The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-01-14
FROM ILLINOIS.


Is 81 JOhNes jan - iWi.
10 th; Editor etths wOAKISsMAHs ADvooArs.
lEyour pAp4r Of the 18th Of Dec Is7Ds 9 Dr.
respondent signed r. c A., iu rather indiaerel.t
way describes the strike at Walls works, Du
k0ueqa. nos iegsl. but folly kept up ov GER
tain%hque. Biz, slloE me to say such is not
the Shse, Il having been carefully examined BY
the different lodges in the district, and ac-
knOkledged legal BY she same. Then again in
yoIt paper Of the oath he describes il termina-
ted lily the action Of the Union. Sir allow me
agaia to say such action never taken by the
SANG
1R YOU please will now glance al the le-
galley Of the strike. First. the price paid il.
they'll pc up to the first of October was so
GEMS per car, when the Union claimed one half
ccn.; more on the bushel, making then So and
one!5 bird; then as we had % much coal 10 rid.
dle.1re asked for 40 cents to make even money:
but;sn place Of this entry were only offered IS
anc lone third cents. This We declined to ac-
ceHa then he said he would stop the slope for
| the'fwinter and hud all the men work in the
shaSs, to which We consented. Now, Sir, don't
yOtstAink we were justified in DANG SO thiuk
80 Thea after the men worked few DAYS
thee began to think it was trick of the Super
inthadent'S, to get the slope worked cheaper
| wieH new hands then with the old ones. Then
: thek all turned out Of the shaft and offered to
wosk the slope at So and one Ihiri cents which
thGt Union claimed. This offer entry he would
noSaccept, but ordered every man to bring out
hiftools, which they did, and that he would
| noNemploy any more Union men. Then the
Superintendent, starts the slope again With neW
| ha.tds at the same price the old hands refuser
TO !Sork at; as soon as those men saw their
! pOS ton they omit tue works. Then again the
Superintendent proposed to let the slope stand
till some failure period. Knowing that the slope
war going to stand we then proposed to re-
san1e WOrl1n the shaft, when Mr.. Supernten-
deFe says You can start on condition that
wiEt only pay 30 and one third cents Der cal, and
thss three meA cannot work here any moro
BeIlg myself one of the delegates we went back
to NE meeting and stated the case when it was
car1ed by an unanimous vote that we stand
tllli%e get what we considered legal, that is
sixtf cents per car. The victimized men having
gone away we still stand for the price.
LtEili endeavor to show you the claim We
haEf for the sixty cents per car, and leave it for
NOUSdnu your many readers console raa1On. Last
WlBfer 1t was the price and this winter it
palg until the men came out on strike for the
fullfpurpOse Of stopping the company of getting
coaf from them while The slope men we're ON
strike, aud for this reason, believe, Mr.. Su-
perihtendent reduced it down TO IS and one.
thiE4, as he said the men was stiff with him AID /
he Seoud be the same with them Since that
ne proposed to lease the shaft TO another man
80 snat he could pay the price we are now stand
ing Tor, but not allowing him to SET on any of
eilnen that is now on strike only one. This
PROBES to ne, Sir, that he can pay the price
butdoHt want union men there. But like
pribcipled man he decliued to take such lease
as viii deprive his fellOw-workmen Of an equal
liviAg with his fellOw-men. Sir, if this I'd
beGa the principle with some Others connected |
witH this affair the result of this strike might |
beda good. Then some three or four weeks |
aftdF coming out on strike, those two meu |
mentioned in your correspondents last letter,
coftes and leases the slope.
hOT, Sir, here comes the present crisis. |
Thfse men, both Union men, were requested by |
thf+ lodge TO let the slope stand and not supply |
accompany with coal during the time the shalt
is ~ strike; to this request they gave sati>-
fas<ion but comm snced supplying the company
via coal right away. Now, look at the inJus-
TICS Of such action. l would ike to ask any
displayed there? Then your correspondent
leiSves his work elsewhere and goes ana works
fd. them, putting himself in the same position
Nav, to prove the strike not legal, don't you
tiiaDk it Union mans duty to come and say |
"lhen YOU are not a legal strike aud if YOU /
dtrnt 60 to Work will ?" but in place of this he |
g;ses right in opposition 70 the Union, leaving |
hfs own work and depriviDg Others of theirs, |
aid yet he says lie is union man. If YOU call |
tsltn, a. other men working with him, Union |
r;'en | do lot know what a rlackleg is. Now,
r.saders take this case in fnll consideration and
jsSdge for yourselves whether cur case is JUS CT
I;st. Hoping that you will fed time and space |
ftg this in your valuable paper, yours in uniOn |
ZIP. s | wish to inform your correspondent
Nhen Dawson and jackson and George Golight |
L. attempted to lease the slopes, it was two
Weeks before the strike took place. | may just |
siy there are about twenty-five men working a.
tiE slope AZ present time, but not one Of the old
hands j. ID.