The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-07-26
TO THE MINERS OF THE UNITED
STATES.
Call for a Miners National Convention,

IfAlbN thhhtN " - Noll cStAD
h-hed fact-a fact demonstrated by bi tel
| personal experience, that there il no class
lu the community whose labors are So m
rrqUtted. and Who are az much the vic
/ TINS ri the heartleSs demands Of capita
ami corp rattnns. a. the Miners Ia oul
| present isolated condition, we are pow err
.esS to resist them. increasing as these ma
agencies are ia power and influence il re-
/ lutres no prophet to foretell the
position the miner must occupy
IN few wears. unless imnedi
date steps are to unite US under com.
mon head-hSving for Its ojecLs the ~.
terlng Of our social, moral and financia
ondItlon. The great desiJsrutVm of tn
souf IS bond Of ulsion-d consolidation o
Hterssts-d unity y action; in short, th
establishment Of a Miners National Organ
cation, whose influence will be eNerted
our behalf, and whose strength will fur
nish guarantee that such influence will be
sufficient to protect US ia the hour Of
need contest, to often forced upon
Us, At present means defeat and demora-
.lzatlon, no matter how Just our demands;
a contest in which a handful of men have
10 contend against the power of aggregated
wealth. This crushing in detail polio.
must be stopped, or 1t is idle to expect thai
our condition can be ameliorated
The success which has attended the ef
forts of the various trades which have acted
On this principle, shows us what unity Of
action can accomplish The difficulties
against which We nov contend. are the diff
nculties which they have surmounted. and
the reason is obvious What the efforts OF
one union could not accomplish. the efforts
of nifty unions hdos accomplished What
they have done, We can do, if We are will.
my ID use the same means These facts
arr ~ srlf-evident, thar every miner and
lahurer ia the mines must admit their force
and truth
Ia consideration 81 these facts, believing
that the miners are ripe for such move
ment, and III accordance with the general
desire evinced on all lands. we hereby issue
a call for meeting Of delegates from the
various local unions. and to miners III gen
eral throughout the country, for the pur-
pose Of forming MINERS NATIONAL
U~IoN, TO be held in the City Of Youngs-
town. OHIO. on the second Tuesday In
O.tober. 1873
The specific objects sought to be accom-
phshed BY the formation of such an asso-
citation are As follows
l. consolidation of the entire body
IF miners Of the United States. for the pur-
pose If self-protection
? To afford pecuuiary and moral sup
port VI such districts A. may be forced 10
the alternative II a strAe
g. FIR q thorough discussion Of our
grievances. and the passage Of such laws a.
our safety and welfare demand in the
several States
SION Let every miner and laburer. who
reads this rall realize that ii il IA his inter
est il j, issued. Act As though success de-
pended un your individual efforts Make
beginning Where no union exists. form one
without delay. Take steps 10 meet your
fellow-workmen in council. Let the men
Of Pennsylvania meet the miners from
Illinois Let the miners ~ Ohio. Nir-
ginia, Indiana Iowa. Missouri. Kentucky
aid Michigan in short from every locality
where mining is carried on, . Come and
reason together" form an organization in
which brother will be pledged TO brother
An organization which will form bullwark
alike in the day Of prosperity and the hour
Of adversely Will you do 80, or 40 you
prefer to occupy your present unenviable
position The answer snd the issue are
in your own hands.
Signed,
JOHN SNEY, ST Clair, Schuylklll Co.,
Pa.
JAS. O'HALLoRAN. Plymouth. Lucerne
Co, Pa.
GEO kSsHoRS. Belleville. st. Clair
Co, Ill
JOHN POLLOCK, North Lawrence. Stark
Co., Ohio
JOHN JAMS, BrsidwooG, Will Co, Ill.
Communications addressed to John
James, Braidwood, will receive a prompt
reply.
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