The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-09-18
NEWS FROM THE OLD WORLD.

| Our foreign exchanges are more than Of
usual interest this week Our brothers
IN toll on the other side If the big pond
are more alive to their interests as work
lngmen than we are. Their organizations
form material part Of their system. This
may be Of Decessity, necessity grown out
Of a condition, Of which the American
workman is in blisful ignorance, but to
which he is rapidly, too rapidly approach
ing.
THE BOE TESTIMONIAL
In the Glasgow Trades Council creden
tials were presented by Mr.. Alexander
Robertson, delegate Of the Operative
Masons Of Scotland, Vice Mr.. Andrew
Boe resigned. Mr.. Meldrum reported
that the Boo testimonial committee was
progressing favorably Mr.. Patterson.
from the Congress Executive Committee
said they were making progress, and that
the trades not yet heard from would al
once complete their arrangements.
BLOCK PRINTERS TRADE.
The strike In this department still con
tinues. Ar a meeting Of the trade held On
the 2lst ult. letter was read from the
block printers Of the Vale of Levon, coun-
ceiling continued resistance, and enclosing
four pounds (S20)
THF DUNDEE MILLwORKERs STRIKE
A meeting uf the mill and factory hands,
on strike 60 the number Of ten thousand
was held On Magdelen Green on Tuesday
2lst ult. After addresses by several gentle
men, the following resolutions were
unanimously carried.
Il. That seeing that the decision come
q BY our employers is to stand by their
notified reductions, we feel that no other
course is left US but t. adhere to the reso-
lutlons passed AZ the former meetings. 2
That we again express our entire con
tdence in the Relief Committee, and be-
heve that all action taken by them has
been TO the advantage and furtherance Of |
the cause, and we appeal to the factory
workers IN employment, and the public
generally throughout the country, to I
double their subscriptions, as the attuude |
Of the employers shows that the struggle |
IS 70 be a prOtracted one. The Chairman
also stated that as the funds were coming |
IN well, and a large amount was expected |
from Glasgow, the committee hoped to in /
crease the relief to the operatives.
In the old hour dispute 1t was agreed |
that the directors of the contract mil |
should use their best efforts to get the /
Masters Association Il settle the dispute |
by arbitration.
Most Of the finished iron workers 4
throughout South StaifOrdshlre and East 4
W Orcestershire have ceased work because
the Cancellation Board have not determ- |
med the conditions on which work should /
have been begun when the old wages /
scale lapsed. On Tuesday another meet |
ing Of the Board was held. The masters Of 1
tered terms, making the conditions Of /
pudlers labor less ardous The men |
wanted further concessions. The masters
sought an adjournment till Monday for a
reply. The men acceded, and resolved to
recommend a resumption Of work; but 1t
is uncertain whether the resolution will be
generally acted upon.
THEwARwICKsHIRE MINERS STRIKE.
The strike Of Warwickshire miners lids \
fair to tie one Of the longest struggles oD
record. Four months have elapsed since
1t commenced, and still neither employers /
nor their late employees eyince the slight
est disposition to succumb. Il IL feared /
that the long stoppage will be attended |
with disastrous consequences % many Ot \
the pits, which are entirely closed and the /
workings inundated with water. Messrs /
Crawford aud Moulson, of the Miners /
Association, in address issued On Monday /
night to the miners throughout the king |
dom, say. 1T is impossible to accept the |
masters terms without sacrificing every |
Iota OF principle and manhood.
At conference meeting Of miners, held |
at Shrewsbury. on the oath ult, 1t was /
stated by the Chairman that the initiation /
fees of p. .OOO members had been paid over |
to the new national union, and those mem |
bers were part aud parcel Of that body.
The president, Mr.. T. Halliday, said |
since their last conference a JOINT confer |
ence had been held at Leeds, and certain
rules were passed for the guidance Of the |
new National Union. Arbitration was the |
very essence Of those rules, and If ever
collision between capital and labor did
take place, 1t would, So far As that union
was concerned, be because the masters re-
fused to arbitrate. The men would receive
IS I'd per week from the central fund, and
that would be supplemented from other
funds The four great objects Of the
union were-l, the preservation Of the
life and health OF the mining population
by Acts If Parliament or otherwise; 2, to
use every legitimate means to secure the
highest possible benefits to the workmen
S. employed, 3, to promote any well-dc-
fined scheme Of reasonable emigration; A,
to obtain compensation for accidents where
the employers were liable. be believed
the union would soon comprise 200, 900
men. If the union had POO, 600 members,
and each deposited L ], by weekly install
large fund for the purchase of an estate
or estates ia America to which men could
emigrate when work was scarce at home.
Mr.. Mcdonald, NJ P., had been elected
chairman Of the new union; and Mr.. Burt,
VI. p, and himself were on the commit
tee.
Narrow Escape from a Great Disaster