The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-08-01
MINUTES or EvlpEneE

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MINUTES or EvlpEHcE
i ROYAL OMMISsION,
4 APPOINTED TO
Inquire Into the Rates Of Trades Unions.
PRESENT:
/ The Right Honorable Sir WM ERLE, Preddng.
-ne Right Honorable tie EAsL or LIrcHyixID.
Lord kLcHo, M. p.
Tho Right Honorable Sir EpsUxp WaIxRs HxAn.
! Bart, X. @. D.
Sir DANIEL GooeH, Bart, N. P.
HERNAs MEaaIyALs, ESQ. G. D.
JANIS SoorH, Esq., O. D
fEoNAs HUeHKs, ksq-, MP.
FaHnsKIcK HAARIsoS, Esq.
| air. ALEXANDER MCDONALD, examined.
Mr.. Mathews-How long was the act pass
ed for . was il passed for . limited period :
IL was passed for five ears. Ia 1859
another committee sat, and in 1856 another
committee sat. Workmen we're txam:aed
from oil parts Of the country, ara strong
representations were made, AID In 1868
another bill was brough: into the house and
now can speak with perfect ciearness.
The Coalowners or the Mineowners Asso;ia-
ton, at the head IF which was Mr.. Nicholas
Wood. at that period gave TO all the views
OF the workmen their most stern opposition.
We asked Of that time for education. A bill
was passed in 1855, ana we were dissatisfied
that there was no educational clause In the
measure, and that there was not that amount
Of safety provided wi. ich we deemed sutijci-
ent. la 1906, 1851 and 1858, we again pe-
titioned, by thousands, the House OF Com
mons. We waited through the Earl Of
Shaftesbury, aud also Lord Kinnaird, and
large nnEbsr Of msmhersof thsiowef house.
upon Lord Palmerston, and in 1860 his lord.
ships government brought in bill. Azain
| speak confidently. In 1860, when we Were
contending for education, it met with the
most determined opposition, and probably
no man knows better than Mr.. Mathews how
FAR that wss carried. lr 1850 we were still
dissatisfied, and We pesitioned again, and
the result has been that we got committee
OF the house to inquire into the matter. That
committee has reported, and their report
was rendered last year, aud has gone good
way, rs far a. we believe, towards being
right That Is the position that the comb,.
nation has taken up. 1 have been thus spe-
cifie, Is WITNESSES have sat in this chair from
time to time who nave stated, either Inciden-
mif or Heeiy, tnas tue miners nave taken
no interest in anything but in wages. Now,
eohteho tnat we nave aken interest IN
other questions, for any cl.nse of any mo-
nens ~ .aAs nss oeen ehectec Ias been effect
not onlv besn rhe Z, sne men nas
but the help of their fsief,ds and govsrn,nent
In le House OF Commons and ii the Hone
Of LoIds; and uniformly in regard to educnr
,;or /, yac.ra = s.f.tv - - s-S 4.
49,. 49, 80 49,. auu ~ lesaa1 =
a..,ss osuei msss ~ We uasc mes SPEAK nov
0onnIsn1yJ :ol ni'een years with the deter
,..n~ ..aeS Sppo,'oa =, 'ue 1os'o~os,s 20 every
m annas,.;on - % .hs M;nsosns1s ns nau msan
,;cr =, T,,sss R,,,.;r
ia r,eco~ r.. -, - a.. ,.
=. "'su sls ool.na''
s'on " .n1e lsisno wun rsgase W tne ss.se-
~ene "nicn - nave just naas o. tns mt
's.ene usas.,ss psssse " psrna'Asns VIVA
!eieiehce !" tne eaucaaon' saiety anu sociai
'mprovemed Oh tne miners, tnat those mea-
sares are Que cnisny % combinations, organ
'.eo ua'1Is, sucn - snese which m this com
m'ss,sa s,s.sa;oa "as ~ aaas ,ooa .na' @ . .ne
- ,-R' sas ~. ~.sA so1ssy, - ! assol1 n.ls
that tas Ainsownsrs dissertation has never
Paes..ssa ps''.l0n iol s'ns'e improve
w W,., -. r-.,of a. -. 80 -. =. a.. .s-..A
..,,o.. ~ ,h"sa .s.a.s - '-o ns'.'..'ss saasSs
their reursssnaatiyes- nnon ,.ssnssrs ~ rsr.
I,nmentI wh;cb .cs,or h.s rs.altsd i, s..
,a.s,r..~ a. -t;eh -. ~ = rsss~rsd ~.
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ses2 60. 80 s. !. 80. s - 1 IN 49,
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- :, ', 80 ~su soss to.ss.s ta1st-