The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-01 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1. 1869.

THE BUILDERS' STRIZE.

MEETING OP OPERATIVES AT ST. MARTIN'S

Last night a meeting of the united building trade.
of Lanka was held at St. Martin'. Ball, for the pupae of
eliciting es ispeesske of opinion on the present position of
Whirs. Tho harm= of St. Marin's wee steneely awned,
0011111.0161Insakeils hod to go away fray want of ism. _

Ml. LAMOLZT BASKIN,- a nireodety woo who Was
ashel to the doh, MI they moo t 0.,. that night to declare
Mother they woo prepared to support their eserotary or
whether they meld endorse to. opinion of the mat*
bididiere, that the body over ertikh he molded was an Mead
body. He Mild she Is say a hw words to theca of Yr.
Hama and his proodings. Ile should like le Mow by
whet right Yr. Zoned ono up to London and stepped
belmo the.. who hod been Aglaia' their muse sad the
wan of the melds. non thoughout the country. He
thought dot Kr. ENNIO pelt himself forward without any
right or undority, aid he hoped the imoing would pore
that the oeshosop peamod their emblems.

Mr. Pomo tee err keverd, sad woo art loudly
cheered. He said >y riddled Hut so may wen great at
that mieseas, bat be eigneted that wend bed bad to go
away widest his able to led Tom. Wkj bed tiny cone
bend Is such aunts, ? To upon thin 'gibs of the
weer builders of that adregoils, who bed shot thin out of
their workshops Übe dogs, wegerdlese d as troonsganoss.
(11ser, beer.) They wow sow to sere Innis weirs, 414
strike, and She eighth ed thane:lt-out That we a mar of
oedema impost for throe who had to Iles by then labour. It
wee • pinks whisk should soaks every soon reit ict amply
beim he look wry sky in We mattes. (Hear.) He would
new pooled to estyiels to skim the potation in which they
Need. The seeeters had roineed tetrad with the confensok
beams they were en " Wager body. Wall, they now cease
betroths wowing men whom they represented, and they
wished to selt them whether they still trusted In the tsen.
bosun and would give this a renewal of their confidence.
(Chews.) Whirs sad bow were they illegal( thoy
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acted Illeplly why was net the law poi In hire ? (Hear)
It re set bras. the restendid net with for it. (arr.) ,
The egairenee hed meted tlgMly both neatly and legally
=tl this err. bat they wen not by en immoral
ai, who tamed net oat froths eases rowan others
seri se a debt far • tratiatime of the bons of labour.
(Cram) Depend upon it If the meaters did not recogr
ore the amessonce they wand not ranger the working ,
men. (Cheisesmalejlip. the mest_ere th ,so who tejened five
attempts at il
ds peak. derived the responsibility
of the atervation men sad the death of oblidres, if these
odamitins axond In the Ceaseer of this stmts. (Hear, I
bear.) They would plied by
The elm of the meagre now was to tweak
the watielise, not to nisei rho are boar easement.
The assess were urged on by the Yrear eel other peps to
this rest; bat he would tell the wren and the marepapre
that they night as well hope to been up the had. melds
r M say le pear Pee," Tide. p back." (Land obese..) I
Tr earl ward be that the leers of Loadaa wean berme
aeon nerd end parerfal lb. ere and wend hem •
pals. den wadi be • 'medal set sly to the worker sem
of Mgr. but nine weld. (Cheer) He sherd ef corn
be
the be wok elf the mamma et that mating. At
iretepreardne of the aroma worked beneosionsly
with them, be them wen some reed. persons arcept
the mere amedeen, who tresitt it better foe the melees
se look or for Lennie. They said that their furtive
amnittee did not newer the steer aid that they rant
depend upon the pith. sower The raferen. Week. •
kid net roar soy earatoy- from the moo. exisly. But
tardrar than an the mere abed kweeppeet he themserse, '
open hem the ether tarn Melanin to get • perm of
the benrems dreekm of the egging" rime It weeper te
the osallerenea (illeme.) He taskd at all that fee sloes
tre, but lies be In. that lb. Meant end the maser
✓eef ImMermithemmly at the asthma be ailed the corer-
wee tepees err from the memae, awl they emus to • re-
argues _.spading the reasons at the aribrern tf the sa-
ger wen net rerun to act with the metheara. (Hear,
bor.) He dal eat Ilia to widen the bratb bermra the
rams rd the ether Mean and if the manes did sot
erre le met miler lea Ist them an by the side of the
asniseenes. /Cheer) TM era of the Mare' Society
were she ..(girt of all, but notwithatandiug that the
maw, WWII reedy to receive than. Why? Braun
they their. It was the beginning of • opt arm,
the worldos aeon. (Hoer, troar.l But the mere •
Ines. es withdraw the document, and the maser,
Ma the amiteres, &m ad. Its withdrawn Beth bodies
had re the roe nets brentod on their banasee—. The
withdrawal of the decoment." He had no her that the
seems word yield up the rights of the rafts ... Let
lbs.act—erniestly if they Ited--bed Let
then she, son they would sorted. (Chee)) Lee ft be
known dist they tare deremred
prtom that lobar .bond have
=
ite, amil that he that they ewe
lawny wed lawfully.- (L.)nd arra) resolved to
Mulleins rd be had nothing to add to the clear state-
ment el nietre put forward by Mr. Par, bat he would tell
them that this win wit the dist themii,Barra had come
op to London so nen the rights of the working men. When
Dir. Myers was is • diflioalty, he always celled upon Mr.
Baran to ad him. Mr. Hamra laud the bricklayers,
the einem the omprears seal painters, to join the =mute,
bet those bare, le Wear erne, referred him to the con-
hero% (Cheers.) If the tor ous acted in the tame minted
my this question amid be la • fair way of settlement by
this dine; bet se they were on to act under one body, let
them act as indspeatint boil= till the document was with-
draws. (Clesses.)
Mt. PXIDIMICZ WATT., carpenter • nos-society ma.
tiered the following resolution The seater builders'
em-Has bring refused to 'froglike the evahresix a• •
=lmeter of cocamsaleatiou between the areation
e weelmess, rentenntog their proceedinga as en-
tirely illepl, this meetiog Is of opinion that it is the ne-
rvinw d the trades o appoint whom they think lit to ren-
dre their afar, sad thrall communication or negotiation
with the employers oral be trereeted by the orrene on
behalf of the warren oath the settlement of the present die-
pate, sad this maselos Poises frit to supper the carefree
who has so rely and bonsaly ordain their admin."
The Manna grad hint (Mr. War) a ocarecisty amen;
he bed bees • somactery men, bet he was sew • goner
men, sod be ed.sd ail the non emelsey men to boxer at
sate membered the seders. He bad been herbs ix 40
yeses that ell wealth wee the result of labour, and that berg
so be new card underserd bow It war that pearly those
who labored the birder Were the least wealthy persons in
the commarty. (Cheers.) He never could understand how
Mat wee. sad he Mould like to boar any man explain It to
bins. (Her.) The means wee, not more intelligent then
the working mar they certainly were not more industrious.
How then was it 11. the raters were getting wealthy and
the working men were sot? There was only one explanation
of that fact, sod that was that they were getting wealthy
ham the labour and at the rpm* of the working era
(Cheers.) He called upon them to act firmly but pereably,
sad by as doing they would ultimately succeed. (Hem.)
Mr. BLOOM trIZLD, • bricklayer, in soorading the risolotkeL
✓aid that try were prepared to be legal eccordlag to the des
fruition of Dr. I ammo, but they were not prepared to be
legal according to the rears of Mr. 8. Smith. (Hear.)
if the orferenes were seeing illegally, why were they not
put down ? TM are. did not dare to do it, berme they
were not sang illegally. The masters had hereto ore mo-
aned, bre•weetbe worldbg re were sot tree to themselves.
They divided the working men, sad they partly emecesded
in creating divines in the preen ratan. But even if the
manna gave la, the bricklayers were propend to stand out.
They never word accept the document, sod ern If the
manure withdrew it in the morning, they word require the
sine hours. (Load cheers.)
Mr. C. bitnitAY supported the resolution. He defied any
man to say that the conference bad acted illegally. If as,
why did not the Attorney-General prosecute them? They
were told that the masters were their beet Mande—that
the master fed than and clothed them that
the master gar them • p.:und at the end of the week, but
they wen net told that if the roamers gave them ens posr.d
with no. bead they took away three with theatre. (Cheers.)
The Vie ef the working man was • life of toil, • lib of a-
rmsot sad senr-eudieg toil, and what wee the end of it?
The werichonsal Tee, they bed Slid It. Tbm work-
rose was the end a/ the teens mem ed Baellsol• sod Tot
they nee tail over sad err err that latter was the
sores nail wealth. (Bar b.) The work., war were
not opposed to machirry, no they reined to wank
and soul sprit weed and iron. (Boar, Mal
They ward to partkipthe al te in veolars
machinery like all the other claire in the community.
They would work in hammy with machinery, but they
would not be sacrificed to brute matter and brutal rater. Be
called on them to morel the aisfersooe. and to be nailed,
because if united they word sward. The meters trope
to sabre them through starvation. It me Indeed a hard
thing for beaband aid father to me wile and children moth.
bread, bat they must remember that the real interests of wife
• end children were bound op is the bra of thin contert.
Mr. Gary, • stamaniamon, did oat shad the, to defend the
body with which he was conseseed. If the committee. of OW
was sad Mr. Harmott seta Is • Mal difiennt irons that
width he believed to be for the interest of the baldisrope-
redoes trwrolly, he hoped those operetives would sot blame
him sad these who acted with him is the warner. He
' row net what hawa bed ban brought to bear on the
arm that near them ea es they did, Mosses there were
sew membeee r the committee of =nom who irk •
In freer ef the nine hours at Erter-beil. (Harr.)
11717.11P1/AltAle, • pirterer. spoke in favour of the tilen-
betlea, whisk wee then put to the meeting, and menial nee-
• oirenely amd in the midst of vehement cheering.
• vole all thanks to the chairman terminated the pro-
' mediesse