132 HISTORY OF THE WHEEL AND ALLIANCE. 



ized in most counties where the Alliance first made its 

 appearance, yet there is entire harmony and good will 

 between the two organizations. It is altogether probable 

 that in the near future there will be a consolidation of all 

 kindred labor organizations in the State. Beginning with 

 the year 1890, after the St. Louis Convention, the Order 

 progressed more rapidly, and on the 26th day of April, 

 1890, Ben. Terrell, National Lecturer, effected a State 

 organization. This meeting was held in the city of Indian- 

 apolis, and 100 subordinate lodges were represented 

 through seven County Alliances. Thomas W. Force, of 

 Shoals, Indiana, was chosen President and Willard W. 

 Prigg, Secretary. Since the organization of the State Alli- 

 ance, work in the Order has been very much systematized, 

 and organizations are springing up in almost every county 

 in the State. The outlook for the Order in Indiana is 

 flattering, and, though it is yet in its infancy in that State, 

 the farmers are taking hold with an earnestness that will 

 soon place it side by side with that of her sister States in 

 the great battle for human rights. 



THE ALLIANCE IN COLORADO 



The first Alliances organized in Colorado were among 

 settlers on the so-called Mexican Land Grants in Las 

 Animas and Costilla counties, in the Spring of 1888. 

 The outrages which the Government allowed to be in- 

 flicted upon these honest, hard-working settlers caused 

 them to organize themselves into Alliances in order to 

 work more systematically in their endeavors to obtain a 

 hearing before Congress. 



This organized effort, though futile, gave the Farm- 

 ers' Alliance a start, from which the organization has 

 spread all over the State. 



The bloodshed and violence which resulted from the 

 attempt of the Maxwell Land Grant Company to drive 



