The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-07-28
Meeting of Taller. =, IN. PARK


Last evening, at five o'clock, meeting of
tailors and others held in the Park in pursuance
of the following call advertised in yesterday mornings
Herald
Workingmen Attend.-To the Park! TO the Park.ii-
All persons interested in behalf OF the aborng classes
are requested to meet i'm the Park Saturday. the
9th init. at tive o'clock for the purpose Of up
holding the movement OF the Journeymen Tailors of
this city: in their demands Tor justice. Come one,
come all, and help TO roll the ball" By order OF a
Committee OF w orkingmen.
There was also pacard posted on the walls to the
same effect, besides another one of rather intiam
matoTy nature headed The rights Of labor against the
rights OF thieves and idlers.m
At ave o'clock two large bodies Of taiicSs marched
into The Park one them from the Sixth Ward Hotel
and the other from Hildebrsnds in Hester street The
majority appeared to be Germans, ard there was a
large proportion Irish The native Americans appeared
to be few. 1t is said the ailors in this city number
1900 men, aEd of these the Germans 1000 that
between the tsilors and the spectators attracted by
curiosity, the numbers assembled were pretty con-
Siderable nd entitled the meeting to be called
meeting Both bodies united together in froAt Of the
MIR. John Commerford, boss mason, and member Of
the Congress of Trades, was appointed President.
c. Vale. William Day Thomas Marsh, and Thos. X
Ashley were appointed Vice Presidents.
}. X. Allen and Y. j otterson were chosen secreta
Mr.. ALLEN read the following resolutions, which
we're adopted with enthusiastic shouts OF applause
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas The day has come when the working men
of this country feel 1t incum bent upon them to
bic in public meeting TO express their views in regard
TO the rights of themselves and their ielowlsborers
and to do their duties men, fathers and bro
theirs; TO support with their greatest energies, the
movement now making throughout this broad repub-
lie in behalf Of down trodden labor to prevent the
cause Of revolution and bloodshed by maintaining
living price for their labor to prevent the growth
Of an unwholesome aristocracy, whose only aim is to
acquire wealth by the robbery OF the toing masses ;
TO place ourselves In position to successfully
bat capital to bring labor TO Its proper elevation
and that position viii sh cd man should
f-truly independent of his fellows, aud above the
position Of mere wages slave" Therefore, be it
y Resolved That the laborng man is entitled to the
q Resolved, That 1t is the duty of all aboring men
to give earnest aid eectua support to every effort to
improve the condition OF the aboring classes provided
such effort be based upon strict justice;
3. Resolved, That the demand Of the journeymen
taors for advanced wages is just and moderate, and
meets with our entire appreciation.
Resolved, That we deem 1t duty TO support the
journeymen taors in their efforts and in order to do
pledge ourselves not to purchase any article OF
clething from, in any way direct custom to- those
employing tsilors who refuse TO pay their scale of
prices.
s. Resolved That we deem II the duty of every man.
whatever his condition 10 support and assist the Ia
boring classes and particularly, we recommend the
various trade associations to take prompt measures to
sustain the journeymen tsors OF this city in their
present effort; and that eDjon upon them the ne
in the most orderly man ner possible; that we urge
them to maintain their position quietly, and the en-
ployers will GENE to them the Prophet went TO the
mountain, when the mountain refused to come to
him.
Resolved That the general appliance Of capital is
unjust, oppressive, ana ruinous 10 the people and
should be met by prompt, temperate, but unyieldng
opposition.
sge Of the necessities Of the lsborer TO force him TO
work at starvation prices Is no less robber than the
classes TO take immediate measures to make them
selves independent Of those capitalists who seek to OPP
press them and to avoid the necessities OF strikes
While they secure to themselves ample prices for their
labor
Mr.. THos. J. BIRR the first speaker He said the
difficulties under which the tailors labois all
their own fault They had the game in their own
hands II they only true to the mselves and
bined. He entreated them to hold out, and not to
they would be sure TO la ths ed They we're
abused by the police who had struck fu higher pay
themselves, but the moment the tailor. "a the same
thing the police arrested them But would the police
ceive the increased pay they demanded No! they
would not who paid The tsilorsthe people paid
them Cheers Aad cries of "thst is the stitch thats
the way TO dotheir goose y Mr. Barr made other
observations but owing TO the of ommodaton
the press and the crowd the reporter
could not catch what he said when he concluded lie
called the German portion Of the meeting 20 retire
TO the eastern wing Of the CITY Hall where they could
then retired to the spot pointed out and there
harangued by Germans In their vernHcular.
and saidhe taors lacked two strong points essential
to suecess-intelligence and combination He said
they never could succeed out by COORDINATION.
The meeting was then addressed by two tailors one
Of them an old man, who made strong appeal TO the
audience.
Mr.. CoSEsFoRp then addressed them. He denounced
the newspapers In general and the New York Herald
In particular He called the police 200 thisves lie
had signed their petition for increase Of pay for which
he very sorry; but be would be guilty Of
similar absurdty sgain.
The two meetings then broke up and both divisions
marched two three times around the Park. One
portion to the Sixth ward Hotel In Centre street.
and the other TO Hildebrands In Hester street The
line extended from the Park 20 the Bowery when
they reached their head quare they read lists Of the
names Of good and bad bosses, and Of workmen who
joined In the strike and who would not do and put
black mark on the reverse, opposite to their names