New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-12

Piano FoRTr MAKKRs.-This trade, which consists o.
Americans Irish Scotch, English and Germans met las
night at the Broadway House corner or ca ~ :. AL
Broadway. Mr. f. l.. DAutersches in the (ba;r p ~
McCwdy acted as Secretary. Mr. c. Manner acted a. in
terpreter The question was whether there should ne
strike for 10 or per cent and also whether the price
should be regulated by the working for the different
shops 10y the body at large when there would be one
general price for ALL Mr. Herbert conondod II per cent
was the least that they could ask they intended to ask
advance at ALL and even then they would not be equal
of the other trades and certainly they were one of
the most respectable trades and should support their dig.
ntY and demand proper wages lie hoped their German
.Ioy rade-nen would Give unanimous. ~u,por to the
resolve of the body and back for il they did and
the movement failed that they would be then than
before they had made any attempt TO improve thecon
dton
some member whose name did not transpire contended
that il would be sufficient the present ask per
cent and when this obtained more could then be
asked for but az present some houses would refuse fifteen
per cent. while they would give ten.
MIR Herbert contended that the best to insure success
would be by permanent organization, and such he IN,
tended to propose to the body Trade was good now AMI
the bosses had always heretofore made the prices for the
men. and now that good, the men ought TO have
something say in the matter The interpreter explained
70 the German portion of the meeting according the pro
ceedings went on in English and then explained the Ger
man portion the English The question was then put and
a rise OF fifteen per cent carried by both parties
discussion then took place to the best and most equia
bic way Of arranging this rise and this was not decided on
when our reporterleit
MEETING OF CoAcHMEs-An adjourned meeting of
the private Coacmen was held last evening at the Han no
Grand ST. at which there three hundred OF
the coachmen present Mr. L. Walsh acted Chairman
and p Dowdel Secretary The Chairman stated that
the object of the meeting to hear the report OF the Com
mee appointed at the meeting on Thursday evening last
as to the prOpey Of asking an increase OF wages ana also
to take preliminary steps for the purpose OF forming sOce
ty Ii appears from his statement that the private Coach
men are receiving from SD to SIS per month with
board, and about S25 without while some receive as low
SIP yer month and board They required TO be on
duty at all hours and SUNDAYS as well week days and in
fact they have but two days in the whole year which they
call their As to the perqustes which is argued
by many swe their receipts it is known, are well paid for
by extra labor.
The Committee here reported that they met Saturday
evening and after taking into consideration the increase in
the price of provisions rent clothing &C. had agreed upon
recommending the following prices, viz $50 per month
and board s32 per month without board The report
adopted by unanimous vote and all present with the
exception of some four or five, signed the report and e
pressed their determination to move in the matter until
employers accede to their request Committee was then
appointed to draw up a suitable communication to be pre-
scented to the employers acquantng them of the proceed
ngs of the meeting and also asking them to comply with
their request
Preliminary steps taken to form organization of
the COachmcn of this and the adjoining cities after which
the meeting adjourned to Thursday evening the lith
inst, at the same place.
LADIES SHoEMAKERs-This society met at the Four
eenth Ward Hotel last evening Thomas Lomax Chair
man VIM Warren Secretary. The most of the evening
taken up in receiving reports from the different com
mittees who had been depued to wait on the different
employers of the city The almost unanimous report was
favorable and the opinion of the meeting that gen
eral strike would not be at all necessary and that they
would only have few shops to strike against There
between and three hundred present and good
deal Of money collected in anticipation of any strike,
The meeting did not adjourn till a late hour,
MENs BooT AND SHoEMARERs-A meeting of this
trade was held last night at Keens Hotel corner of Grand
and Elzabchs SITS Adam Gamble the President of the So
ccy. in the chair and Michael OKeee acted as Sec
reary The Chairman explained that the call for the pres
meeting made by the Society for the purpose of
getting together all the trade in NewYork in order that
they might make a unanimous demand for us renuncra
ton for their labor Mr. Sheridan and explained to the
meeting alengh the necessity and utility of having com
hnaton i'll their trade well in all other trades
The ShOemakors had not acted in n,On body for
years and the consequence that their rate of wages
lower than any othern the City then compared
the wages of the trade with Carpenters and other trades
and cOncnded that they had nearly twice as much wages
for hours day the Shomakes hadfor l. or hours
Four pair of boots would be rs much rs any man could
make in week and 50 pair they the best OF them
only able 10 earn week while other trades had Sl4 to
SIG Unless they combined in society this would always
be the The bosses regulated the wages as they
choose now and treated the like dogs. Mr.
Shcndau mentioned the name OF some Of the boss
shocmakcrs who, he said were the greatest tyantS
and boOdsuckcrs in existence, and contended that
the body might publish the names OF the good ana
kind employer rs well aS the men who treated theIn
miustly ard then make appeal to the public not to
support these mems and indeed the public should know
that the tyrant bosses very seldom sold good work for
scarcely any one but botches would stay with hem-at
least none would if a Society properly organized-
and the customers could not get proper good sound
work from such men, and they should not deal with
them. The trade had only their hands TO de-
pend and they ought to make an effort to support
themselves The Press they were sure would not support
them II amusing to read the article in that paper
which of all papers in NewYor had glorfed and pulled
itself up being the papcrthc only true plpe-rcly in
the interest of the workngmcn The worngmans paper
This boast was like its name lie II elucdated nothing
il explained nong-and lis light only darkness. lie
meant The SIM. lIisses The SIM writes on the phllos
ply of srkes if any one connected with knew a1g
of that science 1t SAYS the strikes only encouraged by
the law the idle and the dSsoute wokmen and that there
is no necessity for teT-that they interfere DetWcc ue
and the employed and create bad feelings There
il the SIM for YOU which has been supported and made
whatever il is bv the workingmC The elder Mr. Beach
was workngman himself and he ought to know better
than to publish this. lie begged to tel Mt Be'ch ul
This meeting was called together and the strikes were orr
gnated in all the trades by the best worken III te dner
ent bodies; and they were men who never dlSgrdceG
themselves nor did dishOnOrable act; they earned
whatever they had honestly and by hard industry
and the of the ruined and the cheated dd not sea
son their daily bread lie stated this to show the working
men how this wOrkingmans paper advocated ther c'e'
and they could then, any of them that would support H.
But he had TO complain not only OF ihe S"" Out OF paper
which surprised him much indeed I've was astonlsed
to see strikes condemned by The Ir9bUHe. lie (lr -
against strikes himself there was any other mode loo
the working to right themselves but there was not
Ii Mr. Greeley proposed substitue-sei employ
ment The working men, however were not able 10 carry
this substitute into effect They had not cApa-nor had
thcv ski-nor perhaps business talent The good book
keeper salesman cutter not always good handy
craftsman and unless every all this and that they
bad capital beside this sefempoyment could not he car
ried into effect for experience proved that cooperative
stores seldom prOSpcrcdand if they did prosper was
only when they from being the property OF the gen
eral trade into the hands of few. Mr. Greeley was
however. to be excused for he was, he believed
sincere did whatever he did in good feeling but he was
certainly mistaken When he said the Carpenters struck
for one shilling a day, he under mistake for he
should recOect that although the best workmen had -
day there were others who had only eight ten or twelve
shillncs dav and the strikes were TO make the low
-, WIN bpfn GOT the highest and