, 1873-07-17
TIE CHICAGO TIMES AND THE sToNE.Cur.
TERS' ASSOCIATION.

To tho Editor of The Chicago JTthsne:
SIN: Tho Times, paper printed in this city,
and very much road amongst certain clags OF
people who, unfortunately for tho snho OF moral
ity, infeRt our citioa published, a few daya ago,
al article OIL "Tho Stono-Cut Strike," and,
In itB usual slAnderoua manor, hoapod ca!umny
on tho officers and mombors of tho Stone Cut
tors Society; called them IS drunken bummora
and vagabonds," and othor namos which arc
woll known to tho vocabulary OF that journal.
wrote lottor to tho Times contradctng tho
statemcnta but Of courae, it would not publish
anything in contradiction Of tho base alantlor Tho
Ti1nes,no doubt. annoyed because tho stone-
cutters last fall loft OF work on tho now Times
Office, boca1so they could not got their wages
when duo aud now, with Shylock feeling
tho editor socks royenge inoloso a copy OF
the letter sont to tho Times, and, although somo
may think 1t too hasty, yet It is mild in tho OK
tremo when compared will, tho article in tho
Times of the 11th inst. ! hopo, sir, you will
publish this md the lettor roferrod to, 30 that
the public may Hco both sides Of tho question.
I nm, yours, very respectfully,
JAa. GILMORE,
President Btono-Cuttcra, Association.
C111cA0o, July 16, 1878.
TO the. Editor Of The Chicago Times: 10y .
s1n tIo II ySaf 1eeag stso Of te ith nat
commont rather hnrshy on tho merits Of tho
members and officers Of TINT Uniol. Thoy, no
doubt, like all othor mon, have their faults md
tboir good qualities, bit, as body, arc not to
bonds;:" You aay that Init year tho stono-Caat-
ters' Union fixed wages at about 20 por cont
nl'ovo their actnal value, and sustained thon,
with tyranny that was ut onco "romodi-
bsags dssosad %ssessi @ n '9nRpa sed york bea on
fines on employers, and in many casos
it cauRed hoavy losRos to proprietors.'
Tho principal point in contradiction of yonr
statement ~, that laat year wages roHo to l2}1
btone- Cnttera' Society last year did not demand
moro than s5 por lny, wllorons tl,ore was ncarco-
" firm in the city but what pad $50 per day.
Or gu cents nor day over md aboyo what tho So
number tint oppose tho Stone Cuttera Society
III the present time-Hay that tboy will not COM
ply will, thona, is that any roaRon why tho eighty
orninety othor boaAos in this city will not comply?
in this city are in sympathy with tho storo-Cnt-
terH Union, and tho hrBineaa mon OF tho city
don't caro- snap whether tho atone-cuttora haya
fixed wagon or not,-for it IL positvo fact that
job when there in q liked Bnm to pay ths om-
poycs than wien tho price Of labor will riAe and
fall M docs tho market-valao Of gold amongst
the gold-gamblera q Wall street, Now York,
dony tho stone-outer tho right to acil lis labor
nt fixed price, while, you yourself will not
take less than certait, sum for your paper,
Or labor, w]atovor it be, ly tho quarter Or by
the h year. Lust year Tho stonc-cuttcrs received
Words they received $500 por day. and ovcn On
high na s6.25 per day, anil the ligheat wagos do
minded by tue , Union VA was So, and that was not
1eman4ca until tho Goth of June Of last year.
fntv t1,1,r
diapnto the fact TINT, II tho Htono-cllttora had
demanded ~ per day, they would have got it at
time when tho dofnand oxcoedod the supply, ~
was tho case last year. They did not talso
when tratlo is not no brisk, they only do
maud S3,50 per day, mud the large majority
OF Tho boascs congratulate the stollo-cllttors OH
their good r. sonae md understanding. Now. Rir,
while tho stono-cutors llnyo como dow, in thoir
prico for tho commodity which they havo to sell,
you rolnain tho samn Your papor WAS tho Hanlo
price lust yoar as IL IN tltin, ad yot YOU do not
l'ay 10 much to your workmon as you did last
ycnr. htr, you nle now III your declining years
an1, In tho namo Of common Honso a,ld III tho
naulo Of God, coaEo Rlanlaring and oa.umuating
your follow.lnon, for you slod know. by this
tinlo tl!o evils Of tho iife YOU hayo led.
You know we'll, Sir, thKt, laat fall, according to
the statement Of Mr. Mcuilvory, YOU could not or
would not pay Mclilyery, and therefore, McOl-
vory could not pay tho atono-outtors. Tho labor
wna Withdrawn from Your Office, and now you
but, sir, Wo in this country Aayo had enough Of
alnndorors and calumniators Of tho hardy aons
Of toll and, IN one word ceaae, bog Of you to
slantlor those Win arc fur above you IN honesty,
sobrioty, aud industry, aud WHO noyor bring
down nron, themselves woll-.noritod robuko,
eithor in tho shape Of m expulsion from .
church, OF cowldng from lady You had
l,ottor 20 back to rrlntlng-I1ouRo Square, Lon
don, aud die with that English organ Chat Is now,
like yourself, OIL itu last logs A,l in tho words
Of Shakespeare. "AdIou. aaIou, poor ghost"
Yours, etc., Ia.
OAyQAQo, July II, 1871.