The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-11-07

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Inaaire Ia,o the Rales OF Trades Unions.
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The Right Honorable the Fam os LrrcUrsLp
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HsazAz AnssIvALn Esq. d. =.
JAHss BeorE, Esq, o. D.
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fAsDsHlex tHAaalsos. Esq.
Mr.. ALxxAsDER Mob osALD, Examined.
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y. 1t ID physically impossible there, and YOU
cannot reason from the analogy OF Ameri-
car The moral state Of things here is
against u. NJ ans asl.f sanl..
Have the strikes that have taken plaee I'm
America been accomplished by viclence and
outIages | learned that . number or the
strikes which have taken place In Americs
have been accompanied by violence and
outrage, but (and that is one point which
wish TO stste) l learned that these were mot
the results Of unions at all, they are nation
al in their character and not in the result of
] unions.
| What do you mean BY naticnalf I do
not wish to state ID invidioasly, bus large
tracts arc occupied BY o certain nstionality,
and great crimes have been committed.
Mr.. Hewitt having stated here that it vas In
virtue OF the unions that they were commit
ted, took very great care 70 inquire iato the
matter, and have her. q letter from q ren-
| tieman who went as miner, and is being
now oLe OF the larges viewers, or mining
engineers As they call them, in P-unsylvania,
and he details those murders.
Does this refer to the outrzges mentioned
here by MIR. Hewitt 2 Yes this IL . letter
giving the detail of the circumstances under
which they were cmmitted, and also the
names OF the persons, and he states distinct
" that it 10 the result Of no combination,
but national organization Of one nation
and one people alone.
And what people 10 that, 10 It the Ameri-
can peoplef l win only say this, as far az
1 know, I did out find an American miner.
Do you mean that all miners in America
sre immigrants Immigrants.
Mr.. Booth-All these miners are from one
country, is that so? Where the outrages
were committed there was the prepo,der-
ersnce of nationality.
murdered was not the same as the nat n ali
y that murdered, Isupposee What na-
:ionality was it that was murdered ? We'll.
there we're Scotch and English murdered
This letter contains the details of oil the
murders, and they are the most brutal deeds
that have ever been committed.
You cay sbat the union had nothing To do
with thatf That gentleman Of 20 years
experience states 90.
Looking TO the condition of the mining
class there and in this country, do yo think
that the condition of the miners there is
very much preferable 70 that Of the miners
bsrs . Yes from the state Of the coai.rv.
thai ias the advantages that are offered him
OF easy accesst TO land and the easy access to
mines.
By ~ easy access 10 land,n do YOU mean
the legal facilities that are offered in Aneri- 1
ca fer shs purchase OF land, or the existence
Of boundless tracts unoccupied by man
The existen ce of boundless tracts unoccupied
by man, that the condition of the workmen
OF every class is better than in this country,
And you. attribute their better condition
to that causes attribute il to that cause. |
There are certain other conditions which
think are adverse, but am not going 70
enter into those. think, without SAYING
anything Of the government Of the country
whatever, that politically We are happier
people.
That Is the conclusion you have come to
aiser travelling how many miles in the Uni
ted States in the last yeArf $4,000 to 25.-
600 niles.
Do you think that America is likely to be,
in the products Of mines, formidable com
matt fnr W1f kzl. G. -
that within 20 years British iron will not be
carried across the Atlantic. have seen
the deposits of iron Of such q nature, and
deposits Of coal Of such nature that cam
not conceive for one moment that they can
be for more than 10 or l5 years dependent
upc. E-Eland and II is the only competi-
tor with EngAnd, NJ far az know, in the
world that we VIII require TO fear.
Mr. Nathews-With the fact We have be-
fore usfn evidence that the wages Of iron
wosksga in America are three times what
they are in England, do you think that this
opinion OF yours 10 founded on sonnd rea-
sonfngf j think 20. The great cause OF
the high prics OF iron is ncs % much the
labor. That ID the mistake that has arisen
in the public mind When We speak Of the
labor we mean either the men engaged in
masnlacsuring the iron or I'm getting it
The great cost Of American produce is IN its
transportation. / viii give you IN instance
hsys visited one work among many at Pitts
burg belonging to ScbBnberger, Blair IL Co.,
which is furnace making malIexble iron,
and large nail.work in addition. They
were bringing one class Of iron from Lake
Superior. (which - l,l56 miles. TEg we're
bringing ifpn also from Lake Superior, u
1S0 miles. They were bringing IRON from
the iron ipountxino OF Missouri, 1850 milw.
from was New Jersey, and that was $40
miles; and from the Asrmora mine in Cam
ada You win see that the transportation
there was the great mstter but in Pennsyi-
fssats they have now discovered immense de-
fPesss a black band lgingS Immediately In
connecsion With the Mammoth vein: Y