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kindly spirit, every request made, vis: to
hold mass instead Of delegate conven.
ton, the same to meet in Cleveland,
and give to each State two executives, one
to be selected from the industrial element,
thus giving all classes an equal representa-
ton. But granting, for the sake Of argu-
ment, that sinister motives controlled their
actions, would not such concession furnish
an imperative reason why the friends of
Labor Reform should rally in their might,
and by vosce and vote thwart all attempts
to betray their cause, were such betrayal
attempted
In conclusion we would remind Mr..
Day, in all kindness, that he must learn
to concede to others what he claims for
himself-the right Of private judgment,
that gentlemen can honestly differ from
him without being knaves or tricksters,
or political frauds; that in the contest upon
which we are about to enter persolS! am
bition must give way before the public
good. that no man carries the vote Of the
workingmen in his breaches pocket, that
the Office should seek the nam and not
he man the office, and thst the longest
way round is often the shortest way home
We fully recognize, however, his ability
and the value Of his experience to the
cause, and trust he will be found in the
future, as in the past, using his voice
and pen to destroy the vilest system
which curses the American Republic.
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SAcRAMKxro, Cal--Trade brisk; wages
good: no men out Of employment. good
Union, composed Of good men, u located
here.
The work of the Pittsburgh Chain and
Car Link Manufacturing Company, situate
at New Bri Khton. about twenty-five miles
down the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and
Chicago Railroad, will. when completed,
have twelve machines for making chains,
and one for making car links. Each Of the
chain machines has the capacity t. make
$50 feet per day. The main building is Of
brick, and ID 4OOxlO0 feet, two stories
high. Beside this there are three or four
other large buildings owned by the com
pany The company starts with a capital
OF S240, 900, of which over 500, 900 have
been subscribed
Texas has one blast furnace in opera
ton, and q company Is being formed at
Sherman fer the purpnse n erecting anoth-
er furnace and a rolling mill, for the manu-
facture Of pig iron, nails, etc In the va
cinity are three different kinds Of ore,
yielding 49, "a per cent. Of iron. The low
price Of fuel and labor is another sdvant-
age, and it il stated that charcoal pig iron
can be made there at from els TO &23 per
ton.
About seven months ago Rogers a.
Burch6eld began to use natural gas in
their pudding furnaces and under their
boilers, ut their works at Leechburg They
state that during this period their produc-
ton has increased about thirty three per
cent, and the iron commands from ten to
twelve dollars per ton more than the same
class of iron manufactured at their works
at Apollo, where they used coal, the iron
being made from the same class of stock
exactly.
The strike at the Troy Bessemer Steel
Works, which had lasted nearly two months
has come to am end, the employees having
received the proposed reduction of fifteeI
per cent. Work has been resumed. 1t il
thought that resumption will be speedily
initiated at the other mills in the SAM
city.
The Warwick Iron Company are erect
inc a new anthracite furnace on theI
grounds at Pottstown, TO cost from $50, w
to 800. 900. II is 10 be sixteen feet high
with stack % feet high.
The rolling mill and nail factory Of F
&C. Brooks, Birdsboro', employ abou
800 men. and turns out 600 kegs Of nail
per day. Seven double pudding, 2 scre'
and heating furnaces are in uee, also 8
nail machines.
The old Mount Carbon Rolling Mill hs
? leased to two new parties, and is to be pu
ia operotion-
The Akron Iron Company have bee
. running their mill during the entire yea
past, with full force Of hands. and hav
turned out very large quantity Of iror
which is principally used for machinery
In the month Of October. the compan
manufactured and sold iron Of variou
sizes to the amount Of $55, 900.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS CONVENTION
VS.. Mr.. DAY.

To Labor Reformers and Farmers About
the middle Of November / accepted an invita-
tion to :" meeting of Independents and Re-
formers" at indianapolis, to make arrange
ments for inaugurating Natidhal Party, and
also % to perfect the organization of the Inde-
pendent party Of Indiana" The call to the
meeting was signed by E. A. Olleman, chair
man Of the Independent State Central Com
mittee, and bore date of November 4th,
though received by me about the 18th Of No
vember.
| went to meet and represent the working
classes, whom found were not there to be
cO-operated with. | arrived on the l4th, en-.
tered upon the business, expecting, of course,
70 meet the next day some representative
men. In the course of my association with
such as were there found how useless it
was TO attempt the union with those who
have not the first idea Of what the Farmer
and Labor party are-and yet propose to use
them-hence | Withdrew. | am not alone in
the conviction that the great industrial move
ment to tremendously organized and to be
a power must be such as mere lawyers or
Office seekers could not understand, and anv
attempt like this to shake handN all round
would be looked upon by that class, whose
cordial cooperation is absolutely necessary to
ultimate success, as a bogus movement which
might 20 cut again to betray aud drive them
under cover Of their own control 1t is now
and has before been my unpleasant duty to
strike out right and left, and If possible to
rio the new party of all the unreliable tim
Der apparently drifted away from one or the
other old parties for the purpose Of capturing
perhaps, and repeating the Columbus eA peri.
ment-a new kind of experience of which the
industrial classes have had quite enough for
decade
The great movement Of the real reformers
and working people of all classes who are not
all otfce-seekers, will come up in good time
and be composed Of that kind Of material
which has long ceased to be drift wood. and
will 60 forward to the end making q protest
which will be certain to establish . point in
our national history
Alexander Troup. whose name was sent
over the country, though expected to be, was
not present at all, but all the time at his
home in Connecticut Nor was any officer of
the workingmen's organizations except myself
In the convention, so called, and only four
persons in all from outside Of the State OF
Indiana ; one from Kentucky, two from Him
ols, and myself from New York. Mr. J. II.
Wright. vice-prendent, and acting president,
at the industrial Congress, 1.-THE great body
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CLEVELAND, OHIO, ON THE ELEVENTH DAY
OF MARCH, 1875,
Important to Miners.
OFTIcE OF rHE Miners NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
CLEVELAND, O.. Dec. IA, 1874.

OFFICE or rHE Miners NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
CLEVELAND, O.. Dec. IA, 1874
To the Miners of the Soft Coal Regions Of
Pennsylvania
DEAR SIRs You are all aware that the
Governor of your State appointed Commits
sion, at the earnest solicitation of your
friends, who were familiar with the state of
your affairs and knew the necessity there ex
listed for Mining Law. giving you certain
protection by statute that is absolutely neces-
sary to your well being a class. That
Commission has been at work for several
months, and has just completed its labors Of
Investigations. do not know what the sub
stance Of their report may be, but what
know from personal intercourse with your
selves and your representative men, | am
fully satisfied it cannot but be favorable to q
bill Of some kind To have such bill draft
ed as would be applicable to the whole Of
the Soft Coal Sections of the State, and to
insure the support that will be required to
have the PROVISIONS of that bill passed into
law, deem it advisable to issue this call for
seconventiOn of representatives-One miner
from each Soft Coal County, to be held on
the 27th day of December 1874, in Pittsburg,
at the usual place Of meeting
The Importance of this matter | consider
appeal enough, and will not say one word to
ineite you to immediate action. The cOndi-
ton Of the mines wherein you toll. is all the
goad you need in taking steps that will insure
you representation. am confident it will be
full and complete
There is another point Of moment, but it is
econdary to the above. It is the recon-
mediation Of suitable man as Organizer,
"nder a'e National Association, for the region
H''" IS all places west Of the Alleg
neay mountain. in your State. Whomso-
Is Tue CHOICE Oh apur Convention, shall
gladly confirm to officias> 70 r.. o.r.o;.,,
provided, however, he is a ms,har If the NJ
n. Association
With kind regards. and in the hop that
such measures as will assist in protech.o
your hives, your health and your limos. and
IN the Building mp of your orpanation will
result from your deliberations.
remain, fraternally yours,
JOHN SINFY,
President NJ. Ma.
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The Greenback Convention

Referring to the proposed Greenback
Convention to be held at Cleveland on tls
10th, Of March next, Mr.. c. Ben. John
son formerly secretary Of the National
Labor Union says
NO TRADES UNION
should hetitate to elect a delegate to this
Convention. If they have in their treas
uries the money necessary to send repre-
sentatives, IL will pay them ten thousand
times better 10 expend it than, if il be de-
voted to strike purposes. l say nothing
against the workIngmans right 70 strike 1t
he can secure Just treatment by no more
peaceful means. The right Is one which
no law denies or should deny. But | do
say that if this convention can be made 30
imposing In numbers and Influences if
it is 50 constituted as TO represent n major
lty If the working people, and goodly
proportion Of the legltimateiy invested
capital Of the country-it will resolve in
favor of cheap and elastic currency,
plenty Of legal tenders and an interconver-
tible bond, and the Forty Third or Forty
Fourth Congress, one or both, will yield
TO the demand, saying to the bank rings
and the usury lobby, God gold
money-Jones and all Of his ilk, " the elect
ed of the people have been your servants
as long as our real masters will permit
And when this shall come to pass, all
kinds Of business Will revive, the demand
for labor will be equal to the supply, and,
as a natural result, Trades Unions will be
much more able to maintain their own
against such employers-and there are
such-as, no matter what their profits, are
not disposed to pay =" a fair days wages
for a fair days work. 1t is a mistake to
suppose that if the workingmen can beat
their immediate employers by means of
strikes. the labor problem is solved. Many
manufacturers and NINE operators are-in
such situation to day, because OF the i'm
mense drain which the usurer makes upon
their resources, that they must reduce
wages or close down altogether, l know
from absolute demonstration that this Ia
true and ask, therefore, what is our
first duty I Is it not to unite with them
in the making Of demand upon Congress,
through the proposed convention, for such
monetary Legislation as will relieve both
of the only incubuJ of which it Is neces-
sary industry should be relieved to render
it more prosperous even than 1t has ever
been IN the past Organized and morgan
ICED workihgmen, capitalists in or out of
association, cannot weigh this matter
thought-fully and in an unprejudiced
spirit, without admitting the solemn truth
eff every word have written.
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PREAMBLE

IN viaw Of the great suffering a. when many Of the
industrial interests u the country now subjected
BY u past vicious legislation ia relation the
finances ut the nation hy OF the ~CrmInatg
and eXtoronate rates Il transportation between the
various market points l the country Bnd the prod ers
and an uni Ist discrimination m our revenue system,
BY which certain interests " the country promoted
at the expense II other interests all Of which evils
deu andlng reform and, after years Of mpurtmi,y
10 existing ptr redress Of these hagrant abuses
has been afforded a. the people by these parties,
realize the necessity If political equalization Of
the people, by the people and for the people to
tram the aggresSiOn~ Of combined capital upon the
rights and interests Il the masses redUc tton
correct abuses And to purify al the departments OF
government"
our committee 20 whom vas referred the subject
q setting fort declaration Of PRINCIPLES the basis
upon Thith u can prrmir airy national invention,
have m2tnrelN considered the same and, believing
that proper solution II the money question more
deeply affects the eral interests tn people than
any other one question, aid that il directly anu
bdirectly Affects sll other economic question, IN
Issue before the people therefore recommend the
OlOWAx
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NICKEL PLATED SAFETY Valves

NICKEL PLATED SAFETY Valves. I'm.
doubtedly one Of the causes Of boiler ex.
plosions, is failure Of the safety valve to
perform its function. This failure il some.
times caused by the rust which 30 rapidly
accumulstes, under the influence Of air and
moisture. Not only do such valves some
times rust fast to their seats, aud thus re-
fuse to open except under pressure, far
above that the weight alone would allow,
but after having been opened are prevented
BY the rust from closing, till the pressure
has fallen conside ,ably below that for
which the reight Is set. The idea Of plat
ing such valves with nickel, and thus pre-
serving their surfaces always smooth and
clean, u happy one.
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Too Bad I

1t is really too bad that workingmen
irtu do their own thinking that they con-
tinue to look upon the national banking
system as the greatest fraud Of the nine
teenth century; that they are foolish
enough TO insist that the currency that
saved the life Of the nation can save the
nations honor ; and that the cry Of " dem
agoge," in reply to their opinions, don't
scare them worth cent. Too bad too
had
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Twelve Dollars for Two Dollars and q
Half

Having purchased the plate of the mag
nihcent steel engraving Morning in the
Valley" painted for Hon Schuyler Colfax BY
Ekins, of Chicago, the copies of which sold
for $1,000 we will send post paid to any
address in the United States a copy Of the
same, with the ADVOCATE for one year, 20 any
party sending us the full price of subscrip-
tion-S2 so
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The largest weeks tonnage was for week
ending Oct, 3lst, when I'll, 1876, Is tons
were carried and per contra, the smallest
tonnage was for week ending July 18th,
when IL ,2I8, 03 tons are reported. March.
April, May and June each show very heavy
TOM o, but they arc below the averag
for September, October and November. -
Saudrd's Coal Journal.
The works at West Middlesex, Pa, are
stopped, and some Of the men, it is said.
are in destitute circumstances.
President Siney was at Coal Greek, Ind.
last week, and at Danville, H.. at the
latter place he was impreperted with pros
pects held out for co operative coal mining
there. The location and inducements Of
fered are excellent at this point.
Seven works ont Of sixteen in the region
Of Neshannock, Pa, are idle, the balance
are on half and quarter time. There the
winter looks gloomy indeed.
The members Of the Miners National
Association have built new hall at Curtls
Hill, Ohio. This is the way to do bust
ness. Trade is dull.
New lodges of Miners National Associa.
ton has been formed at Caledonia, Ind.
Erie, Col, Gartsides, H., Danville. Pa.
also at Coal Creek and Golden City, Color
ado.
At Coshocton, Ohio, the men are Oh
strike against reduction Of wages. One
Or two 1t is said are black-legging.
One work at Coal Creek, Indiana, hal
closed down. The men at the other mine,
are doubling up so as to share their work
all alike. This is commendable on part o.
those working and shows spirit Of miner
ism worthy Of imitation. No man neeC
60 there till all employed who are there al
ready.
Some dissatisfaction in Indiana in refer
ence to the National Association has beer
thoroughly dispelled. Mr. Siney's explain
ation and defence of the constitution a
ammended at Coal Greek, has harmonic,
everything, and Indiana, 1t is expected
can now be counted ON as a limit ON TIA,
| National
The miners Of Missouri are all member
of the National. Iowa is coming in fast
The good work progresses rapidly.
An important conference meeting com
posed Of joint delegation representing
the coal mine owners and coal miners q
the entire Tascarawas Valley was held Of
the 18th inst in the parlors Of the Bank 0
Akem. Six from each side. What ha
called them together is a proposition ol
the part of the operators to reduce thei
miners 20 cents per ton. The Miners As
ISOLATION proposed meeting Of this kin,
to discuss the subject 80 as to give boil
sides chance to do that, which appear
fair and just to all parties and avoid a con
hict. To this the employing interest as
sented and the meeting is in progress
Messrs., Siney, president Of the Miner
National Association Thompson first vice
president and Pollock State vice presi
dent, are in attendance. Such meeting
cannot fail to bring good results.
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Notice

HARMONY, CLAY Co, Ind, Dec. IA, 1874.
10 tie Miners Of Clay County
There will be delegate meeting held at
Brazil on the 26th inst, at 2 o'clock P. NJ. in
Clingers Hall. All lodges which have not
forwarded the ten cent levy to the District
Secretary, which was ordered on the first AZ
November, will please send it along with
their delegates. We want full representa-
tiOn from all the banks in the county.
By order Of the President,
Roman LINN.
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Call for a National Greenback Con.
vention.

AT meeting u representative Independents and
hsformers from several States Of the Union, held in
Indianapolis, on November 25, ls74, committee Of
thirteen appointed 20 draft declaration u priu-
cipes a basis for national organization, and to fix
the time and place Tor holding preliminary national
convention to complete platform. which latter con
ventiun should fix the time and place for holding a
national convention to nominate candidates for Pres
ident and Vice President That committee after long
and careful del 1eraton, reported the following pre-
Ambe, basis % union and resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted
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The Secretary Of War yesterday in
formed the House that be had distributed
the following clothing to sufferers by the
overflow Of the Lower Mississippi: q, 900
forage caps. 4. 600 wooden blankets, n, 900
bOotess, q, 600 sack Ooats, all in good order.
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Announcement.

Mr.. John F. Gregson IS hereby appointed
Travelling Agent for the WoBKI>GMAN' 5
ADVOCATE in Southern Illinois, Iowa and
Missouri All monies paid to hun viii be
acknowledged at this office
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The United States 10 the only one Of these
countries which has vast resources Of coal
still undeveloped, and, indeed, unknown.
Our production, even ~ compared with that
Of oshes countries, gives bat Little indication
Il our prodactive capacity.
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There 10 too much money in Louisville.
neither Lithgow & Co. nor Hackett & Co.
eanspey their employees their wages. The
currency should be reduced, % that store
orders viii come in use again
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BASIS OF UNION

4. Il is the duty q the government tu establish
monetary system based upon the faith ana resources
u The nation 10 harmony with the geu, o this gUy-
emmett, and adapted 20 the demands 0f legitimate
business To this end the circulating notes II all Ma
uona and State bank, We'll all local curren F., ,
should be Withdrawn from circulation and a ptper
money Issued by the government directly 10 the PEG
PIE without the Intervention q any system II banking
corporations, which money shall BE- tgal tender ~
imports included. This money % be- Interchangeable
at the option o5 the holder. with registered govern
ment bonds, bearing rate # interest not exceeding
sos per cent per annum.
2 Tie interest II the . public debt and that
portion Of he principle which D., BY the
express Of the law, creating H. payable Ia coin,
shall be paid
" Your committee further recommend national
convention Of all the people who can agree 70 ne
foregoing financial proposition % assemble ia conven
ton al
CLEVELAND, OHIO, ON THE ELEVENTH DAY
OF MARCH, 1875,
To PERFECT A NATIONAL PLATFORM. and n
appoint a tine and place for holding National In e
pendent convention 20 nominate candidates tur Pres
dent and Vice President and all who fully nd"rse the
participate.
Said convention shall be a convention, but
all votes therein shall be taken BY States, and each
Sta ,ha be EMIT ed to number Of votes equal e
twice the humber Of it, representatives N the National
Congress.
Your committee recommend National Executive
Committee with power add to their numbers and e
change he date Of the preliminary national con entior
any eXgency requires.
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TINE MINER.

The Mineral Railroad and Mining Com
pany, otherwise the Northern Central, of
Northumberland county, Pa, shipped from
their four collieries during the year ending
November 30th, 200, 800, 50 tons
In 1872 Great Britain sent to the West
Indies AS, 800 tons of coal, aud to Eovem-
Der LIST, the present year but 228, e48i tons
have been sent there.
A correspondent, writing from NeshAn-
mock, Mercer Co. Pa under date Of Dec
10th, says: g Work il very scarce in this
neighborhood. We are not working half
time.
Some one has been busying themselves
making up list Of the different national
ities represented in Braid wood, IN follows:
Irish, Scotch, English. Welsh, French,
Italians, Bohelnians, Belgians, Americans,
Austrians, Prussians, Hungarians, Swedes,
Norwegians, Germans, Danes, Portuguese,
Spanish, Bavarians, Polish, Africans,
Swiss, Hollandes, Russians.
The mining interests are very dull in
Western Pennsylvania and Ohio.
new set of reductions have set IN at
OaroOn run, bro@oforu Co., "a, Al
Broadford, Fsyette Co., at West Middle
sex, Pa, and in the Mahonning and Tus-
caransas valleys, Ohio.
PHILADELPHIA & READING RAILROAD AND
BRANCHES.
By the courtesy of the vice president Of
this company, we are furnished with the
yearly statement showing, week by week,
the business done by this corporation,
from December LIST, 1873, to Nov. 3Oth,
1874.
The totals are a. follows
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THE S.fTEyFGS BANK.

THE S.fT'E.RGS BANK.
PRACTICE SAVING, and encourage your chldrsD
domssticn and friends to save.
Deposits Of FIVE CENTS and upwards received aud
INTEREST allowed thereon
INTEREST ALLOW WED
On deposits Of One Dollar and upwArSia-
Societies
MAY deposit Money from time time and before max
ing the first Deposit Provide BY Vote, hov and hy
Whom il shall he drawn out and, provided o copy
the Resolution be furnished 70 the Savings Bank
money viii be paid, unless its provisions Ags gtrealJ
complied with
OFRTCERs.
JOHN G. HAINES. President.
JARED GAGE, Vice President.
| CHARLES J. HAINES Cashier
GEORGE M. GAGE. Asst. Cashier.
DIRECToRs.
JARED GAGE, JoHN &. HAINEs,
FRANK B. Toby, HENRY H. SHuFELDT
JUICE T. ). WILLIAMS
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Referring to the proposed Greenback
Convention to be held at Cleveland on t1s
10th, Of March next, Mr.. G. Ben. John
son formerly secretary Of the National
Labor Union says