The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-28
VIBRATION OF THE CHORDS OF TRADE.
TAILoRs AIDING sHuRMAKERs.
CONTIGUOUS NATURE OF THE STRIKES


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MEETING AT the COOPER INSTITUTE,
Ia, ko., 10
The working men Of New York held large and enthu
sasc meeting at the Cooper Institute las evening The
audience which responded to the coll o. the promoters Of
the meeting was not very large At rst but in the
cf the evening the crowd assembled in the building gradu
ally increased until the large basement han was about
| half way filed large number CT names appeared in
the bills, with the intmahon that these distinguished
| gentlemen would address the meeting" Among these
names were those Of James Gordon Bennett, Horace
Greeley and H. J. Raymond but up to the latest moment
only Horace Greeley could pc HIS arrival on the
platform was, however, greeted with a few cheers.
The meeting having been called To order In the ord
nary way,
Mr.. CHARLES MCCARTHY appointed Chairman by
reclamation he returned thanks for the honor which
had been conferred upon him in placing him to
preside over so large body, and particularly the
workingmen Of New York. The meeting he said
had been called for the express purpose Of sympa-
shHing with the men Of Lynn, who were now on a
strike for their just rights. Those deserved the
sympathy Of every workingman, not this city Alone
but throughout this great Unon because they were only
struggling for just remuneration for their abor which,
up 10 the present time they had never received The
bosses in the Eastern States had ground down the Door
shoemakers to the lowest extent, that they could
scarcely live. They could scarcely get the common
necessares Of Life, much less the luxuries thereof
1t had been stated through the public press, and
with . good deal Of truth, that these men could
scarcely earn three dollars a week. Notwthstsud.
ing that in many cases these men had to support
large families fact that they could not earn bread
enough for the support Of their children. How Was
contrary to every principle Of right and Of justice that
should submit to such oppression without
planning The noble women Of Lynn have also get be-
large number Of these women have been working for
less than forty cents per week and II VIC were to travel
over the whole universe and especially through the most
oppressed parts Of Europe would lind that
eeye more than aty cents per week. But was nQteo
who have done 30 much for the wealth aud influence Of
those who are now ording it them, oppressed
ony fo @ the nes oasn0' Of DC New Forgotten %ar was
their voices in support OF the principles which the
and women OF Lynn have struck to secure them in the
fair aid honorable demands which they have made The
strikers only ask for the sympathy and of their friends
for the present. as 70 enable them to stand up for
rights {Appause) The bosses have too long been per-
milied to grind down the working men, while they have
invariably pocketed all the proceeds Of their toll and in
cate ibe cause Of the Lynn strikers and alphabetically
appealed to the feelings and patriotism OF the cordwaners
New York 70 AID their suffering brethren and sisters
The following preamble and resolutions were then read
and unanimously adopted
We The ssh.ns. citizen. and wo,sng Of New York
hise with curdwaines Of Msssschusetts nov on
70 ne Uf ' H
s. nave asa e w1sn sS %Dy
reducing their wages far below the standard
W e sss a. .ss sss
dangerous o o our Ssss inessss
disease working Oh fearful is1 rs. sHS
S p ass s'. w:s On
and ne n
rsany ii is forms he inouis s here
root Of this death producing custom Feeling thus Tor YOU
sssoyed Tbs, win aid and /, the bes. Of our
re e ep a q 1as : lasts and the
Resolved Aha. he following persons a committee Of
81 E - slssasss
Esard Mos s Snapr Henry Smith, Timothy oupposh
iss.
" H..
oponSa aT Snss a r R
V5 lanes
Isss S sernsr 2, B,So%s and CLARK streets; John
a
S ossp Sass q s1S Dpsns
street s rsar gsUadMay Thomas Mulberry
thar speaa i s. Hammond street, hAth ward D. G. Whit
nS ENRIQUE sssssisy
fer fair a,s s work you specify and
edl,cr. q ne United st.ses 5sa pSSsS:d IN PhSa
sg The cause and s' D,srss q LABOR hs country
REMARKS DRAPER, or LYNN
Mr. ALGszo DRAPER, Of lynn, was introduced and
ceived with loud cheers BE commenced by expressing
his thanks for the cordial reception accorded him. and
he accepted indication OF their sympathy for the
] cordwainers Of lynn he supposed. from reading the
have opportunity address them but for some unac.
countaole reason, that out OF the whole List OF
posters he was the only one in
ance was the signal for loud cheeringl II seemed TO
him (Ar praper) that the gentlemen who had failed to
the polite note Of invitation. he came among them to
solicit their sympathy and aid for . suffering and
CON buaton but By combination Of adverse Cir
cum stances, attributable, he believed, wholly TO nan
in the shoe trade of New He came e ask assist
ance for men who willing to aid themselves and
who hitherto had sustained themselves alone unsidcd for
the rs i've or six weeks OF their strike against
cous odds. was not many years since the eloquent
patriotic leader Of the Hungarian people among
them to AJAX for the Of dehronng single tyrant
whose place might shortly have supplied by another
Re came to ask for assistance dehronng he had almost
said hundred domestic tyrants but be would not say
that, for he attributed the suffering Of the lynn cord.
WAIVERS rather TO circumstances TO their neglect and
to the appropriateness Of the working men moro than 70 the
sboe bosses Of Lynn. The strikers propose only to
temporary advance their labor but to elevate
the condition Of the laborng classes OF the morally
socially, and intellectually, AZ well pecuniarfly.
He proposed 10 put into their hands the means
TO pay their honest debts aud to cohe educate their
children decenty TO take them of the bench where they
obliged TO labor at the tender age ten years 10
order to get the means OF subsistence The strikers pro
posed to dignity labor and therefore he made this appeal
not to sborng men alone, but 10 all casses and to the
wealthy citizen. he (he speaker did not fully agree
with Dean Swift In the opinion which he expressed that
we may very easily see what mean opinion
God Almighty had Of riches, by simply observing the
| sort OF men to whom he gave them; but he
believed In the dignity Of abor-in the dignity of wealth.
honestly and honoraby acquired, for a means of
usefulness and benevoience (ApplRuse) AT the meet
ing of mechanics and citizens held in Newark last night