The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-08-22

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stili continues. Contrary 70 expectations,
all attempts TO effect settlement on an
honorable basis. has sigDally failed. In
such en- urr auai contest, IL 10 needless 70
cay to which side our sympathy and the sym-
patty Of every workinrman must lean. But
our sympathy. under such circumstances,
win sccoup lish little or nothing. What ia
wanted 10, sympathy in the shape Of peeu-
MARY aid. and the workingman, be he who
he may, who declines TO give il, is blind to
his own beat interest The present move
mens has assumed such smagnltude and
phase, that lie failure will sfFees. in great.
sr or Less degree, the interest Of every labor
organization In the country. Success in
New York means success IN Philadelphia,
Cincinnati, New Orleans, aud, In fact, sue
cess in every city in the country. Failure
there means failure for gears to come, 70
every craft, in every section where the eight
hour system may be attempted to be en-
forced.
Our brethren ct present struggling IN the
breach have shown themselves worthy Of
the confidence Of their fellow craftsmen
throughout the country, and IL they are
sustained, a. sustained they must Be, at az
hazards, they win sssuredIy succeed. Men
Of such stamina seldom fail in any feasible
undertaking, and now that the merits Of the
case have been presented to the people, and
the scales VI prejudice stripped from their
eyes, the public are fast wheeling into line
in their support
There 10 one fact in connection with
/ this so-cAlied strike, which cannot be kept
too prominently in the foreground, and that
is, that the bricklayers Of New York are
simply seeking to enforce lao, which is or
should be, as binding as any ever passed by
it's legislature; and that the strikers proper
are those who now appear in the character
Of l0tc- breakers We assure our friends We
are no alarmists, but We speak whereof
we know when we state that powerful com
| b;nAlion has recently beeen formed 10 seve-
raj Of our western cities, with the avowed
purpose Of not only resisting the operation
Of the eight-hour System, but also crushing
the trades unions of America. While we
have no fear of the success Of any such pro-
Ject, the surest means OF frustrating its de-
signs is, to be prepared for ths contest, as
] come il will, so sure as to- morrow's sun will
!. rise.
In connection with this subject, We have
propositions to make, which we trust our
friends will duly consider Let the vice
presidents Of the National Labor Union take
up the gauntlet thus thrown down. Let
them make direct and personal appeal to
the various organizations within their juris-
dictioE. Let them resolve come, what win,
that the lnen nobly struggling for their
rights, and the rights Of every workingmsn,
shall be sustained. Let all contributions re-
ceived be forwarded without delay to WIN.
j. Jessup, No. IL Norfolk street, who will
Immediately acknowledge their receipt, and
apply II 10 the purpose for which il has been
gwen, and Our word for it. the present will
be TIC last struggle Of the kind winch the
bricklsyers Of New York or any city win be
required to pass through for the attainment
Of the eight-hour ~ stem.
Resolutions and sympathy are very well
in their places, but they will not replenish
an empty larder or feed a starving family
A draft for $50 will be more acceptable than
all the letters Of encouragement that can be
written.
Hs that hat ears to hear, let him hear.