The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1877-05-19
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thickness and work able condition Of the
two fields. At Streator the vein Of coal
averages 81 feet high, while the one at
this place only averages 2 feet 3 inches.
This your readers all see at glance is
vast difference between the two places.
A few words about the prices paid in
Streator and BRAID 1ood would not he out
Of the way IN this card. At Streator the
miners received per ton. last year, 20 cents
in the summer months, and % cents IN the
winter months. While the Braid wood men
only received 30 cents the year round.
just think for moment the difference in
thickness Of the VEINS, and Of the reduc-
tion asked by the company ii the Braid
wood men.
The contract. 30 called. BY the company,
between the corporation and the men, ex
pred on the last day II April, and the
contract between the corporation and the
Streator men On the last lay If March
The company At Streator posted notices
three days before the expiration Of their
contract, asking a reduction u 10 cents on
the ton in the winter months, aud letting
the summer wages remain as before. The
company took advar' tge Of tins on acc Junt
Of the i'll feeling existing between the
Streator and BTaidwood men, expecting
did the Streator men strike the Braidwood
men would continue "a work, and thus I'LL
all contracts that would lot be filled al
StreatOT on account # their striking,
thereby using ia, h'a.dw - men 90 Xii
the Streator men. The men came out ia
strike, and asked the company FIR mining
80 cents per ton in the summer months,
and 30 cents III the winter months. The
company here had so notices up asking
for reduction, yes, reduction, and such
a reduction. May the men forgive them
for the SIN the 4. a ". c.. have commit
ted, but how can they do So D He'll IS full
Of such men as leads the q. 4 W. GU. ana
the devil is hankering for a few more 10
fill the lis. The reduction is 70 cents per
ton IN summer months. aud IL cents per
ton IN winter months. thus making an ay-
erage reduction the year round of 20 cents.
1t makes oI.e blood turn cold to think If
the dastardiy and CDwardly demand made
Of the miners Of Braidwood. The men IN
this distric; knowing that the cause ard
demands Of the Streator men were ideIIII-
cal with theirs, determined to i'm n and
in hand with them, and faht the battle
together and successfully. Delegates we're
sent from Braidwood to Strrator. and then
and there the Streator men agreed to con
sent on a strike provided the Braidwood
men would stand by them through thick
and thin. The delegates came home. a
meeting was held, the report given to the
men, and it Was resolved 70 81 pend work
till the companies made a. answer to the
communications Of the men. Had the
Streator men remained at work, the Braid
wood men would have renamed at work
another month, and had had two months
pay to hight the company which offered The
reduction.
At once the Company sent blacklegs to
Streator to take the place Of the striking
miners. This at once scared the men u
the Free Clique Entry Element, in that
town the men WIN suck the ''big pap. =
and Procure the cream Of all the good
work. A class who term themselves men.
Who are the tools III the bosses, and Who
are used by them 10 cOnsummate their
dirty designs on the poor men who have to
take the hard corners, earning from $40
to $50 per month, while those bosses span-
iels earn from 50 u so per month This
class Of men Immediately took alarm.
They saw the Free Clique Entry" van
ishIng from them, unless something Vas
done. They then BEGAN to vhImper and
whine around the corners, as spaniels are
wont to do, and thereby create a dissatis
faction among their own men. They con
nnued sgItatng AMI nursing the dlssatls
faction, urinl they obtained their end. A
meeting Vas called, and then through mis-
representation and bull dozug they man
aged 70 accomplish their purpose. The
cowardly traitors managed to bring suffi
clent influence to bear on the men, and
got them to agree 10 60 to work at the
price offered uy the employers, ana 10
leave the men in Braid y GOD to stand alone
after they (the Bratdwood mel coming t.
their support III the fight. Tie Streator
men are traitors to the cause Of labor, and
observe to be branded throughout thu
country as blacklegs If the inst water.
The action the Braidwood men took on
Tuesday Vas in accordance with the report
Of the committee, and the condition VI at
fairs, among many men and their families.
A stand has to he made, and the men
think they cannot afford to allow the coal |
corporation to run them down lower into
degradation any further than they are at
the present time, and this Is the reason for |
The decided resolution to hold out until the /
performs an act Of simple Justice.
Nil DEsPERANDUM.