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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-08-22
The Belfast Milworkers' Strike At
tack on Bakers Shops.

The strike Of the Belfast mill operatives
continues, and up to the present shows no
signs Of termination In the early por-
ton Of Thursday, the town was kept in an
excited state in consequence of the con
duct of large number Of those on strike
They paraded the streets, singing songs
and indulging in a variety Of displays
Some bakers shops were attacked, but the
proceedings were not Of serious charac-
ter A meeting Of the Mayor and magis-
trates was held when it was resolved to
send to Dublin for 400 additional troops
A large meeting Of the operatives is to be
held on Saturday to consider what steps
should be taken regarding the proposal Of
the millowners, to throw open the mills on
Monday, to give the employees another op-
portunity Is 60 t. work at the proposed re-
duction Of l8 per cent.
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FROM ONO.
To the Editor Of the woRKISsNAx's ADVOCATE.

To the Editor Of the woRKSsNASs ADVOCATE.
As the WORKINGMAN' ADVOCATE is the
official organ Of the Industrial Congress.
it is supposed its columns are for the dis
cussion Of facts, which promote prosperity
OF otherwise.
Lately there have been sent to work
ingmen" from the Executive Department
circular and pamphlet, containing the
declaration Of principles adopted at
Rochester, constitutions for National, State
and local lodges List OF officers in the
new organization. List of deputy presi-
dents, rules, etc. The president says, 81
herewith submit TO you the constitution
provided by the Industrial Congress,
Outside the trades unions, it is proposed
to have one general labor orgarization.
In a former circular from the Executive
Department Of the Industrial Congress,
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FROM SOUTHWEST MISSOURI.
Mines and Miners Smslter Burned
Independent Reform Party Indus
trial Brotherhood.
! ours truly
A. NJ. VIM.


CARTHAGE, Mo, Aug. u, 1874.
To the Editor If the woREISsMANs ADVOCATE
AS your paper circulate largely among
miners, and takes great interest in their
welfare, have contemplated for some time
giving you few items sbout the mines
and miners Of this part Of the country.
Though tiller Of the sill, have as
ISOLATED myself closely with this class Of
laborers, and long since nude up my mind
that they were, as class, the hardest
worked and poorest paid d any.
There is 40 doubt but that this portion
of this State is blessed wit. the richest de-
post Of lead ore Of any portion Of the
United States at least, bat while this is
true, we also have - leFes% IN most
outrageous mining monopoly that ever
existed. Five or six yearsago, where the
Joplin mines are now locatd, land could
be bought for from 80 to 80 per acre.
Presently lead was discoered, and the
owner Of the land, in orderio get the mines
developed, got several hunded miners pros
pecting with the understanding and agree
ment that they should nevs have to pay
more than 81 or SO per to royalty, and
should have the privilege u selling their
ore to the highest bidder But no sooner
we're these mines well devDped, and some
of the miners beginning & be repaid for
their toll, than these lands we're sold to a
company at 800 per acre, Without any re-
serve, as far as the miner upon the land
were concerned And tn company at
once raised the royalty to ' per ton, and
notified the miners that the must sell ev-
cry pound of ore raised upo the lands to
the company at the price thy saw mt to
pay them for it, which W. fixed at S25
per ton, when pig lead woul bring Z cents
per pound in st. Louis, ans more or less
an the price varied, and at Re same time
other smelters were paying bm $50 to $38
dollars per ton for all the d. they could
get. The miners being un0Ganized were
compelled to submit to the tmands of an
organized company, backedFith money,
or leave the ground, abando their shafts,
and loose all of their hard Dor Thus a
few men have been growth immensely |
rich from the labor of Thousands of their
brothers, who, m a class n paid Just |
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-08-22
A Move in the Right Direction

We direct the especial attention Of the
clgarmakers Of the United States "a the
action of their fellow craftsmen III New
York in taking steps to prevent the fur
Their manufacture Of cigars in private resi-
dences and tenement buildings. The fear
FIJI mortality among children in these
crowded prisons mis- named residences
has at length aroused the Board Of Health
u an investigation as to the cause Of such
mortality and a fruitful source Of such
-. .a...-. ,s,und in the Civilizations Of the
rsP uampeneu tobacco which Is
placed il the eating, living and sleeping
rooms Of the victims We trust the cigar
makers in the cities Of Philadelphia, BaltI-
more, Cincinnati and Chicago will follow
the example Of their New York brethren
ana % and do likewise
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FROM ILLINOIS.
BRArDwooD, August 20. 1874

To the Editor OF the wokkISONAS's Advocate.
Having wrote n you SO many times on
the progress the men were making here,
shall now endeavor to give you little bet
We have now succeeded in making two Of
the coal companies here (the Diamond aud
Star Coal Companies) come to an honor
able settlement with their men, The
terms Of settlement are these The min
ers to dig and load their coal, also brush
and keep their roads for the sum Of one
dollar and twenty cents per ton. The
companies to do the pushing of the coal
and dirt from the face of the workings to
panies have gone to work on these terms,
and are not required to sign any contract.
This we think 10 be complete success ON
the mems part. But although these t'"o
companies have setCled, we have still to
hight the largest and most powerful Of
them all, namely the G. aud W. This
company has got employed some two hun
dred blacklegs, most Of which were never
down shaft in their lives before, and con
sequently are doing us little harm, and If
We can keep all practical men out, we will
be able in less than three months to teach
that company lesson they will not forget
as long as they are a company. TIe Z.
and W. Company employed some five or
SIX hundred men, the most of which are to
day walking about idle, and we therefore
hope that all miners will keep away from
this place till this our present difficulty is
settled. This great company has repudi-
ated any and all attempts made by the
men for an honorable settlement, and
would hear Of nothing but their own
terms but | believe before three months
they will come to realization Of their fol-
", and come to look upon their workmen
not as slaves, but as free men that have
rights they are bound to respect. When
thus day arrives ] believe their men will
meet them on an equal footing, and be
willing to do whatever is right and just,
but till then believe the men will stand
as firm and solid as masonry. We hope
our friends in other parts Of the State
land every other State that can aid u.s. will
not forget us. We have scores of hungry
families here that need support, and must
have It. We hope that all that can dc
anything for us, will do 50 and they will
receive the thanks, if nothing more, Of
their fellow-miners. ANY and all moneys
will be duly acknowledged and thankfully
received by sending the same to Nj. Dando
box 14l, Braidwood, Ill. Hoping to heal
from some Of those that are working, anC
that has not done anything for us yet, a.
well a. our old friends, | remain,
Yours truly, NJ ID.
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BULLION VS.. PAPER.

It is seldom We tnd our exchanges at
tempting e. dispute the availability Of the
American monetary system so often ex-
planned and propounded through these
columns Even those which in the inter
ct of the National Banks, or gold gam
blers, are the most stubbornly opposed to
fctchcl effor- at ridicule An Eastern pa
per urv before us, which claims that our
rea oning assumes that great self
dent lie is a fact says a coin alleged down
to $500 worth of gold and stamped
20 81 900 would not pass anywhere for
more than s. o. because that is its in
"trinsic value How much would such a
piece Of paper pass for For exactly
. nothing, because that is its Just value. 7
We think We have greater guarantee for
terming this strange" reasoning, than
our cotemporary has for applying that title
to our argument, for if it be correct, then he
must dispose of our goods for money,
because of the inherent value of the metal
contained in the money, which is not the
fact. We merely take the money, because
common consent makes it exchangeable
for say goods We may need, Of which 9th
ers have surplus Instead, Of ''self-evi-
dent lie, Z wedeemthe proposition, that the
powers Of money, as money come solely
from the law " self-evident truth" The
Law makes it obligatory upon the citizen,
To- accept, in satisfaction of debt, any
substance bearing its stamp or certificate,
and ~ the substance alone, even though
it be III the requisite weight or quantity,
and the prescribed degree of fineness.
Money possesses no Just powers, not de-
rived from the Government issuing il.
We claim that all workingmens troubles
hinge on the specie basis system, because
gold money has two values one positive
actual interest or intrinsic value, which is
regulated by the supply Of the metal the
other the legal and only legitimate one,
which tiuctuates only because the other
does. The value Of money is not changed,
because of great plentitude or scarcity,
but according as the material of which it
is composed is plenty or scarce A search
ty Of gold now makes money dear that
is makes the rate Of interest high, high
interest gives to money an undue proper
ton Of the profits Of industry, and that's
where the screw is loose
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-08-22
THE MINERS.

THE ingratitude Of workingmen has new
or been mere plainly illustrated than in
the case of Mr.. Alex Mcdonald, VI. p.
from Stafford, England, and ex-President
of the Miners National Association.
Because he had the common-sense, back
bone and manhood To advise the miners Of
the Maryhill district, to accept a reduc-
ion Of wag s-which some hot-headed
blatherski,e advised them to resist he has
lately beeh denounced as traitor, accused
Of being bought, bribed, &C., at several of
the meetings held by some blood and thunder
croakers, who thought they could make a
little capital out Of their denunciation of
the " damnable proposition Several
papers only to anxious to SOW the seeds Of
discord, bounded them o9-and for a time
it seemed as though IN ne and tried
champion of the miners of Great Britain
was under a cloud, and that their new
fiedged friends would usurp his place. 1t
was in vain that he pointed out the hope
less issue Of ne contest. that prudence and
common sense-in view ~ he unsettled
state Of the market an view Of The mum
Der Of strike air, - sas,,g on--in view II
thu inevitable misery that snoh AN extend
ed strike would produce -admonisbed
them that fer tie time being at least they
sha.ild aosni, - Ia.se .!2pnelx IVevAAleci
and now We find alter a strlhe pf t.-U
months, the miners nave been compelled
70 60 10 work - ~ reduction demanded
We have 10 doubt they have BY thus
time learned - phase different estimate
on Mr. McDoneid's treason AM the
blatherskites fealty 10 their irtszests
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Mass Meeting at Braidwood.
SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE DIAMOND NINE
COMPANY AND THEIR wnKKNES

SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE DIAMOND NINE
COMPANY AND THEIR wuKKMEN.
TIE Miners Of Braidwood held mass
meeting near the g. Strait, on Thursday,
the 10th, at 5 clock, a N. The meeting
was called for the purpose Of considering
and liking upon the conditions upon which
miners would be agreeable IL resume work.
intlmation having been given that the
" Chicago and Wilmington Coal Mining
Company we're inclined to entertain a
proposition similar TO the one offered by
the " Star Company some time ago, and
for the purpose Of giving the Secretary Of
the Miners National Association definite
expression Of their desires The meeting
was ably presided over by Mr.. Francis
Lofty and addressed by the District Presi-
dent MIR. Mclaughlin. At the close Of his
remarks which were well taken and pointed.
he offered the following resolution, viz .
part Of some companies to entertain propo-
sitions Of settlement from their men, we,
the miners Of the Prairie viii consent to
allow the workmen of any Company to 20 to
work on the following terms Any Compa
ny who will agree to pay sl.2O per ton tor
digging, loading, brushing and keeping
the roads in order the company to do the
{ Pushing" from the faces. The men,
however, agree to assist IN starting the
cars from the end Of the rails, provided
they do not be required to assist more than
ten yards The motion was put and car
ried unanimously. Shortly after the meet
ing ! learned that the workmen II the
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-08-22
Notice to Rolling Mill Men.

Just as we go to press we learn from
reliable authority that the inducements
held out to Rolling-Mill men by James
Beynon, Superintendent of the Vulcan
Iron Works, Carondolet, Missouri, are
false and unreliable, and we would warn
all Rolling Mill men to pay no attention
whatever to them. We have the docu-
ments in our possession, and in our next
issue we will publish them with editorial
comments
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-08-22

President, Martin Hoy; Second Vice
President, ChArlm Grippen; Treasurer,
james j. Penders Recording Sec'y, John
j. Fitzgerald Financial Sec'y, Richard
Doyle Asst. Fin. Alfred Praylon Cor
responding Sec'y, Alfred Guy; Warden,
William H. Friday Asst. Warden, Mau-
rice O'Connor Corresponding See'y, Sey-
mour Grattan.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-08-22

The miners in the employ Of the Cart
sedo Coal Company-and those of the
Lewis Coal Company, located in jackson
County, ILL.,, have received notice of q re
duction from 81 10 to 80 cents for digging.
As the coal Of these mines il the hardest
in the State-and as no miner can dig more
than q tons per day-they have refused
to accept the terms offered.
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Twelve Dollars for Two Dollars and a
Half.

Having purchased the plate of the mag
nifceut steel engraving Morning in the
Valley, painted for Hon. Schuyler ColiaN by
Elkius of Chicago the copies Of which sold
for $1,000, We viii send post paid to any
address in the United States a copy IL the
same, with the ADVOCATE for one year. to any
party sending US the full price OF subscrp-
tion-S2 20
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The Machinlsts and Blacksmiths Inter
national Union

will meet in Louisville, Ky, in September
next. 1t will be composed of thirty dele :
gates, the Unions having been distributed
into as many districts. As this system is
governmental in character, its deliberations
will be looked forward to with good deal
Of interest, although we hope 70 announce
the reelection Of John Fehrenbatch.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-08-22

THE Hon. Moses w. Field OF Detroit
bas been re-nouninated for Congress
which 4. equivalent to an election
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FROM cANAua.
WELLAND CANAL,
rhmwmdaw AuU ID 1874

WELLAND CANAL,
Thursday Aug. IA, 1874.
70 the Editor oS the wOREnoHAEs ADvocATE.
Will you please give publicity through
your valuabls paper, to the fact that the
stonecutters, on John Browns contract, at
this place are on strike for an advance in
price and oblige yours with respect.
Journeymen Stonecutters Association Of
the Welland Canal
A. +. O'NEILL. Sec'y
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FOR SALE
GRE Attest ATER POWER
AND
Cheapest and Best Located in the World.
Quantities of $50 Horse-Power.
FOR THE


Mill Sites IN the village. Niagara Ftlls ls iuN
as - 30 acre hing along -dr uf o. H. The Central
through the middle w th. property anu Wy Ics
than years two through lines siI have hrlnuhta nu
the property and ather merehandi.f hdi-tgl .uf
and nto ears ~ water power. NV tsrt4g. Nuu y.
the time ~ purchase cheap Apply tu
HORACE A DAY,
New York Aug l-t. i-1t NJ. n, FarE rIs,t
Wnrkngncn. read and help me cail attention Ivy tH.
above For every mill privilege seli bets cru the IltH
~ August and 18th ~ January next will donate IN ono
h. b. expended in The cause ~ Labor Reform ur.rr
direction ~ tire President ana Oficcrs " thg InIsra
Lrotherhosd, a. fuN Organized By the picers ~
Industrial Congrszs. HORACE A. DAY.
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Company aforeme G|bLukSsbks
the proposition lu
that the strike at -DnN
means at an end
Company operating hno 100 0ou'n
hc Star and ChioAlcasc.
million Company have,
"A the contest, believin.
.uer the wurkmen. Ii
iaI Y "trv stav away and Nonsi oS0
of the United SG~Ue~G
SUESt GIrTlON TERM.i
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tHJCAGo. DETROIT AND CINCINNATI,
SATURDAY. AUGUST ~ 40 %. 1874
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-08
european advertisements.

- ULLMANs New Patent Side Suspending
Ne TROUSERS Ct perfectly position they rsng up
bung the and cutting the shoulders
free expand and support the back They
Trousers The Suspende be applied Trousers Price 81
A. and 81 pair Press opinions Patterns and Illustrations
free al parts Of the world ULLMAS "a Rgen London
YORKSHIRE RELISH.
The Most Delicious and Cheapest Sauce the World
" arranie1 and free rom injurious ingredient
6T2192 BOTTLES SOLD MONTH AUGUST 1922
Sale o
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49, Trade Msrs-W llow Pattern Plate Beware Of limitations
Manufacturers: G00DAll, BACkh0USe & CO.,
Leeds England.
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I!fliIIiI:

tn. BEST and MOST AGREEABLE TONIC inotrcet Foi
OF
liable parity Journal u
Hassal NJ D.. Wentsorh L. Scott r. G. s. r. A. l. L..
s. A. &c Sold by Grcoer oinen and Chemists large
botlss, Is each. beware Of limitations Prepared bv
GooDALL BAcKHoUSB Co.
Leeds Rrclsnd.
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HORSEand CARRIAGE MARKET
NEw-YoRK. Saturday. June 6. 1874

NBw-YORK. Saturday, June g. 1874
Trade in what are known as pleasure horses
having been held back by the of early
sprng has been quite animated ever since mlcer
weather permanently For the last two or three
weeks the demand steady and active, prices hrm
and the aggregate of transactions satisfactory During
che closing to-day the market developed no new
Quoting from actual sales nne coach horses
ranged at from 81 zoe 10 5000 per matched PAIR accOru
style and quaty. single coupe horses sou
al from $3.50 ~ 500 per head. Comparatively rev trot
Iers sold the general market dls
frbutions the hammer being as rule preferred
this kind OF stock Among the auction sales nelu IN
this city during the week. the OF Daniel Maces trOt
ing the prominent as 10 the quality OF
fhe stock offered and the number OF people in attend
apce the result however left much 20 be desired OUT
OF q brought only u sold at grand total
previously disposed OF private SALE had 70 be with
drawn for want Of competition. AS usual at the near
OF the hot the demand for work horses
las Of late been gradually falling or and dealers are
disposed 10 meet the views OF BUYERS.
SALES or THOROUG HBREDs AND TROTTrNG STOCK
The following sales recently made by Messrs.
BOwley & Gregg at Sau Francisco: Geldng by George
Patcheu. IT,, out OF Taylor mare, years Old, 70 Mr.
" HendrcGson for $780, mate 10 the above, out OF
SAVAGE Mining Company. FOR $775; sOrrel mare by
Trustee. years old. Messrs. McCOrd & Malone for
$40 the Princess 10 Mr. COTbet for $iO5 a year
Nng Ethan Alien colt sold 10y Mr. George Buck or
Whitehall. y. Y TO DR.. T ". Smyth OF Rutland, VI,
MI d. J. Grouse OF Chicothe. ONO, has sold
his two Revolver colts. with their engagements at
Jerome and saratoga, Nj. Lorard OF this city for
$500.
The following are the sales effected to-day at Bankers
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frlcl Nollrcs.
INTHE UNITED sTATEs CIRCUIT COURT,

IN THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COUhI,
of Farmers Loan anu Trust Company OF
. Cav Of N-w.Yorz John Baird ComPnsns agai3 the ~
iD ana uve7 City COMPANY, T. IL Oney JEROME "
nrS ana WiHIm FahrnE Rs2on ens And y inIinet OF
0 Coart the said 81 joseph and
sell Of the lands conveyed D
- ,rsge an Company connection WIN th OBJ
said but oH o csh or
i or coupons secured and upon the payment OF
" the bonds or COUPONS 70 'he I
sc IN s.a morrag % ucn purchaser lee1
H. le re from The hen % saeA mogAt wa
Court for is approval, anO copy h
@ orer shall The Sew foTk DaY tribune ana u one
ON Joseph missouri
~ ruenty svs Of Amenes District OF NeofasAa
W sr,th CLERK COu Of the United States ior
D f Ne.ka certify that have compares the snnenel e1
60 Of oriT with the original order APpeers OF
jJ5 Of said Court, and that the same q
ee. transcript taereof The whole Of sail extract
s. sy- seal = this Coari 10 be enIe a. e OlH VI
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effected to-day at Bankers

luIuE me W"ck unucr reNtW INC carfifge IIdtt IdS
rneasuraDly improved the demand for light vehicles
having Tbis change mainly due to the fine
weather has also been accelerated 10y the Jerome
Park races which have lmpeled many TO procure new
turn outs" People are now fully convinced or the
ex eence OF American carriages and hear OF no one
among the many Americans going abroad who intends
importing the vehicles of London Paris The import
and export trade has been as follows;
EyJOrfs ~ r1rGTGgeS
Brasl Wts Indies As 49, Porto Rico buggy. $500
Exports 0f Hdtertls
The New York herald., 1874-08-12
THE CASE OF OFFICER LEDDY.

The examination in the case Of Onicer Leddy, of
the Twentieth precinct charged with felonious
assault on ex-Ofiicer EDWARD DAILY. was concluded
yesterday before Justice Morgan, at Jefferson Mar
ket. Both parties were represented by counsel
1t was proven that OfIlcer Leddy mad used his club
on the head Of Daily, but the witnesses to the
affair were very reticent as to the provocation
offered. Judge Morgan, after listening to the ar
gument OF counsel said :--"As long as l continue
TO SIT as magistrate on this bench shall protect
the citizen against every unwarrantable assault
on the part of police oficer. Al the same
ume snail sustain every officer in the
discharge OF ms duty, and especially in
turbulent neighbornood. as tins appears from
the evidence TO be. The learned counsel Tor the
prosecution has expatiated eloquently on the
rights secured TO us BY the Magma Charta and our
own constitution, but the evidence before me fails
essentially IN not showing the officer to have been
unJusrnaby provoked IN the action he took I
shall, therefore; dismiss the case The Judge
thereupon called up both parties and admonished
the officer that any attempt on his part here eater
under the guise Of authority, to annov or harass
the complainant would, on proper representa-
ttons, be met with prompt and stern retribution.