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


scarcely left The ofRcr, bsf're ne we're startled
"i''s the r"Ia.rt that The roof Of the west wing
= 'hs C"fi +l-'sst we fileu, And shss seven
bI~sussfs tInhioSed n .tsis sppes toss Of the
o1lli'ng hal been seriously. IL not fatally in
J"red Subsequent inquiry has proven tina
truth Of the rumor, and also the startling f.c.,
that none Of ths Injured men had a dollars in
sursnce In AHIs Of accldeas company. Such
folly seems almo~ past Belief; day after day
the community is Startled With the occur.
renee Of some catastrophe. in whies the, work.
fngnnanAthe father Of a family dependant on
bis daily labor for theirdaiy bread-ls ushered
into eternity, and yet 10 the face Of these facts
workingmen seem perfectly satisfied to 70 ON
In the cid jos-sros way. seemingly careless
whether the workhouse privais charity
shall keep their little ones from starvation.
This indifference is th. more criminal, because
Sy she payment Of the psltry sum of $3.50
Il cents per day--s yearly policy Of el 900 can
be secured. Nov, suppose that the painters,
killed by the falling Of the scaffodiug, had paid
but five cents per day, for an accidental policy,
their Families would now be entitled to, and
sould receive the sum Of $4,000 or suppose
that the plasterers lad done likewise, the weekly
stipend Of ti0 would nov be granted for
twsnty.sx weeks. Az 1t ID, no provision has
been made, and the results can easily be antici.
pated. r..t.r.r ,roys
We know it's popular idea that there il
little need for such precaution being taken, ex
cept when travelling. and yet, careful com
pilation Of statistics has proven, beyond the
power OF controversy, that more men are killed
st home, in their residences, ofices, and
on the public streets, while pursuing
their regular avoeations, than are killed while
travelling on steamboat or railroad car. The
value Of such precsutien-secnriug an insur.
ance policy-may be judged BY the fact, that
ONE In TEN Of cur population meets with an
accident every year; and che records Of the
Travellers Insurance 0smpany Of Hartford,
show that one in every fourteen Of its $50 600
policy holders have received ecmpenaasiou for
damages received, whhe on IL bssss are the
names OF eleyen thousand persona, 20 whom
monies have been paid, in fnlnllpent Of their
contracts A word to the wise Il safscsenA He
that hath ears to hear let him hear The head
ONCE of the company Is 10 his city, so LaSalle
street, Gen. White, Manage the branch Office.
corner Clark and Randolph streets, ]. M.
Culver, Agent, where all necessary information !
may be obtained. .rrtf Ell NG4E-
PERTINENT RESOLUTION. the list SEES
sion Of the Common Council, the following
preamble and resolution was introduced by |
Alderman Carney, for which We return him the |
sincere thanks Of the workingmen Of Chicago:
WHEREAs, It appears TO this Council that the |
Boaiu Of Public Works thought proper to
reduce the wages of the mea in their employ
men: from wo dollars and half to one dollar
and half per day, and at 50 Indictment a
season as this has been and
WHEREAs, Twelve shillings q day 10 scarcely
sufficient to support a single man. much less
maintain wife and children and
WHEREAS, The Board has in their emuloy.
ment only from twenty to thirty men, who must
be in readiness day and night whenever called
upon to work, and generally up TO their knees
10 water, so that they can rarely have a dry
foot, and must work in places Of 50 foul
stencil thst life is in danger, and many of the
men si0ilsrly engaged have lost their health
from that cause as well a. from their ooc tlnual
vet feet and,
WHRREAs These men are our equals before
the law. it is not consistent with the spirit Of
our free Oons tuition that they should be treated
with manifest inhamanity, whilst certain city
officials, who do almost nothing, and if they do
any hing are at their ease, and in comfortable
quarters while WISHING, aud recsiye four or
FIVE thousand dollars per annum.
WHEREAs, It appears to the members Of this
Council that due regard must be had b the
danger of reducing men to starving wages, and
making paupers Of their families, and candi.
dates for the County Poor House, to be sup
ported at the expense Of tire tax payers.
WHEREAS, Such reform m that introduced BY |
the Board of Public Works is uusurtAy of an
American institution, whilst If reform Il at all |
to be attempted, let Il begin at the head, and /
in Offices whose occupants can an ,rd TO suffer
without any fear Of being injured |
in health or reduced to pauperism be il, and
ia hereby tr ..1 sons
Resolved, That the Beard Of Public Works, I
be, and they a'e hereby. called upon 20 recon |
slider their action in reference TO the reduction /
of the dailV wages 0f the up1 in their emnloy /