New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-19

man their superiors. fGroans. The contest now
was WIN NE printer. and he had beca looked upon
by the sc'sIns non as the ablest advocate Of hi.
rights and they were sing to submit the Issue OF
the Prntcrs Union to them and cared not whethe'
the black republican flag 10a,ed over the IErBUEy
Once, or the flag Of the Printers Union
Mr.. Robert Poor was then introduced and said he
was paced IN very Gwkard position 70 hlgnt, be
cause for - years he had been disciple OF Horace
Greeley ana the n. y. Tribune. lie dii not WISH
10 say any thidg harsh OF that gentleman, though
things had looked rather crooked lately. Ee be-
bci.yed Mr.. GIceley as evor tho trend OF ehc
WORKING man, but That in financial Affairs thcro was
ia inc Tribune Office power behind the tnrohe,
'ut thcre WAS the fact that notwithstanding 10
years advocacy Of the rights Of working men, inc
Tribune had backed down on them in IFS own Office.
Ms to controlling the columns of the paper u was
only get of. The printer in Ne" FORK hnd u
rlght 10 get work done rs cheap as they couiu
ana the working men had right 10 get as nnuch rs
they corld Tor their labor How could they help
themselves Why just as Mr.. Greedy did when be
determined 20 make the Ncw-lork IEBUNE an en-
! tlty, form ae association and call upon every man
10 sustain them In getting a fair days wages Tor u
lar days work, and they would get ~. tChecrs.l
They wanted numbers, but must have no violence
or getting into officers OF destroying of papers. Lot
them remember that there Was no surplus OF labor
ut the present IN the market. He stated that tho
position o tie printer was worse in all the large
cities than any other mechanics that he was per-
feet Save expected IN work II hours out of "a.
Nobody could work 10 hours out OF -, and besides,
tho depreciation OF the currency and t3 great rise
IN puce oil products, m1de >. almost impossible to
i've OIL present wages, and from the mature OF his
lwork he was obliged to give away for "snb" half
of his wages in order to get the other half. Tho
book and job printers were in similar position,
aud the men were perfect slaves ut this day who
lad To work aud perhaps did not get paid for
three or four weeks after when the work was
measured or paid up, and then perhaps, found him
self % cents IN debt to the prOpretCrs. What was
the remcdyi why, closer union between the book
and newspaper men, between both ends of the ma
chine for TIE rfessmcn could stop the paper when
ever ihCy Lied. (Jhecrs.l He wanted every me-
chauc II New York To understand the wrongs TO
VII oh the printers were exposed who were cheated
out OF Que hal. of wwat They got. lie WAS opposed
to slavery, black or white, and he was i'll favor
of the hbonug men establishing their freedom
and their rglt to q fair days wages for "a
fair days work. lie hoped the strike would be car
red Oh without any demonstration Of luminosity
against the Tribune office. lie felt no luminosity,
and he wanted 10 stand square with old Horace
Greeley, who had done 20 much for working men,
and no believed that the old whitc-coated phiOso-
phcr was sill with the working printer.
Mr.. Robert trOmc, of tue IalDrS Union; MI
Rob, rs, OF the Coop RS; MIR. 1hos. Buckeud, OF
the Hatters; Mr.. Gi ason. OF the Ncw- l0rk Pr'nf-
er; hr. Iurphy, OF tho Dry Goods A. ISOLATION;
Nj Stevens, OF The Plumbers Union, and Mr.. A. ID.
TAYLOR, Of the Furniture Makors' Union, each adj
dressed the meeting which adjourned about 1910
p. III. The proceedings were orderly, and The assem-
hlage quietly pcrcd at the request of the Prcsi-
dent, after giving several rounds OF cheers Tor Va
rious objects.