The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-06-11

retaining the money Of ths r,ss y!
using it as they Only deemed ns 90
without consulting the payers a it n
60 how i should be- disposed {" : - =
Yes intcrposed the first s,ra !,
VIII continue to be the grounds oS ~. y
plant so long as the men Ara rn :. Oo1'
restrained from the full and am. asuy
control 2, Of that fund us they ought y, y
Mr.: Walker, the Presidert ~ ~
company. says the delegation will 1ne
monthly statement to be returnsS Su !.
inc Workmen, showing what mopsv AZ | 70 70
been drawn in and what has been ~ ~,
out But asserts we coul1 n. PAl (.
the society was left TO ourselves - y
duct it impartially, whereby MI 1c nv,
be benefited" YOU'D
"You have heard, then, the fnn
port Of the deputatiou that aw.;.as y
directors 2" 81 merely heard W coa ~
not be entrusted with its control y S, ~
tinued the first speaker, "and ! ~
clude the very essence Of suoh an 80 -
sertion to be insulting"
"And 50 do r.
LET me-" said ], "without heinz, ',
trusivc, ask you If you can give nv ~ "
tory Of this fund.-" H''
Il can give ityou," said tha a...
speaker, shaving been here since NM
company fell into the posseaSioa -. -
these works. In the first place vRs"
these works were started, the Work;Da .
men being al poor, having mierrass
from some distant part Of this cc1rt,,
or from the old ones, and expended N
their scanty means N reaohine nm.
considered it would to their adva.
tage, and Think It tokened Ro,$
thing Of prudent forethoueht IN th.m
that they should lay aside one Der o..,
of their gross earnings 70 Be- drawn, ~.
by those who from sickness or acc;ds..
should be rendered unable 70 WOW !.
the rate Of Eve dollars pei week nm.
was all right for a while, until the fana.
were accommodating on their hands: 49,
this not being the object they arree7
to reduce the monthly installmenta A
fifty cents each man. Under thea h.
rangements the surplus continued tom.
crease, and having appointed q penL
clan to attend on them EXCLUSIVELY, tIer
considered it altogether unneeessarf
and by a vote Of the members al.
solved it. When the strike was end
ed, the company observing thdtl i
might be q means Of revenue, adOplnd
it, first deducting fifty cents peF meaaA
from each man in the work, and afey-
wards increasing it 70 one dOuaE5 And
now evena One dollar tax, it is in debt
last month to the amount Of seer o."
"Show me how it could be al tBdntte-
of revenue to the company. fcahnot
see that very WE'LL"
"Could ought else induce them 70
hold on to q thing that was % mnak
trouble to them? So much % thn
they claimed Eve per cent on che sums
drawn to compensate them, when tinb
and again the men have earnestly SOLE
tied them to relinquish it, and theT
would manage it themselves" Ef
DO they keep FIVE per cent n
that ?"
$50 it 10 said. We cannot telI it
certain, az we never get amy gtStemeHt
i'm detail of its business"
ssHow many might there be paying
into that fepdf"
"On an average throughout Last year
/ should think there would be OvgrHye
hundred"
'"That is a nice little sum, indeed
SO, 900 per year, / think it iS wmth %
little talk, if that will put you Of Who
controls this money!" A~' AAi ~@
"The superintendent, alone. He
it is who says whether We shall
have any when we are SICK or ncb
and even when our claiwp--Jue nA
mitted to be valid, we have gCA.SsA-i.ss
to wait fopf and six weeks before wy
get them paid. The reason assigHed
being, u" that the money drawn M ~
inadequate to supply the demands o.
the present action.n mo
what will the men do now, that the
company have declined to sccede @
your request, in giving the affsirs into
your own hands ?"
They cannot do anything" replied
the second speaker, who had merely
listened to the statements given. They
cannot do anything. They must sunet
on. The season is dull. The dem4nf
for our labor is meagre and the ner
plenty. "I have lived, I" said be, long
time, i have been in England, / have
been in Scotland, / have been over .
large part of this continent, and tne
treatment the men suffer at the haadI
of the Chicago and Wilmington, Goa
Company at Braidwood, ! have never
seen equaled. Two dollars per month
is deducted from each miner to pay
men whom they never employ, eM
dollar for blacksmith, one dollar M
physicians, whom they never aP
pointed and last of all one dollar fcr
this Sanitary Fund over which Wecan
have no control, and a thousand other
grievances could mention. The EpRHG
Of freedom is surely on the wane, ano
the once proud workman of Amerlcs
fast becoming the slave to hltny
lucrS and the selfish propensities o. nf
tyrannical and inscriptions fellow
man"
DO / understand you TO say ies
coal miners have to pay the companys
blacksmith, and have not the appoint
ment of their own physician, but mus
pay those whom the company employ.
Even so. But my story would Dt
too long. When we meet to'moT"
/ will tell you the rest"
"Did it work well then z" :,
"Yes, to the entire satisfaction
every one" III.
"That is a contradiction then, unog
putable, to the company's assertion ',
your being inadequate TO conduc'"t
one yourselves"
should think so" -
allow was that institution abohSn''