The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-09-02

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therein should prove warning to those
who are commencing the downward path.
This young man Of brilliant intellect IS q
wreck on the ocean OF time, and in all
probability his end will be announced by
a coroner's inquest as one more unfortu.
nate gone TO lis rest" or, in a three OF
tive-line para IRA b, stating that the body
OF an unknown man has been found float
ing in the East or North river verdict
g accidental droacning" And for the
last time tue curtain falls.
If We have presented picture-an ap>
peal-that can save pang in a mother or
sisters heart, or create an honorable
ambition in the career Of an unfortunate,
or save being, young or old, from a
drunkard's grave, the object of the writer
has been accomplished.
National and international Labor Or
ganizations
We clip the following intcres:irg 9
statement from the annual address OF
President W ]. Jessup, delivered be-
fore the last esson of III New York
State Workingmen's Assembly:
The brickIayers have experienced a dull
year, generallr speaking, in common with
all the other building trades As a conse-
quence, but few new organizations have
been created since the last report. AS
this State pre- ents good field for organi-
zatiOn in that branch Of trade, it is conf
dently expected if business continues good,
New York will present a good roeord On
the books Of t.fg Brick!ayers' Netlonal
Union, in the number of new Unions organ
lied.
Carpenters and Joiuers, ike all others Of
the building trades, have not been exempt
from the dull times and reduced wages
Not one new organization can be credited to
that trade throughout tie entire State dur
ing The past Ear. For an occupationn 50
numerous in numbers employed, requiring
so much intelligence and skill as is required
Of the carpenter, it is surprising to find the
lack Of interest that exists throughout the
trade to the want Of organization. Will
ing to work for whaJ they eau get, regard
less Of hours, with no desire to improve
their condition by combination, t cir So
would seem almost hopeless were 1t not for
the efforts put forth by the small band of
honorable men enrolled in the existing
Unions, who are striving to sustain the hon
or and dignity OF the craft among other
trades but it seems as though it was the
fight of the dwarf agalns. the giant.
1he Cigar Makers progress in the State
has not been as encouraging as We could
wish for, but one Unlcn being organized
since last report. This i in no wise to be
attributed to lack Of energy upon the part
Of the officers cf the International Union.
but rather to the many d fiicuIties and
drawbacks experienced By the trade, to
some Of which | will here allude. The IN
ternatonal Union OF Cigar Makers has
been peculiarly unfortunate from pecuat-
ing officers, having suffered from two de-
tautlng Secretaries in succession; the last,
| blush ID Sny, was a resident Of this State
| refer to L as Smith, Of Buff.Io, a De-
iaulter.) Toe requirements OF Sec. 81 of
the international Revenue Law Of 1868 OPP
crates Cypress Hely az list the .iolrneyman
cigar maker, rs provisions being such as to
prevent the iolrneyma. u n.a- .Actur-
no, an thus derive the profits from hi
owa labor.
The Cigar Makers is the only National
Or international Union that has assembled
within our Safe during the year. The
Cigar Makers International Union assem-
bled in special session il Syracuse, Octo-
ber 10, 1870, tie Sessloa continuing six
days, during whicn time the de'eEl e. were
treated With every courtesy by their fellow
Graf. smen Of Syracuse Union No. ., who
gave great bal n honor Of :he a., embed
delegates.
CooPBBs -Tblvushout the land no hgdy
Of workingmen Can present 50 favorable a
record as the COcpers Since this assem-
bly, last met in annual session, these crafts
men have organ 1ed an international Union
established a trade Journal, and up to the
time of closing tbs report organized more
than fifty Unions, eleven Of which are IN the
State Of New York, and more a-coming.
Truly this Is no st encouraging record for
d trade that one year ago was without a
recognized head, aud had but few scat
terIng organizations here ana there.
IRON MoLDERs.-I much regret to find
that this powerful organization is losing
ground in tits State. Many Of cur small
Unions are numbered among tho things that
were At one time we had a continuous
chain Of Unions along the Hudson, from
New York to Albany and beyond Now
We find the chain broken in many places.
Although b many Of these Uni rs were small,
still they were the parts that helped toward
the completion Of the whole editice, which
rendered their existence necessity, The
International Union has some earnest work
to do in New : ork State, or it will lose its
former prestige.
KNIGHTS OF ST. CMsPIN.-This organi
zatIon, which made such remarkable pro
gross the previous year as to rank the first
IN the number Of new organizations created
in the State, has not made as good rec
ord the past year, having experienced the
same drawbacks as other trades-a dul
season of work, coupled with an attempt t.
reduce wages. Still the order is steadily
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