The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-28

oes place in The world lcheers) r Draper proceeded
% speak Of financial crises affecting the conductspf
rnanuiactu ers Some of that KNEE two yeas ago
thar tEey woaid have 70 g. through severe financial
c'ss, and one or two BOSSES ia Lynn made forre By
cutting down the workipgmeh's wages and Ceiling their
Shoes ., very fair price IN the sprng They nufac-
Tired, sibly, hundred shoes the
market required and the result was in their anxiety to
There were twice many ehoes there should
have been in the market, and they
question affected the interests Of the shoemakers Of New
York just as much as these Of Lynn and for that
be asked for their co operation and material aid Gap
puse What bad been the result Of the strike thus far
After the had stood out week the bosses said
You can 90 TO work and viii give you two thirds Of
the advance which you demand The advance amount
ed, many cases. 70 100 per cent tho wages they
had been receiving After the strike had lasted weeks
the boeses said we will give you the full wages 60 to
work; but We cannot sign the bills" Our shoemakers
thought they could make an advance they would, al
lowed 10 watt eventually sgu the bill The strikers had
carnival from the beginning OF the movement until the
becues, and dancing parties. The fishermen furnished
the CLAIMS and the musicians the music, free OF
expense 10 the strikers. II the strikers got the
whole amount of the advance demanded It would
figure up TO $1,000 week. and the proportion to
the Lynn shoemakers would be $4,000. !, was not
the Lynn men alone who struck for higher wages,
for IN round numbers the strikers In the East
amounted 10 fifteen thousand. He {Nr. Draper) had
many Of them were getting higher wages than thsy de-
mandee, but the bosses had not signed. Missionaries
were out IN all directions converting the country shoe
makers to the true faith Last Saturday night the Lynn
bosses got two thousand ladies' into room forbddng the
men to meet with them The employers wanted pro-
pose little private arrangement with the ladies them.
selves. QAughter) They wanted them 70 60 to work
for the wages they struck and let The men take care of
themselves, but the ladies' refused pedging themselves
wages.
The strikers proposed to establish An apprenticeship
business, and 10 make rule that should belong
to the association, or work for any society who had
not served three years. (Appanse They proposed to
cut OF hshermen blacksmths painters, and those who
chip OF three days.
Mr. DRAPER continued at some length, to give descrip
ton Of manner in which the strikers managed the affair."
especially the mode adopted by the scab Committees
70 annoy the scabs He explained this term by stat
ing that was similar TO what the printers called rai
"quack" II was said that il OF use to strike for
there were number OF Irishmen who would take
DICT that they would not Be found amousst Pre- the
q six hundred Irish shoemsEers there was only one
M Draper said cos, nearly 81 Goo week to sustain
the strike for they were compelled 10 support three hun
cusion hoped believed that the audience would re-
spond h6eray 70 the appeal Of their Eastern brethren
a1o would give them the means Of paying their debts and
A. The Chairman introduced HoRAcx GRsHEy. who, when
me applause which was manifested rising 70 address
Inc auoence mad subsidized, spoke as follows
SPEECH or HORACE GRxxlxY.
Mr. CHAIRMAN AND GfNr KAu.N--I am yerv hoaysc IN.
night - you see; but this cause calls here and l,
having promised 10 come could not fail to fulfil the ap.
pcinmcnt desire to Set before you very briefly the
whole case a. understand II, nsry fully and with Jus
cate Of any one come here to defame any but 10
STATE 50 far ~ may, the rights of this case and the
remedies which can rightly be applied to IL The state OF
acs TINS evening presented renders first duty a
plain one. Some thousands OF our countrymen are In
want, and they AJAX for assistance Let each do what
engaged in struggle for what they believe to be their
rights and for the general rights Of labor strengthens
their claim upon our sympsiies They might procure
an immediate alienation OF their suerings but they be-
heve that by doing go they would prosract and intensity
their permanent dsabiies and those Of their fellow
and those who act with thom in their present movement
demand the establishment of bill OF prices accepted
alike by employers and wokmen, and guaranteeing like
just and reasonable demand. II IL not right that one
employer should exact nor that one ourneyman should
receive more pay for similar work performed under like
than another. journeymsn IL unable
or unwilling TO do first class work, let him be employed
on second third or fourth class and paid accordingly
Nobody will contend that pair Of first quality cuefom
boots should be made in great and dear city for
the price OF making sale boots by the box in rural
township or village. But m established and uniform
scale Of prices for task piece work executed under
like circumstances, framed and agreed upon by dele
gates representing both employers and journeyen is an
dealing in any trade OF handcrn prosecuted BY free Ia
Dor at piece work. This bill Of prices be nAexibe
interchangeable 1t should rise or fall work Is abundant
or scarce as food cheap DEAR dollars and cents
stand for lees But whenever either journeymen
employers deem revision Of the scale Just neces
sary they should call mutual council of delegates from
both employers and ourneymen, set before them the
grounds on which such revision is demanded, and
ask their concurrence in the change proposed,
We're these views generally acceded to am sure
strikes would rarely occur or be deemed neces-
in the premises are clearly consonant in fact identical
II the journcymen ahoemakers OF New England were TO
demand an exorbtant price for their work. and the
be transfer Of the shoemaking business from New Eng
land TO other section, whose workmen were willing
to accept reasonable rates Of compensation II all the
were TO unite in establishing exorbant tariff OF prices
Tor shoe work, Thousands would eagerly ruah into
spite Of their high tariff Of wages There exists there.
FORE perfect harmony OF interests between employers
and those interests require not high prices nor low
prices, but fair prices and will continue do to the
end do not hear urged any hand that the prices
contended for by the striking shoemakers are
reasonably high On the contrary. understand to be
conceded that they higher than they should be
give the workers fair livelihood But / understand the
employers to affirm that the shoe business has been over
donethat there too many engaged and employed in
i-and that they cannot afford 10 pay the prices de-
they generally did pay two years ago. In other words
the employers gay they do not pay the prices demanded
tnis statement Of the employers as do that Of the Jour
neymen ] am confident neither party means to be
reasonable or unjust complain only that either the
did not before striking ask their employers
TO meet them by delegates in mutual council that the
employers did not accede to that proper and rca-
sonable demand They might not have been able to
agree and thus prevent the strike but they would have
understood each other better and appreciated their
raj necessities more fully had proposition to adjust
their differences in mutual council been seasonably made
and received in spirit OF reciprocal kindness and good
will But when shall have contributed, according to
our ability, to the relief OF the suffering, Is there any
Thing more that we can do for them What else We
dos think We can and should encourage them to make
boots and shoes, by Offering TO buy them. They want
work, not alms We all want the products of their Ia
Dor, or coon Will want them believe many thousands
in this city who cannot well afford give them even
dollar would yet gladly buy OF the suffering ourneymeu
pair OF boots or shoes, even though mot Ia pressing
need OF them Why should not the suffering Journey
men and women combine TO make boots and shoes by
the thousand pairs and open store city for the
sale Of them. think. II proper appeals made TO
the public, Thousands Of pairs Of good substantial boon
and shoes, the production Of those OF work.
might be sold in this city alone, and times az many
elsewhere And ~ most ourneymen possess their own
implements, and either do or may make in their own
houses, see no reason why they may not be hard at
work making shoes for before the close OF this week
And If, after they shall have thus begun 10 make with