The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-07-20

be made ebligntory on union to eitherl
suspend members otter certain time, or |
emphatically say, by section in the con-
stitution, that no allowance over a certain |
ameunt shall be made to any union on ae-
count a suspended member then il b
union allows a non-peying member to re-
main on their books, month after month,
the loss will fall where it should, ON their
local treasury.
FoRENN UNIONS
For the purpose of bringing the Friendly
Sooieey Of Iron Founders Of England into
a closer and more friendly intercourse, and
it is well to state, that the feeling hereto
fore existing hetS'cSn these organizations,
has been far nom friendly character.
Mr. Sattln proposes. ----. -.
First. That members Of the Friendly So
eiety Of Iron Founders Of England, etc,
will not enter into written contracts to
work i'll any foundry in the United States
or Canadas, previous to their arrival in
either country.
Second That the /. nj. I. u. will desig-
nate, in each seaport city or town in which
they have a jurisdiction, member az its
union, to whom all the members Of the
Friendly Society can, upon their arrival,
apply 10 for. information and advice and
that every member Of the Friendly Society
may know at all times where and 10 whom
to apply, propose
Third. That the executive departments
of the two societies maintain regular
monthly correspondence, and portions
or the whole thereof, to be published IN
their respective Journals or reports.
Fourth. Every member of the Friendly
Society who shall deposit his card from the
Friendly Society in any Of our branches
within one month after he secures employ
ment under the jurisdiction Of local
union, shall be admitted to all the priVi-
leges and benefits of our organization,
without the payment of any entrance or
initiation fee, simply by taking the obliga-
ton provided for new members. The
name of every member so admitted to be
sent regularly to the Executive Depart
ment Of the Friendly Society
Fifth. Any member of the Friendly So
ciety who shall fail to deposit his card
within one week after he shall have secur-
ed employment under local union of the
l. M. T. o., provided he has been request
ed to do so, his name shall be forwarded to
the Executive Department of the Friendly
Society, and should such member return to
the Jurisdiction Of the Friendly Society he
shall be dealt with as an excluded member,
or denied admittance to the Society, as the
circumstances may warrant.
If it were possible | would like to see
some provision made as an inducement for
your members to Join us other than the
foregoing, that is, those members who come
here, stay year or two, and then return
| see by Rule %, that they are excluded il
they fail to pay certain sum in advance
if it was possible, would like that cleal
card from our Society would prove ar
; abatement to the Remittance fee, but as
this matter would require an alteration in
I your Rules, leave it entirely tCyour con
| sideration, ETC., etc.
r A SECRET ORGANIZATION.
The propriety, or rather the advantages
, to be derived from making the Interna-
tional Union an oath-bound organization il
discussed at length, and without commit
ting himself directly in it's favor it is evil
dent President Satin inclines to the opin
, ion that such change is desirable. HI
says, and says truly:
The Machinists and Blacksmiths' Inter
national Union, the Coopers' lnternationa
Union, and the knights Of st. Crispin, three
Of the most powerful trade organizations il
the country, are secret associations, and
the two first named claim for that feature
their great success, while, for the last
, named, it is well known to all that every
! effort of the boot and shoe-m makers to or
a granize unions we're miserable failures UNI
til the h. o. 5. G. was organized, and To-
day they are the most thorough and
. compact body Of workingmen in the coun
) try. These facts are worthy Of considera.
ton. 1t is true We have lived and flourish
ed for thirteen years without any such
feature, and will live and flourish as many
more without it but year after year tn,
q interest in our meetings is abating. MeI
4 who took the most prominent parts in tn,
, affairs of local unions now occupy bach
/ seats, refusing to take any part therein
\ new men take their places, and year or .,
! find them beginning to grow weary in the
' work. Why Simply because their advo
cacy Of tho rights Of themselves and theil
q fellows in the meetings Of the union make.
0 them targets for all the venom of employ
2 ers. The tongue Of the tattler, the tale
bearer, the paid spy, have no bride upor
them, and men will weary in well doing
when they know their every effort only
: injuries themselves.
We should like to continue our review
Of this very able, practical and common
2 sense rapport, but space forbids. His advice
, on the apprentice system is so appropriate
: that we propose to furnish it entire, and
3 therefore intend to continue this synopsis