The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-08-25

uoice ana oppf&661ous % Intc1 tncy ma %
submit from the -mcneysd class, thst III
Carpenters ana Jclnsrssrs calling Tor soiun.
tssss Every ttpe son q Isb6r shnld ustn
to this appeal, and should ask kis conscienos
II it were not h.s duty % do what lay 10 biz
power 70 aid in she forward movement. Mr..
Trevsliick alluded in very hzppy strain d
ridicule sos those. swho couldn't see The
USE" who "got a. much wages out Of q
union a. 10 it." These men could zee no
good The Unions had ever DONE" These men
received such mesciIess seathing that, they
win not b. likely 10 make these objections
in public, where Mr.. Trevellick would have
IAN opportunity ef replying. The speaker
clearly demonstrated that it was owing to
these Unions that the workingmen of America
possessed the littie liberty which thy en-
joyed. Had It not been for their strenuous
'es.d.. yours, law world have been passed
in Ohio to send uen to dungeon for join
ing to demand jnsl pay for their labor; SINH
lar laws were hatche in New York, and only
The vigorops and determined action Of the
unions, prevented its passage. l. :-anv large
towns he Eight Hour system had been ad-
Ssed, and the agitation Of the glorious
cause is still going on, and this Is due to the
Unions. Aud where the hours Of labor have
Been diminished or the rate Of wages has
been raised by the effort Of the unions, the
miserabie sc46s have always como in for
lhtr share Of the advantage. Why then
would not men omen their eyes Al see the
dangers, which are threatening their most
vital intsrests' Halt the property in Anne
RIGA wss c@ned by five per cent. Of the in
Aabi.ants; noAopelies, now extending their
deld and capital, we're rallying in all their
rms TO crush into The dust all the hopes and
aspirations Of the workingmen. Now was the |
lime Tor the workingmen to bestir themselves, |
c they would not be swallowed up in the
vortex which was yawning to receive them. |
fhe speaker narrated the following incident,
,apital son the northern spur of the Ale 1
yhany Pountains lives creature in human
'orm, named John McG,e, a capitalist and
who, because his men wosld not
work Cor him at his. own price, determined
% take revenge out Of their suffering families |
rhe law gave him the authority to have
he United States forces called ont to assist
hin in ejecting the women and children who
occupied the premises. He did so. The
Wild winds OF winter were whistling down
he ravines Of the mountains, and the
storm Of Pelting hail ard snow
vas driving fearfulIy around the frail
'abins where the wives and children were
protected from the fury Of. the tempest.
The soldiers marched onward at the point
# the Sayonet the tenants were turned out
# doors into the hail and snow. One young
woman and child died in the tempest, but
What was this to John MeGeei He had
ueceded and wps hurrahing with the glee Of
devil in honor OF his trium ah--the bodies
u the mother and babe were cold and stiff
n death, their souls had gone where they
we're no longer TO e the prey of the tyrant."
They were few who heard this incident
hat were unaffected, and wen the speaker,
Ifter closing the narrative cr.ed out: "Be
sc men and suffer such dishonor," we we're
,arried back TO the days when the mechanics
# Rome listened to the appeals Of Rienzi
he Tribune.
The speaker closed with urging the i'm
,ortance Of these Unions. Every Union
hight to have one or more men canvass .ng
he country and roasing the workingmen
ut OF their lethargy. The little money it
would cost would be insignificant in COM
'arison with the immense advantages that
rould accrue. BY so doing labor would be
Iignifed, the time Of toll would be shorten
d, and II would be no greater crime for
men, although meehsnics, to demand just
for their labor than it would
70 for set Of congressional pickpock cts ct
Washington to take the peoples money with
mt asking for it, Then let Us march for
yard and accomplish the grand duty of our
lge in putting into practical operation the
yrand ideas contained in the immortal dec