Letter to Hermann Jung, October 1, 1872

Author(s) Friedrich Engels
Written 1 October 1872


First published in: Marx and Engels, Works, First Russian Edition, Vol. XXVI, Moscow 1935
Published in English for the first time in Marx-Engels Collected Works, Volume 44
Reproduced from the original


ENGELS TO HERMANN JUNG

IN LONDON

[London,] 1 October 1872 122 Regent's Park Road

Dear Jung,

Can you furnish me with the addresses of the Secretaries of

1) The Iron Founders, 2) The Ship's Carpenters, 3) The Ship's Caulkers (if they have a union). I want these immediately in order to communicate with them on some strike affairs in Portugal[1] —I have applied to the British Federal Council but cannot learn that they are taking any steps whatever, and so I must act on my own hook.

Yours truly,

F. Engels

My and Mrs Engels'[2] compliments to Mrs Jung and yourself.

  1. ↑ On 19 September 1872 a strike was launched at all Lisbon foundries, which was joined by carpenters, caulkers, and workers in other trades, who demanded shorter working hours. The strike was supported by the Portuguese Federation of the International.
    On 17-18 September the Lisbon Federal Council wrote a letter to the British Federal Council (c/o Engels), requesting it to act without delay to prevent strike breakers being brought to Portugal from Britain.
  2. ↑ Lydia Burns