The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-09-19

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Have you any payment at an When
am ct work such ~ this have lis day
that ID what Iask. Il ID only when 10 Lon
don when have that, when In the provinces
| receive So. Sd. Tor my work.
| And travelling expenses And travelling
expenses. R
Then what do yoa consider awork" hks
this : do you mean that you are snly paid
when before committees or when you eoms
to London, at that rate sf lis. 2 Only
then.
If you 60 down from where you live to
any local district for any purpose, what ore
you paid thenf am paid then ct the rate
Of IS. and Sd. If charge It, but sometimes
90 and do not charge 1t.
| Then / presume that you have other
means Of living besides this lis. when you
are on business such as thisi Yes, should
rather think 90, when leave . couple oi
horses at home and man 10 attend them,
and sundry things Of that kind. Scarcely
think that eleven shilhngs per day would
cover that.
What other business have you : am
not engaged IN any business actually. an
now and then engaged In business in
which have accumulated Q little money,
and have chosen to devote myself 20 this
matter from having felt the wrongs which
the class that have sprung from are, | be-
lisve enduring may state this 90 far a.
Scotland is concerned, just In word, during
the last seven years have kept . particu-
lar record Of ell the moneys have received
Tor travelling expenses and everything else
from the miners Of Scotland, and 6nd that
during thar time have received from them
fe94, aud fnd that in travelling, postage,
and 80 on, had expended FL ,232, leaving
me less than l received for all my labor
92SS o.. have ATTENDED during that time
one thousand six hundred meetings, advo
eating the reduction of the hours Of labor
for children, and the various other matters
that have now brought under your notice.
have written over II, 900 letters, and trav-
eled over 230, 900 mics. Ii has been assert
ed ths- am one Of those Interested men
who fatten on the miners poverty and mis-
cry, and assert thai have given to you q
correct statement Of every sixpence have
received. 1t II simply use believe the
work 70 be necessity have under
taken il. Seven years ago they proposed
10 give me f365 . year The proposition
was very well intended. 1t 50 happened that
| had to pay the government income tax on
the belief Of EI00 Of is, but have never
received the 4l00. l state that have az
pended cut Of my own pocket fsS8 more
than l have received for travelling expenses
alone. All my labor has been for nothing ;
but | have been more than amply rewarded
in the change made in the condition Of those
people whom am 50 deeply interested in.
What is the number c~7fte uemf = In
your general union at ca. r.-.... tims
About 81, 900.
And what are the national association
objects
l. "Legislation for the proper management
sf mines, to protect the miners lives, pro-
mote their health, and to increase among
them q higher moral status in society.
2. "TO obtain compensation for accidents,
where employers are liable.
5. "To assist all districts and members
when they are unjustly dealt with by their
employers in point Of Law and legal
rights
There has been slight modification Of
these rules and will put that in bat am
giving now the general scope
X ssTf. rnska eha ho-~. ~f 49,
than eight in the "a for all miners in the
United Kingdom.
:. ITO assist all its members when per-
manently injured in the mines, by which
they are rendered unable to follow any kind
Of employment.
z. "a weekly allowance permanently to
aged and infirm members.
8. ITO establish anat,oual agency 70 curry
out the principles of this association Thai
has been removed.
How are the funds raised BY penny q
month per member.
That IL, penny from NIL members OF this
association From ell members Of this asso-
cation.
Are all who are members Of this associa.
tion members Of local associations, or are
there any persons members Of your associa-
ton but not belonging to local association
Very few. | do NOT remember any ct ths
moment. In regard to strikes, I he'd better
explain in reference to this paper from which
| have been reading, that this association
has nothing to do with strikes. There wai
rule that If the members aamed to levy
to support lockout, after the opinion had
been gwen, the executive would have poweI
to ask that levy, but that, | think, has beer
removed also.
Then has there been any levy on the par
OF the association for strikes or lock-outs
There were certain lev:es made for lock
outs.
You say that that has been given up has
the rule bess rsscindsd, or hss there beer
no occasion for Q ievyf The rule has beer
rescinded. M
Though you say that that rule has beer
resclndsd, l suppose that you do = prssiden
Of the association, tax an intsrssf in thss,
questions Of strike, and that where loca
association 10 on strike, or strike ia likely b
TO take place, you are In Communication witl
the association on these nattersf : The loca
association can communists with the branch
associations Of which the national suspcis,
ton ID composed, ard they can make lsviel
But V not your asrociasion referred TO m
questions Of strike before the strike By In
local associations . No #ac4e
Hsve yoa yourself, a. psssidsut, nsvsI
been called to take sny action one way %
another in question d STRIKE By . losaf -
sociation, o. have yea, - prssidso4 nsvsl
volantssrsd b taks sotion N these qnsu&ionl
Of Local ss.ikss 4. he ysar 1ss4 thsr,