The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-10-01
FROM ILLINOIS.
CAsEYvILLE, Sept. %, 1870

CASEYVILLE, sept. ~, 1870.
70 the Editor OF the WoRKSGNAS's ADVOCATE.
Permit me To drop a few lines 10 the
numerous readers Of your valuable pa
per. In the first place, ! feel satisfied .
that you have made a good move in
changing the time of issuing the AID
voCATE. This | am certain will be APP |
proved Of by all your subscribers, and as
your columns are devoted to the work |
ing class and their grievances, | will in
form your readers that on the LIST of
the present month we demanded one
cent per bushel advance for digging
coal, and on Monday last all had com
menced work at the advance. but on
the next day Mr.. Willborn, the en-
ployer Of Vancourt Mines, O'Fallon,
came to the conclusion that be would
victimize some four or five of his men
because they took an active part in the
Unicn. Consequently all his men
ceased work, and at the request Of the
men visited that place yesterday and
attended their meeting, and found the
men all determined To resist the tyrani-
cal schemes OF their employer, and now
Mr. Editor, with all due respect to Mr.
Willborn, we must say that his actions
in this case proves him to possess mar
row mind and a cowardly, eyil-deslri7g
disposition, as notice sent by him To
one Of those men lie wants to get rid
of will explain, of which the following
\ is the substance:
0FFICE VAN CoURr MINES,
OFALLoS, Sept. Il, lS7o.
To Joseph Cowbridge, present
| You are hereby notified that have taken
yolr tools to the top Of the pit, aud YOU are
requested to come and take them away this
evening or | shall be compelled to PIT them
on the public road.
EDwD. WMLB1EN.
Signed and delivered by a special deputy
named SC1FIELD.
1t is not my intention in writing
these few lines ID create any itl-will Or
hard fechag between employer and en-
ployes, but merely to speak Of q man
AZ NJ fad him, Or 70 expose tyranny III
An III characters, and in 50 doing wc
intend % speak the t~rth aud nothing
more, and by such az a. We acknOwl-
edge that employers have Just right
&C. govern their own property, but they
should consider that working men and
working women have inst as much
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their labor should BE- worth in the mar
ket. But because those honest toilcrs
demanded their Just rights, this would
he lord politely notifies them that they
have to leave; aud when the balance
of the men refused to work he requests
all storekeepers not To credit any Of his
men, thinking by 50 doing that he
would prevent some innocent child
from obtaining the necessaries of life !;
but thank God there are sufficient men
in this District that are ready and will
ing to support those men while they are
on strike and by so doing they will be
able TO out wit his scheme, and assert
their manhood.
] will also state for the information
of Eli coal miners that there is upwards
of two hundred more men IN this Dis
trict than the demand Of coal requires;
1 therefore / trust that all miners will
take notice of this fact and keep clear,
as it will save them the trouble Of com
ing here and having to leave without
employment.
/ can say, Mr.. Editor, that | am
much gratifed to learn through the col
umns of the Allocate, that the Labor
Reform Party is progressing SO rapid
Iy throughout the country; and may
God speed the movements and efforts
Of our friends in other States, who are
this fall determined to run a full ticket,
and hope that each and every man
who tolls for his living will put his
hand to the wheel and make a bold
struggle for Justice which can never be
accomplished only through the ballot
box | would feel glad if we were to
place full ticket in the field in this
State, but | think we had better wait
until we are more thoroughly organ
/ lied, and | hope that every working
man will pay attention to this matter.
Let your voices be raised. Let US not
sleep while others are worklng,as every
moment lost in this respect gives our
opponents an additional privilege to
make the rich richer and the poor poor
er. And / hope that the miners and
others in St. Clair county will attend
to their duty and be determined to elect
the candidate we have chosen, as !
am satisfied that John Hinchclitfe i
true and tried friend of the working
class. Yours ever in the cause,
MINER.