The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-10-12
CITY MATTERS.
CHICAGO. ILL, OCT. u 1872

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paper regular. viii pi,a<, ootify mis- ap5cr.
THE HnE~E-sHuEE, were well represented
at their monthly meeting favorable reports
from this body
CNnED ORDER ~ JorR>nMaN >roNE-
CUTTERS met at their hall Tuesday evening
The business was Of aprlvate nature Report
VI trade favorable
TnE UNITED ORptE oF PAI>rEr~ held
their regular monthly meeting On Tuesday
evening This order Is meeting with gnui
deal uf success since its reorganization
BEIckLAYEEs STRIKE Just as the ADvO-
ATE is going to press. We learn that Potter
Palmer, one Of the leading capitalists III the
city, has conceded to the terms Of proposed Ly
the Bricklayers Union.
FUNERAL PEnCESsInN On Tuesday the
various lodges Of the III q. A. r., attended
the funeral Of deceased brother, g. r Dick
son. They formed in line Of procession head
Ell Ey band Of music. and escorted the funer
al train To the city limits
The BEICkLAYEEN STRIKE. a deputaticn
from the United Order u Journeymen stone
cutters waited On th1 L. a. A B..
and assured them Of their hearty APP
prevail and cooperation IN their stauggle The
Committee are receiving assurances from all
parts Of the country that they will be sustain
ed Eight hours labor will lie the order II
the day Keeps stiff upper Up. BOYS.
X o. ;. The knights ~ It trspins
held their regular monthly +, Getting at their
hall on Dearborn street, on Saturday even
ing. The meeting was largely attended, and
the question Of convict labor was under dis
cussion. The Order is IN good condition and
the membership rapidly increasing. II Is
| well that this trade has taken up the question
81 convict labor and it Is to be hoped that they
will continue To sgitate the question until =
radical change is made ~ our system Of prison
labor.
THE TAHoR~. Among the many trades
organizations IN Chicago, We are pleased to
announce that none are in a more prosperous
condition than the Tailors' Union Since the
lst Of September, fifty new members have
been initiated and the cry is still they come
| Last Thursday, IN company with Mr. C"rne-
Illus, the president Of the organization, We
visited the new workroOns recently tilted up
1 bN the union for its members on the north
east corner Of Congress street and Wabash
avenue, where fifty workmen and their help
ers are employed Each Of the members pay
/ 81 90 per week as rent t. the Jnion. and 20
| cents for each helper After all necessary eN-
penses paid, the surplus goes 10 the treas
ury Of the Union, which assumes all respon-
( siblities. The plan is certainly an excellent
one, and 81 Tar has worked admirably
| Among the reforms recently inaugurated by
the Association is the syst, nm ofstriking in one
shop at time, when a strike is regarded as
the only means ot obtaining their demands,
while those at work contribute to the support
Of the strikers. Ii every case this plan has
proved successful, whereas under the old
system where all we're engaged ia the contest
it was found impossible to DO 50 we trust
they will 60 on and prosper. adhering to the
old Jacksonian motto Il 10 ask nothing but
what is right; to accept nothing that i
WRONG
UNITED ORDER Or JuURNEYNEN CARPEN
TIERS, BRANCH No. |. held their regular
weekly meeting on Wednesday evening, al
Father Mathews Temperance Temple Yves
Harrison street The Deputy Mr. Shindler
reported everything in his department pro
gressing favorably The President, Mr.. +
O~ ems stated that from the out at pres
ent, they had every reason to I've hopeful 10
the future. The Secretary reported severa
names a. new accessions to the order Tn
President of No J, 4, and :, were in attend
Ance, and represented things as progressing
favorably in their unions The question .