The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-07-26


On Tuesday evening. the Congress OF Trades met in
the Court sfOyer and Terminsr in the OLD City Hall
Mr. Bailey. president In the chair.
A resolution was adopted. demonstrating With the
Common Council for the system Of contract. adopted
by that body. which deprived the honest mee hn MO
and the lsDorer Of fair remuneration for his work
while threw enormous profits into the hands Of the
contractor Who paid the lowest prices for ab,r
and had every thing badly done The resolution was
rrcpoed by Mr. Bsily the Chairman. delegate from
Efaoi,.o Tbs, Commute. se .epon .ss 10 pr.D,r.
kodress to the Con Council Of the city
nsn rfovdns by law sssns the letting 81 soy %.fs II
@ ns ms sn or Sa az not -S"
t,e Ir.r, Of ueh eeptIaet IN the habit complying with
or nr"is, sion Of their employers y Wv '''''
Mr. Pam brought forw ard resolution sympat hiking
with the tsilors in their struggle for fair remun.rs
tcp for their labor from the bosses snd sustaining
them in their present strike, and recommending th.m
to start coop~rative society In which they would
1eir ~ employers 1t was ss follows
usyed Thst We syupathse with the .sor. .,rug-
e. Sc them 70 live without seins espsna.a, on 1.ysy sna
nut N rer, Si G,d ISIS ss ,,.Sr
the FER, NO. m.tirs Ter their r..t ,.,-.,
protection Of labor, was useless There had been
enough Of It In England and ~here the working
cissc. In such miserable condition as in that
try What was wanted wss TO make labor free by
giving the freedom Of the land IN limited
to all Who chose to occupy II. (Cres OF question:
Mr. g Ncclo,xry said &. was in favor Of the r..ou-
ton but he did not agree In the ideas OF the last
sp.stsr. The great evil In that convention the
Introducing into w. night after night Of matters and
thing, which did not properly belong to IL II they
wtre soinr 10 max. - land reform association. Why
let III cay so and then they would each
oth'r End The public would understand hem too Bat
tit va sn industrial congress h. hoped they would
Re- TO IN. point Tor they would find plenty to do,
without going into speculations foreign to trades
mstt.rs
Mr. ions poSsrrIy. representative % the tailors
vho ,prsred 10 be lame and was leaning on a stick
mad stat. nepi relative e. the tsilors' stsihe aud
ths snir Mr. Lopgstrr-ts H- regretted to say that
tb. tAilc,, we're not orgsnr.d as thew ourht 10 bs
b.. IN cd az he
and ~ with this view that IN. present strik. .as
e,nr're'd In the hope that IL would ultimately lead
70 an organization In ~hieb they would he their Own
boss.s srd work for thems.lves tCh.ers) The
aai,m'rts In the newspapers In reference to the
matter heis'en Lonsstreet and the ts'lors VAS
not true when the bill fret brought to Loagtrt
b utterly re'ussdto psy And ~h.n Germ-n
tsttr york ire NJ that house day he met
y, sio'bsr tser Who put his hand before hin, N stop
him merely e. tsh 80 him ~ did not Assault him
al Tn German dit not understand Erglish. and he
We goirs on. the othsr va stopping him But when
Isprs'r.'t snd two policemen. Who living In wait
'nw els' oscurres they rushsd frwsrd and arrested
TIE 'rhhmsn The account In the papers vas all
W 'r,rs with deep s.pulehral voice, that made
~ ir,tfN-T u we orly in the H,fald
putosr,-Yes and III. Sun
Mr. Io>SrLIf- The tsilors gathered together 113 Of
Icts tr."ts men and they ~ent 20 his place peace
fUls End crd'ry to sk him to sign the bill Instead
a. hat h. men attsek.d them wih every kind OF ~ea-
rons ard csc ~ the Germans received dreadful gash
from htr 81 iron lie hoped thu d.iegates would tell
ii'r constituents not to depend what they in
erN Of the pspsrt
W. kA,sth- Tbere we're always two sides 20 a story
1ong''ret had told his The tsors' story vs. yet TO
teiold rno fr'm hat b. hsd hard and hsd reason
To- hlsvr Lorrstrset and his m. n would hnd them.
sely's before long ~ tho wrong hox
w fRrssid the Lee always stood IN the ~ay NJ tn.
t1sc's wt'r they wanted 10 do anything for them
i'ltes IL va fad thaf they combining against
Ne bosses and The Law wss sgsinst combination
THIN sear they were told " sli political sctiou,
emo The bio dhound- ~ the press With their reporters
e,mirs h.rr and their editors coming ont and
hs NJ down town sneering at VS. "a they did at me
~" Other day The papers in the city are srrsved
sgtirti YOU and they condemn YOU beforehand The
FbfarSs Isryrfer those ttrkes combinations
ara tlat combination wont do Say that combine
~ that IN. taicrs ought to go sbsad. But the
erat ~orh for ttis Copsress IL the law-to get
TIE lac ~ combination changed TIL this u done
you viii have goo policemen pouncing upon you
~. You tsk. sctive step TO redress your
,risvtrr.s Political se,ion u the word (Cheers) A
me- bsnic e.p do an, thing. " he will try lie can
change the sw by political sctior and he can make
n.w isvt a. veil az any lawyer A good mechanic is
q coed layer . good doctor, GOOD everything
Osush'sr)- whereas good doctor or n good iawysr
" guod for nothing els. Usugbter) 60 In for the
have never RIGHTLY combined yet In the carpenters
usde 10 wbieh belong I never fourth OF
them united together yet vith even partial COM
bnston. they hsve raised their TO 81 80. in
stssd 81 working for ~. they would be W u
not for stfikes No doubt " vii be said In the
papers. 20 motro~ that made q long vnded speech,
srd rsf am loeting for seat In the Congress Of
TIE Unhed states uruehter) eenfess do wish
very much fer s.sestin Congress tRenewsd lsuxhter
The resolution vas then put from the chair, aud
adopted, and the Congress then adjourned