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Q. What restrictions are imposed upon you
N an Employer by Combinations OF workmen
assuming TO regulate the pay or other con-
ditions of labor
3. What restrictions, Il any, aen imposed
BY Trades Unionn or ether Combinstioua,
upon persons who seek Or obtain employment
i'm your sstahlishment
TO- Assuming that . lArgs proportion OF
wOrkmen are opposed to the restrictions and
aggressive measures sought TO he enforced, by
Trades Unions, can you suggest any means
Of organizing this element 80 a. tO make Its
inf1usnce felt, Would you cOnsadsr sacA .
course advisable?
H. Can you suggest any condition more
favorabls for the w0rkmsn, soaking the larry
est results of his labor, than that which leaves
him full liberty to dispose of ii to that EN-
ploysr who will freely pay him the greatest
value therefor!
From this and numerous other facts
which have come to our notice, We are satis-
fed that IN organized effort in attempted
to be made among capitalists 70 put down,
or to attempt to put down, every effort OF
organization which has for its object the
better protection Of workinglnsn against
the cormorant demands Of capital. Under
Just financial laws, there would be NO
difficulties between employers and employees,
which could not be amicably settled. But
it is a fact which we have done all We
could to make workingmen thoroughly un-
derstand that capital, through the unjust
legislation Of the country, has complete
control over every branch Of business, ans
over the Legislative and judicial depa,r-
ments that this control is given through
corporate laws, including financial, ccm-
mercial and manufacturing corporation a.
the principal ones. Having through tasse
instrumentalities subsidized the goIern-
ment, and perverted justice, they now
propose to use these agencies IN making q
new set Of laws which shall cut ef the
workingmen from every chance Of escape
from their meshes of iniquity. Yet we
must confess that workingmen are dow, too
slow, t. perceive that prompt, energetic,
political action on their part, is what il
absolutely necessary to protect them from
this ubiquitous government corporate
power
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New Labor Unions.
The following Labor Unions have recent
ly been formed in the lumber districts Of
Michigan

The following Labor Unions have recent
ly been formed in the lumber districts Of
Michigan
EAST SAGINAW.
President FOurnie.
Secretary-John r. Horton.
Regular meetings held each Saturday night
SAGINAW CITY
President-E. Todd
Secretary s. johnson.
Regular meeting Saturday evening
BAY CITY.
President Charles Drago
Secretary Haney.
Regular meeting the First and Third Wed
nesday evenings Of each month.
MILWAUKEE.
President j. Houston
secretary-Thomas Leonard.
Regular meeting Saturday night.
FLINT
Presidemt-Jo McClinton.
KAWkAWLIN
President William Know
Secretary-James Laracy
Regular meeting Saturday evening
CARROLTON.
President McLlinden.
Secretary-A. 7. briggs.
OWOSSO.
President-A. b. Chapman.
Secretary-W. Chase.
EAST 1AWAS
President W. Hubbell.
Secretary -David Brewer.
Regular meetings "Wednesday evenings.
ST CHARLES.
President Thomas Towser.
Secretary-A d. Huntington.
Regular meetings Saturday evenings.
ALPENA.
President-Ja BOman
Secretary-P O'Farrel
Saturday nights regular meetings.
SHEBOYGAN
Presldent-F Nj. Sinions
Secretary-ThOmas Rhodes
MIDLAND
President-G. F. Mathews
Secretary A. Mills
Meet Wednesday evenings.
TAWAS CITY.
President Moses keho.
Secretary-JOhn Fleming
Regular meeting Saturday evening
SOUTH SAGINAW.
Presidential A. Rouse.
SecretAry-John Moore.
Regular meeting Friday evening
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A REVIEW Of Tho Average price received
Cor echuylkin County coal during the
year soon TO Close, rsvfves the somewhat
important tact that it does not reach ". 30
per CON.
A MwwsPAPHR correspondent who has
been to nee the Virginia coal fields. and
operations, reports them, desirable place
for miners in search Of employment TO
locate in.
TIE KNGswooD COLLINS. Kings-
wood collisrs, near Bristol, received notice
on Saturday that thar services would not
be required after Saturday next unless
they abandon their stint system, which
rsstxiss ths proAuctiou a eoal 10 about
four tons psr man. Should the collisrs
resist, from 200 TO !, 200 persons win DO
thrown out Of work. Only . few weeks
ego II We were rightly informed, the pro-
Prietor Of the Kin@wOod was stumping
the country ut minen' meetings. This u
wonderfully consistent, with his locking
out the men because they think reduc-
tion Of labor necessary.
THE Shenandoah Herald asks, in q tone
OF doubt, after telling IN how the opera
tors at Schuylkili have "every month
(this year, lost money" Ii it possible
for them TO do the same next season r. ID
the Herald sure that the operators haos
every month lost money r Is it certain
that they cannot afford to pay the prices
now paid, even when coal 10 selling below
H.5Oi Who il authority for saying that
500 per ton average is not sufficient
10 guarantee the same wages ~ are nov
being paid
NEW Coal STRIKE.-0n Monday, the
18th ult., q tine vein Of block coal, thres
feet three inches thick, was struck at the
depth Of one hundred and sixty-fOur feet
on the farm of David Robinson, ESD, Of
Hickory township, sharp county, y.
The miners Of Shenango Valley, Mer
Ger county, Pa, have made a demand o
ten cents per ton 10 commence from tbs
first Of this month.
The Executive Board Of Mercer County
Pa, have asked for the ten cents advanc'
conceded to the Ohio miners. The pric'
will probably be given without struggle
a several banks have gwen notls to EN-
ployes that the works will not be stopped
the old Coal Run bank ia abandoned
and the men heretofore employed ther,
have found employment ut the adjoinin;
bank Of Oak Hill, which il now doubl
shifting it taking out pillars.
NoRrHUMBRELAND Co., Pa up to Satur
day last, had sent to market I,O44, O8.
tons Ut coal, nearly 25, 600 tons more thai
during the same period IN 1871.
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Now, # this plan has proved successful
in Chicago, there is no reason why it should
not prove AS successful ia Cincinnati, Evans
vile or Detroit God helps those who
help themselves, and it well to remember
that an ounce IF prevention is worth
pound If cure
But there is yet another and effective
a course which can be followed III many, if
not all &c the State, viz to engraft the
Benevolent with the Protective features Of
our organizations. H. Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania this plan has been tired with success.
In Illinois any trades union can project it
self d articles Of Incorporation embracing
this feature, and then requiring approved
bonds from its treasurer. Those acquaint-
ed with the history and struggle Of the
British Trades Unions will remember that
Mr.. Bruce, the Home Secretary, after con
sultation with representative trades union
lists of England and Scotland, INTRODUCED
a bill into Parliament, covering this very
ground, circuit Judge having decided that
purely protective trades organizati, n-as
such-cuuld neither sue nor he sued. The
measure passed, and is now in successful
operation May We not learn lesson from
our trans Atlantic brethren
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NEWS OF THE DAY.


WomAese1r.
WARRINGTON, Nov. 2l.-Illinois Office
holders here claim to have advices from
their State to the effect that Mr.. Wash
burn merely intended surveying the field
relative to his chances for the Senatorship.
and that his observations have induced
the conclusion not to make q canvass.
President GrAnt devotss several hours
1t the m"rnlnE to the preparation Of his
message, and receives guests q limited
time an the afternoon. The message will
not BE- printed in advance Of ita transmits
sion to Congress, but a. heretofore manu-
script copies will be furnished to the
representative u the press at the Execu-
tive Mansion, about the time the Presi-
dents Secretary shall have reached the
Capitol with the Official document.
BOsToN, Nov 2l.-At meeting u the
wax and kip leather manufacturers yea
terClay. il unanimously resolved that
ia per cent. be- considered fair advance
i'm finished leather. Ii was also resolved
that Ms n rule all sales Of upper leather be
made On the basis ~ four months credit.
New YORK, Nov q. Another trial of
q street railway dummy i'm the presence Of
the Aldermanic Railroad Committee was
made to-day ON the Blocker Street and
Third Avenue lines. The dummy convey
ed seventy passengers, and mastered the
curves and grades with perfect ease. The
experiment was. in all respects satisfact-
Dry and practical A dummy OF different
pattern will be tried next week
The case If Edward y. Stokes. which
was net down for the first Monday in De-
cember, has been postponed, by consent of
counsel, till the second Monday in the
same month.
The Widow Wade sued ex Mayor KAlb-
Aeisch, Of Brooklyn, for 100. OOO damages.
for breach Of promise. The defendant, in
his answer, AYERS that the promise was
expressly upon condition and in the event
that, upon inquiry. it should prove that
the plaintiff was, and had been, % fair
fame and repute The widow accepted
this limited proposal, and the venerable
Mayor states that his investigation was
wholly unfavorable. The case win soon be
tried
THE steamship San Salvador, from Sa-
vannah, Ca, with freedmen for Liberia.
arrived last evening. This band, number
ing $50, is the advance guard Of 5000 en-
igrants.
SroKEs, in his next trial, will be defended
by new counsel, his former counsel having
retired.
TIE CaprOn, the second vessel II the Jap-
Anese feet building in these waters, will
make her trial trip in few days.
THE widow Ut A. ID. Putnam, who was
killed by Foster with a car-book, has
brOuChf amt magninnk tina Seventh Avar,,a
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SON have your o. rusty knives put In .
condition to resemble pure ailver, and the
trouble of scousng knives forever dinpens-
ID with. Manysn oserworhsd Woman WIN
thank us for tis good news, which saves
half the labofof diah- washing.
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dslihsrMta. mpnAA AND FnpnEt A. the Assem-
bly, the organic laws best fitted TO insure
the working Of the leenl Government Il
the Republic; the prolongati0n Of Presi-
dent Their term of Office four years the
nomination Of WIGS President the crea-
ton Of q second Chamber the partial or
complete renewal Of the Assembly MiEiS-
terial responsibility and the general har-
mOniziES of republican institutions.
The report was unanimously adopted.
The members Of the extreme Left indorSe
the declaration of Gambetta that the dis
solution Of the National Assembly Ia the
sole remedy for present difficulties.
The payment Of the third milliard Of the
war Indemnity has been completed. France
will have half q millard more ready by the
18th Of December
GERMANY
BERLIN Nov. 2l.-GenerAl Brico.
Special Envoy from the Repulic u Hayti,
Ass srrived in this city TO open diplomatic
relations with Germany. He intends 70
lay before the Government an explanation
of the delay in the payment Of the German
corvettes ct Port au- Prince.
The Ecclesiastical Rights bal, prohibit
ing the issue of DEGREES u eKcommunica-
ton, has been submitted to the Diet. IL
declares that any clergyman who AhAn BY
name threaten with punishment, or decree
o. proclaim ss punishable, n subject OF
Prussia, shall be liable to hne Of o, 900
thnlsEa, ~ two years Imprisonment, and
ineligible to Office for a term Of i've years.
CANADA.
NEM YORK, Nov. 2I.-The Commercial
Adcerttser has information that the Colon
lists Of British North America are prepar-
ing 10 hold mass meetings in favor u
annexation 70 the United States. There
are said to be- ten organizations in the
Dominion, whose sole aim IL annexation.
NOMINAL, Nov. 2l.-The ceremony u
the presentation of the statue Of Queen
Victoria to the City Of Montreal, took
place to-day Lord Dufferin, Governor
General, in u speech, testified TO the deep
interest Her Majesty took in the welfare
and happiness VI her subjects in ali the
British donnnions
MELBorRNE, Victoria, Nov q The
bull legalIzing marriage to a deceased
wife's sister, has passed the Legislature Uf
Victoria.
The Captain and mate Of the brig Carl
tried At Sydney for the murder Of a mum
Der VI POlynesian natives, whom they
kidnapped 10 sell into slavery, have been
found guilty and sentenced to be hanged
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TRADES UNION DRrAUIrsRs.


The recent defalcation Of member of
our Trades Union oficiAls-those to whose
keeping and integrity have been con6ded the
funds Of their several associations, and the
consequent injury such dsfalcation has in
hictsd on the associations, naturally leads
to the inquiry whether an efficient prevent
i've for their occurrence has not or cannot
be presented, and put into practical opera
ton.
In nine cases out 1t ten land We have re
Gently taken some pains Ia investigate the
matter), sheer carelessness. or rather an ut
ter disregard Of business principles and
safeguards on the part OF the organizations
defrauded, has led to these results We're
business men Ia conduct their monetary
transactions in the same slip-sho manner,
honest men would soon become the excep-
ton and defaulters the rule. We do not
claim, neither do we believe that the treas
urers Of our trades unions are, as class,
more dishonest than the treasurers of our
monied corporations, but we do claim that
they are Just rs apt to fall into temptation,
their very poverty being their chief Stun
bling block that their shortcomings are
fraught with more baneful consequences to
the labor movement than the william IS Of
Tweed, or the defalcati"n If a Hodges,
can possibly be To political or monied
corporation. and that these considerations
/ furnish the strongest reasons why the mt
most caution should he nbser, ed in the Sc
lection Of officials t. whom these funds are
entrusted. and the adoption and enforce
ms,t of the most stringent rules calculated
t. protect our organization, from loss.
! As an evidence that such system is pos
sihle We suhion the rules adopted by one
of our excellent Savings Institutions IN
this city the managers Of which assure us
that tor the past uine years there has never
been dispute Of any character between
them and the associations whose funds
they hold that both are mutually pro
tected by carrying out plan which makes
| fraud All impossibility. II reads as follows :
/ INSTRUCTIONS from the Association known A.
- ~ the disposition it, funds
I Account No Chicago ...-.. Isl
To the cashier II the MERt HANTS, FARMERS
/ AND MECHANICS SAVINGS BANk.
WHEREAS, 1t haS been ordered by the Association
known the ....-.. ..... .....
]
that l. funds lie deposited from time 10 time il, the
MERCHANTS, Farmers AND MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK, ia
its and its credit You hereby directed by
authority of said Association a. aN said funds, from
and this date until further notice under the rules
Of said SAVING Bank, upon orders receipts signed by
whose signature given below
SEAL of SOCIETY .-.-.... ...... ........
A..n.tr. -. - -. L.. !. ..i..t.
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CALIFORNIA.

SAN Francisco, Cal, Nov. Is.
TO the Editor u the wORsiss.4S's ADVOCATE.
The battle IL over, and victory has
perched upon the Republican standard.
Well, the question with us in, how has the
result affected the laboring interest Of this
country.
: As far Is the two candidates were con-
cerned, there was certainly . difference
One had made record Of many years in
favor Of suffering humanity. Instead Of
Amassing q colossal fortune like his rival,
the owner of the New York Herald, he
was content with q moderate competence
for himself, and divided the profits Of the
Tribune newspaper among his workmen,
and made them all rich. Such conduct has
but few parallels in modern history.
The other candidate was bred TO war,
and in the very nature Of things can have
but little sympathy with the working
masses. His ideas, like that Of the party
who elected him, il that the workingmen
must be kept in subsection. Go search
the pages Of history for those who have
trampled the liberties of the people under
foot, and you will find recorded there the
names Of those who have been the victors
in many battles, and there are those who
do no hesitate to declare, that ut the expir-
alton Of these four years 10 come, they viii
elect Gen. Grant for life. Man proposes
but God disposes."
There h . destiny shapes all our ends
Rough he~ thsm we may.
What should we have accomplished by
electing Greeley Restored the Demo
cratic party tn power, and its leaders to
place with all their secesh proclivities, like
Alphobet Krum, who denies the right Of
the bondmen to he tree, and who loves
the South and her isstitwtiOns. Where
the master once lorded it over the slave,
and mOnOpolised the fruits Of his toll.
The Republican party have enumerated
the doctrine-anwilingly, no doubt-that
il in not lawful for one man to monopOlise
the profits of another mans industries,
leaving the toiler but bare subsistence
The people Of the United States have not
had time to recognizes the full meaning Of
this great principle, and 10 understand
that the Republican party, while claiming
10 have set labor free from one kind Of
slavery, are the remorssleas advocAtea of
another scarcely len iusti6cable. The
American people will hold the Republican
party to their record. wWho anticipates,
with the corrupt rings already formed, and
the bats they have 10 succenfnlly gorged,
that the rights Of the people are going 10
DO respectsdl
The evils Al bad government and corruPt
lsgislatioa ere sosumulating % rapidly
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REMOVAL.

In future all communications intended
for the Apvo, ATE, must be addressed To
Room ? "a south Clinton street
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The rules Of this institution make il oh
hgatory that all checks shall be signed by
the President, Secretary, Treasurer and
Board Of Trustees When a change If
officers occurs the follo.-ing blank is re
quired u Be filled up, signed by the OH
GERS with the seal of the union attached ~
and deposited with the Cashier
10 rHI CASHIER % TaT
MERCHANTS. FARMERS AND MECHANICS san
INGS BANK
ChicaSu, 1T
Ihs AAT CEA1IEY, That ~ the undeI signed, we're
elected Oh the ..--. -.-..- ....
day Of ~ aud quliined a. Ofticers As be
low OF the Association kn,wn .....-...
for the term VI -.-... .-.... You 1il be
1sd a. 70 all changes in officers
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M UNDLRsisss5. formerly Oifferrs II tss aiyss
named Society, do hereby certify that the above
the genuine signatures Of successurs Ia office
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PARIs, Nov. n. Evening AT meet
ing Of the Deputies Of the Left Centre, to
day, the COMMITTEES which had been Ap-
pointed 10 draw up . platform OF policy
made their report. They recommend TO
the support Of the party in the Assembly
the following measures The appointment
Of PaxliamsntAEy Committees q Thirty TO
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THE CIGAR MAKERS.

~ Will unions desiring change Ia the addresses u
corresponding secretaries please the u the
former secretary.
The fOnoNing peFsnns have made applications for
membership 10 the several unions ANY UNION having
charges " prefer, will forward them within thirty tA
from the date ~ application
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BOsrON, Nov. Is, 1872 Jacob Bach,
Emanuel Caro- also Henry Little o. Le rein.
stated. q. W. BELNIX, Cor See.
PORTsNorr Va, Nov. IL, lS72.-Joseph
kOsenbaum. THEoBALDM MEHEUAN.
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cARDIFY COLLIRRs.

On Wednesday, ct CardiG, delegates
representing several thousand Oollisrs en-
ployed in house coal pits had IN interview
with the employers to demand Id per ton
advance in the rates Of cutting coal. The
masters refused the advance, and suggest
cd arbitration. The delegates declined TO
accept the proposal, saying they had no
instructions TO do 20. The men had given
notice, which would expire Last Wsdnes-
day, and il wss feared work would be SUM-
pended. is
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signature u those authorized sign drafts receipts
above.
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that 4 funds lie deposited fruni time time IN the
MERgHANrs, Farmers AND MECHANICS SAVINGS BANk, ia
its and to its credit You hereby directed by
authority 90 said Association a. lsl said funds, from
aud after this date until further notice under the rules
Of said saving bank orders receipts signed by
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
MIIud CONGRESS. End SESSION.

SENATE,-We dnesday, May 1.-The House
bill repeating section OF Army Appropriation
act of 1870, prohibiting promotions In the staff
denartments of the army, was taken up and
nassed. The consideration of the Naval APP
nronriation bill was then resumed. Pending
debate, the Senate went into Executive session,
and at its close adjourned.
HoUsE.-The House concurred in the SEN
ate amendments to the bill repeating the duties
on tea and coffee, and the bill passed. num-
her Of bills relating to Indian affairs were taken
uei .rd 1isnosed OF. The debate upon the
Ter;ff Hill was resumed in Committee of the
Whole. MIR. Kelley addressed the House in
favor of his bill, and speeches were made ~, oy
Nessrs. Wakeman, Stevenson and Conner. Inc
committee then rose.
snNATE.-Thursday, May e The Post
Ronte bill was discussed until the expiration Oh
+be morning hour The bill authorizing dipo-
VIZ and consular officers of the United States
- France. TO receive certain testimonials IRON
tbo Enneror of Germany was debated, put nf
on ae;o 1 tatan The consideration OF the Post
Office Office Appropriation bill was continued. Pend
mo discussion, the Senate went into Executive
session ees and at its close adjourned.
HoUsE.-A bill was passed ordering the ISSUE
of breech- loading muskets and ammunition t.
~ o;t;1one Of Montana, for protection against thu
q Tnd;oaS number of bills relating to lndiar
HAIRS afa, were reported and passed: The debate
nnon the Tariff bill was resumed in COMMITTEES
~ Tho Whole and speeches were made b!
Messrs MAYNARD, Kerr, Kellogg and Storm,