The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-03-21
PEORIA, March 10, 1874.

B. J. NJ
Yours etc

PEORIA
is a thriving LITTLE place. Il i MT As pre-
tentlOus As Bio"m!nstoa is people seem
more steady aud quiet But there is az
air Of business about them that SAYS. We
will not be hindmust in the race. They
have an excellent Library, and patr ME
with liberal hand AL who will cater to
their amusement. The public buildings
of Peoria are nut very osteutatIous. nor
do they appear "a lie As substantial as they
might be but it is very probable that
these old structures will give u new ones.
and then the pride III the little city may
raise to the dignity Of the occasion. ana
lofty spires may raise their towering heads
TO point the weary travele On his way.
For her size she Is not behind in
HER MANUFACTCREs,
of which whisky forms large prop rtion
There are eight distilleries engaged in the |
manufacture ~ this article alone giving |
employment to several hundred men. A |
large amount VT the ardent is shipped |
from here to various parts ~ the union.
The DEPOT
and works connected with the railway are
quite EXTENSIVE, and give employment 70 a
large number Of men. There Is a machine
shop. blacksmith shop aud car shop, at
which there is always Il large quantity Ui
repairing going On, bat the great draw
back t all is the fact that
THE MEN HAVE fEAr-tFy,I
T,pay Iu,-s, Y made by e.snents On thc policy
holders uriiu- Up adjoining, in the following
B,tAssa rbr a,., NJ ada BEES ram
for the last three ~ four months, and
many of them have to run "a credit for
the necess ,ries of life. Truly there ought
to be some remedy for this, and this il not
only the story Of one branch, but Of all
branches connected with
1HEr p AND ". R.R.
There are two months pay the men never |
expect to get a cent Of, for the road IS
mortgaged to the Pennsylvania Central
for
a. 900 600,
and that has to be paid before the men
can get their back pay.
COOPERATION
has taken a good foothold here. There
are two cooperative cooperages, composed
entirely OF Germans. They claim to be
doing good business. One thing IS Ger
tain. they are running full time and work
ing long hours There is one
cooPERs' UNION
here. Of which Mr.. Stivers is president.
There was at one time three or four, but
from some cause or other they have died
out. Now there remains but one, and It
is not very strong.
THE MoULDERs' UNION "a
is also in a weakly condItion-being re-
duced to very small number Of members,
and these have not been working anything
like full time during the past winter.
UNION l78
il composed of stove moulders, and Is IN
much better condition. Most of these
men are employed in the Challenge Stove
Foundry, and have had steady work all
winter. The Challenge is doing a good
business, and cannot turn out stoves fast
enough to meet the demand.
There are several other unions said to
exist, but your correspondent could not
find their headquarters They, too, may
have died out, or at least so he was m
formed There are several
CIGAR MAKERS
in Peoria who are members of the Z. Nj.
U. They are under the jurisdiction Of
the Ottawa Union, and express much dis
satisfaction at the treatment they receive
at the hands Of the Ottawa men They
complain that the corresponding secretary
does not keep them posted In regard TO how
matters are going on elsewhere, and he does
not care to inform himself whether the men
here are acting fair or not. They have
not even been provided with copy Of the
new constitution, and never get 70 see the
ADVOCATE.
WESLEY City
Is small mining region situated a short
distance from Peoria. ON the |. b. 81. W
r. R., and right ON the bank Of the ILL
nois river There are about thirty mineri
engaged in the bank running from two t
three DAYS a week. After having som'
conversation with some OF the leading
men in the place, it was determined Z
hold meeting, and see if the men coul'
nor be organized. Accordingly there wa
meeting held on Thursday, and the mel
organized under the
MINERS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
and elected the following officers Presi
dent, James Curran Vice President, -
Cincker Recording Secretary, Marti
CASTILLO Treasurer, John Hill. Tn
Lodge will number about twenty-iv
members.
Your correspondent tried to find som
of the men ON the Kickapoo Greek, bu
could not succeed. 1t is the one cry q
y