The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-10-12
FROM BUFFALO, NJ. Y.
BUFFAbo, Oct. S, Is

To the Edtor Of the WozKIEsxAx's Advocate
The State Fair was held 10 this city last
week, and was a grand success, in peeu-
1iaHy poiBt Of view--the number Of entries
vas large, great many from this city. The
attendance on Thursday was 80 900 persons,
and receipts over ten thousand doilsrs-and
nearly as large the day previous but it has
created a..heap Of grumblng. l. seems tha'
affairs were conducted BY a set Of persons
from the centre Of the State, who had formed
a ring, and divided the profits. The press
are very severe on the managers, and cal, on
our Mechanics Institute to give them an an
nual fair. hope another year the managers
Of our Institute will crafty their desire.
Mechanics Institute second lecture Of the
coIrss, was delivered by RI. Rev. Bishop
Coke snoject, " Inventions and Discoveries
# tie 18th Century" The lecturer : a
very easy and graceful speaker, and was
Listened to Throughout Inc entire sveniuE
With marked attention. The Glee ", y .Aug
a Sag entitled eye Working People;n IL was
well received.
! A grand mass meeting was called for last
Saturday evening. out owing a she ncle-
mencY Of the weather, il having rained hard
all day, the meeting was MOI Is well attended
as could Ne wiyned besides i.cu %ep. w,
Citation, one Of the speakers, was too unweil
to speak o fine band was IN attendance,
and the sadience was entertaned bY fr~
remarks from Messrs kernahau AMI Beamen,
OF this city, I'll the arrival OF Hsacs's, who
delivered stirring and effective speech on
thelabor question, Or the ameliarAtion of tbs
condition Of those who llbor for iving.
would that could give you the address IN
the exact words n which u was delivered
Il ~as the best | have ever listene 70, AMI
vas frequently received with bursts Of ap-
pIauss. lie proved conclusivsly that legs
lation was necessary to protect the Labor -
nan, and sketoAed brief history Of the leg
isiatioa OF the BRUSH Parliament on the La
Dor question. lie dsnouncel az false the
remarks made by q us>.ubsr of his coagrega-
ton, that Labor and Casital were natural
enemies, and claimed they were az necessary
q aeAh sstagr as lfiv t-.-h. 1890 ~ % st-S
eft, and oti6t God never intended there
should De any aHtagollsm between them,
but that they should work together 10 per-
'fect harmony. lie SAID there were thres
ways whereby they could better their con1i-
ton. srst by legislation, seepHd by eo,nbiaa-
ton, third by cooperative association, and
closed with n Stirring appeal to the working
men to ksa true ta3 Shem5aves. a vote Of
thanks was returned to the speaker, when
the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
Whereas, the position OF the workingman In
this State and Unioa has been hitherto been one
0f great hardship and injustice; and
Whereas, sl the evils THAI press. upon him in
connection with his vurstion Are 70 be traced di
rectIy to the unjust relations existing between
capital and labor and
WbersAA in the lexRhnzfe pszsuit Of hsman
happiness, it becomes his imperative ds<y 70 So
that those relations are properly re-a TASTED W
placed uDs - imppveable basis, conda5lve
alike to the Welfare u the eupiqy1t and ths
employed; and
the 9ri sc castipA psrsereraAer &nd unanim-
ity 10 necessary be il
Resolved, that we, .nc vorikingnen 81 the
city Of Buffalo, do pledge ourselves y perfeci
unity, and the most cordial co-opentlon 70 any
effort to better the condition Of our ciHss, and
10 enforce osr right, not.oaly a mes Import
INT element Of the great social ccmpaet,s bot a.
men entitled to just properties 81 ths wealth
they produce. ..lt
Resolved, that for the furtherance OF this OBJ
| iect ySyAl, egardless mil personaI copsider
nticss saoss " ons man uader che guidance %
our lawfully constituted leadse and isnsse ~