The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-07-31
FROM INDIANA.
HARMONY, Clay Co., Ind. 4,


July Is, 1875.
10 the Editor u the woRKISeAAS's ADVOCATE
SIR The contest betweeW the miners |
and the coal operators Of the Babcock coal |
region around Brazil is still being waged |
with all its former vigor and determine
ton. The operators seemingly settled in
their purpose to supplant the places of
their old men with imported Swedes, Ger
mans, and Italians, and we regret TO have
to record their efforts to induce such
miners to come here have been somewhat
successful but in our judgment those
creatures who have been induced to come
here TO be willing tools in the hands OF our
oppressors, to crush the men Of Indiana,
and place themselves in heggary and
wretchedness, must be the very scum Of
society. A creature BY the name Of Valen
tine Barner, well known in Belleville, Hi
nois, has been endeavoring by false repre-
sensations to engage forty miners Of that
district to come here to " blackleg' So
far he has only been able to ship fourteen.
with some uf their families We have
also had batch Of seven shipped from
Bloomington, Ill.
We hope our friends in every mining
section Of the country will, when any Of
these agents come around, d. all they can
to counteract their influence, and, if pos
The miners here have had terrible strug
gle this last six months, and they have not
been enduring priyation and want all this
time without a good cause. The contest
has been heightened through the swarm az
blacklegs that have been imported, yet the
noble men engaged in the battle Of right
and justice do not despair they are set
tied in their purpose and determination to
resist to the bitter end, and their courage
is invincible. Their suffcrings through
want and privation battles description but
the losses of the companies are immense
1t is not a trihing matter To operate with
blacklegs, and sooner or later they will
either have to give the price and employ
their old men, or will have to Z" cave in f"
under a financial pressure. II is only a
question Of short duration for the men
here to make complete victory over their
oppressors, and the Infamous conduct Of
native and imported blacklegs
Mr.. Editor, those contemplate crea-
lures, who cringe to monopoly and assist
employers in their villiany to trample up
on their own fellow toilers, and to Danish
them from the country, as they are en-
deavoring to do with the Clay county
miners, are repulsive to us, and we can
only treat them with scorn and contempt.
But to those noble and generous hearts III
the breasts of our fellow miners all over
the West, who have given us their sympa-
thies, and who have sacrificed IL contribu-
ting to the support and relief Of the poor
and destitute engaged in this struggle, We
give our spontaneous and heartfelt graft
tude, and assure them that our obligations
towards them are ID movable The follow
| ing sums have been duly received IN aid Of
the men on strike, since our last commu-
nicatlon t. you NJ. n. ASS, $3.50 90
NJ. Dando, 1857 so, S7O75 of that
amount was subscribed by the miners Of
Diamond Mines, Grundy Co., the balance
| by Braidwood miners Dekoven, Ky,
$1,000 Cleveland, ILL.,, $50 45 striking
miners laboring around Brazil $40
Braidwood, by express, - co. These and
other donations have been so far sufficient
to procure -four and meal for the starving
families suffering from the long idleness
and many are the warm blessings that as
cend in Clay County in behalf 81 those
generous donators.
Yours, Respectfully,
ROBERT LINN.