The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-08-01
THE MINER.

A correspondent writing from North
says :
have Just returned from a tour through
the Hooking Straitsville and sharon Valleys,
places from black faces and white negroes
bong made the willing tools of American
manopoists, are reduced to state Of beggar-
dom Five mines IN the Hooking Valley are
full Of negroes and white blood-suckers, who
would sell their fellow -workmen, and barter
away the rights Of children to gain the smiles
of their common opPressors.
Cooperation has been gone into il the
Hooking Valley with determination that
must he productive of good. and 20 lar to
solve the problem of labor and capital Two
mines will soon lie in operation ON co-opera-
tive principles. Last week SIXTY miners
We're working three shafts to ret them opened
t. give room to more Of their vIctimlzed
brothers. who would not stoop t. the Il tmna-
bic demands OF the coal rings and negro
drivers oi the Hooking Valley Messrs Amcs
and W. B. Brooks, winning the laurels for
the greatest oppressoTs Of suffering humanity
One NINE Troy in Straitsville Is full of
negroes The county for miles around was
ransacked, and every Tom, Dick and Harry
was brought INTO requisitiou to take the
hands fill the mines Of Staitsville to a great
extent, to-day, and upwards of two hundred
Of the old miners are LETT out IN the cold,
without money or food The operators, con
trolling the judges, magistrates, marshals,
etc, experimenting men at pleasure, and con
timing them III the negro camp, and torbIddlng
their friends or acquaintance to speak to
them. American liberty.
The Coal TRADE-The coal trade is
somewhat stagnated yet, and the associated
companies have resolved to continue the
reduction of % per cent. Iii the Out-p
during the month Of August, and To carry
but % per cent. of the production to tide
water. At the same time they resolved to
raise the price ID cents all around for the
month Of August. The rate Of wages t.
be paid for this month is per cent. above
the 81 30 basis.
THE Engineering and Mining Journal
Of last Saturday says The Philadelphia a
Reading Company will not resume work
until the LIST Of August. They did resume.
however, nn Monday last, though the re-
sumption cannot be called a general one
while many Galleries are still standing idle
FOREIGN.
Prom Tue GlassoN Schtlhcls July .
TnE sTRIkE OF YoRksHIEE AND DERBY
SHIRE MINERS. On Tuesday large and
influential meeting of the colhery owners
Of South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire
Was held "a the Kings Head Hotel, Barns
ley, for the purpose Of considering the res
olution come to by the delegates Of the
Miners Association Oh the previous day,
to accept only reduction Of 10 per cent.
from the % per cent. granted during the
last year. Ii vas unanimously agreed that
the colliery owners should adhere to the
resolution uf reduction Of l25 per cent.
on the present gross wages. As this has
not been accepted, and the men 5 notices
expire not later than the Sth Of July, there
viii be upwards 81 ~, UO miners on strike,
in addition to 900 out at the present
time The secretaries and executive Of the
Miners Association are opposed to the de-
csion come e. NY the delegates Of the
various lodges. The collieries that will be
set down IN consequence Of the disagree,
ment will represent an annual output uf at
least !, 900, 900 tons.
The STRIKE II THE BEIsToL DISTRICT.
The miners oi the Bristol district who are
pat On strlk ,it,.', alter three meetings ut
their officers, consented IT, form board Of
Cancellation 90 meet their masters. The
Mayor Of Bristol and some uf the leading
inhabitants, together with the leaders Of
the amalcauation, will form the board.
-Four thousand men have now been out for
six weeks.
THE CLEVELAND Miners - All the
miners III the Cleveland district have re-
sumed full work, the masters agreeing IL
give consideration money instead Of yard
age.
rHE strikes at Motherwell and Holy
town have ended. The men have gone I,
work AT a reduction of 40 per cent
THE CLEVELAND SrKIKE.
The Cleveland miners, to the number Of
neareIy 5000, held a mass meeting at Mid
dlesbro on Tuesday Mr. Butt, Nj. r., was
among the speakers. He urged the men Il
come t. a settlement A resolution wa,
passed to ,9Ill the delegates together immc-
diately Nith the view of bringing the strug
gle Ia close.
NORTH SrAFFoEnSHIRE MINES.
The Chutcriy Company North stafford
shIre) having offered to share their profits
vuh the miners decided that the proposal
cannot ~ present be entertained
TIM CHROME WORKS AT IRVINE.
Between forty and fifty men we're dis
charged from the chemical chrome works
a Irvine on saturday Last The competi-
ton ~ the manufacture Of the products Of
these works with Glasgow firms has been