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LABOR ITEMS.

MEssRs SYLvIs, oINEY AND Mcclure
have been elected delegates to the Ma
tional Labor Congress at St. Louis,
from the Pennsylvania State Labor
Union.
President TREvELncK addressed
the worklngmen Of Danville, Pa, on
the 4th Of July.
SEVENTEEN Labor Unions have been
organized in Pennsylvania during the
past five months, embracing 250O mem
bers All are dong well.
Tue cigar makers Of Davenport, Iowa.
are on a strike. Union work men will
please give it wide berth for the
present.
"SrILL THEY CONE" y" We are coming
Father Koopmanshop, three hundred
thousand more" This is the refrain
published year or so sgo-the same
song is continued and the chorus is
constantly kept up. In response 10 the
welcome OF the Governor Of this State,
bidding them welcome a shipment Of
twelve hundred more coolies arrived
here by steamer of Monday last At
the time of the departure of the China
from Hong Kong, an additional ship
ment Of four thousand of this desirable
population had departed for this port on
sailing vessels. This is the ratio at
which the pretended falling off OF
Chinese immigration is going on.-San
Francisco Industrial Reformer.
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Call for the National Labor Conven-
ton
Office ofths National Labor Uri'n,
Fisher Block, Wood aard Av-nue,
DETRCIr Mich. June 20, 1877

Dgrscir Micu. June 90 1877.
To all waom 1t m " concern:
At the Cincinnati session Of the National La
Dor Union, it was decided that the next session
should be held IL st. Louis, Missouri
Due notice is hereby given that the fifth an
nual session o. the National Labor union will
he held il the CITY Of St. Louis, State of Mis-
souri,, on the first Mo- day, being tie 7th day of
August, 1871, At 20 O'Clock in the forenoon.
All Trades Unions all cooperative sssocia-
tinns, ali l4bOr org .mzaticns Of every kind will
be entitled to representation, for we believe
that all departments Of industry should have a
common Cause IN all our Efforts for reform. We
therefore invite to our ranks all Who bv phvsi-
cal or iuteli, ctusl Labor contribute to the sub
stantial wealth ut the nation be thew male OF fe-
male, Write or black (fJr this is a struggle for
liberty and jusrice)
Labor org ,uiz tons are entitled to repre-
sentation as prescribed in the cons itutiuu as
follows:
Each international trade organization will be
entitled 20 ten delegates Or one for everv three
thousand or # ctIoua part thereof when not
represented bg any state organization as pre-
scribed in the constitution.
All loca Trade or labor unions will be en-
titled TO one DELEGATE or representative in the
National L Tor Union. Provided that such
represeutativ sall derive their election from
the organic ton thew claim to represent
Zach local ct state organization, must at the
next meet If he National Labor Union re-
port to the president the number of members
IN their respective unions, and paw into the
treasury an a"uual tax OF ten cents on each
member 80 rel re-eDtet.
1t Il expected that every organization viii see
the importance IF tie meeting of the coming
convention, and | " Huid appeal to every labor
oTganiza ion to sind a delegate that W. NAV
GHgn-@l Together for he good and velflsa Of
our common u,tTy.
R. +. TREvLLIcE. Pres.
RoBT. HoDGKES, See FIR Pres y. L. U.
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Call tor Convention Of the National
Labor Party.

meeting If the National L,bor Con gress,
held at Cincinnati, IN August 1870, the follow
Ing resolution was adopted
Resolved That he President Of this Con.
gress be empowered aid instructed to appoint a
committc- w tie from each Stte and territory
and tup d tict Of Columbia, whose duty il
shall be al CAD b the earliest practical mo-
menta Nat oua Convention, in ortrr tu com
ulete tie orgauizt alton Of the National Labor
Party"
In pursuance whereof the committee appoint.
ed for this purpose, met - the city OF Washing
ton, D. c January H. 1877, ard fixed the rule
Of repre- 7-ntatiOu 10 sail convention follows
F. ,ch State 70 be entitled to one delegate foT
each member aud senator in the Congress Of
the United States. and one delegate from each
Territory and the District of Columbia
Delegates shall have he certificate Of the
chairman aud secretary of the Convention, ap-
pointing aud also the endorsement OF the mem
Der OF the national committee OF their respect
i've States ana Territories that were duly elect
ed, aud that they endorse the principles and
purposes of this cali Del gates coming from
districts where no convention has been held, or
no member Of the naiiO al committee resides
will be subject to the action Of the NaIlUnIl
Convention ~neL organized
the releEtes thu qualified will meet at tile
Clty OF 'iumbus, OIu, Ht 20 O'Clock, A. " on
the third Wednesday Of October, 1871, Tor the
purpose OF nominating c Nd dates for the ffices
OF Pr sident and Vice President If the United
States, and the trans zion Of "a h ot1er busi-
Dess as may properly come belort them Pro-
vided. that the Chairman OF the nttiOasl com
mittee may, on the written request OF MAORI
~ of the national committee, appO Mt differ
ent day tor the assembling Of the convention
A. NJ. PUETT,
Chairman Committee, GreencasJle, Ind.
A CAMPBELL, Secretary, Ia Sale, III.
Washington, d q Jan. -. 1871.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsHINGroN. JuIY I, rs


To the Editor Of the WuAKHGxAN's AIvooAIs.
As the time is now drawing near iT
the converting Of the National LaOor
Union at St. Louis, Mo, il is well i0i
every man interested in The welfare o.
the country to begin to reflect upon n
true reform measures needed for oI
advancement and prosperity " :
people.
The Lands must be held for Tie GciA1I
settler, for homesteads only.
Money must be issued by the govern
ment 20 the people at the cost q '''"'s'
upon the same securities, sccePlaOS
to private corporations. Il tIOV'VVv
invested in laboT-or operates llVu
10 The production Of property-the ~
vernment has 100000 taxable ProPrrY
instead of the 100000 in vaults, Il
used other wise, 70 reap from the IollS
the product of his labor, by beng A"
at interest to earn money without !"
vestment in labor, the producer
natural wealth.
With the practical solution p Nj
question will come the prosperity uOp, I'M
for, and the man who possesses laOOr t "A
possess capital. Labor will De ' FL Il
lie producer of wealth and capllai =
the country.-Yours very truly
ALBERT Il. REDsTOSL'
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FROM CALIFORNIA.
San FRANrrkco. Lnna. 81 lS1I

DAN FRANCISCO, June, ", 1871.
To the Editor Of the wobKnonAH's ADvooIrE.
The principle item OF interest 10 the
laboring community is the miners strike
in Amador county at Sutu Greek, where
there is a miners league. The mani
fest disposition of the press to misrep
resent in favor Of capital, makes it diff
cult to get st the facts regarding the
action of the strikers, and the motives
which prompted the suspension Of work,
The Alta Californian imputes il to the
adoption of a rule making the miners
strip coming out Of the shaft, and de-
teating their attempts to srcrrte rich
gold specimens. The Chronicle asserts
that the underground miners are salts
fed, but have joined the millman and
surface la5orers In their efforts to pre-
vent a reduction Of wages. This l.
conceded to be the case by nil the other
papers, giving the lie to the Alta Cab
Jorni0n's malicious SANDER.
Our Governor, H. III. Haight, nomi-
nee of the Democratic Convention, has
seized this opportunity to 'cook his
goose" for an excursion which he is
bound TO take up Salt River early in
the fall.
The mine owners telegraphed to the
Governor for protection. He made a
requisition for the militia. The two
companies taken from San Francisco
were composed mostly of clerks. The
state pays $13 90 per month and
rations, and the mine owners S. per day.
The telegraph declined to permit mes
sages to be sent advising The miners OF
the situation. Upon arrival of the troops
at Sacramento they were met by the
Sheriff Of AmadOr county, who in
formed the Governor that there was no
need of troops, as the miners were
quiet; no hostile demonstrations having
been made. The troops were halted
and the Governor went to the front 10
reconnoitre. The Governor made a
speech; had an interview with the mi-
ners-particulars not transpired, aud The
troops were ordered to advance, and
arrived on the ground Sunday evening
at midnight, everything quiet.
II is reported that last night nine
shots were fred over the heads of the
military.
Will there be a collision? How
would it effect the political situation ?
is perhaps a question that must FIRST BE-
answered. From the present outlook it
is little mixed. Before the Governor
went to Suter Greek, the RAIDS had the
wind. These be probably scared some,
or we should not be left in the dark, but
here comes in the moral. Young as
pirants for the glded slippers Of their
employers have left their desks, the
marble wash basins in the corners, the
e liter ng mirrors, comb and brush,
the luxurious bath tub, the shining cas-.
tors, polished boots, and h!-ah r!
the snowy pocket handkerchief, whose
graceful tiutterlngs sweep upon the am
bient air, distils the roses OItor, or the
musk rats odorous perfume, and Ego
to seek the bubble reputation" but oh,
at such a sacrifice, and they are stand
ing on the brink OF eternity, ready to
massacre the representatives Of the
toillng millions, upon whose labors they
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FROM PENNSYLVANIA.

HARR1sBURG, Pa, June IN lo'"
To the Editor Of the WosKfSoNAss AD'ooI ~
/ bad the pleasure Of attehu"E
State Convention Of the LABOR ~
formers at Danyille. They came
gether 10 form State Labor \ n'VD'
and | am happy to tell you iha' u
grand success. "A truer BODY y II
never met together, and am naPR
tell you that they adopted Wl'no'. y,
dissenting voice, the platform Y
National Labor Union. | an '''i
that have not the resolutions 10 ''
you, but enclosed please Ind PfOoot Il.
iDgs. l speak tomorrow night a. a. :.
State capitol, and on the Alb a. -
vile, 5th at WilliamspOrt. ! VIII go
you the call for the calling OF the W.
gress in one or two days,
Yours in The cause
R. TEEvEIIlcA
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THE MINER.

From the Anthracite VI. inter.
The February circular prices, upon
which resumption has taken place il
Lehigh region, are with coal selling al
SIS at Elizabethport and Port johnson
for miners on day work, Sll, Inside
laborers, $40 TO SIP; outside labor ers
SO TO $1,000, with an advance and de
cline l24 per cent. Contract work is
reduced 10 per cent. under last years
basis prices, and Is of course subject tC
the same advance and decline as day,
wages.
The miners at Ben Morris Bank, Ohio
are on strike against the weigh boss
because the company has refused severa
times to permit the men to see their
weights. The Mt. Morris Coal Co., al
West Middlesex, has voluntarily in.
creased the wages paid their men as ar
inducement, they say, for the men t.
work steady. Other miners in thai
vicinity are Complaining thai aI,f2ugt
the price of coal has greatly advanced
their wages have not yet been increased
If one can afford to give fair oompen-
sation, why cannot all :?
An insurance company that charges
men working at ordinary occupations
$40 per thousand dollars, will not in
sure miners life for less than S3l pei
thousand Reliable insurance, Com
panies of which class that referred TO
Is one, are condutted by men skilled in
mortuary statistics.
Latterly, there have been a great
many reports current relative to the
discovery Of Coal in New York State.
Of one thing the public may be certain ;
two veins of bituminous coal, one at a
depth from the surface of 80 feet,
seven feet thick; the other at depth
of $50 feet, and nine feet thick, have
been proved to exist, in Ulster county,
N. Y. A company, with the title OF
the Ulster Coal & Iron Co., composed
Of capitalists, and experienced coal
operators, are now engaged IN sinking
shaft in order to work this property.
Freight Circular.
Owing to . combination or ring of
some kind amongst coal operators in
Pittsburgh and vicinity, the price of
Pittsburgh coal has advanced IN Gin
cinnati to 81 90 per load. 1t has been
selling for IS so for some weeks past.
Canal coal is 81 SO per load, and cheap
er at that price than Pittsburgh coal at
81 90. Semi camel coal from the
Kanawhe river coal region sells at
SO so.
The ST. Clair shaft has been stopped
by 0. der of the Mine Inspector, for fear
that the water from Wadesville shaft,
which is being let in to smother the
fire there, should force its way into and
drown those working in the St. Clair
shaft. St. Clair feels this donble mis-
fortune very sensibIy, as it leaves with
out employment several hundred men
and boys.
Two blocks Of the Wilmington coal,
weighing together $500 pou;idS, nave
been sent to Boston, and will be placed
on exhibition there. A numbcr of
Boston capitalists are Interested in the
Wilmington mines.
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THE INDUsTkIAL REFORMER

This is the name Of neatly print
el seven column weekly journal,
published in San Francisco, California
aud devoted to the interests of In
dustrial Reform. Il is edited by Mr.
Chas. "A. Merrill, a gentleman we had
the pleasure Of meeting at the Cincinnati
Oongrets, whe we LeIieve is qualified
to make it a readable and interesting
sheet. Abundant success to his efforts
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FROK NEW YORK.

To tbs EDITOR Il the ", REINsNAR's Advocate.
Instead Of my usual letter, / respect
fully forward an address delivered on
the 25th inst, before the Cosmopolitan
Conference Of New York, an institution
which is now in successful operation,
and which is run mainly by members Of
the International Workingmen's Asso-
citation:
SKETCH OF COMMUNISM.
Life Is a battle. In this world even
the church calls itself militant. Aglta-
ton is The lite Of nation; when that
IS Slapped BY luxury or suppressed by
tyranny healthy existence ceases, and
The uhburled Carcass of such a nation
breeds only pesIilence and corruption.
There was greater vitality in the noman
Republic v hen the Gracchi demanded
the distribution of the land, than when
Julius Caesar gained the battle Of Phar.
salia; more real health in Greece when
Demosthenes Numbered against Philip,
than when Alexander of Macedon sighed
for more woIl'Is to conquer. AS a
people, IL is 10 our honor that we are
not afraid 10 discuss any subject OF
a truth it may be said OF Us also, that,
Gin the multitude of counsellors there
is safety"
Il is in this belief that undertake to
examine the question Of Communism or
Socialism, ! prefer to use the former
word, for it is not my intention to de-
fend any interference between the social
relations of husbands and wives,
parents and children probably, how
ever, this latter statement requires some
modification, for our public schools
are a manifestation Of communism, the
use of which can be successfully main
tanned. 1t is singular, that having pro.
ceeded thus far IN the endeavor u pro
duce intellectual equality" amongst
children, we should hesitate 10 ordain
for them to enter active life on terms
Of material equality also. A glance at
this question from Christian standpoint,
would show that by so doing, the State
would confer real benefits upon both
rich and poor, and at the same time,
would most firmly secure the well being
and duration of our Republic.
The Encyclopedia Britannica classes
the ancient government Of the Spartan
GrecIans, as an exemplar Of Communism,
at the same time declaring that it could
not have been sustained for six centuries
as it was, had it not rested upon a sub
stratum of slavery. Among the ancient
Jews, the sect called the Essences, not
mentioned in the Gospels, were Ger
tainly also Communists. Josephus and
Phllo describe them thus: They we're
body Of men who fed the cities and
lived in the villages to escape the moral
contagion OF the former. Some occu
pied themselves in agriculture, others
in trade. They amassed neither gold
nor silver, and made no acquisitions Of
property except TO satisfy the common
wants vi hfe" De Quincy infers that
they were early Christians, amongst
whom the apostles had introduced
Communism.
Among the moderns it IL by religious
bodies that Communism has been most
succt sstully established. As has been
the Apostles instituted it,
and there is no account OF their ever bav.
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MEETING OFTHE LABOR CONGRESS

10 an ther column will be found the official
call for the meeting Of the National Labor Con
gress, which nvenes il the city Of s. Louis,
on Monday, tie 7th day Of August next, to
which We hop a LIBERAL response viii p given
by our various trade, labor ara cooperative
ASSOCIATIONS Il is highly Prob ,ble, ia view Of
the Columbus Convection, called for a. pur-
pos Of nominating c indicates fiji Prcsd nj aud
Vice President Of the United States on the
platform Of tie National L Dor U1ion, that tue
future ses.i ns Of The Congress will partuke ex-
clusivey Of al INDUSTRIAL character Such, we
are free to init seems to be tie desire Of
large por.i q Of Tue trad.s uuionists; ana here
is no doub, but that the trade interests Of the
country afford an ample fed for The d. =
lberations of such body. While We are IN
slterably Of the opinion that in POLITICAL ACTION
aud in the adoption Of the principles embodied
il tile platform Of the National Labor Union,
AttN oht' ALUM ~ lut hulNliLdt uttudt lG uG-
ponds, We see 20 reason why any autagousm
should exist between tie political and indus
trial orgAuzidons Systematic action and con
sohdation Of strength is what is required to Sc
cure ne triumph Of those principles and the
hrst means o. rather one Of the FIST means, to
secure thia result is to commence at the bottom
and strengthen our trades organizations
We hope, under these circumstance to son
our national ard international unions represent
ed By their officials, 80 that free intercharua
Of opinions may be obtained and the o,st
means devised to accomplish the desired re-
suit As the call Is explicit no comment or
explanation is required.
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Chance for Agents.

To any party sending us a club Of so yearly
subscribers, At club rates, We will forward ar
Edwin Rollo watch, in sterling silver cases
full plate, lever movement, exposed pallet jewels
costing FORTY DOLLARS This is an offer seld n
made, and NAV be relied On AZ genuine.
FoR A GLIB o. TEN yearly subscribers, We
will send to any address, charges paid, re-
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adventurous foreigners; fanatical proph.
cts; starving desperados chronic the.
orists and abandoned amazons-each
with an obsequious proselyte of peIIucid
mortality, the ensemble making up q
medley which the genuine International
would discharge from service without
recommendations to mercy. The howl
of the famished wolf is not the bark OF
the sagacious spaniel, though the sci
ence of OdOntology may class both in
the same order; ana the murk and vul-
canism and frOthing wrath of an ilEte.
rate populace, maddened with the
pinch of shame, humiliation and desDair.
and dazzled by the illusions Of Bacchus
to deeds Of devils, is not altogether q
procedure of the denizens of Labor. who
in humble sanity made France the
rich and tempting bait Cor the de.
stroyer. -
Lpleadthe international mot guilty.. .
The spirit of freedom has been victim
lied in France more by the impetuosity
of ACCOMPLISHMENTS than by The
honest counsels Of its members. France
can never free herself by brute force.
Brutality may, if well organized, aid
sometimes in political emancipation ;
but in France-never. The tyrant sets
the interdict too relentlesslY against or
ganizatlon: But there is an organization
whose power is felt, through popular
suffrage moral organization. a.
more potent than even militarismf Or
spasmodic mObOcracy, that can, and
will, yield liberty TO this noble people
and TO train them by gentle counsels,
and morally enlighten them on pure
peace principles, until they cast their
votes for liberty and justice, rather
than for despOtism and Ignorance, is III
function ofthe International Association
of Wol kingJnBn:
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causes which create the Commune"
and these causes may be found notonly
in New York, but in every city on the
American continent, and when that
Commune is aroused those who have
created it aCM do sCeR to stand from an
der
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THE INTERNATIONAL IN FRANCE
BY c. OSBORNE WARD.

The history of the International AS
ISOLATION of Workingmen in France is
but a detail among the annals of that
nation of Hotspurs. It's characteristics
are superlatively in keeping with all
demonstrations Of French organization.
Political or social, philanthropic or cpl
curean, all French association under
tyrannical rule IS suicidal. Extreme
and deeply original in bypothetic plan,
and beautiful in theorems of human
rejuvenation, the blood becomes heated
in contemplating the imagined proximi
ty-the film Of space that divides exclu-
sion from realization, and they glow
with an impetuosity that knows no curb
but death.
The ideal eliminates in a holocaust,
and indiscretion covers everything with
its spray Of venom. The great Inter
national-will it confess itself RESPONSE
BILE for the heroic indiscretion Of its fierT
colleague in France? 1t has been the
system Of the organization to practice
caution to degree amounting to an
extreme. 10 England the International
is the very centre that has least to say,
most to do; is least accessible, and
most strategical in pushing points which,
while they fail to commit, leaven tie
loaf and develop the embryo. In Ger
many caution consults law and order,
and popular PERMISSION is seemingly tbe
harblnger Of each step in its advance.
In Belgium it is trades unionism
throughout, and minds its own bust
ness and in Austria, Spain, Italy aud
America it Is gradually gaining respecta-
bility and numbers by its wholesome
business tendencies, its persistent abb
stinenee from personalities, its antitcar
advocacy, upon tohicI II rears corner
stone.