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PAYAM.K IN AliVANCK.
ftHTThe puprr will lr stoppfil promptly upon
expiration of xulwriptloii.
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NKCTI'TT. AH HKCOMl rl.AxK JUTTKH
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LIVE WELL.
jng people have (if hid' re-
trdi (rt'ii 1 11 1 1 1 11 1 s nilvloe I'riiln
1 wi. ii . ........ .... ..
iifrtic writers anil talkers, that
owed would iiiilv serve to in'iii'-
tho capitalist class. There's Sum
with his "work-more-aml-save'
, and the good lady who tells us
tret t hive or l tit r days meals
ii Holitarv ilnllar; ami I'.eerlie
'ad-aiid-wuler diet; am
,vil 1 1 his ualineal
Indian meal lull t litre; ami tm
1 t -1 1 i' 1.1
liT-dinliiiir 1 i 11 r-i 1 tit ir ( ,f friends"
! workinginan with t heir ijitnek
fives ui various kinds. I 1 1 1
ill iiniiHint to about this: "You,
ngmcn, are too el ravagant :
Itotild he contented with your
should not try h try to imi-
habits of your niaslers; you
urfiervanfs' hv dUihe dispensa-
tuvept your fate in this lit''
hope for glory on the other side
be grave. And these teachings
been practically followed liy tin
lors ol wealth with init litllii
mring for ages.
v ilierc, is no reason vvhv the
.thing .should continue. Then
I'liKon whv the makers of lim
ihould wear arinv tirogans, oi
builders of palaces s 1 1 it 1
kovels, or the eternally tae
te count ry he com pel let
life of abject slavery am
tin? chance "owners" n
lilVU.Jieri'diUrv exploiters en
suit ol the laimr ol ot hers
tiling is to he considered :
lot' labor always fall to the
IS necessary to keep I he
in the manner they
In ill. II I heir wants arc
iWjll be I heir wages in
II. If their wahtsarc
lev insist upon gr.tt i-
nts, their wages will he
K.Tt'ion.
man who lives well.
itched and starved, vv ho
ind has a good cdnea
i a proper prideand the
; of responsibility h-
lily and societ v. vv ho in
W, name, is a good eit -
not easily re-
Ton ol a serl. lie
light to retain the
ul w hen he is dc-
considers his ite
ivpt to know the
llon't wait till tin
in of Kipietv.ing vou
L't'ded in einaseu-
.ait till von are in
of, acting for
I'll; tlress well;
(strengthening
vou nerve and
Ltation is in the
hop, tiike
ready for the Kighl-IIoiir normal
workday.
Ah, hut this is :dl very line to
alk about, you say. I'Yieuds, if yon
'annul follow these instructions to
he full, iii ii'lml imi run. Aim to
lo right by yourself in this line, and
w lien you lind t hat you arc prevent -
d from carrying out this resolution,
ake pains to discover vv hat stands in
on i' way, and in union with your
fellow workers remove it. hou't
larve vourself, whatever you do.
THE WALKING DELEGATE
SYSTEM.
The success of the building trades
of New York in enforcing their de
mands has been entirely due to tlieir
more periect organization, and the
Mod condition of their treasuries.
I'lie success of these unions ill keep
ing their organizations intact may
be attributed to I he system of coii-
inlly exercising a judicious super
vision oyer the members ami dolend-
ing them from the competition of
scabs and non-union men. I-Voiu a
mere doliar-aiid-ceiits point ot view
alone, it has paid union men well to
keep a watch upon t he .-.Imps and
buildings vv here I heir men are em
ployed: ami this especial work has
been done by delegates of t he unions,
engaged for that purpose, and
known as walking delegate.-'.
The ellicieney of t he system has
been often shown in the large cities
where the building trades are well
organized. ,n interesting instance
was that of Mr. Armstrong, a
boss plumber of New York, who
had in his employ thirty si men.
One of I hese was discovered by llele
gale Karri'll, of the Plumbers' 1'nion,
lo he a scab. Mr, l-'arrell called
upon him w hile at work and asked
to see his card, and upon failure to
prove himself :i union man, he was
lii'st inv ited lo join I he union ami
then, upon his refusal, I'mss Aim
strong was uotiiied to discharge him
from his employ on pain of losing
his union workmen. Mr. Armstrong
would not be "dictated lo," and so
thirly live good union men ipiit
work. After two days of vain
search for cyperl mechanics with
non-union proclivities, ami upon
due consideration, the boss was
brought to his senses, and ent for
the walking delegate. This gentle
Ill, in explained to Armstrong that
he had caused Ihe strike hv his
stubborn folly, and convinced him i
thai il was to his interest to ( 1 is - ;
charge the scab, and also to pav the
tinny live nn urn men lor I he two j
days he had colli pelled t hem to
strike, besides paying sundry other j
costs, such as I lelegaie Carroll's
tune, at live uoii.tr- per iiav. joss ,
1 !
.riusirong pain over me aim tun I
demanded, which was somewhere in
lie neighborhood of two hundred
dollars; and he is no tempted to
hire scabs again 'tis IHi expensive.
Ihll there is another benefit ill
the walking delegate system that
of keeping ihe members of Ihe
unions s,uare upon the hooks'.
hen men fall behind in dues, it'
ll hard tiling for them to make up
their arrearage s-, whereas, a mechan
ic working w ith a card in his pocket,
finds it easy enough to pav his dip s
at the propi r time, ami w ill do so
willingly if called upon. Ilcsides.
in every union t here arc sonic men
who arc not thoroughly up m union
ism forced men. w ho would sink
hack into t he slough of scahisin if it
were not for the ever watchful dele
gate. In order to work with unio;t
men it is necessary to have a card,
and a card is not to be had without
pay ing the just dues. So that it be
comes a matter of sell'-iutcres! with
men w ho know no otjn
possess a clear card, i
motive, to
When once (hi
system is mtro
.o.'ictilt matter
tlticed. it becon
the best of I
WORKMEN'S
eternal vigilance, which is tin price
of liberty.
Now that the building trades are
being better organized in this city,
they could do nothing better for
their mutual good than to amalga
mate am! adopt t his system of walk
ing delegates. Nor Heed it he con
fined to t he building trades. ther
trades shop trades could adopt
the system advantageously. lint
let there he a beginning talk it up.
hl'ot hers.
NOTES.
Wonder if the wiry W heeler gave
t hanks last Thursday.
lieid, of the Triniiir, sticks faith
fully to the builder of rotten gov
ernment shins. 1,'ats and IJoadies
must go.
Some of our advertisers ; have taken
pains to let us know that advertis
ing in tin
ui:k m i; s Anvni A i t;
brings good
right.
returns. Serves them
It is san
t hat t here is one poor
ild never get away from
dev il that coiih
the elreluely
department of
cunning detective
the New Haven
police, namely: Tazy ( 'barley.
( lur friend and co-worker in the
cause of unionism, Isaac Madhouse,
has established himself in the job
printing business at loti Chapel
street. lie has the best, wishes of
union men for his success.
The people were asked to be
thankful last Thursday. The rc
ipiesl, came from the President of
the I'liilcd Slates, and also from the
Ooveniors. Nii doubt many good
citizens were extremely thankful for
t he priv ilege of st riking against skin
llint employers.
"
The striking vv iredrawers, not
satislied with kicking against a 'M
per cent, rediict ion in wages, must
needs get one of Thompson's foot
balls and kick that around. No
doubt sonic of the .stockholders
Would be pleased to lend thelll llal
pin's empty head for the purpose.
A disposition is beginning tn man
ifest itself among some Kastcru
manufacturers, according to the
Liihur Tiim in1, to employ China
men in factories. Let the warning
not go unheeded. Organization
only will prevent t he curse of Chi-
nese cheap labor from ruining what
! i 1 1 1 chances of bread-winning we
have now.
1 1 cl'i
rolling
you men of the heeler
mill, is an opportunity to
show y hi i
hl'ot hers of
sympathy for your
ie vv ire works. ( Irgan -ind
thai Wheeler run
, ,
i.e and i i
his null on sipiare principles. Your
turn may come to ask the same favor
of the vv iredrawers, and vmi may be
sure t
upon.
lai your appeal vv H
Ouick!
acted
y W ard I tceohcr has a new
eiirv now thinks that there's
Idea.
a middle state after this life
t he sollls may become purified
when
The
New York llrrtih! wants to know if
that don't mean purgatory. Hut
perhaps the reason of Piceeher's
change of base is that he don't want
to plunge into the bottomless liery
pit too suddenly, and hopes to lie
ict di iw n by easy stages.
This is a world of change. Some
of the boys think that we ought to
coin new words for rat and scab,
.lohn Sw inton says scrab instead of
scab; bul what shall we put for rat.
nrinliii'' devil kindled it u--r-i-f
' '
i r n seems i o i:i so i new i . 'o n
Sw niton s scrab. IVrliaps Professor
W hitney can provnle something ex
pressive from his jkiIv linguistic
xocabulary. Come. "Prof.." suggest
something.
The doctors, it seems, are way ujj
ay uuj
itwa-J
Keeentlv, when
ADVOCATE,
proposed to have, the children in the
public schools vaccinated, the physi
cians union (.Medical Association)
wanted the job to be paid for at the
modest rate of .").no per hour; but
three of the fraternity put in a hid
that was lower than the union scale.
Now the union doctors arc "down
on" the fellows who arc "sea bbi n g '
in more I hau one sense.
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
i n i-; iii'I i;i:km i:.
The I Wo most sclf-slltlicicllt oracles
ill Kllglaud have been delivered of
solemn utterances on the distinction
between Socialism and the policy of
the great Liberal party. Mr. Her
bert Spencer is for Individualism
and the charitable help of the inferi
or by the superior, because that
would "stimulate the sympathetic
virtue of the well-to-do," while the
an given to the poor would proha-
.. n , . ,,. ii . i
Illy not oe sunn leiu. 10 eu.imc iiieui
to hand down their inferiority to
another generation. This is not
much better than the modern Chris
tian idea that the poor exist simply
for the purpose of allowing the
wealthy to buy an entrance into
Heaven by giving away a small per
centage over the surplus wealth that
remains to them when every unnal
ral appetite stimulated by artificial
luxury has been gratified. IjhuIhh
('.'.) -I Itxticc.
We sometimes think the working
classes are possessed of too much
modesty and fail to assert themselves
as they should. The most versatile
ami accomplished genius the writer
ever knew was to the world but an
ordinary blacksmith; to his intimate
friends he was an accomplished mu
sician, master of a dozen dead and
living languages; could lind nothing
more to learn in mathematics, and
was finally a profound investigator
of all philosophies. There are hun
dreds of just such men who, like
(Spinoza, work with .tools for bread.
Circumstances will bring these gen
iuses to the front, when such men
a- Prof. Sumner ami man.y others
now enjoy 'uig a gauzy sort of reputa
tion in science, literature, and states
manship, will be known as mere
piginv obstructionists.- W'lish'nujhni
I 'niflsiiiiiii.
The only man punished for t ratlie
ing in London girls is Kditor Stead,
who made the recent exposure in his
' Mull Hn-rllr of that horrible
business. He is in prison, clad in
prison garb, with his hair eroppei
with hi
hurt, and living on the
isi ill tlit't
of thin porridge, brown
bread and
suet pudding. He sees nobody be- j Norway , Me., soa to J:et away from llie
twt'i'ii ii i. in. and b a. in., and is not Klli- i"'' "t Labor. He has just nui.-
al lowed to shake hands with his l-let'-d a st id shoe shop in Norway.
friends of speak to them except in j Knights of Labor assembly has been e-.-the
presence of the warder. II is tahiished ai Noivvay so secretly that
dailv task is oakum nicking. 1 1 is I some ev en in the v ilkeje arc ignorant of
cell is dark, cold and unhealthy, but
he has no reason to complain, of
course, for the government has fur
nished the cell with a bible. - 117
still I'liss.
LABOR NOTES.
The bouse pa ill I el's of Hosloii liav e 01
nanized an Assembly of K. of L.
Tin l. of L. are becoming iimiieroii .
in Texas. About one assembly per day
is Ihe rate of ineiease.
The Trades AsM'inhly of I larl ton has
... . ....
now eight I iiioiis connected witji it.
May it prosper and grow powerful.'
A general strike of kid glove makers in
I'rague. Austria, is in progress. The
operatives have asked the mayor lo act
as arbitrator.
The As-ot iation of Oiuaruiakers Vit
Amsterdam, which has large branchy
throughout Holland, has joined the So.
cial-1 H'luocratie partv i it Wor.
About tw o-thirds of the hatter hov.es
throughout the country wcie represented
at the meeting of the Associated Fur Hat
Manufacturers, Tuesdav. in New York.
Wages in the hmiUruii; camps ot
: ,,. , - . ....
1 .Mieiugun, tins winter, are to he f i.i per
month. If a man refuses to accept tin-.
he will lie paid otf and no other employt':
w ill employ him.
It is stated ill Pittsburg that the east- keenly, and one of tiiem leniov e l the ob
eni iiiaiuifacturtrs are contributing jectionable sigm. 1 h-v as discbargcl bv
inonor to tlie striking nailers of the j the company , w ben all the other eon-
v est, anu nave agrtHM lo ti, so until tlie
.... 1 ..f ,1 :i. '
oii l'i iiirstllkr, ,
The great cv it of this country are con
vict labor, socialism nud anarchy, inor
inoiiisiii, foreign paupers, the heathen
t 'liinee and "raK" .Irfft rsmi CiliJ ll
i si .hmu'it. And holie,l, lull licl'udille.l
editors.
Tin b'ev . I h . I Inward 'm:,hy uaim.
the Til i-t Hill people of (lie cllv "I New
Yoik to boM oti Sunday paper . 'au't '
lie done, Howard, mile v .u -el Iheoll'.. I
rial -audi. ui ot the enlial Labor t'nioii
am
l. A. Kl.
i
Tin lueos and drivers
Huston and l.v mi hor-e railri
slleceeded I'V milled In lion ill
ill the
1 have
cm iii '
an ad vain e of I w
They lloVV receive
bonis' vv oi k.
ily live cciils a day .
mi for a dav of ten
All workers in silver and silver plating
are leipii'sted to keep away from I'.irm
iiii;hain, Derby, Ansonia and Sbelton,
these being a .roiipof boroughs in the
town of I lerby . Keasoii, strike in Herbv
Silv er ( 'i iiupaiiy 's slu ip.
ilui Svvinti
has already
elitere
... , ... . . , . .n , ,. , .,
upon the immortality racket, theres a
new assembly of K. of I., ill Uridepol t
called .loliu Svviulon Assembly, with
over a hundred members. May it ev er
be as ieoroiis as .lolui.
l .ai
licet it
1 1 III libel's of colored men ale cnll
beliiselv cs vv it Ii l.'jhnr or-ani.a-
I ions in t be Son! Ii. The K.
,. ale ell-
listing many , and anting llie earpentels
there, many of vv bo(n are colored uici
and oood mechanics, jthe Urol hei hood of
American ( 'arpeuleis and .loinors is mak
ing large accessions.
The Metropolitan Stenographer:,' Asso
ciation, vvitb a membership ol about
:,i.xty , was organized last Tuesday even
ing' in New yolk. The objects of llie
association are o "establish and main
tain a fail scale of prices for eoliipctcnt
s!eiio;;i'aplii'is: lo advance the profes
sional intere.ts ol the craft and to aid its
members in obtaining sil uat ions." The
olticeis elecled were ( 'liar'es P. Orth,
president ; I learv ( 'olvvell, v ice-president ;
I.. O. Macilonald. secretary, and .1. W.
Knglish, 1 1 easii rer. ,
Last Sunday afternoon llie Car! Salmi
( 'lub (musicians), of New York, gave a ve
ry line instrumental concert at .Irving
Hall, on behalf of the laud fund of the
New York I'l'ote! tive Association. There
were about three thousand persons pres
ent. A srii.atioii was created when a
member of I be association gav e an ac
count of how a musician at Ihe Atlantic
iaidcii had been lined a day's pay bc
caii .e he befriended John Mollenbauer,
w bo was ai'i'i'-.ted for di -I ribul ing boy cm I
eiicidai'sa week befolc. A standing vole
was taken on boy ml! in;'; ihe I iardeii and
every one stood up.
A hillldozh,;: fellow l,v i he name of
Spinney ran a .-hoc .simp in Ly nn, lad
j season, and got into i rouble vv it h his cm
, I'loycs. spnnu'V niove.l li
oiks to
its existence, and y ct so elfeclually Ilia!
il already controls a majority of the cm
ploy I-,. 'Threats are now i ieelv and
openly made t li.it unlcs Mr. Spinno1
reconies Ihe Kiii-b!' of Labor Ihe
will not only order a stiike, hut will buy
eott hi . shoes everv where .
L:s Tiled. iv eveiiili:;, llie New York
CnhtlL' 'ai-'l I'oliliral l.eu.u met al Con
gress Hall, New York, and discu.sed the
proper manlier of organizing liiework
inginelloflh.il city . Some proposed to
form branch leagues in everv trade, ir-
; .
, !' 11
e- eeuveoi Venus' Ol nice., em altera
:tbv discii .sioii ii was imall', re-olved
to organize all tiade unionists In As-em-hly
districts, each district lo elect dele
gates to the central body. I'.veiv Voter
who is a liieiiilier ill good -. landing of a
trade organization can belong- to the
league in the district in vv bieh he re-ides.
'The purpo es of the league, as out lined
by t be Ulbel's. ale to Vote and work
only for ihnse who ,v ill favor labor
iiieisiues in the legislature, and to defeat
all those vv ho are antagonistic to trade,
unionists and their principles.
On Tliui-sday of Ibis w eek t he cars of
llie Miriiiingliam linf appeared wit h a
j sij,n. " This ( 'ar for Kant! inaim .' 1 1 rand
IH pot." 'The vvorkinj.inen of the South
Side u ere very indignant over the mat
ter, and in. my refused lo ride in a car
, th.it carried the sign of anavowtd cut -':
my almve their heads. The conductors
and drivers on the line felt the insult
: tiueiors ana-Kivers
i mil Wlllix cars Ullles;. lllt'slflis wi.ru
removed and tin man reinstated. The
result was that on 1'riday moniinv; not a
sinil was to he seen on the cars. It is
vei) probable I hat the directors of that
line had heard ot llie hoyeotl, and did
not care to tamper vv ith the dangerous
weapon. iff.N'f'n; i.ui'nr uniihi.
Saturday hall holiday is now
pielly liiinU establish. 'd In t lie earpeiiter
trade of I 'lexrland. . Kmployer, and
and coiiiraclors ate very favorable and
llie e
U'l'o'V anc
lilv press have rendered
j;ood serv ice III
mo
TiTTuS
Utirc"oj in ftm I
in favor of ilu measure, Carpenters'
Iii i ui No. II and llie Cleveland branch
ol !be Auial-anialed Carpenters acted
band in hand in all I he sleps taken and
in all the meetings in behalf of the move
ment. On October :l, the date lived fi if
the system to go into ell'ect, it w as a sur
prise to see liovv generally the system
was adopted. Many contractors closed
dow 11 the jobs on slu nt -sighted men w ho
wanted to continue working. And
where at lirsf the men agreed to lo.-e the
half 'lay's w ages, many bosses are now
paying for it. and it is only a matter of a
little while until wages for the,"i."i hours
a w eek will ie eipial to whal w as forniei
Iv paid for tin boni s a w eek. This helps
on the eioht hour inuv cineiit practically.
( 'iii jM'iifi r,
SPORT.
Willi the Yale Princeton game ended
the foot -ball season for this year, as far
as the general interest in I be game is con
cerned. 'The le.ulf was disappointing to
the home team, for lliev were well
trained and play ed all around t he visit
ors, completely rattling them before the
lii'st half of the game was over. 'The
result was disappointing to the home
team, for they were well trained and
played all 'round ihe v isitors, completely
rattling them hefore the lirst hall' of Ihe
game was over. 'The grand play made
by the Yale men, noticeably the deter
mined 'hull-dog" style of the center
rushers, caused the oraiige-aiid-black
hoys to lose heart; lor when time was
called for the lii'st half I he score stood:
Yale a, Princeton n. S ale had the trump
card, and their only point w as to keep
the odd trick by holding the ball down
on the Held for the rest of (In-game.
'This was the tactic until within six min
utes of the linish. At this moment
caiuc Yale's misfortune. Hamlin, one of
the home team's center rushers, was
thrown with such force as Incompletely
daze him and cause him to leave the
Held, while his place w as tilled by I iill.
While this was transpiring. Captain
Peters of the Yale team had opport unity
to receive some advice from some of the
old loot I. a II veterans; but it was fatal
advice. He was urged to let his men
kick, w hich he did. and no sooner had
I he hall shot over to the Princeton side
than it was mulled by one of their men
and caught by Ihe famous Lamar, the
visitors' half back, who started on the
celebrated run that lost Yale the cham
pionship. Had Peters play ed bis own
game, all would have ended well: lull the
old adage that "'Too many cooks spoil
the pudding," vv as well illustrated illthis
case, and Yale has an opport unity to
pi I i o (hosiz.e o V e r the lesiilt. lint wait
till "liexl ear, '
The glove com est be vv ecu .lack I 'alike,
Ihe middle weight champion of I'liigland,
and Mike ('learv, Ihe American cham
pion, came oil' last M lay in San Lran-
cisco. Pour thousand people were pres
ent. The manager announced that in ac
cordance wit h an agreement entered into
with the authorities, the contest would
be confined to a scientific boxing exhibi
tion. After nine rounds of pretty heavy
lighting for a glove contest, the men in
line conniiion, However, tlie releree de
cided the match a draw. Police solici
tude for the' health f the athletes influ
enced the eliding of the contest.
'Thompson is at il again, teaching am
bitious youth:, the mysteries of the
whirling wheel al his new bicycle rink,
Ll"i Cllion street, between I 'hapel and
Court stn-ts. There is considerable
spoil ni watching the antics of the wheel
under the management of a novice,
while the exhilarating exercise it'piHs
any one for the trouble of learning to
master the "steel steed."
At s o'clock Tuesday evening. Klsa Yon
Hhiiueii. the champion female bicyclist,
began her attempt to make .tiu miles in
lilly-one hours' continuous riding, at
Pnilfalo. As she will have to average
eight miles an hour, very few of the
local exports believe she will accomplish
the task. 'The l ink was crow ded.
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