Judge — October 21, 1893 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a satirical illustration titled "Deluded Workingmen" depicting a gathering of laborers and working-class people. The cartoon shows workers being led or gathered by figures on elevated ground (upper right), while bodies lie on the ground in the foreground—suggesting casualties or fallen workers. The satire appears to criticize working-class political movements or labor organizing of the period. The "deluded" workingmen are portrayed as being manipulated by leaders or politicians standing above them, while the depicted bodies suggest the human cost of their involvement in labor disputes, strikes, or radical political action. This reflects *Judge* magazine's generally conservative stance toward labor movements and working-class activism in late 19th/early 20th-century America.