The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-04-06

RuHiVrs are @nOaI mere among persons
who frequently come in contact with mem
beers Of some of the engineering firms in
the town, that the employers Throughout
the whole country are forming gigantic
organization, by means Of which they ex-
pect it will be easy to defeat any attempt
on the part of working men to better their
position in the future, if not to drive them
back into a worse condition than they are
in at present. The object of this society
will be to unite the whole of the employers
into one compact body, the members of
which will pay into common fund SO much
per head for every man they employ. Thus
it is calculated that there are GOO, 600 men
employed in engineering labor in England.
Scotland and Wales, and should the nav
ment be e. per head, and every EMPLOYER
join the onion, they would at once be
placed in possession Of a sum Of 81, 200. :
900 with which to commence operations.
The amount would be banked, and lie at
interest until the time came when It was
wanted. Then if the workmen of any in
dividual employer preferred claim which
he was not willing to grant, he would call
a meeting of committee of member Of
the Union elected to adjudicate upon such
matters and if in their opinion the de-
mand Of the men was unjust, the works Of
that particular master would be closed. and
he would receive from the funds Of the
Union remuneration equal proportionately
to his profits for the pr seeding twelve
months, which would be ascertained from
an examination Of his books by a profess
sional auditor. So much for the case of a
atV-T Ea IN Iow r
But the organization would bring q much
greater intimidating force into play to de-
feat any attempt on the part Of the work
men of . large number Of manufactures
to better their condition, and in this cate
CORY the agitstion for shorter hours at
present going on among the workmen of
the Clyde Is particularly contemplated. 1t
Is said that If the men here concerned do
not accept the terms offered by the masters
within given time-I forget the date
not only will there be general lockout in
Glasgow and its neghborhood, but through
out the whole kingdom and thus, to defeat
the aims of workmen of particular neigh
borhood, 600, 900 men viii be thrown out
OF employment, and while they will have
nothing but very small accommodations in
the funds Of their respective trade unions
and beneht societies to fall back npon. the
masters will have the immense fund thew
win have subscribed to keep the wolf from
their doors until the workmen yield. When
the gates are once more locked the master,
say they will not open them until the mar
consent to work 81 hours per week. II Il
said that already, after only month or
twos agitation, they have got firns EN-
Ploying 800, 600 men to join the league. and
tune only i needed to get all the employers
to cooperate with them would not have
troubled your readers with such lonc az
scriptiOn Of scheme that after ali NAV
only be castle in the air, or that NAV fail
to the ground like house of cards AZ The
inst assault, if l had not had it from a re-
liable authority, and it is said thai NJ
Mundella was aware of the scheme when
he wrote to the men of the Clyde advising
them to accept the compromise AZ 49,
emplcyer.-From eur Newcastle Cores
pendent.