The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-08-24

birth of the Tweed. No sooner had we
bit them than we proceeded to find the
ben on whom we could rely. Glad were
10 to find that the noble SALISBURY was
II fire, Ill anger, in denouncing them aa
shameful amendments, that il was dis
race to men who called themselves Con.
ervatives 10 Offer such to the House, and
hat he would fight them by every form Of |
he House We were not less pleased to
ind that the noble Lord KinEaird was an |
Imatsd by the same spirit rShaftssbury
had put on three amendments that were
rejected in the House of Commons. Earl
Morley had on quite 0 host Of amend
ments all, however, of kind to give
efficiency to the bill and Kinnaird had
few n the same character Lord Lytton
had one to raise the age Of boys to thir-
teen before they would 10 allowed to work
in the mines.
At the usual hour, FIVE o'clock, the
House of Lords met. The hrst matter
that came before the House was . Welsh
trust-no doubt of great Importance TO
those whom it concerned, most Of all, ap-
uarently, to the Bishop Of Bangor, who
spoke for long time ON the question:
but to US il had no charm. In the mean
time, Lord ElchO WAS among the Conser-
natives, doing all he could IL get them Ia
withdraw their amendments, stating To
them, in the plAinest terms, they might
lind the agitation for the ID hours Increas-
ing, or there might be less hours at their
door before the next session. Mr.. Hen
derson, Nj. r. for Durham, and himself q
large coal owner, and - large hearted,
noble man, came to US, stating that he re-
uretted much the course taken by the
mine owners, and that he had been doing
all he could to have the vile amendments
withdrawn. Failing to meet with that
success he deserved, Lord Elcho went u
vt thEeimi "t w,ps6qGSG nhim "a. # he would not
| =. for South Northumberland, also 1 = :,
mine owner, next came 10 us, who also
had been counseling the withdrawal oi
the amendments. A rumor now reached
us that gave more annoyance, which wa
To the effect that the Government wa
going to yield the point, accept the u
hours a. Mr. Bruce had done in the Com
mons Our feelings at this stage We will
not attempt to describe. These, however
we're soon allayed. Mr. Beaumont went
down to the House Of Commons and ask
ed Mr. Bruce if that was so, when Mr.
| Bruce gave him the most distinct assurance
the Government was going TO stand by th'
bill as it left the lower House. The Con
servatives being in great force this did no
entirely set our minds at rest
The trust disposed Of, and Inclosur
Bill, &c, the House quickly took up tn,
Miners Bill Lord Morley proceeded
L.. than Fnllnua,
Shaftesbury, kinnalrd, LyttletOn, Dun
say, and then Richmond, in moving tn
% hours for the o.. Ii wAs quite nOtlcea
BILE that the noble duke had not mucl
heart In his work. He tried to caJol
Earl Morley to accept his views. The
came Shaftesbury, Cairns, narrowly
Salisbury for the debate, see the Parlis
mentary news. II was short, keen, an
cutting for a time Harrowby counselle
the Withdrawal Of the amendments, other
pointed to the House Of Commons, whe
with the best Of grace the noble Duk
withdrew it, and the boys were saved
Yes. saved, when the bill comes into opel
alton, from the degradation Of long hour
Brutal parents, your power for evil
: your children by long hours is forevt
crushed No more can you drag thel
out Of their beds at three OF four O'Clock
? and keep them in the dreary mine till 81
o'clock at night. No more can you fee
OF riot on the health Of the tender plant.
No longer can you, inhuman employer
keep them working to you for twelve
thirteen hours per day-the strong arm
the law will soon stand forward in the
! defense. Thanks to all who have joine
us in the work-the coming generatio
will do them justice.
The next question that followed wa
~ a-AaidinlIa arn..ndnSssnt IA a1lqg the tim
, down. Strongly and hard did Richmon
tight for this, and the opposing lords wei
equally firm. When it went to a divisio
: the inhuman interests were beaten by
E majority Of six. Now the course WI
= virtually a smooth one. Our case W,
over. The leaders of the mine Owner
who had, like ourselves, stood below I'll
bar, disappeared, except Mr.. Pease, WI
Y stood it out till clause after clause W,
ratified or amended. How different
1872 to that Of 1866 as clause after clau,
was destroyed in committee the min,
owners were jubilant-gleeful; it W,
other times then. Soon WAS the who
completed the bill passed through con
mittee, and the report is to be brought u
on Tuesday, the 30th.
THE METALLIFERoUs MINES BILL.
In few minutes this bill was also ser
through committee. Inspection and tn
, protection Of youth being now extende
to all these, ventilation must now be a
tended to. No longer, surely, will peopl
be destroyed rs we have seen them i
Cumberland and elsewhere They wi
/ now as a class become men, let US hope
ARBITRATION BILL
As this bill was unopposed, on the ar
plication Of Lord kinnaird it was held a
passed through committee. Thus, in on
night, three bills in which we have an in
terest, passed through c. littee of tn
House of Lords. In the ears past W
could not see this, yet, in the matter W
have been doing nothing. 1t has been
the aid Of such men as Burt, Pickard
Normansell, Brown, Halliday, Crawford
: Dixon, Casey, Penman, and others, tina
the work has been completed To other
that have gone to their rest, to others i
distant lands, and last, not least, to tn
aid OF humane and powerful press, ar
we also indebted. 1t is not often the 10
of one person to see three bills safely sen
through committee As the Goa
Mines, Metal Mines, and Arbitration bill
were. We can now afford to leave tn
matter 10 those who come after us. Il
our long career, the foul-mouthed and "
ing knaves have often been busy we no,