New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-12
The Carpenfer,. strike.

be JOurneyuen Carpenters " cur Llty, 70 the
number OF many hundreds, tlrned o1t yesterday IN
support Of their demand Of 81 - per day .or their
labor, and formed procession four deep and nearly
quarter Of mile long. They are sturdy vieor.
Gus, athletic body Of men, and made noble aP-
pearance They paid Is hearty compliment IS
they passed cur oEice, which we proceed 70 repay,
not BY Hattery bat by the best colase. Ne kDOw
how to give.
Tha, 81 :; per day is 10: penny TO much flr
nen who have 70 Fad their own expensive toos.
work only when wanted, and so iose great deal
Of time when they would gladly be earning AID
pay the high rents and other charges u subsistence
this City, every reasonable man must admit
The average earnings Of capable, steady wOTkraen
At this rate cannot exceed s40o per annum, which
is Just about the rent in or Ciy Of q decent
dwelling ior an average family Admit that such
family can i've in a par. Of a house which cosi'
only 600 70 $3.50 and there is bot e2,0 70 800
EFT wherewith 70 pay ior Fo1d C.oim's' < le+
and pay the bills Of doctors dentists. boo.'euef''
aewspapers &c 4. nearly al Of whom msa o.
family must deal with 70 somo extent Toe i-n.
iamentsl assumption that Joameymen Mechanics
steady. capable and eficieo, osglt 10 earn and
receive o, le AIT eIOo per anaum VIC think few vii
4 sp1te
But how shoH they earn, Or rather secaIe Ia
.um WIN strikes help them u Il As general
ulc we answer. No-deciiedly 10. They may
n this particular stance. and ia other instance
be the last desperate resource against unOeaTaoie
depression but they not to be relied on
lost noys Z strike Of Carpenters may help them 10
secure a higher and more UNIFORM rccompcnse for
their labor. and 50 be expedeIt Their work Is Ia
reat demand at present. and II the Strike should
,lacken the progress OF Building, they can easily
20 hence in April or May to \ thousand places
where their services are wanted But let the
Trade Of our City fall oil, the demand for Labor
and consequently for houses diminish and house
building thereupou receive check, then al the
Strikes and Combinations in the world cannot keep
up the price Of Carpenters worS 70 e - per day
nor anything like T. Whenever Carpenters shau
have become abundan; here in proportion to 'hc
work 10 be done by them, thea the longer main
tenance Of the rate Of wages now demanded VII
be Just impossible The best employers may keep
On paying II, as the most respectable worbmen
viii persist in demanding il but there VIII b.
other jourueymen glad 10 work az ten sAll ngs
lay aud employers ready 10 hire them. These
reetraders viii be able to Gnderbld the isir,raders
and get away most Of their custom, and in little
while the state of things VII, be quite as bad as il
ever was-pcrhaps worse.
No. Joumeymen Carpenters the real aGd abid-
ing remedy Cor the evils You suffer is not STRIFE
,ot a refusal to work for others certain cor
iitions. but resolution 70 tcork for yourselves. Il
al the carpenters who may be thrown out or lch
out Of work By this stike were 70 form promptly
Cooperative Union. choose n thoroughly competent
Business Agent and Foreman, get together
capital of $4,000 70 100000, and appeal to the pub
,ic especially to Working Men, Tor contracts "a
builders and repairers OF houses, firmly resolved 70
finish their Jobs quicker aud better than any buyer
and seller OF labor can do II that would be decid
cd step toward the emancipation Of Labor, OF their
own iirst, and then OF labor generally Thai IS not
A small nor an easy undertaking, but gigantic
and difficult one--not 20 be accomplished through
professions and cheerings but by heroism, pa.
tienoe, frugSlty, thoughtidlness, temperance and
selfdcuial As success in IL would be glorious, so
would defeat be disgraceiuL
Do you say there are no means itr u 'hfn i"'
tue unmarried carpenters OF this City resolve TO
save so each before November next though 70 do
so they have 10 live on naked bread aad beans q !
that time With this $50 each, and the spirit that
secured II, they can iortiy themselves against tic
necessity Of standing idle or asking uuy man to
lure them after one year from tins date. But 1t
they prefer to spend three iourihs Of what they
might save in theeters. bowling. alleys and gnu
shops for the next eight months, another ysar will
fad them year older but in nothing b,ter nor
mere independents than this year did, no matter
what may be the immediate result Of their present
movement Labor never can never wil be sieadf
" employ ell nor adequately paid ul II shall be ia
ible and willing - employ aud pay Itself
Journey men Carpenters we have told you the
ruth most essential to you, so far we know II.
VIII YOU think OF this counsel not me ely to-day.
bat next Fall and the 70 lowing Spring