The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-06-21
IMPORTANT TO MINERS.
Call Torn special session Of the Grand Conn-
riI Of the MIners' u. a r. Asaociatiea,
OF the states OF Indlana and
NisaOmPt

nlcteO Oy our employers, Nhlcn FRESHMAN,
Americans, should not tolerate, and are
compelled to quietly Acquiesce. Every
day, Capital is extending its operations
and enlArglng its sphere of action by the
consolidation Of individual interests into
companies, and companies into large and
powerful corporations Those companies
have 50 arranged their interests, that they
are not all centred III one locality, one re
gion, or one branch of industry. They
are laid down carefully and studiousy
here and there, until you find the midi
yIdual capitalist represented III dozen
companies, Ia as many different places, his
interest comingling with hundreds Of 9th
ers, which are SO woven and interviewer
that they are almost an impregnable net
work, able to resist almost any pressure
that might be brought against them. This
Is the wonderful device, whose baneful
effects is stealing slowly. but surely, over
the miners of this country, and not only
the miners, but over the producing classes
Vi inc NHcic hdtlOh Ihls Is lno giant
whose magnitude has awakend the farmers
Of every State i'll the Union to q sense of
their danger, and has aroused them every
where, until now, behold, they are band
ing themselves together, that they might
be prepared for the struggle which is in
evitable, and must soon come Shall We
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continue to battle with HIM in our local
Union" capacity, and strike 1t one Of his
many heads, whilst the others remain I'M
touched and unframed To do this is
useless 1t is spending Our efforts and our
means lighting the wind. The means
which capital is using the enemy to our
rights and liberties, AS men and citizens,
which ought to be our friend that OF con
solidating many interests and their opera
tion with method and determination are
the only means which We can employ 70
MAINTAIN our present status AS men, or ad-
Civilization, side by side with the other
industrial branches of labor. The we'll
being Of ourselves and our families depend
upon our own action. If the miners Of the
several States will JOIN hands and put
! themselves in position that they can work
a. one man, then shall their rights and
\ privileges be respected and uninterfered
with. Let disatfectlOn, or partial UNION
only, reign in our ranks, and, as a class,
We shall 60 back in the great army Of La
Dor to the rear, the place destined for all
who do not work and keep pace with the
age III attaining to the van. The Farm
! Laborers Of Eng in their psuperism
and ignorance, are a striking example Of the
results Of inactivity and class apathy. To
educate our children to a higher intel
lectual standard than We ourselves
reach to shorten our hours of manual
labor and have more time for men
tai culture and social improvement /;
to obtain a higher standard Of wages than
We now receive for our labor, that We
might live comfortably to have Justice
done US in weighing our material AZ the
| top Of the mines and abolish the over
weight system practiced at many places; To
rise to be better men and better citizens,
are aims which We consider honorable and
worthy every man to harbor and encour
end, We desire every District Of Miners
and every Lodge to consider the matter Of
meeting together in Council through their
Representatives As below stated.
To this end, | earnestly ask the cooper
alton of every miner to aid me in calling
special session Of the Grand Council of IL
linois, Indiana and Missouri, to be held in
st. Louis, Mo, July 3, 1873, and ask that
two-thirds Of the Miners of the afore
mentioned States vote i'll favor Of it. The
questions that will be brought before the
Council, will be, First the revision Of our
Constitution and By Laws, that they may
be adapted to suit the Western States !;
Second, their adoption by the States rep
Id1cubCu AuO pun lHIO DlPClAt
in the various Lodges throughout those
States. Third, the exchange Of Travelling
Cards with the Miners Of Pennsylvania,
Ohio, and other Eastern States, working
under ali organization. Fourth, the sys-
TEN Of books, blanks and forms to be used
in each Lodge the relation of Lodges to
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ell. Fifth, the necessity Of one or more
Organizing Officers TO be employed in each
State, to organize new Lodges, the mode
Of raising their salaries, their duties, etc.
Sixth, the best means Of improving the
social condition Of our working miners,
and such other important business As may
be brought before the Council
The manner of representation is, one
representative for every five hundred
members, or fractional part thereof, but
we invite delegates from all parts Of the
Western States. Delegates sent from
Districts not already organized, must be
paid by their otcn constituents A levy of
twenty five cents per member is called for
from districts organized, to defrsy the eH-
penses u the Convention. The delegates
will meet at Headquarters, ST Louis, No,
on Fourth street, between Walnut and
Market, North side, from whence they
will be conducted to the Assembly Hall,
which will be selected AS soon .s | receive
notice that the Convention wil De held.
Districts are requested to send their best
and ablest men as representatives They
are also instructed to send their delegates
with instructions in favor OF against send
ing delegates to the National Trades As