New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-11
LABOR MOVEMENTS.


JoURsrYNES Boor ARD SHOE MAKERs-Ihe
meeting Of this guild at the Broadway House on
Tuesds, nicht was well attended Silss NJ Ham
iitou vas appointed Chairman, and Mr. Joseph a
Cook Secretary. report from the Committee
with III address 10 the jo4rneymen, was read
The Committee had been appointed to draw up
plsn for the formation OF association OF journey
men shoemakers, TO be incorporated and denomi-
mated The Shoemakers Working Union The
report and address gave the details Of the proposed
organization /, concluded BY recommending the
following resolutions;
The ualer.igned Committee appointed al meeting Of
iourn-yuGn snoersksrs iof bob brsncsss Of the CIV q
Neg York AID he vlc!ay. bed Grand u Hall on MAfer
vho insrleiel 10 report upon ne pracucao,.y
respectfully submit TIE following resolutions as ne result
gl,eis Thsi il the opinion Of this meeting that it is
very e.r.b that the Journey Boot and sho-makers Of
mic city and vicinity should n AZ Incorporated company
for The purpose Of securing 10 re members constant employ
rsuL he direct patronage Of shoe buyers, and indspen
drnre Of the tyrsnncal dcaiol and eXoron OF inter-
| r,edi.te capitalists siss bosses. And It is further
,olrsC Thst The enccutageuens presented al the pre-
sert re FOR f,rmng Union. greser Than have ever
teen within - gr.sP OF sry 5ody o. "9rhns men,
| lsi = "a law authorizing Inc iofms on OF sucu
Unions ny wise regulations for heir government
| a The privilege 10 eject upon any Board OF Trustees
(which The law limits TO rine members four gentlemen os
ogushed fr business habls and accom- plishmen's and
for active p1ilanlhr Py nsmely Greeley, Richard ~
hose position character and properly ample guarantees
to all stockholders and others Interested gans losses from
81 Re,5red That hooks for forming Joint Stock Com
PAW shall opened that the shares of s:oek shall be SO
each The payment The first s2j To he made In instruments
OF moi es than per week from The lime Of subscriptions
the balance be made up from the annual dvidends OF
nrofs 10 stockholders and lha, there shall be Issued
thousand shsr-s making the net capital OF the Company
/ SIX 90 And further. It is
I Of
lake one shares Of Stock. which Committee shal
call meeting this day week at some suitable place where
the stock books NAV be opened, and al whlch nme and
! psce an election OF Trustees viii be held
| These were unanimously adopted, with much
applause. Horace Greeley then made bret adj
| dress, cautioning the iourneymen against haste
and advising deliberation and prudence, by prop
! err use of which they would succeed.
L. w. Ryckman made some remarks on the
necessity of electing careful and safe busce.s men
for Trustees. and suggested that four of the nine
might be from other works than this, If friendly to
the cause.
The President said few words in regard to &C
ton upon the Report, after which a collection was
| taken up for deiraying expenses, and the meeting
adjourned to meet on Tuesday evening next.
JouKSEYnEs UrHoLsrERERs. - Considerable
business was transacted at the meeting on Monday
evening a. Mechanics Hall, Hesterst. The at.
tendance was quite large George Hoyt in the
chair, and Denis Conckn Secretary. Several
new members were admitted. motion was
adopted that the lowest wages for iourneyme n
ought to be 81 per week with an addition Of 25 per
cent according to the workmans abilities. We
are glad TO learn that this society is growing
4 Z,
rty of the journeymen painters will soon become
members They will begin to work harmo
niously and efficiently and since their demands are
reasonable, we presume their success is not doubt
full
SASH AND BLIND MAKERs.-A full meeting OF
these mechanics was held on Tuesday night at
Convention Hal, Woos,erst. ]. L. Cagrone, Pres
iiens, aud w. T. Price, Secretary. A Committee
was appointed to revise the scale of prices pre-.
vously agreed upon, and another committee ap-
pointed to draft rules and regulations previous to
| forming an Association Several of the members
were anxious to have permanent and working
society and urged their reasons very forcib!y The
! Blind Painters are to be included i'll the organza.
ton. Adjourned to next Tuesday
III The HousEsMITHs met at keens Four
teenth Ward Hotel on Tuesday and adjourned I'M
til Friday evening, when Association is to be
formed. There are about 800 Housesmths in New
York and vicinity 200 Of whom are repre- resented to
be favorable to forming Trades Union
Coach PAIsTERs.-This association is getting
along finely. A special meeting was held last
Tuesday. Selah H. Burt in the chair, al which
nine new members joined Resolutions were ad'
opted against working for less than twelve shiings
except for the fufllment of contracts.