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have provided for our accommodation and We
shall leave their city praying fervently that
harmony may dwell among them, and that their
prosperity may in no wise be ever blghted.
8. That the thanks of this body are due and
hereby rendered TO A. G. Cameron, editor OF
the Chicago WoRKINGNAN's ADVOCATE, for bis
kind and personal attention to the delegates
here assembled, and for the very full publica-
tim Of our proceedings; and we would recon-
mend, with favorable consideration, to the
members Of our Orgariz ,tion the ADVOCATE as
n faithful and fearless exponent Of the r ghts of
labor, and undoubtedly worthy The patronage
Of every son of toll
TIE National Forge of the United
States Of the United Sons Of Vulcan
(Puddlers and BOilers) in Annual Con
ventiOn assembled, re reaf6rming the object
so their organization, declare and resolve as
follows:
The election resulted in the CHOICE Of
Bro. Hugh Mclaughlin, Of Chicago for
President Bro. VIM. Henry, of Pittsburg,
for Vice President; r. H. Jones, ofPitts.
burgh, for Secretary and John v. Davis,
of Wheeling, for Treasurer.
The President appointed the following
district deputies, viz
1st- District-BrO A. F. Dunn, Fifth
Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.
I'd. District-Bro. II. w. Thompson,
Benwood, West Va.
Sd. District-Bro. Joseph Bishop, New
Albany, Indiana.
4tb. District-Bro. W. II. Holder, S87
Archer Road, Chicago, ILL.,
5th. District-Bro. p Cronin, near 12O
South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa
9Th. District-E. B. Campbell, Sharon,
Mercer county, Pa.
b. A. McGinty moved that when we ad
journ we adjourn to meet in Cincinnati
Ohio. on the FIRST Tuesday in Aug, 1872
ct 20 o'clock A. NJ. On motion a vote o.
thanks was rendered to the Forges Of Chi
cagO and the Typographical Union Of Chi
cagO. The final report of the COMMITTEES
Of Ways and Means was read and adopted
and the Committee discharged.
The delegates presented the retiring
President with handsome purse through
B. A. McGinty, who presented the purse
together with the thanks of the differen
sub Forges, through their delegates in I
neat and appropriate address. The retire
ing President received the purse and &C
knowledged the compliments in few per
tinent remarks, desiring the delegates t
receive his warmest th anks and to return
the same to their respective Forges
On motion adjourned.
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having established Labor Bureau for that
State, similar to what we desire the Con
gress of the United States to give US.
The Massachusetts bureau has not been
10 operation two years, but its labors for
nineteen months are now before the people
in two voluminous documents, bearing
solely upon the condition of the wealth
producing classes Of that State, and the
condition of affairs, as therein exposed, is
enough TO appal the stoutest heart. The
two volumes are, in fact, a sworn history
of the Penury, ,desolation and destruction of
both body and soul, Of the producing masses,
and also Of the immense gains of the great
manufacturing companies who riot in the
wealth wrenched from the very life blood
Of its producers.
What has been ascertained in Massa-
chusetts as to the condition of the great
body Of producers, will also be asceItained
in greater or lesser magnitude, in every
other State, so soon as the proper inquiries
are made. That zone half the world
know not how the other half lives" was
never more clearly demonstrated than by
the results of the Bureau investigations,
and we firmly believe that the establish
ment Of that Bureau has done more to ad.
vance the principles of Labor Reform thar
could be accomplished in years by the usual
methods Of agitation. The facts are before
the people; there is no gainsaying them
They now know the depths, not only o.
their own but their neighbOrs, degradation
under the iron heel Of mOnopolized capital
fOstered by legislation; the remedy the,
knO,c, and they wsH apply IL.
Hence, we say the National Labor UniOr
can, in no manner, better advance the OBJ
jects for which it was organized, than BY
devlsing ways and means to induce or forc'
the Congress Of the United States to es-
tablish Labor Bureau. The eight-houl
question the land question; the coOli'
labor question; the tariff question, and th'
truths that would be elected on each o
these questions, through the Bureau, would
well repay the National Labor Union tC
devote its whole session to the securing o
such Bureau.
A failure to take active measures, fo
the securing Of Labor Bureau at Wash
ingtOn, will be criminal negligence on tb'
part Of the Congress, and will be punished
with the contempt of every true friend o
Labor Reform.
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trade as much as they may-perhaps
they cannot too much-but it is their
fault that the creature exists. He would
soon cease to exist if workingmen were
as intelligent as they ought to be. The
''6ttest' of them would not survive to
form another and higher type. Their
fossils might interest the future student,
but they would be known only by the
evils they have done. But the work.
ingmen in distrusting these may dis
trust the masses Of the people, and in
doing this he may wrong himself and
delay the accomplishment Of reforms
which he earnestly wants.
The wOrkingman needs heartily to
cooperate with every other man who
processes to reform the laws which un-
necessarily burden labor. And when
the masses of the people intelligently
resolve to 90 so, he should not with
hold this sympathy and aid OIL account
Of suspicion or distrust of the purity of
their purpose. The people will soon
have ncw'reIationships with their repre-
sentatives, and they who betray con-
stituencies will meet with such condem-
nation that the practice will soon cease.
With just principles constituting the
platform of political party, and with
the assurance that those principles will
not be betrayed by its representatives
the return Of the government to first
principles will be effected, and the ma.
tion will enter upon career of prosper
ity. which will yield happiness to the
all-not the prosperity which heretofore
has been benefited the few.
The workingman's advocate., 1871-08-05
THE INTERNATIONAL.
To the WOrkingmen of the United States

FELLow-woRKMEN The subioined
call of the general council of the J.
w. A. is hereby submitted to YOU.
Judge yourself Of the double -tonpued.
ness of Mr.. Washburne, the United
States representative at Paris, in his
dealings with the Commune, and if
your mind should be biased about the
Commune, brethren, don't forget that
all your information about it came
through the chanel Of its deadly adver-
saries, subsidized press. Don't forget
that the Commune was a workingman' 8
government and as such hated, dreaded
and illuminated by all the privileged
classes and their ubiquitous mouthpieces,
just as they do with every workingman's
movement also in this country, (see.
for example, the miners strike, the So
called riot in Scranton, the strike in
Amador County, etc.) Don't forget
that the Commune fought and fell for
claiming those rights you either enjoy
OF are striving for, i. e., the right of
selt-government and the right Of the
laborer to the fruits of his toll.
We are ready to furnish those re-
questing it with a copy Of the complete
vindication of the Commune, as issued
by the General Counciliof the ]. w. A.
About Mr.. Washburne we have
nothing more to say to-day. then that
he belongs to that large family Of State
parasites, feeding upon the public crib,
and stumbled over in almost all the
Northern States.
FRATERNAL GREETING
The North american Central Committee
0fthe j. w. A:
THEODORE H. BANKS, MILLoT AENE.
| CONRAD CARL, l.. RUPPEL.
d. DEBUoHy. K. STARKE.
JOHN DEvoT, GEO. STTEBELING.
F. FILLY, THos WEISS.
f. CROSSE, VIM. WEST.
B. HUBERT
F. A. SoRGE, Cor. Sec. box lOl,
HoBOKEN, n. }.
New YORK, Aug lst., 1871.
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UNITED SNNS OF VULCAN.
Annual Convention Of the Iron Boilers
and Puddlers National Union.

The National Forge of the United
States, convened in annual session, III
Printers Union Hall, Corn Exchange
Building, Chicago, August lst.
Owing to the temporary absence OF
the Vie President (who IS chairman
of the National Forge, while in session.
Bro. Mclaughlin, Of Chicago was
called to the chair.
Bro. Mclaughlin, on taking the cnalr'
returned thanks for the honor CONFER
red upon him, and urged the delegates
to be punctual in their attendance and
requested them to assist the chair all
that they could, by refraining from un-
necessary remarks, and making Prac'
teal suggestions, which would tend, IN
a great measure, to facilitate the Dusl-
ness of the session.
The Chair then appointed Bro j.
Ryan, of New York to take charge OF
the door.
The following named brothers were
appointed by the Chair, as Committee
on Credentials: VIM. Henry, j. A.
Flute, of Michigan, and Martin Berte,
of Kentucky.
A messenger from the Chicago
WoRKINGMAN's ADVOCATE arrived, with
100 copies Of that paper, and presented
them to the delegates, with the compll
ments Of the editor, A. c. Cameron
Esq.
The papers were received and the
compliment duly appreciated, and
vote of thanks rendered TO Dir. Cam
eron for his kindness.
The Committee on Credentials SUB
mitted their report, recommending tht
following delegNes as entitled to seat'
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The next issue and supplement will
contain the official proceedings Of the
National Labor Congress-and will not
be printed until its adjournment Sub
scribers will thus understand the situa.
ton, and in the meantime we trust they
will be satisfied with the extra reading
matter in the present number.
The workingman's advocate., 1871-08-05
CHICAGO, AUGUsT5, 1871.
Important to Delegates.

Delegates to the National Labor Congress
can Obtain tickets cor the trip to and from Chi
cago At FARE AND A FIFTH, by calling at the
Office of the WoRKINGHANs ADVOCATE, 100 ooutI
Clark street Chicago, and obtaining vouchers
Delegates Who fail to do 50 will be compelled
tc pay full fare.
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Look at Home.

Workingmen frequently complain 0
the oppression of capital. Let then
look at home, and ask themselves the
question, if their own cOwardice and
serviity is not the cause of One-half Of
it. Employers as a general rule can see
as far into a milestone as anybody else
in the country.
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temporary and imperfect projections
are all they can effect, and will in the
end, correct the wrongful distribution Of
the earnings of labor. A knowledge OF
the fundamental laws Of the creation
and division of wealth will, of course,
correct these ideas, and in proportion
as this knowledge progresses we see
broader views obtaining among work
ingmen as to their means Of escape from
what they call "wages slavery" Strikes
will not do, for under existing systems,
the operator can strike harder than the
operative.
Heretofore each class of wOrkingmen
has combined for itself-the shoemaker
for the shoemaker, and the stone-mason
for the stone-mason. But it has re.
Gently become clear that what forces the
carpenter into strikes and unions, forces
any other kind of mechanic There is
therefore principle of union among all
mechanics-an identity of position, a
solidarity of interests, which is bring.
ing them under one organization.
The great agricultural interests have
been considered as opposed to the me-
chanical, for the cheaper the produce OF
the farm the better for the workingman,
and the cheaper mechanical labor the
better for the farmer. And this sup
posed antagOnism among the industrial
classes has alwas rendered them an
insignificant political element in the
country, without influence in the max.
ing of laws. But the progress of the
knowledge we have spoken Of shows
this antagonism to be unreal, itself a
result of vicious legislation, and that
labor in all its varied and useful de-
partments has no conflicting interests,
and that therefore upon one platform
all the industrial classes of the country
can stand, and find their interest in one
organization.
Workingmen need to learn, and are
rapidly learning, that what lastingly
benefits one of their classes benefits
the whole, and thus prepares the way
for that unity of action which is neces
sary for the emancipation of labor from
what are now its burdens.
So long as the mere politicians, the
traders and SPECTATORS on the ignor-
ance and prejudices of the different
classes of workingmen, can succeed in
fostering this absurd idea of antagonists
between the various branches of indus
trial pursuits, 50 long will they prevent
the unity of action which will over
throw their power. These mutual jeal
Ousies Of the industrial classes have
been fruitful soil for the fungus growth
Of politicians they have cultivated it
we'll they have befooled ignorant and
bribed dishonest workingmen, and by
one means or another have always pre-
vented them from seeing that their IN
terests are common, and that their eff
forts should be common.
The first great need Of workingmen
is to get rid Of unworthy suspicious, of
Jealousies, which 10 a great extent re-
suit from the supposed antagonism Of
interest among themselves. They can
distrust those who have made politics
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WORKINGMEN STILL ORGANIZING.-
Mr.. Delaney Executive Of the National
Labor Union, has received an applica-
tlOp~from citizens of Oakland for a
charter for local Union in that city.
The Union will be organized tomorrow
evening. The outrageous action of a
portion Of the Grand Council of Indus
trial Reformers last week is opening
the eyes of the true friends of Labor
Reform.-San Francisco Plebian, July
26th.
The workingman's advocate., 1871-08-05
The Labor Congress

Turner'S Hall, on Tenth street, between Mar
ket and Walnut streets, St Louis, has been Sc
cured for the session of the National Labor
Congress.
Accommodations have also been secured fol-
the delegates at the Churchill Hotel, northeas
corner Of Fifth and Chestnut streets, one of tn,
most eligible locations in the city.
Delegates, to avoid mistakes. will please reg
ister themselves as members Of the Nationa
Labor Union.
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LABOR ITEMS.

WE are pleased to learn that an ct
fort is being made in New York to or
ganize Painters international Union.
Ma abundant success crown the move
ment, as We know Of no class Of work
men more in need of one.
TmRrY-oNE trades organizations are
represented in the New York Working
mems Union, and more are coming.
Good We believe President Jessup
will prove to be the right man in the
right place.
AN effort is teing made to organize
Molder's Union in Aurora, illinois,
If the character of her mechanics can be
remOdeled in the operation, President
Satin will deserve the thanks Of every
trades uniOnist.
THR puddlcrs' helpers employed BY
the Phoenix Iron Co., at Phoenixville,
are on strike for an increase Of FIVE
cents per heat
A MEETING will be held in New York
late in August, or early in September,
to express the indignation Of tile work
Z dN TIC Ou-NAtChllOU Oi the
New York eight hour law.
THE helpers Of the rolling mills al
1 DuncannOn are on q strike for more
wages, better iron, or a second helper
The works are idle, and will remain so
until the difficulties are settled.
THE stone cutters Of Albany, N. ",
are on a strike for eight hours.
WORTHY OF EMULArloN.-The Ger
man Oak St. Crispins, New York gave
the last dollar in their treasury to the
struggling miners Of Pennsylvania.
Suppose other trades had followed their
example, what would have been the
result?
WE have cheering word from the
Nutmeg State. Labor Unions are null
tiplying on every hand.
THE Crispins at Danvers, both
Knights and Daughters, have had
trouble with James NJ. Sawyer, a man
ufacturer there
THERE has been strike for an ad
vance among the pudders and helpers
at the Fremont Iron Works at Ware.
ham.
JOHN o. EDWARDS, ,of Covington. XIV.
President Of the National Forge, Uni.
ted Sons OF Vulcan, is now serving his
third term. He is Of Wplch birlh.
THERE is a great demand at Austin.
Texas, for mechanics, especially stone
and brick masons. The mechanics COM
mand 81 day in coin, and common
labOrers 81 75.
IT is stated that there are at least one
thousand Chinese shoemakers in San
Francisco, and that their competition
with the white Ahuemakers has caused
great dissatisfaction among the Girls
pins, who propose asking the Govern
ment to interfere and adopt such meas
ures as will prevent the immigration of
Asiatics into the United States. The
Chinese cigar makers, il is reported,
are also increasing in numbers and i'm
Pori ance, and interfere with the white .
cigar makers in obtaining employment |
DRYDEN and Otway lived opposite each
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BJ1 EuEE y

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receive greater or more careful considera-
ton at the coming session of the National
Labor Union than that Of devising the
ways and means to secure the formation of
a National Labor Bureau, under the control
Of the government, and to be located at
Washington At previous sessions Of the
n. L. T., the matter has been ably dis
cussed, as to The necessity Of such Bureau,
the result being the insertion Of a plank in
the platform emanating from the n. L. T.,
calling upon the Congress of the United
States to organize such a Bureau. Up
to this time, Congress has not taken any
action in the matter, and we are not dis
posed to wait until the Labor Reform party
control the destinies Of the country for the
realization Of our hopes that such Bureau
be formed.
When that time comes, the necessity for
such a bureau will cease to exist. We rant
il n0,c and to the coming session Of the
\. L. l. do we look for some intelligent
practical efforts to be made, to secure this
recognition Of the industrial interests, al
the nert session of the Congress of the
United States.
The great clog to the wheels of Labor
Reform at this time, is the ignorance oftht
ioorking masses as to the condition q
the loorking maSseS-a very broad asser
ton, but one fully borne out by the facts
" Poor but proud" is one of the attributes
Of the American working men, and they
willingly suffer all the ills consequent up
on unrequited labor, in preference to pa
rading their poverty, and the condition o
the working masses will never be known
and per consequence never appreciated ,un
til an official inquiry is instituted. The
editor, in his sanctum, the minister, from
his pulpit, the labor reformer from his ros
trum, and the Judge from the bench, may
with words Of burning eloquence, dilat,
upon the wrongs of labor, but never, unit
the facts are scattered broadcast, under th,
broad seal of these United States, vii
those most directly interested be divested 0
their Ignorance, and never will the princi
ples Of Labor Reform become dominan
throughout the length and breadth of th
land, until the producing classes fully real
ize their condition.
Massachusetts, the great liberty-lovinl
State-the State that did SO much howlin;
ever the Infamous slave system Of th
South" whose fanatics did as much. if no
more, than all others, to plunge the country
into the horrors Of civil war, wasting there
by thousands of lives and millions of treas
ure, yet contained within herself system
Of white slavery or serfdom, far more de
grading, far more CALLING, to those who la
bored under it, than that which, for years
they so persistently denounced.
The great mass Of the people Of tht
country knew it not-even those labor;r,
under it, had no idea Of the magnitude 8
the wrongs. But if Massachusetts a.
give birth to and foster anti-slavery fanatics
she also gave birth to and Eostered, as brav,
and persistent an organization Of working
man as can be found in the world. w,
refer to the Crispin organization, who, un
aided, and almost alone, with a persever
auce worthy Of the cause, succeeded il
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TRAVELLING SKETCHES.
coLUMBUs--oRIo.

Last Monday evening, July Z3u, III
company with friend Day of New York,
who had just returned from Southern
business trip, we left Chicago by the
Great Eastern railroad, to attend the
meeting Of the State Labor Union at
Columbus. After a comfortable ride of
fourteen hours, We arrived safely at our
destination, and found several friends
awaiting us, among them the Rev. II.
o. Sheldon, recently appointed execu~
tive Of the State, and ex-Pnsident
Phlieger, of the Cigar Makers Union.
Columbus is a thrifty city - q zoos
irh titau.@ ana ears subs,aHf y
! llr"a 3 III in re'' ',"gs aui'r9pualion
.I Eu3wa AN being me headquarters
w : number of politicians possessing
more than local celebrity-prominent
among whom is Senator Thur
man. Its most prominent feature is
the State Capitol-a truly magnificent
building-the only drawback being
the dome, which resembles, as friend
expressed it, Ga silk hat which has
been pressed little too closely to the
head" Like most cities which have
the good fortune, or rather misfortune,
to be the " seat of government" it evi-
IDENTIFY lacks the "go-a-headitiUeness"
characteristic of many of our western
men and towns, which depend exclu-
sively on their own resources.
In the evening we had the pleasure
ofmeeting Mr.. A Hesse, co responding
secretary of the Labor Union-strue
and faithful steward in the vineyard,
and several other co-workers. Here
too we found our old and faithful
Omaha agent J. c. Manly, than whom
no truer, more energetic friend of the
movement can be found throughout the
length and breadth of the land. We
are sorry that his efforts to maintain the
Labor Union have not met with the suc-
cess they deserve, although we we're
informed that the reform ticket polled
over 800 votes at the last election.
Columbus has four trades organiza-
tions-the Printers, Cigar Makers and
Machinists' s. BIacksmiths, St. Crispin all
Of which, we were pleased to learn ARE in
a prosperous condition. The former
organization is the oldest in the city ,and
numbers between 90 and 100 members.
The following is its list Of officers
President-G. Pierce.
Tice- e-PreSident--
Financial Secretary James Bergin.
Corresponding Scretary-William Po-
land.
Recording Secretary-A. D. NOrthagle.
TreaSurer-L. Il. Williams.
Librdridn-John Miller.
TIE Machnists' and Blacksmiths
Union has been but recently organized
through the exertions Of President
Fehrenbatch. The following is its list
of officers:
Pyesident-David Clark.
VIce. President p. Manley.
Corresponding Secretaries C. O.
Mcdonald, Eli f. Campbell.
Financial Secretary-John Uncles.
Treaswer-Chas. F. Jacobs.
Conductor-W H. Ford.
Doorkeeper-M. Shea.
TTustees-B. W. Lally, J. Albright.
A. Roberts.
Depaay-M. Fl. Scoville.
In the evening mass meeting was
held on the Capitol Square, which was
addressed by Messrs Day of New York,
and Davis Of CincInncti. In our next
we shall aim TO publish their remarks
in full.
The workingman's advocate., 1871-08-05
Central Ohio.

Mr.. J. G. MANLEY, Is our authorized
agent for Central Ohio. He is author
lied to solicit and receive subscriptions,
and all monies paid him for the same
will be recognized at this office.
The workingman's advocate., 1871-08-05

GOVERNOR Brown of Missouri has
been requested TO deliver the welcom-
ing address to the delegates to the
National Labor Congress at St. Louis.
The workingman's advocate., 1871-08-05
CORRESPoNDENcr
FROM LkIPZIG

r. do not "a curse YES r--,,, ,l.,.
IONS eApfessrd by Cur Crrsp. r., ,oe vr Any rn,.
The workingman's advocate., 1871-08-05

THE Citizens Grocery and Provision
Company Of Hartford, have declared
another quarterly dividend of 10 per
cent
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WHAT THE wORKINGMEN NEED.

Workingmen heretofore have consid-
cred themselves apart from, and not
the largely constituent part, of the ma
ton. They have therefore humbly
begged for the rights which it has al
ways been in their power to obtain.
They have always known that they
were the subjects, the victims Of a law
or social force which not only inequita-
bly,. but iniquitously, distributed the
rewards Of labor but not until late
years have they endeavored to ascer-
tain this law and analyze this force.
They have provided themselves with
screens and shelters from i, ty J--..-
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THE coopers Of Peoria, ILL.,, are on a
strike. Sorry TO hear it.