Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-08-25

socialism by plecemeal. They are only
human, but what can you expect from
men under the present debaSing system?
The colliers are very much exercised
over the introduction of a steam engine
elevator, which threatens their liveli-
hood by displacing large number of
men. They are rushing into the assem-
bly, now, but the mischief is done.
When will the workers have sense and
sand enough to demand control of the
machine by socializing the means of
production? This is the only way of
getting hold Of the "iron sCab" The
painters were frightened at the rumor
of machine to do plain painting for
time, but they, as well as the cigarmak-
ers, are hugging themselves, like an os-
triCh with its head in the sand, with the
delusion that " it will not touch the fine
work." or that lit is impossible" etc,
etc, dd ndtSedm. What fools In the
age of machinery, too! The Boston
Council No |, United Order of Machin-
cry Constructors, is growing steadily
under the leadership of Robert Ashe, an
old friend of Comrade j. Edward Hall.
Mr. Ashe invites correspondence from
all sources, particularly from those
not yet organized. The entire council
was at one time a local assembly. but
got out in disgust at the manuuvering
of the high muckeymucks of the
Order. His address is Goldman Hall, l76
fremont street. The bakers opened
their employment bureau last week at
As Essex street, where all labor papers
will be kept on file. German Bakers
Union No. is composed of mighty
good men, all radicals, and understand
ing the labor question thoroughly,
thanks to themselves and to the Bdech-
erS Zeitung. 1t is too bad they are not
able to speak English as well as they do
German. They would shake up some of
the fossils. OF their English speaking
brethren in Union "a, the less said the
better. 1t is to be hoped that the new
Bakers Journal will put "ginger" into
them. They need some one to tell his
opinion plainly to them, and this is the
only way to get it out in full without
being cut off by Interruption. This Civ
ing it to them straight may make men
of some of them to the extent that they
will not think they know it all, but will
CApCIiti lew IClllS lOl a liDbI paper,
and learn from number of men who
have studied these questions before they
were born.
One of the most disgusting and de-
moralizlng actions was performed Mon
day evening, when one of the dis" or
ganizers" of the holy and noble Order of
the Knights of Labor organized thirty
five Of the most notorious scabs in the
country into an assembly of the Knights
of Labor and attached it to that skele-
ton of a district, the Cigarmakers' Ma
tiOnal Trades District Assembly. These
thirty-tive all worked in one shop. f. =.
Norton & Co.'S, so it is easy to see it was
not a bona fde attempt to organize un-
der the shield q but simply to make the
X. of l.. an almshouse and refuge for
scabs. Prominent in this was Fred Bah
son, the defaulting financial secretary of
c. NJ. L. No. 81 before he scabbed it.
Among those who were present and
aided and abetted it was Gus Hutchin-
son, a scab boss painter, and Uriah
Heep, member of District 30's EXecu-
tive Board. Now let Powderly prove
his statements that he disapproves of
organizing SCdDS, or goodbye TO lne
Knights of Labor in Massachusetts, for
the trades unionists will, if these men
get charter, rake the Order fore and
aft.
There is a big squabbIe here over the
election Of chief marshal of the Labor
Day Parade. The Central Labor Union,
District 30, X. of L., and Building
Trades Council are involved. There is a
proposition for these bodies to come to-
gether and elect.
The cigarmakers' union is still keeping
up its fight on f. p, Norton & Co., who
make the L. and S. cigars, and who i'm
ported tenement house workers from
New York, as well as some recreant
members of Union 80.
There seems to be a strong feeling
here among the Knights that the pres
ent general officers of that body should
be replaced by new men when the cleo
ton takes place in Indianapolis.
The parade on Labor Day promises to
be a big affair, as probably 10000 will
turn out.