The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-13

an invitation which had Deen EXTENDED 10 Tue
editors to address the meeting. The committee
who had been charged with the matter had given
the invitation in writing and made verbal re-
port Of the manner in which 1t had been received
by the papers to whom it had been sent. The re-
ply of the proprietors Of THE NEWS, which was
read, was as follows:
OFFICE OF TUE CHARLESTON NEWS,
CHARLESTON, S. o., November II, 1869.
Dear Sty-We have the homer to acknowledge
the receipt Of an invitation to meeting OF the
our thanks for the same. THB NEWS will certain
y be represented at the meeting. Its proprietors,
however, must respectfully decline to 'address
the assemblage." The workingmen WIN nave our M
full sympathy and support In any movement, the
aim OF which shall seem to us Just and reason
able; but, In our view, any prominence sought or
accepted in workingmen's meeting by persons
who are not workingmen, would be an intrusion
The workiHgmen OF Charleston, we know, have
sufficient intelligence to speak and act for them
selves without the interference OF outsiders.
We have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedlent servants
RIoRDAN, DAWSON 4 Co.
Mr.. WIN. S. RYAN, Chairman Executive Commit
tee Of the Workingmen.
The first speaker was Mr.. W. P. Russell, who, In
response to loud and repeated calls, mounted the
stage. He expressed his gratitude for the unani-
nifty OF the compliment which had been paid him,
and which he considered as great an honor as II
the men before him were the magnates Of the
land. Few were aware Of the opposition that had
to be encountered by those who took the part Of
the workingmen. He himself was contractor,
master mechanic, and never expected again to
be- like the hundreds he saw before him, Journey
man, vet he was with the workingmen, heart and
soul, in their stand against the employers. Times
had changed since 1866, when the workingmen
had achieved the first triumph in the election oi
the Hon. w. S. Henerey to represent them In the
State Senate. at that time he wrote letter
(Which the papers had refused to publish, though he
offered to pay 500 for itl in which lie predicted
the coming power Of the workingmen. 1t was
high time that they should take stand against
working early and late for apittance. There was
no good reason why they should not have pro
per remuneration. He predicted that the move
ment, the inception Of which they saw there tc
night, would be fruitful in beneficial results.
Remarks were also made by Messrs. Mclndoo
and j. F. Brtton, and also by several persens
who were not workingmen. The burden OF the
speeches, generally, was an exhortation to those
their rights, and to organize at once for mutual
protection.
At the conclusion OF the speeches resolution
was carried that the chairman be authorized to
appoint, at his leisure, committee consisting oil
three members from each branch OF labor, whose
duty it should be to draw up rules for the govern
ment of future meetings, and that the president
be authorized to call another meeting when that
committee was prepared to report.
The meeting then adjourned, the proceedings
having been marked throughout, on the part Of
the audience, by the greatest order and decorum
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hotel life. The American House, Boston, has d
large number OF such, which may be secured by
post or telegraph, by families travelling.