The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-01-13

dtttlll ~ AT hlANa'lh i liidttr ~ L. evidently
the production "f a disappointed religious
and political knavc After proving, L. his
. ---ss--.t,.... si..,, I.,e.l, -,ts 1T the
members nf the w. B. 4. are antagonists
to those If their fellow -w"rkmtn through
cat the country and that therefore per
petual warfare should ~ kent AZ. H..
makes the assertion that Crispns were
drumming and drilling. during the last
H. suspension i'll the cities and towns, not
only willing hut anxious t. come % the.
coal region and settle our rights by driy
ing us out at the point If the bayonrt in
e to the coal holes Now let us 90 a little
further back, and compare these reckless
statements with facts, of which the leaders
of the Norkingmen's Benevolent Associa-
ton arr c"gnizant. At the Philadelphia
session Of the National Labor Congress.
Mcssrs SIncN and Parker appeared As del
cgatc> from the W T. g. The rcpurt.
presenting the grievance, IT the miners.
then ON strike against a reduction Of wages
one Il the ahlrst documents read before
that body. and representing their grey
snces, was drawn UP by a Cri~nin and
signed hv amulder. a printer and 4 carpcn-
ter and iuiner That report was passed
without dissenting voice. Was copied hy
the leading New \ OK journals. commented
IN. and the course of the operators and
contractors unsrairmgly denounced Thus.
FIR the hrNt time in their lives. the miners
If the Anthracite regions found their YER
SION ii thu difficulty presented q the pub
dc through the very agency which Mr.. Kca-
lev, now den"uucc. 80 much for the am
tagonism.
The neX; charge that the National Labor
Uni"n is An oath-bomd political organiza-
ton. and that no Catholic can owe il ale
glance. is equally mfounded. Whether
such association shall I've open or secret in
it's ir-oeoesl'nesa- is optional with the mcm-
hers. In localities manufacturing and lnn-
ms. where spies and partizian IF the kealcy
stamp abound, it may he deemed advisable
to enforce secrecy. while in purely agricul-
tural districts, no such precautlon is rcquir
ed. There arel two very important facts,
however, i'll this connection which this mar
pot carefully cunceals. viz that when mem
hers disapprove of secret organization.
charter can be obtained by seven persons
who subscribe to the principles Of the Ma
tional Labor Union: and also that where Sc
crecy exists. such secrecy applies only To-
the workings and not t. the principles of
the organization. These have been scattered
broadcast to the world. SO that he who runs
Mr.. kealey, that all of our trades unions
are secret. take for example the Crispins,
Coopers, and Pudlers. and yet there are
thousands Of members Of the Catholic
church in good standing enrolled in their
ranks. So he must pick his f1ints and try
again A falsifer should always have a
good memory.
The International and Mr.. johnson, ed
itor IF the = Anthracite Monitor, is, how
ever, the special object Of his wrath.
Webster is ransacked for explosives, asser-
ton is substituted for argument, and all
because Mr.. J. very properly declined TO
re-echo the charges Of the Versailles gov
eminent. and ;scribe to the Commune all
the crimes laid at their door. But, strange
to say, Mr. Kealey. while denouneing the
Commune and it's objects without stint,
finds no words of condemnation for the
acts II those vandals who, under the sane
ton Of law. have committed acts Of vio-
lence and established a reign Of terror, to
which even the government Of the empire
must play second fiddle. 1t seems to make
all the difference whose OK is gored. After
his vocabulary Of abuse he mod
estiy ~ y remarks
II was BECAUSE charged Mr., johnson
with the advocacy Of these hellish doctrines,
that he WAS forced to reaign his position as
editor of the Monitor. But still he
sticks like the old plasIcE,
The more You Try Ia puff him N
The he sticks the faster
/" No doubt these crumbs Of comfort
from the WoRKINGNAN'S ADVOCATE, the
leading organ Of the National Labor Union;
induces him t. stick.
Any religion, man or church, sect or
creed. or any other man that stands i'll the
way Of these grand principles must 90
down Might not God have been includ-
ell also No, We forgot they are intidels,
&c"
To which may be added that the Board
to whose Mr.. j. 5 resignation was rendered,
with the exception Of his defamer, unani-
mously declined to accept it, and that at
their solicitation he now retains control of
the . Monitor" But it is with the garbled
extract from the ADVOCATE to which we
direct special attention. We made use Of
no such expressions as Dir. Kcaley quotes.
What VIC did say WAS
We regret to learn from the last Issue of
the " Anthracite Monitor" that its editor,
Mr.. c. Ben johnson, has rendered his res
ignatiOn to the Board Of Directors. We
cannot say we approve of his action. La