The workingman's advocate., 1872-10-12

The Monopo.les Moving.
The " a l.. X. 1 nIH>t br again made whole.
ITthe Member womId >aN = Themselves
from the Ncrir.I deg atIaIiOn.

For months it has been apparent that
the monster corporations who control the
Coal Region uud All the avenues Of escape
from IT, have III contemplation some plan
for annihilatlng TIE A 4 T.. B. A.. un
tive ur three occasions riuuurs uf the nature
uf the conspiracy have come u, IVY ir.uu
New York. Philadelphia audi other points
ON the strength uf which rumurs Nc have
frequently ctutiuyd the m,u NO thr mines
tu luuk we'll tu their urIamlA,tluu. snd srr
to 1t that thvy are prepared tu meet the
crisis when 10 comes. lu some instances
these words w warning have had tine effect
| " inducing the Iurn CIV rally their forces
ANA III many places th.ry l- t marked Im-
| pruyement M rhc condition uf thr ur4auil
alton. But III other localities the same
| listless indifference y being manifested
And nov Ms have upnn us thr beginning
Of the end The muuuunhrs dr unt prp-
pose a. rest content with owning al the
routes uf transportation. ali thr hands. and
all the operations they HIa bent upon
owning the men Whu tul 300 thc mines
They du uut propose tr ALLOW ANY utpttrr-
ance with their right " tu regulate the
wages II their employees .md prescribe tur
conditions under which they may ha,r
work. The lahurcr /, tu have uu Voice iu
these, o. HIM, yitaily important mattrr,
The hat Il tu gu forth from the autuyralv.
and il IL a. w decided uI,uu n council. tud
against Il nu word VI protest must hr stu-
ken Tu enable them wv y, cumplish thr.,.
things. the power w thc VI q 4. n A.
must be destroyed While " lives " wiII
continue {" insist upuu having something
e. say as z" the wages that shall br paid
Therefore it must hc mad, tu dir
And the hrst MOVE 10 the game which
is TO accomplish this end hs,. been made.
The supvriutyndrnts w the culhercs
owned and worked by the Reading and
other Railroad Companies have been m-
structed from thc general hcadQuarters w
the conspiracy wv employ men r.guuU,ss Wy
the yrDt,ytti,auS Wy wv, a,ou This IN x
simple little order uf itself but it " ful
of significance ID means that those m,u
who have madc themselves most uhruNlruS
to the mon shall lr employed ODD prefer
ence To- mon men. In order that the mrul-
bers " the organization may hr incited tn
refuse "a work with tho traitors ltmraus
that IA this way strikes ar, wv hD uaul1-
rated, amt the companies. tutrruyhrd OWN.
hind their millions, are tu fight thv organ
Hatlon until its backbone is broken. aud
the last obstacle ia 'hc way uf their ah,u-
lutte dominion II removed. This i. thc fuIl
significance Of the order. which Wa arr rr-
hably assured has been ISSUED tu tht. -1r.-r.
mtendents uf all cUllcH,s operated M, tine
corporations.
For years this monster monopoly. hl-
been stretching forth ity Iung arms wv ever,
direction and dragging mtu Ivy trcachrrls
rnhra... q.
there + cual, f"r years Its ra,cnous apI,-
tlte has been feeding upon The failures ut
operators ami the suftrings nj their elu-
ployees, and still it D. unappc,sod Nuw
the organization Is tu bee swallowed up u
order that King Guwen and his cuutrrres
may W.