Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-22
TRADE sTnIHEs IN ENGLAND.
A social Revoluiion az Hand.

from the Manchester Guardian.
The dispute in the London tailors' trade
is assuming g very serious character.
Tho masters are resolved not 20 yield;
and as several large firms have deter
mined 10 clock out 'iiftheir men win not
accept the revised scale Of payments, il
is feared that from 10000 TO $1,000
workiugmen viii soon be out of en-
ployment.
The men say that they have taken
steps which VII prevent their places
being supplied by hands from the COnti-
nent or the provincial towns, and that
they have received such promises of
support from their fellow.cTaftsmen as
Justify them in holding out.
From the London Tines
Up 10 last night the number of master
tailors IN London who have locked out
their men does not exceed thirty-twO,
bat other masters have threatened a lock-
out if the Operatives Committee do not
speedily come 90 terms with toe Masters
Association. The Operatives Committee
have received letters from the principal
towns i'm England requesting men 10 be
sent there, and the first detachment, con-
sisting of forty men, are 10 be sent to
Manchester to-day. These viii be fol-
/ lowed by q number OF others tomorrow.
In consequence Of the outwor6ers SYM
pathizing with he men locked out by
refusing 20 do outwork, the business of
the masters referred 70 is entirely sus-
] pended.
From the Manchester Guardian.l
A general meeting Of the master build
ers. operative bricklayers, carpenters and
| ioiners, aud lab0rers OF Birmingham was
held on Wednesday night, =" for the pur-
pose OF appointing delegates 70 act as
arbitratOrs under the provisions Of the
existing trade rules.n There were about
one thousand four hundred men present,
who represented in equal proportions the
trades concerned. The masons only were
not represented.
The mayor presided. The following
resolution was adopted That we, the
master builders, operative bricklayers,
carpenters and joiners, and laborers Of
birmingham, do mutually agree to abide
nv and conform to all trade regulations
which shall be made and agreed to by
the DELEGATES we are about 70 appoint, or
which shall be settled by the casting vote
Of the chairman they may appoint.
Delegates were subsequently, appointed.
FROM the London Tnaesl
The enormous extent OF these
combinations tends, Of course, to enrich
the trade treasures, while the new
method OF striking" economies the
aDplication OF money. Be il remem-
bered that these struggles are mere ques-
tions of money from first to last. A
" "strike is a trial Of endurance, in
which It has to be seen whether the mas
ter can 20 longest without his profits or
the men without their wages. IN former
times capital used commonly 10 beat Ia
Dor; for the slender resources Of the To-
cal trade were soon exhausted, aud thea
the men had either % resume work or
starve. But now, while the vast extent
and unlinited afliliation Of these unions
provide almost inexhaustible funds, the
"strikeu is confined 70 the fewest possi-
ble men ct one time. We have seen that
25l7 bricklayers got their wages raised
I by the efforts Of only 264 Of their trade.
This little band just tithe Of the whole
/ body, fought ali the battle OF the rest,
and Of course, if nine men 80 on working
while only enc is idle, il IS easy enough
for the one to be suppoted by the nine.