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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-04-19

We arg in receipt Of the first number of
the WOrkiagD.dn, neat looking, ably ed
tied, seven column paper, published at
Pottstille, Pa, under the auspices Of the
M. and L. B. A., and devoted to the IN
tsrests of the miners of that State. We
wish it all success, and trus* that the rocks
upon which the Monitor founded, Whose
successor it j. intended to be, may be
avoided by the new craft. Fellow work
men, rally, as one man, to it's support.
Brother Siney accept the congratulations
of the ADVOCATE. Give Us your honest
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-04-19

A conference VI Scstth miners delegates
ives held in Glaaeow ~ Monday. Tbs re-
ports from the Aif8er&ht districts showed
thH the wages npeston was gradually reg
ulAxing itsef, and that the various woFks
are n0w on nearly an equal footing. The
conference adopted a resolution which it
was agreed to forward to the Home Secre-
tary, declaring that the miners would re-
ceive no Interpretation Of the general rule
Is Of the Mines Regulation Act, unless "
placed ON employers the entire RESPONSE
bility for the maintenance of the roofs Of
working places and travelling roads.
THE OUTPUT OF COAL.
The enquiries cd the select committee OF
the House Of Commons, 50 Ear as they
have Coma 40 uOt confirm tho oase against
Ne msn ID 70 any neglect Of duty In get
ting coal. Up 70 che present year, except
In the laak there was . considerable IN
crsase in the amount of the output from
Cur coIIisriss. In 1867 there was sent out
l04, 375, 400 tcna. In 1871, this had in-
creased 10 LIZ million tons. In 1867 tho
oollieriss a work nnmbensd !, 256, whilst
in 1871 they we're reduced 70 2,S1O. Thgs
from 40 fewer collieries, nearly 18 mill
ions OF t0ns OF coal more were ohknined.
Nov, aH D dinunition in the number Of
eoIlieriss 9oes directly against the suppo-
nifson a IN increase IN the number OF
hands at work, II il sheer nonsenss 70 take
it for granted that our colliers have become
lazy and indifferent ~ 10 the amount Of
work performed. Thirteen millions Of
tons moro coal under such circumstances,
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NJ VS. FROM the 90 woalD.


III
j NE os1ps ker[ jolner., and brid payers
BIZ BirminghSh We ngrsa 70 settb their
demands for an advance q wages and al
terations in tfe time rules by arbitration.
THE bookbinders of Belfast, some weeks
ago, made A demand for the "a hours sys-
ss,i, which Being refused BY the employ
ers, a strike has resulted, and is now in
progress. 1900. ,,-~--- ~,
NHE demand Of the Warwickshire miners
for raise Of 10 per cent. has bren refused.
AA0ther great spring strike NJ therefore
considefed imminent. The Union offers to
11teQ4 4EA61r4kion.S4
81 Nh. IISsisox lborxAkrzss
Il IIsaasasd kas been made by the West
end bodtmaksrs for an advances ct wages Of
frdm 10 70 80 per cert and aiao that tho.
masb68 shonld provide the men With work
shop8 tn aaich 10 work, instead Of their
Epfking IN their own homes N at present.
Tho men demand this last concession IN
erder that DOMESTIC happiness may not b
intsrferred With, and wives and ehildren
may have their very limited apartments W
themselves free from the ineonveniencss
and demoralizing influences which turning
our houses into workshops too frequently
create
THE NORTH OF ENGLAND EURNACEAEN.
On Tuesday aftaruoon the blast furnace
owners of the North OF England held .
meeting at the Royal Exchange, Middlss-
borough TO consider the application OF the
men for an advance Of % per cent. The
meeting Was well attended. 1t was resolved
not to acceds to the request either for
more wages or extra time, the masters con-
sidlking that the wages already paid are ~
rsasonAble as can be expected.
KIKKcALDY 'oIs 49,
The cArPentsr- md joiners in Kirk
caldy And district have received intin1nr
ton thai xleir recent demand for ~ in
creass If w1res to the extent Of une-hslf
penny per hon viii be granted, Thus rails
ing the stand1E wages to I'D per hour.
1 A lpcK-oyr- q Che Glasgow teilon is
threatsned-
srRxxk " DUNDEE TAILoRs-
On Monh$ the Dundee tailon struck
work incOna6dnsMce Of demand that they
should feceise an increase Of one-half pen
ny per hour on their present wages, the
employers being bound to give written
enQaeement for twelve months, not having
been conceded considerable number Of
men have left Dundee for Newcastle, Edin-
hu<Rh and Glasgow, and unless a speedy
arrangement is come TO many others will
follow their example.
The Huddersfeld (Eng) journeymen
painters have decided to ask the masters
for q reduction of hours of labor from
fifty-eight and a half to 6fty-six hours per
week aud an increase of one-hAh penny
per hour in wages.
The Klectro- Platers Of Birmingham are
discussing the formation of q eo-opsrativs
mAnnfactory on their own account
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Foreign
PRICE OF COAL AND DRnsS.
GLASGOW, March ~, le73-Main coal,
I. o. b., les per ton, spllnt coal, TO. b.,
18s per ton; best house coal (deliveredl,
Dos Cd per Wagon; best dross (delivered),
Los Cd per Wagon; common dross (dellv-
ered), las per Wagon.
THE SOUTH WALES STRIFE.
The South Wales house coal collies have
made a demand upon the colliery prOpri-
etors for an advance os 30 per cent. upon
their present wage rate The men request
an answer by the lst Of April, on which
date, unless the reply be favorable, they
will give months notice to withdraw their
tools from the pits
CLEVELAND MINERS.
The 5000 Cleveland miners have re-
solved not to strike for the present, al
though their notices demanding an ad-
vance Of I'd per ton 10 ner cent on
days wages have not been complied with,
and the turn and ptice expires on Satur-
day. The miners have resolved TO issue
another circular to the employers, calling
upon them TO form Board Of Arbitration
10 settle the dispute within fourteen days
As the employers "a gAdif last meeting ex-
pressed their Willingness 10 cooperate in
the formation 6f snch a Board, there is
every Likelihood that it will be established.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-04-19

The editor d ths III Rasao JeNrnat tins
refer. to the Hon JON nCkslifs, Son
ator from 81 Clair couhsy
). On his lei is Hinchdifs. ~ 81 clair, an
EaglishmAn " birch, = lawysr By profession,
and gentleman by nat@al instinct He
has massive head, bald on top, broad
face. honest and sagacious, and is gifted with
. perpetual fund OF humor He is one Of the
A. has Tie good sense e foilow tie dictates
of his own Judgment on all questions, and is
not partcylaylY Aias- bound byyDerty Ne
think a kSSd deal Of Hi6chehHsII \ ~ ya Y
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Nnw xoHk. hpFsl ., 1873.
70 Ne 09lcers aptE MsmbsFsef Gis sarsosss
Tradss 0aganisdtions ~ Tie CITE and
State Of Ns.s Fork: s
You ere hereby requested 70 ssnA two.
delegates 10 . Conventisn 70 hss held ut
Gcrmsuia Assembly Ro91ns (BoMsryl on
Tuesday evening, April 30, 1878, ut O
O'Clock, having in view the testing md en-
forcement of the Eight Hour Law nm This
State.
1st The providing Of ways and means
for the prosecution Of all violations Of the
Eight Hour Law in this State.
I'd. The framing and laying before the
present Legislators bill providing for the
enforcement Of the Eight Hour Law.
Trusting that yon viii recognise tho inn
portAnce Of holding said e0hTantion BY
sending your dsisgatss, clothing thsm With
power 10 cooperative both morally and ma
tsrially. We remain yours ste.
@. OsBoaNn WARD,
Gro. BLxrx,
w. A. OARskY,
HueH McGREGGoR, Cossaittss.
JonN HAEnBRT, -
r TX. KMaErr,
j. w. MAppox,
by order a Fed. Council All eommu-
nications may be addressed TO
Gko. BzAfR, Sec. ef Coma
386 Spring St., N. ". CITY.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-04-19

-
ooAAs'roNDN. .'S'-'
der date Oh APrh iOth, wri'es - ioaio"s'
We he'd pretty goOd meeting here TO-
day, and enrolled % more new names to
our organised Inst; and 1t was resolved
that Inass meeting takes place here on
the 1st day 81 May, and that we invite our
friend Richard Trevellick TO address US on
that day, a. il y 10 be put on motion TO
shorten our hours of labor at that days
meeting.
TIE coal deposits of Pike county, Ind. !,
are sttractinR the attsntion Of eastern cap
italists The seams are the thickest known
In the United States
A,x,r.ptp as<x~t af c,ah has he.n
f,n,J m N.xIco sbich r,rovas n ~ mite
satisfactory in quality, upon trial.
RUMoR in Corinne, Utah, that large
deposit Of coal has been discovered in Box
Elder Canyon, about seven miles from
Corinne.
BIrt-MISoUs coal Of excellent quality is
now haino mined and sold on Little Pine
u r. D. p..,l
Creeh, Nehah2o NouH'y, a. eVPio
around English Centre use II IN preference
!. l n. 4; Iii g.. ~ an 49,. .,,
Z" "ooo' ~ 70 sou iol wv pei VII
THE Mount Dlablo coal mlHes, near San
Eo,o;.c.. WILL from, NM u 10 u0u tona
per month"; iOI l'oS' y ~niol '"I T -
steady ueniAnu tut S'e~'li PuiPo'oo. I'm :.
ooo 10 ooO men are oonIlnu~iy e"sas1u ~
the hlipes' anu aDou' ai'y On sio I~nlo'.
OF IN SHOPS on the upper ueeS' Ut soouS
4oV - IN ali Miners are pau from "
Si-1o per y-.ru - 1ol ou'.ans 90, anu o~n
average rom oo.W " II. 10y 'o III
oeAhiAs inuoi % IN ~. r.
common lADorers are Pdlu % " Pei u0y,
dryers and tim ermon IS. engineers from
COO GIon -. ....L - Hal INIT hs
SoU 10 clzO per Hon1i' anu
SlOD The company Is dIsDurslng ABOUT
GOO nnO ,e, ,,,,,,th Cor lahor h.s,das larua
e>'"'"0O - -
- - -. r-.a:al' - 49,
P'-' -
For the three districts embracing Schuyl-
kill Columhla Northumberland and Dau-
49, -
phlH CouhVies' 20 NV -""s0''
80 -. ~ :, go, =, .basa distr;cts and
sums III Is fellows.
49,. =, ~. ,,,..-,,., wortat ,hou, 40
Men and boys employ ed at coIleries ss.O57
Shafts
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-04-19

An address from Prssident Kingdom to
the Miners Of the Western States.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-04-19

"A coffin, said An freshman, is the
house that q man hVsa i'm when he is dead.
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CORRESPONDENTS.
NEW YORK.

I'VE do not hold ourselves responsible DIR any opani
expressed BY our Correspondents.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-04-19
GEORGE kINgHuRN.
Pres. NJ a. N,lStern States.

LOpeE No. IS. Ma IIrrsrt natl. 81. CLAIR Co.
April z, 1873
To the Editor o. the wnRENasAVs AuvocATE
Please lind enclosed -, for the ADJ
voCATE, the friend IT, defends the rights
81 labor. ! wish it, circulation would "a
tend to the four quarters Of Columbia. /
shall do all in my power IN this section
l am happy to announce ~ you and ne
public that the eight hour system has been
adopted throughout District No. 4, Of the
NJ. b. A r. A., " the State of Illinois
This was established owing 70 the market
being Oyerstocked with the Black Dia.
mond. The past has taught us lesson
to guard against drudging ourselves when
We can keep from doing 50, and everything
works harmoniousfy
We had the privilege Of hearing Mr..
6revelhck speaking GA the rights and du-
ties " the laborlng masses, So also, Mr.
Murphy, who made q short speech on the
same, and Tor the extention and circula-
ton Of our friend, the Advocate. Yours,
Ak
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-04-19

ipeA humpeI oi Hiies uhheiBi"uhus-- '---. -
The rails used are generally % lbs. to
the yard, and have to be renewed about
every four years. The mine water is ter
ribly destructive to all kinds Of mine pa
chinery.
Connecticut western news., 1873-01-31
West Cornwall.


 Last Friday the Goshen mail failed to come through, owing tC snow drifts. Clark says if folks want the mail to go through they must break out the roads The Gold Sanitary Heater Co. are talking of incrcas- ing their capital stock and enarging their business. J. Malison $ Go. are going to erect a foundry which the G. $. H. Go. will use for the purpose of making their own castings and to do custom work ..... All those wEo have not had Merwln renovate their feather beds should do so at once, as he will be ill town only few days longer. ......Some of out piscatorial sportsmen went to Goshen enc day last week, fully equipped for hooking pickerel, but alas for human hopes! they were unable to find the pond. Dan says the snow blew so they could not see rod, which was probably the reason of their not finding the rond. ......Last Saturday night as Conductor Thomas train was turning q short curve near Swift's Bridge it colided with yoke of oxen and the rear car vas thrown from the track and badly damaged. Fortunate ly no passengers were injured. One of the oxen was killed and the other so badly in Jured that it was necessary to kill him The passengers were placed in another cal and the train passed bere about three hours late. G. H. Wheaton is convaescent... Monday we had real olG-fashioned snow storm, to the depth of twelve inches.
 ... NUF CED.
Connecticut western news., 1873-01-31
New Milford

M. Neisner & Brother, one of our He brew firms, after trying here nearly two years to make the ready made clothing business pay, last week became discouraged and turned over their store to Sheriff Rich mond. It is rumored that two weeks ago the firm had a large stock of clothing which in some mysterious way disappeared before the day of their failure ... The good sleighing is enjoyed and improved by all
 and we shall be surprised if in some of these sleighing parties, attachments arc not formed which shall last long after the snow disappears; and this reminds me that the editorial and legal profession are engaged in heavy strife in the coasting business. Both parties are young. good looking and popular with the ladies, and both own fast running sleds of about tue same average capacity, and after sliding down, either party offers to draw at least two ladies back up the hill. This is a tax upon the muscu- lar system, but the young men seem to thrive, and we trust may both slide irrevo- cably into matrimony, after which on moonlight evenings we may have peace Let lem slide. 0.
Connecticut western news., 1873-01-31

Historical Rooms know of no place in the State where an hour. or half day as for that matter, can be so proftably spent as at the Historical Rooms at the Atheniuln in Hartford. Many of our read CTS have visited these rooms and will testify to the truth of our assertion. while others, who4have never been there, may be induced to pay visit by the very brief account we will give of what is there to be seen.. Be
 fore going further we will say that there is no charge for admission the institution being supported by the state. The princi- pal historical room, which is large one with very high ceilings. is filled with every thing that could be collected, that was in anywise associated with the early history of the state, or in fact with the earliest his tory of the country. First of interest is an old wooden chest, which came to this country in the May Flower, when that ves- sel made it's hazardous trip across the At lantic, bearing its precious freight of stur- dy Pilgrims, who landed at Plymouth Rock December 2lst, 1920; over 25O years ago. We looked upon this valuable relic short time since, which, as it were, carried us back to the days of Auld Lang Syne more truthfully than the best written history of those days, read with the livelies: imagina- tion. There we were, face to face with that ancient chest, whose lid our hands raised as the same, the identical same, lid was raised over 250 years ago by those who were the very first settlers of our land. In this chest was carpenters plane, which also came in the May Flower, and which had been used SO much that at the places on the wood where the fingers of the Jeff hand and the thumb of the right were plac- ed, were worn deep cavities in the wood
 In one of the glass cases, among everything else, was a musket with a bell-mouthed barrel, which, Conductor Eggleston, who was with us, said was loaded with quart cup, slop-pail or something of like capac- ity, and by it's side another ''gun" with primeval appointments, being about or IS feet long (imagine its length what you will and it will be longer than you imagine), which seemed to contrast strangely with its comrade of the slop pail ~order. One peculiarity about this efficient arm was the lock, which was indeed delicate and in genious piece of handiwork, the powder 1T the gun being ignited by the lock. whicf was made to act by vigorous pulling o1 the rope attached. In another case wa. the watch which was once owned and car ried by that arch Revolutionist traitor Beuedict Arnold. Here are Indian relicl of great interest, among which is the wal club of King Philip, with it's tally of white and red men slaughtered by hlm. and there Is sheet of German music of the 13tl century that would puzzle Prof. Stillman of Lakeville, to unravel.' A copy of tht Boston Net0s Letter. published by author ity, from Monday, April l7th, to Monday, April 24th, 17O4," and thousands of other objects of intense interest, rendered so by their association with events which occur. red in Eye olden time." Let all at theil convenience visit these rooms.
Connecticut western news., 1873-01-31
New Preston.

New Preston.
 Notwithstanding the storms of the last two weeks, it has been unusually lively in this quiet little village..... Wednesday evening, January 18th, there was party at George c. Hitchcock's which was de- cided success. ''Alfred" the veteran mu- sician, was on hand and dancing was en- joyed by both old and young, until 2 a. m., when all present, after partaking of an ex- cellent supper, "shook hands across the bloody chasm," with the genial host and hostess, and departed for their homes, feel ing undoubtedly, that they had enjoyed themselves muchly. ......On Wednesday eve hing. January 22d, donation party at the Rev. Henry Upson, pastor of the church of the First Ecclesiastical society, which was largely attended, and after very pleasant evenings entertainment the peo- pie retired to their homes, leaving their pastor many tokens of friendship in the shape of kind words, eatables, and green backs to the amount of $lOO, presented in behalf of the people by George c. Hitch cock, Esq, in his usual eloquent style, which drew forth many agreeable and witty remarks from the pastor...... Last Saturday evening the Glee Club of Marble dale and the leading singers of this place met at the residence of Mir. and Mrs. Frank s. Brown, and good time and some ex- cellent singing was the result of the meet ing. ...... Our enterprising young news deal CT, Mir. Edwin H. Beardsley, who has but lately started his news room, is doing well, and the people should appreciate it, being as it is, like Toodles' coffin. ''handy to have around" as you can get anything you want, from Webster's Unabridged Die tionary or copy of the CONN. WESTERN NEWS to Josh Billings Almanax.
 OCCASIONAL.
Connecticut western news., 1873-01-31
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