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Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
ST, LOUIS WOODCARVERS

The St. Louis Woodcaryers' Asso- catIon carries the banner in the rIght~hourmoyemcnt. Daniel Stahlc. Jr'' Secretary. reports that every member is working upon the eight hour plan, though they were obliged to rApcI one benighted individual for prrs'at'ng in working ten hours. lhey are receiving propositions for membership at every meeting and expect soon to have every carver in the city who IS worthy enrolled in thclr association.
 The General Association cheer IuIly yields the banner to St. Louis.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
A TREAT FOR THE k. OIL

Col. R. J. llmton's lecture course at Knights of Labor Hall will begin next Sunday evening, (Junr 0, and will comprise eight lectures of a highly interesting and educational character, beginning with hc"Vnjty of La Dor as the aggressive and ame- lIoratlvc factor" discussing in other lectures the objects of the Knights of Labor, and closing with the "Con- structlve purpose security for in. dustrY as property, recognized as such in law and defended by organi- zatlon. The lecture committee are elated over the success of their npgo- tlatlons, and this course of lectures will undoubtedly be a great treat for the Knights.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

Constantine, the Roman Emperor, according to piou3 legend, saw a shining cross in the sky with the words "iH bor SigHo rtucrS' Gin this SI9n thou shalt conQucr) When. during the dark ages, comet made Its brilliant appearance, tie ignorant popuIacc lookcd up and, in their fear struck imagination, saw, not d dISIntegratlng world, as modern as trOnomy informs us, but a NcritabIe flaming sword, d token of divine wrath, Again. signs have appeared, not in the sky, but upon ieI5U Frnt0. The strike of the united building trades of Boston has ended oh. wait ended in the establishment of cooperative union shops. The tallorS and painters have donr what others have simply talked. This Is sign of the dimes. This means: practical cooperation in preference to protracted strikes. There k phosphorus in Boston beans, phos- phorus is good for the brains. So k fish. Anyhow, the men in Boston are determined to lead, and to show that they have, not only brains, but d g'od quaiity of brains. lou bet Co-opcrat,on' h hor zigao riacpst. !A tIja sign w, will conquer Over what> Why, over competing wage slavery. and no mistake CNo.
 HuSTON, May ?i, lsS6.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
LABOR'S ADOPTED CHILD.

Abraham Lincoln was right when he uttered these memorable words,
 "I.abor la prior to and independent of capital, Capital ls ony the fruit of Iabor and cuuId never have existed if labor had moi first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
 This child of IMbor, CapitaI, has for years, as 1t has brrn growing larger and larger, ignored the rights of it's parent, has grown insolent and oppressive, has really made the world believe that 1t was the very supporter, sustalner, and benefactor of Labor; and Labor. like many anoth- CT foolish parent, has allowed this rtriid of It's producing to assume this ar of superiority without even a pro test, and borne its Impudant airs un- tII a sense of impending cnSlaycmrnt ls now rouslng her to q sense of hpr degraded condition.
 To save herself from utter ruin, she has adopted a child, youthful, vigorous, and full of spirit and vim, who is defending her from the as saults upon her liberty, and through his efforts, if she wisely directs them, will Labor be able to cmancipate herself, and become restored to her true position of head of the family. Then all hail to this adopted, this andacIous Boycott, -r/UliH |. Ncrry- a,1cr, N U.. ~ WUN Nrrher.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

As an offset to the insulting pic- torIaI dIatrlbes by the boycotted Puck there IS now published at jS Fulton street, New York, an illustrated weekly called IHe ReAector. The fun of 1t IS that while Puck openly insults Organized Labor, the ReRect0r directs it's efforts against the monnp- oIist, and kindly strives to unite .he Iaborer and the capitalist, There is large field for an illustrated labor paper, and if the RpAect0r comes out square and exposes the wrongs to labor which the capltaistlc sheets endeayor to hide 1t ought to succeed.
 7He bo~Diag, a novel, published by Lee X Shepard, Boston, should have large sale. We published review (by Herbert Eaton) of thrs book in No ?l of the ADVOCATE, aid again call attention to it as valuable auxiliary to to the labor literature of the day.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
TO BEGIN WITH.

Being desrous of increasing our circulation during the coming month by the addition of one thousand new subscribers to our list, as starter, we request our friends everywhere to raise clubs of six to subscribe. The subscription price is one dollar per year in advance.
 Six subscriptions handed in by one person at one time, sj.OO.
 All yearly subscribers during the next month will receive the paper for thirteen months from June lst.
 Now Is the time to subscribe; raise club of five and thereby get d copy for yourself free,
 Let every friend who cannot spare the time to raise club get one hey subscriber. which can easily be done. thus We will receive lOubl" the iE- crease of circulation We ask for du- ring the coming month.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
A CASE NOT SETTLED.

Our readers will remember the case of the defrauded colorcd boy, Henry Williams, which We published some time ago, and which led to all inquiry into the system adopted by people in search of cheap labor to obtain the same.
 The investigations begun by the WoRkMEN'S ADVOCATE regarding the manner in which colored people at the South are treated at the hands of sectarlan (well-meaning, perhaps) institutions and their agents, is nee essarily slow to cuIminate in a deci- slye verdict, owing to the limited means at the disposal of the inycstl- gators. It IS not surprising that d contradiction of tie stiicturrs pub llshed in the ADVOCATE has been published; and if the informants of the ADEOt ATE ill the South are wrong, and the educators" of the Africans are right, then something more than dictated denial would seem to be in order. The inyestiga tions will be continued, even if an agent has to be sent to assist in ar irving at the truth. This is due to the Godmans as well as to all con cerned i'll the matter.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
RESTITUTION DEMANDED.

NJ. Basly, one of the radical mem bers of the French Chamber of Dep utles. presented bill in that body for the contiscation of the estate of the Orleans "royal' family, the pro ceeds to be converted into d pension fund for old workmen. This, with the proposition to eXpel all the roy al percentages who are plotting against the republic, has created m- tense excitement in Paris.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30

agcr that there were mines of wealth
 h the cmder dump. made prrpara- tons tU dig into the mammoth hrap dld slit tue iron out of every square foot of it, He got machinery in place, so as tO save aS much Iahur as possible, and began to mine into the bowels of the artificial at one partic- uIar point. The crust banned out satisfactorily, but the interior of the 'rap was found to have been on fire Tor many years The iron had be- come oNIdlzcd by the heat and Was utterly worthless, and the project of searching for untold thousands WAS at once abandoned. It WAS learned aItcrwad that lIoyd, who had reap "d d harvest off the dump, was m
 oId hand at the business. and tM { he rhucklrd to himsel. when he learned that the foreman was prrpa- ring to search for thousands of tons of iron in the bowels of the heap.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
THE PORTLAND STRIKE.

The employees of the t. $. Stamp ing Co. are still out on strike. and need the best endeayors of the Dis trlct Assembly y to which they are at tached in their trouble. It seems that they were advised by those in authority to draw up d document recltlng their grievances and sign their names to 1t. Acting upon this advice, they placed themselves in the power of the bosses, who began to discharge the illadyiscl signcrs. Hence the strike. Men, women, and children of both sexes are stand ing out nobly for their rights. They certainly had grievances enough without being backlisted for ask ing an advance on such wages as they were receiving. Men worked for from s. to S9 per week, while girls were receiving as little as Sl.25 for d weeks work in the paint room. This company's goods ought to be well advertised and let alone.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
STUBBORN AND FOOLISH

The boss carrIagemakers of this city whose bod ymakerS are on strike, stubbornly refuse to submit the ease to arbitration or recognize the Knights of Labor committee or the Carriage Workmen's Union. The men have made reasonable proposi- tions, being willing to return to work while the ease is under consid- eratlon by a committee appointed by the bosses and men jointly. The refusal of the employers to listen to reason will certainly reactupon them, as the men are firm and determined to win or seek work elsewhere.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
NEW YORK TAILORS,

About d thousand tailors are still on strike in New York, and the bosses are making desperate effort to starNe them into submission by keeping their doors closed. On the other hand the men are making pre- pafa''onS to open cooperative shops after the manner of the Boston tai lors, m ease the employers persist in keeping their shops closed. Many or the men have not received their last weeks wages. and the bosses seem inclined to hold back the money m order to coorce the men. Legal proceedings will probably be taken to recover the money due.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30

7o 0W FrieHaS ~ mIfirUIer aHd He
 Pub}ic u1 geneyal:.
 With our present issue we have passed our eighth month as a pcrma- nent publication, and we improve the occasion to acknoW lcde the hand some manner in which our felIow- workmen have supported the enter prise.
 We also return our thanks to the merchants and others who have so literally favored us with their adyer- tsng patronage
 From the most modest beginning, our success has been almost phenom- enal; We have at the present time d good solid subscription list on which each Ward in the City, each town in the neighborhood, many towns in the State, and also in nearly every State in the Union is represented. As every one may see for themselves, our advertising de- partment Is unequaled by any other paper in the city and is absolutel ly un- surpassable, containing none but the most desirable houses, distinguished for their fair dealings. The value of our columns as an advertising medium are universally recognized, our space is only inadequate to the demands. This we expect to remedy at no distant day by the enlargement of the paper,
 In addition to the above, and more important, we have established a first class reputation as d labor paper. To-day the WoRkMEN's ADVOCATE IS recognized as one of the very best lS' prnH nHS >xs~s published in this coun- t
 What has been accomplished is but an earnest of what we intend to accomplish in the future.
 We invite rOntrl blltjo from Our friends both at home and abroad, and among those we number some of the ablest and most talented men.
 We desire to increase our subscrl D. ton list to five thousand before the first of October. A long pull, strong pull, and pull all together will do it. Win you all lend hand?
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
ORGANIZED LABOR.
THE CAPITALIST PRESS AND
 THE k. OF L.
keeping Quiet st. Louis Woodcary. CTS New York Tailors Strike. keeping Back Wages. Finding Coal Miners
 Guilty.

CLEVELAND, May ?G. The daily press in this and other cities print long articles about the proceedings m our special General Assembly which are as unreliable as could be imagined. The delegates are with- holding all information from every one, including members of the Order who will have to await official trans mIsSIon of the proceedings.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
FOUND GUILTY.'

Twcnty-four coal miners who have been on trial for q week charged with conspiracy at Coal Certre in November last, were found ilty last evening, On the other charge. f riot all were convicted except two.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
LABOR LYCEUM.

It Is expected that \. D. Sperry will speak at the Labor Lyceum, Loomis Temple of Music, this (Sun- day) afternoon. Mr. Sperry will find good opportunity to yentilate anything new he may have discovered ill the labor problem if he takes the floor.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
ON DECK AGAIN.

Secretary Rosenberg, of the Ma tional Executive Committee of the Socialistic Labor Party, who has been confined by sickness the past two weeks, is out and at work again. The National Executive IS very busy in these days of agitation.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30

Canva~ser getting names for city di- rectoryl-"Thi, is q boarding house, is it not Domestic" les, sor Canvass er-''How many steady boarders have you:" Domestic Mary a one sor. They's all Q thim fast. "-RdHtbitr.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
TT W WOULDN'T WORK GREEDY CAPITALISTS ARE
 DISAPPOINTED,
How Bosses Keep a Contract An In. duStri0u. Man Who Knew Thing or Two Getting the
 Laugh on a Lickspit,
 tle Foreman.

Many years ago the lMckawmna Iron and Coal Company began to dump the cindcrS and other refuse from it's steel mill on q piece of low land Il short distance soulh of the mann business part of Scranton. The refuse was at first cmptied out of the cars from the summit of the ridge, and aS the heap grew the tracks were moved to the edge of the deposit, the top of which was con stantly kept level, In the course of q few years the refuse covered sever al acres and was from twenty-five to thirty-iiyc feet deep. There was, neyrllhcIcIrss, scrap iron and steel in the huge pike, but it Was not thought to br worth much. and the managers of the company were glad to get rld of 1t ut the lowest possible cost and in the easiest and quickest way. The area covered by the refuse was called "made land, and it was intention of the company to utilize 1t for building lots some time in the distant future. About this time d man named Lloyd came to Scranton from the lower pat of the State. He sought out the general manager Of the company, and told him man could make good wages picking up scrap iron around the edges of the dump. lIr brought the interview to close ny saying to the manager;
 wv Ill you give me &i d ton for all the iron l can gather around there /"
 No, sir, replied the manager.
 twill you give me four%"
 No, sir.
 "Will you give me three 7"
 "No. sir.
 "WiII you give me two and q haIf."
 "lcs.'
 So Lloyd went to work picking up scrap iron and piIing it in heaps along the foot of the dump. and at the end of the first month hr had enough picked up to bring him $lo0. Lloyd made little more than that amount the second month with out working hard at all. IIc was cautious person. and he was afraid that the company would cancel the contract If its manager found that he was getting rich too fast, and so he took 1t easy for some time. He ransacked the sjoping side of the dump pretty thoroughly each month, and as fast as the cars were tipped up and emptied of their contents he took good care to rake out all small pieces of iron before other ear loads of refuse slid down the slope and covered them up.
 Everything went on nicely for eight or ten months, and Lloyd Was doing so well that he neglected to be as cautious as he had formerly been. One would have said that there WAS a big bOmamza for him in tine thou sands of tons of refuse in the heap. 1t any rate inc thought he might IL well work it little Iiyclier than he had done. He cleared x3Oo one month, and that Wa the last of his contract. The manager told him that he couldn't rake and scrapr around the heap any more. and that the company would do its own rak- ing and scraping.
 Then one of the company's fore men, who had told the general man.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30
GETTING AMBITIOUS.
OUR BUSINESS MAN TALKS ON
 BUSINESS MATTERS.

"Workingmen will be on equal grounds with the capitalists, when they learn, as the latter do, to support their news papers. "-JOi,u .SWintOn
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30

We do not see why people should bt surprised al ladies corsrts being tight they are always on a bust. -Er.
Workmen's advocate., 1886-05-30

70 our Eriead> M po,fIular and He
 Pub1ic M qpneral:.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-15

JUDGIXG from what our exchanges say,
our own Senator KESNA has honized him
self
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-15

cies. One of Mr.. Blsins's chapters covers
the tenure Of Office act, which. was for the
restraint of Andrew johnson, and lis
Modification, which was intended 80 q
mark of confidence of General Grant
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Mr.. Kenns seems to have made himself
at least interesting to his Republican op-
ponents and amusing to his own side. Bat
in reality he did add something to the dis.
cussion in the Senate. We do not regard
as of much Importance his exposure OF the
former sins of Messrs. Edmuuds, Logan
and Sherman, though he did it well and they
deserved it at his hsnds Nor do We believe
the President will thank him for his
declaration for what is substantially q
clean sweep. Bot be did show clearly
that the republican position Is untensbIe
and that was eminently worth doing. Mr.
Edmunds will have to reform his hneI
and plan q new and very different cam
paign. On the present line the Presiden
has the victory over the Senate.
But the whole debate is sham ant
farce. Il has 10 real meaning on eithel
side Both sides have combined to keel
out the people and maintain the old sys
tenn of Senatorial bargain aud dicker TO
and about offices at the expenses OF IN
people. In that struggle it is proper tina
the Republicans, masquerading ss reform
ers, should be beaten, as they substantially
are already-New York Herald.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-15

CINCINNATI can get up street car
strike on as short rotice and can settle 1t
lust about as coon as any other city on
the continent. The conductors and drivers
were certainly justified in demanding that
twelve hours be considered days labor.
Thew will on this time earn every cent OF
the sl.s5 per day the companies have
agreed to pay them. Men certainly ought
to make a living by working faithfully
twelve hours per day.
Il is TO the credit Of both employers and
employed that this strike was settled so
soon and so satisfactory. 1t was con-
cession on both sides. The conductors
and drivers, seeing the trouble caused BY
other similar strikes during the past year
Isssened their demand Of 81 per day and
the employers saw that the pay OF their
men was too mesgre sud made the com
promise.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-15

Tx future Of journalism is very uncer,
tain Shen the staid aud digniGed Philsdel-
phia Ledger gets of the following para
graph: judging from the great number
of strikers it would seem that somebody
supposes the iron to be hot" 1t is great
wonder that the presses did not break
doRu.-Intellisencer.
The sentiment expressed above BY our
esteemed contemporary iE reference to the
Ledger is not insppHcable to the following
hippant editorial from its own columns of
last Saturday:
Senator kenua is said to have made q
great speech on behalf of the President
with whom be swaps hunting stories and
G-hiDg fables. The singleness of the two
souls. and the unison Of the two hearts
naturally attracted a crowded house, and
the assembled multitude were much
pleased with Cleyelsnd5 argument as re-
vised by Mr.. Kenns. The West Virginia
Senator made the best he could out Of a
bad case, and when the dull thud falls he
and the President will console each other
by throwing their lines in the same fish
stream sometime this summer.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-15
SENATOR KENNA
What Leading Journals say of His Speech
in the Senate.

What Leading Journals say of His Speech
in the Senate.
Mr.. Kenna is the youngest member OF
the Senate. Mr.. Spooner, Of Wisconsin,
being his senior By FIVE years, but the
West Virginia member is a good speaker,
and he did much better than Mr.. Pugh,
who preceded him on that side.-New
York Tribune.
From beginning to end Senator Kenns' g
speech was 8 masterpiece. Democrats are
delighted with it, because Of Its signif-
canoe, its vigor and It's dignity. 1t may
be said that the President has spoken for
himself, but he furnished text from which
his young champion in the Senate has
wrought discourse that leaves no doubt
in the minds of fair men OF the merit OF
the Presidents csuse. Mr.. Kenna's speech
as q whole is highly suggestive. That he
comes from the executive presence and
echoes the executive sentiment there is no
question.-NeW York Star.
Mr.. KennS, of West Virginia, the young
est man in the Senate and one of the sblsst
Democrats in that body, made q very
strong presentation of the Administration
case. Mr.. Kenns is q broad should
cred, largs-headed, smooth shaver man of
81, who has served six years in the House
and two in the Senate, and gained exper-
renee far beyond most men Of his age.
he was q great friend Of Samuel J. Ran
dali in the House, and has much Of that
geutlemen's sledge-hsmmer force. He
has q clear, ringing voice and earnest
manner, and striking way of putting
things. he hit the Republicans some
hard rsps all around He read Blaine's
new book on Edmund's inconsistencies,
much to the displessure of that gentleman
aad impaled Black Jack and John Sher-
man on their own precedents. Il was q
much more effective speech, from a popu
lar point Of view, than Mr.. Pughs legal
argument, and contains points that it will
be difficult for the Republicans to meet
NeS York Sun.
Mr. Keuna has been smart enough to
make sdroit use of Mr.. Blsine's second
volume in fixing upon Senator Edmunds
painful realization Of his own inconsisten-