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Connellsville News.

The following are the names of compa-
MES and number of ovens on the Mt
Pleasant branch, beginning at Mt. Pleas
ant and ending at Broadford, ON the Con-
nelsyille Railroad, a distance Of nine miles +:
John Meyer, 80 ovens VIM ID. Null
len, 60; Boyle & Hazlett (idle) 60; j. T.
Stauffer, 20; Ewing, Cochrane a. Co., GO I;
Markle & Co., 10; j. T. Overholt, 40 /;
Lomison 4 Co., 40; Painter & Stickler go;
A. A. X. Overholt, 81 Joseph r. Stauf-
fer, 40 Lake i Co., 80; W. A. Refer,
10; Everson KuAP Il Co., 80; Hurst.
Moore d Co., 10l I; Markle Sherrick &
Co., 80; A. A. Hutchinson & Bro, 20 /;
Stricken & Lane, 40 Morgan & Co., Ill /;
Prick & Co., 20l.
At the present time the most of them
are idle. Those that are running are sup
plying their own blast furnaces only
When all are in full operation, 1870 cars of
6,OOO bushels each, are shipped daily from
this one branch alone.
A FEW banks on the river are running
on the reduction, and few are still pay
ing the four cent rates, and quite num-
Der are idle.
Mosr all the rallnOad coal works have
resumed work on the reduction.
TEE Coal Exchange controls the river
operators to such an extent as to compel
them to conform to their dictation. Those
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parties who ars paying the advanced rates
are prevented from getting barges to fill,
and cannot get the coal towed to market.
SPRISo GROVE mines, owned by Messrs
Cochrane & Keister situated on the Hick-
man branch, one mile from Dawson, on
the Connelsville Railroad, are running full
time. They have 100 ovens, employing
about as many men, and producing 5000
bushels Of coke per day. The coke is
shipped to the Pittsburgh furnace.
The Fayette coal works are situated on
the Conceivable Railroad, at Sedgwick.
These works have 10l ovens and produce
5000 bushels of coke per day. They have
been running regularly through the panic.
and are paying the regularprice for mining,
which in this vicinity is cent per bushel
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Call for an Annual Convention of the
Grand Council OF the Miners Benev-
client and Protective Association Of
Illinois, Indiana and Missouri

Fu1ow-MISFRs The third annual ses-
sion OF the Grand Council Of the Miners Pc
nevoleut and Protective ,..l -Ior af the
states AZ TH'- .as'--a and N ,as- VIII
Nj 4e hs.r ID. a. II'inH a tna first
'--eo- Nh .anuaTy, 1874, at 10 o'clock A d.
lrust that full representation Of dele
gates from every district IL the Western
states will be present. We also invite unor-
gained bodies Of miners 70 send delegates
The representation shall be one delegate for
each 800 members or fractional part thereof
every ipdge and district who have not al
ready Joined the American Miners National
Association are requested to instruct their
delegates whether or not they are in favor Of
uniting with that body and adopting the
constitution passed at the Youngstown Con
vention. Other matters OF deep Importance
GO every miner will I've brought before the
convention. We earnestly urge every miner
to give this call his most serious considera-
ton, whether organized or not. Remember
that the amehoration Of our present condi-
ton; the adoption Of the eight hours through.
out our entire fraternity; the prevention Of
strikes and the substitution Of arbitration;
in fact, the preeent and future prosperity
and welfare of ourselves and our children will
depend 70 a great extent upou the actions Of
this convention send your best men A
p cent levy IS called to detray the expenses
Of the convention. The delegates will meet
at Archie Nelson's, where they will he con
Quoted to the hall prepared for them 70 meet
in GEoRGE kINGHoRN,
President
joins JAMES, Secretary.
Papers friendly 70 the cause Of labor re-
form please copy.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-12-20

LONDON ENGINEERS At a meeting Of
delegates from various engineering firms in
London on Saturday IL Was reported that
the agitation for a minimum u ;Ss per
week, was progressing favorably. 1t was
decided that tho following memorial should
be sent O. the employers I'VE. the engi-
nesrs IN your employ, request your atten-
tlon TO tins memorial, that you will take
into consideration the enormous and I'M
precedented increase which has within the
last few years taken place in the cost Of
living generally, and which has had the ef-
feet Of reducing our condition So much
that those Of MS who have families 10 sup
port are quite unable 70 keep them in an
adequate position for the families " skilled
artisans. We also beg to remind you that
considerable number of employers in
London have conceded an advance to the
men in their employ, equivalent to what
we are now asking, and that in all other
trades in London the rate Of wages il &C
tually higher than ours in proportion. We
therefore feel it our duty to request you
to make the minimum amount wages 3Ss
per week, and we feel sure that in Justice
to those to whom, on account OF greater
experience yoG having given more, you will
advance their wages in just proportion.
GREENOCK TRADEs' Council. This
Council met on Friday night, and compli-
mented the Executive Of the Glas-
gov and West Of Scotland Demon
stration on the efficient arrangements
made. The delegates were instructed to
consult their trades as to the appointment
Of delegate from Creenock to the ap-
preaching Trade Union ConFsss AZ Shelf
fsld.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-12-20
Horace H. Days Speech at Decatur

We have received the full text Of this
gentleman's speech at the Decatur Conven-
ton, which We hope in a short time to pre-
sent to our readers. Suffice it for the pres
ent to say that thefalse and corrupt financial
system with which we are now cursed, was
never more effectually exploded than in his
scathing review We observe some Of the
papers are resorting to the old dodge Of de-
nouncing him as an ass and demagogue,
but none Of them have disproved, or can
disprove a single position he has taken
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CAUSE AND EFFECT

In the letter q our Joliet correspond
ent, published in our issue Of Dec 18th
in referring to the selfish action Of the en-
ploying carpenters, of that town, the fol
lowing pitiable admission occurs I'm
fortunately the Carpenters have no Union
here to protect themselves 4 rol,ra, ~
u sentence.
Behind this admission comes the peril
nent inquiry Why have they no unionl''
Whose fault is it : Who is responsible for
this state Of affairs the employers or the
men God helps those who helps them
selves If the carpenters Of Joliet are too
lazy, too cowsrily OF toe indifferent to
their own best interests, to form union.
or. if they prefer to trust to the honesty,
sense of Justice OF magnanimity Of their
employers, rather than to their own man
hood or backbone, they should lay the
blame where it belongs-at their own doors.
If they have sown to the wind, they must
expect to reap to the whirlwind.
Let us suppose, for example, that when
the reelection had been proposed, the en-
ployers RID found the men united, enrolled
in trades union, no" would have had
some significance in less than twenty-four
hours the demand would have been with
drawn, and the carpenters would have re-
sumed work at the old rates
But it may be said fifty frst-class car
penters would have sacrificed themselves
byattempting to resist the reduction, because
FIVE hundred botches would have refused to
make common cause This il specious
argument Our experience has invariably
proven that fifty skilled mechanics, who are
thorough masters Of their trade, can con
troll ten times that number Of freebooters.
Amy blookhead can drive nail, but few
nlocKsepas can make, fit and put up a cor
nice. I'D So on to the end Of the chapter.
ARuhI, If the men who can earn and are
worth 50. 30 and $500 day, were true to
each others interests. there would be fewer
Oh 80 and Sl.76 wood-butchers in the mar
ket. This may not be palatable-but it is
true and is applicable, unfortunately, to
other trades than carpenters, and e other
localities than Joliet
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higher orders, have been among the worst
enemies of social reform. The bench Of
bishops in the British Parliament have
ever voted solid, against any reform meas
ure, even against stopping the slave trade.
But true religion, and that only is true
that is practical, is the surest friend Of the
lahorer
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OFFICIAL
Tothe MiRrr>' Lodges aud Branches Through
out the nIted states.

TITS earnestly requested that every lodge
or branch subscribing to the Constitution *
the Miners National Association, will for
ward. without unnecessary delay. the militia
tion fec and per capita tax to the Secretary,
Mr. ohm James, Rraidwood, Illinois, IN NJ
der that the office es. ,blished at Cleveland
can be furnished. ami the Incidental expenses
connected with tho organization promptly
met we earnestly trust no further appeal
vii he required III remind the unions Of their
obligations Jouv SINEy. Pres
JoHN JAMES. Secv
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Rolling Mill Notes.

We regret tn learn that the Heaters and
Rollers, employed in the mills in Cincin-
natl, Covington, Indianapolis and LOUIS
vile, are on strike against reduction u
% neE cen = =. .h sTT ages, the consequence
Of which is that 4 900 men are thrown out
~ employment
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THE miners and workingmen Of Stroator,
ILL.,, have organized building society, and
are now taking steps To establish co-ope
rative store. There is no reason why il
should not prove complete success
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stances they hare been paid ~ IN fo,srmonths
prOmissory notes. And when they meet, as
American citizens have the right to do, to
protest against this state Of affairs, and to
devise ways and means to free themselves
from their present embarrassment, they are
coolly informed " that it has been suggest
ed that their dispersal with shrapnei "ouiu
not have been unmerited. Idle bravado |!
God forbid the day will ever come when
such advice will pollute our columns but
If ahrapnel is the argument deemed most
effective, its use isn't going to be confined
to the workingmen OF New York and I'M
less We are much mistaken should that time
ever come, the men who now 50 glibly all
wise its use, viii be the first to shout peca-
ri' Riots and shrapnel are ugly playthings,
especially to men who don know INV to
turn them to good account.
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LET no Illinois miner fail to read the
letter Of our St Louis correspondent. pub
lished in our editorial columns To be
forewarned is TO be forearmed A word to
the wise is sufficient
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Orr Next Portrait

Will he that of Mr. T. Z. Jones, Of Chi
cago, President of thu Iron Steel Heaters
Association Of the United States
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the MINER


tITTsBUR RICH, Dec. 10
TIE latest report on the Monongahela river
shows the following banks at work and the
rates for digging:
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Paid Up Capital $2OO,OOO.OO
THE S.1T'IFGS B.a.PK.

Both departments, the SAVINGS BANK (which a
lows interest on dePosts) and the SAFE DEPOSITORY
under the special direction and supervision ~
THOMAS b. BRYAN. founder " the Depository b an
JOHN q. HAINES.
PRACTICE SAVING. and encourage your children
domestics and friends save
Deposits "a FIVE CENTS and upwards received Al
INTEREST allowed thereon
INTEREST ALTO WED
On deposits 81 One Dollar ana upwards.
Societies
Nav deposit Money from time time ami before max
ng the first Deposit may Provide rs Vote how and ny
Whom Il shall be drawn out and provided q copyI
the Resolution be furnished tn the Savings Bank
money will be paid, unless IT, provisions are strict
complies. with
OFFICERS.
JOHN &. HAINES. President
THOS. b BRYAN Vice President.
JARED GAGE. Cashier
CHARLES HAlNES, Asst Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
THo~ss y BRYAN, JONI c. HArNEs.
JrncE r WiLLl ANS, JARED GAoE,
FEsK v 1cBE
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have been elected from the ranks Of the work
ingmen themselves st. Patricks Hail has
been secured for one year, and the meetings
liked for every Friday night
Tie movement Is now successfully inaugu-
rated. 1t only remains t. till up the roll Of
members with men who dare maintain their
rights, and resist the alarming combinations
Of capital now made to
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Is provided ior by the appointment 81 a board
Of arbitration u settle difficulties between
capital and labor. that the evils resulting from
strikes to both parties may he happily
avprtel
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has been obtained from the Industrial Con
gess, thus making the Union a part ot the
most formidable national organization IN the
and entitled 10 it, unconditional,
moral support IN case of a difficulty between
capital and labor, and to ample ptcuniary
support in ease arbitration fails To & tie the
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DECLARATION or PRINCIPLES
SPECIAL BlSErTrs

Fifty dollars may he drawn ftom the treas
ury to deiray the funeral expenses II deeeas
ed member, and sixty dollars for the benefit
Of a member permanently disabled ny scci-
dent
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LATER. Jones. 1T West Elizabeth. started
to-day at cents. Watsons start tomorrow
at same rates.
President SINRY writes as follows "a the
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~" At a meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Lambertville National Bank, held
Nov. 18th, 1878, the following preamble and
resolutions were unanimously adopted =
Whereas, William Crook, on account of fail.
ing health, haVing rendered tothe Board OF
Directors Of the Ianibertvillc National
Bank his resignation as Cashier, and the
= same having been accepted blythe board
= and desiring te express eurviews while tax
ing this step-we resolve; al
First-That we deeply regret the cause
which impels him to sever his connection with
the Bank as Cashier. and while we have ac-
cepted his resignation rs duty to him. we
trust tbatScessatioif from care ana alabos may
soon restore him to his wonted health and Wig
or. and that he may live to enjoy many years
of usefulness, and that present and eternal
happiness may be his.
Second.-That we appreciate the amuous
and faithful services rendered by William
Crook formerly as teller and more recently as
cashier of the Lambertville National Bank,
and it is with pleasure that we testify, that he
was Jealous for its best interests, and labour-
ed for its success-that he guarded and dis
charged the important trusts committed to
his hands with answering fidelity.
Third.-That while we regret the sinder-
ing of official ties we can assure him that our
personal friendship remains and our best
wishes will go with him through the journey
of life.
Fourth.-That copy of these resolutions,
with the autographs of the members OF the
Board appended, be presented to Mr. Crook,
and that the press be also furnished with
copy for publication.
By order Of
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
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The digging for coal in Warwick tow,

The digging for coal in Warwick town
ship by q Doylestown company has resulted
in the discovery of an iron deposit that may
prove to be of much more value than COAL
1t is what is called 'siron rock" and is quite
different inappearance from the ore found in
the Buckingham Valley. The iron is mixed
with black slaty stone, forming hard and
heavy compound. 1t has been examined b,
Mr. Collins, Of the Edge Hill iron works, whs
says that it contains fifty per cent. Of meta
and will prove to be very valuable. It'll uset
for mixing with ore in the process of smelling
The quantity already found indicates a iarg
deposit, and there is astrong probability tina
the Doylestown company has made a fortu
nate investment.
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~ ~ For THE RECORD.
MR.. EDIToR-DEAR SIR IL was glad to
see in your last weeks RECORD that some one
had courage to speak out against members
coming late to church. They are called sec
ond-edition Christians, but / do think some
came so late at the M. e. Church on the Sab
bath alluded to, as TO be called third-editon
Christians. After helping do the ordinary
work on farm, ate my breakfast and went
near four miles to Lambertville, to attend the
M. e. Church, and arrived there before
service commenced, for would always rather
stay at homo and read my Bible, or go with
out my breakfast, than be late at church
When the pastor gave out the first hymn,
wondered what had become Of the congrega-
ton, or at least half of those who used to
worship in that church. i came to the con-
clusion that some good Presiding Elder must
preach in New Hope, and as is sometimes the
case, part Of the members had gone over there.
But in half an hour from that time the usual
congregation was present. / would like to
ask professed Christians il they think this is
right? Our Heavenly Father only requires
one tlay out of seven for himself, and cannot
we rise in time to get to his house at the
hour of worship and not come in late and dis
'lturbl those who get there in good time
( Much is said against the mother who takes q
small child to church, il it should make Z
little noise though she may have no other way
of hearing the gospel preached, but to me il
is much more annoying to have people como
in late than to hear the noise of half dozen
small children. We have great charity fol-
the mother who has several children to Gel
ready for church, but so many of the late
members were men who would hurry or per
haps scold their wives II breakfast were late
for the next six mornings, for fear they would
be late at their work, and perhaps loso a
quarter Of a day. Now Is this consistent, to be
50 careful about our part Of the time and SO
trifing about Gods time. Verify not.
| 1t may be they had been reading the
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SERIOUS AccIpENT.-Ye yesterday morning,
as Mr. Edward Foulke, of New Hope, twho'i.
connected with the Engineer corps Of the B,
d. Division Of the Penna. r. r. attempted ia
walk across freight train which was stand
ing at Milford Station, his foot was caught BIO.
tween the bumpers of two cars by the sudden
jamming of the train. aud severely mashed,
The skin was not broken but it is feared the
bones are badly fractured 3il ef
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twentieth chapter of Matthew and understood
that those that started at the eleventh
hour to work in the vinyard aud received as
much as those who bore the heat and burden
Of the daysto mean those who come to church
at the eleventh hour. We do not, however,
understand it to mean any, such thing ;
neither do wethink the pastor will expound
it. Wewould advise him to preach sermon
on it, and try to convince bis late members of
its true meaning. slNcERE.
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News FROM LAMBERTvILLE VIA New
YoRK.-The New York Herald of to-day con-
tains the following. The report has over
drawn Observation-Disclosures ofsour city, but
sthcnotceSs first-rate otherwise - > ~
CONDITION riTHE WORKING CLASSES IN
LAMBERIvIIsLE.-Lamb in Hunterdon
county Nd issorieS Of the oldest towns in
that 6fate It is situated OH the banks of the
classic Delaware, in a pleasant valley, hemmed
in by granite and rock eminences of considera-
BILE proportions. The scenery surrounding
this ancient hamlet is of a highly picturesque
and romantic character. The streets are we'll
laid out, and most of the houses are built Of
brick, which gives it the appearance of a
thrifty anG comfortable country town. 1t has
communication with New York and Philadel-
phia and other large cities by means of the
Belyidere and Delaware Railroad The facili-
+ ties for trade and commerce are extensive,
/ and, taken altogether it possesses many
/ advantages not enjoyed by other places of
larger population in the State. The num-
Der of inhabitants reaches about 5000, princi-
paly composed of the laboring classes The
I chief features of its business interest consist
in machine shops, quariies, paper mills and
quite number of small factories. A Herald
reporter paid a visit there yesterday to asccr-
tain If there were any embarrassments created
in trade by reason of the financial epidemic.
He learned that matters were in a gloomy
condition, without any prospect of improve
ment during the coming winter. The general
cry is ''hard tines among those of the Ia
boring population with whom he c0nversed.
The proprietors of various quaiTies, which,
contributed so much in the way of employ
ment, discharged over 300 men within tile
past couple of weeks. The hours of labor
were cut down to eight hours, which will re-
duce the wages of laboring men to $1.30 per
day, hardly enough, as n poor hardy son of
toll reinaflsed, to keep body and soul together,
much less supports. family. TIL, Pennsylva-
mia Railroad machine works, which gives.work
to about 40 men in settled times, has made
reduction of twenty per cent on that force.
besides reducing the hours of labor to eight
hours. In GOWNS machine works there arc
only about seventy men at work, which is not
half the number usually employed The rub
Der factory has eighty men engaged, but ifthe
existing depression continues change for the
worse must take place. in all the smaller
factories there are between 900 and 400 hands
now at work on theeight4ho,iiS system with
reduced wages. Girls and boys who received
So so week heretofore receive less than 50
now. 1t is feared from present indications
that much distress will be prevalent in this
section of Jersey the coming winter. The re-
ports from the immediate vicinity of Lambert
vile are not encouraging. 1t may be estima-
ted that about one-third the number of la
borers usually employed in that town and
Vicinity are now out of work, and those that
ARE working receive considerably reduced
wages.
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IL The Clinton Democrat has the follow
ing complimentary references to our State Sen
ator elect We believe them to be as sinccrel
as they are generous -
Our NEXT Observation-Disclosures A. Potts
is not the name we expected to write as that
of our next Senator. But Hunterdon County
has so spoken it through her ballot-box and
for the next three years df his life is spared
Mr.. Potts will represent us in the highest
Legislative body of the State. That he will
misrepresent our County politically, is assur-
ed by his whole political record as q consistent
and Jealous Republican. But that he will
make an intelligent and able and honest rep
resentative, there can be no doubt. That the
railroad monopolist, who so greatly aided in
Potts election will be mistaken in their hope
that he will aid them in grinding any legisla-
tive axes they may have, to the detriment of
!. his constituents, we cannot help believing.
& Although we laboied earnestly for the elec-
ton of the excellent candidate of the Demo-
cracy for Senator, and all the more vigorously
when we found him so desperately opposed,
we can yet bear testimony (as we have before
on various occasons) to the high standing as
man and a citizen which Mr.. Potts has ever
maintained.