Star.
London, England, 1825-09-17 00:00:00

LONDON SUBSCRIPTION FOR 111 E BRADFORD
WOOLC0510)14 AND WEAVy..ItS.
1 N MAY last, the WOOLCOMBgaS and
WEAVEIti of BRADFORD made a joint repre.entatinn to
ther Masters, thz.t their wages were so low, that few of them could
earn snore than from Ten Shillings to Melee Shillings per Week
at Weaving, and not more than from Fifteen to Sixteen Shillings
per Week at Combing; that the pace of prov;,ions had, at the
sane time, greatly increased ; and that, unless their wages were
raised In proportton, they could no longer pro:urc the necessaries
of life by their industry.
The Masters denied that there was any occasion for an advance
it the reasonableness of this every person can judge), but objected
cisielly to the manner in which the demand was made—that is, by
workmen in an associated body—an! came tea resolution that
icy would employ no person who continued to be a member of
Combers' and Weavers' Union, nor even the children of any

st;:h person.
l':re Cos:bets and Weavers' refused to dissolve their Union, be-
esti,e it is not only an Association according to Law, but.because
without it they can have no hope of obtaining justice from their
employers; and the consequence has been that the whole of them, to
tIA number of between 4,000 and 5,080, have been thrown out of
employment, and as tar as depends on their employers, out of bread.
The Comber' and Weavers of the neighbouring towns, feeling
for the situation of their Bradford Brethren, have contributed ii-
berafiy to their suppwr. during this suspension of employment; an
bareaho the work n- cr. of several other Towns and Trades. And
:Lys ...reticles!, the people of -Bradford have been enabled to hold out
for fourteen weeks against the illegal and tyrannical combination of
e 3/aster Manufacturers.
The courest has now, however, taken a. wider rang; anti itc come
o::e of tenfold difficulty. (hi the 29:h August, the Bradford
Masters addrecsea a Circular to the principal Worsted Spinner:
and )I..nufaete:Lro of Leeds, Halifax, Keighley, arid other neigh-
bn:ring toss n, inviting them to make common cause with them
aginst any rise of wages, and proposing as the only means calcu-
lated " to sectre the suppression of the Workmen's Union," that
the Asso:iated Masters should everywhere stop their works alto-
gether; a measure by which at least the Comber, and Weavers of
other parts would be deprived of the means of supporting those of
Bradford in their stand out. In answer to this Circular, most of
the Manufacturers appealed to have declared that they wtet. make
common cause with those of Bradford; and will not only turn off
every person who is a Member of a Union, but " all who can be
ascertained to support the Combers' and Weavers Union in any
manner, either direct or indirect."
The struggle, therefore, is now between all the Combers and
Weavers, and all the Master Woollen Manufacturers of the North
of England. The thoUsands out of employment, and in want, have
now become tens of thousands, and it is only through the support
of the million that they can expect to be saved from a degrading
submission to illegal intimidation, and to a rate of wafts on which
they coull but just escape starvation.
The United Combers and Weavers appeal to their ft-11ow-la-
bourers everywhere for support, because it is for exercising the
common right of the working classes to unite .to obtain, by peaceful
means, a necessary rise in wages, that they_ are thus proscribed,
and attempted to be crushed to the dust by their employers. They
appeal to the public at large for support, because they are exercising
a right which the law has, by an Act of the last Session of Parlia-
ment, expressly recognised and confirmed; and because they have
no other object than to obtain, by methods the most legal and or.
derly, such a return for their labour, as will furnish a comfortable
subsistence for themselves and their families.
London Subscriptions already received:
tins-Society of Carpenters 143 9 0
Stand Society of Carpenters . 30 0 0
Original Friendly Society of Carpenters, Running Horse 30 0 0
Society of Hatters • • 20 0 0
Ladies' Boot and Shoemakers, Western Division . 20 o 0
Trade of Broad Silk Weavers,Spitalfields,lst general subs. 10 0 0
Silk Dyers Union • 15 0 0
Workmen—Bolton Cloth Manufactory, Wandsworth 210 0
Corr.nutte of Trades Representatives . . ' . 212 6
Editor, Managers, Publisher, and Secretary of Trades
Newspaper • 3 1$ •
Ropemakere Union • 5 0 0
Weavers, Weavers' Arms, Pelham-street, Spitalfields 20 0
King and Queen Trade Society of Broad Silk Weavers 110 0
Third Society of Carpenters • 3 0 0
Journeymen Engine Silk Weavers' let subscription 5 0 0
Mast Block-makers • . 5 0 0
Trade Society of Broad" Silk Weavers, Meeting at the
Fighting Cock 2 0 0
Flax Dressers' Union . 1.1 0
Workmen of Messrs. Goosial and Barron, at Kemptown,
Brighton . • • 5 0 0
Cambridge Carpenters and Joiners • 5 0 0
City and Finsbury Society of Sawyers . • 2 0 0
Line and Twine Spinners' Union • 5 0 0
Society of Braziers, Pewter Platter, Charles-street, Hat-
ton-garden • 5 0 0
Elinbuigh flatters 2 0 0
T:ade Society of Silk Weavers, Wren and Magpie, Beth-
nal-green . 2 0 0
Cork Cutters, General Subscription - 7 0 0
Sundry small Subscriptions 2 7
United Society of Skinners 20 0 0
Spanish and MoroCeo Leather-dressers, Permondsey 10 0 0
Substriptions received by Mr. LimbirJ, 143, Strand ; and by the
Secretaries of all Trade Societies.