New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-20
THE DRY-GOODs CLERKS.

THE Dh1-OOODo CLEhhS
Mr.. Editor By giving the following remarks
place in your paper you viii do justice to the Dry
goods Clerks Association. In your paper of Mon
day | noticed an article, signed "Dry-goods
ClerA.D and would wish to inform the readers of
said article of the great error under which the
writer labors.
AS regards coercve measures the Clerks
do rot recognize such, but simply ask their en-
blowers to assist them in persuadng the public to
making their purchases during the day, that they
may be able to close their stores at an early hour
There is. certainly, nothing unreasonable or i'm
practicable in this request. Nor is there any paus
lille argument against such request One OF
our principal Merchants, at the head of his adver-
tsement requests his customers to make their pnr-
chases before night, and states his reasons Tor so
doing. to wit that his Clerks may be benefited
and If every Merchant would do the same, there
would be no necessity Of keeping open after dark.
No person can do business at our Bans before
or after O'Clock The public know they have
rules and regulations, and are happy to comply
with such arrangements. Could not the Dry
Goods Merchants transact their business IN -
hours? Arc no. the public willing TO comply with
such terms Those persons who were az the pub
lie meeting at the Broadway Tabernacle can best
answer this question. The Clerks do not argue for
their own personal benefit more than for the good
of their employers. Recreation IS rs necessary
for them as for the Clerks. The Clerks OF the
Association do not object to stay in the stores and
arrange their several departments after the store
is closed They wish TO establish an early closing
system, that they may have their evenings to
themselves. can see no reason why they are not
as much entitled 10 this privilege as the Merchant;
md would ask how this so-callcd compromise Is
TO be carried into effect in the thousand stores
where they employ only one, or perhaps two sales
men TIE principles of the Dry.goods Clerks
Association are mon g liberal. They wish to bene
fit the Merchant as much as the Clerk, 10 giving
him time 20 enjoy the society oil his wife and little
ones. The compromise might operate well IN
few large stores, but where il would benefit only a
few il would injure large number, and would
work much TO the injury OF the Merchants, as they
employ no more than they require while the sore
is open. Most of our Merchants have cheerfully
consented to the desired arrangement. Ii Is the
opinion of the Association, as body, that thsse
have done SO will lind it TO their advantage, and
that the rest VIII soon comply with our reasonable
request. ........
FATAL ACCIDENT on THE HUDsoS RIVER RAIL
RoAD.--An inquest was held on Friday at the
house corner OF Forty eighthst- and Eighth-av..
upon the body of an anknown woman, about hisy
wears Of age, whose death was caused by bein; run
over while standing the track OF the above rosi.
She was seen by the Engineer who sounded the
alarm, but she paid no attention to IL He then re-
versed the engine and endcavored 10 stop the tram
but was unsuccessful. The train passed over her
and she died thirty minutes afterwards She was
taken TO the Twelfth Ward Station House, where
So 81 and brass thimbi were found in her pocket.
che was intoxicated at the time Of the accident.
She was dressed in a dark colOred gown, black
straw hat, leather shoes, Nc Verdict accord
/ ipely.
! HpASp LARcESY Officer W ash Of the First
= w ard, on Friday arrested Samuel Wright, Henry
/ Johnson, Henry Lyon, and man known as Bos-
ton. charged with stealing bale OF cotton, valued
! III $50 -, the property Of Theodore Ashmore, Of
/ rs Westst. The accused, it appears, threw the
/ cotton overheard nom the vessel, and Afterwards
secured and towed II ashore. They were commit
ted ior examination.
DEATH ~ SvIcIDr-iG9uest.-T Coroner held
an inquest Oh Friday, at the house corner u Tenth
/ nv. and Forty thirdst. upon the body of Mary
! Hudson. native OF Connecticut about 30 years OF
! age. whose de ath was caused by taking arsenic
! she sent A child TO the druggists on Thursday
evening, ard stated that she wanted the arsenic 10
Kin rails In order TO deceive the other inmates OF
the House, she put some OF the poison on some
! broad and the rest she swallowed soon aiDer
| which she told her husband what she had done
! Medical aid was procured, bat proved unavailnig
| No cause il assigned for the act. She has len :
husband and several children Verdict accord
ipgy. .,.-- r.-.t Il eF
| DrsoRpYRIY WBITEwAsHEas.-Wm A. Dlxot
an aged colo-ed man and his wife were On FRIDAY