The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-10-05

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PRESENTATION or FLAG.
A. th. corner of Monroe anil state SITS
druutat,nn from It Patrcks Association,
met th. procession and presented the union
With ! nted States flag, which was carried
=, III, r-,d NJ the procession
.MrLiutNTS 10 Mr.. wARwICK.
When the procession reachad the Chamber
81 Commerce. halt was ordered, and the
banJ taking position in trent OF the build
ug seranaded Mr. Warwick. who was the
inst to concede to the union. That gentle
man being in front Of the building,
chrer,-l bOisterously by the men IN the pro
cession Mr. Warwick saluted the meu IN
return. and the men on the building gave
three cheers Tor the UNION
Nothing ii any note happened during the
rest Of the parade The men, when passing
a building IN which carpenters were At work.
,,,,nld p,iut t. the banner and invite them
To- rau H.. umon. hut beyond this no act OF
Violence intimidation. On dlsapprobatlon took
place There Vas no h.S,uy or yrpdsHy by
rrspoust 10 the men at work ON buildings
As they passed Under the circumstances,
th, parade WAS as great success ss could
have been achieved by any other trade or on
ganizatun placed IN similar circumstances.
rHE MEETING.
,ftrr the procession returned 10 headquar
t-r,. ana was dismissed, a mass meeting was
or.autlrd ia the hall and addressed by the
President. MIR Owens He sand lie would
not 70 into history ~ the Of the
strike. All were acquainted with tile cause,
M Knew that winter was approaching that
rents were enormously high that fuel was
d,ancing u prices aud the cost u hNng
GENERALLY. was ON the increase. Carpenters
we're not RECEIVING adequate pay Tor the ser
vices they rendered. Il, was glad 70 see
that y many ii his felo' worklngmcn ap-
precratrd the movement Heretofore, he sald
strikes were failures IN tins city, unc"ndlti"n-
81 surr-uders upon the part Of the men 70 the
ruulu,ers lie was told 1t would he imp"s-
,id, u 4 strike in this city at the present
tm-. men hal come from all parts ami labor
Va plenty II vas true, he admitted. tnat
labor hai flowed into tins city since the nre. I
hut It was equally true that from the same
cause the demand for labor had increased |
proportIonaly with the supply, that he |
considered the chances II success we're on the |
Lille " tie men, II they only stood firm to
tile union.
Nj Owens here congratulated tile men on /
the iju7 turnout they had made on their good /
and orderly conduct along the route Of pro
cessiou. and said that their nmnbeas and /
appearance had ought TO convince their EN- /
pioyer. and the press. that they were still |
as determined as they the first day OF |
the strike There is infused into trade. /
sald Mr. owens an element foreign ele-
meut which brought with It great talent |
and great skill to Chicago. The talent and |
skill Of all the states IN the union was con
crntrated IN tins city, and he did not see why |
it should not he paid for well As other
trades are paid. He thought 1t time for
the carpenters and jolners to assume their
rights and position among the other building
tr.rles
The president reviewed the history Of the
strike So tar, and sand he could see nothing e.
be discouraged at This IS but the fifth day
Of the strike and vet twenty hye bosses and
lobbers hai agreed to pay the wages, and if
the men would be true to themselves, and
hold together few days longer the remain
der would also give in The president coun-
seled prudence moderation, and forbearance,
and expressed himself fully confident Of the
success oi the movement. The president eN-
planned a why the men at work on
the Chamber Of Commerce were not IN the
procession, that MIR. Warwick and the See
retary Of the Board Of trade, requested as a
special favor that the men at work in that
building be permitted to remain at work,
promising To 10 what ever laid in their power
to bring about speedy settlement. The
striking committee complied with their re
quest, and the M, II were not called out.
vote Of thanks IS unanimously tended e
the president 10 his zeal and energy IN the
cause.
The secretary stated he had visited the car
penters association on he North Side, and ne
had every assurance that at their next meet
my they would pass vote to join the strikers
Nj j Murphy. Of the W1RKINGMAN's
ADVOCATE being called upon BY unanimous
vote, rose and addressed the meeting at some
length In the course q his remarks Mr..
Murphy referred to the rebuilding Of the
city, ana said that Chicago was Phoenix like
rising out ot her ashes that the world WAS
looking on IA amazemsnt, and anNiOusly |
waiting the completion Of the great work.
In bringing about this miraculous work of
the 10Th century, men had come from all
parts II the world The Golfers Of the world |
had been opened and their contents capital
had howed into this city, the free offering |
Of the laborng population we'll the
rich man. Capital follows the great confia-
grafton, aud "Shylock like. demands it's
pound q flesh, for its pound Of gold. Labor
comes t. raise your grand and noble editices,
your palatial stores, and prlncely mansions,
and ask, onlt living, and this it is denied.
The contractor and the jobber have eNacted |
from the business community. fabulous prices /
for rebuilding the city. and have received |
them, while labor has been appealed to re-
main at its lowest figure; this it has done, and |
the carpenters Of Chicago have shown re-
marketable forbearance in this respect. Capi- |
tai has been amply rewarded, it has received |
the hons share. Ii is time that labor received |
her share Of the profits. Mr. NJ appealed to
them under any and all circumstances 70 pre-
serve this union, should they not obtain all
they wanted this fau.