Workmen's advocate., 1889-06-08

op k'cdicu Vo us. Hc papcl was PiS sen ted for discussion.
 Comrsde Morgan was the first speaker. He concurred with the sen timents previously expressed as to the advisability of leaving Johns town out of the question, but stated that there were present two delega- tions of miners, one from Braid wood and one from Spring Valley, both asking assistance and both in the direst extremity. The Spring Valley men had been "locked out sin ce April, in pursuance of a heart less policy of the corporation, which IS to starve their employees into a sta te of sbject submission to it's be- nests. They had been working on half time for six months prior to the loc kout, and now, unless relieved, must perish for want of the barest necessaries of life. The Braidwood mi CTS had struck to resist a reduc- ton of ten cents per ton. They had previously received but eighty cen ts. The speaker then described in detail all the incidental work re- qulred of the miner in handling that ton of coal, and drew vivid pie ture of the distress and suffering which must ensue from the threat ened reduction. The militia had been brought to Braidwood to over awe these poor creatures, with in- structions to shoot down like dogs any who, driven desperate by their wrongs, should venture to commit any act which could be construed into violence. These men had ap- pealed for help to enable them to fight this soulless corporation.
 We had also received another ap- peal from the striking weavers east, ano ther from Secretary Gompers, ano ther from the miners in Ger many, while the most of us can scarcely manage to pay our rent and keep ourselves in necessary food and clothing, while at the same time we have to bear the burden of our local organization, and do what we can for the central one. The speaker then proceeded to show the utter in- adeq uacy of temporary relief funds to meet such emergencies. He re- ferred to all article which had re- tly appeared in our local press in regard to the prosperity of the countrywide abundance of provi- sions of all kinds, country flooded with everything which human be- ings require, and yet here we are be- sieged with heart-rending appeals from all quarters, in behalf of sui fering, starving humanity. What a state of affairs
 It was suggested that inasmuch as we were in no condition to contrib ute very extensively, that we confne our efforts to the case of the Illinois min CTS, whatever amounts we should be able to realize to be divided equally between the Braidwood and Spring Valley applicants. A mo- ton to this effect was carried, a com mittee appointed to take the matter in hand, and the chairman of the Braidwood miners committee, who was present, invited to state his case. His statements were simply corroborations of Comrade Morgan's, and at the close of his address he was requested to put himself in communlcation- with the chosen com mittee.
 The meeting then proceeded to the discussion of topics of local in- terest, principally political, in which the McGarigle case received special attent tion. Mrs. Woodman read an open letter of congratulation and welcome to our respected citizen, McG arigle and MT. Morgan fol- lowed with an able speech, in which all parties concerned in the dis graceful affair were handled without gloves. In substance, MT. Morgan said:
 'tA FELLOWS WELCOME HOME.
 Look upon the picture of that rep resen tative of law and justice, Judge Shepard who stopped the machinery of his courtupon hearing that McGarige was asking favor When one of Chi cago's biggest thieves and rascals wanted favor the honorable judge crawIed in reverence to this scalawag He did not send McGarigle to jail as an escaped felon, who had three years