The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-05-30
FEu>uJ Eo, MAY 2l, 1874

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l.rI.. ..Nt.r NJ ,hy N,.a.>usA>s Au,n,,r.
tud that Mary land Is not entirely ria
VI tyranny Yesterday the miners VI thy
johnson mines, Lodge No /, notified
their bosses that saturday, thy 3id, Vas
the day ~ the second anniversary % the
Miners Benevolent and Protective Assu-
cation. ANA informed him that Il Was their
intention tn suspend work IN that day and
a. gave IVY consent but the assistant >u-
perlutrudrut sand that the men could not
90, as D, needed coal.
Tie mcu called meeting, ana sent a
committee tu him, who told him that they
vouId work uue hour later every night,
ANA haul the cnal cut themselves, ~ that
u would not put the company T. extra eX-
Ieusr but nothing would 40. He would
uut reason the matter, and how IL Will be
/ do not know. but don I think that the
men are Lulng To- yield quite As easy as
that The men have taken more than the
hons share upon themselves, and ! doubt
uut but What Sc viii have demonstration
uu saturday We expect President John
~mry and other speakers
Now, Mr.. Editor. lt Is not on account Of
the demand for coal that those parties ob-
lected tu the men 5 turning out because
they are furnishing but very little over
halt work al best but what It is time Will
tn +; We have our opinions There is about
5000 men usually employed IN tins coun-
t., and not more than .OVO of them are
in union but We are IN hopes that after
saturday our ranks viii be strengthened.
We are If the oplnf&. that the action Of
our employers viii rather tend to strength
en- our ranks than otherwise. The flew
Union men that we have are determined
To stick to the banner 80 long As there Is a
remnant left. The johnson men had no
tlcr that if they intended 70 attend the
demonstration, that they must bring their
tools out with them On Friday evening,
when they quit work, and those that live
III the company houses have thirty days
notice to leave them
There IL a surplus of mel here this
spring. and probably this may, III part, ac-
count tur the conduct Of the operators, but
We would rather sacrifice our work than
our principles We have a strong desire
t. hear Mr. Sney, and 1t is our intention
50 To do. ICONOCLAsT.
BALTIMORE, May Is, 1874.
70 TIL officers aid Members " Local
T,,ions- Gentl,m,n: At an adjourned
meeting Of Cigar Makers Union No. l,
held on Friday evening, May 10, the m
dersigned committee of three members
were appointed to issue an address TO
the Local Unions, stating the cause that
have led 70 Baltimore Union being forced
cat IF the international Union.
You all remember that during the
month Of December 1873, the Executive
Board II the Int Union levied special
assessment Of thirty cents per week on
members 81 Local Unions, in aid Of a strike
in Union No. 4, IL Cincinnati. Union
No. ! refused 70 collect the special assess
ment Of thirty cents per week from her
members, because she had Sl9S Of sinking
fund, which was rendered to the President
Of the Int. Union, which he refused to
accept, and ordered Union No. t. collect
the assessment or he would suspend our
Union and call for our charter. Union
No. deeming the levying of special
assessment upon her members before her
striking fund was exhausted direct vio-
lation 81 the Int. Constitution, passed a
resolution At our regular meeting III Janu-
airy, 1874, that We would not pay the special
assessment until the striking fund was ex-
hausted for article 4 section q, after
making provision for a striking fund, says,
''Should the said strik,pg f,od be exhausted
and the difficulty still continue, the Execu-
tive Board shall have power 70 levy All
assessment on each Local Union.
Cert ain members Of Union No. 1, who
had voted against the resolution, and who
had done all in their power to defeat the
passage Of the resolution, held meeting