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THE WORKINGMAN’S ADVOCATE.
£lel>e Jefo to ifye interests of tfje i)roimcin§ Classes of flje Mort^&est,
•\ < >[.. I. blakk 4 n a v u k, {SSiy ;a;,^»anr_CHICAGO, SEPT. 17,1S04._TMMaSS.™, NO. s.
TRADES’ UNION DIRECTORY.
■ =— -ae -- :
rpRADJ** ASSEMBLY.
Mass Meeting
OF
MECHANICS and LABORINGMEN,
AT THE MoBTlI DOOR OF THE
COURT-HOUSE,
ON
SATURDAY EVENING,
Sept. 17th, at 7a o’clock,
TO Dirvist MEANS TO
PROTECT OURSELVES
A‘.VINST TUF
t OGRESS IONS OF CAPITAL,
As illustrated In th« action* i f
THE CHICAGO TIMES,
K tv Of the Workmen ill that psper Ueti.i; thru-t inti- the
Street- eithunt neUee uni their places supplied t>y
Girls and Disreputable Men!
K. I! AZI.ITT,
President Trait--*' Axseniblj.
, » A L b 1 B A L L :
a Unuul Ball 'will l>t given on Moetev, the 3bih of Sep
uher, in the New Turner Hall, on North Clark Street,
i.ear Cl ' ago An. nue, by the <'ahinrt Makers' Uni<m for the
benefit f their d4*<Kiu(i«n, and therefore they invite
all their ^ahor, ig friends to ~|*sad a few hours with them,
and help them in bringing forward the object they have
began: the rummittet will -pare no pains n m.iking this
one of Hie Grandest Balls of the Musie by the
Ureal Western Band. Ticketo, fl; to be had of all ihe
tu* inker* of the Vnion, "and at the Tick* * Oih e, >n the
eveuing of the Ball. fW*t] i'HK COMMITTEE.
TRADES’ ASSEMBLY OF CHICAGO, Musts
on the first TUESDAY in each month. in tho City
Council Chamber, Court Housa.
fJKto K HauTf, President.
W. T. J. McNally, fcerorling SeoMnn._
Bricklayers* and masons* benevo
lent AS8*K IATTON, meet* every MONDAY svn
?ng at their Hall No. A2 Wwt Randolph "tre-t.
Ml' IlOl L'oKJtl .A>. Pr(Wi«h‘Ut.
C1H1CAGO T rfOORAPH 1C AX UNION, NO.
4. JM*Set»«fc> bat BA rSUi'/ .•* -aih*of*»»v mentis
at Brvaut A Stratton’* Comsa-rcinl Celle*.. oorner of Clark
and Waahington streets tiso. K. Bazutt, Praideut
JoBV'i—■asu, Recording Secretary._
CCHICAGO STEAM BOILER-MAKERS PRO
J TBUTl VE AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, xucete on
the* firvt and third Tlll'R^DAV evenings in each month, at
their Hall, vi VI*net Randolph street. J. Uii.lis, Pr< s.
Wm. AU’.ln. Roe. S.w y.__
r'V'OPEKS GRVND UNION OF CHICAGO
V A Hi* b* - U i I ;>AY evening. September 17, lvt)4,at the
Gi rina .1 ' Hall, Corner of North Walls ami Indiana
-ir.'-ta. L. E. OldBKuW. l’riaddent.
M. 6n»" !!■ idtni Secretary
/ lOt I’EKS' HI BOROIN'ATE UNION. No. 1,
V North i>ivl: Tl. meet* on tile second and fourth
M» iN'I'AV' ii . i li month, at Brand's Hall, comar of Lar
rabee street and North avenue.
P. 0. Mi G turns. retary.
/ tOOPERS’ SI BORi'INATE UNION. No. 2,
V > meets at Lot.nix Hall. Archer kund. near llalstial
street, Brfdgi , rt, nu the . nd TUESDAY evening of each
montli M. X. fynm, Presideri
Jas Mi vwnsy, Bucretaiv.
/lOOI’Kl!' SUBORDINATE ONION, No. 8,
A_ ’ West Di.tskm meet* ev nr 2d and 8d FRIDAY in
eaefe wor th, in the building: on tne corner of Randolph and
11 in ton ® rent®. Ki mu i>’M«k.n. President.
L. K. Dium *v, Recording Secretary.
J vmks M-’K \sr. CorrciMiK-ndldg Secretary.
RESOLUTE SOCIETY NO. 4, OF THE
VV IT ED JOURNEYMEN COOPERS OF CHICAGO,
r fh on r. e first WEDNESDAY evening in each month,
at Tun--’ Hull, Dearborn street, between ITth at.-I lftth
street*. Musis Gadwood, President.
J. S* Rn\ Sec._
CUSTOM COKDW.UNKP^ jiSS(X IATION.
mi* t* on the third MONDAY tn «*oh month it their
Hall, 72 Dearf-.ru street. W*t .Jaciu. Presi r
Chicago musicians union, meets
on tbi ftr«t THURfiDA V evening in each month, it
the Uooira of tl" etreui \V'e»tern Bend, lei Randolph atleet,
at S o’clookj m. Wl. HtHBRAPtT, Pr undent.
GANDY-MAKERS’ UNION. MEETS ON THE
firtt and tltirJ Tlli i.SPAY • veninga in each month,
la Warner a Building, Randolph atreet
H. Mob at. President.
CIaRPENTEBS’ and JuINERS’ union,
J meet* on the list and third WEDNESDAY erenm/i
in each mjnth, at * leir Hall. 82 West Randolph street.
GRoaoK Black roan. Secretary
/ 1ERMAN TYPOGRAPHICAL tL\ION ()l
VT CHICAGO, meet, on the flr*t SATURDAY' evening
*f auch month. Hi a* lavJalle rtreeL f. OtHV. Prep
Harness-makers* union, meets at
76 La.-oiI'., street, ou the (ocond TUESDAY’ evening
of each mouth, it 8 o’rbwk. W«. B. Thobp. fiecr»*tary.
JOURNEYMEN STONECUTTERS ASSOCI
ATION O' CHICAGO, meet, on the 5th and 2bth ol
every month, it Hall 588 South Canal atreet.
W*. Co'.Ulan, l-re«lder.t.
P^ Rn,isi.\r*3ZT. fieeretary._ ,
JOURNEYMEN BAKERlFuNlON, MEETS
every SATURDAY evening, et their Hall, 80 and M
Went Randolph street. W. SBAirra, Pi -Md.-i.t.
JOURNEYMEN CAKKIAOB-MAKERS’ PRO
TECT!'. K UNIJN, meata on the Hcondav! fourth
W KDNE8DAY evennign of «ach month, at llorncr * Flail
82 W’«tt Randolph street. James lamx, Prwsidont
Jo^a_8waEM.\, Rc-r gee.
JOURNEYMEN TIN PLATE, COPPER AND
SHMT-IRON PltOTECTIYE UNION, me.ta every
alternate TUESDAY' evening, at 8 oYhick, at Hall 77 an.l
7» Dwberp atreet.__ If. W Caw, Prealdent.
LABORERS’ BENEVOLENT AND PRO
TBCTIVK UNION No. 4, CHICAGO, ILL. meet*
every AATURTAY evening at Kiu*ie Hall, corner of Kin
zie and North Clark atreete. p. Oca arm, I'reaideu'.
A. toviTT, Rpoor,ling S,.- retary.
MACHINISTS’ AND BLaOKaSmItHS’
UR ION X* 1, OF ILLINOIS, moots every FRIDAY
evening at 7 o cluck, at Apollo UaU, corner Lake &d ft.
Water streets, 111. p. G. Box 8dl West Branch
Office. _ _
SHIP CARPENTERS’ ~.ND CAULKERS’
UNION, No. X meet* every WEDNESDAY evening, at
their Hall, 104 Randolph vtreet. **
_0. M. Hgwmrp, Prealdent
fTUILOEB’ FRATERNAL UNION OF CHI
.L CAGO, meet* In NfaeN Block, 77 Dearborn Itreet, on
th 7rat and teoand MONDAY irnilgi fa each month, at
7U o’clock. P. 0. Drawer *UT.
E Qtnom, Bee. Sec-,. f. C. -Ytu, PreeMent
R. P. Coiuas, Oar. See*y.
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CHICAGO, SATURDAY SKPT. 17. 1W64.
THE NEWS.
Genera’s Grant and Sherman have telegraph
eJ the W ar Department, advising the immediate |
enforcement of the draft, and stating that
prompt action, in tilling tip the armies, will
have more effect upon the enemy thun a victo
ry ove- them. The draft is ordered to com
mence. in all the States and districts where the
quota i ’ filled by volunteers, on Monday,
the UMh, aid will go on until completed. Vol
unteering is progressing with vigor in most of
the State-, and will be received and credited to
as late a period as possible. Gen. Shenn; n
has ordered all the white inhabitants to evacu
ate Atlanta. The oath of allegiance ia to be
administered to the people. Those who take
it in favor of the Federal Government are to be
"cut N >rth, and those refusing to do so will be
sent through the rebel lines South. General
Hood has consented to an armistice of ten days,
to enable the removal to be effected ; but he
denounce0 the order as cruel. General Lee's
army is said to have been sirengthed within a
few days, and he is making movements on Gen.
Grant's left with the intention of defeating
anticipated federal opeiations. Gen. Sheri
dans forces captured a rebel regiment on
Tuesday. Gen. Averill has reoccupied Mur
tinsburg. A. resumption of operations in the
| Shenandoah Valley is considered probable.
WILFUL MISREPRESENTATION. I
Following the publication of the reso
lutions adopted at the Labor Mass Meeting,
last Saturday night, the ."imr.* says the meeting
adjourned ufter giving three cheers for McClel
lan. This is maliciousl) false, and a wilful
misrepresentation of facts. It is true, after
the meeting had been declared adjourned, some
individual, (either thoughtlessly, or for the
purpose of giving the newspapers some slight
pretext for denominating it a political gather
ing) called for three cheers for McClelMn—
w hich elicited btH af^olt reaper* ae. liMBodi
ately, from another quarter, came a call for
three cheers for Lincoln, which met with no
better success, and the crowd dispersed, both
Republicans andIkes-octets, satisfied that they '
were acting in a common cause, regardless of
each others political views. The attempt, of
the daily papers to create discord in the ranks
of the laboring masses by raising false cries
such as this regarding politics will not avail
The people are opening their yes to their
own importance, au<l regardless alike of the
fawning praisea, or lying abuses of partisan
newspapers, will pursue a straight-forward and
determined course in all matters affecting their
dearest interests as laboring men, preferring
to act with their political parties only when
such parties, both is theory and practice,
through their organs and otherwise, recognize
their just rights as workingmen.
LETTISH FBOH E. W. MeCOMAS.
To the Kriitor of the Workinginan'a Advocate.
Mu. Editor :—So much that is faL-t and ma
licious has been said about me since I took up
the cau.-e of the laboring men, with the pur
pos of destroying my influence with them,
that I think it but just to the cause of Labor
to show the base falsity of such charges. To
-do t'-is 1 shall quote from the fin* wr>t!<n tnerck
1 ever made. This speech was delivered in the
Constitutional Convention of Virginia which
sat in 18o0, and was made in defence of the
rights of the free white a t of Western Vir
ginia, and against the aggressions of the slave
holding portion of the Pate, known as “old"
or “Eastern Virginia." The questional issue
was the “basis of representation,’’ which in
volved the foundations of Democratic govertt
rnent. In that speech 1 proposed the fo.lowing
resolutions :
Reaolvtd, Tha tue sovereign power iu this
commonwealth, of right., resides ;a the free,
white, sane adult male citii'ns thereof, whose
rights have not been lbrfeite 1 by the 'ommis
sion of infamous crimes.
RuolvedThat those in whom the sovereignly
resides in this commonwealth, of right ought to
be, and are, free and equal, and as such are
entitled to equal political rights, and an equal
vot m. either in person or through their repre
sentatives, iu the formation of their govern
ment and its administration.
Reaolred, That a majorilj/~TX those in who?1,
the sovereign power reside* tn this common
wealth have an indestructable right to reform,
alter, or abolish their form of government
when to them it shall seem wise, and ha^e a
right to administer the .-ara?&3 to them may
; stem best, within the spirit and true meaning
of the constitution.
These resolutions will show my general
opinions at that early period of life' In dis
cussing these propoeitions the following para
graphs occur:
“ I believe from my very inmost soul in the
greet principles of Jefferson.” Again: “We
usually estimate authority valuable, in propor
tion to its correspondence with our own views,
and sueh has been ^y habit of thinking—form
ing my opinions of men and things from my own
reasoning and the reasoning of others, uninflu
enced by'the great aantes that may be arrayed
against, or for, any proposition. The inquiry
being, not who has been for or against, but who
is right. But, sir, if thsre is one name that
eould influence me above another—if there be
a man in this whols world that has talisAanio
power—that name is Thomas Jefferson. A
name whose bare mention should warm the
heart of every friend of man—a name that has
become synonymous with human rights, and the
civic battle cry of the very vanguard of freedom
and equality."
Again, as to slavery: ‘“As to the slaves ot
Virginia 1 have here but little to say. My
opinions upon that subject are formed, and m e
such as I am free to avow every where. I be
lieve the imroduciion of slavery into these
Slates was permitted by JJod, for wise purposes,
and that when those purposes are accomplish
ed, or ripe for accomplishment, it will crate to
tzist. And. sir, when the time does come,
some ray—some wise and suitable means, will
open for then escapement. 1 have no fears
that t.icre then will be found men with ability
to perceive both the means und the necessity
of their i.ibkratios.”
(This is not. very weak doctrine for a man
charged with being a “slave-driver” to preach
fourteen years ago in the Capitol of Old Vir
ginia. )
But again, on the question of property and
taxation, I said: “The interest other than
the interests of property, are equal or superior
to those of property, and are entitled to equal
or superior weigh* a id consideration.”
Again. ** It is _.H tenied thnt man is entitled
to protection in his rights of property, as he
is in all other rights or means of happiness,
but it u objected to make it his equal, and it
is denied that it enables him.
Again, •• 'Tis true that we tind much inequal
ity of wealth and fortune n this world ; which
may have been produced honestly or otherwise
—may oe pruuiiniie oi niucn gotni, ana err
tainly of much evil, and which is shared by
the evil and the good. Yet, sir, it affords no
conceivable reason for inequality in person*. The
good would scorn to claim superiority for
wealth, end evil or good, they are entitled to
none We find distinctions and inequality
enough, in grades, ranks and positions, and
yet, sir, we «ee it only to deejnte and condemn
it. The only true distinction and inequality
which ran exist between men is that of talent
and virtue. The ouly noblemen of nature, are
those who, with high aim-, and earnest souls,
rars-ie noble ends, with holy means. The ouly
positiaa which a true man should desire, is to
be enshrined in the hearts of his fellow men
for benefits centered. This nobility of nature,
we find tobe the offspring of no rank, of no
class, a ad confined to no sections, no climates,
and no countries.
Again, on taxation, 1 said : “ 1 have formed
some opinions upon thia subject, one which l
think is just in the abstract, equitable in its
application, aud whichwa lesa balds to abuse
than any other known to me. 1 shall attempt
to give you my views in relation to tl^tn. It
is oontendud then, as life true principle of gov
ernment, chat those wfe> enter into a social
compact, and enjoy ita blessings in the security
of their persons, property. Ale., are under
obligations to support that -ociety, to the ex
tent of their ability. If they have money or
property, and not physical strength, let them
pay aud not work or fight. If they have phys
ical strength without money or property, let
them labor or fight. If they have both, let
them contribute both, ability being the
true criterion of a man's services and contribu
, lions. Where little Is given, let little be re
quired.”
ngnm. it is vuuiciiucu mat, nunt jji*
erty it taxed, it should all be taxed, and taxed
uniformly and according to its valv‘ ”
Again, on the Virginia aristociaey: The
following paragraphs are selected. They show
a very deep and hitter antipathy, even unjust
ly and extravagantly expressed :
“It is objected that this inequality is doubly
odious, from the faot that it has been concocted
and «upported foi the sole purpose of 1111:1
taining the political scendency of the ico n
oat and irould-b1 aristceraci/ of Old Virginia.’
Again: “It is said of this body that we
I ire pigmies, dwarfs—oat to he compared with
the men of the Convention of 1829. Vnd who,
[ sir, is it that passes sueh a sentence of whole
; sale depreciation? Who is it that doals with
such .ondne-s 0n the memory and labors of tiic
;nen of tue last Convention? Meed I pause for
5 a repb ? Fir, they are the degenerate get prowl
j and embittered tone of the late would-be aristocracy
of Virginia—their truculent toadies, and the
1 old buzzard roost of office-holders, who have
: waked from 1 heir long Jreatr, of repose, amid
I the foetid air uf a decaying common wealth, to
j behold the people's Iran 1 upon the wall, tracing
lines of doom. This Convention needs no
eulogy from any man, much less from me.
The result of its labors will be the criterion of
its desuny. For the present, it is enough that
others than those of whom I have spoken, will
| judge nf us, our abilities and our efforts. This
[ Convention. I surmise, must look elsewhere for
j justice, than to those feeble echoes of a past
age—must and should, I imagine, look to the
great body of the people who sent them here,
and not to the snarling death-rattle of the quasi
aritlocraey and doomed office-holders of Vir
ginia.’’
“ Fir, I have examined the action of the last
Convention. They were mighty men, sit, some
mighty minds, more mighty names, aud most
of mighty familiesbut veritably not three
great men among them! For, sir, no essentially
j selfish man can be truly great, and such were
they, or most of them, who made the present
' constitution. I have examined the instrnme.it
hey framed, and, to me, it seems to do neither
credit to theic head or heart. Ii is now only
twenty years since they made it, and the decree
; for its utter annihilation has gone forth. It is
a constitution without principles. It is neither
fish nor fowl. Far from being republican—yet
: not wholly aristocratic. They have yielded to
I the masses just enough to prove themselves
1 democrats in head, and y-H have refuaed enough
: —nay, more than enough—to prove thorn
doubly aristocrata at heart. Sir, their labors
were eminently selfish—self-selfish ness, class
selfishness, and aectioaai-aelfishnaaa, gleams
from every page of this hermaphrodite of their
creation. Sir, 1 have lived under its operation.
I have struggled for existence, with no first families
to back me, and I have seen, and above all, I
have felt iU effect#, and I have aaan bat little
that is not deaorving my bitterest anathema 1 and
sovereign contempt!"
I make these extracts for the benefit of labor -
ing men who have been told that l was a “ ae
ro driving aristocrat ” of Old Virginia. That
was on* of the F. F. W, etc. They wer*
-poken some fourteen years ago in the capital
of Virginia and in the very heart of the aris
| tocracy. Let any tahoringnmn read them and
-ay whether the charges of the Tribune are not !
: Lately and malignantly falte.
Vours. truly, K. VV. McC'oma*.
CHICAGO TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION
VIEICS
THE “CHICAGO TIMES.”
\ STATEMENT OF FACTS
It is seldom that a grosser tissue of false- j
hoods, or a more wilful perversion of facts,
meet the public eye, than those in last Sunday
morning’s Timet, relative to the position o. the .
proprietors of that paper and t he Chicago Typo- \
graphical Luton. This statement, so false in .
' every particular, we have been unable to co:
reet. owing to the t'net that for months tne
leading political journals of this city have per
sistently refused to publish a defense of our
position, or remove the false impressions they
have so studiously labored to convey, fiarhled
ez-parle statements and misrepresentations have
been reiterated and re-reiterated until we are
c uipelled to appeal directly to the public, and
publish a plain unvarnished statement of facts,
w1 ’"h must speak for themselves.
be Timet aided by its ally, the Tribune, has
labored industriously to convey the impression
that we are opposed to the introduction of fe
1 male labor, simply because it is female labor.
None know *'ie falsity of this statement better
than the knaves w ho assert it. We make no
war on women : w oman, in her proper sphere,
commands the homage and respect of every
printer: but who that knows the persjnal char
aster and antecedents of Wilbur F. Storey, be
lieves that itk can be actuated by any such
noble idea, in auy enterprise iu which he may
be engaged, as the moral or »■ -ial elevation of
womanhood? It is hecauif they arc used as
the dupes—the instrument* iu the bunds of de
| signing men--who intend to repudiate and dis
| card them as -oon as their uefa-tuus designs
| are accomplished, that we are determined to
| tear aside their flimsy sophistry, and etpose
the motives by which they are actuated. It must
i be a self-evident tact that woman is altogether
incapacitated by nature from performing the
labor required mi a jitrahig «owspsjo?r. A
business th tt every year carries its victims to
the grave, by hundreds ; that undermines even
the -trongest constitutions, that demands those
hours for labor that nature demands for repose,
is certainly one of the last that the weak and
delijaie organization of woman is adapted for,
or one in which the philanthropist might show
tjie siuceruy oi ms I'rum’ssiuns.
This leads i»s however, more directly to an
explanation. much needed, ot the objects end or
ganization of the Typographical Union, and
the charge, oft repeated, of the dictatorial
policy pursued by its members. Oue of the
requirements of our Association is. that a per
son applying for admission should be a com
petent workman, and have served a four-years'
apprenticeship, of which he must furnish satis
| factory evidence. Is it arbitrary, then, under
i such circumstances, that we should require every
.’ompeling workman to belong to our orguniza
| tion, in order to protect our skilled labor
against the introduction of inferior workmen,
who sell their manhood for a nominal compen
i sation. Out it may be asked why wo refuse to
work with any man that is not a member of our
; Union. Simply as a measure of self-pt ottv ion.
j Unless we did so we have no guarantee that
our rights would be respected for an hour, ind
this is a sufficient explanation why ike request
was made for the removal of the machinist
who not only repudiated any obligation to
the Union, but whose retention was a defiiot
menace, from the fact that he « «» pledged un
| dtr all hrcumslanca, to retain his position.
; Independent of tins requirement, no dictation
is attempted. Who shall be employed is a
, question entirely at the discretion of the em
j ployer. As an evidence of this, be creature
now acting in the capacity of foreman on the
Timts, who hoc so basely surrendered his
! manhood and Union obligation.), as to betray
J both, has been foreman of that office ever
since Mr. Story has been in Chicago and was
originally imparted by him from Detroit,
i As it may internal some to know the exorbi
tant rate of compensation which the publishers
j pay their employes, it may not be amiss to state
that, while the necessaries of life have advanced
from 160 to SOO per cent., our increase in wages
have not exceeded 40 per cent. Two years ago
compositors received 60 cunts per 1000 'ms, and
10 cunts per hour after 10 o’clock, and 20 cents
after 12, P. M. To-day they receive 50 cents
per 1000/without any extra compensation. If
we draw a comparison between Chicago and
I other cities, we find them receiving 65 cents
per 1000 in St. Louis, 48 cents in Detroit, 65
cents in Cairo, 75 cents in Memphis, and 60
cents in New York. These statements are facts,
and can be corroborated by indisputable testi
mony. Sc much then, for the plea of extortion.
In the article alluded to, Mr. Storey states—
falsely, as usual—that no question of rates was
involved in the change, and that they have no
desire to injure the Typographical Union. Now
is it not a self-evident fact that no proprietor
would pay the same wages to girls and disrepu
table men that he pays to first-ciass. reliable
workmen. If so. then why does he now pay
one-third less ‘ tnoae in his employ than he
did two wee*- -o. With regard to the second
BtotemecU i . nly necessary to state that the
affidavits „t men formerly employed in the
Tinui office can, and will be obtained, anl
published, showing that Mr. Worden again and
again declared that the principal object they
had in view was the dismemberment and des
truction of the Chicago'Typographical Union.*'
Again, when it is taken into consideration that
no advanoe has been made for months—that
•tone was contemplated —thst ever since Mr.
Storey’s residence in th.s city he has persistant
ly i aa in Detroit) objected toe.ery advance the
Union has been compelled to make; in biet,
that his whole action has been one of yu.i.-i
hostility to our position—. bat other com’
sion can be deduced from bis course. In proof
of this, inducements of permanent situa'u.ii
were held ,utto several of our nienibe: - eon
ditioual. however, on severing their connect m
with, or obligation to, any trade society : with
the ulterior design, however, of regulating
their wages hereafter as Mr Storey roigiti dic
tate. The object to he accomplished can easily
be seen. It is in combined, concerted action
our only safety lies. This our employers well
know and hence their anxie y, by specious pre
tences and Haltering inducements, teihe unprin
cipled, to accomplish their nefarious designs
designs that could never be entertained till
treason reared his hideous form in our midst,
and we.are betrayed by the men we have
FosTsa-ed snd protected.
But with what consistency can they reproach
us tur our adhesion to Union principles when
the Tin « proprietors are members of an or
ganization which dictates to every reader an I
advertiser in their journal, and whose energies
would be directed to crush any paper that re
fused to be governed by their Jirta. We refer
to the ‘•Northwestern Publishers’ Association.”
A few remarks in conclusion, relative to the
baseness of the transaction lu the month of
June, lHbd.au edict was issuedsuppres-.ug tin
“C’Atr.tyo Timts" for disloy al and incendiary lan
guage. W ith f"w exceptions, that acti-.n wa
-ustained by the men of wealth and influence
in this city. No sympathy was m invested by
any except the mechanic at his btflA and the
laborer on the street A meeting was called
and the hard fisted sons of toil rallied in their
strength, and believing that the order was arbi
trary and unconstitutional, requested its recall.
The telegraph Hashed the request to Washing
to. . and the following morning the prohibition
was removed A few uton'bg taler i vet ran
rv^inicm •»« mnro to scuff mtticp, mho
declared its intention to demolish the •• Ti:*e»
establishment. That intention came to the
knowledge of the employees—and in thi». it>
hour of need, these men. now t.asely betrayed
—Republicans and Democrats, Printers, and
mcBihers of the L'nion.—unanimously resolved
tliai they would stand by Mr. Storey t-> the bitter
end, and if need be, defend hi« property at the
risk of their lives.
Mechtnicn of Chicago—you stood by the
Timm in tin hour of its adversity. your in
fluence was uni ought . yuur re^uea^did jpoic
>V*) zemuvts that restriction' than every other in
fluence. and this is your reward of gratitmle
Business men of Chicago will you patronize
a sheet which, while professing to be the expo
nent of Democratic principles, throws thirty
workmen out of employment without a mo
ment's warning, because tmy dared to live up to
the God-implanted pr neiplet of pianhood and
independence. Our motto is ■ Defence n it De
i fianceour aetton is self-protective, not
aggressive ; our labor is our capital, and self
protection is Nature’s first law We know our
principles and position are misunderstood : we
believe when the public are enlightened we
shall have the cordial sympathy and eo-opera
tiun of every right-minded man ; these evil im
pressions are fast being removed, situ it is
indeed a cheering sign of the times to fit.d Sir
Archibald Allison, the eminent Scottish histo
rian, publicly declaring ••these aocietie? are
nut only beneficial Bt’T absou trlt isoisfk.n
1 -ABLE TO THE WELFARE aSI> PROTECTION OF THE
' WORK lilt,MAS."
women ni < nicago—onomers, wive*. sisters
— we appeal to you Our course has been
grossly misrepic'SBted* Y'ou have been tolil
>ve make war on women. YVe spurn the insin
j nation Why should we. Has God uot implanted
tbos*- feelings of love aid respect for the w eaker
-ex as strongly in ihe breast of the artisan as
'be man of wealth ? Has his home, though
humble, less endearments than the home of
ihe banker or merchant? We leave you to
j i .-ply While J e proprietors of the Timet
paia le the fa-1 hat they have temporarily em
ployed some thirty girls, (simply to accomplish
'heir ends, they do not tell you that by So doing
J they have deprived over thirty famiUt* of their
means of support. Wives of mechanic? ! you
who, under the most rigid economy, can barely
make the paltry pittance your husband earns
meet the demand? of necessity, what think you
1 of the man (?) who would rob you now of your
daily bread ? Think you such an one i> rnpuhle
of a generous feeling—of a noble action V and
yet this is the creature who has the effrontery
id ask for public sympathy under the plea of
ad x’&ting your interests or advancing your
j condition.
j To you, workingmen of Chicago, it cannot be
1 necessary to add one word in explanation ot
' our position. This blow, though directly aimed
at the Typographical Union, is virtually a blow
I at every labor organization in this city. Y'our
independence, your manhood and self-respect,
are equally involved in the struggle with our
own, the am min which actuates Wilbur F. Storey
in this crusade is the same which has prompted
every Idow that has been struck at labor from
time immemorial Let us, then, all rally round
a common centre; act iu concert, act as men
who are alive to the momentous issue? at stake:
I a? men wl.o know and mean to do their duty,
j Let us promptly >rown down everything t?nd
;ng to create dissension in our ranks. Let no
specious pretences blind us ; let no flattering
inducements swerve us a hair’s breadth from ihe
path ot duty—a doty as plain as the noonday
1 sun. In short let us act as men who know our
rights, and knowing dare maintain them. Let
these feelings actuate us. and we will emerge
from the furnace, pnrged of our dross and
strengthened by the trial, and eventually take
the poeitioato whioh we are entitled, and which
our influence and intelligence demand.
By order,
Chicago 1Htographic.il Unox.
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Archbishop Whatsit, when preaching, has
been known, in the heignt of hia argument, to
get his legs over the pulpit. He was an lave*- v
erste smoker, was usually accompanied by three
favorite dogs, whom he had aught various
tricks, nnd waa a thorough believer in Clair-'
Toyance and Mesmerism.*
It is claimed la Parte that eleven million*
of dollar*' worth of silks has beeo sxportod t
Us oountry tks last wear.
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