The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-11-14

engaged in the movement The men
Obliged to leave worsr would be aided by
the Unions, which are In prosperous con
dition. His own lodge had fond of @1S,
600, and the others had good resources.
Although inexperienced men mig int be OBJ
tanned for some of the most simple work,
the business Of loading and unloadin. yes
sells was a regular trade, which had to be
learned like any other, and an attempt to
employ unframed hands would, III most
cases, be found failure by shipowners
and merchants. IL was possible, he said,
! that such attempts might lead to violence
on the part If the lOngshoremen, but any
rioting OF disorder would be discounten-
snced by the men as body; a. they knew
that it would deprive them Of public sym
patty.
Anything like general strike, however
Justihable, would be widespread and dis
astrous in its effects At a meeting for
conference last Sunday night it was deter
mined not to take any action until the
members had been informed by the steve
dores that the deduction would actually
take place. 1t WAS urged that the deter
minati0n of the steamship companies had
not come to them IN any official form, and
that it would be premature to act upon
the notice which had appeared in the news
papers.
The men hold a convention Friday night.
The steamship people expect to put ltal-
ians and other street laborers at work.
Unless disorder should occur, the issue
seems likely to be with the men. The
difficulty is, however, in the severe dcpres-
sion, which forces many thousands to clutch
laf Nhaa trT6ar1
know, and there really seems to be an
organized movement
TO GRIND THE FACE OF THE POOR.
Look at these Incidents The Erie
Railroad employees published a card that
the company owes all its men two and a
half months pay, and many of them for
even longer time, while none Of them
have received any money from the
company for nearly two months. The
company has cut down wages ten per cent.
reduced the hours Of labor to eight, and
has recently given notice to the employees
living at Paterson, who have been brought
to Jersey City by the company, that they
will have to pay So per month for commu-
| Ia ion tickets. Yet the President receives
$40, 600 salary per annum!
The laborers employed at the Bergen
Hill Tunnel, New Jersey, on the Dele
ware 4 Lackawana, have had their pay
educed from $175 to 81 90 and Sl.35
They have been on strike for Sc .eral days.
The clothing dealers are endeavoring to
break up the early closing system adopted
last year. They announce nine O'Clock In
stead of seven, as their determination.
Appeals are being made to men in the
building trades to ask the repeal Of the
eight hour law. Fortunately the men are
too clear sighted not to perceive that the
eight hour day has nothing to do with the
depression Of their trades, and only equal
ICES the proft-does not lesson the work.
THE CONDITION OF BUSINESS
is not likely to improve. There is to-day
about J, 800, 600 bushels Of wheat stored at
this port, against /, 100, 900 at this time
last year, and 1000, 900 bushels are afoat
on their way from the lake ports. OF
course in stores there are 800, 900.
Everything is dull Real estate averages
twenty-five per cent. lower than last year,
with one-eighth of the population Of New
York out of work, and suffering for food,
as they soon will be What is to become
Of the poor
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