The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-05-05

i Huch ms superior DO tnc Old woman IS
yet condemned to wander the world, creating
quarrels and strife in peaceful families and
neighborhoods.
Would You know her nsmeS
! 1t is Madam Scandal. When she died the
young scandals were left orphans, but the
Devil, In consideration Of past services done
by the mother, adopted them, and 50 YOU
see he is father to that respectable class call
ed scandal mongers.
Reader, don't YOU know some of the
familyf
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a Glimpse Of our Rrefhers i'm
England.
The spirit Of progress is animatng the
worknginen Of all trades in England even
more than on this side Of the water The
subject OF manhood suffrage continues to be
agitated, and viii not be given up til 4, ery
Englishman win be armed with the ballot
The struggle or wages also continues, under
efficient and successful organizations. The
day Of strikes and lockouts has not gone by,
but these are more sagaciously conducted.
and oftener result iavorably to labor.
The London Times Of the Srd instant saws
there is lockout in the tailors trade 10
that city, ia which from l.2OO 10 300
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two employers have entirely suspended
business. The occasion Of the lockout Is a
demand for AZ advance of wages by the
men, which tie employers refuse. To sup
port the men locked out levy of Is. per
mead was placed on every man in the trade
and cheerfully paid m. The men take il
easy. They feel that they have made just
demand, and are determined not to recede
from it The employers sent a special mis-
sion over 70 the continent TO raise men; but
the operatives COMMITTED" having preyi-
ousiy telegraphed the state of affairs to the
trade on the continent. the mission failed.
In the meantime the operatives committee"
have received calls for men to 20 to other
towns. 1t is expected that the masters will
soon-yield TO the pressure, as the orders for
work at this season are very numerous and
! urgent
The Manchester Guardian or March 30.
gives an account Of meeting of master
builders, operative bricklayers, carpenters
and jolners, and laborers Of Birmi lgham-
held for the purpose Of appointing delegates
to act as arbiters under the provisions ol
the existing trade rules" About one thou
and four hundred representatives u these
trades were present. The Mayor presided.
and resolution was adopted pledglng the
meeting -"the master builders. operative
brIcklayers, carpenters and ioiners, and la
borers Of Birmingham to abide by and con
form TO all trade regulations which shall be
made and agreed 10 BY the delegates We are
about to appoint" The delegates were then
appointed
Now we have nothing like this in this
country,-we have not got so far as concert
u action between employer and employed IN
making regulations for tte trade.
The London Tunes of March 80, has some
remarks on the philosophy Of the new
method of conducting strikes, with a prog
nosucauon Of the future Of labor. Ii saws
I In former times capital used commonly 20
beat labor for the slender resources Of the
local trade were SON exhausted, and then
the lien had either to resume work or starve
But now, while the vast extent and unlmit-
ed afiIllation OF these unions provide almost
liaexhaustibie funds, the strike" il confined
10 the fewest possible men at one time We
nave seen that 2,5l7 bricklayers got their
wages raised by the efforts Of only 264 of
their trade. This little band, lust 1.-THE Of
the whole body, fought all the battle of the
rest, and, Of course, If nine men 60 on work
ing while only one is idle, il is easy enough
tor the one to be supported by the nine. So
MI Poole now tells us that the very men
who have left his shop have gone into other
shops, aud are working there on the very
terms which they refused to accept from him.
That is only the usual course Of operations
The majority Of the society must needs work
IN order TO support minority in ''strike"
which really represents the ! a.tle of all but
1 n 49,
lay Is very little, while the gails are large.
The bricklayers calculate that tLey have
gained nearly 10000 by an expenditure or
little more than fSO0. The carpenters and
Joiners confess to an investment Of some
tz,ooo upon their trade privileges" but
the return profit, according to their own
showing, must have repaid them ten times
over. faiaa H4- 44
There is another view, too, Of the case.
lSupposing that it does take FL, 900 or e., 900
10 secure . good advance Of wages or q re-
duetion Of time in fifty or one hundred
towns, society like that Of the carpenters
and joiners could easily pay the amount out
Of their reserve without troubling the mean
Ders for . slxpence iE contribution. If
$500, as In the case Of the bricklayers. win
do the wo-' ghatmsy not Be accomplished
BY u reserve of 10000? 8-4 u r sa|
bet US repeat once more, that,w are not
assuming the demands Of the men 10 have
been unjustiRable. We wish only to point
cut the singular success with which the
working classes have adopted these eoHbina
tons y their orn particular polit.cs, and
Tie extraordinary power they have acquired.
Ons Inference, too, we may add in conclusion,
and chat Is, that if workingmen ali through
the country are thus hettsring their inconss
BY ten or twenty per cent, their position
- householders must have been bettered
too and thus their trade unions ssiu intTo
aacs tAen TO- the sIectorst yrsaehiss 6y an
sssssas,o1e cperetsen ef spsnts.--Rosson Voice
Neither Raddle n6r Screw.
a private trial has been maze Of new
|prmeiple Of metion, n spplisd 10 vessels,
entitled the Hydraulic Propeller. Ruthven,sl