The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18

LABOR REBORN There vii be a meeting
Of the friends OF labor reform next Monday
night at the Hall, corner King-bury and Erie
streets All true friends Of tn, cause ought
20 attend
TINS STONE CUTTER, The jour ,eymen stone
cutters association met at their Hall, West
| Tyler street, on Wednesday ev-ning The
reports of trade We're rather un avoraLle on
account OF the money market
THE JorRNENMEN CABINET MlKEEs. mi The
Jouneymen Cabinet Makers mon met at
their usual time and place. Tie Union is in
good standing and quite st ong. partaking
largely ot the beneficial ord,r
4 TRADES UNIo> HAL During the past
two weeks several of ou Trades mons have
been ,orely put about ~ find room To meet
Ia. The rooms they have been in the habit
" meeting IN being IAN, ed for other purpos-
&. they we're Obliged t. vacate and seek 9TH
81 quarters.
IL Is SINGULAR, surprising that in a city
like Chicago, wlere building lots can be had
50 reasonable AID on such easy terms, that
none II our prominent unions, Or even two Or
three or more + them have not dubbed To-
.ether and b,ilt hall Money invested in
such purpose would pay, besides always
at1ritug a ready audi permanent place for
meeting purposes VIII Mt some u our
-
say the Biographical Un:on, Stone cutters,
Coopers ara Cri~pios, II only wants a start
y try tie experiment.
rEpGE s. ut rHe ARTS rs CucAU" From
Edwards new chicago Directory We Clip the
following from among the statistics gwen:
Numhe- IF book binders. p book sellers and
.tatioucrs, l5>. photographers, 9. news jepots,
~. newspapers and publications, 81. paper
dealers, I6; printers, Ioh l0l publishers ~
We a, Git have added Il these 4 type found
Hes and | foundry agency; 3 eleetIotyping
establishments; ; punting-press manuta.to-
uesi rreas repairing establishment, and !
printer, furniture mandatory
VI VI ~ stA \ i WI itFidllN w. Angie til
thi, city has obtained patent iorsn improved
ma hIae fur dressing wood rails, the following
description of which is taken from the Srari-
I'M In-rirau This invention consists vi
a small truck on ordinary wheels. and having
lateral Utide-Nheels adapted t. run along
the wood rails OF striugers after they have
been band Vertical end horizontal planning
tools are arranged IN advance of the front
wherls IN plane the upper and inner surfaces
q tie strin-ers As the truck is moved along
The planning is gagged IN tie wheels Of the
truck, and the planning tools are operated by
belts and pulleys IN the ordinary way, driven
ry steam VI ~ any power. The depth Of the
cutting "a the upper surface is regulated by
a vertical adjustment II the frame on the
front truck axle. aud the adjustment OF the
vertical cutters Tor turning curves and the
Ike Is effected ", lateral adjustment Of the
frame X r. rear relatively to tire axle and
wheels
Would HAVE SHOT At HIM On Welnes-
day moroing John Duvall, reputed To- be a
gambler, charged John Lawlor brother
chip With iusaltng his ,Duyalls wife. Law
lor denied the charge, alleging that lie was at
the Exposition with another woman. Duvall
necked I.awlor and knocked hin down. In
the afternoon the parties met at the corner Of
Clark and Madison streets, when another al
tercation took place Lawlor drew a revol-
yer and fired four times at Duvall, one shot
only taking effect, the ball taking effect in
the left arm between the wrist and elbow, and
SCATTERING the bone so badly that it j. feared
amputation will be necessary. Both parties
were arrested and on Thursday morning were
brought before Justice Banyon, who held
Lawlor in 81, 500 and Duvall in $500 to APP
pear when called upon in the Criminal Court
to testify
The Brass FINIsHER's AND MoULDERs'
UNION .--WheI the reporter Of the ADvo-
CAFE last visited this Union, they were but
few in numbers, and some doubts were en-
tertained about their final success But the
sturdy little band held on with tenacity
and courage worthy Of the cause, and their
fidelity to principle has been rewarded with
success. When the reporter Of the ADvo-
CATE visited their Union. on last Monday
night, he vas pleased to learn that their
numbers had quadruplel and that they had
nobly sustained themselves in a well -foug ht
CONTEST with that ferucious animal called
wolf, and came of victorious. so much
ior pluck and unity The officers who are
guarding this little band are as follows
President. Patrick sullivan Nice-P President,
Charles MERIT Recording Secretary, Phillip
CLARK Financial Secretary, Frank b. Flynn
Treasurer, John MARYLAND Trustees, BENZ
Harch. John Thomson and George Williams
The report Of trade IN this branch OF business
Is very favorable, and the outlook for the
future IS propitious.