The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-03-08

- the Editor u the WoEN>gsAN's ADVOCATE
Having a little leisure time | think
will appropriate il to the
ADVOCATE,
which IS certainly the best paper ever pub
hshed i'll this country, in the interest Of
the working people have been a reader
Of 10 for the past four or five years, and
during that time have always found it
fighting the true cause Of the working peo-
pie boldly and consistently 1t Is paper
that should be at every workingman's fire
side who is able Ia take a weekly paper.
The WEATHER
In my last | spoke Of the cold weather
that We had here, but remarked that / ala
not mean the cold weather you had i'll the
northwest but this time | cali speak Of
northwestern weather little better than
two weeks ago. The good people Of Baltl-
more woke up one morning and thought
they had been transplanted during the
might to the new American possessions Of
Alaska /; the mercury was down to IA be-
low zero, and four miles from the city
at Woodbury-it stood 20 below some
! thing never before known III the history Of
Baltimore. Since then We have had some
tine days, but at present writing it is again
very cold The inclemency Of the weather
this season has made all kinds Of retail
trade very dull
THE CRISPINs
are again in trouble Several weeks ago
they met in convention and framed "A new
bill Of prices which understand has been
paid for some time by some II the employ
ers, out portion of them objected to
paying it after it had been made oblga-
tory upon all CrisPins to work by that bin.
| do not mean to say that the latter or
ton ever did it. The consequence was a
strike, and the losing Of several large fac
tories The strike still continues The
men on a strike are supported by an assess
ment levied upon those at work, but ! un-
derstand that many refuse to pay the
assessment The manufacturers have suc-
ceeded IL finding mean scabs enough to
start four or five teams This is certainly
an unlocked for result among the Crispns
but if you continue to carry the pitcher to
the we'll It will finally break.
p s. Since writing the above / have
learned that the Crispns have abandoned
the strike and are going to work at the old
rates. Such is the fate Of another strike
THE cIGARNAKERs' nor
which came of on the l4th inst st. Val
entines night was certainly the grandest
affair Of the kind this season. 1t Was held
at the new assembly rooms. Such a crowd
as they had was not seen at any time pre-
vious at the new assembly rooms this sea
son, the number present being about one
thousand. of that number nearly four
hundred were of the fair sex of the Monu-
mental city. 1t is fair to be supposed that
as a consequence Ut such gathering many
of the fair ones and also those young gal
lants Of the sterner sex found their valen-
tine upon the occasion. One of the fea-
lures of the hop was the presentation Of
fancy sentimental valentine to each lady,
with the programme printed thereon, but
the great joke Of the hop was the present
alton of neat enValop to each gentleman
with a programme. Upon opening it it
was found to contain a comic valentine,
with the programme printed upon the
back The music was very fine. The
hooking bird imitation was rendered ex-
qulsltely by Harry Eben, known as the
knocking bird besides being cigar-maker
he Is also a hne musician vi the bloods
present the most notsble were Thomas
Summers and Vim. Snowman, both keep
ers OF summer resorts upon the banks of
the Patapsco River | was really very
sorry that perpetual motion transportation
chairs were not yet in use for If they had
been 1t would have added one more Jolly
soul To the gathering, that is he would
have been jolly, and a hale fellow well
met, provided he left his better half at
home to attend TO the babies. He too might
have been with the last survivors of that
ball room about three in the morning.