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u A Glee Club has been organized in town.
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gentlemen and ladies. Some pleasant enter
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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-02-26

Our esteemed correspondent r w.
Hume, Of Astoria, Long Island, has
been appointed American correspon-
of the International Workingmens As
ISOLATION, headquarters London, Eng
and.
A LABOR league has recently been
formed in Frauklin, New Hampshire.
The Excelsior Cooperative Boot and
Shoe Manufacturing Co., of Cincinnati,
expect soon to commence business.
They were chartered last May. They
viii retail all they manufacture.
The Crispins of New York city in
tend opening q cooperative establish
ment at SO Warren street. The Girls
pins of Brooklyn and Elmira are also
about starting similar Institutions. Sue
cess to their endeavors.
THE Union Bricklayers of Jersey
City expect to close their strike the
present week successfully against o
reduction of wages
TIE German Wood Carvers of New
York contemplate organising a cooper
alive enterprise.
The Union Bricklayers ofNew York,
recently endorsed the following resolu-
luton
Resolved, That on and after the hle. Monday
in April the wages of the above Unions will be
IS per day for the ensuing season.
TEE knights Of st. Crispin have sub
mitted to the Legislature an act TO in
corporate the officers and members of
the Massachusetts, Grand Lodge of the
Knights of St. Crispin. 1t is claimed
that the act of Incorporating is as un-
Objectionable az the act incorporating
the Grand Lodge of Free Masons. The
act contemplates the holding of real
and personal estate, not exceeding the
sum of 100000. An act of Charter
will also be submitted to incorporate
4" National Grand Lodge of the Daugh-
tiers of St. Crispin for the State Of Mas
sachusetts."
AT a recent meeting of the New
York Workingmen's Union, the follow
ing resolutions offered by Mr.. Taylor
were adopted:
Resolved, That the Workingmen's Union deem
il unwse to continue What 10 known 40 the
"joint committee" and do hereby recall such
members of this body as have been hitherto con-
nected Herewith and be it further
Resolved, That the chair be and he Is hereby
instructed to request that such representatives
from each trade here assembled az are willing
TO enter upon such work will assemble thsm
selves together, and 10 concert with the German
representatives from the Arbeiter Union and
such other workirgmen as may feel disposed 70
assist in the labor, create or organize, and set
Up such political organic ItiOn the wis
dom they may consider necessary for carrying
out Of the purposes OF Labor Reform, and de-
termining the issue Of such questions as may
arise, from time 70 time, and become politically
Of vital Importance to the workingmen and be
it further
Res lived, That all resolutions, questions, or
subjects heretofore referred TO the said Joliet
COMMITTEE" and not as yet acted upon, be, and
are hereby Withdrawn, and the attention, of such
assembly as may come into being under this
movement ID respectfully solicited 70 the con-
eiderariOn % the aame, and they are further
more requested 20 duly inform this Union, from
time 70 time, Of sucE important movements ~
they may have in contemplation, 81 far In
their ~isdOm they may deem it judicious TO make
she same public.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-02-26
MONOPOLY RUN Mad,

Ihe letter Of our correspondent
+" OBSERVER" now on a tour through
thu southern portion of this State. in
reference to the strike existing among
thu operatives Of the O'Fallon, Conf
deace and Franklin miues, and the
caI,ses which led thereto, is one to
which we desire to call the especial at
te,,tion Of those who denounce the
i" hernier resort" under any and all cir
cumstances. Our only wonder is, not
thAt the miners in these regions refuse to
logger cor"ply with the unjust exac-
tisns Of their employers, but that they
ever submitted for an hour to their i'm
position. We say such opposition is
net only ji4stif06s, but is demanded BY
every consideration Of honor and man
hAod. Just let those who imagine ar.
bstration win accomplish everything
pit themselves in the place Of these
miners. Let them be compelled 10
Wait one month for their honest dues,
aid then have ten days pay retained
b4 refused to see the vouchers Of the
Company which carried the coal to
market, and forced to accept such
Weights as the miHiOns employed may
choose to render, and he compelled to
trade at a store where inferior articles
can be obtained only at exorbitant
ltates. Let them who, labOring under
tie haIlucination that right and reason
taust prevail, be the committee ap-
Fointed wait on the employers, and
bresent a list of grievances, and be
Politely ~ informed that when their
advice is wanted it will be sought for I;
that their absence is better company
than their presence; that their right TO
dictate ID is denied that they can
consider themselves discharged - or
sanizers o and that the owners Of
ether mines will be informed that they
IRE dangerous characters in any capa-
@aty. Hoo wOuId they feel and oct then I;
End yet this is, in great measure, the
POSITION occupied by these men to
Which we have referred
Miners of Illinois, let uS whisper a
word in your ears. You are now pass
Ing through perilous crisis. Your
position is indeed a critical one. The
scoundrels-the froth Of an hour-who
Hre seeking to degrade you to the level
.-aye, to lower than to the level Of the
European serf-are creatures whom
gou can crush as an egg shell, provided
-four manhood is equal to the emer-
fency. Remember, submissiOH now Esass
{SGUery hereafter. Remember, also, that
-four children and your children's chill
hren, in all probability, will have cause
10 admire your manhood or denounce
four reeresncy. Which shall it be /?
IS matters stand at present, you are in
the right. Maintain that position at
All hazards. Organize State division,
liz a Western division, without delay.
Sand together, and ssick together, a.
brothers should, and at MI times and
snder all circumstances you may rest
assured that your grievances win be
ventilated, the right applsuded and the
wrong denounced through the columns
pr the organ Of the National Labor
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-02-26
GRAND MASS MEETING
BELLEvILLE, Feb. ls. 1871

DELLkVlLLE, FEB. l6, 1870
10 the Editor Of the WoskmsHAE's ADvscA,,
l have attended a meeting Of N.
miners every night this week. Thor
are all awake and enthusiastic. Tbo,.
was a large mass meeting YESTERDAY
held at the Eight Mile Stone, which
was attended by about 1000 miners
members Of the different lodges Of ri.
district Its object was to sustain anil
protect the operatives Of the IIliDo.
Coal Mining Company, now .,
strike. The greatest enthusiasm nre
vailed. The meeting was called "a
order, at 1880 a. m, BY Mr.. Owen,
president Of the district associat;o,
who stated, in a clear and dis,iOo,
manner, the nature Of the grievance.
of which the miners complained IA
wac followed by the delegates Of th.
different lodges, who, ia brief NM
pithy remarks, made all present N
quainted with the action of the yar;on,
lodges The universal feeling wa i
maintain their brothers at all hazard
A recess was then taken for th;r,v
minutes, ia order to allow the Comm;t
tee on Resolutions time to present tbei,
report. The half hour having exured
the meeting was again called % order
and the committee reported, thrcuuh
their chairman, the following resoIn.
tons, which were unanimously adopt.
ed -
WRERKAs, The IlliEOis Coal Mining COuO,0,
has assumed to itself the right 70 dictate a \.
employees ~ 10 the time Of pawn nj -n.v,..
monthly, instead Of semi-moathIv, a. 10 done 4.
other com panies and,
WHIReAs, The said company does not p.,n !.
proper or just weight 20 the miner for the eo,l
he eXhum Q therefore be il
Resolved, That the miners of 81 Clair coma.
ty, State OF Illinois, do bind ourselves 1, diy NJ
more cotl for said company, and no move shao
$50 bushels per week for anV other como,n,
or operator, until the above diliculty 10 Oettled
| The meeting was then addressed bv
Messrs. Owens, Taylor and O'ConneII
on the necessity of combination for
mutual protection, and also on the ne.
cessity Of sustaining an organ to repre-.
sent. their interests. One Of the SPEAK
ers stated that the miners, in common
with other Laborsrs. had all they wanted
in the WoRKINGMAN's ADVOCATE, pub
lished in Chicago and Philadelphia.
The meeting then adjourned 10 tht
best Of humor. Before closing, | de
sire to say that these men must be in
stilled with a more than ordlnar,
amount of enthusiasm to come from |.
to 20 miles to attend q mass meeting
such as that TO which have referred
held in the open air, when the ther
mometer stool below zero, and thr
wind was blowing hard from the north
west, and the snow-hakes covered al
in attendance, as they did yesterday.
OBsRBvER
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enece upon the dem4se pCFteou U4 vHU
community. and knpOn graduating
5uior4 1t is a pity that this is
all blaAt IL iss pity thassthe intellec-
tual freedom and capacity Of our learn
ed Professors are usually in IN inverse
ratio 4, the size Of their telescopes and
the amount of their endowment funds
True, you find sometimes a man, in
what @re called the scientific depart
mentss Whose research, whose boldness
and WI Dse love of truth regardless of
personal interests, places him in the
FIRST rs aks; bat then such men are rare
and thty do not communicate to their
studeTt4s that which is the most valuable
Of thesr information. The great mass
of meS to whom the teaching of youth
is entrusted are safe" men; men who
have DO crotches. no ridiculous notions,
men Y no have the interests Of society"
at hestt. They are usually character
lied hy want of character and origi-
nalitH commendable spirit of ODE
dienCp towards their employers, and .
love IL ease and good dinners. Society
gives them dinners and they give their
charges in return, all the approved
maxiIhs of responsibility" " Society"
knows whom to select to perform these
ofics, and its choice usually falls
upon some delapidated Divine, who Ia
instsI lied president, makes an orthodox
speeAh and then subsidies into quies-
enceA laziness, and Paley's philosophy.
With seat in fashionable chureh and
dinner at six on Sunday, occasionally
!, preaching from the text "Servants
(noA rendered workingmen) be ODE
dient TO your masters.
Flom such blind guides what is to be
EXPECTED? But it is a waste of metal
to Fight them. They do not even pre-
tenG to rely upon themselves. Such il
theiE feebleness that they would fall the
moNent that capital no longer found
the4. necessary to carry out Its pur-
posts. Capital itself grins ct their de-
graSation and commands them 60 on
tea{ hing the doctrine that, " 1t is well
enoLgh fthe people will obey the laws
which we have made without troubling
themselves with investigation" These
mesy who control the education Of
| American youth, love darkness rather
thaI light, because their deeds are srSl
The people are like
en- infant crying 10 che night,
Ana with no language but q cry"
society brings every influence to
beSh to continue the reign Of darkness,
thak it may continue to Cypress. Those
VIII would let in the light upon the
fostering mass Of corruption that ia
coAcealed beneath the friendly shades,
they brand, persecute and cruelty.
tsut these things will not be always.
Ar outraged humanity viii Mt length
ASSERT its rights. Already the low
no ses of the coming tempest, are heard
in line distance betOkening revolution
moral, social and religious. Woe be to
THOSE who have labored to quench the
light from heaven and who have trea.
sur ID up wrath against that day, for
featful will be the retributiop.
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N u AAAo@0 49, - ~@~@&@ -
Our Washington dispatches inform
US that there is not single National
Bank in the country bat what might
have its charter revoked for violation Of
the usury laws. And further than this
we are advised that the comptroller
ofthe currency has informed the seve-
raj National Blisters, that so many
complaints having been made Of the
charging eff usurious rates of interest by
them, he would be compelled to inquire
further into the matter, if the practice
be not summ&rily discontinued. This
10 certainly very harsh procedure, and
one that lily accords with the spirit of
leniency that has heretofore pervaded
that officials dealings with the banks,
and we earnestly hope that his innate
generosity will impel him to " let up"
on them. The faithful and strict COM
pliance with the laws that is thus to be
90 rigidly exacted of them is shame,
and marks US most illiberal people.
These national banks, according 70
Jay Cooke and satellites, are an indis-
pensiblc adjunct to our financial and
business prosperity, and being such,
seeing that their privileges are so few,
and their profits nothing TO speak OF, y
we should deal rs leniently with them
~ the orthodox spirit Of our institution
will permit It would be far different
matter if this tri6ing innovation spon
our harsh tenants were perpetrated By
workingmen who are Of inconsiderabk
importance at best, but as the accused
are gentlemen Of such high standing
in the community, and, as their social
ed crime is, in reality, no more than .
somewhat liberal construction of theiI
privileges, we think government should
deal with them kindly that they may
be encouraged TO continue their phil
anthropic labor, Of adding yearly to our
already prodigious +" national bless.
SuD ~
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Mr.. Burns moved that the gentle
men nanstd Mold q meeting and unite
the workingmen residing in the dis
tricts where no appointments had been
made, and AJAX them 10 make nomina-
tons for the same to be filed by the
committee. LAST. Mr.. Purdy moved,
when the meeting adjourn, that the
committee meet to organize (; carried.
Mr.. Kuhn moved that the committee
act with the regularly organized labor
associations "a far as they want to take
part, which was adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Shank, the thanks
of the meeting was rendered to Mr..
Trevellick for the able remarks deliver
ad BY him.
Mr.. Walsh. of the printers, said he
could not see how this committee could
60 to the Workingmen's Union The
delegates from his union were sent
there for trade purposes, and 1t they
were going to NEEDLE any moro with
politics they would probably be with
drawn. He claimed that the last fall
campaign should be lesson, enough to
satisfy any one of the mischief of intro
ducing politics into trade societies.
Mr.. Mulhall thought that the men en-
rolling themselves in the several dis
tricts ought to record their trade or
calling, which suggestion, or motion,
was adopted.
On motion the meeting then adjourn
ed.
Immediately after the adjournment
the committee met and organized, BY
selecting James Connolly, chairman
and Mr.. Bossong, Secretary. 1t was
then resolved to confer with the Work
lingmen's Union on Friday evening. the
18th ult-, to which time the COMMITTEES
stands adjourned
| What the Globe says of the meet
ing=
The labor party may be said to b
fairly inangursted in this city. W.
have strong hopes of it and that it vii
grow to something more than labo
party-that it will become q party Q
the people, and hence a party Q
power"
Ht BRowNING.
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sons from cause 20 elfeel, warks ont
ine-spun and plausible theories, which
are soon exploded BY the stubborn facts
Of practice and expsrimce. Wemm
reasons from effect to cause, md es-
tablishing her conclusiens upon safe
and sufficient data, she rarely fails
She is not the inferior of man in mental
capacity, but rather so constituted as
to become his guide and mentor, and
even in this one particular, man knows
not how much he has lost by bringing
woman into subsection, cramping her
powers, and depriving her of the
ability to lead him to higher fields or
thought and reason than those which
he now possesses. God made woman
a helpmeet for man, but man has trans
formed her into . dead weight to drag
him down. Leave her free and an
trammeiled, and che will not only raise
and benefit herself but she win also
raise and benefit the other half of
humanity.
Having obtained possession Of the
knowledge OF the powers at our COM
mand, we must use those powers in
leading our husbands, to see just the
position they OCCUPY in the world
economy, endeavor to make them real.
lie their own worth, persuade them that
they are better and more worthy Of
honor than corrupt politicians, land
sharks and speculating gamblers. that
they are, in fact, Natures noblemen,
and it is high time they asserted their
manhood and claimed their due. The
first thing we have to contend with il
the lack Of self-assertion, but the ways
and means by which it can be over
come. and the obstacles that stand in
our way to be surmounted, must b.
left for future article. ...
MRs. NJ. WYNKooP.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-02-26
TIE LADIES' COLUMN.
To the Wives Of Workingmen.

Dear Lady Readers Of the ADVOCATE
A short time since i wrote an article
for paper containing this paragraph.
:" My mind has been somewhat exercis-
ed with regard to the looseness Of our
marriage laws; the tendency to free
lOvism, and the frequency Of divorces |;
and l must confess it appears strange
to me that the application for divorces
are made mostly by dissatisfied wives.
l keep asking myself, why is it SOP If
these women wished to escape from
the duties and penalties of married
life, it would not be altogether 80 much
Of q mystery; but in most cases they
free themselves from one man only to
come under the same subjugation to
another. Will some one solve the pro-
blem? In my researches into this in
comprehensive state of affairs, l can
not find case of divorce among the
sober industrious mechanics. do not
say that it has ever occurred, but do
say, that have no knowledge Of such
an occurrence, and the question comes
with force, Why do not mechanics
wives seek divorces?' 1t is certainly
known to every one that the life of
mechanics wife is an uphill one. Why,
then, does she not endeavor to escape
from her perplexities to an easier and
more pleasant life? The mechanic is
a man of tender feelings, kind and
sympathetic, Of irreproachable integri-
ty, and purity of character, indulgent
almost to a fault; yet where . question
of morality, of right and wrong is con-
cerned, firm as q rock. A man that
calls out all the good there is in
woman, and becomes to her almost an
object Of worship. Never realizing his
own goodness, and partaking too much
of the nature of humility to assert
himself This, ! believe, is the general
character Of workingmen. The best
men in the world the salt of the earth,
but lacking self-assertion."
/ have not the least doubt that the
lady readers of the ADVOCATE will bear
me out in this, that they think with me
we have the kindest and best husbands
in the world, and were our hardships
ten times harder, yet, should endeavor
to endure them, and never dream OF q
separation, but we cannot help some
times entertaining the thought that we
are tied and bound, and find ourselves
wondering if there is not some way Of
eecape from this hard life, and asking
ourselves If we could not in some way
help our husbands to bring about a
better state of things.
The woman movement, if it accom-
plish nothing more, has opened the
eyes Of man to the fact that she is an
individual human being, possessed of
thoughts, feelings, desires, aspirations,
sentiments, ideas, &c, which he alone
claimed to possess. She can theoriEe
as well as he, though, unlike him, she
attaches little value to theory until she
has seen it in practice. She has seen
30 many Of his theories in regard to
herself, at which she has smiled in de-
rision, only waiting for fitting oppor-
tuuity to show him how much his rea-
sOning was at fault, and Overwhelm
him with practical exposure Of its alb
surdity.
Woman's perceptions are quicker
and clearer than mans; she sees more
and further at q single glance than he
will BY . prolonged stare. Man req
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-02-26
THE NATIONAL ADDRESS.

We feel that no apology Ia necessary
for the space We have devoted to the
presentation Of this valuable document.
It is certainly no fiattery to say that it
is one of the ablest and most important
addresses ever presented to the Ameri-
can people. Its premises, its logic, its
argument and conclusions are Hn0s-
ssOsr0Ns, and leave nothing further to
be sAid to prove that the principles Of
the National Labor Union are sound to
the core. To the committee which has
20 eOnsistsntH performed its duty
the thanks Of every nottingham is
due. Want of room precludes q more
extended notice at the present time.
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political economy anil states nansbin a
any paper that bas ever 0oen pre,sn,.I I,-
the American people. have sent Il thru,
the associated press here to all parts j q
country, and hope the papers will give !, ~
fair 'tice. All that is necessary i T., -"
principles and doctrines to be under.,ooyS Sr
the people. fOS them to triumph I sH"Io y
two songs; one has never been ur;D.oS
Give them place in your paper u W. |.
you can. A FD,~~