The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-06-20

tmSH 70 lhs ideveuxs 4asmuedse q
an addition Of % per week to present wages,
and o. per week extra for board, and only
twelve hours labor per day. This, il Is CO..
timAted, would raise the wages about ~ fal-
lows :--Of foremen, fsom sal 10 S32 Rrst
hands, from Sl7 q eis, ana 81 second
hands from $l8 70 $l5. Union No. will
pay $40 Der week 10 married men and IS to
single men during the continuance Of the
aiTike. The men who receive the increase
OF wages have agreed 10 devote the whole or
q portion thereof to support non-societY men
Who may be idle, but who, BY eurolhhg
shemseIves on the booxs OF the society, ahAll
l~gree not to interfere with the strikers.
Union No. ., numbering 240 men, made
demand Of the same terms a. No. / from the
master-bsxeFs, and being refused are begin
nlng 70 sop work. ID Is asserted that, In .
lev days. al the bosses win agree 70 the ad-
vance asked, and thus end the strike with
the least loss in time and money to them
selves and their employees. An address 10 I'm
c0uDe Of preparation on behalf OF the jour
Deymen bakers to the boss bakers, the trades
ami the public generally, giving statisties'
account Of the profits OF the employers, the
Treatment Of the journeymen, and all other
indIsputable facts, intended to enlist the
aymPsthies Of The people IN their cause In
Brooklyn. the Journey men bakers report
msjoriIy Of The bosses are ia favor Of com
pyiRg with the demands CT the men. The
German bosses in New York, Hailem, Man-
hattanv.lle, and Jersey City, are reported TO
have generally concluded to pay the advance.
The PrnteTs' VISIT 20 the President.
The delegates to the National Typograph-
ical Convention. headed by the newly elected
President, Mr.. Robert McKechnie, OF New
York, visited the President of the United
States, few days since, and were received
in the East Room. Mr.. A. 7. Corvis, Of
Columbia typographical Union, introduced
Mr.. Mex eehnie, and that gentleman address
ed his Excellency briefly, rsmatking that
the members Of the Union, while differing
in political viCws. had epjoyeda harmonious
session, and bad visited him as working
man who had risen 20 the most elevated po-
siion in American society.
The President thanked the gentlemen for
the visit, and remarked, that he would make
a speech, but that il had become necessary
70 observe caution in speech making. He
was free 30 say, howeveI, that the remarks
addressed to him by the President Of the
Union were highly gratifying and encourag-
ing. Allusion lad been made 10 his having
once worked as 4 journeyman. He assures
the printers that those were among his hap
piest days. When we succeed ia raising
from u low to high position in life, we are
too prone to forget whence we sprang. He
had often received communications casting
tannts aud jee4s upon his former calling,
bat he needed them not. It is not occupa-
ton that rejects disgrace. II We do not dis
grace it, we shall never be disgraced bV it.
The President agked that be had often
been called a Democrat. lie would assure
bis visitors tina. one Of the 6rst principles
Of his Democracy was in measuring every
man by his merit and By his worth. 10 our
country, the mechanic who has ability and |
integrity can aspire TO any position under /
the GOvernment. He would be as proud of
his standing Is good mechanic as he would
of all 0Iher hcnofs that could be won. The |
dust and stains Of the workshop are as hon |
orable rs the scars Of the battlefield. After |
speaking Of the duties that each owed 20 his |
and again rendering hls heartfelt |
thanks, the President concluded, and shook
the hand Of each delegate, as be passed out
of the room.