The New York herald., 1863-11-13

speeches were made y drivers belonging % .he yaeos
lnss e we'll % By other parties sympathixng with the
movemsnt The general seemed 10 be 10 favor OF
strike Thursday morning unlees their demand for
bodyng that idea accordingly presented and pased
unanimously, and the meeting adjourned about four
O'Clock In the morning. the drivers being determined 70
carry their point at all hazards.
STRIFE ON THE FOURTH, SIXTH AND EIGHTH AVE
NUE. LINES.
The drivers exhibited consideration for the con-
vonence Of the business public In their manner ef pro-
ceeding They ran their until about eight or nine
O'Clock IN the morning yesterday accommodation TO
hour, however, the strike began Tho drivers on tho
Fourth Sixth and Eighth avenue lines knocked on work
and the wsre taken Ss very
and Inconvenience which followed can be more easily
imagined than described. The travelling public
drivers and directors in no measured terms
Groups occupied all the corners along the Fourth
Sixth and Eighth avenues, anxiously waiting for
their accustomed method OF conveyance up and down
town but nary acar was there" After looking up and
70 the watchers that perhaps ali was right and some
one coming along, who understood all about the trouble,
explained IN iew words the delay OF ,ne cars r Inc
avenue with the intention OF footing all the way 10 the
east side or town 10 get railroad conveyance or poss
bly, stage The Third and the stage lines
made nice thing by the strike the other railroads.
and private conveyances were largely in demand.
Wis PHYsIcA.
The superntendents were In muddle about how they
should proceed Drivers TO be had very readily
inasmuch s necessary according 20 city ordinances
10 have license for every driver. The Fourth Ave.
nue. Company succeeded in procuring haf dozen rash
drivers who offered to drive the cars for the usual wages
Accordingly few trips, at intervals of about twen.
W minutes, were performed But tho old conductors
soon stopped the fresh hands by threatening TO beat and
shoe. them should they persist in running After Que
O'Clock all the Fourth avenue cars we're housed in the
depot OF Thirty second street. and the business Of
the company was entirely suspended.
On the sixth avenue line but trip made during
the day and the all l4ft useless the depot
and on the street rails The directors offered to pay
drivers 81 76an increase Of twenty Eve centebut the
On the Seventh avenue line, after running until ten
O'CLOCK the cars stopped just as on the other two lines
The whole block between Ftieh and Fifty streets
taken up with the The directors on this line
willing they say give their conductors and drivers
fourteen shlngs dollars per day the other lines
brst set the example.
A DRIVER DUcEEp.
The Eighth avenue cars stopped running about The same
time the ohere. The Superintendent endeavo
induce green hands take the places Of the strikers but
the latter showed such detern Daon to resist that
the company. UDe driver who attempted run a
apprehended by the strikers aud dacked thoroughly
in neishborng pend. The directors offered fourteen
shiings without II takers."
Abon O'Clock the afternoon the strike spread TO
the Ninth and Tenth avenue lines which also ceased
ming after that hour.
Thus fact every line n the city, except tho Second
and Third avenue lines, was at a standstill.
INTENTIONS OF THE COMPANIES.
The managers Of the protest that they will
not give any more than fourteen shings day to their
To do would be ruinous TO their interests, ac-
c0rdng 10 thcr own statement and would actually
loes TO them. The Superintendent OF the Eighth
line ASSERTS that he figure out to any reasonable
man 10 two minutes that his comp ny cannot afford to
pay the conductors and drivers two dollars day for
their vicas" His are, that to increase the
pay OF one branch Of their employees would make !.
necessary 10 increase the rest corresponding RATIO
and TO do 30 would leave the company actually IN
position Of not paying expenses How this "hguring
present valne the Superintendent failed to explain very
clearly.
The true secret Of the trouble is perhaps In the very
~ N
their conductors and drivers They appear To regulate
the pay the theory that their conductors by coson
with tho drivers, will steal certain amount anyhow
and therefore that the smaller the regular salary the
better for the companies They seem 10 forget however.
that by pay ing small wages they offer premium TO their
conductors TO steal all the II those men, who
tanly possess much honesty the bulk of mankind,
be but and integrity would exiss among
them than generally supposed under the present sys
Of Oldest stage lines. According to the anecdote the
proprietor referred 10 drew his plan for the
paid to the various drivers, siAblemen, hosters &c
very small amount allowed 10 the drivers their
salary and friend OF the proprietor remarked ths fact
that he thought the pay too little altogether. "No
no." replied the proprietor 81 have taken all that into
consideration, and calculated that the drivers viii steal
80 much daily" short time after the PROPRIETOR hcc
dentay the drivers counting out the proceeds
OF trip the stable. Listening atientively, Lo heard
the driver indnlgng In the following sooquy while sera
rating the money INTO two packages; -
zone for and for the boss. One for me and
for The ooss One for me and one for the boss One for
me and ore for the boss No, stop guess III lake that
one for myself too"
The PROPRIETOR could stand the sight longer and he,
grabbing the driver, exclaimed at the same time
'Stop, stop, Jimmy i IN willing TO share equally with
you you know but that's going too strong altogether"
The story has moral In II for the railroad corporations
II they properly understood their interests they
would pay their empoyes decent wages, and thus pre-
vent Them from oeins dnopes whe ney ~oad DC
at pre.ent is the old story Of ga penny wise and
a pound foolish"
rHE DRIVERS DETERMINED TO HOLD our.
The drivers express themselves determined 20 fghi the
battle the end Up late hour last night the cars
had not resumed running on the Fourth sixth seventh,
Eighth Ninth and Tenth ave- The railroad directors
expect TO have their running usual to-day,
they viii by that time have licenses for new drivers
aid Of the police 20 protect The hands In the discharge
Of their duties II probable that lively time viii 10
rHg STRIKE or THE MAcHINisrs.
Tie nachinsis Of this city, who have struck ior higher
waees held meeting os Wednesday night, at No ls3
Bowery which was arge< attended by highly fe'pect
able body OF mechanics The black list. Document
containing the nsnes " some twentytgo of the trade
who rad violated their promise 10 ioin 10 tie general
movement, was posted al round the hail. In such con
sricgous manner that 'he who ran might reaip
Mr George W wade occnriel the chair and ores Cd
the proceedings with short address, IN which be set
and urged The maghnsts, as body, % preserve th9
most perfect unity 10 tho matter.
one o. the delegates stated that the bosses had sent
committee 10 Washington ~ order % get the time
their contrActg cxlcuded ninety daye 20 70 enable
hem BY N6fug their work, 70 bring the worsinen 70
terms, not thy tht atNauNf htAea lttIf
superGuoas IL the msrket and the employers would
be glad H. hire all he bands thoy could.
Aiier considerable dscofson the following rcsolIton
was adopted -
Resolved fr., ", Every man engased with rs he
pledge himself not o. commence work until
tsentyfve per advance. per resolution
adopted 90 ~ EO0Ter InsiIie Sec0ndi TLst
ct % shAu 20 until every who
iny 10 the ceatshurrnt the time of the srkr shan
ceiye twenty-five cent advhucn. Third That All
who wish not 70 work IN their respective shnfs
have NE prisse OF Eoing elsewhere 40 NAT bey may not
prevent tu-i, -r,Iia-,e ,es from gong 70 wgTk.
Ibls evening mass meeting OF rnachnihs g ~ te held
a. Harmony Garden when further action VIA ~ Ascn
The mAchrei. = rnAnd twenty ve per cent incress
Their rate :, rar.cs snd this has been granted BY the
roiowing frIne II. T. prownel's Iron Works, w.
Andrews Iron Works, Wrdsy Bllger's lfon NrAs,
Union Frame Company Iron Works and Lees iron Worxs
The follow ing firms refused 10 grant the required
ncrease SoTety Irop Works. Aliare Iron Works nea
iron Works Globe lIon forks, seo9l Jersey cv
works, Badger Iron Works hecyes iron works Bfhnps
Telegraph Laeic Company. Hydraulic Works, horgans
Iron WORKS. Neptune Iron Works, James Murphy 60 =
Works. stoterf Mach ne Works, 1rayH Iron WORKS W.T..
bert CassAIs Work.. fyon's Iron WORKS, McCuiuns z
W0rks, 5oddaTds Works and Undelbils lroI WORKS
VIE FEaArEs ON TnH STRIKE
The females 4 the metropcils--at least these of hom
rnaA "a. tf.lu In