The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-08-11

The TRADES MOVEMENTS - The ISLANDERS
AGAINST TIE HERALD.-By reference TO another
column, it will be seen that The Printers Unloa
would not permit reporter To be present a. ther
meeting on Saturday night They havs al undouht-
ed right TO hold their meetings in private, II they
wish though il never looks wei! in this republican
country, where opinion is unfetteved, aud speech
is free, 10 hold star chamber meetings, after the
fashion of the monlycheal countries of Europe.
However. that is a matter of taste, and socialism
may have had a hand in Introducing it, especially
as the great gun Of the sect, in this city, Horace
Greey, is the President of the Printers U Mon
This is all right but there is one thing which is not
right. and that is 10 SANDER the Herad Mr. Crate
stated what he must have kpo AZ very well was
not the fact, namely, that The HsraH is the enemy
Of the cause OF labor, and Is opposed to labor move
ments. This is good joke when, in all proba.
bllty, every printer IN The room knew that the
Hoatd is the only paper in the city, with one ex-
ception, that pays the highest prices to the com
positors. Prior to the agitation of these labor
movements, Mr.. Bennett advoca ted remunera-
tive prices for labor; and when the movement
commenced, he set example to the proprie-
tors of every paper in New York, and to the bosses
IN other departments OF trade by UOitntGty raising
his prices TO the highest point. This is a strange
mode of showing hostility to the cause of labor.
Again, the Herad does what no other paper in the
city does Il pubshes full reports OF the proceed
ings of the meetings OF the trades who "strike"
for higher prices, aud by its immense cir
culation, spreads the sentiments Of these men
over the community, thus materially aiding them
in their struggle. For example, the Herald is
the emily paper that publishes anything like reports
of the congress of trades The reports in the
I'i6ame being mere hotch potch, half report and
half comment and generally about half the length
OF those in the HeTdd.
Again, let any compare the reports of the
taitors' meetings in the Herald with those of any
other paper, and he will see which is the best
friend OF the trades. Take one instance. On Sat-
urday, the Sd instant, great meeting of tine tailor.
was held in the Park. The only paper that con
tanned a word of the proceedings, next day, was
the Sunday HUdid, which had an outline of
half column, which was appropriated, on Mon
day, without acknowledgment, by the morning pa
papers; while the Herald of the same day, contain
ed full report Of the proceedings, extending to
three columns. Which paper, on that occasion
best served the cause of labor! Some express
sions, attributed TO speakers, have been de-
MED; but the most material of these has
been sworn TO by two disinterested Witnesses and
othefs were ready To swear 10 the same fact,
namely, that Mr.. w. V. Barr did say the "capl-
tasis were backed up by 900 thiering policemen"
IL would be far better therefore, for gentlemen to
speak more cooly at those meetings, than to find
fault afterwards when they find themselves faith
fully reported, and the expressions appear too strong
to the public, or to their ewn calm judgment
Ii the Herald occasionally differs with some Of
the speakers at these m. etngs, to the mode of
managing the strikes, surely the editor mas a
right TO express his opinion. If he deprecates the
insidious ENGRAVING of socialism upon these move
ments, he has an equal right to give utterance to
that sentiment, without being miscalled an enemy
OF the cause of labor.
We find that this Mr.. Crate is the secretary of
the Congress Of Trades, and on two or three occa-
sions he was called TO account for neglect OF duty
which was all reported in the Herald. Whether
this may have sharpened his ire last night, we can
not say. But one thing is pretty clear, and that is,
that the Tribune ard its apostles have poisoned the
minds Of many Of the tradesmen against the
Herald but the vast majority of them are too sa-
gacious, and have too much sense to place any re-
lance upon the statements of the organ of Fourier
ism and its clique 1t is absurd on the very face
of to say that the Herald could have any selfish
Object TO serve in opposing the cause Of labor. IL
If quite manifest that its interest is Just the very
reverse.