The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-12-19
A PROFESSIONAL aRowLER.

The Pittsbarg Labor Tribune, in its issue
Of December IL, contains q cowardly and
brutal attack on Mr.. James, Secretary of
the Mipers' National Association. Il
seems that the head and front of the Sec
Fetary's offence consisted in publishing in
the initial number of the Miners Record,
the official organ of the craft, an editorial
from the WoRKINGMAN's ADVOCATE, on
the recent Convention, and accompanied
with kindly notice of a paper which for
ten years had remained true to their inter
ests Now, word Of praise Of labor
journal has the same effect on the Tribune
editor that red rag has on mad bull,
and he makes the occasion one to display
his ignorance, egotism and littleness Of
soul, which he does, no doubt, to the dis
gust of every intelligent reader.
Mr.. James needs no vindication at our
hands. His recent unanimous reelection
to a position which he has occupied for the
past year with honor to himself and the
organization here presents, enables him to
treat, with the contempt it deserves, the
attacks Of this pensioned scribbler.
In this connection, it may be well to
state that another cause of offense given
| by the Secretary was his advocacy of the
establishment of a monthly journal-con-
tanning a review Of the trade-to be pub
lished under the auspices of the assocla-
ftion, even after the editor of the Tribune
and his henchman had been housing
round the convention, and button-holeing
every delegate to vote for that paper. In
referring to this matter the Tribune says:
After the Convention had adjourned several
OF our friends asked why we did not insist on a
vote on the Tribune as organ We then re-
piled that our paper would have been estab-
hshed as the organ, even against the vote and
voice Of the Board, but that we would not have
the honor of the selection unless it was uHaH'
hm0as and hearty, Of both Board and COnven-
ton
For cool, unblusting impudence, commend
us to the foregoing but what is worse,
|
he penned a deliberate falsehood Hii
bounce is thrown away upon those to whom
it is addressed. He knows AZ well any
one can tell him, that no vote was insisted
on, because a canvas Of the delegates
proved that, had a choice been made, HI
paper lCo,tld not hare been selected, and We
challenge him to prore to the contrary.
To show we are not alone in our esti
mate Of the gangrened Jealousy of the
conductors Of this journal, We subjoin th'
following paragraph from the Sharp Sickte
published in Portage Co., Ohio
81 see that Mr.. James, the Secretary, take
umbrage at the structures It the PIttsbuTg La
bar Tribune. had read the article, in tina
paper lent me by friend, previous to seeinl
1t IN the Record l thought It inludclous
thin skined, denoting jealousy aod an ungen
erous nature. | Was panied to see such con
duct among those who should be brethren; bu
guess Mr. James will receive no lastl' Z IN
jury by the snarl. Men, like web Of cloth
are good 1eal like the sample"
Friend James, in dealing with this at
tack, you can appropriately use the expires
sion Of the Yorkshire blacksmith, whel
informed that his wife would give him
walloping if he ever attended anothe
Union meeting God bless her httl
soul it pleases her to wallop me, and
don't hurt me"