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FS0M OHIO.
OFFICE OF STATE Inspector,
COLUMBUS. o., March %. 70.

To the Editor Of the woRERsNAS's ADVOCATE
have received letter from a friend N
the Mahoning Valley, ~ which the fol-
lowing is an extract
DEAR SIR You have been accused by
some men 81 " st Austentowu, that you
are the bosses man and 20 prove their
assertion, they say that John Ovens, the
boss told them 50 and that the ventlla
ton bill did not amount to anything, nor
the inspector, only throwing expense IN
the State and that you wrote letter u
him about his mine, asking him questions,
and you would keep it secret. This Was
said in public meeting in Mineral Ridge
am not surprised at bosses who are
opposed to the Law, talking like that, but
am surprised that anybody should believe
il in West Austentown or anywhere else.
Writing secret letters to bosses and opera
tors is not my style Of doing business,
and here give John Owens, or any other
boss, or operator, or mine, or any other
person full liberty to publish all such
letters if they have them. If John Owens
used the language quoted in the above
extract, have only to say, in reply, in
the classic language Of the late Horace
Greeley, that he is ga liar, a scoundrel
and a horse-thief." Very truly yours,
ANDREW Roy.
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was riveterS, lIt per cent. clippers, 20
per cent platers, 81 per cent. Riveters
for considerable time past had been earn
Ing Us ID per day, and platers l3s 81 per
day while platers laborers had been
earning Is per day, and caulkers los IA
per day. The aggregate increase had
amounted 10 81 per cent "a the value 4
the work performed The men, ho~ever.
declined to accept this view ~ the situa-
ton as AZ excuse Tor the proposed reduc-
ton, insisting that the masters sought til
brng their wages below those Of the ship
builders IN Sunderland, Hartlepooi, stock
ton and Hull Under these circpm-
stances the men were unanimous a. their
opposition TO arbitration. the result p
which was that the employers surrendered
and agreed that the men should resume
work on the old terms
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TIE MINER.
General Council of Eastern Division

Ia accordance with instructions received
~ % the State Council. NJ. n l.. h. A Of
Pennsy wanna, !, meeting for the purpose
II organizing he General Council Of the
Eastern Division II Pennsylvania, is Ia re-
by called 10 convene At Hazleton, Luzerne
county. IN Tuesday, April 20, at 10 Q clock
"a the forenoon The several county or
region associations. both If the NJ. n. A.,
and the VI a l. Il A. will be- entitled to
representation u, the ratio II one delegate
for every three Thousand members Or trac-
ton thereof II IL hoped that none oi the
SIX counties composing the Anthracite coal
regions will neglect t. be- represented
HyGH McGAKyY,
President State Council
GEORGE toKBErr, Secretary.
u all the mines ~ and around Wilkes
barre
Green Ridge Luzcrnr county, j. organ
lziug a branch w the VI ~ A
We Ivy informed. from what We cunsid
II A rrtiabi. souTcy, THAI Mr. Gowen said
recently, accompanying the assertion with
tn oath tiitl Nheu the miners were sutfici-
yntlr starved to accept his terms, he would
hill uuJ another month ~ -. If necessary,
to force them 60 relu-uish their Union
The plot thlckens Ihs ort.ngma,,
Messrs Scott and Galloway have pub
iished her third paper On ''Colliery Ex-
piosious ana Weather. giving the figure
for the year 1872 The resu Is show a
close accordance with those obtained i'll
the Previous year
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LABOR ITEMS.

BosroN. April 2 The labor troubles
reported in several cotton manufacturing
towns of this State and New Hampshire
we're caused, as alleged, by an imperative
order from Fall River, the head -centre Of
the National Union, requiring the opera
tives to demand restoration Of the for
mer prices. The strike at Great Falls,
N. H., isnot general, and the corporation
claim that it Is now virtually ended. New
hands being easily procured, nc concession
in prices will be made. At Lowell, MISS,
notice of an intention to strike was given
by the mule spinners only In the Massa-
chusetts, Prescott, and Lawrence mills,
and increased pay was demanded in all the
otherfactories. The Mule Spinners Union,
1t first, voted not to strike, but upon the
receipt Of imperative orders from the Ma
tional Association, served their notice upon
the mills mentioned Agents have uni
fcrmly declared that the increase demand
ed will not be paid, and meeting of the
Directors is to be held in Boston to devise
means for supplying the places Of the
strikers. At Nswburyport, Mas
chusetts, the weavers in all the mills
demanded full restoration of n cwt.,
and the Peabody and Masconomet cor
porations acceded to the demand The
Bartlett and Ocean mills have not yet
acquiesced, and the weavers employed
there viii give notice on Monday Of their
intention to quit work
Tine Pittsburgh Pudlers claim that
their demands viii be scceded to in
few days ct the farthest. They have
fonght noble fight. .
TEE trades union societies of Pottsville,
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FROM IND lana.

HARNoNY, Clay wv, March. ~, 10
T. The Editor u the MusASeS,S'. AD.,,AIr
II has found Its way into the press II
Illinois. that the men u this region Who
are upon strike resisting an oppressive re-
duction VI ~ cents per tom as has been
reported through the ADsnCArE, have re-
suned work AZ the bosses terms. lhm
with many such reports. instigat,d by 4 9
employers, Is calculated Nh mIslead the
public, cause dissension an our ranks, and
check the supplies the miners u the West
are forwarding e. assist u - relieving
the destitute among Us, u false. Ana AT
4 mass meeting On the 2Oth INST, u was
resolved to treat the pusliianlmous CON
duct of our employers beneath our con
tempt. that the position assumed at the
commencement of our struggle meet our
unqualified appreciation, and that A.
body cognizant of the justice II eur case,
pledge ourselves TO bend every erer ~,
and sacrifice all but principle II seed be
in order to strengthen our passon, and
that we effect no compromise short Of 50
cents.
We have some black lsgs here who will
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FROM MASSACHUSETTS.



DIV the Editor 40 ta- NQzstSsnASs ApsslAIr
As 20 the fact u Inch / Olsh Z, speak
People are starving u death ~ Boston
many more are out Of work 8nd there ~
no work for them business i at A stand
still u such al extent that thousands III
i've. honest. snd trustworthy merchants
are rapidly going 10 the wall Men can
not pay their rent. women cannot 20 into
socisty for want u proper clothing. aud
children are suffering for the comforts Of
life
things consists Of the want 81 Just medi-
uu of exchange. The various phases and
characteristics Of this primal cause are too
numerous to mention. But there are too
principal facts which cannot he presented
too often. lst, the people are giving away
their money and ID. few men are given
a monopoly of all this money business 50
far a. the issue NJ currency IL concerned.
The bankers pay NO interest m the
the money loaned them ~ the govern
ment but no one else can borrow money
on these terms. The remedy for all tins
wrong quite simple. Let all persons
ENJOY the same advantages IN regard To
the issue IT currency " hen the farmer
gives tirst class security Tor the money. Or
credit ~ the United States. which he
borrows. why should he be called upon
e. pay more than the cost That opera
tion is only an exchange II credits Aud
upon this idea. M the people furnish them
ssires ,-ih 49, honest currency, through the
gorer1lD,snt 81 cost. ! would thank some
one to EXHIBIT the weak point IL this plan
for a national currency. ! give No details
for If II IL correct. IL Is - easily under
stood that any one could present ne
formula to PIT II VI practice.
BENZ. SkINNtE-
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working days is equal To 20 cwts. for
each person per day aud in 1873 the aver
age product gives for each person only 81
tons, which, for 3l3 days, is equal 10 Ia
cwts. for each person per day. II will
thus be seen that in the first period Of i've
years 1894 TO 1868 there was diminished
output per person Of about ~ per cent
2l! to 20 cwts. In the second period u
five years (lS69 to 1879 the output declin
ed by l2t per cent.-20 to nv cwts. per
day for each person. 50 in the ten years
each person employed about a coal mine
has reduced his labor by more than one
6fth-2lt to LA cwts. per day. The writer
is not prepared at present to state with ac-
cIracy what are relative amounts Of wages
paid at those dates, but it is certainly in
1873 80 per cent. more for 2O4 per cent
less work than in 1864.
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WHO ARE THE MOLLY MAGUIRES7

Thy present strike in the al mines
in Pennsylvania is seized upon by the par
usau press to abuse the miners organiza-
uon. and grossly eNaggerate any diff
Guilty which occurs The Molly Maguires
are resurrected, aud their doings are
><svsly announced in immense headlines
- .Ssyer body Of men refuse to submit
.;oa I'M, >sstlons q hesrtless corpora
W '''''"e'> re manufactured by the
wholesale, and tfe--,,l;tary na,,ar Il NJ
'tste invoked, while o. ,,rda.o., or,,a;
mails the officials Of the c5ss -,
corporations 60 unwhipped of justro> W.
do not ceuntenance violence or}Nw- breas
ing, bat denounce as an unmitigatea ont
rage the use Of the military, whenever
and wherever difficulty between en-.
ployer and employee oconFz. We regard
Frank b. Gowen as the unmitieated rns.
cal Of Pennsylvania, and the READING
Railroad Company rs a nu.--ace which
4heuld be suppressed by the law-ma~-.-o
st
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Labor Demonstration in Syracuse, N. Y

We have just received q somewhat
lengthy account Of The magnificent demon
stration lately made by the working tnen
Of Syracuse, \. ~, against the proposed
re-euactment Of the odious Conspiracy
Bill, intended TO operatr against Trades
Unions. The procession, which numbered
several thousands. after marching through
the principal streets Of the city, proceeded
10 Shakespeare Hall, whore they were ad-
dressed by Messrs Robinson, JUNO, Par
sons. Moore and others Resolutions de-
nunciatory 81 the proposed action we're
unsn Inously adopted. We shall try ana
'hnd room - our next for the speeches
made on the occasion.
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GREENBACK CLUBS

1t vii be seen tlat pur friends .u Mich
Igau, under th, leadership ot hrssrs
Field and lrevellcA. arc pa the NAT path,
ana arr doing rhsr duty nobly- Ia one
eek -iA 4reelbtch clubs have neeu fnrin-
eli IN Rochester Hamtraulio, ovid. Man
istee and other places OBI. promises to
follow suit The voralu-m,u " lomgs
town and Cleveland have already taken
steps q pia Z labor ticket W. the field
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WHY is TT

A correspondent writes Mr.. Cameron
can YOU tell me why many Of our leading
men heretofore identified with the labor
movement have apparently deserted it, and
gone back on their first love Was neces-
sity or disgust imPelhng motive
should be pleased to hear from you on this
meter, and think good number Of your
readers would be pleased also"
The question propounded Is one which
has often presented itself to our own
nasnd, as it has no doubt to the mind Of
any one who has studied OF been iden-
tined with the labor movement In q
future issue we shall present our views
ct length.
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FROM INDIANA.
HARMONY, CLAY Co. Ind,

HARMONY, Clay Co. Ind,
April 8, 1875.
Please omit the black leg names re-
ported to you in my communication yes
terday. These gentlemen have left oH
working to-day, and are making strong
prOtestations of their loyalty, and all
manner Of excuses for what they were
doing. We will give them chance to
redeem themselves Yours respectfully,
ROnnRT LINN.
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Penn have unted their strength.
The Spanish and Cuban eigars-makers
went on strike to-day IN consequence Of
a notification by their employers that
the prices for the manufacture Of cigars
would b.. reduced 81 per thousand.
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De Cilyi ncN tratuf' ~ the paper 10
two curves showing the narogram at Glas-
gov. and tine prevalence IT hre-d damp in
the min,s TOR tEu last nlne months Of 1873.
AZ as,,rlaurd from the records which are
noN keyt. III accordance with the recent
Legislation The accordance Of these
curves Is naturally more striking than the
figures giving u, thr explosions.
a cdd.H.u-
Tee second VEIN 81 coal AZ the La sale
North Central shaft tHaskms Carey q
Co.'S was reached on " ednesday morning,
~ a depth Vt .'6n feet The coal il If a
most excellent quality. and the vein over
five tret IN thickuess
Work iu the Ia sale llil } shaft wa,
suspended Nh "Wednesday for repairs
which Nil. occupy "a, week The North
,ru Illinois Coal Avn iron company gave
nutic, WV thv miners that the price 81
minIu. Nnuld h- reduced from 81 to 8.
cents Yer ten llf- miners held a meeting
I W. Thursday ana decided Z, work for q,
cents The company accepted their pro
4 position.
d A Correspondents ut the la Sale Prca
I writes as follows
I The Miu"uk coal company paid all q
( the'r employees to-day. as a final settle
mcut Public ,plninu ls that work ~ Oh,
/ coal shaft has closed tor good. T.
! trouble IS one ut on citizens has sued tn
I company ipr INV modest ,um Nc Sl0O. OOO
\ for trespas>. .hr company having under
mined sn q r. claimed a portion Of hi
] land H. uaig offered VT comwomls
7 for 81. 900 hu. jhr company could 10
acc Pr the fg.ru-I.tsH
The clusir. MI nar- AZ TIM ooai shaft ia
already jepapuI,ty.j uur ciiN 70 100 mhabi
tauts, miners AVN ,ur.r families. ana a
many more are tu leave II Will be a los
to the place $500 monthly.
The Chicago. " Wilmington ami NerunlI
ion eoai company, al North >trearor, nav
given notice IA their employees II a reduc
tion ~ pay III the prices VI last year. viz
50 cents per t.n. 10 cents less than tn
present pricrs.
i The Northern Central Railroad NIl
build coal wharf and trrstle AZ Canton
600 feet long ana 10 teet aide. over whic
300. 600 tons per aunuM can DC tran:
| ferrtd
LAsALLs. llI April : The several Coz
companies Of Ia Sale and HsEu- haSe--.A.
-4a--- 4---! = -;rr com promise demanded q tb
miners FIR 90 cents per ton for mining
aud NOrk vas resumed Nv dav
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The FULL pPceedings Of the forthcoming
industrial Congress" viii be published
= next issue.
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Important to Machanists and Black
smiths

Nh Fred n Mcfecly, Treasurer vi the
VI 4 =. !. L. ot \. A., has removed from
Middletown to Cortland, New York On
and after the 10th f April his address
vail b, box S92 Cortland, ny
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STATES.
t-a..-,>p. ID March, !, l>-E
Tg al Trace aiI Lu55r tyyaa11t.as
lu accordance ai;h the decision 80 tHe last
session 20 the Industrial congress ot tle
Uuited States held at x chester. N 80
the l+th dsy IA April. lSs4 the next session
Viii convene hi the city u indianapolis. ina,
Ia Tuesday. tue i2th lsy ot April 1873.
Every international ur national urLauIzt
-iou Is entitled tu three represeu-at.,z . e,-
ery state or local representative organization
L entitled ID two representatives ami every
Local trade or llha. .Tgsulztri.u il entitled 70
one representative Local organizations III
cities ~ as aictS may unite .n sending one
reuresentatl ..'. without the formation VI trade
assemblies
The events of thu past wear are conclusive
evidence ~ the necessity rlr more thorough.
y united effort "a the part ~ All friend, Il
labor reform to put Iu practice th. principles
they profess every day experience teaches
more fully the advantages q combined o.
ssnlzsrIou ana the hopeless condition Is. Iab-
or. unless a prompt aut decided action Pc
bad looking t. ar ia urr liberty aud r-h hts
Let no organization Be- without representa-
tive. and let every representative .ullN uH-
derstand the wishes ot ms constituents 4pon
the vital questions thar need "a "a discussed
All subjects relating wv labor ana good gov
erumeut are Df the first Importance, and need
Intelligent aud unbiased action Let there
Be- q fIl representation. that in numbers
alone monopoly AMIN msrulr may receive am
emphatic protest against -ur usurparon, "A
poser .-Il ur.- .ltgIiuu III principles that h8S
ctarscJerI1..i - Legislative aud ,v-.utit-
departments oft aur country.
ars. &" - .iU~e VT labor redemt t,oH.
I,.E-.N N ~ lr.tI.
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DIRECTORS.

HuN. >. b. GOuhtNo. Counselor M Law
,. H. WALLACE. prest Chicago Int Agency A-.su
vEfiN Il MOORE. Real Estate
q. 90 LhLEN. Capitalist
HENRY BkpphES, Hide aud ieither tu. sf thl. an
%. ". - Rri>. wholesale .r,ster, AID FISH
thN> u. BAKER. t.-i Estate aud Loans
1hoMA, bEENAN Cashier Dttj Treasury
"A Pkul III Builder
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
ChAkLLs %. BAkEk } A. WALLA,E
N. BrLkLEE
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A collection sent by Express to select from
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-23
EUuENTs " !01IA MIN,
les iva y. Civil Sher Il OF the Parish OF Oreana


CIXTH DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF
- Orleans; No 7a42.-By virtue of a writ of seiz
Me and '"le to me directed by the honorable
the Sixth Dist let Court Tor the parish of Or.
leans, in the above entitled cause, will pro
coed to cell at public auction at the Merchants
and Auctioneers' Exchange. Royal street. between
Canal and Customhouse streets III the Sc coud Dis.
trict OF this city. Gu SATURDAY. JULY "a 1875 at
twelve S'cock H.. tho following described prop.
!. CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with
the buildings end Improvements thereon, right !
ways and privilege fhtrruntO beOu sing or in an T..
wise appe, tai ing, situated lying and being IN the
Second Dsfr ct of this cltv, in the square bounde6
by Hospital. Rampant, Burgundy and Barracks
sfreets. sasnring, French measure thirty three
feet iron: on Hospital street. by hundred feet
in depth.
2. AND LOT or GROUND together with oil
the b ldings and mprov. n.-nts thereon rights
ways aud privileges thereunto 5elon ging or in anv
wise appertaning situated. living aud being in the
FIRST District OF this city. suburb IRENE composed
Of the whole of the lot number two and of a small
fraction of one foot seven inches six line fOrm
par, o. 10. number three i'll the square designated
as NUMBER t"enty.one bounded by Claiborne Pa.
myTa Derb gny and Jackson streets ACCORDING tn
q plan OF Joseph Pile. late surveyor da,ed Nav
49, 1910, and deposited in The office Of b L. McCav
iatt notary putlic in this city, tie said lot nun.
her tive measuring twenty-sx feet seven inchAs
SIX INES mont on Cai borne street and having by
ahdlng the said fraction Of said lot numb. three
tone loot seven inches six in-s) twerty-. light feet
.nIee ln hes fronting Oh Claborre street by one
nunr req ana ave 1tet nine inches three lines in
depth One und vded half of said lot of crouud
was acquired by the deienda, herein by M chase
from iron. robert g. Beebe AS per act before Coffey,
notary public ia this city. dat.n the twentieth
Hplh, to'' registered III the convs, ance office in
thls cry. boos nihe ynine. los 522 ami 523; and
tne other una vlded half of said property belongs
W the SAID defendant by virtue of a Judgment
render. d IN his favor sole and ONLY heir OF MIS-
~ ahe'te Duorenii, his dec-sse mother nv 1ha
secoLd blstrlct Court for tn" parish of Orleans on
to twenty ,l'st october, 1870, and signed on the
I've .WehtysiH h OF the same mouth and year. No
54o5 OF the docket 1 the said court '' '
SeZed in the above suit
1erms-Cash on the spot.
EUGENE WAGGANAN
~ZS - 20 "a Civil ShprIA ~, d 80 :.
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MARSHAL'S MONITIONS.

nited states vs.. Steamboat Heroine.
IN THE CNItED STATES DISTRICT COURT
I District OF Louisiana. No. 10 685.-In Obedince
to an admiralty warrant, - directed in the
above entitled suit. have seized and taken into
my posse ssion-
THE STEAMBOAT HEROINE her tackle, etc.
now lbeed by the United States for the causes set
forth in the libel now peuding in the District
Csurt of tho United States.
And do hereby cite and ad monish the owner or
owners thereof and all and every person or per.
sons having or pretending to have any right. title
orinterest in OF to the same. to be and appear at
District Court of the United States for :hs district
on the third Monday in July. to show cause If anv
they have can. why the said steamboat Heroine
should not be condemned and sold agreeaby to the
prayer OF Ebelant.
United states Nayshars office. New Orlesns
June %. 1875. s. 3. PACKARD.
jr232 jyll ls United States Marshal
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/ Courthouse in PERIL

last Thursday morning. when the tax
collectors office, in the Carreliton court
housc. was opened for business. = hole
ab.u. twenty inches in diameter was dis
covered in she floor. one OF the wooden
epittoon- was missing. and y sort OF emoky.
pineywood. smell was prevailing. An in
vestigatloh Of the situation showed that a
lighted cigar stub had been careiessiy
thrcwn in the spittoon. and that. after the
office was closed on Wednesday,. il had
taken fire and burned the hole in the floor.
and that the fire had then gone out with
ont doing any further damage. This die
coyery caused considerable excitement
hbou. ihe courthouse. The records Of the
recorders office. clerk VI the court and
sheritf are IN the building. and its destrre
tion by fire ssonlI have been a ssrious
affair for Jefferson parish. Many persons
attributed its preservation to n direct pro.
sidential !nterierepee. but thera were come
sSha deciared sthe d----l always cared Tor
his nwu.'' yhs courthouse had a narrow
fscs ps from destgUc;jOn.--L 1"isi0'.a tiate
(2egssfef.