The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-04-08

the Union, and which desgnates its aims as follows,
Section l. 1t Is the aim and object Of the UniOn by
its combined strength, to secure the rights and ad;
vance the interests Of its members, aud to resist all
Thus reads our constitution, which is entirely diff
pleased to cali but which never was and never viii
be-our constitution. Every intelligent man knows
mental laws, we'll by laws OF minor importance,
or mere resolutions, which are requisite In order to
bning the strength Of all and thus to enable them
successfully to resist all unjust demands. The people
ofrewardng meritorous foreign potentate by elect
ing him President and thus put him in possession OF
citizens only are eligible to this position-while at
parts of the country may be revised and altered from
time to time. 80, -
who do not or will not understand the same, or who
persist in their efforts to turn and twist it, Why then
his pupils of infant age, for the simple that
we are restricted to moderate space in our publca-
Now let us sec what our authors mean in saving
I'VE hold that journoymen cabinet makers max have IN
into societies. adopt constitutions and make laws TO
Their own nf be tG and SS
threats and conspiration, coercing them into SUD
Here we would beg the ten employers to remember
the time when, some twenty years ago. here IN Cln-
stitution which, ia comparison TO the one now in
question, may DO lilIened TO hot;tempered father,
it To- death while on the other hand, we see kind
parent who Furnishes his wicked child by looking at
Our Constitution extends an invitation to all jour
neymen cabnet-mekers 70 associate with !neIr !neIrj teI
sentiments as contained IN section one OF the lnhd9
mental laws promulgated by our true and unadpl-
terated constitution, and which therein are desig-
mated as being 'irrevocable." ,,,
The course of action determined on by the said em-
ployers is distinctly set forth in this publication
They state that they Will not give employment 10
and and that they viii resist BY ali lawful means ali
attempts, etc; l.,
section of our constitution, at all times and among
all nations, have excited the ire of tyrannica pre-;
determination on part Of the gentlemen employers
not to give us work. unless we sole5mniy fsnou@nSe nee
power afterward to single out and finish the mem IN.
practices resorted to at certain factory about
ago, where two three men were kept IN reserve IN
every story of the establishment, and every thing so
arranged that the workmen were compelled either to
submit to having their wages reduced ohe-thrd part
In answer to the foregoing it may be claimed that
at that time the wages paid were too high by one
iicaton tried to make the public believe that the Gin
cnnat manufacturers are now paying the highest
Of one Of the factories who is dependent entirely
the pr9preO has to In pSg3Td 70 XII a' Beoe Of
work s one Of the least rempneratye in the factory
tho former workman zone Of those who was driven on
worked for two-thirds the usual wages) made poor
op M SeTS T d
man being questioned in regard to this matter on the
day. admitted tnut, Dy close
under favorable circumstances, he could earn from
So to S5 so per week This much about the highly eX
they had reference to a where for weeks work
of extra fine custom-work the sum oil S5 or 625 cents
We appeal to our fellow-citizcns, and ask them
whether in such cases, at moments notice. 1t is at
engage in other business, and whether or not
petty thefts, begging Of children followed up
by other and more serious crimes, are encouraged OF
to be considered the natural consequences of such
state of Rairs-whether not poorhouses and PEN
itp arip npOnn0 thereby, THOSE
citizens who now frown on Pr ,I underakng, WI
Hsf aside from this the Wofk@e9 viii be unable to pay
them their rents: Who will be the lQsersf
Two workmen were engaged on the same kind of
work in the same factory One OF them lost his m t ac
&omaR 9Ed
@h s snS gne
lects of the Union to prevent "greenhorns from
Wsges pSsgr carried aRo into the owns shame
less manner, viz arbitrarily reducing longSesa6 S r6
spective entry in the account book of the workman
FhS 2Sfsba Da h% Press 81 ad
the 9TH Bf0 % Re RseS de ey hs Rs
woTkmen, working less than ten hours day, not
wihstandng this earn ten dollars La per week, on an an
the wages paid by them range from five to ten dollars
Per week, giving an average OF only seven % or eght
| men They would be glad to be instructed in any
new, rule Of arithmetic whereby different result
Wemight cite hundreds of instances where advant-
age taken of the lack of experience of the work
men, and where impOstiOns were practlced us above
related and it is, therefore, impossible for us to get
along without presenting unbroken front to such
| tyranny.
As regards our organization, we have to say, and
do freely and openly at the same time referring
to the minutes of proceedings OF the meeting held
on the 5th of April that no man was ever induced TO
Join the Union against his will inclination; and
that no obstacles whatever presented TO such as
| are disposed to return to their work, and who are
willing to sacrifice all security for the future for the
sake of providing for Tomorrow and who are willing
to incur the risk, in short time perhaps 10 be COM
| PEELED to appeal to his fellOwmen for relief. H.
If the proprietors of the cabinet factories OF Gin
cinnati by advantageous location superior manage
ment and aid of machinery, can give regular employ
ment and from 81 TO Sl2 per week. instead of 6 or u.s.
realized in New York" the public are told in the
publication of the 5th inst, Why then the gentlemen
must expect to be convicted Of the Inconsistency OF
their allegations out of thar mouths and by an
array of facts. To cap the climax, sober workmen,
who not disposed to spend their time in beer
houses or on street corners are cOunseled in case
they did not want to wait until for mercys sake they
could be provided with work to change their
diton, and that the employers would not in anywise
| keep them from doing SO. As the now stands,
the public told that the men who are now striking
for higher wages induced TO do by their inca
| pability or intemperance. These assertions of our
'worthy" employers we will endeavor to refute, from
time to time by indisputabe evidence.
In the name of the Cabinet: makers, Protective
Union. THE COMMITTEE.