The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-12-10

The last number of the Iron Aoul
ders' Journal contains the following
complimentary ~ notice of the scab-
hing fraternity, who make Buffalo their
headquarters. To appeal to the honor
of sue men would be casting pearls
before swine:
"The very name causes a thrill OF
disgust to shoot through every honest
moulder in the land, and SO far as our
trade is cpncerned,th the city should have
a new name, and we would suggest
'Scabtown.' OF all the unprincipled,
degraded, slavish and God-forsaken
creatures in the world that we have
ever heard or read of, the mOulders OF
Buffalo cap the climax, and the few
honorable exceptions only prove the
truth OF our assertion. If any EN-
ployer with about the same selt-respect
rs Buffalo moulder, wants to cut
down wages, he HES himself to Buffa-
10. II he wants 10 discharge men and
hire boys, and get tool to assist him,
he goes to Buffalo. If he wants q set
of men without spirit enough to say
their life is :heir own, he goes to Buff
falo. There he can get material in any
quantity, to do all the work he wants
done. If he don't go 10 Buffalo, and
there is any trouble in his foundry, Buff
falo will come to him. If there is a
little trouble in Cleveland, along comes
Buffalo. If Rochester wants to settle
a grievance, Buffalo is about. If To-
ronto wants to prevent he contract
system,s she must cut the telegraph wire
and rob the postoffice, or Buffalo is sure
TO be there. And so il is in any and
every direction. Buffalo could, if hard
pressed, supply the world with scabs-
the supply seems inexhaustible. And
to this condition they have been
brought by their own free will, and yet
they are called men(1.
During September a member Of our
organization went there to work, and
with desire to benefit himself and his
fellow moulders, undertook the hercu-
lean job Of recognizing No. l3. After
some little effort he succeeded in get
ting six, like himself, with spirit enough
to detest slavery in whatever shape it
appeared, and they reorganized No.
ID, and Immediately every scab and
scallawag in Buffalo was bounding at
ter them and drove the leader out OF
the shop, but he refused to leave the
the town, and went into another bust
ness, and they are crashing their teeth
IN lmpotent rage because they can't
force him from the city. BY our in
structions he called on Adam Mann
(what misnomer) and demanded the
seal. He did not get it, but he will
Louis Friol, former Cor. Rep. anC
delegate to the |. u, is using his infiu
ence to kill The attempt to keep up the
Union. As the Cor. Rep, Il. J. Gillen
is beyond their power, our Unions may
rely upon having full information as t
the various movements Of the Buffalo
mans.
Now what is your duty under tn,
circumstances Allow us to tell you
1t is to SO perfect your organization
that a moulder leaving Buffalo vii
never know peace until he gets bacl
again. 1t is to treat every man with
out a card as coming from Buffalo
1t is to treat every man coming from
Buffalo as you would the sneak THE
who would steal your coat, or the bur
glar who would break into your house
Treat him with contempt. or sOmethin
he could Be more likely 70 feel.
Buffalo No. is in Ohio. We wi
write it up next month";"