The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1836-02-03
NUMBER I35.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
JAsuARf fERm-JUDGE ULsHoEFFER PREsIplse

I damages sus-
aaea py Tue plaintiffs. they allege, caused by the
interference aud threats Of the defendants Who wers
members OF the Committee uf the Journeymen Stone
oers Assoc'a''oe The leading facts ia this case are
The pninisis had contract for the Slime oyk of,h~
house building on the of Duane street and rosd
way, Ise pfoperiy of Mr.. Elisha Boomef. While
,ah'efon hagtes were al ~ofk upon their contract
vas ruinofed that state prison was used in the
ouading. and acting upon Ihis Tunor, the defendants
e~ae one cafSrday July the ward OF the plaintiff.
and forbade iie Jouney men Hork fsom working AM,
eagef ioF ca'pefoa a Hughes They gave too rrasons
iof meH condscl buitoid the they night ACT their
Pie@se,e whether 10 vork noi-Ihc, knew what
would D. TIE consequences Il thcy did nof obesttey
~oaid be scabtsd--ths term implies that n usrson
se.eoe eaho' GET wofA ~ ANY shop ia the city, fos
s"on a. ne eoies IA any shop vera all others sould
leave, aud he would thus be thrown ensiFeIy .l al &C.
s.nPalion, without even prospect Of amendment Mr.
Western OF counsel ioi she complainant Opposed The
Gauss ~ speech o. great ability, N which he depre-
Gated, "a the seycrest terms, the Trades Bnoo avs
ten. Peter Collins then called. who being swcrn.
Iestifsd follows:
l. JeurneyInan Stone Cuusr-has l,sn for 81 wear.
Knows ihe plaintiffs, and y IN their employ-sheir
shop was IN 18th Sireet-in july last lhpy employed
Joufne ymen-they cutting stone for Mr. Gloomer
lot ms house on the corner of Broadway aud Duane
stree-miiness was IN their employ that time-Tud-
oInys'ie ana siaein came TO their shop in July
they came on Saturday, and Monday they were ar.
rested and put IN Jail-fhey tod The workn,en who
were eating dinner that they must quit work at thar
shop-n was between Il a.i1 . e;ock when they came
-Chry site spoke first and told them 10 onit
there-witDess told him ne committing himself
and was liable TO be taken up for 1.-THE defendants
then said they would give them until Friday night and
That they did not quit Them, should work here
thereafier-they knew that defendants were a COM
miltee.
MIR. Whiting for the defence, here made strong oh
Jechons TO the testimony of this witness as TO the cause
mat induced the Journeymen of Cameron & Hughes 10
leave their employ. But Judge IT, ruled ths, 4 might
be received. Mr.. Writings exception was nored.-
They all quit on Tuesday bur one-Collias. NcCabe
Taylor, Dixon and who has since gone TO Cuba
Walker quit before Tuesday-Fagan said he would
not work longer there for fear he would he scabd
knows Alexander Grant was in their e,npIov in JuIv
-urant never worked any after the committee
came to the shop-lhey did not quit work until Tues
DAY nghwitness quit on account of threat of be-
ing put on the scab ls-witness attended meeting of
the Stone Cutters Association, of which he was MEM
Der, on the following Wednesday-hey (the Journey
mem never returned TO c. g. H.-they were employed
on Boomers conract-they could not execute Bloom
er contract because their bad left-the services
OF the Journeymen worth SO cents day-July il
very good business month and the season until New
is the same.
Cross-examined-Was member Of the Stone Cutters
ASSOCIATION IN 1854, and until they stood out in
May l03o-was turned out Of the society because he
was scabbed-has been at meeting in Juse-was NOT
there when they made the book of prces-does not re-
member when the strike for wages took pace-they
STOOD out weeks-wness stood out q monrh-C ame-
ron q Hughes belonged 10 the society when witness
joined it-knows nothing about the appointment of The
commltiee-C. d.. III. were jeurne men, and stood ouf
Tor wages during the stand out-they stood ou for two
dolars-he brown stone men also stood out and wanred
draft OF the price book-a committee wns formed IN
meet MIR. Boomer, who bad offered to find work by the
day, and not 10 furnish state prison stone-Cameroo
Hughes, McCluskey, and Duncan were on the con,n,
tee TO meet with Mr.. B.-does not know whether C. and
ii. ever reported on the conference with B.-they G.
and ii. were tired for breach of trust in taking a
workI'hey were found guilty. and suspended or nine
months, and deprived of holding any ofce-does NOT
know who built the shop in 10Th slreet- il said that
Booner built 1.-THE stone came from Iisincston's
quany-wiibess was one OF the first who worked with
them at 81 per day-wiiness quit because there was
state prison stone-C. & H. shut up shop for several
dass-ihe shop was shut up ohe day and half after
witness leu their employ-Cameron worked for VIM
Brown as Journeyman while the shop Was shut nm
Blsoner sent the stOne-wiiness would not worn on
state prison sone-ner G. and H.-le Livingston quarry
belonged to Bloomer and Wilson--B. furnished the
money TO pay the men-Peierkin wac not partner az
Y. and H. IN The Bloomer business-the committee asked
no quesions and gave for making tkem quit
he was not threatened, only be- knew he would be
blackguarded-a the mea worked all Saturday after
noon-the committee werr put IN jail ON Monday--af
the meeting he asked ii the committee had rsbe-
haved, aud witness said they had n0t-reiurned 10 c.
ii. in days-told c. & II. he would not work there.
because the association against them-Dxon told
the Committee there was no state prison Stone
Re-examined BY Mr.. Wcsern.-The committee told
them they fAght do as they pleased but if thew did NOT
quit they would be scabbed--would not have Quilted
If committee had not visited The shop--C & H. did not
take the contract until the society had given il up-C.
& H. are bosses conractors-rhev had other worL
than Bloomers-when c. & H. came to the meeting IS
get men TO work for them, they were put ou-tbe com
mittee came because they jealous because C. e.
H. had gotten the ob-by the constitution of the Asso-
ciafcn no man could be scabbed except he worked on