The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-05-01
FROM NEW YORK.
NV YoRk. Anril. II. 19G


IT, 'hs Editor q he woSESssAS's Advocate.
Another mass meeting or the working
mems Union was held here last evening at
the Cooper I1stitute-tbs time in behalf of
tbo painters, who are striking for 81 a day
or eightbours work, being theio Old hours
" nPIoyueDt but AZ advance Or 20 cents
day.
Whatever difference Of opinion there may
be about strikes, s day is little enough
pay, and eight-hours IS full long enough to
Feriorm the work IN. The capitalists can
not have their own way IN these matters
the election Y with the workingman himself
how many hours han work and what he
shall ger Tor It. The employing painters
hsd better yield both these points at once,
and charge the difference 10 those with
whom they contract to DO the Jobs. Then
nDobody will give cut painting to do, the
painters will be the suferers-when that
time comes The painters viii submit to suf-
fer. What is csilec public opinion has
nothing to 40 with it. The fruits Of toll be-
long 10 the hands Of The toilcrs VIII il be
said that the painters are lifting themselves
into undue prominence, and that what ad-
vance 10 pay they get vii come out Of other
trades But this hits the brokers, and the
Merchants, and the money-making profes-
sons generally, whose undue profits come
out Of other classes Suppose the laborer
gets all the fruits OF labor, will he not know
what to do with his money IL will make
q better man Of him and rear better pos.
teriiy. DO the foes to the more equal 1is-
tribution Of wealth say that, &C that rate
there will be none 90 perform the manual
labor Of lte-men viii soon be above their
business? That does not follow. In the
good time coming al have got 70 work, and
labor will be represented. Eght-hours a
days work will be a success. You can't
stop it-alter that six-hours. all should
work twc-hours a cay, there would De
enough produced for the comfortable sus
tensnce d all who worked those two-hours
IA there any reason why one class should
work an excess Of four, six, or eight-hours
. dsy shove their necessity, that another
class may be supported IA total ldeness
But how is this thing 70 be secured Of the
laboreT having to himself the fruits OF MS
toll III is 10 be done By organization. The
Workngmen may be striking too soon for
success " TIA, way They have not brought
everybody into their Organization. There
are TOO many Of what are called "scabsn
let out The work 70 be FIRST done Is "
gather al into the fold az trades uniuus.
Then there will come no more insolent ans
wers from The Employer that II ore viii not
W.. Az H. ht fs. 4 i. 4
got. And this IS as Il should be. And this
Is as II must be.
But to the account Of the meeting. And
will premise by saying thst did not know
That ! should again have the great honor to
report a meeting Of the Worklngmen IN the
ADg00ArE, o. Il Is much less row than
formerly that can command my htre. And
humbiy beg to suggest that the National
Labor Union val one Of these DAYS have re.
Porters 10 All the ceuteTs Of population, TO
prepare efficient reports % tie working
mems meetings for their offcal organ-the
WoBRNGNAN's ADVOCATE
The meeting was not so well attended as
me recent one-oetgeen three and four
weeks ago IN the same place on behalf u
the printers. There lad been some msun-
Outstanding Explained bY Mr. Aatthews)
by which me bTckayeIs had failed To
Be present. Bat It was proof Of the grow
ing spirit OF union among the diff,reat
traces, that Ar. u. assured the painters Or
thsir hearty sympathy and support in their
strike. Ds
It was complained BY Mr.. Pardy, cf the
iron holders union, that the car drivers and
conductors Of the Second avenue city rail-
road, on a strike Ito resist an odious at
tempt to force IL hours day upon them
INSTEAD Of The present ;, and all, as IN
aeTs,and it, for 50 or 50 day, } and whose
printed appeal TO the public sympathy had
been circulated through the hall, were not
; resent Aud It was charged BY tAe sane
gentleman that the typographical union had
not shoTn themselves there. lie told the
painters that if 10 this trial they should be
defeated they wonld not be conquered.
Mr.. Purcell, kcalled Fisher y. py last, Of
the operative painters, Haated to knoE
what lad become OF oil the psovle vic we're
there st the former meeting They we're
very ready to answer aye and nay 10 the
questions aud calls Of that meeting, but
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