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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-03-19

The mechanics of Springfield, Ohio,
are talking of forming labor league.
THE Iron Moulders of Williamsburg
are on strike against an apprentice in
one Of their shops.
The Detroit coopers have succeeded
In their strike, the employers having
yielded 70 their demands.
Isaac MYERS, President of the
National Labor Bureau Of Colored
Men. has been appointed an agent of
the Post Office Department.
The Iron Moulders of Brooklyn have
appointed a committee to prepare o
charter to be enacted by the Legisla-
ture, authorizing them to start a CO
operative foundry.
Am Albany correspondent, an officer
of the Bricklayers' Union, writes: We
are now on q strike against . reduction
of wages from $3.50 to $3.50 per day.
Strike commenced on February 22nd,
/ think we will come out o. X.
THE Working-woman's Protective
Union of Philadelphia is doing an ex-
ceilent work among the poor widows
and shop-girls. The Union now num-
bers nearly three hundred members.
APoUT twenty coopers Of Peoria,
ILL.,, have formed a cooperative union.
They have formed contract to make
barrels for leading distiller of Peoria
at ninety cents each, and share Of the
profits accruing to the association. The
coopers outside the association are re-
ceiving from seventy-6ve to eighty
cents per barrel.
TIE force of Laborers at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard has again been
reduced, in consequence of orders from
Washington. Most of the men dis
charged are Of the Engineering and
Equipment Bureau.
We regret 70 learn that Mr.. Rosen-
stock, agent of the Troy Cooperative
Collar and Cuff Mandatory and
Laundry, has recently met with sad
affection. in the death of two promising
boys, who were suddenly taken off BY
a malignant disease. A third child
also Hes dangerously i'll.
MECHANICS UNIoN No. l.-At the
first anniversary meeting of Mechanic 3
Union No. !, of Charleston, 8. c., held
February It'll, 1870, the following
officers were elected, and committees
appointed to serve for the ensuing
year: .st
Resident-H. Caminade, Sr.
Tce,Presidents-H. c. Smokes, 81.
G. FRAZIER, A. N. Pundt
SscrtayJ. F. Veronee.
TrWswe-0. K. johnson.
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FROM ILLINOIS.
MURPHYsBoRo, March IL,

MUkFH rsBOkOS MATCH IL toi"
To the EdlsOr Of the woRKHeMAFB ADvOclsB
The miners of Mount Carbon Goa
Works are still out, and intend 10 nay
oxt until they have gained ther POlnI'
which IL only fair play. In my "'
letter / spoke concerning the ~.
just screen used. You see that for al
the fine or nut coal that goes thrOughr
the miner or slave gets nothing Vh'i.
ever /; and 2,240 lbs for the clean co'
AFTER it runs over IA feet of screen
Now, if the 2,240 lbs. was taken a'l
the coal weighed on the top Of the P-
there would not be so much room N
complaint, but capital and the bosses "
this section have pinched the poor nl'
so much that they could not bearlt ~
longer; and l am happy to say Iha
the men are determined to assert lhe'
rights and be free and not suffer bondss
any longer. We know not how long lO'
strike may last and we don't care !
am also instructed to notify the mln''
in other places to keep away from tn,
place until this difficulty 10 settled, N
give US q chance to gain our point
Since writing the above see l''
some Of the main points have CONF
the paper.
Please insert this letter, az we WY
to show to the world that we are ."
but men Of reason, knoSIu-
rightfrom wrong; and as such We ~
ever with you in the bonds Of unlCa
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FROM MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, March IL, 1870


TO the Editor OF the WoRKMoMAS's ADVOCATE.
In your issue of March 9Th, you
published an article from Baltimore,
Maryland, and in an editorial you state
that you deviate from your long es-
tablished rule. in giving place to an
anonymous communication. AS one of
the many readers of your valuable
paper, l am glad that you did SO, for
in SO doing it gives us an insight, or a
peep behind the curtain, and shows us
the source from which springs the
incubus or dead weight, the friends of
Labor Reform have had to carry; it
also shows cOnclusively that there are
men pretending to be friends and
co-laborers in the great work, who are
so blinded by prejudice that they will
turn o deaf ear to all appeals for Pc
cuniary aid, to assist in carrying on the
greatest system of reform the world
ever saw and because the majority of
the delegates to the Labor Congress
did not adopt the proscriptive policy
of . small minority, they would bolt the
track or do all in their power to en-
barrass the movement by ceasing to
responsd to the call for small sum from
each TO enable us to keep up and make
more perfect our ORGANIZATIONS. And
could such selfish and narrow-minded
protesting friends Of the labor move
msnt haze their will and be permitted
to carry ont their own bigotted views !;
and ifhigh-minded and faithful workers
in the cause were disposed to yield to
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called by the Rev. III. O. Sheldon, who
il, although an old man, an ardent
andtAn active worker in the canse. He
is, q you are aware, President Of the
State Labor Union.
TIE meeting was called under the
auspices Of the State Union, to organ
inc q local union, and was largely st
tended by the representatives Of a4
trades, which speaks well for the me-
chanics Of Carondelet, considering that
the notice was posted but a few hours
previous. The meeting was called to
'esisr as7:4s- p. I'm, Mr.. He Shel-
don In tbs chair, He stated the oh
ject Of the meeting; and, by request,
read document written by him on the
principles Of the National Labor
Union, ON the lsad and money ques-
ton ; briefly, but pointedly showing
the monetary system of the United
States, % compared with that Of other
nations also the present systematic
process Ut robbing the public of its just
inheritance-the public domain--as
pursued by Congress for tho past
twenty years, and the consequences, if
continued for Eve years more. He
then spoke Of sons length OF the duties
&C workingmen to themselves and to
their families and their fellow-man,
showing clearly to an present the me-
cessity for immediate action on the
part of labor. He next proceeded to
relate the history ofthe Labor Reform
Movement i'm all it's details from its in
fancy to the present time, showing the
increase in numbers among the pro-
ducing classes, and also the number Of
influential man; some Of those named
being found among the highest in the
National Congress. Heithen called on
your humble servant. who made few
remarks, and relateda little Of his own
experience i'm various parts of the
country, after which they formed q
Union, by the election of the following
officers: George G. Miller, President ;
Patrick Greeley, Vice -Presid ent /;
Thomas J. Gafhey, Secretary; Nicho-
las Heldrick, Treasurer; after which
the meeting adjourned, subject to the
call of the President.
OBSERVER
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- closely engaged as foreman !.
large job printing Office. R..ve9
live man, and will spend mncS M ns . ,
time IN the cause Of the rirS Cn Of i
men are much needed iust M. oOcL
that will not hesitate aSont .Ouw-nei
6cs to do public good. Cav; One sacrL
those men, and will, from pra.a.s one p
cations make his mark. '"' Ind
In the course Of a few d,v.r
to California, 50 that my paOsr 80, !. .e''n
per may continue to 90 there !. M p
pose il has been sent there ans - ! sOp
! directed all my papers tsI uus !. leh
my box to be taken to the MschO'ua. ..
Reading Room in San F rsna'l
which l judge has been done I y
has done as mnch goodas iii ~. ~
ceived it. The Ala and P.,a aae r
San Francisco has DISCHARGE . ~ q
society printers, which has res,I y w.
? unity between the council s"s d
printers. send you their c;; NM ~
which they have caused to h. si ~;
by committees from each. | viii sue ~
you again before I leave. EncIo' "l'l+
o letter from A. M. GRAY, the rraa.'
Of our council in San Francisco '' ~
wal give you q good idea Of n. ias
ton Of affairs there. The paper H. ~,
will not publish the copy Of n. Is su'''
because MIR. Stebbins is . repubIic s'''I
at least that is what am told.
| am in favor Of holding DDhl.
ohcers TO q strict accountabIIitr IT =
every act, praise them when right Il, N
condemn them when wrong. '''
Your friend,
AN W.,
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FROM WYOMING TERRITORY.
Rock SPRINGS, March 8. l070


60 INC Ed'sOs OttA' WOAuuonAsA ADvos.n
Allow an old subscriber, to give "a.
q fe0 itens Of the far West ~,
night death. in its most horrid Co..
visited us. This place couDrs.
little over one hundred and iAv !,
habitsnts, still it boasts Of those b.uy;0,
which are 60 common along this rca
A short time ago it had two fem,.,
and q man running an establishnem
Business be ing rather dull with them
one Of the females left. Also. ths,
lord and master vamoosed for A ,hor
time, leaving one poor female ms.
ter of Che place. Early this mornp,
the inhabitants were suddenly awake
ed by the alarming cry Gin o tent town,
Of fire. BY the time help was N,
cured the tent in which this door m
fortunate resided was enc sheet "
fame. All our exertions were NM
forth in striving to save the surOudm,
tents, in which We fortunately ,up,
decided. And not until after the aamn
had subsidized, did We find the chsrs
and blsckened remains of the vOt
woman. The general feeling q NJ
community is pity, because she W.
accounted the quietest and most order.
ly woman, of the kind, along the who,
road her name was Bell Roach.
Perhaps you are aware that thn
one Of the places where the Wyoming
Coal Company, get the Black damon
dug from these otherwise barren mOun
tains. Possibly you may be under The
impression, az / believe, the most Oftht
miners are, that out in this far aVE
barren country, we would not knOv
what oppression meant. Alas, forpoG
humanity; poverty suffers be where d
may. Last winter the miners used D
dig coal here for eight cents per bushe,
getting paid for their fine coal besides
For several months they have beer
digging it for Eve cents per busha
besides having to riddle their coal, .
well as pushing it very great dn
lance. The company have built !
truck store, from which they say tk
men will have to take their goods, q
else leave the work. There were tN
stores here before they. commence
theirs. The superintendent Of tn
mines says he has the wheel In hiH On
hands, and that he viii make 1t 20 .
he pleases.
For the last three weeks along TIE
whole road there has not been Two
hundred tons Of coal dug, nOtHh
standing for the past two months thg
must have passed over forty men from
the States and from the first vOh
they do the amount OF their passage y
kept Off Now, they have the msrkd
over-glutted with coal, and o super
abundance Of laborers, 20 that be ~
tuslly thinks he can do what b
Pleases with rs; that remains to b.
seen. Hope this will help TO enEghtH
some, or all, Of our brethren boz
things really arc in this black rOcNr
gion. A Coal DIGeEE
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FROM PENNSYLVANIA,
ASHLAND, March 10, ~

ASHLAND, MaTCH ~
To the Editor OF the woRKnaMAEs ADVOCATE
| can scarcely tell you what ~
things will take here just now I
Scranton men, instead of susPenu"r
as their delegates at the meeting Of !"
general council agreed to do Y,
continued to work on and pour l"7
quantities Of coal into q markell NJ
is already so low, that basis wages
not be paid.
The object Of the large coAi V a.,
panies is obviously that OF Ore''
down individual enterprise; 80"
object, the men they seem to Ow" ,b.r
so much their slaves, as to secoho :"
movements. u.
When it was discovered tnss -.
Scranton men continued 20 woln
great dissatisfaction was felt mr. MT
out the other districts, and Q 0S |, u.
meeting was called ut when .hO,s
agreed for q eSos coIerie'
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POPULAR EDUCATION.

1t may not be uninterestfng at this
juncture, when the question of popular
education is engrossing the attention Of
our friends in Great Britain and Ire
land, to compare the attendance of
scholars in one of our western states
-Wisconsin-with that Of many Of the
European countries. From a doom
ment issued by the superintendent
of education, we CLEAN the following
facts:
"There are in Wisconsin, with Q million in
habitants, S9s, TAT persons between the ages Of
and 20: of that number, between 3SO, 900 and
29O, 900 attend public or private schools; which
leaves over 100000 not going to school. But
il would be a gross mistake to presume that
their education is neglected, OF that such
rumber grow up in ignorance. Undoubtedly,
one half Of that number have already gone
through the common schools, and the other
half children from 4 70 6 years, vii! attend
school ct the right timeA Il would be great
evil IL the whole number between and 20
years should attend school, because the children
between 4 and 6 never ought TO be admitted to
anv school, and this class alone smo0nts 10
over $4,000. In order TO arrive ut q logical
conclusion 10 regard to schools attendance, the
children between the ages of and IA years
must be counted, which il the only class co n
PEELED TO attend school in Germany, and reaches
in a million OF inhabitants TO l5O, 600 or l6, OOO.
But Wisconsin, with voluntary system, sends
900, 900 children 70 school. This clearly shows
a balance OF uver 100000 in favor of the pres
- -. -
Of the importance OF education pervades the
entire community, and that q compu!soly edu
cational system is here superhuous. n We en-
courage and foster education BY making the
schools as good and attractive a. possible there
will be no lack OF pupils. Il may not be out
Of place to give the following statistics in rela-
ton to school attendance In different countries.
For every million Of Inhabitants the given
number Of persons are attending school in the
stated countries:
In Italy $4,000, per cent, or every six
teenth person.
I'm Ireland $4,000, per cent, or every
twslfth person.
"In France 100000. 10 per cent, or every
tenth person.
I'm England 10000. II, per cent, or every
ninth perso
In Scotland lee. 900, Il per cent, or every
seventh person.
ain Denmark lSO, 900, Is per cent, or every
seventh and one bait person.
"In Sweden and Norway, lS0. 900, Is per
cent. or every seventh and one half person.
I'm Holland l40, 900, IA per cent, or every
seventh.
"In Germany and Switzerland ls. 900, Is per
cent, or every sixth person.
"Iu Wisconsin, 4sO, 0OO, 70 per cent, or
every fourth person"
We see that school attendance in
Wisconsin, with its voluntary system,
is more than so per cent, over that in
Germany with its well organized COM
pulsory system.
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~. God forbid. It's record il the re-
cord of infamy its platform cunning
" devised fable. Our only. object in
referring to its twin companion i'm ini-
guilty, is to assure our Democratic
friend, that he mistakes the objects of
the National Labor Union, and the tenn
per Of its members, when he asserts
that the workingmen can gain their
object more effectually and speedily
through the Democratic party" than
through the former, or expects that they
propose to make the experiment..
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Worthy of Emulation.

1t gives us pleasure to state that the
Cigafmakers' Union of Paterson, New
Jersey, consisting Of thirty members
and three apprentices, have given to
the cigarmakers Of Cincinnati. now on
strike, the sum of $ie0. While we are
anxious to do justice to al, we believe
it can safely claim to be the banner So
ciety in the national organization.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsHINGrON d. C.. Mar,

WASHINGTON d. c., March 9.
To the Editor Of the woRKmexAxs ADVOCATE.
In your issue of the 5th. inst, you
refer to the lavish disposal of the pub
lie lands of the United States, and like
the faithful sentinel, give the alarm
which should be repeated and re-repeat-
ed until every workingman and woman
in the nation is in line to resist this
wholesale robbery of the people and
posterity.
The policy Of the government in re-
gard to the public lands, tends to trans
form many of our people, otherwise
intelligent producers Of wealth, into
land spectators. It degrades labor,
retards wholesome development and
general prosperity. While our Indian
policy has almost exterminated an en-
tire race, "without regard to sex, color
or previous condition." our financial
policy has so deformed the democratic
republican forms, ret up by our fathers
for the government of free people,
that they would be scarcely able to re-
cognize them il they were TO rise from
the dead.
We are to-day completely under the
control of banking, land, railroad and
other monopolies. The legislature,
state and national, are run, not in the
interest of the people, but to accommo-
date " shoddy sristocracy," land the
various other dangerous tyrannies that
have recently set themselves up to OPP
press and rob labor.
The small remnants of the various
tribes of Indians are still the victims of
the cupidi.y of idle and greedy specu-
lstors, and unscrupulousland and money
sharks, and there is not a tribe or "na
tom of Indians now that is not cursed
with corps of attorneys and professed
friends, even more numerous than the
tribe itself. =" In the multitude of coun-
cillors there is safety" was written for
poor Lo and the gang Of cormorants
bv which he is Just now surrounded.
Tie people have their representatives,
and the states their senators in con-
gross. The Indians have their chiefs |
and attorneys, but the overshsdowing
monopolies of the Unites States direct
and control representatives, senators,
chiefs and attorneys, and the in.
terests of the toiling masses of the
people. The wealth producers, with
out regard to sex, color, or previous
are completely swallowed
up. a i
The agents of every interest except
that of tyranny and oppression are
and like the unjust steward,
spoken of in the scriptures. Judging
from the record, is it going too far to |
assert that certain public men make
of themselves, and barter
away the positions and confidence
which the people have generously, but
intrusted to their keeping,
a Ia Harlan, Pomeroy, Whitmore d Go.
On Friday last the house of repre-
sentatives passed another swindle, and
another infamous act of
in connection with the land
business. By The manipu-
lations Of the speaker, through Mr..
Julian, chairman of the committee on !.
public lands, the restrictions placed by
him (Julian) last year on the Fort
Smith and Little Rock Railway Com
psny, were removed land the settlers are
now exposed to the tender mercies of
,oulless corporation, and Liable to have
their homes sold from under them ut
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ITHK CALL OF THE CO0PKRs.

The stirring call for National Con-
vention of the Union Journeymen
Coopers of the United States, to be
held in Cleveland, Ohio, on the first
Tuesday of May next, Published in the
present issue of the ADVOCATE under
the signature of Mr.. A. Foran, Presl-
deut of the Central Union, of Ohio, il
document which does alike honor to
his head and heart, and contains an ap-
peal, which for the welfare of the
craft we trust will meet with a prompt
and hearty response. For years past
we have demonstrated time and again
the necessity for such step being taken
both by the coOpers and stonecutters,
who, strange to say, though perhaps
more deeply interested in the formation
of a National Association than any
other class Of mechanics, have 90 far
signally failed in the performance Of an
imperative duty. We venture nothing
in asserting that the record of our
State Penitentiaries will show that
more cOnvicts are employed at cooper
age than at any other vocation, and
this too, in every instance to the dead
vantage, and in many, to the robbery of
the honest mechanic and the evil is
constantly increasing.
AS several Intellectual attempts have
recently been made to form National
Union, we earnestly trust the present
movement, will rect with encourage
ment from all quarters. On the 2nd of
December last, We published circular
signed by Chss. Luke and VIM. HI.
Joice, Presidents of Unions No. l and
2, Of Maryland, requesting. that all
Coopers. interested in the formation of
a national body, would at once move
IN the matter. Our Illinois unions we
know are ripe for the movement so are
those Of Pennsylvania, Michigan, In
diana, and Wisconsin. And although
the central body Of the Coopers Unions
of New York has just closed its delib-
erations, we have no doubt, but if the
proper steps are taken, an influential
delegation from their associations can
also be secured. Above all things we
trust nothing of sectional character
will be allowed to mar the proceed
ings. The fate of the international
Union Of Shipcarpenters and Caulkers,
should be warning to all those who
have axes to grind or hobbies to ride
at the expense of the general good. The
big l must give place to the little YOU.
Had the local unions of the seabord
cities acted in harmony with those o.
the lake cities-and nice versG-and
their interests were and are identical
both organizations would today be in
q fiourishing condition. As it is, both
have yielded up the ghost, victims to
petty chickering's and jealously.
Let every union, therefore, interest
ed in this important step, make it a
point to be represented, and in the
language of the invitation send their
best and most intelligent men men
who will combine intelligence and ca
pability, with honesty and integrity,
and the success of the Convention will
be an accomplished fact" 81
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FROM GEORGETON N, DO.
GRORGErOwN, ID. c.. March 4,

OnAV"N1 Os ~ DAarCn "
10 the Bd,tor Of the woxKusanAyn.ADveoAr
DEAE SIR: We have ut last succeed
ed in organizing the Mechanics State
Council Of Maryland, and District Of
Columbia, and / am inclined to the i'm
preston that it will now succeed. I
send you the Gassssc. containing the
proceedings of the council, the plaster
ers, Senator Casserly's letter, and other
labor matters of importance. Col.
Thomas Florenne, has consented to
appropriate one column or more of his
paper, to the labor interests. A, +.
Cavis has been selected as the editor
for that department and l am inclined
to think he will do it justice, though he
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Received.

The speech of the Hon. Geo. Spencer.
of Alabama,o on the rights Of labor will
appear in our next
Also, a copy of the Miners Re gula-
ton and Inspection Bill, recently intro
duced into the British Parliament As
we feel satisfied it will interest our min.
ing readers, we shall try and find room
for it shortly. r.-.z
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DURING the late strike Of Printers at
Pesth the managers of one ofthe news
papers invited the subscribers to as
semble in one large room, where all the
manuscripts Of which the journal would
have been composed, had the printers,
mot rebelied, were read aloud.
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FROM MISSOURI.
ST.. LOUIS, March Is. Is

ST.. Louis, March Is, 1870.
70 the Editor oil woRxxoH re Advocate.
Sir: ! attended meeting Of the
workingmen Of Catondolet last night
monday the 14th.) The meeting was
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