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


organization, which would bind its mem
bership into closer bonds Of unity One
thing do abhor, that is scabs and union
men working together. Ii would he much
better for those unions who practice that
mode Of orking to repeal all laws against
s,abs withdraw all charges and take those
men into their unions, for nothing is
more injurious t. UNION men than 70
he mixed mp with them in workshops
while they are scabs Is creates luke
warmness in good union men, and by and
by, they, too, drop OF from the unions.
thereby 1t is decreasing our number
instead Of increasing It. | will, therefore,
recommend general amnesty and a repeal
of Section four, Article eleven, and let
each union regulate the mould system for
the best interest Of the trade. for do not
think that national or international or
g4iiLation should nave any laws upon their
books which men are often compelled to
violate for the sake of getting bread for
their children therefore. let us remove
All obstacles and give an invitation Ia all
60 JON our organization.
,o-oPERATIoN
We have expended within the last few
years many thousands Of dollars IN sup
porting Strikes, of which a large majority
have proved failures and all the money
expended to no purpose The men who
l,aId the money have been losers, and the
men Who received the money have also
been losers. Nearly all this large amount
~ money has been expended, and no ben
rht derived from the expenditure. Now
What would tins large outlay have accomP-
hShed in the Nay az cooperation Ac-
curdlng to my Idea, If the money that has
been spent IN unsuccessful Strikes IN the
last three or four years, had been invested
ia cooperative shops, they could AZ the
present day employ two hundred hands
with proper management. The invest
ment would Iay large percentage, besides
employing large number OF union
men at living prices and We would
rap Tie profit HlUn uur inv estmrnt which
thc capitalists now reap from our labor ]
~uuld therefore recommend the adoption
.t The resolutions presented Al our last
session upon cooperation with. some al
aItlunal laws tu carry out the system suc-
--ssfullv
0E,rt ABROAD.
have been IN regular correspondence
during the year with the Secretary Of the
London society. John r. Walker, also
President ~ the International Conference
ut Europe ] received the first cumuuni-
cation from London through our former
Secretary. Thomas = Birch, Esq, u which
! replied, and after that kent up the cor
respondenc, They sent AN invitation 70
the cigar makers II the nited States e.
~ represented at the International Com
ference. which met III the city IF London
the first week IN December 1871. and
then formed permanent International
Drganlzation. Delegates we're present from
Eng land, Holland, Belgium and several
German countries. During the year the
cigar makers Of Belgium have been sue
,essful III having the filler breaking system
entirely abuhshed and the price VI work
advanced considerably They accomplish
ell this by taking mt their organization
All persons working AT the trade IN
England al the present time they are ur-
IanlzIng the female labor ri the trade into
societies They have also accomplished
one great object IN London during the
year. that Is. they have got INTO their
societies all the Hollanders who formerly
worked against the societies. The London
societies stand upon a better footing to-
day than they have ever been They have
large treasury. and are contemplating
the cooperative system. l. as nterna-
uonal President, extended to them an
invitation u he represented here. which
they declined with thanks at present, and
renewed their invitation
Committee as PAST STRIKES.
am here compelled to speak Of the com
ABTatlpt.i at the Last
past strikes, who had not completed their
labor at the adjournment of the last ses-
Hon, consequently the papers we're
assigned 70 that committee, and by them
To subcommittee of two, viz ". j.
bryan, Of Union No. Z and Adam Mafiit,
"a Union NJ. 40 They we're to finish the
work Of the committee, and submit their
report 70 me, with all the papers. W. j.
Bryan was the trst who was to examine
the papers, and make ms report, and for
ward all the papers To Adam Mafilt.
Some time after the close Of the session,
wrote 10 Mr. Bryan u ascertain how he
WAS getting along He answered me- and
pleaded sickness AS his reason for not hay
my done anything. | again waited for
some time. ! wrote to him again, when he
sent me partial report, and stated that he
would forward the papers 10 Mr.. Maffit
After some time | wrote to Mr. Maft, to
ascertain how he Was getting along when
he informed me- that he had never recely-
eel any papers from Mr. Bryan | then
wrote L. Bryan ordering him to send those
papers To Mr. Mafit OF To- me, t. which
| received no reply Thinking that he had
complied, ] waited some time, then again
wrote To- Mr. Matt, when he again in
formed me that he had n,t received the
papers, but had written to Mr.. BRYAN for
them, and Bryan had written to him that
he would send them to him if he would
send his address | then wrote another
order to Mr. Bryan to forward the papers
10 Mr. Maffit, at the same time giving
him Mr. Mathis address, but still he did
not send them. | then wrote a peremptnry
order, demanding the papers t. be- sent to
me Neither of the last two letters did
he answer few weeks ago | made
demand upon Union No :, (of which the
SAID Bryan is a member), for all papers in
his possession. relating to past strikes
entrusted to him by the international
Union. which the Secretary Of Union No.
answered, stating that he had called
upon Mr.. Bryan foT all of said payers, but
without success; he stated that he. Bryan,
promised to collect them and give them to
him Such is the fate Of the papers left
IN the hands Of that committee / hope
this body will take some action in regard
to this matter.
UNIONS SUSPENDED
During the year the Executive Board,
according t. the Constitution, suspended
mon No ~, Of Lancaster, Pa, for re
fusing to pay their capitation tax and
other assessments, after being duly notih-
ed to pay the same.
They also suspended Union No. ll9, of
Sag Harbor, n. T., for refusing to pay
their capitation tax, after being duly noti-
he'd 70 pay the same.