of the best known, best informed and otherwise beat equipped men in the United States.” A DOLLAR to-day will buy from 10 to 50 per cent, more than it w-ould five years ago. But the men who bad dol lars then have only half dollars now, so where is the advantage ? THE BAHKRDPT STOCI K THING & Co.’s AUGUST CLEARING SALE E llford ’s IS BF.ING SOT.D AT THE At Half the Original Cost Corsets - - - 12 l-2c Lisle Gloves - - 9c K id Gloves - - 25c Are a few of the Bargains- to be Obtained FESSENDEN. LAMBERT & TOWER. 306 & 308 River-St. 32-3 Fultoa-SL T he farmers and tbe workingmen of the conntry have to produce from 10 to 50 per cent, more thau they did in 1882. in order to purchase the necessnnes • of life, to pay their debts, their rent, or the interest npon their mortgage. Why ’ Don’t you know ? Because the money of the country has advanced in value, and mote labor aud more produce must be given for it. Whom do::* this benefit? Not the workingmen nh >se wages nec essarily go down with prices, but tno bankers—tbe money power which rules this country, dictates its laws and tiolds Its government in the hoiloiv of its hand. 'iRBRE is talk in Albany county of nominatfag Hon. T. 1. Hardin for Cou- gressmau. 3Ir. Hardin has made for himself a good recofd at Albany, where during the last two sessions of the Legis lature he has always been fouud on the right side of every question pertaining to labor. He presented the arbitration bill passed by the last legislature, and did effective woik for other similar bills. 18 reported that L. A. 1307 and 2809 ot Chiesgo, in which tbe anarchist fail- lug is strong, are bitterly opposed to the re-election of Powdetly, and will do ad they can to prevent it. They say if they cannot defeat him they will impeach him, c'uargiDg him with giving away the se crets of the order, and witli denouncing thiough the public press men in good standmg. E x - ofpicer Nick Curtin is not eogaged lyy Pinkerton’sinkerton’s agency, but is employed by 'Warner of Rochester,—Troy Pn b P a This is a mistake. Ex officer Nick Curllu is not employed by Warner of Rocheeter, but by Farrell A Wilkinson, a private detective agency of New York city. Let Knights be esutions. T ub oollac maunfactua’rs compel their operatives to purchase the sewing ma- chiues they u-e. Why don't other trades take the hint Wliy are not compositors compelled to par on weekly installmenta for the type they set up; engineers for their locomotives; street car conductors and drivers for their cars, and so on through the whole list c4 employnieutel T he Times of Tuesday offers some 'ery characteristic advice to the striking lar drivers of New York City, it says they may strike if they mnst, [no doubt they will be deeply grateful for the per mit] but under no circiims’ances must they do anything to make the strike effective. We have heard such talk b£- M r . P owdebly says; “The anarchists will never obtain a foothold in the Knights of Labor. Anarchy is deetruct- ive to civil liberty, and no honeat work ingman can afford to ideatitv himself with an organization which has for its object the destruction of life and prop- I n compelling their stitchers to famish their pwn thread, why do our collar man ufacturers stop at thread alone? Why don’t they reijuire their employes to fur nish tbe other materials also—the linen and the lininge? We can see no v.lid reason why one siionld be furnished and nut the others. T hb system in practice in the Bouthera States, of leasing convicts to mining c poralions is at Frankfort, Ky., being made an issae against the administration candidates, the workingmen b ing deter mined that it shall be abolished. T hb Albany Argus reproves the strik- logstreet-car men of New York for in conveniencing the public by thiir strike, Bnthow about the company inonven- ienciDg the street car men by their dc» C orrespondent :— “ H ave Gail & Ax ever been boycotted?\ No. They in good standing, and pay full wages for eight hours’ work. EX C ITEM E N T UNABATED. to close the i'lt. Five eases of Ladies’ ■pers. woi lot of C'iiild- 50 cents s p u r and thoua.uids Newport Ties and Opera Slippers, worth 7o cents and SI, to close at 50 cents a pair. 3, —A big job 1( and T k -. s at 50 i Bargains S. B. T H IN G & Co.'s MIII-SOLIIER CL0SL\G S.1LE Shoes anfl Sliors 328and 330 River St. and 23 4th St., TROY, N. Y. Heller’s Ice Cream Parlors HOMEMADE BAKERY. C hoice S team C onfectionery , 12 Jacob Street, Tro^. E. H. LISK, P r inter, 312 BDi'ER STREET, TROY’, N. T. Posterf, Dodgers, et;., tor Hcnlcsand Ezoutslou F u r n it u r e ---- AND ---- Carpets For the next 36 days A T CO S T To make room for ou; F all S tock Best bargains ever offered in Parlor Suits, Chamber Suits, Marble Top Stanis, Extension Tables, Beds-Springs, Mattresses, etc., a t M. Doyle’S Sons 17G 178 A 180 RIVER St. July 3-m 3 W . V . C L E A R Y Dealer in Coal, 153 River Street. “Oead Mille Failthe!” THE P I C N IC F ield D a y WILL BE REPEATED ON M onday Aug. 30, '86. RENSSELAER PARK. With additional attractions. Tickets, 25 Cents. Oologu uncqtf givcH “4711 Winter! foilowij that dej inches cents, i worth 12 eo Sh cents, ^ c«« * 1 Ti 299 i SellsttI Uni4 W b ichl tbe l o n t ^ Trojan,
