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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-01-17
FROM ILLINOIS.
BRAIDwooD, Jan z, 1874.

BRAIDwooD, Jan z, 1874.
To the Editor Of the WoRKISsNAS's ADVOCATE
A large and enthusiastic meeting Of mi
ners took place at La Sale on Saturday,
the 81 inst Vim. Mooney and Daniel Nc
Laughlin, Of Rraidwood, by invitation, adj
dressed the meeting ON the necessity of
thorough local organization and annexa-
ton with the Miners National Union.
They were both well received, and as a
proof Of the impression made 100 names
were reported at the close Of the proceed
ngs as having joined the local and nation
al organizations, by the payment Of the re-
quired entrance fees. 1t appears that the
spirit Of unionism is not dead yet, although
1t has apparently slept for some time back
in La Sale. There are many good and
earnest workers there, if they would only
arouse themselves to the Importance Of 90
ing to work at once Here, as elsewhere.
those whose opportunities and abilities fit
them for the task, console themselves with
the reflection that somebody else has as
good cause to work for the general good as
they have. The result is that whilst there
is good deal to be done and plenty Of
ability to do do it, nothing is done com
pared with what might be if all felt their
proper responsibility. In this respect La
Sale is no exception, for unpleasant as it
may be to be told the truth at all times, it
is sometimes necessary to speak plain ON
such subject as this is And now Mr..
Editor, let me say to the miners If La
Sale, and Of all other places as well, IT,
that until they throw of that feeling that
causes them them to expect some one else
to do that which they themselves have the
opportunity and ability to do, Just so long
will their affairs be unattended to and I'M
done. For who has more need to be orga-
nized than minere I and who is going to
give it them if they do not endeavor TO
furnish it to themselves And to whom
can the the miner look for assistance in
etfecting this work Of thorough organiza-
ton, if not to those possessing ability in
his own vocation Hence | would say to
those men Of La Sale and elsewhere, who
are looked up 10 by their fellows as con
ductors, who point out the right direction,
to come forward at once and take hold with
all your might and help save the industrial
ship that is so fast sinking. Remember
that there is no such thing as a standstill
position in this worlds affairs. Either you
come upward OF you sink further down in
the social scale, and no matter hos I'M
worthy pour companions may be you have
still the strongest kind of incentive to
work for your own and their preservation
from greater and lower degradation.
At the close Of proceedings the delega-
ton from Braidwood were handsomely
compensated for their expenses by the
meetings committee Of arrangements.
HELPER
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In reply to several inquiries We behve
we can assure our readers that the farmer s
organization Of the west, will stand with
the workingmen on all the main issues,
viz The money, land, railroad, and other
monopolies, and that large majority of
them will soon, if they do not already,
favor the repeal of Schenck's sticking
plaster to strengthen the public credit, and
the payment Of the public debt in strict ac-
cordance with the laws under which it was
originally contracted. These issues really
embrace all the leading features of the re-
formers which the producing classes,
through their platform, have demanded.
They are fundamental in character and
upon their successful others of minor
nature depend.
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SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS
TO THE
Mining Law Of March Is, To

Sections | and 2 all right.
SEC g. An escapement shaft shall be made
in connection with every mine employing ten
men or more, no matter what is the depth,
because the deeper the mine the greater the
danger, and only one year should be al owed
within which to construct such escapement
shaft, from the date of this amendment, and
it thall be the duty Of the person in charge
Of every coal mine or colliery to show to ev-
cry person or persons all the different road
ways leading from the main shaft to the es-
capement shaft, a. soon a. such person or
persons have reached the bottom Of the said
main shaft for the first time for the purpose
of working therein, etc, etc.
Sections and all right.
SEC. 6. The owner or owners, agent or
agents. Of every coal mine or colliery opened
or operated by shaft, slope or drift, shall
provide therefor a suitable means Of signal
ing between the bottom and top the: eof,
and also from the top to the bottom thereof,
etc.
SIC. 7. In this section, where persons are
prohibited from riding Oh loaded cars. the
word drift should be added after the word
slope. There should not be allowed either
loaded car or empty car, or any load or part
of . load Of anything whatever, neither on
the cage with persons, or on cage opposite
persons going down or up sand shafts or
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Pittsburgh Items.

THERE is but one company on the Pan
Handle that we can say is doing any thing
They are working on contracts supplying
some Of the city mills. The demand for
coal has decreased to such an extent that
many Of the mines are running only two
or three days a week.
The strike Of the engineers interfered
someWh hat with the shipment Of coal, In
consequence Of which the works had to
cease.
The miners at Willow Grove have
agreed TO work for twenty cents per ton
less than the current rates on the branch,
expecting steady employment.
W. p. RENDs works are running about
one-half time, using the II inch screen,
and paying ninety-6ve cents per ton.
BRIAR HILL pays sl10 cents per ton,
using the same screen. The two works are
not over a mile apart. The coal goes to
the same market. The difference is in
the men.
THE river miners are getting four cents
per bushel for digging.
SECRETARY ARCHALD organized q Lodge
of the National Organization last evening,
at Buena Vista, on the Connelsville Rail
road.
In Allegheny county there are about ten
Lodges belonging to the national organiza-
ton.
AT delegate meeting of Westmoreland
county miners, held at Irving Station, they
resolved to unite themselves with the ma
tional organization.
MONEY is becoming more easy. The
Castle Shannon Coal Company last Satur-
day paid out s23. 900.
The retail price of coal delivered is q. 80
per ton.
The works of Joseph Keeling & Co. ID
one of the largest in the State, possessing
facilities for the shipment of n, 600 bush-
els of coal daily. The works are penetrat-
ed to an extent of four miles IN the hills,
cropping out and continuing in the next
hill with their hundreds Of suhteranean
streets and alleys, where can DO found the
honest toiler diligently working his way
into the bowels of the earth, hid from
heavens light, away in those gloomy caverns
where none but those who have witnessed
the dangers the miner is subject to can
comprehend his psrilons situation. The
coal averages four feet six in height. Di-
rectly above the coal is an eight inch seam
of slate or rock, which must be removed,
which is done by wedging, sometimes BY
blasting. There are more accidents occur
from the fall of this slate than from any
other cause. Their works have two differ
eut openings, one to load the harges on the
river, the other at the foot Of the hill in
the city, from which most Of thu mills and
glass works ON the south side are supplied.
The largest Of these works is entered by
passing through tunnels, one of which 10
two miles long. The coal is drawn by
mules from where it 10 mined to the mouth
of this large tunnel, where from fifty to
seventy cars laveraging twenty-five bushels
each) are fastened together and drawn out
by stationary engine and endless rope,
The cars are then Let down the incline and
the coal deposited in the boats. The cost
of the wire rope for this tunnel was nine
thousand dollars.
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Meeting Of Miners at Springfield

On Wednesday, Jan 18th, meeting Of
the miners IF Springfield was held at their
hall, on jefferson street, Mr.. Slater, 81 La
Sale, IN the chair the object being the
strengthening Of the existing union, and
the organization Of such new branches as
we're deemed necessary OF desirable
The meeting was addressed by Messrs.
Kingdom, Morgan, Mclaughlin, Cameron
and Hinchcitfe. The speakers we're re-
ceived with applause. After the meeting
it was unanimously agreed that special
assemblage Of the miners Of the district
should be held eli Wednesday, Jan. l4th
when President Kingdom was expected t
be present.
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which are dedicated solely and entirely to
the interests of those who eat their bread
IN the sweat of their faces. Having been
a constant reader Of the ADVOCATE for the
past nine and half years, we can fully
appreciate the indornitable pluck and I'M
iinching courage of its editor, the bold,
fearless and eloquent manner IN wnlcn ne
always pleads the cause OF labor. we un-
hesitatingly recommend his paper 70 tne
patronage of all who live by honest indus
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THE PENDING COAL STRIKE.
The Miners Or Pennsylvania VIII Not sab
nit 60 a Reduction.

~ We ~ % press '"e sop" US
the Intelligence OF great excitement ana agl-
tation among the miners of the anthracite
ro,r;onsp ~ pennsvIvan;a FINN What ~
can learli' appears '""' 'he '''S' WI PorA'
tons have determined to reduce the price Of
mining coal. and accordingly have made
nro,osit,or n the operators II the coal mipes
Il IN -. N
~ inuuee wy Pi,ee II n. oo.t'
whleh tney acoePve ou' Mil.cn re.'uGti"n ms
miners IeiIs9- ! o.'lll1iS.e. =, ~ III
81, anu i-AooieiS N u 49, nssso0 'iph
held conference WI i, III oolunli''ee ~ the
oPeIauorS. q ~u'en ~ io,'io, 81 PteSSsu
thelr WILLINGNESS 1ss 70 continue "orA on ne "a
IS n lo'o. lns 'ne 'pei''ors re'usc 60 uo,
ana lhe c"i'lih'.'ee 81 'le nlhers re, -,
the proposition 70 their CONSTITUENTS lhere
Goes hot apPeSI - &c any ieAl 0Suse lot a re-
uuctioh az the present. 'lii'e' Suu II Is strong
~ "iii'e" Oii"' tue vi Poi "'i'"s' nay
ny '~i - s'o0A VI oo'l "a Ii'u', OSuS',' oy
.iie sus ~ ~ ~
Vte COUNT Sie ~ i'iislus 'ne price
OIL coal' anu ~ oiuoi e1Ne = Pie'eA' 70 20
upon are 49, " w ui1n i,'o
strlAe anu 'neh 'nio" .ne io'ponsioiii'y On
the miners ~ Io"sS suon = san " ue the
prog Aiii ~ y No '"'' ~ "ises' oo~i ni1
~ y - 49, O.
W - ~. , ~
oli'i'I' u 4" gu
eiai 'Oou1 49, 49, my
a. Sis1 II" III 10 u noiiuAy
mount n ~ - 49, ~ - ineu' anu
thas they lthe InenJ SIe amply PROVIDED Tor
suGh d ooh.liisenIy - SUI iS lne tact the
Pq1lic ouene ~ ~" 49, AMI i1e INC reson-
sunny ~ nc -. ~. e e. pTiones.
- WI oe - I'm tiie extract
'ilat .lis O""on - uo' aS'ine rum a sense
Oh Justice pue I'm sne o.u .yiSniiicu Pilh-
III :..9,. - - ,., ,
y, ne miners must reln iS sal" ne
pnS' s 81 nv" ,.''Nys WI NY nave lhe
sam 49, s'. ~ l. L. n,'' ', "is s .ney
were resoLIe" ~ men a I nleAns /" raising
ooA. - P'oe y e"e eI' h;..L 81 ener1 ~
800. - III. III I'M ~, III, 60 ~
~ ,,,,i,h.siI,, oon.rcI ~ 49,.
~, ;,,,a,d tha+ shsIi III ~ NV. 1890,
iii'ei'u 80 - .II Y ~ s'...s P'ioe
y ~ oI ,,'.. 80. {. ~. !, NJ. "
ih"sS1i ny ulSeS'' &c. \ ni.y NJ a.
|ouAI 100 n -; I. Nhan. ~ 80
- ~ :I - IN inaie .
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III yliiy III - VA ~
80 ~, - 1-siI- ~ 'iie
,.;.s Si - ~. I-.L ~. ' !. -
,daht.SIa ~ .Ia ,a;n.rs Vii -. IS. - -
!, Ue 80 ,'al s,r;L;n@ than ,ba, I'D :;
- III a. Soj,'.;,, ~Du.'' - .
',as Ionth ~ h' H.. ,- ~
cor+rovsr.v hnt be;no member of H. ,orr'
n;,tae ~ NOT Ln"v nov What iii ~ J,na ;,
Mr. Gowan assumes he has tbe nowsr u
.ontroI ~ men Rnt ba 49, mnst L.n,s,,,h'.r
that s,strikes IN properIy organi, n hoJ;es
are not conducted Al a former 80. tbat
there e more unity and feelinr arspng NJ s,ers
than ever before and If he thinks A. An driye
men Nv III threats he will tind NJ nself vastly
mistaken
T',rrsr The latest from The Anthracite
ragion u IN N YESTERDAY the I4tb apJ n ~
tbe foIlowing effect
~ r,ar II, tha different J;atr;.-g os ,h,s
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PIrTsBuRsH ROLLING MILL NEWS.
THE FRANKsrowN MILL

THE FRANKsToWN MILL
has been idle five weeks. The company
desired reduction in boiling to $3.50 per
ton. The mill started Jan. 9th, paying
regular rates.
PAINTERS & SONS,
on the first outbreak Of the money panic,
offered to pay cash regularly, provided the
men work on 10 per cent. reduction one
week of idleness followed. They have
been running steadily since, paying the reg
ular rates, viz 81. 80 per ton.
DILwARTHE, PORTER & CO.
have been almost idle for ten weeks they
started on the 18th, single turn.
PENNSYLVANIA FORGE
resumed work last Monday, and are now
running single turn.
BOILING
is 81. 80 per ton.
TEN OR TWELVE MILLS
are running double turn this week. Nearly
all the rest are running single with good
prospects, expecting before February to
run to their fullest capacity.
THE BOILERS IN THE AMERICAN IRON WORKS
have notified the proprietors (Messrs.
Jones a. laughing that unless they re-
ceive more money, and less orders, they
would cease work.
THE SUPERIOR RAIL MILLS, OF HARBoUGH,
Matthias f. Owens, is still idle.
THE oRMsBY IRON WORKS
will start in two weeks.
THE WINDOW GLASS BLOWERS
are still out.
Some three weeks ago the boilers recoiv'
ed notice from the manufacturers that
reduction Of 30 cents per ton was desired,
in order to compete with some Of the East
ern mills.
A meeting of the manufacturers and
representatives Of the boilers was held at
the manufacturers rooms on Saturday last,
TO consider Lne matter " nen IL Is un
derstood that Pittsburgh establishes ths
basis by which the wages of boiling is reg
ulated all over the country, and that de
cline here would be followed by decrease
in wages in mills all over the country
caused considerable correspondence from
the different FORCES.
The committee was authorized to stats
that reduction would not be received
and, therefore, they expected the recog
milton of the present sliding scale, as il
has proven a benefit to both employer anG
employees, and by it many difficulties have
been averted and it was satisfactory to all
| THE BOILERS
sliding scale is expected to remain un
changed.
STATISTICS
show that 46 per cent. of the glass is made
in Pittsburgh.
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THE WorkiAgmdn Of Jan. Sth, says The
Northumberland County Executive Com
mittce has had a conference with the ope-
rators in that county, since our last issue,
at which the basis question was discussed,
but, Of course, no decision finally arrived
at The report Of the proceedings Of the
meeting held in Philadelphia was read, af-
ter which it was decided to continue work
ing under the 10 basis for the present.
As Northumberland will be governed by
whatever Is done in Schuylkill, WORK will
Of course stop after the 18th, unless a H.
nal agreement is entered into pror to that
time
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SOME Of our subscribers in New York
city inform Us that they do not receive
their ADVOCATE because the letter carriers
refuse to deliver other than stamped pa
pers AS we believe in going tn head
quarters-we have written to Postma ster
Creswell, acquainting him with the facts.
and shall publish the reply in full. Our
readers can rest assured that if other I'M
stamped papers are delivered to subscrib-
ers, the ADVOCATE will insist on recegni-
tion of its rights, and secure it, too.
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SEVERAL hundred Of the miners in the
neighborhood Of Brazil, Clay county, In
diana, have from $500 to $3.50 coming t.
them from their employers, and yet cannot
receive penny. So writes correspond
ent
The miners at the Cranberry coal mines,
Venango county, Pa, have received noPay
for two months, and their families are Said
TO be suffering for food.
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TOthe Miners Lodge and Branches Through
ont the United states.

Il i earnestly requested that every lodge
or branch subscribing 70 the Constitution y
the Miners National Association, will tor
ward without unnecessary delay, the Iuitla-
ton fee and per capita tax to the Secretary,
Mr. John James, Braidwood, Illinois IN DR.
der that the office established at Cleveland
can be furnished, and the Incidental expenses
connected with the organization promptly
met. We earnestly trust no further appeal
viii be required to remind the unions of their
obligations john SISEy. Pres.
JoHN JAMES. Sec'y.
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TO Daughters Of st. Crispin.

DIXON, Ill, Dec %, 1873.
70 the Editor q the woRKNsSAS's ADVOCATE.
hereby inform all parties interested,
that have resigned my official position in
the National Grand Lodge Of the Order Of
the Daughters of st. crispin. Hereafter
IN communications should be addressed to
Mr., Della Mckay, stoneham, Mass, and
M;.. Esther Bel, No. $50 South Pacastrset,
baltimore. Md. NANCY WHIrMAS.
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WE have just received the Coopers'
Monthly Jo,ppsi, edited BY Mr.. NJ A. Fo-
ran Il Is a neatly printed, ably edited
sixteen page Journal In our next We will
notice it at length. In the mean time we
heartily wish Mr.. Foran success in his new
field of labor
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IT wiz be seen, by reference to a com
munication published in another column,
that Miss Nancy Whitmore has resigned
her official position on the Executive Board
Of the Daughters Of St Crispin.
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Editorials on " The Lesson ot the Hour,
The Bricklayers National Convention.
Origin Of Coal, No H. Communications
from La Fayette, San Francisco, Pitts
burgh and Church Hill.
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Next week We will publish an interest
ing communication from the Glass Blow
ers, Of Pittsburgh, Pa, and in future we
viii give interesting items, in that line,
from the same locality.
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Notice to Miners

Mr. John } ames, Of Braidwood, Secre-
tary Of the Miners National Association,
has left for his new quarters at Cleveland.
Ia future all communications must be adj
dressed to him at the latter place.
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THE sTAFFoRDsHIRE PUDDLERs.

The Cancellation Board Of the Stafford
shire iron trade ON Friday proposed min
imum Of IS cd and maximum Of lbs cd
per ton for puddlers other wages to be in
proportion. The price for pudding to be
Is per pound on selling price Of ascertain
ed as heretofore, Us Cd to be paid for
pudding from January. The north of
England masters are willing to accept this
scale. The men north and south met on
Friday at Manchester. They propose to
accept scale for twelve months, the mini
mum los and the maximum lbs. A con-
ference Of masters and men will be held to
discuss the difference.
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Words Of Kindness.
THE wokKINeMAN's ADVOCATE.

Bldcksmiths Journal contAlns the IOIIOW-
ing kindly notice:
THE wokKINGMAN's ADVOCATE.
We are indebted to Mr.. A G. Cameron,
editor and proprietor of the WORKING
MANS ADVOCATE, published in Chicago,
ILL.,, foE kindly furnishing us with the por-
trait engravings Of the subjects of the diff
ferent biographical sketches we are pub
lishing in the Journal The scheme Of
publishing sketch Of the lives Of some
Of the prominent men in the labor move
ment. inaugurated BY Mr.. Cameron, il an
other characteristics OF the enterprise with
which he il endowed Aside from this,
the WoRKrSGxAx's ADVOCATE is just what
its name implies, and is the only English
newspaper in America the columns Of
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DIRECTORs.
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Foreign

show that 46 per cent. of the glass is made
in Pittsburgh
Connecticut western news., 1874-11-06
Model Lamnlightng.

Some engineers in Baden have just
 contrived most ingenious piece of mechanism, which has already been adopted in some of the public built,- ings and streets of Heidelberg. Ire object is to provide for the simultano- ous lighting of all the gas lights of the town. This has been done both in Paris and in the Albert Hall, London, by the use of an electric wire, but the German engineers have invented 8 method more simple and durable. Their apparatus can be affixed equally to all gas jets, and it is made to act, not by any special mechanism, but simply by the increased pressure of the gas which is always laid on from the gasometer when the lamps should be lighted. The one act of turning on the gas at the main ignites it at all the burners fitted with the new apparatus. In achieving this result, the designers did not really obtain any very practical advantage over the method of ignition by electricity. But they pushed this invention still farther, and have pro- vided that when the pressure is diminished at the main, the gas can either be totally extinguished or let down to thread. It is chiefly in the lighting of the streets of 8 town that the invention will be of practical use. Directly the gas is turned sn, the whole city will be simultaneously illuminated, and when in the early morning the pressure is reduced, the light may be totally extinguished or gradually diminished. ,sr s. -. r..r...