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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-04

Progress Of the Labor Movement strikes,
settle menls. &e., Ae.
From the Glasgow entinel. Sept 20

From the Glasgow entinel Sept 20
The STRIKE or MOLDERs IN MANCHEs-
TER.-The strike of molders III the Man
chester district for an advance Of Is per
week still continues, and, SD far as the
chief firms are concerned, the masters
seem determined to resist the demand. In
Stafford, however, the men have recently
obtained an advance Of 2s per week, and
many Of the smaller firms have made some
concessions. BY this means the men on
strike have been reduced to oboIt 200.
Ma. ALFRED WALTON, who has been Sc
lected az the working mems candidate, for
okeupon-Trent, has delivered an adj
dress He feels confident of being re-
turned.
IMPORTANT MEETISG 90 IRoSN AsTERs.
On Wednesday afternoon a meeting Of
ironmasters Was held in Wolverhampton
to receive a report upon the wages ques-
ton. 1t TRANSFERRED that conference Of
iron masters from the north Of England,
from North and South Stafforlshire, York
shire, and Derbyshire, had been held in
London, and that 1t Was there unanimously
agreed that the wages Of iron-wOrkers
should be reduced after October A. This
the deputation from StafOrdshire reported
to the meeting on Wednesday. The de-
cision of the conference was approved. An
intimation to that effect was ordered to be
conveyed to the men, and a meeting Of
the Arbitration Board to consider the sub
ject was summoned for the 10Th inst The
north Of England ironmasters have held a
similar meeting at Middlesboro. and have
resolved to notify their men that. consid-
arln tho Condition, r. fha hnraha1
trade during the past six months, and also
the prospects for the future, they are unan-
imously Of the opinion that, on the termi
nation Of the present agreement on Octo
Der a, considerable reduction Of wages
should take place. The men, at their con
ference now sitting, are to discuss rise
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CORRESPONDENTS.
We do 90. hold our.evs. re.pon.bIs ior my opinion
expressed BY our Correspondents.
FROM ILLINOIS.


Quincy, ILL.,, Oct. 1, 1873.
To the Editor q the woKkISeHAS's ADVOCATE.
Pursuant to a call large number OF
tradesnen met at Trades Union Hall last
evening for the purpose Of organizing a
Trades Assembly. Nearly every trade
was represented, and after the adoption of
a suitable constitution, the following Off
GERS were elected
c. J. Hartley, President George Pol
lock, Vice President; Y. q. Arrowsmlth,
Recording Secretary Thomas Carr Fl
nancial Secretary; Albert Demaree, Treas
urer T. @. Warner and J. ID. Simmons.
Trustees G. Y. Green, Conductor, and
A. M. Stewart, Sergeant alarms. After
the Transaction Of some other, but unim-
portant business, the meeting adjourned.
There are now i've trades here that have
organizations. viz: the cigar makers, iron
molders, bricklayerA, maehinists, black
smiths and printers, and We hope that
through the influence of the assembly all
trades in the city will soon be organized
The cigar makers hold their regular meet
ing ON next Friday evening. when the cleo
ton Of officers for the ensuing term Will
take place, and the new international con-
stitution viii bs voted upon.
WILLIAM koKNIG.
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THIS is WHAT CAUSES CoMMU.
NISM.

We are afraid few American mechanics
appreciate the position and condition OF
the working men II Continental Europe
We are all too prone to join in the chorus
of Remuneration which the press Of that
country raises whenever and wherever an
effort is made to free themselves from the
slough Of dependency and almost help
less dependency in which they are placed
We can denounce the mistakes or excuses
they commit, when goaded on to madness
when all redress is denied when the
bayonet Of baton is their only response /;
but We seldom, ii ever, look at the other
side Of the picture, and ask ourselves what
would We do, if placed in similar circum-
stances
The following eXample-by no means an
exceptional one-will probably explain to
some of our readers why we use such Ian
guage Mr.. Dupont, newspaper printer
Of Perigneux, France, recently refused an
application on the part Of his men for an
advance Of wages. A strike was the re-
suit. On his paper, L'EcI,o de Ia Dordoqae
he paid ccmpositors Sls per month, or go
cents per day And in order that We NAV
not mlsrepresent him, we allow him to ex-
pam Tor himself his view Of what consti-
tutes the state Of life to which it has
pleased God to call the French working
men. He says
"A workman, even with family, can
very well live in single room. His anx-
iety for higher wages is scarcely Ineligible.
Good rough diet is best for him, and he
and his family can do very well on 3D. a
day, having soup three times. One-change
Of blouse and trousers is sufficient. On
Sunday he puts on clean things, which he
will wear through the week till SATURDAY.
night, when his change will be ready for
next morning
Now this sounds strange to American
ears. lone change of blouse and trowsers
in q week soup three times day-and 3
saingle room for husband, wife and family. i"
Reader, how would you like similar re-
ply made to you
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other side by pushing forward on the line
Of direction OF the seam.
The change Of level caused by dixie in
one of the Scottish coal fields is stated by
Mr.. Robert Bald, the eminent coal miner
Of Scotland, 10 be no less than l, go feet,
and the field IL divided by this slip and
another one on the north side into three
subordinate basins. The great dixie throws
out the whole Of the coal strata for nearly
q mile in distance, when through the nat
ural inclination of the rocks the missing
material again appears as the outcrop #
one of the subordinate basins.
In addition to these obstacles several
other faults are encountered in mining
which greatly perplex the mining engineer
and too frequently entail ruin upon the
operation. These troubles are variously
known as faults, troubles, :" horse
backs, "nips, etc. Sometimes irregular
layers OF sandstone or slate appear on the
body of the coal, and increase in thickness
until the extraction of the mineral will not
pay the expense. Sometimes, also, many
places in a mine resemble the rubbage Of
the waste-the coal being too soft to bear
handling. Nips also occur, where they
very frequently come down upon the pave
ment, cutting away the whole bed for a
considerable distance. Not unfrequently
the coal has bsen washed away through the
agency Of the sand Of the ocean brought
thither by currents of water, in rapid mo-
ton, during the subsidence Of the land.
This latter fault ia very frequent in the low
er bed Of the great Allegheny coal field
along its line Of outcroP in Ohio and Penn
sylvania.
In the coal fields II the America Union
there are few great dislocations Of the
strata, and when they are met with the
difference Of lead caused by the disturb
ance seldom reaches above twenty feet.
Nor is their existence necessary to dam
the waters, as drainage is possible in any
of the American basins without serious
cost. The carboniferous rocks in the
States east Of the Rocky Mountains are
our newest formations, while in Great
Britain and in the Continental States Of
Europe other and newer deposits often
cverlie the coal measures. IL nature has
been kind to the people Of the old world
in daming back the waters Of the mine by
extraneous walls Of clay 50 that only con
trollable quantities are admitted, she has
Deen still more bonItiful to US by the i'm
lense visions which traverse our princi-
pal coal fields, dispensing in many cases
with the operations Of shaft mining, and
where shattiDg is necessary rendering Of
easy control the greatest possible food Of
water that can be apprehended, and above
all bountiful in the immense deposits Of
coal to which there is nothing in the world
besides which can bear anything like com
parisOn
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Trevellick in West Virginia

A correspondent writing from summit
Point, Jefferson county West Virginia
und # date Of October LIST, says
You will see from the inclosed slip that
our friend, Mr.. Trevellick. is doing most
acceptable service in the great cause Of the
people and humanity in this region. He
has addressed large assemblases both in
this State and the adjoining State Of Nir-
ginia, with mbounded applause and ap-
prevail All accord him, without dissent
ing voice, the palm Of forcible and unan-
swerable logic and Of well sustained and
glowing eloquence have dropped this
note, as know you will be glad to hear
what our mutual friend is accomplishing
for the great cause Of Reform in our conn
try
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the MINER.
Rockville, Park Co., Ind.

ROCKVILLE, OcLODer Z.
70 the Editor u the woRKNaMAN's ADVOCATE
Sand Creek coal mine is again open to
union miners. after a strike Of four months.
A few men would get work.
JoHN HENRY, CIR Sec.
The Rockwell coal shaft will hereafter
be known as the Carbon shaft
W. b. Brooks, Jacksonville, o., is
mining 400 men in his coal banks.
The Sand Creek Coal and Mining Com
pany are striving for the premium at the
Exposition They have forwarded a spec
linen Of semi block coal weighing nearly
5000 pounds.
The men at work at Mr.. John klein's
coal pit at Freeburg, st. Clair county,
ILL.,, are on a strike to obtain new chain,
as the one now in use is considered dan
gerous.
AT the Miners Convention Of Western
Pennsylvania, held few days ago, the
following members were elected delegates
to the Youngstown Convention Ale
gheny county, Messrs. ArchbOld and
Street Westmo Ireland, Mr.. Brown; Fay
cite, Mr.. Bvins Washington, Mr.. Shaw.
New Coal MINEs.-From a recent
issue of the Tyrone, Penna., Herald, we
extract the following description Of
newly developed coal region
The mine is operated by company, the
title Of which is the Central Pennsylva-
MIA Mining Company" with A. |. Massey
as its President, J. &. Cassatt, Secretary
and Treasurer.
The mines were opened in December
last, but little work being done until
spring. The drift, which enters the
eastern side of the mountain, is go feet
in length, feet high and wide. The
main heading is 600 feet in length, begin
ming at end Of drift, and the first cross
heading is 100 feet long. and the
second 800 feet. From these headings
rooms branch out.
Their mines are situated within trifie
over hundred feet of the summit Of the
mountain, at the Lloyds station, the
present and temporary terminus OF the
Bells Gap Railroad, the same being eight
and half miles from Bells Mills, nine
miles from Altoona, seven miles from
GAINESVILLE, and seven miles from Fallen
Timber, and comprise part OF White
Township, Cambria county.
The distinct seams Of coal averaging
two feet and half each, are divided by
layers of slate from two to twelve to four
teen inches in thickness. The coal has
been tested and proved to be equal to
Pittsburg coal for steam purposes, and,
we are informed by the manager, better
than all other bituminous Goals. 1t is
also superior coal for making coke.
The coal shaft at Centrslia has reached
depth of las feet, and, as yet, no pay
ing vein of coal has appeared. Three thin
strstas have been passed
The circular issued by the Wilkesbarre
Coal and Iron Company gives the follow
ing prices for coal on board Of vessels at
their various shipping ports, near New
Xnrk Cor Acfnhar
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ations unborn will be upon them. Upon
them depends the safety and perpetuiry Of
this republic. It has been handed down
to them as an heirloom, and should they
prove recreant to their trust they must sx-
pect to 60 down to unhonored graves.
Therefore we say let us have q distinctive
labor party
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These prices are an average advance Of
10 cents ton over the September prices
There will be one more advance after
the above in November, which closes the
shipping season, when prices will remain
stationary, until the prices are reduced to
commence the shipping season next
spring.
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WORkINGMEN. CLERKS,
ANb
SMALL DEPOSITORS
IN SAVINGS BANK.

M Will receive III part ur whole payment
w for property at Washington Heights. Morgan
Park, Irving Park, and south Chicago Properly rerti-
ned books u deposit Check. upon Chicago savings
Banks doing business Terms upon prlIerly in
proved or unimprOsed ~ 7 cash. balance IN ~ aud
wears, with interest Al cent w q dscount u ID
per cent. for all cash n. CLARKE s. Co.
Room, A. 1872 Ia sale =
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ITUIy 1 OUTs,
w. J. Campbell
More Nepotism.

The Opposition papers have had
little to say about the Presidents
nepotism lately, and we suggest that
they now abuse him for his fraternal
ingratitude. Here is a good item TO
base an attack on it from the Galena
(Ill) Gazette:
eve met Orvill E. P. Grant at the
Galena Depot last evening, as he was
passing from Dubuque to Chicago
Mr.. Grant is now special agent for
the Howe Sewing Machine Company
and is giving his entire attention to
tn business. When they tell Won
what wonderful things the Presi dent
Is doing for his relatives, point them
to the fact his only brother, Ca man
of good ability and capable of filling
an Office creditably) is agent for a
Sewing Machine Company.
A man who has fifty thousand APP
pointments at his disposal, and allows
his only brother TO sell sewing ma
chimes for living is worst than any
nepotist dare be.
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Camp of U. S. Soldiers Swept Away

Among the casualties Of the week
is the loss of six u. S. soldiers. and
twenty six horses, by treshet in
the Republican Valley, Nebraska.
The official reports to Gen. Sheridan
says:
"On May 3lst the troops march
ed down Blackwoo Creek about II
miles and went into camp. About 8
p. NJ. o terrible freshet, without any
apparent cause swept down the vally
carrying every thing before it, men,
horses, tents, army wagons, were
swept along like FORKS. For five
days previous we had no rain, and
where this water came from so SUDDEN
ly cannot be understood. The valley
of BIackwood is about 45 miles long
and about one mile to mile and a
half wide. This entire stretch Of
country was one raging torrent, at
least from six to seven feet deep, and
how any man or horse escaped is mar
velous. The only thing indeed that
prevented total destruction was the
fact thatmy camp was surrounded by
a belt of timber on three sides, and
as the men were carried off by the
current they were enabled to save
themselves by catching the limbs of
trees. When day broke on the morn.
ing of the 1st Of June it showed al
most all the men OF my company on
the tops of the trees, without any
covering except remnants of under
clothes, and beneath them the torrent
still raging. After the lapse OF few
hours the water began to fall, and o
few men who could swim got to the
hills. Afterward the others, myself
among the number, were got off with
life lines and various other means.
Up to this time nothing was to be
seen of what had been my camp except
the top of an army wagon, which had
stuck to log On the ground, and on
this wagon were collected eleven men
who were thus saved from watery
grave. The settlers at the mouth of
Black wood lost almost all their stock,
however, was almost all recovered
when the flood went down. Six men
of my company were drowned and
twenty-six horses lost.
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AN IMPORTANT DECIsIoN.-The Su.
preme Court of the District of CO.
lumbia has just rendered decision
upon question under the confsca,
tion Act not heretofore tried. A Re.
bel early in the war, his prop
erty was confiscated and sold for $50,
900. Upon his return, the person
who had purchased it, paid the for.
mer owner $4,000 additional, and
received a deed in fee simple. A
short time since the first owner died,
and his heirs brought suit to recover
the property, holding that the Con-
6scation Act deprived the first owner
of all legal right to the property du-
ring his life, and consequently be
had no power to sell it or give deed.
The Court held that the first owner
had legal right during his life to
dispose of the reversionary intrest,
and, consequently, the sale in the
present case was valid, and bis heirs
have no claim upon the property.
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Benevolence of the Press.


The Inter Ocean proposes inaugur-
ating series of excursions for the
poor children of Chicago, a policy
begun short time ago by the lead
ing dailies of the Union, and faithful
ly pursued. Respecting the condi-
ton of Chicago's needy, the Inter
Ocean says:
"There never was u truer rem ark
than that half the world do not
know how the other half lives. Peo-
pie In comfortable circumstances
have no idea of the want, the toll,
the anxiety, that encompass the
poor. The parks are dotted here
and there over the city, but glance
at their visitors will show that the
dirty little poor of the. cellars and the
attics are not the frequenters of the
smoothly-laid walks and the velvety
grounds. Shame, pride, the wonder
| ing looks of another class, or the
sharp words of an official, drive
these little ones into an exile as pos
tive as o mandate OF prohibition.
Society says to them what the po-
licsmen were won't TO say TO Joe in
"Bleak House"-"Move on"-and
they obey as he obeyed, glad TO
crouch out Of sight in the corners
and the by-ways. We say there are
hundreds of such children in Chica-
go to-day. They are denied air, light,
comfort, the sunshine of heav en-
and the blessing of q pure an unob-
structed sky. Flowers are strange to
them, and the music of birds, save
in the stray notes of Gagged songsters
unknown. Shall there be no relief
Shall 10 pleasure, no happiness, be
brought to them? Is it any wonder
that such children grow up the enc,
mics of their race, and the compan-
ions of vice =? What else have the.
seen 7 1t is a grateful thing TO bring
q ray of sunshine to such life anC
to do this we have entered upon thil
work. To the best that in us lies i
shall prove a success, aud that sue
cess will be doubly great if the enter
prise meets with the kind support 0
q charitable public"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-06-19
CONGRESSMAN BARRIER g BAoK.PAY.

CONGRESSMAN BARBER IS BAoK-PAY.
Aud now comes the Grant County
Herald, published at j. Allen Bar
ber's home, and says, in reply to a
question asked by the Darlington
Democrat. "Hon. j. ALLEN BARBER
has had nothing to do with the back
pay steal" He voted against the
salary bill, and has long since turned
his share OF the baok-pay allo vance
over TO the Trearury # tho United
States We know this TO be fact,
from the assurance of Mr.. BARBER,
who has just returned after an alb
sence ofseveral weeks In the west l.
south" This brings every Republi-
can member Of the House from Wis
consin into line. They all voted
against the back-pay bill, and have
all returned the money to the Treas>
ury. State Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-06-19

FRUITS OF CAPTAIN HALLS ExPE.
DITIoN-Proffesor Baird, of the
Smithsonian Institute, who has been
aiding in the examination of the Po.
ldris survivors, expresses the opinion
that the results to science already
secured fully justify the expedition,
even if the records of the Poldris
have not been preserved The adj
vances in geographical knowledge
and other questions of interest pre-
tanning to Arctic matters are far
more valuable than those of the other
expeditions which have been exulted
over as remarkable successes. Car
tain HALL reached point of latitude
not attained heretofore by any arc,
tic expedition.
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Nor A LIKELY SToRY.-The New
York Graphic publishes sensation
in the form ofan extra from a private
letter, 70 the effect that the Pope
died some time ago. and that his place
is filled by priest named ABBATE
Mlnati, who bears striking resem-
olance to the Pope, that this was one
vt council of the Cardinals because
the occasion was a critical one for
the Church; and, finally that the re-
mains ofthe Pope are secreted in the
Vatican, until such time as it shall be
deemed prudent to announce his
death.
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RECOVERY OF THE PoPE.-After
having been so many times reported
not only dangerously i'll but actually
dead, the Holy Father is now an
nounced TO have completely recover
ed. Solemn services were held in all
the churches of Rome to return
thanks for this mercy, and there win
no doubt be similar demonstrations in
other countries. We have never had
much confidence in the runners of the
Pope's peoarious condition. Through
81 is known to have splendid con-
stitution and to belong to o family
whose members are proverbially
long-lived.
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4th OF July
8 o. n u /.

A Fourth of July Ball will be given at
Potosi on Friday evening, July 4th, 1873, to
which the public are cordially invited to at
tend.
MANAGERS.
D. L. Greene, Charles Hilgers, Frank
Nicholas, Henry Gillian, James Anderson,
Rob't Kendrick
Floor MANAGERS Thos. A. Bowen, Au-
gust Huntimer, Ed. M. Wilnotte.
Music by Potosi String Band. Tickets, in
GLIDING supper, $500. V. HUNTIMER,
Prnnir
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Administrators Sale.

CTATE OF WISCONSIN, - In Probate. Grant County
- County of Grant. Court
In the matter of the estate of David Clark, deceas
ed.
Notice is hereby given, that by virtue and in pursu-
Of an order Of License made in said matter, on
the fifteenth day Of june A. d. 1878, by the County
court Of said County the undersigned Israel Miles,
administrator de bons Of the estate OF said de-
ceased will. on Saturday the 18th day of July A. D.
1873 at O'Clock In the afternoon of said day, the
dwelling house the premises to the ssld offer for
sale at Public Vendue the following described lands
quarter Of Section thirty.oRe ISL and the south
west quarter Of the south west quarter Of Section
thirty 500 all In town six (6) north ofRange three
(3) west in Grant county subject to the homestead
aud Dover rights Of the widow Of said deceased.
The terms of sale, cash.
ISRAEL MILES,
Lancaster. June 10, 1878. 3w4 Admir-.
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SummOnS-COyle ct al,

NrATE OF WISCONSIN, I Circuit Court in and for
- Grant County, : Grant County.
James Murray Us Francis Coyle and John 0linger.
In vacation after March Term, 1878,
The of Wisconsin 10 the defendants above named
You are hereby summoned and required to answer
the complaint Of the plaintiff In the above entitled
action which will be led in the Office Of the Clerk OF
the Circuit Court for Grant County aforesaid and to
copy of your answer to the said complaint up
the subscriber, at his office ia the village of Fair
play in Grant County aforesaid, within twenty days
after the service hereof exclusive of the day Of such
service and if you fail TO the said complaint
within the time aforesaid the plaintiff will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint
Dated April rs, 1873 8. MERRICK,
2w6. Atty. for PHI