New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-23
GREAT BRITAIN.
THE STRIKE IN TIE BUILDING TRADE.

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Nearly all the great building establishment were, as
had been expected, closed e-tercay morning against
tie men There ~ss not Jingle man employed d, the
estsb sbnert Of M.ssrs. Cucitt' in Gray sna roai,
though few are si eogseed for the firm in the
cution of country ,bs The WetmnseI Palace Hotel,
which few Gays ego presented such busy appear
aIce, is quite deserted Numbers of the workmen
ia'ey engaged there whlled away portion OF the
moII'g ID view ng the OF their recen. lsbors,
culaied SIib ss,rca goCd-hunlor how 5000 the
shsrebo ders uoDld AZ the present rae II progress
receive he txpec ed twedty per cent dividend Ine
Poyoi : Arm JUhDoa st'eet, MIlbaDk, which Is th5
c.nTo position Ui m,n On s,fAe Gro sisd with
Opersiv-s payI in morey o. austar The rent,
ard wing u 10 sustain the Iselves ard families.
The members Of the Wmk1en Conference were en-
gaged ir igbt II the lcg I'll eight a. tight in
uausactlng bus,ress They speak II having resolved
supptrt from their f.llo y.gork throug hoa. the
couB;ry to ex eDt surpa-ieg their most sspguine
expectations. At the MessIs. rrollopes which in
military par aucs may be -ald 10 be the key of tho
position as upon their resumicg wnk depends the
Opening OF the large establishments the painters
informed came usual and inquired for work,
but the Jther trades evoced little, il any disposition to
yield 10 the ditions, although notice was
posted up sta ing that oiLers, Drcksyers and other
sorkmen waited.
Among the masters a very confident belief is ex-
pressed thai the will b. forced to yield in few
DAYS. Or the Ctber hsnd the express their frm
esolye lever 10 work under the conditions pre-
scrbed by the ma-ters. We believe that the smaller
class II builders have not closed, and we're Informed
thai 81 ffie lock esAOl'50ments To the extent
of ten twelve would open this day the
terms exciting before the strike at the Messrs. Troll
lope s-tbat Is to say feo hours abour but doc
un ut and no pledge" The Conference recon-
menGed the nen in all ca-es 10 work on these
TENS except at the Messrs. Trolopes. The Confer
cree estimate the number Of men who have been
locke OUT at ID 600 artisans and 90 laborers-
10000 in aD 10 a day two they will be able t. give
the prtci,e numbers. The artisans have received
81 from the funds for the present week, and the
lsborers l5s. In whatever part Of the town
walked y'sterday knots Of artisans might be seen
eagerly 'cussng The mtis of ,be strike and the lock-
oGt. IL was Only along the batks Of the Thames,
where the large workshops are situated, that they
were to be in consid- rsble numbers. We made
special inquiry of the police to the conduct Of the
men unJer the somewhat exciting circumstances in
which they were placed and invariably answered
tba It vas orderly, respectable, and good-tempered.
This is quite 10 accordance with own observation.
though must record instances Of ntOxicstion.
The work at Westminster bridge is carried On a. usual
though at SOmerset house other public establish
mems the Gen have been turn ed away The cause Of
the distD on IL, that Westminster. bridge is being
built directly under the Government, whereas in the
ober the works carried on under contract
with some Of the large builders.
The cause Of the worknen has already enlisted the
Sapphos Of the streetson their side, and we are as
sued,
Thy never will be conquered
TIL justice they obtain;
And then like bricks they II 90 10 work.
And never strike again"