New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-14
THE FrREYEN AND COAL PassERs

A meeting Of the men engaged in this occupation in
the steamships and steamboats, plying to and from this
port met "Wednesday night at KerTgans HeadqlatsrA
White at Considering that large number OF the men
engaged in this branch Of business Necessarily have
been absent from the City the meeting large one
there being nearly four hundred persons present jams
Mclaughlin wa called the chair He read the reqIi~
ton and G, plaiDed the objects of the meeting II he
ssd to demand increase Of For the frem-n on
steamships they int nded demand $40 per month instead
SIS and for coal psssers $50 instead Of So month
For hremen on steamboats, $50 in place Of 80 and for
coal passers t25 instead Of $50 per month No one he
| conterded could say. considering the price OF
troyi-ioDs end rents lat this any eIDrb ant
TO gain this the would. however. have to be unani
mOu for without union among themselves nothing could
he done He read q list Of the names Of the ships whose
had subscribed 10 the getting up Of the meeting 10
the amount OF go The men would nov have 10 CONSIDER
whether they would strike at and when he you'd
recommend q Committee to carry out the objects OF the
| meeting A Committee Of Zen then appointed for
that purose. Thomas Dawson proposed that the rnen
strike Friday This proposal was received with load
cbeorS Samuel Brdgewood on the part Of the men on
the Atlantic steamship stated that they were ready to CO.
operate with their brother hremen in any action they
would take but they could not turn out Friday ~ they
had to sign articles TO Thursday as the ship
would 60 out on saturday
Mr. Dawson said they might not fear turning out and
refusing ign the article one Of the other men
would 90 in their place.
Mr. Brdgewood proposed that Thur.dsy instead of
Friday be day which the out should take place
and then tie men Of the Atlantic would join.
Mr Dawson in secondpg the resolution. stated tha
Of the lines would refuse giving the wages na tue
George Law and the Parker Vein Lines He heard also
that belonging to the -hip yonlns. who nal
signed articles agreeing to pac pate in the 'tr<e had
been ocbsrged from that ship by the engineer for doing
3d. and cooTed men employed in their sieads
msn named Parker one Of the men thus discharged
cooborsod this statement and said that the "ngsers
were at present at work on the chip.
After further debate the question was put az to
having the strike take place on Thursday when was
.foloc Diav No 4 Horfh andc a q mall
the steamers in the river commencing al the battery ana
going round
The Chairman said he hoped all would appear in one
dress (bue sbrs belts and caps as much alike as posi-
BILE The meeting soon after adjourned
The 6remen and coal passers assembled at the
Battery on yesterday morning pursuant to the resolution
passed Of their meeting the previous night When our
reporter arrived these before A n nearly one hundred
OF them the ground The conductors OF the move
ent however did consider that that number WAS sui
fceut to make the desired impression and after dis
cusson it was agreed remain time longer to see
if Others would not join and in the interim committees of
threes ar 6ves were TO the different boarding houses
also to the steamships and boats along the 10 hurry
up the hands Squads Of rcenorc, ment continu
ally arriving. and the committees deputed to boarding
houses returned and reported that they had walked up the
men and the committees Of ships and boats reported that
the men stated they would join the procession in its route
The procession about o'clock formed int, line and under
the direction Of JAMES MACK the Marshal for the day
moved along The North River.
| The fret cell the men msde 10 the steamboat
Vanderbilt the engineer OF which said that there would
be as high rate wages paid tina; boat any other
Some Of the men did not satisfied with this answer,
bat II wsr at length agreed to pass II for the present
The Empire State the next vessel visited The eng-
neer this boat raid that the highest wages which others
gave would be given Here the men determined to make
stsnd md should have adefnie yes no from
I II 20 Tho hand haa TTT n
would not be granted and the men then raised cleet
and called for the hands on the Empire State AZ nus
call the hands up from the hold by ones ana t"os
and fell into the rank. when the positive promise OF an
iucrta se Of wages was given -
Tt Star Of the West the next ship visited ami the
engineer appeared deck and addressed the siriHer
ard said that the better way for them was to 60 ~ me
first class steamers before going to any obe a. all wond
be forced 10 adopt the wages in them given The men,
partly satisfied with this answer were going away when
was announced that the Star of the West had WIN
drawn ts promise Of an increase of pay and Immediately
after the bands of that boat again joined the prooess1n
The Knoxville Of the Savannah Line was the next snip
visited and before nogiced Oy the olcers ia com
mand committee of six had gained the deck OF the yes
rel and cheered for the hands t. turn out Capt hldow
with about half q dozen of the officers connected wan
the ship rushed deck and ordered the his vessel
as he was commander there and Aseverated he would
put bullet through any person who re named on the
deoks Of his vessel without his permission The men
then down and the captain stood on the gans""y
to talk to them He said he did not want moo law, nor
would be submit a. il if his were not sashed VITA
the wages they had they could speak 10 him AMI their
could settled without any OUTSIDE influence.
lie wAs answered BY Mr.. Mack and Mr. Rays that the
mCn who then formed the procession were not OUTSIDER
but persons doing their own business and asked Co
niitee of sx four three would be permitted TO 20
on board the ship Csptsn Ludlow answered, No, de
cidedy not for the first man who would attempt 10 otce
his way board he would shoot him. and cautioned me
that if they attempted any such thing be was armed
with six revolver pistols which he would use. lie was
then asked If man would be permitted to 60 on board
| to the men, and he gave reply in the negative
Mr. kays in reply said why, Captain YOU need not
abe ssid that man could drag your hands ashore
I'VE merely desire to speak the do not intend
40 fight oh said the Captain a. for that matter
81 II DO oil the fighting for the hands myself Won cannot
see the not if YOU remained until night when hey
20 on the streets you them. but not here just
a. the Captain had delivered himself Of this last sen
t,nce there was shutting of feet heard behindn aud
re we've ALI hands on the ship drawn up line at the
head Of the gGngway and ready to Walk down 10 JOIN tAe
! procession. There pause for lie" SECONDS anu
| the were proceeding down the gahg"sy curing
which time there a consultation between the aPian
and Engine Smith when the latter gave the word 10 the
hands TO halt turn back their work and that the wages
/ demanded would be gwen
| turned out The Parker Vein Line refased-the msn
turned out The strikers they passed along went on
each wharf cheered and called for the men, many OF
whom joined the procession Just as the procession hd
arrived AZ West 81 IN front of the George Law Dock,
messengers arrived from the Star of the West aud the
James Adger ask the hands back and that the rae OF
wages asked for would be given. The procession was
laed and the men connected with these vessels ordered
in front and sent back The George Law DocH was then
visited but would be given aud the
out The men then went up to the Collins Dock at the
foot Of Canal where they met by MI Barnard aud
Cspt West who told them that all was arranged, and
the increase of agreed on before they had come up
a; all. -
After giving three cheers each for Mr. Collins. Mr. b.
nsrd and Capt West. the strikers went Canal ST. TO
kerrigans Headquarers and assembled in the large room
70 consul, as their further progress Mr. IHoRNE was
called 10 the chair and after some discussion. was
agreed 10 appoint Committee OF three with power 20
d1aw up and have printed and posted placard for call
Of fha me- on b