The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-09-01


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movement In our own intsf6etc, hen = y
By majority Of Ne dslses = : seospe Re
presidency Of the league, ~ positively ~
slIaed; that the gsntlemah Nho y pr -
occupies that position Was neninhted
and his election advocated BY the writer Of
this article, and that We have rendered and
shall ccptipus TO reader svgy; speistanee II
our power 10 the attainment Of . nsasure,
with which In ourhumbls opinion the inters-
sss Of the working classes arr directly con-
nected.
Not content with these misrepresentation
this scribbier asserts that, We are sths ~
representative Of that class Of asitators who
rejoice IN strides. The Eight Hour League
''repudistss them, prs6sring to use logic
land the ballot 10 secure The triumph Of the
''objects they have in view" k
Now We should like to ask the gentleman
from whom hs derives this Information
We were not aware that the Eight Hour
League claimed any jurisdiction whatever on
the question Of strikes, that being . subject
in which trades unions alone were directly
interested. II Is needless in this connection
70 say that the ADvocAfs has been persist
entity and unqualifiedly opposed to the prin-
'ciples Of "strikes," and many of It's articles
on this subject have been copied by the va
|rious labor Journals, with their hearty en-
dorsements. But IL anything more vas re-
|quired to define our position, it would be
found in the following recommendation and
resolu ions adopted 81 the National Labor
Congress, both Of which we had the honor
10 draw up. and which speak for themselves:
Wish regard 10 the subject Of strikes, your
committee give it - their deliberate opinion
that they have been productive Of great in
jury to the laboring classes that many have
been injudicio0s aud illadyised, and the re-
sult Of impulse rather than priHciple that
those who have been the fercest in their
advocacy have been the first to advocate
submission, and would therefore discounten-
anoe them except as deynisr resort, and
when NIL means Eur nm amicahle aud honor
sbss adjustment have been exhausted. Your
|C ,mmitiee would also recommend the APP
% 'ntment by each Trades Assembly of An
Art itrAtion Committee, 10 whom shall be-
Teie red oil matters Of dispute arising be-
twe n employees and employers, believing
a. the earlier adoption Of such system
weald have prevented majority Of these
il-aAvised so-calIed "strikes"
Rssolsed, That this Congress deprecate
what is Familiarity known Is ''strikes" among
workingmen, and wosld recommend that
every other honorable means be exhausted
before such course is res0rted to.
With all due Difference to the opinion that
large majority Of the mechanics Of Illinois
are opposed to. cur one-sided theory, viz
Independent political action,- We think we
are in as favorable position as any one to
/ judge Of that fact, and hazard nothing In
saying that nineteenth twentieths Of them
repudiate af6liation under all circumstances.
Moreover, If doubt a. 10 its expediency
should arise, we feel assured they viii come
to no such parry lickspittie as the Galesburg
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