Year: 1874

Address TO the Craft On Forming . New
Branch OF the National Association.


WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Jan. 1s, 1874.
At Ameeting OF the miners held In Weiss Hall
yesterday afternoon to effect an organization as
branch OF the National Association Of Miners, the
following address, prepared by Mr.. James O'Hal-
laron, was read


To THE MINERS AND LABoRERs THROUGHOUT THE UNITED
FELLOW woHxxEs-It gives us pleasure to announce
have ar been ABUSED to of ,ae ber duty and
their danger have through their duty authorized and
Which seeks TO within its folds
and which and Which en to It's
bers alike IN TIE day of prosperity and adversely that
necessity for such association has been experienced
and advocated for years. as the history OF the past has


TYRANNY,


dton; While state and district unions have doubt
s bare "n asa OF OF or to % s
ton Is lacking their benefits and operations
union ass C can l' accomplish more than sngls
n the nn lie
efforts o. single State For years the miners have been
demands how gallant or prolonged their resistance.
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Ss few our viii In


HOPELESS AND Degraded


a
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liberal catholic end comprehensive in its policy
neF e mo matter Whether he tolls in the mountains q
or Maryland in the valleys Of Ohio or the
And now fellow workmen, that we have tried to do
nr SS hands Te light WORK er s
ape MoaR as osh nGe & w the De
ganizaton depended on his exertons the Miners Ma
and financially,


THE HIGHEST POSITION


in the ranks OF labor organizations. To union
miners have only words OF kindness and encourage
Fellow rkmen whether you realize the fact or not
your grace is fast passing away. To-day the
by H ea and By n
action, lay the base Of an organization founded on
the toer the fruits OF his labor, which can and viii
ton Of republican institutions; but If much longer
neglected II the mercess demands soaess corpora.
Imperative duty to assist by every means within your
power to hold up the hands OF those who are struggling
MEsrrMABLE PRIVILEGES


will remain deserve to do, hcwers of wood
and drawers q water" You can certainly urge no
ar aa interests I You on we
own your wives and families are certainly as dear to
law @ has eS eGeT trade or
willing to let Syscnes be 5ysonss Let ihe dead
helping you that you will contribute your share TO the
plished by pulling together BY acting in harmony: No
religious political nationalistic test required These
questions entirely foreign to organizations. 1t
purely


PROTECTIVE AND DEFENSIVE


in its character willing to yield to capital its just
wards while 1t awards its creator labor its just
sse
who labor and the men who live off the proceeds
OF others labor the robber and the, robbed. no
you by the hand as fellow toilers, entitled to
the privileges and benefits which claim
for ourselves asking only In return an honest hearty
undivided support of our principles and organiZa-
ton Like your labor is your capital and it is self
evident that you cannot afford to be made the nsru
the hands OF corrupt and designing to de-
preciate the labor the white mechanic. Ask your
selves whether you have more to expect from ayIng
yourselves with the Miners National Organization
being the tools of those who have robbed and
your own kth and kin, and who to-day engaged
in the damnable work OF


IMPORTING CHINESE
supplant the cOlored workmen of the South Think
this subject for hour and have of The
result. In conclusion trust that abors have not
been in vain; that the miners OF the United States will
rally under the banner of the National Asso
caon whose object in the language of the constitu
ton is their social intellectual and physical
improvement. This is platform broad enough for all
to stand on Defence not defiance, Is our motto Our
objects known and we confidently leave the issue
in your hands