New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-22
.,oycsHoRgMENs u D. socIE rY.
,,,onr or THE COMMITTEE OF cosvrnssor.

.,,oKr OF TIE COMMITTEE OF cosyrRgscE.
80. evening, the Committee Of the I.ong'hore-
..ss u. b. Sosiety appointed TO confer WITH toe
.rcbaas presented their repor, to NEE ing OF inc
cse;ety, In Tammany Hall. There we're about tx
.,,dred men present Yhe chair Was taken oy 'ne
pr,siceni OF the Society, Jso. II. WILLIAMS, wac
,..t,d the object Of the meeting, and, on the Pa'
,,e Committee whom be had accompanied Pre'ehed
lie following report
The Committee visited DE Chairman OF fhe nef-
sssDts COMMITTEE, Capt Morgan a. ~
IN, on Friday, and presented the declsoh Oh 'os
Society in favor Of compromise wncn NC ie0e,'''
|. 4 friendly way and said IT met - approosush,
and that he hoped to carry II through. oe' cvTn
,lahi1g further till be met the nerchan's On Eusng9
IL be ::d ns ~ Cammi..se met Capt Nor
80 AGAIN whsp be stated tina. the Merchants were
nspimous assinst accepting the terms proposal Aao
,h,t tev said that when in April last the society de-
,ospded an advance Of 2j cents 1t was gvea wthoa.
.sY compromise and that pie 1ty Of labor could DO"
~ had at o. 50 10 Oh IS per day, At wscn rste .ns
"a lands were coming in. The Committee concluded
by recommending all who could &c. WORK a. 81 ~
psr day to take it at once, tosH oeei 'n,
rhs, the merchants are able to afford II, they Will
sIyapce wages TO the sum the men now strike Tor.
The PREsIDEsT said that the meeting hsd oeen
.sfed on SuDdsg evening, that the men might decoe
!, once and II they resolved 10 accept ~ cay go
;. So,k on Monday morning. II VS. for the messing
~ decide whether they would do so, or take ssnd
neiII; be recommended the meeting TO CONSIDER me
natter vsu. The merchants know that the skilled
i.hoy of old hands more valuable tnan that OF
- hands and the President said they would, no
aoub, Day more, when better able Uader all the
ereumttaI ces Of necessity on the part ~ the msn,
and con petition in the labor market, The best course
IA for the men 10 take the ~ day. 1t was deli
ssts thing 10 advise men On their own business; bat
he believed his motive was known TO be desire
for the good Of the working men, Tie thought that
It lesst large majority OF the men wne willing 70
bks 49, Had the merchants, at the ou'tet, csndldy
stated 10 the men that the contraction 10 their bas
pes compelled reduction OF wages tbs men would
have at once acceded but some merchants had re-
duced wages before others they forcu part of toe
men 10 accept less wages than others got also, tDey
had not given the men time 20 consider.
JAMys KELLEY, one Of the Committee, addressed
,hs meeting TO the same effect as the President.
when one man goes TO work. hundred folio him,
ana there would be 10 the Society holding out,
gnl,ee they were sure that not even ons m 81 would
,vs lie. lie moved that 81 30 TO 81 70 should DC
accepted.
emsdera alton, the President said there was an erro-
,Aous IMPRESSION on the minds of some employers
thst the Society had been formed for dictaton the
intention was to produce moral and SOCIAL benefits,
and this the result realized.
No oae addressed the meeting for against the mo-
~.
On show of hands, the CHAIR declared the motion
carried by an immense majority, and congratulated
as meeting on the good sense shown by their deter
pinstion, which, he was sure would tell well with the
employers when they able to advance the rate Of
wages He also congratulated the meeting on the
rood order they had observed. The result would pos
;bly lead the merchants to inquire more into the OBJ
eets Of the Association and even TO support it, when
they found that the desgn was not to dictate TO en-
poyers but to promote benevolense, such ss giving
sweekly allowance to sick members social and moral
Improvement, and good understanding between the
ssploy ars and the men.
The President asked the meeting to make the
vote unanimous. The Yeas and Nays being called
for the vote was unanimous.
The former resolutions, opposed to that adopted,
were. on vote unanimously rescRd0d.
The meeting then adjourned. The proceedings
we're quito orderly.