The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-04-10
FROM BALTIMORE.
BALTLN EE, NLareh II. -

TO the kditor or the N0RKIsGEAH's AuN1CArK
The Stone Cutters strike is still in pr7-
gress. TIE society has sent 4 number W
the men away, several having departed 10
the Garden City Of the West, while others
have found employment IN Washington, des-
pite the Efforts 81 Mr.. Acaer, ana h,s asso-
ciate "a r.eaaness, the redJu5-lyie "packlu."
to kesp them out
IL appears from Information obtained nv
the ASSOCIATION, that the employers have a.
pointed a committees, 0- rmDl0vai some
Other agency, 70 prevent the men from Ba
um0re obtaining work IVY Washington aud
other cities. They blasJ of having cjmmu-
ncatiOu With UhicAg1, ana THAT they will wv
able % stop the Bllumoreans from geltnx
work I'D your cay. HE ASSOCIATION held 4
meeting on Friday evening, the Ism inst,
and learning that Jhe employers we're al.u In
meeting, they appointed 2 committee GO in-
form them That In OrIer w meet ivy WV. a-
tiOns raised 0y tut contractors, they ttna
association " iui accept St pgr INV auC
nine hours psf dag. ThIs offer the employ
5rs refused They are willing w p4y the
wages, but they will not concede the hours.
and passed resolution 70 that effect Thee
also passed che following Resolutions;
l. Resolved That We pay our warkmen
without any regard whatever 70 THE journey
mems Society.
2 Resolved, That W. consent " Uur work
men quitting work az 6ve O'Clock oa etrh ani
every SturlaF.
3 h solved, Thai We require Zen hoars a. a
legal day' wOrk
Resolved, That the Standing Commute,
be l.schargll Immediately, After com ulUf.a-.
ing thess resolutions g. che Joumaymen. Gone
mlttee.
g. Resolved, That no committee shall ha-a-
after ~ appointed to communicate wi.l 4uv
committee whatever from the Jonrusyme1'
Society
The foregoing resolutions we're presented
and adopted unanimously. win preamble
setting forth that the said resolutions er-
pressed tile determined purp wv ot thts 1niv
Signed, CHAs BEyAS, Pres't pro tenn.
"A. PACKIE, Secretary.
Your cOrrespon tent inserts these resolu-
tons il full, a. further illustration NY NV
inconsistency Of the emPlo, ilg Community.
II will be observed that W tlg Foregoing
resolutions ~ exception whatevsr Is taken
go the rate Of wages demanded wv IVY w.
ciety, but that the third resolution expressly
d clares that thew require ten hours AZ \
legal days work In this resolution We
have the whole gist 81 the opposition of the
employers They see and know what
the real effect Of the nine hour system
would be 10 time. They well know that it
would increase the demand fJr labor w that
department "a industry, and that A. che De-
mand would increase, wages would advance.
The workingman, not beng accustomed ID
business habits and calculations. view t1e
matter frouI different stand point Hseea.
while the employers consider Il the means
Of taking more money out NJ their offers.
and puttlng it into the pockets Of work z
men, w0rkIngmen themselves, 0r A VERY great
| proportion Of them, view il As a means OF
reducing their wages w this they are
wrong-very wrong, iadeed
Y the Stone Cutters Employers Ass1cil.
I ton, alter issuing the above eiict with all
the Pomposity OK az many FlIstafs, ad-
lourned SIM dc, and u was Supposed that
they had accomplished their purposes NV
vel hat no further meetings would b. ne
cessary. Their last ultimatun, they beNev-
ed, or rather hoped, would fall Ike thua-
I teTb0lt among the men, and cause DIVER
son in their favor. SIR. "P4ckier
consequential NOBODY, miserable reict WI
the "Dogberry sch 1ol," with one on two ap-
poIntments Ia the upper story u let, vas
\ quite pIofuse In bis prophetic assertions IL
the inability OF the men 70 hold out But
when he found the resolution was sending
the best men out Of the city, they became
anxious and iidgety. Another meeting was
called for last evening, the proceedings of
which, however, your correspondent was
unable to learn. As yet the society men
are a unit. Not man 81 them has gone 10
work, notwithstanding some OF the men
have hai good offers made N them. esp--
cially by that "Teutonic knaven fron Wash
ington, Acker. the following Bosses nave
Conceded the demands of the men, and have
set their men to work. or course, by the
Bosses Association, those men are termed
"Scabs Emory, Kelly, FrzEen, and two
others, whose names | Ind not larn.i
the BRICK HOLDERS sTRIKE
The brick nnlders strike Is about the
same az at last report. The molIers nv
satisfied to await the result, with the con-
CT 'usness Of just men awaiting victory. TIE
manufacturers show their weakness by che
frequency Of their meetings They held
another meeting on Thursday evening, AZ
which the constitution AMI by laws were
again brought forward These luminous
articles are not given to .Ae public, 81; II
70 announced that have been 80 modified AZ
10 allow them to employ society men
When the weather settles, and the budinK
season commences IN reality, they NAV 6ad
II 10 their interest not ID notify only, but
70 rescind ALL they have done. We shall
soon see how the law W demand ami sup-
ply will affect the "BRlCK OLlGARCHY."
rHE IoURNEYMGS cluPERs
have made new movement toward organ a.
ing ali Of their craft III this city. "A meet
ing was called for Monday night for the
purpose OF organizing y Mltul Protective
ASSOCIATION. Quite large numbar respond.
ed to the call. Mr.. james Potter organic w
the meeting, BY cAlllag Mr. Monk % the
char. Tue meeting prOcee led % cleo; of-
heers, when your correspondent left.
POLITICAL.
Both wings Of the republican party are
squabbling over the spoiis. JOhn u. Thom
as, Jr., represents the white wing, and OK
Ju &c Hugh L Bond, represents the negro
wing both parties are cAnii ates for the
dictatorship Of this port Meetings ar,
| beng held Al which the CLAIMS ~ bltG
parties are set forth IN glowing resOlu, ions
Ia the meantime the democrats are ulet
: ~ reorganIz.ng the wards, and endeavOr
! ing 20 repair ths errors or tue past. Il |
, ume our workingmen were during some
: thing 10 the same line. Last wear tne
, wAltei until it was too late ID efsct any
D thing, this year they had better take tim
. Dy the torelock. VRRIrAs.