The workingman's advocate., 1871-05-13

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insults offered to US by union No. 8b-DaytOn,
Ohio,-we concluded to respond, although,
such preludiced and slAnderous charges, are not
worthy of one word or letter in defence. Al
TO our clsim, on the international Cigar Makers,
UEion, We wlsh to state, that shortly after the
Syracuse Convention Mr. Fred. Blend, Prssi-
dent Of the l. q. N. u, ordered a report, giving
the full account II the strike Of 1859 10, Civ.
ing the name of each striker. the number oi
days each man on The strike, the amoun,
Of money received by each man a. support
and the amount still due each man. The
amounts still due the men who were on the
said strike, constituted the claim Of union No.
4, which Is at present yet unpaid
The support of each man, who is out Of em.
ployment on account OF difficulties, 10 according
TO Sec. 8, Art VII (of the Constitution Of the L
G. n. U y seven dollars per week rs long as
the said striker is out Of employment on ac-
count Of strike. Ii, in case any union had at
the Inauguration of strike. Five Hundred or
Five Thousand Dollars in its Treasury, il can not
be touched by the International UniOn only in
case Of the dsmemberment of said union The
international Union supports and endorses or
respects all strikes, and we are all aware that
the Sec. 2, Art VII, provides for the funds with
which 20 defray the expenses Of all strikes taat
are authorized by the Executive Board Of the
l. Q. N. U. In case that the striking funds q
She various UNIONS do not reach the union
which is on the strike, in time, and il the said
union has any money, outside Of the required
striking fund, aud pays il out TO the strikers,
we claim that it is . loan TO the |. c. NJ o.,
unless the striking union makes it donation TO
the 1. q. N. U. Union No. 1 had At the in-
AHguration of the ls69-70 strike about $4,000
on hand The proper authorities we're notified
of the strike, but owing to an error 10 the ap-
peal for aid the various unions could not be
notified in time to make the striking funds
reach union No in time to meet the eIpen-
ses. Consequently, union No fell back on
their own treasury, ami there being over two
hundred men on the strik the 5000 did not
last two weeks.
According 70 the Constitution Of the J. Q. H.
U. which, was ratified by almost every u ion,
ia the States and the Canadss, We claim tha
We shall b. reimbursed tor the $1,000 advanced
the international organization. sat fellow
craftsmen, we have never a. vet claimed that
loan. and in our appeal TO the Executive Board
of the i. Z. M. U. issued February 2sth, 1871,
We only ask for enough money TO hquidAte our
most pressing debts, such notes we're held
against US by lawyers, grooers, 81. We have
received 10 date about $500, and have not
dollar Of il left At the same time there Two
more notes presented by Justice" for collee-
tion.
The Dayton union calls Us corrupt and un-
pIincipled. Why. Because we held out nobly !
against an organized body OF manufacturers
and saved the above union from gong up he
spout.
will give them two instances There are at the
present day, several men az present members Of
union No. IS, who were in this city, during the
late strike, (and We have doubt, hey also con.
demn us and both held due bills One of them
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for which We we're sued ia the same week
and had to pay the face value and costs also.
The other was a married man was on the strike
very near two mouths, got due bill for the
amount due him, AID went 70 work at Indiana
polls He had at the ii ne $500 de posted ia
Adae 4 Cos Bank, and at the same time max
ing good wages be instructs his wife to collect
the usual seven dollars, she claiming 70 be in
almost a starving condit:On received it, and
other poor men, who had no none ia bank, and
work and large families, had TO satisfy them
selves with three four dollars. The Dayton
union also charges with supporting As
striker VINO was at work AZ the same time.
We, the constituents of the uniOb charged with
this offence demand that union No. IS ;aaao
known to Us, through the Advocate, the name
Of that individual, so that we impose the
well deserved punishment, which il expulsion
If the party who informed union No. S5 Of this
was a man, and sensible Of his duty, as a
square aud upright member Of our organization.
he would nave made that eulprits name public
long bef,re this and we are az tbr oninion t.at
one 4 A. had a the other IN case thai nv
charge Il true
Union No AZ calls ma corrunt and unnrinci-
rIed vheu ~ fought ana defsated he strongest
attemnt that ever wss made N di.oroanixe the
craft
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the victory, not only for ourselves, but for the
craft at large. We are TO day ignored, and even
begrudged by union No. SIS the small sum OF
A. Is the balance Of the 20 per cent of ar
rearages Furthermore, the DAYTON union
claims that we have adopted a resolution uot
to pay any more Cap Tax, which is falsehood.
At the time when we received notice that 20
per cent oI the arreArages was 10 De sent 70 US
the question arose, whether the money receiv-
ed would 60 through the hands oil our treasurer.
We concluded that it would not It belongs TO
men who have suffered Tor the want OF 1t during
the strike, and that the union shall not make
use OF enc cent Of t' The Question "As asked