The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-10 00:00:00

MEETING OF PAINTERS.

Last night a meeting of operative painters was held
in the OddfelloWs' Hall, St. Anne-street, for the purpose
of considbfing tlib picitirreiy bt tietitiottlog the employers
iti the
Tile CHAIRMAN (Mr. M‘tionald) stated, that for years
the painters in many towns had enjoyed a reduction in
the hours of-labour.. In Rochdale the painters worked
fifty-one hours per week, whilst those of Liverpool
laboured fOr siltrofie hotits *eddy.
Mr,, tiiica Moot ail -grit resolation,,which was to
the effect thit the eftiPloieri iie iiiethorialiseci for the
reduction. of half .an hour in the hours of labour each
day, excepting Saturday. He announced that two or
three of the principal employers were willing to concede

the desired boon ; and he thought the only thing now
necessary was unanimity and determination on their
own parts, Such ttnaniniity had not that night been
Pahilvited, since mit of from 1,600 or 1,700 painters
who were i>i LiverpOol; there were only about two
huh& ed pieseniL
hit: thißbort seconcied the resolution, which was put
to the meeting, and carried with acclamation.
Mr. James Evans moved, and Mr. Bott seconded, a
resolution to the effect "that the painters memorialise

for a reduction 'of an hour on Saturday.
The Crrainnt.krt read a memorial plepared by the
committee, from which we make the following extracts :
—" Your memorialists have no desire whatever to break
that hainiony Which hat eitisted Uninterruptedly for a
period of More than seven years ; and as a proof of this
We woad refei you to our conduct during the years of
1855 and 1856, when unusually high wages were paid
to other trades, we, yogi. meniorialists. remained quies-
c'ent and cone_ nt ; and even no* the building trades
haie obtained What we die sdlititifig.'i
• During the reading of the memorial the audience
cheered vociferously.
Its formal adoption was proposed by Mr. Dann,
Seconded by 'Mr. Culshaw, and carried. •
Mr. BREMNER advised the audience to prepare them-
selves for any exigencies that Might arise, and he thought
they could not do better than join the society at once..
He moved a resolution, pledging the meeting to adopt
every legal means in its power to obtain the proposed
reduction.'

The CHAIRMAN announced, amidst considerable
applause, that Mr. Japh4 of Everton, had allowed his
workmen to go home that evening at half-past five
o'clock.

Mr. Cot seconded the resolution, which was unani
mously carried.

The Camn i.t.N. remarked that the memorial would
be printed in the course of to-day, and ansWers would
be required by Mot Hay morning.
A person enquired if in case the masters refused the
proposed reduction would a strike ensue ?
The CHAIRMAN replied that not a word in favour of
a strike had fallen from any one of the speakers. If
the masters refused the reduction they would be told
what to do.

A 'at:46)r thanics to the Press and the Chaitinait ter-
minated the proceedings.
•

CHARGE OF MURDER EY THE MATE
OF AMERICA.N SHIP: -

Yesterday,.at the Police-court,.eonsiderable attention
was drawn to a cafe 'that came before Mr. Raffles for
investigation. Julius F. Caulkins, a respeciable-Jooking
young man, the chief mate of the well-known American
ship Henry Clay, was brought up on remand, by
Detective-40er Eaton, on a charge of having murdered
a Portuguese sailot,-*ltose verde, hi Brig'ash, answers
to that of Prank liirman, by drowning him in the river
opposite the Landing-stage, on the 29th June.
Mr. Aspinall, barrister, appeared for .the prisoner.
Mr. Kehoe, in opening the case, said the prisoner was
the mate of the Henry Clay, and that ship left New
York on the 2nd of June for this port. Amongst the
crew was a Portuguese, named Frank kirman. The
ship arrived here on the 28th, and on the 29th the
. prisoner ordered stages to_ be made, and sent some of
the men on. them to scrape down the outside of the
ship. The Portuguese, and a sailor named 'William
Eastman, were on one of the stages; and between three
and four, the prisoner called oat to, and them,
asking if they iVere tiot done yet, and said, if they were
not quicker, some of them would get a cold bath before
ten that night. Soon after the stage fell into the water,
and Eastman and the Portuguese were immersed ; the
latter was lost, but the former escaped by a rope thrown
to him, by a man named Smith. He (Mr. Kehoe) insi-
nuated that Smith was got. Out of the way, as he went
off in sonic other ship. He said it would be proved
that the prisoner let down the stage, 'and that he made
no effort to save the man ; and as the body was not yet
found, when he would offer sufficient evidence, he would
ask for a remand, in order to produce further evidence.
He then called

Williani Eastman, who said—l am a seaman, end an
Englishman, and 6hipped 'in the Henry Clay, in New
York, last month; there were one or two ordinery sea-
men ; there were four officers; the captain's name is
Caulkins ; the prisoner was chief mate; don't know if
he is brother of the captain. ft was edely in June when
we left; *6 had a Portuguese and a Dutchman—the
latter spoke some .English; the Portuguese was not
much of a sailor; never saw him slur ; never heard him
give any ill language to the officers ; never saw the
mate ill-use him ; arrived here about the 28th June ;
received orders on the 29th from the second and third
mate to go over and scrape the side. I ea* the stage
properly rigged and fastened ; went on the stage with
the Portuguese, and were on it from before breakfast,
and were there up to three or four o'clock, and nothing
gave way ; the third niate was with us most of
the time; he sometimes went on deck; the prisoner
came at three or four, and held a belaying pin in his
hand, and said if you don't scrub this quicker and
cleaner I will heave this at your head, and then he went
away. He said G— d— you. He was away twenty or
thirty minutes, and then returned, but said nothing.
The ropes were then ldosed oil the starboard side, at the
end the Portuguese had fastened. The stage gave way,
and we both went into the water. He laid hold of me
for a minute and then let go. Ile could not swim, but
I can. John Smith flung me a rope, and if the Porta:, '
guese could swim he would be saved, but he drifted
away with the tide. I Was pilled on deck. I did not
see any boat lowered. I think the pilot assisted to pull
me on board. When on deck I went and changed
myself, and asked who let the ropes go-? and he made
me some answer, but I can't tell what it was.
Cross-examined by Mr. Aspinall—l never saw the
chief mate ill-use any one. The stage had to be moved
often. (He described the way the stage was moved by
shifting the ladder and ropes.) The men working on
the stage lower it, and not the men on deck ; the stage
could be lowered both ends at once, or one at each
time; they have to go on deck to lower it. Can't tell
how the stage went down, I can't tell what way—l
think end ways ; felt two or three jerks at the ladder
before the stage went, but I did not call out, as it did
not alarm me. Went over the same place scrubbing
after, but did not notice any bolts there. Did not look
for any. Can't say if bolts were sticking out there ;
but there were bolts sticking out in some places. Did
not see any boat lowered ; don't know the pilot's name.
—To Mr. Rehoe : I lashed my end of the stage safely ;
did not call to any one on deck to lower the stage, nor
did I hear any one call to us to look out.
Mr. Aspinall said the story of the mate was, that the
stage was lowered from the deck, and the men were
called out ; and when the stage was being lowered, two
bolts of the ship that were sticking out upset the stage,
and caused the accident.
In reply to Mr. Baffles, the witness said there never
was any disturbance between the men and first mate.
John Taylor, an ordinary seaman, a native of Boston,
who was on board the 614, stated the same as the last
witness. The witness added that the prisoner said
~ ,
hurry up there, or I will give you a cold bath ;" saw
the
na se t
dp,:dhiseonnwoetar at the end of the stage rope on the deck ;
that was the stage that went down. Saw the prisoner
takef one of turns of the rope off the pins where it was
ssi
nggo i gu
tto
sawlo etrhteh et
two
oa gme ,e when hienn itth
e wentw a
water,
and saw Smith- chuck a line to the men. The mate
was
alone when he took the turn off the rope. A Dutch-
man jumped after the Portuguese, and held him for three
minutes : and the prisoner came down to catch the
Portuguese, but was out of his catch • heard a boat
ordered, and the
mate said, " hold on, we will catch
him if we can without it." The mate came first to catch
the man, but he was drifted beyond his reach at the
time.

Mr. Aspinall—Then, he was the first to try and save
him ? He was.
Mr. Raffies—l think the case falls to the ground, but
it is very different
,from what I had heard.
Mr. Aspinall7No doubt, for people go and tell all
in
vestigation.
The of lies, which prove so on
The prisoner was then discharged.