The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-05-23
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70 the Editor If the wcRSrSs~AS'- ADVOCATE
What a blessing it is that the miners
have an advocate that is both able and
willing to advocate their cause. We IN
this wilderness have our grievances to con
tend with As we'll AS in other districts In
this place there are four different coal
companies, and the price for digging is
/ 81 70 in winter, aud 81 in summer, and
now they want To- reduce it to 80 cents per
ton, but the men are not willing to dig at
reduced rate, seeing by the papers that
there mas been an advance lately in the
market here. Like all other places, work
has been very slack during the last winter,
the miners have not been able to keep
body and soul together, and at the present
time this place is one of the most poverty
stricken districts in the State Of Indiana,
and capital is trying to take advantage of
our present condition. There is one bank
still giving the usual price, namely, 81 per
ton it is "Rhen's Bank" and we wish all
lARAiNA w ilo bdiliIs nave
drawn stakes" and quit, saying they
viii not open again until the fall. Miners
IN other districts are requested to keep
away until our grievances are settled.
The BLACK ley system has been tried in
this district, and has proved failure, and
seeing our present state 1t is quite possible
they may try it again. and should there
~, hanJhiIlS tod IN Of
mining districts stating there is a number
~ miners wanted on Coal Greek, we hope
that all miners and others will treat it
with silent contempt
The miners Of Coal Greek ioined the
National Association last February. SO
miners IN other districts will see that We
are dong our duty, and We hope they III
return will please keep away from this
place Our struggle would be but a short
one were it not for Clinton, Nermilhon
county; they are working on the voluntary
down grade system, that IS 10 cents per
ton. | cannot think how men will lower
themselves in the scale Of humanity when
tackled with feather or spoken t. with a
highly u.led tongue they are injuring
both this place and Danville, Ill, they
are struggling against a reduction OF ~
cents per ton. Danvllles case and ours
are both alike, might against right, capital
against labor. From do9n trodden
MINER.
ISDIANAroLIs, May 10. 1874
70 'hc Editor Il The woRkNGxASs ADVOCATE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The real estatemen of this city are again
at their dirty work, deceiving poor men
and their families to get them here, and
when they come here they find their mis-
take when it Is too late. These men q
mean the Real Estate Exchange mem have
been advertising for men, especially car
penters, to come to this place, holding out
the promise that they viii get work, with
wages ranging from 50 70 - per day. Such
are the decisions held up to the working
men outside the city of indianapolis, while
the fact Is, that there are hundreds in the
city now, and have been all the winter,
that cannot find employment, and those
that are employed are receiving from $I.75
t. 3 90 per day. =
Ii Is distressing to see these men come
here with their families. What object
they can have in view it Is impossible to
say. At the freight depots there are from
70 to 100 tool chests belonging to men WHO
cannot pay charges on them.
Many Of the families Of these men are
suffering and in want, with no prospect Of
work before them. There are now FIVE OF
SIX hundred men, carpenters alone, out of
employment, SO that carpenter in partIc
ular will do well not to pay any attention
to those statements which they hear as
coming from the Real Estate Exchange.
THINGS IN GENERAL
are very fiat. There is a want Of money in
this section of the country, and until We
get a good, sound currency which cannot
be manipulated by Wall street money
changers, we need not look for much Of a
change. > Il.