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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-02-14

ENTERTAINMENT IN WAsHISGToS.-
The crowning event of yesterday was
the informal entertainment given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bryan, at High
land Place. 1t is rarely good thing
can be repeated and afford fresh pleas
ure to large audience, but in whatever
they undertake Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan are
sure to succeed. Mr.. Byrans gifts of
oratory and mimicry are far above the
the usual standard, and as he is willing
to contribute his share to the amusement
on such occasions the guests were sur,
prised and delighted whether he essayed
the comic or the pathetic. While he
was reading one of the funniest pieces
ever written, entitled "Stivcrs Horse,
the President entered, and Mrs. Bryan
motioned where he could find vacant
chair. Mr. Bryan apparently did not
see him until the President was quite
near to him; he had just reached the
words, "Where my eye fell upon him
and gracefully reaching out his hand
TO welcome his distinguished guest, he
COnCluQeQ INC SehteHCc "f'i
President of the United States, IN SO
natural a tone and manner that 1T was
almost impossible to believe that it was
not written down in the book from
which he read. The ready which he
displayed upon this occasion called
forth round of applause. Judge Drake
gave great pleasure to all by his rendi-
ton Of "Shylock the Jew" from the
Ingoldsby Legends, The points were
all well made by the fine elocutionary
powers of the Judge. Then followed
scene from the opera of Martha, in
which several charming young ladies
appeared. After this the chairs were
removed, and large portion OF the
company present joined in the Virginia
reel, Miss Lucy Page and General Sher-
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DUTOMAN Cement al
f. Shsler's.
DUGGY and Wagon Rims a,
ID e. Sb sfes's.
WOOD Saws and Saw Bucks s, at
w +. ShaieI's.
M F.. Shsler's.
NOAL HJds and Coal Shovel. at
u Il. Shafers.
OMALL Scales at
y Z. Shaler's.
DORCELAlN Lined Pans at
Z. Shsier's.
QPlRIT Levels at
y Z. Shsler's.
QHOvELS aud Forks al
= E. Shafers.
YJORSE Shoes and Horse Nails a,
EI Z. Shsfer's.
pEEAT Hooks at T.. s0,f.,,..
10 E. Shaler's
BLACKSMITH Vices at
u +. Shaier's.
DOUBLE Barrel Shot Guns OF
ID f. Sha(eI's.
DowDER Flssks e:
F.. Shsfer's.
HnnpI t. Sho, p,,uchns al
ID T.. Shafer's.
SLElGH Runners ct
y 4. Shafer's.
DILES and R.sps Of all kinds at
II E. Shaler's.
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PITTSBURGH MINING NEWS.

Between five and six millions bushels of
coal went out the last raise, and prospects
are looking now towards another rise. The
works on the river arc running to their ut.
most, every road is filed to its utmost
extent, with men who have come from
nearly all parts Of the country. Some of
the works furnish two cars per day, others
give all the men want, three being consid-
cred mo lerately good days work, al
though men have occasionally filled FIVE /;
but this is done when two days work is
done in one.
The feeling among the men toward the
National Association is every where mani
fest, several of the lodges having become
recognized by that body, are now working
harmoniously.
The Railroad pits are doing comparative
ly Lothing.
The average number of days work on
the Panhandle is about two every week.
The difficulties on the Central road con-
tinue at several places. The articles Of
agreement are being signed, and those
men only can get employment.
Business on the Youghagheny river il
good, the Railroad works are running with
the big screens and the river rates.
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process of reasoning these gentlemen car
| Justify their demands, We think would Pux-
zle even Philadelphia lawyer 70 explain
They have the same moral or legal right 10
dictate how many meals their workmen
shall eat per day, what church they may OF
NAV not attend, or a. what school t"aif
children may be sent, AS {" M"s ~
themselves the manner in which they '"~
d,.nose Of their earnings. The "0', arc
n.,d for the work they perform. Ihey
r,nder AN equivalent for what they receive.
We trust the Trades Unions in this city
will stand by the Crispins in their present
struggle. If the demand is q proper one
for the employing boot and shoe manufac-
turers to make, it is proper for the employ
ing stone cutters, molders, and printers to
do the same thing. If the present move
ment is successful, the certainty is that
other crafts than the Crispins will be re
qulred to take similar action. The best
and safest plan is to effectlally put quie-
tus on the movement IN It's infancy, and to
deny as one man, the right of any employ
er to dictate to his employees how their sur
plus earnings may be applied
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Industrial Congress of the United
States.

CLEVELAND, O., Feb. ,, 1874.
To all Labor Organizations in the United States
On Tuesday, April IA, 1874, the second SEES
sion Of the Industrial Congress will convene
in the city of Rochester, n. Y. Every or
ganization having for ats object the amelior-
ton Of the condition Of those who labor for a
living, is entitled to one representative upon
payment Of two cents for each Of its members,
for the purpose of defraying necessary ex-
penses | deem it entirely unnecessary to
urge upon you the necessity of sending rep
resentative.
The events Of the past few months have
fully demonstrated the imperative necessity
of a general unity Of action among the toilers
Of the lard This can only be secured
through general congress Of representative
workinmen, and it is your duty to elect and
send these on. Matters of the utmost impor-
lance to all workingmen VII be considered at
the session among others, the advisabillty
of forming an organization Of labor similar IN
its forms, intent and purpose, to the Patrons
of Husbandry the applicability Of the fed
erative principle 10 trade unions co-opera-
tion :. S5;itration prison-labor, etc, etc
Let no organization entitled to delegate,
fail to elect and send one, so that the session
alone, irrespective Of its action, may appear
as a grand demonstration, and an emphatic
protest Of the industrial classes against the
Injustice done them by the consolidation of
monopolies and the legislative power Of the
nation Yours, IN the cause of Labor's re-
demption ROBERT ScHILTING,
President Industrial Congress.
Room 4, Park Building, Cleveland, 0.
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MILL ITEMS

A Heaters Union has recently been or
ganised in Wheeling, West Virginia, and
has secured charter from the national or
ganization.
The Milwaukee Times of Feb. 22d. in
referring to the Bay View mills, says:
The Aourishing condition of our south
ern suburb is q matter of congratulation to
Milwaukee, for in her prosperity we derive
advantage, and her growth indicates q
healthy condition of affairs among our
selves. just at present the rolling mills
are in full blast, and q thousand men are
kept busy at good wages in the works. The
financial panic has affected wages here a.
in all other branches Of trade and COM
merce, but no dissatisfaction whatever 10
manifested ON the part of the men. The
first reduction was one dollar on ton !;
the next fifty cents, and still another took
place but these reductions were owing to
q corresponding reduction in the selling
price of rails, and the workingmen under
stand this perfectly. They also understand
that any future advance in prices viii be
followed by an advance in wages. Il seems
very sensible, indeed, that prices should
regulate wages, and the plan works well at
the rolling mills.
The Bay View pudding mills will be run
ming next week.
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FROM ILLINOIS.
Trevallick in Virden, Illinois

VIRDEN, Feb. %, 1874.
To the Editor q the wokKrSsSAS's ADVOCATE
was highly delighted r. read in your
valuable paper Of the l4th inst, the letter
Of Veteran" extolling the speeches Of X.
T. Trevellick, Esq, at Carlinville ard
Springfield, Illinois, but felt that we, the
miners of Nirden, were lacking duty when
saw that ON Friday evening he held an
other rousing meeting at a mining town
some miles from Springfield and that
was all said about it. | now consider it
my duty to state that the mining town
mentioned was Nirden, Illinois and in
deed 1t was a rousIng meeting on behalf
Of the hearers, for the very interesting
truths set forth by that eloquent speaker
were such that no man could undertake to
deny. as remarked by one of our greatest
capitalists, that he came to the hall expect
ing to hear communist giving HIM and
others of his class one of the BLACKLIST
reprimands imaginable but at the close
Of the lecture he could only say that,
although he had heard many of the greatest
and most popular orators Of the United
States, he had never heard two-hour lee
ture 50 full Of sound and undeniable truths
as this was We are unanimous III our
joyful anticipation Of the next visit of our
great high priest Of labor reform prin-
ciples." which he kindly promised should
be in the summer, and | can safely say
under favorable circumstances-tha the
Miners Hall, in Nirden, will be crowded
on that occasion, come when he may, the
sooner the better.
We hope soon to establish a working
mans reading room and circulating library
in this town. would ask the advice Of
you and your readers as to the best litera-
ture to obtain for such a purpose Ex-
pecting reply soon, | am yours in the
cause, A VIRDEN MINER.
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Mass Meeting in Belleville, Illinois.

On Tuesday morning Feb. ., fifteen
hundred miners assembled in HuffTs Gar
den, West Belleville, Ill, to consult a.
to the best means to successfully resist
the reduction for digging coal from to
cents per bushel. Mr.. John Morgan,
President for District No. /, occupied the
chair. After a number of speeches, the
following resolutions were unanimously
adopted, as expressive of the sense Of the
meeting
WHEREAS, Some of our brothers working
for a cent bushel less than the price agreed
upon between us and our employers on Sep
TENDER "a, 1872; and
WHEREAS, II they are permitted to continue
in so doing it will result in compelling every
miner in the district TO work for the same 3
cents per bushell, entailing poverty, debt and
starvation upon our families, and great bur-
den on the entire community of our county
therefore,
Resolved, That we use every peaceable
means within our power to stop any man from
working for less than cents per bushel.
Resoired, That q mass meeting Of the men
of the Belleville, Pittsburgh and Southeastern
tracks be held at the Court House in Belleville
tomorrow morning, February II, at lOoclock,
and that we invite the members of the bar,
county and city officers, and the entire COM
munity, TO attend and hear and understand
our grievances.
RcsOlred, That we condemn the action of
James Hughes, sheriff of this county, for his
interference and unwise action in threatening
to arrest John Morgan and the leaders of our
present movement.
Resolved, That al miners, cooperative CON-
panies included, are requested TO cease work
until the present grievances are settled
Resolved, That we will hold delegate meet
ing at the City Hall, in East st. Louis ON Sat-
urday next, and that m invitation he sent to
the operators of this district TO attend the
same, as also the cooperative companies.
Resolved, That deputation Of forty men be
sent 70 Stolberg's mine tomorrow morning. at
five o'clock, to invite the men Of those mines
TO attend the mass meeting to be held ut the
Court House tomorrow.
At the close of the meeting, . call for
mass meeting, TO be held ut the Court
House on the next day, wa issued, and
at ten O'Clock ON Wednesday over twelve
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INPoTANT TO Miners. Especial atten-
ton is called to an announcement publish
ed in the present issue Of the ADVOCATE
to the miners in the counties Of Trumbull,
Mahoning and Stark, Of Ohio, and Mer-
Ger, Lawrence, Beaver and Butler, Of
Pennsylvania, for a convention to be held
in the city Of Youngstown, Ohio, on the
Sd day Of March next, for the objects and
purposes set forth at length in the call.
There is as good material among the miners
in the section directly interested as can be
found in the country, and We have every
reason to believe that their action will be
guided by reason and common sense, and
rebound TO the best interests of the craft.
Let there be full attendance.
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ment which organized fraud and rapine
may well look upon with dismay. II can
not be put down by force, nor starved
the politicaa, and through il the social des-
TIMES Of almost every State in the union.
II will soon be able to dictate its own
terms TO congress and state legislatures.
These shoddy upstairs have forgotten that
they are servants, and not masters.
j. y. BRAY.
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Call for a Convention.
OFFICE OF THE Miners NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, Room II, 9l1 Seneca St,
CLEVELAND. o.. Feb. 20, 1874

ASSOCIATION, Room ~, 81 Seneca St,
CLEVELAND. o., Feb. 20, 1874
To the Officers. Members, and others IN the
the counties Of 7rumJuH AqhoRiHg and Stark,
Of ohio, Mercer and Laurence, together Wih
tie northern part Of Bearer and Raler coWa-
ties PenRsyirdnid
DEAR SIRs:-In view Of the fact that wide
spread discomfort reigns in the bosom of every
man who digs coal for a living, in the above
counties, because Of the repeated aggressions
Of those who employ them, during the last
four months, not only upon the matter Of
wages, which have been reduced beyond all
reason, forty per cent having been taken off
in many cases, but upon their very manhood
itself and knowing as we do that much mis-
spent effort has been and is being made against
the power that is crushing and depressing
them BY the " striking" of work or Lodge
here and there, thinking they can throw off
the yoke or avert the disaster which the ac-
ton of their task masters too plainly indicate
what is in store for them and feeling salts
fed that there is the most urgent necessity
for meeting together in convention Of the
representatives OF the various parts thus af
fected to discuss the situation, aud if posi-
BILE devise some remedy, or at least lay down
a general plan of action that al could follow
in the present very depressed condition of
the trade, and believing that such meeting
would be largely beneficial, we issue this Cah
for a Convention Of Delegates from the vari-
GUS Lodges and Mining Districts within the
above counties, to be held in the Cay of
YOungstOscn, Ohio, on the Sd day Of March,
1917. Delegates will be required TO pay their
own expenses and pro rata share Of the ex-
pense OF the Convention.
Lodges, Districts or Shafts, although not
in the National Association, will be allowed
representation in the Convention, provided
their delegates are furnished with proper Gre
dentials. The Importance of the occasion
will, we expect, be a sufficient appeal to in
sure full attendance from all Of those coun.
ties.
We remain, as ever, yours in the cause of
iustice. JOHN SINEY, Pres't.
JOHN JAMES, Sec'y.
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hundred miners and tradesmen responded
,o the call. Speeches were maze ~
Messrs. Owens, bingham and Mosssn,
English, and Msssrs. klo's and ,. nn, worthy
y German. some Of which are wen worthy
81 reprodues,on. even though they have
bsen delivered for some years, and in
order to give our eastern readers q taste Of
the eloquence Of western mining, we pro-
pose publishing several extracts from the
same in our next. In the meantime, we
assure our readers that the miners Of st.
Clair county are true blue, and mean to
retain the four cents per bushel, even if
the denizens Of St. Louis have to send to
Newcastle for Goals
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To CoRREsPoNDENTs.- During the press
Of correspondence ON our columns we have
surrendered the greater part of the present
issue of the ADVOCATE to its demands
Letters from San Francisco, Minonk, ODER
lin, Streator, Braidwood, New York, Sa-
lem and Springfield are unavoidably laid
over. We know Of no other way to keep
pace with the requirements Of our CORE
spondents than to enlarge the ADVOCATE
to twice its present size 1t must be done.
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Mn. JAMES BRAIDwooD, Of BrAidwood,
has sued the Eureka Coal Company, and
obtained damages TO the amount Of IS, 900.
A NETTING Of the miners was held last
Tuesday evening Ut Jones Station, ON the
Pittsburgh, Virginia & Charleston Rail
road. After the meeting was organized,
Mr.. Archibald, who was present by invita-
ton, was introduced and delivered . stir
aing address, which he il ably qualified to
do. Abiding TO the national organization,
men are unanimous in their desire to Join
it.
The Piedmont Nv. Va Independent Of
Feb. 90. says:
The miners of the Frostburg district,
belonging to the Miners and Laborers'
Association, held a meeting on the 18th
inst John Mesger president pro TEN.
The object of the meeting was to have
read, and adopt or reject the bill which
had been prepared for the protection of
Miners n Allegany and Garrett coun-
ties. After q reading Of same, by 4.
M. Davis, Esq, it was unanimously ap-
proved.
A motion by John McCahan, seconded
by Z. M. Davis, was carried, that the bill
and petitions be at once forwarded to Hon
r. j. West, to be presented before the
House Of Delegates for action.
On motion, the President was instructed
to call an extra session Of the Executive
Committee, to consider the expediency of
sending delegation to Annapolis, in the
interest of the Miners Of Maryland, gen
orally
The best thing the Miners Of the Frost
burg district can do is to connect them
selves with the Miners National Union.
THE last issue of the Work,ngmdn con-
tains call for the Miners State Council
of Pennsylvania to meet at Harrisburg on
Tuesday, March "a, 1874.
The recent meeting at Plainsville, Lu-
zerne county, Pa, was grand success. A
reorganization of the district under the
old banner was effected; 157 members
signed the roll and paid their money as a
guarantee Of their faith. Thomas Flah-
erty was chosen president, and James Dix
on secretary.
KINGSTON district, Luzerne county, has
also organized with a membership Of 20C
to begin upon.
The following parties were drawn on
February 2, 1874, to furnish prices for fix.
INK wages for February. They report the
following As average sales
Otto Colhery, p. 4 r. {. & |. Co. - So
VIM. Penn Coal Company .--......... 81
George w. Cole , Is. u
Girard Mammoth Coal Company -... , 20
Thomas Coal Company. ....- ..-......... 67.7
The average Of these prices being 81 10
70, the wages to be paid in February, will
be nine per cent over the &. 80 basis.
Committee b. Z. TROUTMAN,
JOHN SINEY.
In Cannelton, Ind, where there ar,
numerous coal mines, the coal companie,
offer inducements to miners to becom,
property owners, and the result has been
according to local paper, that the miner
take a real interest in the prosperity Of tn,
town, and avoid strikes as much as posi-
Bile. Continued work has induced steadi
ness of habits, and in the thirty years dur
ing which coal mining has been carried oil
in the vicinity, the material prosperity o
the town has been greatly increased, -
churches and school houses have beel
built, and the relations between the Goa
companies and the miners made agreeabl
TO the men.
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THE LOOKOUT OF THE oR1sP1Ns

The action Of the boot and shoe manu-
f.cturers Of this city, in locking out their
employees, because the latter refused to sign
= contract pledging themselves to refuse to
contribute to the relief Of any Of their fell
low craftsmen engaged in strike, is 50
sublimsly ridiculous that We can hardly
IooL At il from . serious standpoint
Through what line Of argument or Oy what
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THE contract for furnishing 200 tons Of
wstsr-pipe for the city Of Dayton, was
awarded to Columbus, D., firm at e52. 40
per ton.
TINE members Of No. AZ, Salem, o., are
making efforts to organize . cooperative
stove company, with every prospect of
success
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edness, misery and defeat be their conss-
quence. If strikes must be resorted to,
we must have them ON broader principles,
arranging them methodically, SO that there
may be a hope to make them an effective
weapon to accomplish that for which they
we're intended. JAMES
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TEE Hydraulic Iron and Agricultural
Works Of Hamilton, O., have . foundery
123 by 30 feet. and run steadily all through
the panic, without attempting to reduce
wages
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TO the Editor Of the woAkrxoAASs ADVOCATE

OGLEsBY, February %, 1874.
With pleasure and satisfaction record
to you the results Of the past week in re-
gard to our National Association. The
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OGLLsBY, Ill, Feb. 4, writes We are
getting along very well here at present in
our Lodge. A few local troubles disturb
us, but these we are trying to avoid as
much as possible till we are better pre-
pared. Trade here is very dull at the
present time. | remain etc, etc.
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