The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-05-26


hollow-ware manufacturers, of Cincin-
natl, was in this city on Saturday
Their presence here is owing to a desire
to witness the operations of the Phila-
delphia founderies, whose proprietors
successfully resisted the tyranny of the
so-called Moulder's Union, and have
succeeded in gaining liberty to. manage
their own property in their own way.
The committee visited the founderies of
Messrs. Abbott & Noble, Leibrand, Nc
Dowell & Co, Stuart & Peterson, and
Cox, White &. Wilcox The proprietors
of these four extensive founderies are
now independent of the parties who for
merly lorded it over them, and lare
carrying on their business wholly by the
labor of apprentices.
Our reporter accompanied the gentle
men on their visit. The result was one
that considerably enlightened the gentle
men from Porkopolis, and will doubtless
result upon their return in declaration
of independence on the part of the foun-
derymen. The tyranny of the craft in
Cincinnati is quite as great as it was
here. The journeymen who have learn
ed their business, evinee the srme de-
termination to exclude all others from
learning it that was manifested by the
Moulder's Union of Philadelphia. Enor-
nous wages are freely paid to the men,
while the number of apprentices they per-
NIT each foundry to take is but about six
to the hundred hands,
By the course the Philadelphia mould
ers have taken, they have brought into
competition with them just three hum
dred and twenty-five new moulders. In
the founderies above named the entire
works are filled with apprentices, with a
competent instructor for each apartment
of the works The first place we visit
ed was the foundery of Messrs. Abbott
& Noble Their molding floor is per-
haps the largest single one in the Union
being 10 yards long. Three apprenti-
ces hoae been taken to Fill the places of
eace striker, and the sight of the little
army of lads cheerfully and assidiously
striving to acquire their trade is a live
" and pleasant one At Stuart & Pc
tersons, and Liebrandt & Mcdowell s
the same state of things was exhibited.
In taking apprentices, preference is Civ
en- to the sons of soldiers, and many a
soldiers widow is gladdened by the gift
of a good trade, with good wages to the
boy for whom otherwise she could not
probably have provided. The employ
ers, however, have made great personal
efforts in this matter
Mr.. Darid Stuart, of the firm of Stuart
4; Paterson personally donned the over
allS and worked for weeks among his
happy but grimy apprentices, teaching
them their trade. Messrs. Abbott
Noble employed for the same duty one OF
the best molders in America, and many
boys of but three months experience
are now more proficient at their work
than some of the strikers were after an
experience of as many years.
All these things were viewed by the
Cincinnatians with open-eyed wonder.
They had become so accustomed to the
oppression of their employees as to regard
it as irt emediable. They heard that the
Philadelphia foundes had regained the
control of their property, and the man.
agement of their own business, and came
to convince themselves by ocular OBJ
servation that such was the fact They
will return to Cincinnati with the convic.
ton that who would be free themselves
must strike the blow" The Cincinnati
molders, we think, will find advantage
in Withdrawing their present unreasona.
BILE claims; and while receiving all the
wages they ask, will be satisfied to let
their employers manage the details OF
their own business in their own way.
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