New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-20
MEETING OF THE HOUSE CARPENTERS.


A large sbd respectable n-stug Of house carpenters
was hs.a at Convention H.il, 10 Wooster street, last
evening
Mr.. TgOsAs AcxERLEr presided over the meeting,
and Mr. WtLLiAs MORRIS acted as Secretary.
After soue discussOn the following resolutions were
adopted:
That toe employers of New.YoIi City be requested 70
r.cos pay sand. wages for re -n Savs
Der to their Efficient or ssers.s sorkmen 10 thsf Respective
enployu 1.-THE rate Of 80 peg day . tie o,b d,v ~
March 1855 The .a5dnd sssn be I'll n. pei diem ,t
WIN Wv 70 p'" ". s,r en- i, bet to e.s5.b cri,e,
non Der dsy request that class o. emp yer. 70 py
Ivs. 20 40 al in onr power bring 70 the sane eve that
css. .nd Undermining heo IN ,oe
I'd discomfort IN the fsrnie. Of industrious 'Decnsnics
.no .I ,, perpous psorce "uppins" work it i.
termed fxpeDenoe has proved 70 u' bs is only the mean
zone ess th,T half - value beside the perncou eject o.
enpoy Only one or TWO .r over dull season, when h'e
or six might be- psftis ly employed.
g. We wi implicitly adbere 20 these resolutions.
The CHAIRMAN, then, MOO notion, proceeded %
call over the nses Of toe v4riOrJ - ascar Ain
from the persons present the amount paid s RACES by
the employ ers aud the p'osptct for the ensuing i'm
mer. There was large number Of men in the NEST
ing who seemed aIa'd TO MAKE aoy statement as to
the amount paid by their Dossss. Several however.
were reported being willing 10 do whatever the trade
should agree TO pay.
The following resolution wa then put and adopted
sdvsDoe in wages We feel wsrrsn'ed ny 'ys th1t
more depreciation Of the value of by the prolonged
Of high msrkes and seady increase Of m'tenss
commodities whch numerOn 10 by ncans
teepng pace. We thereto feel mpeled BY necessity re-
spectfy solicit the employers OF the cry 10 sceie to our
proposition Of 81 day and believe IN tue WORDS Of
Million "Pesre no victories not less renowned b@n
var We therefore 'hresen them, not With strikes winch are
Injurious consequences 10 both employ au employed,
AID hitherto almost only Iesoed to in down rodden countries
which indeed 70 cOnhie them, we propose 10
adopt simple principles Of wthdrawns our labor from those
find work AZ the advanced rates,
but emP yers perfectly free TO employ whoever ney
choose But to bold @eehly meetings,
an give another inormaou and advice Of where WORK can
e had and alec f the OF keeping IN cheek
those Innovations which isst forming IN our business we
are all workneR capsule 70 receive the
highest wages but might reasonably that the majority
feyery chop wOkmen therefor trust That all
employers will scc.de ADD their respective
nav occur advance not has been too
ern ths their with evssige which
We cannot bat hold tantsmount 20 a denial
Mr.. CHAS NALFsTISL, journey man carpenter,
made few pitby observations upon the subject OF the
resolutions urging upon his fellow wo,kmsn the im-
portancc Of union in THE ms'ter He hoped that the
future career OF the carpenters OF New York would
display more manhood than the past aud without a
doubt they would out the respected of the truly
respectful
A collection was then taken up to pay expenses, aud
the meeting adjourned.