, 1874-01-03
THE UNEMPLOYED.
CONSTANT Pressure upon the
Relief and Aid Society.
r,descrying Applicants Detected
1.-The Internationals.

c,descrving Applicants Detected
1.-The Internationals.
r,. different headquarters Of the Working
..,. Association, whore the unemployed used
..sse.embIe in such largo numbers last week,
~ nreseut deserted and forlorn appearance.
Tss unemployed no longer care to listen to the
- ~ connsels Of the Socialists, but prefer to
l,ard a1l dsy in front Of the Relief Building,
-. 40 and 81 LaSal}e street, whiting to be ad
-s;t+od ia 2ut in al application for relief. About
nm Of them we're blocking up the side
lila in front of the building yesterday, the
..an te:nc arranged in single file on one side
~ t,c goucn On the other. 4 policeman at
-. dior had his hands full keeping back the
..,7inr crowd and holding them within the
,;na,ts Of decorum and propriety. No less than
e5nno in money WAS paid out yesterday. and
.r1ara eiyeu for 144 tons Of coal
1Apos1r1oss ATTEMPTED.
The Society suffers greatly trcn imposters
.hont three ont of ten applicants need help with
n month or two. while only one ont Of ten is
II Immediate need OF assistance. Mr.
T,gles, the Assietsnt-Superintenden Of
+ha Society, yesterday showed the reporter
sosersl OF the rejected applications. The in
1orseuent on one SAID that the 1nan earned S2.35
: day 1t foundry, He had two children, aud
'is Iouse IVES furnished very comfortably. An
o,her enc stated that the visitor found the fami-
IL mite comfortable, hut complaining. He hap
- nneaed to look 1T tho butchers book lying on the
tshla md found TINT the butchers bill averaged
G. =. week Another Endorsement is as follows:
aHnsband earns Sc week. She takes in wash
;,on The woman stated to the visitor that she
nsntcd relief because her husband might get
mt Of work. Thousands of applications
Ike the above Lave already been rejected, and
in -:;5r ones stll keep pouring in. 1t one sue
ee.ds in getting relief, the fact il Immediately
communicated to all the neighbors. go that the
rc1; day the whole crowd wauders to the Rehef
Office to await their tu1u.
Most of tie unemployed workinemen actually
N need we're on the books OF the Relief Society
prcyicus to tno present movement, and their
c4ses would have been reached without the ado
tlat has been made about deatilution-
THE NTEnNATIoNA1s-
Is Eas previously stated III the TRIBUNE. the
movement WAS gotten up solely in the interest
Il tue 1uterua, ,ioual Workiugmcn's Society,
crlit it's dilspidated ranks. and it has succeeded
bayuud itB utmost sanguine expectations. Ono
Of tha lenders Of the 1uternationalA stated to q
reporter yesterday. that their only object was
to eaucatc the workingmen up to their Ideas.
md them 19G the oS g1sa' soonee oa1e
Of Liter crsue. They had adyices, he said,
from all parts of the world, stating that
they we're organizing everywhere, aud
urgns them to work, Lecause the United States
vas not yet 60 far advanced in soclaiis'ic ideas
.s other countries. The Committee of Inter-
nationals held several secret meetings last week
Tor the purpose OF adopting constitution and
b7-laxs for the new organization. It will not be
ready to report before the middle OF next week,
eud the mex: mass-Gleeting will not be held Until
week from Sunday.
NATIVE woEE1SGMAS IN EEPLr TO MS WIN
IL El,tor u Tie Chsoaqo Tribune:
STE: As one OF "ouE own native WORKING
men," beg 10 differ with Mrs. II. D. Wynkoop
in regard to our views of tho situation, Or why
ne do not engage in this work of 'labor-reform."
We appreciate the sympathy this kind lady man
ifests for the wo. kinguou, and would set her
Esht in regard to LIZ native worLingmen.
We do glory in our United States, our Repub-
Gean Government. our liberty OF consclence.-
yes. and in our right to vote if you please; but
We know too we'll tLat the votes We cast are as
worthless to ,.s as the bits Of paper the names
are printed on.
We cannot vote oureelves farms; and if re
could, and did, would we not be ashamed OF it,
and give them back? We are told to vote for
honest men Tor Office. Olice-seekers and honest
men en.-poIiticians and honest men! May the
Lord deliver US from such ''honest mem"
The pertinent question is. "What are we go
ing to 10 about it: !" There arc as many theo-
RES hoto man should exist, as there are in regard
to his origin.
Wo ca1not sea any relief in Trades-Unions.
Strikes in any of the trades only raise the price
Of tue articles We consume ourselves. and do the
strikers no good We cannot sos that antaso-
nism between Capital and Labor.-an antngouism
which, some VIZ tier Gays, has existed ever slnc5
Jacob worked seyen years for Rachel, and WAS
put OF with Leah. Now, if this writer had pur-
sued the subj jec5 little further, he would have
proved the triumph Of skilled labor over Capital.
in the striped poles and the carrying off o! all the
old mans strong cattle and both Of Lis daughters
The interest OF the manufacturer is closely
connected With that OF the operative; but it is
the large profits of the middIemer We need to
Strike against, those A1erchant~P Princes who form
rings, and raise the price Of articles We consume,
trom the hands Of other trades, after they have
left the hands Of tue manufacturer These are
the men Henry Ward Beecher tells to get rich,
aud employ the poor men to build them tine
houses and beautiful grounds 60 the poor man
can look upon them, aEd enjoy them, too. He
can look through the fence at tluso beautiful
flowers. those flowing fountains sparkling in the
sun,-1ook on those khady seats and bs happy!
Obi how tbin!"
Now; these niddlemen are useful in their way,
but they get too much pay for handling the ar
ucles the workirgman has created. They get as
much pay fora 8 few minutes' handling aH tho
operatives get Cor hours in creating. This is
one Of the wrongs the workingman is subject to.
But can laws reach it, Is It the fault OF Our
Government Oh, no, you say this is legi it,
mats trade." Yet this legitimate trade creates
colossal fortunes for some, and makes others
want Tor bread
But there is another power in the land work
Ing against tho wolkiDgman, moro powerful
aud more dangerous than all these
gigantic monopones; power that makes
tue ballot-box worthless in our bands,
and worse than worthless power that not only
imposerishes, but degradcs the workingman !; =
p0wer that Is undermining our whole political,
socal, and moral being, and threatens to over