The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-13
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A WORN OF EYpT ATTON

To am and al of tDse lcIo siecTcIy desire to bet
ter the cIndjtiOn aud increase the eHiOWReIds
and prtCtisgcS of the WDrhtHgHeH OF America.
Mr.. EDIToR-Thc Constitution, Platform and
Rules of Order of the Labor Reform Union of
the United States has been submitted to your
attention before this, in the hope that you, as
well as all others to whom il shall come, will
give II a most c Ireful and serious consideration
as the work mas been prepared with no little
care, and, ii is believed, will fulfil its desired
objects The reasons for this organizI tion will
oe hahliest 10 any one VINO has watched the
progress of the Labor Reform movement for
The intrgucs of the money and political pow
e eers OF the country against US, and their liked
the thornuvh 3nr Efforts is patent to all.
our enemies. and the great power tnSyp ,.i oi
in being thorou Shly prepared with the ''sine 3
| OF war, renders this struggle OF Labor against
/ Capital one in which every possible resource
/ within the reach OF Labor must be brought to
/ bear i'm this contest with organized avarice and
/ tyranny Considering W hat the producing class
es OF this country have 80 stake, the great in
/ justice now perpetruicd against them in the
! shape of a usury which, no honest thinker can
! deny, Is equivalent TO robbery, aud the greater
hardships i'm store for them IL the near future,
| IL behooves them To organize as one man in such
way as to be secure in their councils and eff
/ cient in the work OF righting their wrongs.
Let no one underestimate the gravity of the
situation or the supreme Importance OF the is
/ sues at stake The emancipation OF the slave
was not so grand an achievement for humanity,
civilization, and the Vitaiity OF our scheme OF
I government, as shall be the emancipation of
/ Labor from the thraldOm of Capital and our
/ beloved country from the rule OF wrong. dis
honesty and simulated patriotism. The crisis
/ is imminent, the work is herculean, the objects
1 to be attained the most benencent in our hiStO-
/ Ty shail we hesitate TO use the most vigorous
ana ehcient means at our command IN the en-
/ counter?
| The l.. r. L. is an embodiment of the foun-
| datiOn and principles of the n. l.. u, has been
approved by the leading spirits or that organi-
Zation and. we doubt not, will be endorsed by
all who have at heart the good of the working
men of the country. II will not only create a
brotherhood of men, but Will cement interests
establish common purpose and furnish the
means to carry on one OF the most momentouS
contests i'm the political arena ever known IN
this country.
There are now shout forty Labor Reform
Unions in Pennsylvania numbering from two
thousand 10 twenty-hVe hundred members
each, and others are rapidly organizing III IS
confidently believed that within six months
there will be two hundred Thousand enrolled
under its banner in this State alone We there
fore believe you will appreciate the importance
of this great work of emancipating American
Labor, and that you will give it the best efforts
Hoping that you will give this place in your
columns for tie welfare and prosperity of the
Yours, Sc SUBSCRIBER
To THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS OF CAMBRIA Co.
-GentIemRH: In pursuance Of the forty-third
section of the Act of May Sth. 1854. you are no
/ House in Ebensburg, on the first Tuesday in
May a. ID. 1872, being the seventh day of the
month, at o'clock in the afternoon, and select
! CiCG rOcc, by majority of the whole number
of directors present, one person of literary and
scientific acquIrem ments and of skill and eNpe-
! r1ence in the art of teaching, as County super
termine the amount of compensation for the
same; and certify the result to the State Su-
perlntendent, at Harrisburg, rs required by
the thlrty-ninth and fortieth sections of said
Act. T. j, CHAPMAN
April IL, 1872.
Ice oREAM.-The ball has been opened-S. P.
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