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Wick, John LeptenAper, George Benz,
Dedrichson Rotz, c. Schmidt, H. G.
Lecher, p. LUterur, John Thomas from
Milwaukee, Wis, Simon Wetzler do,
George Shpzoesser Columbus, Miss, ia
Schmidt, do, Chas. Kirst ScheboygAn,
Wis, Anton Scheuer, do. Unions having
claims on any Of those person will please
prefer them within thirty days from date.
BY order II Union No. -.
LoUIs HEss, Cor. Sec.
LEAvENWoRrH, KANSAS. March y, 1872.
A man by the name If James Hudson
has deposited n retiring card granted by
this Union, bearing date April 18th, 1870,
and wishes a travelling card in its place.
Any Union having claims On the above
mentioned gentlemen will communicate
Immediately with this Union. Yours fra
ternally. ID. ID. OLIVER,
Cor. Sec, onion No. 81. box 2l9.
Troy, March 70, IS72.-ouite frequently
it has occurred since last Convention in BOs-
ton, Mass, that communications that were in
tended for union have been addressed to box
IS Green Island, Albany co, \. y. Now |
must earnestly request unions that have Occa-
sion to correspond with this union to address
such communications to box lO2, Troy, n. u,
and not to box Is. Green Island, as the latter
is International property. 80 hoping the
above request will he complied with, am fra
ternally yours, PETER CADY,
Cor. 5 c box lO2
SYRACUSE, March 20, lS72-At q regular
meeting Of Syracuse Union Nc. 6, they elected
John L. kratZ As President, in place of j. j.
JUNO, resigned, and Henry Heine as Finan-
cial Secretary, in place Of NJ. Boland, resigned.
a man by the name of J. H. BeckwOrth de-
posted his card i'm the Syracuse Union, March
1871, and in March 1872 he came for his card.
He said that he had been to work on a farm
for the last year. He had three Endorsements
on his card, one for Syracuse and one for
Schenectady, and one for Westfield. He paid
all the Endorsements on his card. Ii any 9TH
er Unions have any claims they will present
them within thirty days. All communications
intended for the President Of Union No. 6
must be addressed to
suHN {. KRAFT
No. Douglas st.
NJ MITUS, Cor. Sec, =. q. box l39.
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The market for skilled mechanics 10 giutted,
Thousands being in our midst, who cannot OBJ
tain employment at their trade. Reynolds
Newspaper seems to be the favorite channel,
through which these hounds and the agents Of
the various emigrant agencies make their
false announcements, probably because Of its
supposed influence and circulation among the
working class. Be this - in may, unless some
steps are shortly taken to prevent it, skillful
labor in this city viii soon be discount, as
the influx greatly exceeds the demand. AS an
example of dozen which might be cited,
we clip the following from the Miscellany of
March Sd:
CHICAGO FOR CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS,
Five years work at 80 per week. Through tickrtA,
e6 lis New York, Boston, Halifax, New Orleans Bal
tmore and Canada, By lnmsn Allen or cunard steam
eAPArticulars u BY letters, one stamp) q HrcHISs
and Co., Licensed Passenger Agents, So King William st.,
City. Established 80 years.
Now all we have to say is that If any
carpenter comes to Chicago under the
inducements held out above, he will find him
self egregiously fooled. q 50 being the av-
erage rate Of wages, with the probability Of a
before the LIST Of July.
But one false statement cannot justify an
other. The man who wrote the following TO
the Manchester (England) Courier, is guilty Of
an equally outrageous falsehoOd, though Of .
different character. He says:
II came to this country in July last, and
have been in the neighborhood Of Chicago ever
since l came, and for some time have been
walking about the city, the same a. hundreds
Of others, looking for y job, but cannot get
one, even at shoveling debris; and am obliged
to either leave the city to-day for the country
or starve. You cannot place any dependence
on the word of q Yankee they are bound to
cheat you, and will do it, NO matter how fair
their contracts may appear Money is scarce
here, and great many cannot get it after
working honestly for it. The masons and
bricklayers are working on the jobs a. thick
rs bees ; the bricklayers are only three feet
apart, having only just room to turn. The
wages are coming down SO low that about 100
bricklsyers left one job last week, and left the
city, finding it utterly impossible to support
themselves and families, board and everything
else being 50 high
Well, q man who has been looking about
Chicago, for some time, unable to get work,
even at shoveling debris, is certainly to be
pitied. There is an old saying. that you must
90 from home to learn the news, and no doubt
many of the bricklayers Of this city viii be
surprised to find that such deplorable state
of affairs exist, on reading the Manchester
mans experience. Nothing is gained by false
noed, and it is hard to tell which side has the
advantage in this respect, in the examples
,ited
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composed of some Of the best Labor Re
form men in the city, with instructions to
make arrangements for another meeting,
provide speakers, if necessary, and report
the names for the remaining officers for the
club.
Great unanimity of action and the best
Of harmony and good feeling prevailed
throughout the elaboration of the meeting.
Unless | am mistaken you will hear from
Peoria next fall in thunder tones for Davis
and Parker -
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The ANCHOR LINE--We desire to call the
particular astentiOn Of our readers to the ad-
vantages offered by this Justly popular line in
their transfer Of passengers from the old to
the new world The experience, suavity and
bravery of their captains and officers has be-
come proverbial, the seaworthiness of their
boats, and the excellence Of their tables are
known TO every crOsser of the Atlantic who
has made the passage in their boats, 50 that
on this score there is nothing to complain Of
But gentlemen if you desire to keep pace with
your competitors the spirit Of the 18th
century-you must remember there is Rus
siA, City of Montreal, Spain, an Oceanic
representative Of their respective lines plough
ingtheir way throus p theocean, expecting their
records Of speed will be their best recommen-
datiOns. In this age blood viii tell Ere long,
we hope to see Wallace, or 9 Bruce, Scot
land, or a BannOckburn Onthe ocean, carrying
the Anchor Flag, successful DER all other
rivals. Remember while we all like TO see Joe
jefferson in his role Of Rip Van Wrinkle, few
if any care about occupying his position.
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SHIP CARPENTERS AND CAULKERs UNION
On Monday evening last an adjourned meeting
Of the Ship Carpenters Benevolent and Pro-
tective Association was held at Old Aurora
Hall, on Milwaukee Avenue. The attendance
was large, and the especial object Of the
meeting was to receive the report Of the com
mittee on Constitution and By Laws The re-
port as presented was accepted, and Consti-
tuition and By Laws adopted. The following
named persons were elected as officers for the
ensuing six months W. P. 0'Conner Presi-
dent; Chas NJ Newland, First Vice Presi-
dent; Ole Thomson, Second Vice. President ;
Frank Lawler, Recording Secretary Daniel
Daley, Financial Secretary; Harry Gamma
van, Treasurer; p ElwOod, Conductor James
Cotter, Warden
Messrs. Newland and LAwler were old mem
bers and officers Of the old organization and
bring to the discharge Of their duties, expert
ence and ability.
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FINANCIAL.
A STANDARD SECURITY.

Public confidence in the Bonds Of the
Northern Pacific Railroad has been made man
ifest, not only in supplying through their sals
means enough to meet the curssnt expenses of
the prosecution Of the work, but also in &C.
cumulAting 9 fund sufficient TO ensure that
there will be NO hAlting in the progress Of this
great enterprise. They have been bought both
at home and abroad by Bankers, by Capital
lists, and by LAborers, and have the following
leading features.
l. The issue is limited to go, 900 per mile
Of road the holders are exempt from United
States tax the principal and interest are pay
able in gold-the principal in thirty years, and
the interest lat the Banking House of Jay
Cooke & Co., of New York; semi-annuAlly, lst
Of January and July, at the rate Of $40 per
cent per annum-nearly 81 per cent. cur
rency. Denominations; Coupon, $780, $500
and 8, 1000 Registered: 500, $500, 81 900,
IS, 900, az 10000. Present selling price
PAR AND ACCRUED INTEREST IN CURRENCY.
2. The Bonds are First and Only Mort
gage OF the Road, its Equipments and Earn
ings, and also on Land Grant which, on the
completion of the Road, will exceed $4,000
acres to each mile Of track, or 500 acres OF
land to secure each 81 900 bpd.
8. They are At all timesf receivable d FEN
PER CENT PREMIUM Csl.lOl. in payment or sx-
change for the COmpany's Land, at market
prices provision which practically gives
he holder of these mortgage bonds the power
Of foreclosure at will.
a. The proceeds Of all sales of Land are 70
quired to be devoted by the Trustees of the
bondholders Is . Sinking Fund to the pur-
chase and cancellation Of the First Mortgage
Bonds, or temporarily to the payment Of in
terest thereon, if necessary. This provision
will make the Railroad Company itself o con-
slant and heavy purchaser Of tn own securi-
ties in the open market from the time the road
is completed until the bonds mature or are Ill
bought in. The effect of this VIII naturally be
q steady rise in the valne Of the bonds.
EXCHANGING U. s. 5-2Os.-In view Of the
ability and fixed policy Of the government to
terest bond, many holders Of 520s are en-
changing them for Northern Pacifce, thus add
ing to their principal the present premium on
government bonds, and increasing their yearly
interest income nearly One-third.
All marketable stocks and bonds viii be 70
ceived-by express or Otherwise-at current
prices, in exchange for Northern Pacific seven
thirties, without expense to the investor.
Pamphlets and full information will be fur
nished ON application.
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A TEMPEST IN TEAPoT.-The daily papers
Of Friday had good deal to say about the in
gratitude Of the St Crispins Of this city, in
STRIKING for an advance of wages on the lst
Of the month, while number of the employ
ees had purchased their kits for them, and de-
clared their inability to comply with their de-
mands The facts II the case are a follows |:
After the the strike Of 1859, the employees to
a man agreed to pay IS per case for Kip boots
on and after the 9th Of April, Ofeach year, till
fall This promise they kept till the LIST Of
April 1872, when they declined to adhere to
their Own contract. The Crispivs believing
what was sauce for the goose was sauce for the
gander, insisted on the fulfllment of the con-
tract, having submitted to q reduction in the
fall, as agreed upon. All the firms except
two have already conceded to thedemAnds,
and there is no doubt but all will do 30 by
Monday next.
The statement made that the employers of
this city bought the kits Of their employees il
outrageously false $40, 600 was forwarded by
the craft to the relief COMMITTEES TO aid tie
Crispin sufferers. In some instances an order
for an outfit was given by the employers On
the relief committee, but in no case did the
amount furnished come out Of the pockets Of
the Chicago employers. This is fact that
should Be known, and we call the especial at
tentiOn Of our labor exchanges to it, hoping
they will not allow this Islander to 90 unrefu-
ted A we speak by the card, our readers can
understand how much the wOrkingmen Of this
city have to expect from its daily papers.
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RENEMBER, Workinmen, that the WAYNE
COUNTY SAvISGs BANK offers especial induce
msnts to dspositors Of small means. and 10 the
only genuine Savings Bank in the city Of De-
troit. No commercial business Whatever 10
transacted: it 10 purely q savings Institution.
This IN fact worth remembering. For the
convenience of its patrons ID remains open
Monday and Saturday evenings the pay-days
Of the weekend certain il ID that no man
ever had cause 70 regret that he visited u TOO
frequently. In the day Of sieknsa OF sdvsr-
aty an account st the bank is yoar bsst ffisnd;
ID IL Accessible ID al timss, and enables you TO
take advantage If circumstances which your
lsss fortunate nsisAbor cannot avaa himsslf
Of See advertisement In another column.
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nov ScaO shOp.
Moss I11 1; Beard.
ANTHONY kRCaKK,
EDWIN JOHNsoN Int Pres
EEIE, March, IL, lS72.-Unions will please
take notice that our books will be closed until
the list OF July, As we have no money IN the
treasury. THOs. ]. ARMSTRONG,
Cor. Sec. los, 5ll State st.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, April 8, 1872
Chas. Taylor has made application to become
member of this union. Any union having
charges will please prefer them within thirty
days. WV. FREuND, Cor. Sec, box l226.
FoRr WAYNE, Ind, April 8, IS72.-Trav-
cling cigar makers will please give US a wide
berth. As there are no jobs open here and no
money in our treasury we cannot aid any
one at present. Unions where men indebted
to this union are 1t work viii please collect
endorsements and remit ss soon as possible
By order Of Union IS.
STEPHEN GEORGEN, Cor. Sec, box 537.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, March 20, 1877
The following named persons have made
application TO this Union for membership
H. Brinkman, b. Brinkman, John bunker,
George Hess Any Union having charges
against any of the above named win prefer
then within thirty days. Ignatx VOlz hAa
been elected President of this Union, n.
Leisenbach Vice President, vice Peter Fink
resigned.
FRANK KOENlG, Cor. Sec,, Union No. L.
MILWAUKEE, March ~, 1S72.-The fol-
lowing persons have applied for ms@bsr-
ship to this Union: Conrad SchuhmMn,
Hermann Mueller, Frank Brunks, Henry
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CAUToN.-Every genuine box Of DR.. Nc
LANES LIVER PILLS.bears the signature
of FLEMING BROS, Pittsburgh, Pa, and
their private U. s. Stamp. 6"Take no
other" The market is full of limitations. 1t
is the popular verdict that people who have
been accustomed to the use Of Bitters or Cor
dials are obliged, eventually, to resort to Nc
LANES LIVER PILLS for pei manent relief
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KNUcKLE RAPPING.-A young man of an
inquisitive turn Of mind, hailing from Ann
Arbor, thought he would, by way Of expert
ment, test the velocity Of the decent Of the
hammer of the large bell in the City Hall
Tower, by placing his fingers upon the edge Of
the bell while it was striking the hour Of
twelve, result of investigation loss of two or
three fingers of his right hand.
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NRw CITIzENs.-Qute . number of emf
grant families have arrived in this city from
different points Of Europe seeking new home.
Now is the time for agents &C. Of steamship
lines to make known, through the press by
advertising freely, the advantages to be deri-
we'd from taking passage by conveyance over
the routes they represent
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FnBsmgsr aeeommcdmaaons Cor IN elAsseal unrivAled
comhinnG snsssy, spssd and comiOrt saloons, state
rnonns noklmRro aad hakh-roo@in midship section
whsrs lsasa mssioa isls. Surgeons and SewArdsnsm
accompany thsss Bssamsw. haam-saloon, 90, gold;
stsssaas eno esnrmey. Thoss whaling 70 ssn1 Dor
frisnds kom ths Oad Counay obtain BtssrAgs pro-
paid certiAcMam, o9s, cuFrmey. PamsmRsm bOoksd %
or fsum an paxtn q AmsFtcA, rAris, Hamburg, Nc--
Tckan unmAsd n the lowsm raAm. DTMfs frum a mo-
ward fcr Inspection Of plAns and oshsr inf0rmafon,
epply q tie CompAny's 0Mcs, No. - Broadway, Nov
Hork j. n. 9PAMxG, General Agent
Or 70 the Whias Soar Line OfBcs, 30 Wmhmmkrmve.,
cmsnAso. A. LA0ER0RKKN, Agent
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DETROIT, APRIL 6, 1872.

The ball of the Iron Moulders Union was
well attended, and like all their former efforts,
was Q success. Each and every one of the
several committees seemed to vie with each
other in making it pleasant and profitable
affair to all present
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CHICAGO. ILL, APRIL 6, 1872.

The UNIoS PRINTERS BENEVOLENT AssO-
CITATION at its last meeting elected the follow
ing officers for the ensuing term: President,
J. q. Snow; Recording Secretary, Stsndish
Acres; Financial Secretary, NJ. H. Madden !;
Treasurer, James e. Hutchins; Board of
Trustees, e. w Mcdonald, J. W. Troy, VIM
Kennedy
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LABOR IN CHIcAGO.-During the past few
weeks our attention has been called 10 num-
Der Of advertisements which has appeared in
some Of the Engliah papers, holding out false
Inducements 70 old country mechanics, 10
come 70 Chicago. One 10 from . carpenter IN
this city. living at 7--StateSt. who aversthAt
S6Per day N the current rate Of wages, even
for lAborers and hOdoarriss. Now We don't
know wAo thin individual n. Though we have
fFsqasntly tried 70 find him, but we do know,
thaE 10 ma @cst unmitigHted iiar. and we ere
a Inn % conisctars even what hin motivs
could have been IN making such . Statement.
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To Cigar Makers.

The private circular for March has Just
been issued. Unions failing to receive it
promptly will do us favor by addressing
us by mail, as we have enough. left to sup
ply all DEFICIENCIES
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BILLIARDS Of this favorite game
will find every facility for willing away q
pleasant hour at WiIlemin's Billiard Parlors,
2l3 Jefferson avenue. A full and choice Sc
lection Of imported and domestic wines, liquors,
cigar and tobacco constantly on hand
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Now that Spring is opening and building is
commencing, the bricklayers are making prais-
worthy exertions to establish Union Of their
trade, with Cd prospect Of success. They
are quite a numerous class Of mechanics in
this city, and composed Of the right kind Of
material, and if they are in earnest must and
will succeed
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Official from the International President
BALTIMORE, Mp, April |, 49,,

Official from the international President
BALTIMORE, Nh, April 1, 1872.
To officers and members Of local unions
GESTLEMEN-The second quarter Of the
present administration has just closed on the
alst of March 1t is therefore requested that
local unions will be prompt in sending in their
quarterly reports, with their capitatiOn tax
According TO our Constitution at present, ar
ticle 7, section l, the capitation tax is forty
cents per member, instead Of twenty cents, as
heretofore Unions will therefore take notice
that it is ten cents per quarter, instead Of FIVE,
IS heretofore.
will also call your attention to another
matter. The fund OF the Kingston conspiracy
case has never been divided, ON account of not
having the proper papers. II any union or
any member Of a union has the circular upon
which is the report Of the Kingston conspiracy
case, made by the committee appointed to
conduct that case. they will confer a great
favor by sending it to me, as ! cannot get the
proper papers to have the matter settled up.
also wish each union would send me their
receipts Whlch they received IrOm the inter
national Secretary or the Cincinnati union for
the twenty per cent. Of their arrears upon the
Cincinnati strike. 1t appears that unions
which paid the twenty per cent never re-
ceived proper credit for the same
Yours fraternally,
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int. Pres.
EAvEN- WORTH, KANSAS March %, -.
Mr. EdKin Johnson, President Cigar Makers
lntenatiC nal Union.
Dear Sr,-Iu conformity with the Law, we
here present the NAL report Of this union, No.
56, after protra ted struggle Of twelve weeks
the same having terminated by the men on
strike leaving town and getting employment
IN other shops
The following is the amount Of assistance
received from unions assessed to support us in
our strike:
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The fine weather for the last few days seem
to have put new life into all kinds Of business,
excavations are in progress preparing to erect
the foundations Of several large blocks Of
stores, and all laboring men that can and viii
work, have an opportunity, which has already
diminished the number Of able bodied men
that have stood around the market with saw
and axe in hand ready to work, while many
yet remain too idle and degraded to improve
the opportunities offered TO better their condi-
ton, and relieve their families Of the necessity
Of applying to the Poormaster for alma to sus-
tain life. Such useless scamps should be made
to carry nod Of mortar up and down . long
ladder for three successive hours, until they
were cured Of their loaang propensities.
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ia On ths laird Tharsany evening a each month nt
che Atlaafe Houss. Main d, hsswesn FOURTH and Ffth
ass. H. MAssmn. prw, bsx So. NsA jesssl, Vie
prm. 0enqRe Herman, 11a. John Dlck, roc. sse. l.
kAsdls On. sec. H. Martens cor. Sec, lock box So
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The balance on hand has been distribute
the nninna mn rnln A fnllnzs.

The result Of the strike is unsuccessful, the
three shops wherein the strikes occurred being
lost to the uniOn-at least for the present.
In conclusion, we return thanks to the Off
GERS Of the International Union, and to the To-
cal unions, for their promptness in responding
e. the appeal for assistance and hoping for
our International prosperous future, we re-
main yours in the bonds of union,
Louis VOss,
%. ID. OLIVE,
LOUIS voss President
JoHS T. JONES, Recording Secretary
EDWIN JOHNSON, Int Pres
Money received by Detroit union, No. p, to
aid the strike from January "a to February
%:
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THE CIGAR MAKERS.

rs VIII unions desiring changes in the addresses Of
corresponding secretaries please State the ii the
b. mer .tvrstary.
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AMONG the very first banking institutions
in Detroit is that of Mesars. VIM. D. Morton
Co., northwest corner Third and Wood
bridge streets. In connection with . regular
banking business, this firm receives on deposit
the savings Of workinemsn and others, in sums
of one dollar and upward, and allows interest
thereon, thus uniting profitable investment
with undoubted security. Passage Tickets
to and from the Old World, by Temperley's
Line, can be obtained ut this bank, and drafts
are issued on al the principal cities Of Europe.
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All moneys returned again to the different
uniOna that sent ua aid.

$40 90.
The strike was not successful The shop is
nou a acah shon