The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-02-26

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them. for several meetings past, mat
ter Of very great Importance, indeed
4 maAter Of vital importance TO all con- !
cerned, but especially to the journey !
men NJ the union, and the considera- |
ton of the matter has occupied the at
tention of the union to the exclusion
Of everything and everybody else. and
| it may be that this was the cause OF MS
not being admitted to state his case be-
fore the union. But however that may
| be il il deeply to be regretted that .
ave minutes audience was refused to
the representative of five hundred OF
our brothes toilers, who are engaged
in one Of the grandest, noblest, hui
humanitarian contests thatl 1t 10 possible
To conceive of-THE BATTLE OF THE
roILrRs FoR THEIR RIGHTs. we have
arrived at that period in the labor
movement in this Republic, when the
distinction of trades must cease, and
The lines of demarcatiOn between O
hricLlaver and q machlnist, shoe
maker and q printer, must be erased,
and the grand brotherhood working
men be established, to whose councils
= feIIow-toiler, be his calling what it
NAV. Who comes from band of bro
thers on strike, shall be welcome yisi-
tor at all times.
THE sroNK-CUrrERs' BALL.
The iourneyrnen stone-cutters asso-
citation gave q ball on Wednesday
ovan;no AZ the new Assembly Rooms,
1 Hanover street. Complimentary tick
cts had been issued TO the presidents
Of the various trades unions, who. rs q
general thing, acknowledged the COM
pEment by their presence. The ball
opened about nine O'Clock with o grand
a march, after which sets were formed
and old and young mingled in the mer-
lry dance. The programme, comprising
a selection of the choicest and most
: popular dances was gone through with
as far as the intermission for supper,
, when the dancing hall was almost de.
serted, to enjoy the social rePartee Of
the supper table. Supper over, the
grand saloon presented . lively and
animated scene rarely surpassed even
in this temple of fashion, which was
kept ND until the balance of the pro-
, gramme had been completed. The
grey streaks of the mornings dawn sd
monishing the devotees of pleasure that
another day was rapidly approaching
preparations for home became the or
! der Of the hour, and in an incredible
short space of time the great hall be
came deserted, and where, but q littit
1 time before youth and beauty, life and
; animation, reigned supreme, all was o.
lence. and darkness held undisputed
7 sway. The best Of order and decorum
prevailed during the edtire night, and
: much of the pleasure and enjoyment OF
: the guests was owing to the diligence
: and good taste of the committee OF ar
} rangements, and floor managers.
A sCABBY QUESTION.
, A few days ago your correspondent
was the recipient Of the following
note, which evidently, came from one
of the Medical fraternity:
BALTIMORE, Feb, Is, ls70.
In company With some gentlemen, / paid
visit to one Of the o. ster sne Fruit Packing Es-
tablishments Of the city in TIE vicinity Of Bal
timoPe and Eutaw streets. Orr attention va
called to Q paragraph in q letter published n
the WoRKIEeMANs ADVOCATE. published in Chi
: cago and Philadelphis in which mention i
. made OF a certain class Of erin.inals bei0g at
fiicted with an uncerous disease, which il "a;
: insinuated was contagious, ard might even De
contracted by cattle We have examined the
books. bat can Rnd no such disease "a you
speak of described therein. We have also en-
} ouired, and consulted among the fraternity, but
have arrived ut no satisfactory conclusion
cannot close this without requesting YOU, not
onlv for INV own benefit and that Of the fTater
nitv 20 which have the honor to belong, bnt
for she sake 81 humanity, to describe the dis
ease tn which you allude. Allow M to sub
scribe MYSELF YOURS, &c,
n. D. AEDICUs, N. D.
. It is not the first time that M. d.
Medicus, and the fraternity to which
he belongs, has come across diseases
which was beyond their power to cure,
and their comprehension 70 understand.
could enumerate many of them, but
it is unnecessary. The diseaseto which
. alIusion was made in the correspond
ence referred tots known as Of the spe-
cies Scabiticus Ulceratus," and like
the "Relapsing Fever" prevails among
the working people Of thickly popula-
ted cities. The seat Of the disease is
located in the mind, which it vibrates
to such degree that the afflicted loses
all shame and manliness loses all self
respect and appreciation of personal
worth, becomes incapable of placing
value on his own labor, and Of taking
care of himself, and becomes the servile
tool of an employer to whom he looks
up to as sort Of savior, who took com
passion on his imbecility and keeps him
in his employment as dependent pen
sioner upon his munifcent charity. Ii
is difficult of treatment as it does not
effect the physical nature Of the patient,
and IL Of a somewhat chameleon char
acter. Its outward symptoms are char
acterized by a sneakish appearance,
the patient scrutinizing each passing
object with q doubtful glance, wonder
ing to himself if his malady is known to
it. am confidently informed by that
eminent physician, DR.. Altiberontifski-
fauniosticus, that there is ut the present
time ten cases of this disease under his
care, each one of which he has CLASH
fed under the following heads: The
Thomas White scab, contracted at can
making; this case he classed as No. ],
Of the ordinary kind. Pat Clark scab,
the result of tinkering, class No. 2; tins
case has lurid complexion, with ten
dency to greenness abont the eye-dle
orbit. George Ross scab, class No. 8
the lips of this ulcer has tendency to
thickness and surcharged with matter
the doctor is apprehensive Of morti6ca-
ton taking place which will rrove fatal.
Max HideIeburger and Jacob Hidele-
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