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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-05-14

EVERYBODY KNOWS, VINO AnV"e ~ny
thing, that in Johnstown, Pa, is 10
Gated the Cambria Iron Works, the
largest in that State, and, perhaps, the
most extensive in the country. 1t
employs in all, about 5000 hands.
The works are owned by . company
and that company is Daniel J. Nor
relI, Member Of Congress. and Ces'r-
man of the NationaB Committee ON FRO
lection to Americaa Industry. An NJ
innate friend has but just returned
from professional visit to Johnstown.
and prompted by a commendable
spirit Of cariosity, he paid the works
visit instituAing such inquiries as in'
his opinion would conduce to . knowl.
edge Of how things are there condac-
ted. Of course, he found wages mis-
ersbly low. Puddlers by strict etten-
ton to business, are enabled to make
very good wages, but no others In or
about the works can, in the best Of
times, make more than sufficient to sup
ply never-ceasing necessities Labor
ers wages are one dollar asd one dollar
aad a quarter per day. But the worst
has yet to be told. In order to have
the men always under his thumb. this
tyrant Morrell, has bit upon O happy
expedisnt, which, if not just, 10 at least
ingenious. The compsny-that il
Morreli-owns store in the town, at
which is sold the most of those things
which enter into the daily consump-
ton Of the workingman and his family.
In each of the shops is posted notice
in the following words !: " Employees
of this Company are expected to deal
at the Compsnys Store y So that
the Hon. d. }. Morrell not only makes
all the profit upon what his hands pro-
duce, but also all the profit upon what
they consume. Cute; isn't it?
But this is not all. The Hon. d. J.
Morrell does not pay his hands at the
expiration of every month, as an hon
est employer ought to do. He re-
serves q months pay off of each-that
is, in plain English-he always has in
his possession one months pay belong
ing 10 each man in his employ. In
that way, he forces his men to buy
their groceries, &C., upon credit, and,
as they can buy nowhere else than at
the store owned by Morrell, the 40
count against each at the end OF the
month is generally large enough to
swallow up the entire months pay,
while he is prosecuting his business
upon aAsir money. There is no law in
that State against store-pay. One was
intr 'lced this session, but it was de-
feated by large majority Of the Legis-
lature. Had it passed, IL would not
have touched the case Just mentioned.
though if that be not store-pay in effect,
we should like to know what is.
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afforded of the necessity Of supporting
q genuine labor organ, fhsn the
attempts of its enemies to desery its
influence.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-05-14

mlttec-Benjaman Wnkmson, Dh@lr-
man; Stephen Haynes, Adam w alker,
B. Fl. Voadorhorst, and ]. 3. Spear
ing.
TIE rates Of wages paid In Oregon,
in gold coin, are az folIowss Bakers,
ESQ . month, with hosSd ] blncksmiths,
$3.50 to s5s day ;bootm8kers, % to
o. day; 5ricklayers, s5 to So q day ;
butchers, $40 to $50 q month, with
board cabinetEsakers and carpenters,
IS to- - q day; clerks, $40 to 500
month cooks, $50 to $50 a month with
board gardeners, $50 to $50 q month,
with board laborers, % to e2.50 o
-day farm hands, cas- to -eSS . month,
with board; hodlcarriers, 50 to $3.50 .
day; machinists and moulders, $3.50
day; millwrights, 5$6 q, day female
house servants, $25 to $40 month.
with board aud nurses, $25 to $40 .
month, with board. III
ORGANIZATIONS oE A LABOR LEAGUE
AT JACKSON MIcHIeAN.-On Wednes-
day evening last, President Trevetlick
organized labor league at Jackson,
consisting Of over 100 members.
a1 r A Pitiful Story.
The New York Herald Of May 9th,
contains the following, which viii doubt
less be appreciated by every member
OF the craft: .rI sa.4fas 4sNU
The cigarmakers Ina the empl0y of
Straiton, Schmitt d Storm, 10l Pearl
street, having struck for higher wages.
Upon the resolution Of the CigarmAkers'
Union, this firm immediately secured
the services of competent men who did
not belong to the society, and gave them
the wages formerly paid the society
men. This arrangement seemed en-
tirely sstisfactory. The new hands
went to work and were paid from one
dollar and . half to two dollars less per
thousand for manufacturing than was
the scale Of prices in war times. Until
day before yesterday there was NO ap-
pearance Of discomfort; but it seems
that the union passed . resolution offer
ing to make the new hands members OF
the society without demanding any
initiation fee. Yesterday members OF
the union who had lost their positions,
circulated lists for the new hands to
sign, and Of course upon afixing their
signatures, they Immediately stopped
work, upon the promise of the union to
supply them with the necessary funds,
and indemnify them for their loss Of
time. There is apprehension that vio-
lence may be used. Yesterday the
men gathered in large force about the
corner Of Pearl street and Maiden lane
and Influenced many to quit their-work.
It is claimed that the design Of the 50
ciety is to deceive the new hands, get
them to leave their employment and
then put the society men in their places.
The firm states that no society men
will ever again be employed In It'd
house, though they cease to manufao-
ture entirely. The proceedings already
taken will cause heavy loss in the
prepared tobacco, which if not worked
will rot and prove a mere waste. The
movement win affect over ESQ men, be-
cause if one department stops all must
stop. The factory of Straiton, Schmitt
q Storm is the experimental house for
the strikers, but the movement has also
extended to the firm of Gerschel d
Rrnfhor
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On our return to the city, in, the
evening, visit is paid to the rooms
Of the Workingmen's International
Association, High Holborn, where, we
find package Of ADVOCATES await
ing our arrival, and goodly number
of the staunch and true trades union
lists of the metropolis. As the dele
gates to the international Congress are
expected to make their reports, a more
than ordinarily interesting reunion is
expected. The American delegate
has the honor to be called to the
chair. After the transaction of routine
business, Messrs. Jung. Applegarth,
Lessner, Eccarius, and Lucraft, give an
account of their stewardships, which
seems to meet the appreciation of their
constituents. Letters are also read
from Messrs. Jessup and Hume, of
New York, after which, "our Ameri-
can friend is requested to give a
statement as to the progress Of the
labor movement in the United States.
His reference to the necessity OF es-
tablishing an Emigration Bureau,
meets with favor, and a committee,
consisting Of Messrs. Applegarth,
Cohn, Dupont, Eccarius, Hales, Harris,
Jung, Laberque. Lessner, Marx,
Millner, and Odger, is appointed to
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impression

re ohovus a The Fonis Sofia lssociasiOa and thC
Orcbestpa-Includlng the Band Of the Crystal
Palace, the Band Of the Roy al Artillery
&c, &o.-Win number
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FROM CALIFORNIA.

I'VE do mot hold ourselves rsaponnIhas Or any an
lon expressed by our oorTespondenas.1
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-MR. J. sARILL AND MR. J. PRoUDMAE

Pu PRoeaAMn WILL INCLUDE
The National Anthsm-LutAsrs Hymn-The Hymn
az peace. words written by Oliver wendell Homes 1x
ths Boston Peace Yest4val(-" beax Of keAses ~ Dr.
I"vslI Mssn-Hail. Columbia The Star epanRisd
Bsnne-fne Anvil Ohorss iron frovaters-fhs
SOLDIER Chorus fto@ Reast-And French, Rusaisn,
Irish welsh Scotch Danish, end other Nstiona Airs
some Of the Pieces wh Do Aeee@panisd, % as Boston
by the
FfRIse OF CANNON, GINNING OF BELLS, AND
CLINKING VI ANvHG,
me Arrsnsvmeuss Coz Firing Gun Ooeson BY BlectrieU
being nsas BY Corps Of Royal Engineer.
rHR HANDEL OROHRsTRA ENLARGED FOR
THE OCCASION.
Admission, ~ 6Millnes
or by Guinea Season Ticket, which, admitting siso
TO she Grand osaesrts with MdIls. Nilsson, Krewerk
Displays, Operas, Ae., and NATL Slse Angus ls7e,
Numbered scala Hslfa-Osown, Nov Ready.
NorR-From the very iarse attendance q me nrH
demand for ssslh fhsy AAsuld therefore be applied
for forthwith st the Palace and % Exeter Hall
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OAN EWAWGhrCUp @Hy y WV y
TO the Editor o. tbe woakEsxAs's ADvoeAm
Monday night last the House Car
pen,ers' Eight Hour League had before
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-12-01

F.om Mar Twain's "Memorar da" We quote:
NV Watch.-An Instructive Little Tale.
My beautiful new watch had run
eighteen months without losing or gain
ing, and without breaking any part ofits
machinery or stopping. [ had come to
believe it infallible in its judgments
about the time of day, and to consider its
constitution and its anatomy imperisha-
BILE. Bnt at last, one night, / let it run
down. Igrieved about it as if it were a
recognized messenger and foreruDner of
calamity. But by and by l cheered up,
set the watch by guess, and comm anded
holdings and superstitions to depart.
Next day I stepped iuto the chief jewel
er's to set it by the exact time, and the
head of the establishment took it out of
my hand and proceeded to set it for me.
Then he said, "She is fonr minutes slow
regulator wants pushing up" tried
to stop him-tried to make him under
stand that the watch kept perfect time.
But no; all this human cabbage could
see was that the watch was four minutes
slow, and the regulatorimust be pushed
up little; and so, while I danced
around him in anguish, and beseeched
him to let the watch alone, he calmly
and cruelty did the shameful decd. My
watch began to gain. 1t gained faster
and faster day by day Within the week
it sickened to raging fever, and its
pulse went up to hundred and fifty in
the shade. At the end of two months it
had left all the timepieces of the town
far in the rear, and was a fraction over
thirteen days ahead of the almanac. 1t
was away into November enjoying the
snow, while the October leaves were
still turning. 1t hurried up house rent,
bills payable, and such things, in such
u ruinous way that could not abide it.
I took it to the matchmaker to be regu-
lated. He asked me if had ever had it
repaired. 1 said no, it had never needed
any repairing. He looked look of vic
ious happiness, and eagerly pried the
watch open; then put small dice box
into his eye and peered into its machine
ry. He s.id it wanted cleaning and oil
ing besides regulating; come in week.
After being cleaned out and oiled and
regulated, my watch slowed down to
that degree that it licked like tolling
bell. began to be left by trains, L failed
all appointments, L got to missing my
dinner; my watch strung out three days
grace to four and let me go to protest. 1
gradually drifted back into yesterday,
then day before, then into last week and
by and by the comprehension soon came
upon me that all solitary and alone was
lingering along in week before last, and
the world was out of sight. l seemed to
detect in myself sort of sneaking fell
low-feeling for the mummy in tho mu-
SC um, aud desire to swap news with
him. l went to watchmake. again.
He took the watch all to pieces while l
waited, and then said the barrel was
.sswelled." He said he could reduce it
in three days. After this tile watch av-
eraged well, but nothing more. For half
a day it would so like the very mischief.
and keep up such barking, and Wheel
ing, aud whooping, and sneezing, and
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Facts for the Curious.

E'acts 1of inc Surious.
According to the Boerhave, the health
lest children are DO in January; Feb
ruary and March.
Serpents annually shed their skins,
which remarkable as it may appear, ex-
tends over the eyes.
The natural smallpox usually carries
off eight in every hundred attacked
with it; but of three hundred vaccinated,
only one dies.
OF one thousand infants fed by their
mothers milk, not above three hundred
die, but of the same number reared by
wet nurses, five hundred die
China, properly, Sc called contains
abou. three hundreu.and fifty millions
of souls, and extends over twenty de-
grees of latitude and twenty of longitude,
or four hundred square degrees.
The hea, locust and grasshopper jump
two hundred times their own length,
equal to quarter of mile for a man.
There are in man five hundred and
twenty-seven muscles, two hundred and
fifty-seven of which are in pairs. OF
these no less than one hundred are con-
stantly used in the simple act of breath
ing.
The first code of written laws possess
ed by the Athenians were prepared by
Draco, man of stern and rigid charac-
ter. These laws punish all crimes with
Death; and Oh account of their sangui-
psry character, are said to be written in
blood.s
There are thirty-siX Thousand seeds in
the capsula of a tobacco plant; and Ray,
the celebrated botauist, counted in the
head of poppy thirty-five thousand
seeds 1t has been calculated by many
naturalists that the elm tree produces
thirty-five thousand seeds.
If the feathery gills of a small perch
could be unfolded and spread out, they
| would neatly cover square yard. This
will not appear extraordinary when it is
recollected that the ner re in dogs nose
is spread out in so thin web, that it is
computed 10 be four feet.
In the human skeleton there are two
hundred and fifty-two separate bones.-
Hard working people sometimes have an
extra number, which are formed near
the joints of the thumb, fore fingers aud
toes. They are useful in increasing The
power wherever they GROW.
The aorta, or principal artery of the
whale measures about fOoS in diameter.
The quantity af blood thrown from it at
each pulsation has been estimated at
fiom ten to fifteen gallons; the rush of
this fluid is quite audible to the harpoon-
ers when about to strike the animal.
When rabbits, squirrels and various
other gnawing animals are fed on soft
meats their teeth often grow so long and
so crooked as TO prevent them from ia
king food, and instances have occurred,
in which to preserve life, it became ne
cessary to break or extract the teeth.
Mr.. Darwin was of-the opinion that if
a deaf person dreamed of hearing, the
internal parts, essential to the function,
were unimpaired. The same remark
says DR.. smith, of Boston, is applicable
to the blind. 81 have invariably und
that he incurably hlind never dream of
seeing or hearing"
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In describing the scenes that fol low
ed the surrender of Metz, the correspon-
dent of a London journal says: y touch
ing incident occurred as I was walking
down street. a veterinary surgeon of
the Ambulance Corps came up, and said:
Monsieur, my horse is dying for want
of food; L have ridden him for four
years; he has shared my rations, and
lately my bed; for three days I have had
nothing to give him to eat. Give him
something; save the poor things life,
and take him for your own; he is good
and faithful beast; you will never regret
it.n L Immediately accompanied the
man, and on my way bought two loaves
of bread, which we cut up as We walked
along. Arriving at the shed where his
horse stood, the poor beast turned his
head toward his master, and neighed
out welcome, though so weak that he
could scarcely move. The man, rushed
up to his horsei threw his arms around
his neck, and, while the tears stood in
his eyes, cried out, "Tu es sauve! tu es
sauveI'
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Brick Pomeroy,s Exit.

The days of venal journalism are
passed. The people are elevated be-
yond that point. An editor may say an
ill-natuIed or dirty thing about his
nejs n6or, create talk and an excite
meut, and flatter himself that he is a
power, aud smart, and "all that" nut
he is only Sowing in the wind to reap
in the whirlwind," for "dirty tirds ~
will, in Gods Providence, "returu home
to Ioost." We have no more direct aud
positive proof of this fact. than in the
case of Brick Pomeroy. He went to New
York some three years ago with one hum
dred aud fifty thousand dollars, to start
a model paper, called the Democrat,
which he sought to establish by out
raging public decency and private taste,
thus paudering to the morbil appetite of
the public; but the public did not take
kindly to such stuff, and Pomeroy. after
spending about every dollar he WAS
worth, to convince his brethren of the
press, that profanity, ,oosc entity, aud foul
mouthed abuse Were the essential e;e-
ments of true journalism, has withdrawn
from the Dem1c at quite enc 2fallen, his
money VIII eh he shooN 50 Extensively in
the peoples faces all spent, his credit
gone, The few friends of his prosperity
scattered-to retire from profession he
could not degrade, though he tried to.
''Unwept unhonored and unsung,
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a letter from Dayton to New York
paper, treated by it as authentic, states
that Gen. Schenck will contest the elec-
tion of Campbell on the ground that the
decision of the Supreme Court, that the
inmates of the soldiers asylum are not
Ohio voters, was wrong. AS these per-
sons did not vote, and therefore, as they
have cast no votes to be counted for
either party by any revision, the result
of successful contest will be to refer the
election back to the people.
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Farm Tor Sale.

wishing to go West, offer at private sale
w the Farm on which now reside lying 2%
miles Southeast OF st. Clairsville and miles
North of the Central o. R. R., containing
LII Acres, ITO Acres cleared. There is on
the Farm a good one-story House, with f1ye
rooms q log barn and other out buildings
There is go Apple trees, with an abundance of
small fruit of all kinds. Also, an abundance
of Coal Wood and Water. The farm is in good
repair, nearly all in grass and all under fence.
Persons wishing to purchase would do well
to examine the premises, as. viii sell at a
bargain. r. SUTTON.
Oct q lm* p
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Tie Post Office Department at Wash
ington has issued instructions to all post
masters, instrueting them to deliver let
ters' bearing the endorsement of the
Pension Office, or its Agents, only to the
person addressed, or to a member of his
or her family, or to legal guardian ofthe
Pensioner, and under no circumstances
to deliver such letters to an Attorney,
Claim Agent, or Broker.
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Notice.

EIlenderMcClurel state of Ohio, Belmont Co.,
VS.. Court of Common Pieas.
Samuel Mcclure.
rTNHE defendant Samuel Mcclure, is hereby
/ notified that on the Sth day of September,
A. d. 1870 the undersigned filed her petition IN
the office of the Clerk of the Court OF common
Pleas in and for the County of BelmoLt, ana
State aforesaid, against you, the OBJECT anu
prayer of said petition is for divorce and ail-
mony and custody of minor child. The causes
alleged in said petition are gross neglect OF duty
and habitual drunkenness
Said petition will be for hearing at the next
term OF said Court, commencing on the ISL DAY
of November. A ID. 1870. at which time and
place you can appear and defend if you see
proper. -, nm,
By TALLMAN & FERREL, her att'ys.
SpD1Q-6w
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KANSAS DIyISIONS--A party of ganib-
lers sat dow to small game of euchrC
on election day on the umbrageous bank
of Kansas creek. The game wen: on
peacably for while, until ore of the
gentlemen was discovered making use OF
that ignorance which proved so exasper-
ating to VIM. Nye and Jas. Truthful
in a famous pa ssage on Table Mountain.
The ordeal 10y battle was decided upon
for settlement of the points at ISSUE,
Two Ui1.:.hatsnts fought on horseback.
when they disSected each other like zeal
Gus young surgeons, and their horses,
catching the chivalrous infection, biz
and tore each others Decks and cheeks
into shreds. When the fight and one OF
the gamblers was finished the survivor
was promptly shot by spectator, who
had probably bet on a. different result,
and the fighting became general. The
whole party was soon stretched out on
the Autumnal herbage, when, unfortu,
riately a physician { DR., Lawrence
who tells the story, )passed that way ant
rendered professional aid land it is feareC
some OF the gamblers may recover.
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NIcKNAMEs.-I have no patience with
the custom. It's bad enough when con-
fined to giggling school girls and the of.
ficers of young ladies' literary societies;
but when it is adopted by profession al
women, and even invades the sacred
desk, when we read of Miss Nellie Ster-
ling and the Rev. Mrs. Maggie Won Cott
it is time to protest. What should we
think of little painful affectation
among men? How would it strike us to
see the announcement of new work by
Tommie Carlyle, or to read the synopsis
of San able speech by Johnnie Bright" +"
or an advertisement of "The Life and
Times of George Washington ?" 1 be-
lieve N Woman's Rights, and one of
the very first L would have them insist
upon, is the right to exercise little
plain common sense, and to be called by
the names that were given them when
they were babies.
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Valuable Farm for Sale,
Close a.r E,Stata

= Close an Estate.
CITUATED in Kirkwood Township, Belmont
= County. Ohio four miles Northwest OF
Morristown, and less than three miles from the
National Road. adjoining Farms with Henry
Frasher and John Henderson. said Farm
contains los acres about s. acres cleared, the
balance extra fine timbered land. There is nc
richer land in the County, bargain can be
secured by applyins TO
or L NIESWANGER, Real Estate Agent.
st. Clairsville, Ohio.
CapfIn -0-ff
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Administrators Sale Of Real
Estate.

TNpursuance of an order of the Probate Court
L OF Belmont County, Ohio, l will offer for sale,
at public auction, on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER l, $50,
at 10 o'clock forenoon, upon the premises, the
following described real estate, situate In the
County Of Belmont and State of Ohio, TO wit:
In the Southeast quarter of'Section 10, Town
ship and Range 3, beginning for the same at
the Northeast corner of said quarter section;
thence West 3S perches to station 2; thence
South Al perches to station 8; thence East 70
feet; thence South $50 East 81 perches; thence
north 6.35 perches to the place OF beginning,
Appraised at s400.
Terms of sale cash.
of Mary Mack inson, decd
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Valuable Farm for Sale.

UNHE undersigned Agents of the heirs of
L Abram Lash, decd, offer tor sale the follow
ing described Real Estate.
22O AcreS
of land in CoIerain Township, Belmont County,
Ohio, Four Miles Northwest of Bridgeport, one
and q half miles North of Patterson's Mills
One Hundred and Fifty Acres of said farm
under cultivation. The remainder is Well
timbered 1t is well watered, fences in good
repair, has two good Orchards; Underlying
the whole and accessible from the West side,
is a six feet vein of Coal. There is good Coun-
ty Road on West as also on the East line OF
The buildings consist of Two Dwelling Houses,
a Stone Spring House, Barn 90 x 40 feet. with
good Stabling, Corn Crib, Wagon House, &c.
Persons desirous of further information Will
JAMES A. G RAY,
MartIA's Ferry, Ohio.
or VIM. ALEXANDER,
Bridgeport, Ohio.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-12-01

The Chinese are a queer people to go
to market. A friend at San Francisco
writes that q neighbor of his had just
laid in his winters provisions-a hind
quarter of a horse and two barrels ofbull
dogs.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-12-01

Nine of the eleven members of Con-
gress just elected from Indiana, are law
yers.