National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-26
A MODERN RET FORMER.



Joseph hrch ana ,so n"s"'"
un'cn Al, yu,,.,
Joseph Arch, president OF thc hnghsn
National Agricultural Laborcrs Union, 10 er-
p,c,od to land at New York In few days.
iI,. oI,ao, 4, eating tbh country Ia IN as-
ils VuJe.s ~ ~. aav.n,aro. "a 49,.
certain personally 'nc eo,auasos ano'us
to emigrants Of the farm-labor class, and, II
satisfied he wlll--accordlng TO his state
m,nts. made nj a public meeting on the sOtb
:. ri. ,,ato .rra,u.r,,,,. a. 90 80,
aoo nno -, NJ A.. ", sa,,,.s.
over 1o,oVV nnch' MT hren VIII uouo,iose
eadcavor TO obtain American cooperation
and assistance In locating these mon and
their families, He will nlso visit the Domin-
Ion ~ Con.da an. nror,n,.. ~ rhich al
u"o'' uo p'o'inee' VI
READY oner pecuniary nssistance auu o'ner
advantages to laboring emigrants from tho
old country.
Joseph Arch was horn At Barford, q sleepy
,,,,,. .',u. -. r.. IL. ,ro,n WA.
nttie yinage some tnree mme m, M n.or.n y,
VIZ mmh' nnnganu, ne " s, puT bni,d Win tbe
, uso, ny ~ smotL VI "a cnn,,,anion AZ often
,.oss $1,000 rn,,,,s,, iahorars and nayvics
Ts nv" snonS nusi ~ Ma face in renosc
~ "e geneI .,,, pras,Snr, orant's I'M, wbcn
a,, ~. a" IL 49, i nni,re smytbing amer.
,a,,,,as, " ~. prcsidsnt He has beep AZ Ma
M. = r W iabarer Il a Total abst,nenee man
ans hainna,. ~ nna ~ Ire Me,bodIst scets 81
s aJ ha - hos,, To- ,any Ysars q Iocsi
rra.eher-n,hst Il n iavman who nrearbcs in
ihe chano, or n, Tssco within a certain ala.
trIc, and withopi nav ""
In such school was Joseph Arch brought
up, having, as he says, IN Dis twenty-five
years as q preacher walked over I,OOO miles
cor,n,ona., r,,a,snan,a ~ ad,oaa,on h. az
ou,rod ,UI,hon "u ,n',,nn u III H. an,,r.ix ana
tSaroaghlv . seis.sdncated man edycateS
chieny during MS later lie, and Drought 70
knowledge OF the Issues OF the day by the
study OF the newspapers. When q young
man Mr. Arch ielt that ne ana MS kind were
badly treated, and he rebelled against H. In
aspeech at bennington last year ne sad
men, III tell you what had 10 40; ! had .
vile and two children, and one ana shpcnee
~ eents) day was ~ was geuung, Mork-
ing hard morning 70 night asked my mas.
er ioT more ne saiu QUO anu sikpcnse aaAy
NJ snaI give you. -.
sn ana preserve my whe' anu ! Knew UNA.
would not keep her ana the eh,ldrch, 30
stru s l went away 70 Mork wne,e e ! eoa ,n,
get higher wages. sometimes could NOT ger
snything but straw 70 lie on, and once slept
ior nignts anu nlgnts on coruea Woooi put
tnought II any one was 70 suner y was moi
my WE ana ehldren, Dnt myself. ana 70,
shire village, Arch roamed over hnganu,
T9rk,ng ~ Ioo 0, p'eco Wo,k, senu'ns nv non ~,
au ne earned 70 ms wue, and preaching on
sundays IN ehapei OF on xnisgo grson. a
s.Iong, aDle, n,clngeas p sana. . ah ~ ~
Syery way Superior 70 nis ienoMs W., a aa.,u
ume pu,wnn VIVA. sAcrlnees ana . y. I'M.
wno snan " sateu my, money suie 1919. ~
Ine Ireenoio 81 ny nuo co'Lage ~ nn MI ~
ihcre ne setueG uown, workhg ny .no JOY
ior tne heignsorins iAr Ma.n uurlns haIVvst
ume, ana cu'''auns n'''e ianu WHICH NC
rented. u,,.X.,, ,.,
When the Warwcss i ia,m iaoo,e ",
n 'n ,S npPod .r The ,r,Sa h.s au IN n
1ecaiie tnen ,caucr; Inc eko oesnn ~
l io.S wemis Iou ~, ,.hn. aso
seven nnes nonl nv ia .s
there and In the surrounding hamiets turned
out after demanding an Increased pay OF
four shillings ~ per week. Their leader
who had worked In staifordshire, the next
county, and seen the operations OF the
trades unions among the iron.workers.
Lewis proposed That they should form q
union, but he was Ignorant OF me noe arts
o. reading ana writing, and so lney sent iof
10! zoe Arch ,he 'oSa preSener & Ep,a .,
hordaunt well known TO the American public
through ms attempt 70 OBTAIN divorce. sI
Charies called 2 meeting OF the warwick
SHIRE squires and parsons, and on the propo-
nuon oi the rev. Mr.. hoioecke they
piedged themselves not 20 employ any aoorer
belonglng 70 or VINO might ION lhe union,
and that by every means In their power they
would put II down.
sir Charles Mordnnnt dld nus snare OF I'M
mediately giving notice 70 gil the cottagers
on his estate VINO had Joined the union that
they must leave their homes this proceeding
was Initiated by the Rev. IL. =. Millar, vicar
and landowner ~ Roadway village ~ the
foot OF the historic Edge Hills. This foolish
proceeding, however, attracted the sympathy
and opened the pockets OF the people oil the
neighboripg town OF Birmingham, tho most
radical borough In the Kingdom. The men
on strike were thus kept from starving. Jo'
seph Arch went bravely to work; he ad-
dressed the laoorers ~ open-air meetings
throughout the noighborho0d, and the union
Increased In numbers. Then the stormy pc
trel Of events, the London special CORE
spondent, made MS appearance upon the
scene; philanthropic reformers followed, Tore
most among whom was tue Hon. Anoerot
Herbert, who win MS VIE, Lady Florence
the daughter OF an English peer, made Lean
ington his headquarters ior some weeks, ant
encouraged and assisted the laborers both BY
voice and deed.
u was on Good Friday. the 29th Of March
lsT3, that the ilrst united meeting OF TIT
Warwickshire laoorers was held In the Pub
nc hail, bennington. AZ TINS Joseph Arcl