, 1864-07-28
JOURNEY MEN CDDPERS.
Mass meettnC-Actfon on the Wares
Queslion-StrtA1uw

On Tuesday afternoon, pursuant to an advertise
ment which appeared in the daily papers, a mass
meeting Of the 3ouzneymen coopers was held in
Metropolitan Hall. The meeting Was advertised
10 commence nt o'clock, and at a-s0 Mr.. Moore
called the meeting to order, moving that Mr. Dea.
brow, the President Of the Coopcre Grand Society,
tske the chair. {Applauae.}
Mf. Deshruw mounted the platform, and quea-
toned tho right Of Nj. Moore or any other man to
cali the meeuEg to order. As President Of the As,
yield 1t to no man. he therefore declared that he
meeting was not oreantzed, and should not be IN.
til he tbousht q sufficient number had assembled
to walrau. that etep being taken.
Lii. Moore considered that NJ. Deebrow was as
cunning Foeitit which did not belong to him. It
was tue thst he was President Of the Grand So
but mase meeting Of the joarneymen coopers, and
a1y man Ind right to call them to order
Al about half past three O'Clock Mr. Desbrow or
santzcd tne meeting. Ae satd that he had called
coopers to stand mp tor their ights and determine
thai they should receive fair days pay for fair
days work, which The aristoe1acy Of rhis lsnd-
their maB.es-eeemed unwilling to give them.
Some wecke ago they held meeting, and deter
mined upon fcale Of prices which. II there wsre
any injustice in 1t. 1t was that It Wsa not 1air
hayc been satiefcd with it, and were satIsdcd with
It, hut few evenings ago q meeting Of the master
coopers was held, when they determined to reduce
the senle Of pEtces Is per cent. which Was pro
The coopess Of today we're not really receiving 70
n1eh a. thcS Eere'n year ago.. Then they were
paid Is cents lot making pork barrel, noW they
dtmandtd d Sf-60. Gold to-day waH nearly 49, go
tnht what they receive to-day compared with wha:
thes feteiEed then Is only 80 cents while II they
remember that the neccseas1es OF life haYe increas-
ca II e!en greater ration than the increase Of
God, they will and that they are now only paid 80
ccute TOR whot they used to receive Is cents This
Was what they had struck for-thls 0ycrbesrlng ac-
lion Of tie employer, whose only efforts seem to
% 70 attempt to uQsh d0Rn Their independence
1no 1eoucc them to comparative eerfdom. .Mr.
DeGorow resumed hie seat amid l3ud npp!auae.
Inc meeting wns next addressed by Mt. Meore
who after advising them to yeunnin seadfast in re-
!, ,Hos4gn5fnen's dorocdte, a newspaper just pub
1ished IN Chicago IN support Of the working 1nte-
rests.
At The conclusion Of the remarks Of ", D. Moore.
the President. Nr. Desbrpw, introduced to the
meeting Mr. urxtitt the President OF the Tfadea'
Assembly. who was received with great applanse
Mr. Hazl.tt justified the men IN the step they had
taken, and promised them, If they would only
stand rrn IN their demands. the asalstnnce of the
Trades' Assembly. At the same time be cautioned
them not to resort to extreme melsuecs bRt l.t all
the.r actions be characterized by moderation. They
were no, the only class OF lAnoteeb who were 1t
present q. battle with capital for the stone cutters
have struck for 81 day the house carpenters for
81, and the members 81 the German Typographical
Union for 20 cents Thousand ems. Nj. Hazlitt
concluded bis address by justifs7ns the coopers in
the course they had taken. and explaining tho Con-
1itution OF the Trades' Union.
A COMMITTEES Of avo Wetd then appointed to
draft resoluaons to be placed before the meeting,
Thote nominated by the Chair were: ". D. Mooro,
E. n. Holdddgt. q. o'Malley. N. ". Hough and
N. GatteETood*