The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-05-09

mined TO make their point. The tate .ns'
| overlook the mining company q -
county, is certainly in store FOR - ~ FAR
bria Coal and Iron Co.. whsn 49, ~. live nm
| fnryet themselves to ssk men ths o.
| Ill their citizen rights, ana Is -
| hria Coal and Iron 20 iofus ~',u iuioa'
-. .hsm- with power to enact laws for
,hs;r government, and execute those exact
ing fines, and inhict penalties for the
violation Of their code, then it il time it ID
compelled to take in its horns and go back
upon its own ground. The men has and
will have the full support Of the National
Association.
New Straltsville and jacksonville, Ohio,
are still out resisting the reduction offered
them. A band of desparadoes were hired
in Columbus the other week, as private
detectives, by the bosses, to go down to
these places and take care Of their proper
ty ostenslbly, but avowedly with the in
tent to provoke the men to a violation of
the law. The miners took prompt meas
ures with them, entered complaint before
the Authorities as to their designs in com
ing there, which they sustained in the
courts. Had themselves sworn in az spe
cial conservators Of the peace ready to pro-
tect their own and the bosses property
against any aid all who might wish to
destroy. These men had the satisfaction
Of taking the Columbus special force back
to the State Capitol and leaving them
there, The act of the miners puts affairs
on such occasions in their proper light.
Usually when a strike takes place the first
thing to be done on the part Of the bosses
is to telegraph for special police force, or
detachment of United States troops, to
be sent Immediately, as the workmen have
struck and their property is iii danger of
being destroyed THIS gets place in
every paper outside our labor journals, in
the country, and the onus falls upon all
workingmen, whilst really there is no
cause for fear, or if there be, it is from one
or two whom the law abiding would al
ways be willing to take in tow, if 50 de-
sired, and preserve the property against
violence, as ably and completely as any
special force the bosses could find, or the
Governor. 1t seems to us if its wish was
to make the producing classes appear to
the world who does not understand them,
a terribly hard set, who must be watched
closely, else they will burn and kill, aud
do anything and everything to accomplish
their own selfish ends.
The other day noticed special tele-
gram" to the Chicago Tribune to the fol.
lowing effect That the men Of Nelson
vile had gone over to New Straitsville
headed by band of music, for the pur
pose of joining their fellows to make q
riot. thing more false could not pos
sibly be trumped up. | have not seen d
man from there, nor heard a word about
that, but knows there Is some minor differ
ences between the men Of tn two places
AS to the demands that are being made
and the workmen of the one place wen
over to meet the workmen Of the other fol
the purpose Of discussing those questions
of difference, IN mass-meeting together
and because they did so some base fanatic
knowing the failing of the public press al
ways ready to take in an article to sink Oh,
workmen, rushes of and telegraphs, 'Se
rious riot dpprehended," and it finds read,
welcome. The press in this matter requires
70 be reformed nightly.
A call has been sent out to all tn,
Lodges for levy to assist these ditferen
places III their efforts to gain their object
We trust none will shirk on frivolous pre-
!, lenses, their duty, but expect all to COM
up to the mark. Let all respond promptly
that their assistance may be in season
) Minonk and Bowlesville, H., still il
arISs doing battle for the cause The pros
poets Of success, they write, are good, an'
the men in high spirits
The National Association still keep
swelling up in numbers and power. Tn
entire district of Fallbrook and Morri
Run, Hoga county, have resolved to Join
We expect the names after the first meet
ing Of the Lodges. Allegheny county to-
Is sending in her numbers every day, as i
also the southern part IF Illinois
The organization i'll Ohio is almost per
fected, and the men are In excellent shape
Work all over is still very dull, indeed
Respectfully yours.
JOIN JAMES, Sec'y nj. U. A.