The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-10-18 00:00:00

TO MERCHANTS, SHIPOWNERS, AND 'OTHERS.

GENTLEMEN,
111 HE RIGGERS employed by al, the undersigned, and
other, having struck off, from work for an advance of
wages. and being unwilling to accede to such 'advance without
first receiving your sanction thereto, we bb leave to 'submit the
same for your consideration, and res,pecffully suggest tho- 'pro-
priety of your calling a meeting for that purpose.
•
JOHN SMITH. •
JOSEPH ANDREWS.
Liverpool, 17th Oct. 18:36

TO THE MERCHANTS AND. SHIPOWNERS OF THE
PORT OF LTERPOOL.
N Advertisement having *reared its Gore's Advertiser of
I this day, subscribed" On behalf of tree journevnen• Skip.
uTights, by Wni Burton, President of the Shipwrights' Here-
Sneietn," containing Statements, unfounded in /ha, ibe
7AIASTER. SHIPWRIGHTS hare merely to state, that r't
recent increase of Wages to the Journeymen was conceded on
certain conditiiins, mutually entered into as a trilling, ,but very
inadequate, return for tit' liberal an advance: the Journeymen;
however, as "a UNION," having since peremptorily refused
to rattly the conditions agreed upon, the MASTER SHIP;
WRIGHTS feel called upon, unequivocally, to state, that the
present suspension of operations of the Trade is wholly occa-
sioned by this breach of faith on the part of the Journeymen.
The MASTER SHIPWRIGIVIS cannot, fur a moment,
offer an objection to any charitable Society correctly founded,
but are well aware the Journeymen's AsSociation, to which the
term " Beneficial" is applied,- constitutes a Club embracing
principles to which they object as subversive of good cider its
he Trade, and are determined hereafter not to employ, or have
tr, with, tho
(Signed se Journeymen w o may be Members
hereof.. y connexion )
THOM, MILCREST,
For the Master Shipwrights'.

oci'Aer, 1836.

The following are the Regulations the Journeymen. are re:
quested to Sign :
Port of Liverpool.
We, the Und,q.signed Journeymen Shipwrights, do .hereby
agree, that from and after this 12th day of October, 1836, the
fo-llowing Rules and Regulations shall be agreed upon and
punctually adhered to by us, and we do also declare, that. we
have renounced all connection with t"l'uk: 1,1%4:m row. SHIP-
WRIGia'S TRADE CI.LE"' .and agree to withdraw all support;
(either directly of indirectly,) from such society And. that we
will do all in our power to give full satisfaction to our Lni.ployers,
and eiadeavoue to create that feeling between them and our-selyes so desirable and necessary for bur mutual benefit and ad=
vantage:

RULES AND REGULATIONS.
I—That Eight 1-lands be allowed a quarter of a day' earli for
L2o.a—d isnigx Blocksands fur aa Vesselof 5
ll
~foofiamlLn)s antarlLtp
liiaa
.0-hrits,
,lanad
and
3.—Five 1-lands for a Vessel of 1(X) to 3(XI Tons.
4:—That; Stages and Poles, necessaiy for Vessels to be take
intro.—thleltiatr,aitni,nrg,CDooact.ikn,gbell,oetsteids iinnmtch(eliaGterlayvainftgerptioeckli, Block
are laid: .
ML be paid Sixpence, andciti the Graving Banks, One Shilling;
(i.—That in cases where Vessels shall be taken into a Graving
Dock for the mere purpose of examination, and where nothing
further is required, the number of hands to he employed for
such purpose to he six for VesselS front 1(t) to 150 Tons; eight
for. Vessels from 150 to 200 Tons,--and ten hands, for all Vessel
exceeding 2(/0 Pons; but shoUld a greater number be deemed
necessary; from the violence of the weather, or any other ob:
stacle to the getting Vessels into or out of the Graving Dock
in due time, for the prevention or damage, such increase, be
left entirely to the judgment of the Master, or Foreman super-
intending.

7.—That; for unshoring, taking Blocks up, getting Stages to
the Yard, each Man to receive a day's wages, and fur unshor-
ing only and getting Stages hOme; half-a-day's pay.
8. —1 hat, fur unstioring Veisels by Night, each Man be paid
2s. Cxl.

9.—That iti case when a Vessel may be plaC'cil on the tem-
porary • Slip or Griditon, or Graving Dock im ith open Gates,
where Men. shall be employed a
,Tide and Half-a-day at the
same Vessel, such Men shall be paid 45 for the Tide, and their
Half-Day's Wages, but it Men so employed arc engaged for
the Tide only, they in such case be paid a Div's Wages-
10.—That for Wolk done at Vessels in the River; the Men to
be paid one shilling per day Extra Wages.
11.—That in case of a Vessel being stranded in footle Bay,
no further North than the Rock Perch, each Man, employed at
such lie paid at the Tate of Six Shillings per Tide, and be pit,-
vided with Victuals—and round the Rock, Sixpence per
Tide EXtra, calculating upon two Tides only In Twenty-four
Hours. .
12.—That in the case Where a Vessel may be sunk in the
Graving Dock, those Men who have been ens cloyed at outside
Work are to go on board and prosecute any Work that may be
required aloft or on Deck, without any addilioo to 111'4 Days
Wages, and in case of a Vessel going out of the Graving Dock,
N,requiringesselsh,,riel pczaoiroonuboDaeredk,
eoirtbAerlobfet,fetrleie
orM eanf
teem, pulonYsfcloart.;,u,r,,,,l:.
ked except at the
13.—That no Overtime is to be Wor
the Vessel.
sanyvd ceagrersy. on such Work, Witheut any aunt
ss sbaerl yi
bt to tmrieqnyuetbsotetrhoefelitruhipere' Mauer or Foreman att e ndi ii
wleir.k-ITehyast
andin all cases
Quarters,‘vhtehritet i,tr rnwoa yb
Hoursbe
Quarter, and all Over-
considered and charged for the Extrao,
of One Shilling per hour.
time beyond that to be at the rate
f the Bell, all Hands imme-
15.—q.'hat upon the Itinging
punctuality as they do when
diately turn to Work with the same and it ilneaclfe
..
it Rings for leaving
dff.of Work shall be the, same all through
16.—That the Hours
leave off Work on Saturday's at Five
deemed
W9-"orking Overtime, then to Work until
man shall leaire a job unfinished
consentwith-
of the Masteror Foreman for whom he is Work.
the Port. Thpnetyj
out the os'iexi7l,°_,ecklioljeeaxktc. except
no
1:6, whenin: in te::h o can produceF tin
nimalty of forfeiting it Day's Wages,
Indenture, Or a satis=
that he has served his .
factoryinl on:certificatef h a
seven years, or shall already have worked for five years as i
Journeyman in this Port, will be allowed to sign these Rules,
awa
nni
ittdit,l oaf.
_ru,ht,
aint,vlhhftaihttcoeht
dhlhielneit.
nehceasorhu,
October
otbbmbee
re
th,
t,3ea
.omei
f.
til employed.
7111 :410sattt.irei:hio
al itr
March,
ehat,
hi tefhitailltfi
tahanndoahcnotohbroento
ri
breakfast, and one hour for dinner • the change of breakfasthour
from Eight to Half-past td take place on the game day.
20.—That for shoring Vessels in the night, li Days be al-
lowed, the same to be paid providing the Vessel was previously
in the Dock, and had to be floated arid re-shored.
21.—That Nyment of the Wages to commence immediately
after six in the Summer and after dark -in the Winter, ,at the
' Office of the Master, and on no consideration whatever are the
Men to be paid in a Public Ilouse. All wages incurred on Good
Friday, Chriittnas Day; and Sundays, to be charged double: