The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-04-17
FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, April .. 1859

PHILADELPHIA, apr ~ lSN9.
To the Editor q the wa4KHsHAss ABvoc,1
Ny structures upon the despicaDle manner
10 which the affairs in the establishment Of
the Messrs. Sellers are conducted, seem %
have stirred a muddy puddle OF ire 10 thai
quarter. The foreman, especially, whose Gu
pidity acts 80 disastrously npou those 81 hs
fellow -countrymen whom he has 50 nnmarci-
fully heeced, Erithes under the harsh,
though deserved, infection. The letter
found quite a number Of appreciative readers
at the works. Many Of the Germans VITO
cannot read our language, had its contents
translated to them by their more intelligent
fellows. and their vision u clearing IN c0nse-
quencs. The parties from whom derived
nv Information now tell me that omineus
whispers Of union are circulating a. the
works, and that the dissatisfaction Of the
men at the manner Of their treatment II IN
tensifying and promises to eliminate in
something practical. Should this prove
true, shall be more than amply comBensa-
ted for my trifiiag trouble, in the assurance
that the beneficial inf Ience Of the ADVOCATE
and its kindred is beginning to perneale
such sinks Of rapacity and ultra-meanness
as the one referred to- The greed OF these
pestilential Broad Brims is Unsuitable; gain
mas drivelled their hearts into molecular pro
portions, and a million such souls a. they
possess could fnd abundant room TO pass II
army front through the eye Of the Smallest
needle.
The Messrs. Sellers do not m0n0pOlize all
the inorfinate selhshness to be found in this
miscalled City Of Brotherly Love Kindred
characters abound here as do crows IN New
Jersey, and il would require every column Of
the ADvocATE for a hundred consecutive
weeks 70 even condense their misery trans
actions IN detail. Bat the days Of their ru-
ling must have an END. Their mandates
must cease 10 command obedience, in the
face Of such intelligent combination as IS
aimed at in the organization OF the National
Labor Union. God speed the day of its
coming, say we, and thousands Of the half
fed, ill-clothed wives ami children Of
the nations industry echo and re-echo the
PRAYER
"Trade" matters, like trade itself, are 10
usually duh. Men who should know inform
me that not since 1857 have they experI-
enced 80 dull q winter or 80 unpromislng an
opening up Of spring. Except In very few
branches, positively nothing is doing.
Team shoe shops aud readv-msde clothes
dealers are making small shipments south
on credit, but, outside Of these two branches,
ali merchants and traders are unusually long
visaged.
The plumbers have submitted the appren-
ticeship question 20 JOINT committee Of the
Jours, and employers for arbitration. NJ
settlement has yet bsen reached, though
one is expected at an early date. Macy Of
the trades are preparing for the anxiously
expected coming Of flush times: the carpet
geavers especially, have determined % en-
list into their union every member OF their
craft, to the end that it may be built up
agar INST possible contingency in dull times
during the prevalence Of "plenty Of work
and good wages
Ere this epIstle reaches the eyes Of yours
readers. Geo. S. Twitchell, Jr, she murder
er Of Mrs. Hill, will, Ia all plausible proba
bility, nave paid at the galows the penalty
of his heinous crime. the efforts made III
bis behalf by his legal sad personal friends
are best characterized a. frantic, but thus
far they have awaited him nought. Daily the
ONOS~~oS4
reprieve, bat GeaTy has thus far proved
imPregnable to their pleadings. The SUI
preme court was applied 70 for . writ OF
error which was yesterday refused. Ga
Saturday he made what p1rports to be
confession in full, which accuses bis wifi
Of having perpetrated the horrid deed, and
alleges that he participated only in assisting
her to throw the body Of the murdered LADY
from the window. Mrs. r. has absconded,
many believe merely for the purpose OF Civ
ing color to her husbands statement As
bid for popular sympathy, the confession"
10 an utter failure, as 10 no instance within
my cognzlncs did it elicit credence. Mrs.
+. Is generally believed 70 have been an &C
cesory to the murder, but ia having once
been acquitted she Is without the reach Of
the law. But few will regret the ''long GO
ingn Of Twnchell. The repulsive character
OF the crime OF which be stands convicted
forbids ~ mpathy with his untimeiy end,
aud renders him rather an object Of public
execration. c. BEN J.