New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-29
They were opposed to all physical Demonstration,

and would offer no resistance to the constituted
authorities. The employers and police have been
the instg atofs Of all the paper emeutes which have
been Published. He hoped the tailors woald have
the sympathy Of the bossted free press Of Amerca,
and that that great engine for the formation Of
pubic opinion should not be the instrument Tor ths
INTERPRETATION Of the Labor Movement. He
here had reference 10 the false police reports Ia.
serted in the city Jews OF some Of the New Ork
papers which he limited were paid for by the ty.
famous employers. Labor wss the foundation OF
all wealth, and made New.YOrk what il was, and
the labor OF the tsilors clothed the people. la con
clusion he asked the journeymen If they would not
suffer everything than 90 TO work at less than the
established scale Of prices he REQUIRED agsln 70
the newspaper press, as through II oil Europe was
looking to see the results OF the g'ea, movetneh'
now spreading throughout the Union. Has II come
to this that iourneyman tailor can get no work
in free America One gigantic effort must De
made There's good men among you. we can
start cooperative stores and thus support ourseVes
and raise the wages.
Dr. Hart spoke of the great number OF tne taiors
Of New-York, and their consequent power, tnelr
POOR reward. Your will is omnipotent. Command
your own capital and be your own masters nS
made several appropriate alusions, and coIcluded
by saying the Journeyman was the lord OF tns
soil. At the mention Of Longstreet groans ana
Kisses followed.
The Chairman Of the Meeting Mr. CoxMERyoRD)
referred to the expressions the Journeymen re-
ceived from certain employ ers-Longstreet hayes
& Snow Conant q Bal. and Martin IN Broadway
who was waited upon by Committee o4s rom
the reception they met the COMMITTEES ieis us
shop, in order to keep the peacel' COnan'' ne
ssid, claimed to be Of Revolutionary descent, and
saws bis firm will be damned before they sur
render 10 the Journeymen Tsiors, on which ez-
preston he commented, and Instituted comparl'
son between the Revolution OF l776 and the peace
ful revolution of the New York worklngmen IN lo?V'
He said that 80 years ago the mechanics complain,
ed Of their condition they scarcely ever received
less than 10 shilDgs, while provisions, &c were
much cheaper than now, and then reflected upon
the hard condition Of the Talors now, and OF their
employers Hayes Snow, Willam-st saying
the reason they gave their Journeymen the peg
carly pittance, which both the American ana 0er-
man Tailors Associations have struck against, wa
through charity" Conant & Ball use the same
expression. He here dxelt upon the misrepresen-
tations that the press had been making OF the
$4,000 men engaged 10 the Labor Movement, who
advertised in and patroniZed their sheets. lney
are faithful to the capitalists and are not IN favor OF
their readers. Why have they not informed the
public that the Workingmen OF Paris have 1870 CO.
operative shops on large scale and composed OF the
different trades in successful operation, and where
The Laborer was his own employer They dare not
do it, and iftbey would they would 30 mlsrepresent
these movements as TO contound their readers de
had nothing to say against the Police, and signed
the petition to increase their yearly pay, but was
sorry that some of them were totally unit for
the responsible station they occupied, but not
all. In some Of the Wards so men were
employed to keep the people in subsection II
have, no such force would be needed
With respect to the Tailors' wages, who can say
it was enoughl He suggested the Land Reform,
and was loudly appiauded. Get the thousands Of
Tailors now working for less than mere
subsistence off to the Free Lands of the West BY
contributions, &c among yourselves, and the en-
/ ployers would soon come to terms. The employ
era are afraid OF this REFORM and Of its beneficial e
fects, and that is the reason they so strenuousy
oppose it here in this City and by their tools 10
| Washington Franklin never expected the people
would be reduced to this condition; for with his
far.seeing wisdom he foretold the effects
Of Land Reform in bis conversation with
the foreign ambassadors at Paris. He said that in
1885 the Taiors conducted their strike on the very
same plan, and met with no such obstacles, found
no such course was tahen by the police. de SAID
that there were 1000 Tailors, and Insufficient notice
had been given, the meeting in their sympathy
would have been much larger, and that the 5000
Associated Labore,s would have attended TO
man. Let the aristocracy beware The Tailors
will be enalaved no longer. He meant this In
moral but not in physical sense. The w all a.
capitalists had their secret caucuses and assocla-
tions Of all Sorts and was time that the w orhing
men from their mighty and present advantageous
position should make their strength known TO their
| onpressors The Workinemen OF the present day
occupied stronger position than those OF former
times We have got three points OF advantage,
! Association, LAND REFORM, and the BALLOT
.HOX Will Congress give the people their fair
share Of the land without demanding their rights !
No these and such like demonstrations must be
! periodically made, and al length our congressman
viii apportion TO portion OF the SOIL and cease
donating il to the monoPollsu under fraudulent
uretenses. as they are now doing daily. The time
I L. - 10 To haClo NEfl lin
their councils and in spite Of the opposition OF the
Landlords Whose rents must iall cote f0T me- free
! dom Of Tie Public Lands Loud and Tremendous
cheering and waving Of hats
Workingman here arose and proposed reso.
! luton which was unanimously carried, IN favor OF
all Trades cooperating, and on thorough basis,
! by the establishment OF Assocatlonshops and 80
cieties on the plan Of the Protective Union, Bs.
| kerv, Grocery and Blacksmith shop, now In fu.l
one ration in our own city. He said the wages Of
the TRilors were 60 low, that il would be deemed
! incredible. Competition has reduced labor below
living standard. Are our children, wives, friends,
| ard ali we hold dear, 10 be reared up IN such q
condition. We do not, felow-ctizens, wish our
wages lowered below the standard OF Working
men throughout the world. The Tsilors need not
fear. for the people will come to their rescue
Committees Of org snzstion would assist the va
rious trades organizations and secure their sup.
port to some general plan for relel and to secure
t. all the market value OF their labor.
"A. Heath, lof the Coopers' Cooperative Pro
tectiye Union, which meets every Tuesday even
ing at the Henry Clay House, corner Of Avenue A
and First ST. followed in most eloquent speech,
which was listened to throughout with the gresteAi
attention. The Journeymen Taiors have called
upon their masters 20 assist In the alienation Of
their class, and the people have arisen in theil
might to back up that demand. Humanity seconds
the efforts Of the Tailors. Long have they beer
enthrGlled. Organizations are going on 10 every
trade and every department Of industry to al
extent never before dreamed Of. The Journey
men Coopers Association 20 which be had the
honor 10 belong, intend 10 take the Proceeds o
their own labor and convert ii to their own use
and if il is necessary, be selfembloyers. -
You, the masses, are here, the bone and snew