New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-18


Goat bindings II glazing $500. l 81 ncn one
Goat bindings glazed and dummled-- D OO "a
Black splits to be charged ia cents per dozen more than
colored work.
In this department individual men are to look for an
advance of prices equivalent to about 81 cents per Dozen
upon those now paid' ,
TWAS resolved that in order put the working by
the day upon equal footing of advance with the raised
wages piece work. the standard wages should be egt
dollars and half per week, uniformly The chairman Cd
served that he considered the extended rate poor enough
for a man to exist upon and support family.
After some discussion il was resolved to appoint com
re from each shop represented at the meeting whose
duty il would be to submit the scale now agreed upon to
the bosses saturday morning.
and after asceranng the opinion of all the bosses and all
the men, decide general strike shall take place this
''T The following Committees appointed:
NEwYoRK.
ar E,n;ls Messrs Mcguire and Fanely.
Kerrigan & Sons .Messrs. o Donnell and Hueson
Journeymen establis Mt Messrs. Murray and Spaine.
NEWARK.
Geo Watts. Mr.. Nash.
AIR .Messrs. Ward and lIueston.
MIR Youngs ...........M essrs Cleary and Melton.
BROOKLYN
Mr. Rusbpelps NIessrs Caynor and Fanelly.
Mr. Clarke's $4,000 Messrs. Doherty and Rogers
HoRoKES FERRr-A meeting Of the inhabitants of
Uoboken was held Saturday night at Baumers Hotel
for the purpose of hearing the report OF the Committee
consisting of Abraham Van Boskerck, C. w. khekener
and j. w. Board appointed at previous meeting to con
fer with the Managers of the Oboen Ferry relative to the
rroosed change about being made by that Company in the
nricipg Of commutation tickest being stated that no
communication tickets would be issued for lesperod
than twelve months. This contemplated alteration caused
quite an excitement among the inhabitants OF that village
and meeting held to demonstrate against IT. at winch
the above Committee appointed to confer with the
Company and this meeting had assembled to hear the re-
mort H. Walkly, the former Chairman, called the
meetpc TO order soon after eight O'Clock. Mr. Board,
th Secretary read the minutes and resolutions passed the
former meeting Mr. Van Bo-kcrck then made the report
ON behalf of the Committee He stated that they had waited
on Mr. Evans and had conference with him, and he
promised that he would be present himself at the meeting
and then explain hi, views and those OF the Company
1t was then agreed 10 wait short time Tor te arrival Oh
Mr. Evans before any further steps would be taken soon
after Mr. Evans arrived, and then entered into minute
statement of the affairs of the Hoboken Ferry Company
since t establishment lie stated that for the last twelve
wears that the Company in existence the expenses over
The receipt. was Si 3s5 The nal capital invested in
The Company was $4,000 The insurance ON the boats for
that pcrod was 100000 and the rent of u lots at lloboken
occupied for the of the Ferry would bring S3oOOO,
and this in al would make Sl9L661 FOR the past year
the expenses the account which had Just been
made up-hat is. ls52-over the receipts was SlsOll
Rent for the oboken Ferry side $500 insurance of
boats $1,000 interest on capital. $1,000. All OF wAch
made S3ags without speaking of the cost OF the Ferry
franchise The Company he stated did not regret this
great nense as was more than made up them by the
Increase of the value Of the lands lots worth but 500
Ten wears ago were worth from to two thousand
dollars The Company had no interest which could be
the Company considered that they should cndeavor Ia pro
tect themselves from imposition. Any one who would go
across the boats could perceive that nearly one nan OF
the passengers claimed to be communication passengers and
vet the receipts from tins class OF passengers made only
one month of the entire receipts ne ala not Know now
it occurred. but 50 II was. Inc ferry Masters
were not able to protect the Company. One per
son came and claimed TO be communication passenger,
but said he had forgotten his card, and it would be
hard to pevent him going across or charge him
if he really communication passenger Ihen AGAIN the
day wet and there was no desire To keep the persons
standing the rain get out their tickets and frequently
rush just the boat was about to start ana some
ran on saving cOmmuted ana those having charge could
not tell whether they did not The object III desiring
that those tickets should be taken out FOR year was 70 en
bic the ferry TO learn To distinguish the faces OF those
who would be really commuters that birds OF passage
they had been called rO0Sters Tor month or two
could moi claim To be commuters and thus fraud the
Company would be prevented 1t was not the intention to
charge the price of the twelve months once but only
that the money should be padhree months in advance and
then paid the end OF the next turee months
However, rs the Jersey Ferry Company had made ar
Fragments issue Communication tickets for six months
The HobOken Ferry would do the sane MT Evans theh
stated the many acts the Company had done to improve
the ways leading TO Hoboken How they had taken all the
stock that unsod of the Plank Road 10 Paterson
and also of the Plank Road % West HObOken, and in
s,anced many other similar acts and complained that the
former Secretary had acted unkndy IN calling meeting,
wihOu, speaking any of the Company on the sub
lect and having the proceedings OF that meeting published
IN five Fix papers IN foreign state as sHch would be
looked upon by those who unacquantod with the
workings the Company censure on the management
and was calculated 10 do great dead OF mischief lie then
Catherine St. South and Jersey Ferries, and stated
that the Hoboken communication was lower than any
Of the other ferries particularly for ladies as on others they
charged 50 81 per and the lowest - 90 while
the HobOken Ferry they only charged 81 90 and
thus though nearly the seyeneghs OF the persons who
went over as committed passengers, were females lie
hoped that the meeting acted only nconsiderey and he
did not intend to attach intentional wrong to any This
is An outlnc but embraces all the material points in Mr.
Evapss statement There resolution OF congrltua
zion pased 10 the people OF Hoboken on learning the true
STAT, f how matters were and OF thanks 10 Mr. Evans for
his exclamation after which the meeting adjourned.
HomIcIDE SEA, ARREST or THE PERPETRATORS
.sp IseUIsITioS OF TBE CORONER-COroner Gamble Sat
nrday morning. held nquestst the Second Ward Police
Station upon the bodyof coored man named Henry Miller
whose death occurred Thursday night last on board the
ship American Congress while on her passage from London
to this port consequence OF fracture of the skull caused
by blow from beayingpin in the hands of Michael
Reardon passenger board the vessel The deceased
cook of the vessel and difficulty between him
and Reardon when he threw scading water in the
face of the latter and aterward struck by him and
killed The following testimony adduced:
Bridget Muller, residing at No. l46 Cherry.st sworn
says am the wife Of Henry Miller deceased have been
married years in May coming he shipped on the I'd
last on board the ship American Congress as cook
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