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PITTSBURGH MILL NEWS.

The Tube works of VIM Graft & Co.,
are in active operation.
THE difficulty at Apolla, is amicably set
tied, and both them and the Leechburg
mills are running to their fullest capacity.
THE Flint Chimney Works are in
full operation. The window glass works
are still idle, with no satisfactory signs of
resumption. The last proposition made by
the manufacturers, is 81 per cent of re-
duction from off the old list of 1867, which
the men strenuously refuse.
Under the new regime, the reduction
Of blowers helpers, would be $500 per
month, instead Of $4,000, under the old
rates, and cutters who were paid 60 cents
per box, would oe reduced to Is cents per
box. The men are waiting the action of
the manufacturers, and neither one seem
to be in any particular hurry about it
J.O. EDWARDS, ex-President of the q.
S. of ", is puddle boss at the lower mills
Of Lewis, Oliver & Philips. This company
is paying cash in full, and part or the back
money. This mill is steadily running
donble turn, as is also their upper one ON
the South side.
THE manufacturing industries of this
section show a general resumption of sus-
pended business which has affected US for
the three last months.
All the mills, except those affected tinan-
cially by the panic, are in operation again,
manufacturing moderate supply of stock.
The sale Of merchant iron justities the mills
in steadily increasing their production,
and the opinion prevails among the manu-
facturers that business in the spring will
be brisk, and the panic thing of the past
ALL the papers except the Dispatch, Ga
sette and Leader have reduced from As
cents to 40 cents per 1000 ems.
The Pittsburgh Forge & Iron Company's
mill started on double turn last Monday.
They make railroad work.
THE American Iron Works, heretofore
running double turn FIVE days 8 week,
have started in to their fullest caprcity.
WHARToN's MILL is still idle. They ex-
pect to start in February.
The strike at Apolla has dwindled down
to o personal matter between the manager
and the men. They have agreed to work
for part cash, but desire the reinstatement
of one of their number who was discharged.
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LABOR ITEMS.

The following works in the eastern part
of Pennsylvania. have resumed during the
past week Potts Brothers, at Pottstown,
Allan Woods Mills at Conshohocken, and
Fulton's Mill at NOrristown. Blast furna-
ces are also blowing in again, and every
thing indicates revival of business under
more promising circumstances.
The plddlers of the Glen iron works, at
Reading, now on a strike, say they will
stick out for a year, and then if the don't
obtain work, they will leave for other parts
THE umbrella and parasol makers Of
New York, met on last Tuesday night to
complete the organization of their union.
x-Coroner Nelson w. Young presided.
THE Laborers' Union Benevolent Asso-
citation, of New York, have appointed a
| committee to call on the heads of the city
departments and ask work for their unem-
ployed, saying that in case employment is
refused them a committee of twenty-five
will be appointed to make arrangements
for mass meeting
THE ship carpenters and caulkers of
Philadelphia and vicinity, last week struck
for higher wages. During the panic they
were reduced to 50 per day. Now they
demand the old rate Of $3.50 per day
The strike is said to seriously interfere with
the business Of the shipbuilders. The
carpenters and caulkers have issued a cir
cular proposing to work on cooperative
principles, taking contracts for building and
repairing.
A STRANGE use has has been made of fish
scales in the manufacture of waterproof
material designed for dental plates, but ca
pable of being made into waterproof cloth
and other useful articles. The fish scales
are dissolved and combined with certain
fbrous and adhesive substances. The ma.
terial may be highly polished and colored
to any desired tint
Eshipbuildingt trade on the Clyde fortht
year Just ended shows no falling off in that
branch of industry. The actual number Of
vessels built was smaller than in some pre-
ceeding years, but the aggregate tonnage
launched was much larger. Last year the
aggregate tonnage launched was 81, 500 tons
above 1870. The foreign services fol
which the larger vessels have been built, are
the following East India trade, 30; China
Is; South America, 49, New York, 20
Canadian, L; Spanish, 5 Mediterranean,
9; French, g; Baltic, 4; Australian, 10.
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advocates in and out Of Congress, and the
people. Therefore, as paper money is from
necessity the general medium Of exchange
in every civilized country, it does perform
the functions of money, although of no in
trinsic value 3D. The intrinsic value of
money depends upon the ability OF the
party issuing it to make it good, and not
upon the material out Of which the money
is made. When this ability is unquestioned,
paper money fulfills all the functions Of q
healthy currency better, because more
convenient, than gold. Has not the bond
OF the government printed ON paper an in
trlnsic value Is its security in any wise
different from that Of the greenback Be-
fore commerce, before stable government
and before public credit the material Of
money was prime consideration, because
trade toas the exchange Of eq,,iralent commo-
d'ties-the modern conception of money as a
mere medium Of exchange, as an evidence Of
50 much service reisdered-hGd not yet been
acted upon.
Besides, it is the coinage laws of nations
that give the chief value to gold as
a commodity. As a metal, it is less valu-
able than most others. An artificial value
has been put upon it by its employment,
as the base of currency by the nations of
the world We say the base Of currency,
for gold does not exist in sufficient guam
titles among any commercial nation to
effect exchanges, and to supply the requi-
site additional currency has been and Is
the privilege and power, more potent than
any other agency to rob labor, Cypress
industry, and divide the world into rich
and poor. A money that will pay all debts,
and is convertible into bond-bearing in
terest, the only uses of capital or accumu-
lations of past labor has equal intrinsic
value, whatever may be the material out OF
which it is made, and to employ costly
material would be as foolish as to have
bushel measure made out Of gold in
order to enhance the value of grain meas
ured by it.
We shall continue thissubject next week
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CLEVELAND ITEMS.

A PETITION TO Congress, fsvoring the
abrogation Of the Burlingame treaty, and
the prohibition of giving subsidies to
vessels importing Chinese, was sent to this
city by the Louisville, Ky, Trades Assem-
bly,. 1t was printed by order of our In
dustrial Council, and is now being circula-
ted among the workingmen of the County
Mr.. 0 B. DAILY, formerly president Of the
Machinists' and Blacksmiths' |. u, was in
this city last week. He is now in the
''show" business
DURING the last few weeks, frequent
applications have been made to our police
judgesfo permission to goto the workhouse,
and in all cases the applicants were able
bodied men, but they were unable to pro-
cure work. One man went so far as to
steal lap-robe, in sight of policeman,
20 as to be arrested and sentenced.
THE Coopers, working on oil barrels, are
ON strike this week for an increase Of
wages. This may seem odd, but they
claim to be justified in undertaking the
strike at this time, by the large demand
for petroleum.
A WRITER who signs himself "Mechan-
ic, is having spirited discussion through
the medium of the PlaindeaLer, with the
Leader. 1t would be hard to find paper
possessed Of more duphcity than the latter,
as far a. workingmen are concerned.
A meeting OF the manufactures and
heaters of the Cleveland district, was held
in Cleveland last Tuesday to try and ar
range q scale of prices for heaters in Rail
Mills. 1t is rumored that sixty three
cents per ton was offered.
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THE MINER.
FOREIGN.

TIE Miners LEADERS The President Of
the Miners Association, Mr.. Halliday, and
other Trades Union leaders, will be tried for
conspiracy, at Burnley, on the END inst.
Coal in abundance has been discovered in
County Down, Ireland
AT a conference Of delegates from the min.
ing districts Of Scotland, held in Glasgow,
Jan. eth, Mr.. Mcdonald addressed the repre-
sentatives in his hapPiest vein. He said
He thought they were beginning this year
very well (; wages were good, and be hoped
this state Of matters would be continued as
long as it was consistent with the trade Of the
country and fair remuneration for capital.
The mineps in union In various districts in
Scotland amounted TO 5000 Their organ
ization had achieved far more by conciliatory
means than had ever been obtained before
After speaking in favor Of the assimilation Of
the franchise, he went on to refer 70 the
federation on the part Of employers He re-
marked that that federation showed that
workmen had gained power by their unions,
which the masters were now acknowledging
it prudent to deal with By similar Organlza-
tIons among themselves
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Important to Working Men

We are pleased % announce that Oh
Wednesday last the lower house Of the
Illinois Legislature passed the bill for
collection Of wages, introduced by the
Hou. Huge MclA Ighlin, If TIL. city.
II uow remains for the working men VI
tbs safe q bring their influence u bear
ga .he State Senate for the speedy passage
IF the bin through that branch Of the
legislature. Every labor organization IN
Illinois should Immediately authorize their
Secretaries to urge upon their Senators the
necessity y voting for the passage Of the
bill. This Is matter in which every
working man-whether he belongs to 4
Trades Union or not-is interested in. As
no time Is e. be lost. let them act at once.
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A Sensible Proposition

We clip the following from the Hanley
North Statfordshire Examiner The idea
presented is an excellent one, which we
trust T. see acted on at the next meeting
of the Miners National Association.
AT meeting Of the miners Of the sec
son, the chairman referred to the clear
ance or transfer of memberships, as follow
He said
This question for~liscussion was Of vital
Importance. They had, in connection with
their amalgamation, upwards Of fifty
BRANCHES. Each district had its own code
Of rules. That being 50, they needed an
easy mode Of transfer from one district to
another. There were difficulties in carry
ing this out, but they were not Of so great
a magnitude as not to be overcome. The
difficulties arose chiefly from the various
benefits which each district conferred.
There We're some members OF the associa-
ton who not only paid into the labor fund.
but also into all the benevolent funds
and difference hence arose i'll the mode
of transfer Of members from one district
TO another. 1t had occurred to him it
would be good for them to have an under
standing with the American miners. so
that in transferring miners from England
to America they would be cared for when
they got there and, on the other hand, if
an American miner came to England. it
would be understood that he was a brother
in union. Hear, hear.) He should like
wherever there were miners for them to be
aoIe to understand each other, whether it
be in America, or Belgium, or any other
place. AS miners they sympathised with
each other. (Applause-)
Several propositions were put to the
meeting, and one by M. Heycock, to the
effect that the conference considered the
time had arrived when the districts of the
association should make arrangements for
an easy mode of transfer of membership
from one district to another in connection
with the Miners Association, was carried.
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MINERS OF CHURCH HUI, read the
correspondence from your town in this
weeks ADVOCATE. We think We can make
Child 4 Co., Of Cleveland, the sickest
children in Ohio, at least We are going 70
TRY. To do 50, can be only Chjid's play
4 miner who would buy pair Of boots or
shoes for himself OF family, manufactured
in their establishment if they have an es-
tablishment, which We very much doubt
ought to be branded as a ki,are. il our
opinion. Messrs Child 4 CO., will hear
from US again
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FRIEND, whom We love and admire
thinks We are sometimes little too out
spoken. Sorry To hear it. The success y.
the labor mo- ement. however. don't
depend on opiniuns, but on actioa. The
professional growler, sneak, OF fraud, has nc
favor to expect at our hands. and viii
receive none Oil and water don't mix
at least II they DO We have failed to receive
the number Of the Scientific 4,aercaH u
drt'-ean containing an unanswerable dem
onstration Of the fact. y cannot serr,
God and Napmon He who Is not for is
against US
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Result Of Chinese Cheap Labor

The San Francisco Shop and Sesafe Of Jan
oath says:
The horrible diseases nOw being spread among
our citizens by the free use Of Chinese labor
in families, i certainly most dePlorable; even
the clothes taken by them to the laundrles,
are used in covering diseased patients, before
being washed Of coHrs~, but the thought Is
loathesOme, it u really siekening TO think Of.
The Board Of Health y doing All they can TO
ameIiorate oar condition nut II u like pour
ing drops o. water from n wal, TO iTrigAte the
earth for crop production We have asked
that COsigress will remove the evil BY stop
ping the immigration Of Chinese laborers ;
and the question = asked around Us will they
hear oar petition, and answer our prayer.
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WAGES OF CARPET wEAvERs.

/ WAGES OF CARPET wEAvRRS.
A meeting of carpet manufacturers OF
England and Scotland was held on Thurs
day OF Iced, when they agreed to advance
the wages of their employees ten per cent.
NOTTINGHAM LACE TRADE.
The strike in the Nottingham lace trade
has terninated-the masters agreeing to
give As per day for alterations for the first
six days, and sixpence extra for subse-
quent days Work will be commenced ON
Monday.
ENGLISH RAILWAY SERVANTS
| The quarterly conference of delegate of
the Railway Servants Society will be held
at the head Offices, Finsbury, London, on
Wednesday next, under the presidency Of
the Rev. Canon Jenkins, DID,, Of Oxford
About 10000 railway officials will be
represented.
TRADES CONGRESS.
The sixth annual congress of delegates
from the various trades councils and
unions throughout the United Kingdom
will assemble at Sheffield on Monday, the
18th inst. On this occasion the trades
unions Of France, Italy, Germany, Spain,
Switzerland, Denmark and America will,
for the first time, be represented and it
is intended that the proceedings should re-
late entirely to trade.
NORTHWEST OF ENGLAND IRON TRADE
Trade is still depressed on all sides, but
there are signs of recovery. Although the
prospects for the ensuing year are not of
the most gratifying character, a very fair
business is likely to be done. At several
Of the works, irUn is still being stocked
A good demand continues to exist for steel.
Finished iron manufacturers are not over
well employed. Boilermakers on the con
trary, continue to receive several consider
able orders. Iron shipbuilding il likely TO be
very brisk during the year, for orders on
hand Of considerable magnitude have to be
completed az soon as possible. Engineers
and ironfounders are, as usual, full of bus
mess. Iron ore meets with good demand
at full prices. There is no change in the
coal market. Prices are firmly maintained
although there is full supply. Barrow
on-Furness, january.
NORTH OF ENGLAND IRON AND COAL TRADES.
The holidays within the past week have
largely interrupted trade In the North of
England. Prices of iron, however, haze
remained firm, the upward movement at
Glasgow last week having contributed to
this result. Plg-iron is quoted No. 1, 92s
Sd to 95s No. 3, S5s to 86s; No. forge,
8Os to 8ls, net cash o. b. Tees, or on
trucks at works. Shipments from Tees to
Scotland when weather has permitted have
gone on with great regularity. The finished
iron trade, with the exception eff the addi-
tional inquiry for ship building iron, shows
but little improvement. Plates are quoted
at L. IL los to L. Is 5s; bars, L. II IS to
l. III los puddled bars, L. Z lis Sd to
L. lbs. The prices of household coal
generally continue firm, at 2Os to Us per
ton at the pit for best. Manufacturing
coal ID tending downwards Coke has Lost
the increased stiffness manifested last
week. and ia quoted ut Dos for best ut the
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We have received copy Of the able,
eloquent and unanswerable argument Of
the Hol. Moses w. Field, NJ c., from
Detroit, in support of the bill recently
presented by him, substantially embodyina
the principles enunciated in the financial
plank Of the National Labor Union. We
expect in a short time to present it in full
10 our readers
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We CALL the particular attention Of the
Heaters throughout the 'nited States, to
letter Of president Jones, published in
this weeks ADVOCATE. His demand is
certainly reasonable one-a suspension
Of judgment until his case has been fully
and clearly investigated
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the Chess Pit in Saw Mill run, distance
Of over 100 yards, will be done next
week. II in intended to supply the mill
directly from the works,
NEeLEY, at Mansfield, is paying by the
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W. have Just received the first number
ot the Conductors Brotherhood, Monthly
Journal, " published and edited by G. u.
Cruzen, c. q. o., Crestline, Ohio 1t is
fun Of interesting and appropriate matter
ana viii always be a welcome visitor to our
sapctum
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fCircular No. l.
OPRIcE or THE D
MINERS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. I
Room u, No. 81 ~ Seneca ST..


Room u, No. 81 ~ Seneca st..
CLEVELAND, Jan. 18th, 1874.
To the officers and Members Of the
Miners National Association
GENTLEMEN We have scarcely succeeded
in getting our barque, THE NATIoNAL
UNION" launched out upon the ocean of
life, until she liz headed by a breaker OF
huge proportions. Schuylkill, underpaid,
oppressed and down-trodden Schuylkill,
$1,000 of your fellow toilers are under
another screw of twenty-five cents per ton
reduction. Unanimously and manfully
they have resolved to resist the scurrilons
and uncalled for proposition of the Read
ing Coal and Iron Co. to cut their wages,
and still further sink them in poverty and
degradation. At present the price per ton
is only forty cents to the miners, which,
suppose it was all taken off and the work
men gave their work gratis, how much
would the public be benefited. There is
nothing in the present condition Of affairs,
depressing as they are, to warrant the mer-
CHESS attack of this overgrown corporation
upon the bread Of life Of their workmen
and their children, except the qualification
Of rapacious NAV, that nothing short of
the utter subjugation Of their workmen
10 q notch below the slave can satisfy.
This condition we believe we have risen
above, having left it years ago behind us
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ovens secondary seats 27s TO 2ss. There
were 5000 tons less sent TO the Cleveland
Ironworks Last week than i'm the CORES.
pondinR week last year.
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EVERY heart hAs its secret of sorrow,
which the world knows not and often
times we call man a scold when he is only
Bmd.
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p S.-Constitutions will be ready for dis
tribution to lodges in about two weeks. We
will supply them at cost.
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i'm the monarchies of the old world, never
again to DO touched, however low the
mercury ia the social glass may descend.
Rally Rally every man TO his post and
though we know that elsewhere In many
places you are distracted BY lesser gales,
the men who man the national barque are
every one wanted to do their duty, and
that it may render real, genuine service in
assisting Schuylkill through this, her terri
bic struggle. This once disposed Of, de-
pend upon it, other cases will have immt-
date and prompt attention. Lodges all
over will please hold themselves i'm readi-
ness TO meet such levies rs are required
from time to time, 10 meet the wants of
your fellowmen, to enable them to reach
the haven OF success.
Hoping for n successful issue t. our
brothers in their struggle, and the Tty
cooperation OF all, we remain, very sruly,
Your obedient servants,
john SISEY, Pres't.
JOHN JAMES, Sec'y.
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Witness at signing of all:
b. +. TRoUTMAN,
w. 5. THOMAS.
We are assured that the terms Of this
agreement will be faithfully observed by every
operator in the -egion for all work done i'll
and about the mines, during the year 1874,
and as they are those of your offer as decided
upon by your Executive Board on the 18th
inst, we are led to hope that it will be equal
ly acceptable to and as religiously adhered To
by yourselves. We congratulate you upon
this early termination to what at one time bid
fair to become long and bitter struggle, and
cannot avoid pointing to it with pride, as one
of the most incontrovertible Of evidences of
the value Of united action, but for which, the
press would without deHbt have q much less
satisfactory story to chronicle.
JOHN SINEY,
JEREMIAH CURRAN,
WILLIAM MORGAN,
f. j. FITZPATRICK,
ROBERT THOMAS.
| start this week to try and render to
our brothers of Tioga county (if | CAM,
some assistance. l will spend a week
amongst them, and intend asking our men
to give to their support some portion Of
our earnings, for we should not allow them
to be defeated. In my opinion it il one
of the greatest outrages ever committed
on the workingmen of this country.
Thine for the Right,
j. SINEY
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Paid Up Capital S2OO,OOO.OO
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TEE S.fT.E.B'GS Bs4.SK.
Both departments the SAVINGS BANK (which
lows interest deposits) and the SAFE DEPOSITORY
THOMAS B. BRYAN, Oounde- Of the Depository, an.
JOHN q. HAINES.
PRACTICE SAVING, and encourage your children
domestics and friends 10 save.
Deposits % FIVE CENTS and upwards received an
INTEREST allowed thereon
INTEREST ALTO WED
On deposits Of One Dollar and upwards.
Societies
May deposit Money from time 70 time, and before max
ing the first Deposit may Provide by Vote how and BY
Whom il shall be drawn out and provided a copy
the Resolution be furnished u the Savings Bank, n
money will be paid, unless its provisions are arict
complied with.
OFFICERS.
JOHN G. HAINES. President
THOS. b. BRYAN Vice President
JARED GAGE, Cashier.
CHARLES J. HAINES, Asst Cashier.
DIRECTORs.
THOMAS B. BRYAN, JOHN a. HAISEs,
JUDcE +. ~ WILLIAMS, JARED GAGE,
FRANK B. TOBEY
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ENGLISH RAILWAY SERVANTS.

The quarterly conference of delegate of
the Railway Servants Society will be held
at the head Offices, Finsbury, London, on
Wednesday next, under the presidency of
the Rev. Canon Jenkins, DID, Of Oxford.
About 10000 railway officials will be
represented.