The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-03-12
THE MINERS.
MURPHYsB0Ro, Feb. 26. 1870

NUhrhfSBOkO, reO. 20, loIV
To the Editor Of WOknEGMAEs ADVOCATE
A public meeting was held last eve
ing in the County Court room Of hi, cp
under the auspices Of District No. 2,OiS
American Miners Association. TtnI
largely attended BY miners and Che q
zens in general. II was called tOOrt
by the president, Mr.. Crews, who bra
ly stated the objects Of the nsetng
and then nominated DR.. BIauChri
mayor Of the city, to preside. HIAm
or, in few brief, pertinent remark h
accepting the portion, thanked The
ners for the honor shown him, and =
sured them Of his sympathy and @
port.
Mr.. Plaster, a member Of The Ogn
zation. was then called o., and bnsa|
stated the grievances under which b
miners are laboring, and the inju&a
done by operators. He eIoqusuty \ |
ferred to the determined stand taka J
the men, and claimed the sympathy
the public at large, as the miners 81 \
determined to preservd law and OrdG
and at the same time assert their ngip
as men.
Mr.. John HinchcIiffe, the champs
of the American miners, was thei 2
troduced, amidst deafening sppbr
Mr.. p. proceeded at some length to d
fiue the relative position occupied =
pectively by employer and employs
and the necessity which existed n
mutual understanding between siD
and labor, claiming fhe labor Of -
workman equal to the capital Ofthfs
ployer. He then proceeded pSn'
the immense advantages illinois p
sessed over many Of her sister S1r
in the possession Of her immsne ~
beds, and the special advantages n
afforded for the dev lopment OfLb
Of manufactures, especially that d w
all along the immense valley Of
Mississippi as the coal beds Of LID
furnished fuel, aud the iron mine
Missouri the ore in abundance. adj ,
a superior quality to that furuIshsa
any other portion of the State. vi
He then set forth the position ~
miners of the present day with nN
the miners Of the last generation; =
ing forth, at some length, the prog
made by the craft since the orgND
ton of unions of lodges; and br0as
The comparison down to the pres
1av. He also referred to the SdVU'
ges gained by the action Of the n'-
Ders of the Constitutional ConVeaL
now in session, as 1t was the 1rs''
N the history Of the State, that ms',
fare or interests Of the miner baa 7
recognized in the formation Of ns
ganic law of any State; and Nn@
might expect Of the future, 4 unn
He showed the application OF ~
'piracy laws upon the employer II
IS upon the employe, and eOP gT',al
portrayed the action Of the ~
States Congress, and all other
i've bodies, on railroad and Lana
md all other monopolies, sGo
persistent refusal to recognize tns%
IF labor their action on nations -
md banking laws, showing all =
ion to be made for capital, an
or labor. ,,.,t
The rapid growth Of the N i;sD
Labor Union, and the recognDD
receives ut the hands OF lesd'Hft inr
icians, was next reviewed. ~@
concluding, be feelingly referred i, ! 7
position the miner occupied 10
md the dangers, seen and unS Tha
which he was hourly exposed, ~.
his avOcatlon, ana ."nrf
ity for Organizingla0or union; ;-nsSs
district in the State, and toe ~
,ower which could be welded |" b
working men at the ballot OOt
vas frequently interruPteo go
Widest applause, and when dc