The New York herald., 1867-04-22

These rates, 1t be remembered, are only paid to
those In regular employment. The average wages
Of all these trades not than 80 per week Is
not strike In order hereY IL taxes all the energy OF
tho iade: o. the worsngwomens rrossctve T @ I'M Union,
the hundreds Of desuts young girls who apply at their
Office daily for some means Of earning scanty subsist
ence and Is not the labor market for artisans suceuty
ovcrocked in New York TO render any proraoisd strike
perousS e1 ~ stfss IN,
The strikers should remember In all cases that the
public will be supplied In some way with the articles
which they may decline TO manufacture. -
Is unnecessary here to aude In detail 70 the strikes
in progress in this city and Brooklyn. They have
been recorded daily in the news columns OF the HERALD
The carpenters have been the pioneers OF the movement
which WIN necessarily increase the cost Of building and
ordinary work. but their bosses were In position which
would render resistance ruinous policy: Tnsy nsd
the they would forrest the whole price Of the
their employees. and about one hundred ana thirty are
now paying 81 per day, an advance OF hfty cents.
hsr sss Ur :os =, 'ss S Ssn reply soy
the negative; and they have held private meetings 70
prepare for counter revolution Enrassd = losing
they may best eject return 70 The old rates Of wages
these win follow the sdvansays nissd by hscarpsass
Who are now receiving the advanced rasea q -
Sss % n auos s, q % . %ss
Tho longest pursoirespsctive Of justioomay, after
all decide the contest; ana chi. Be- true, heaven help
cient supply the isolated sdvancs demanded 70 the
members Of che trade. =. r
The golden imsgs'-or ~ rscognizsd equivalent !hs
ssnback-is powerful In this age - u was In the
days Of Nebuchadnexzar, when the people, with more
candor than modern citizens honestly worshipped
a. GOD While the striker 10 staxvinGs his employer
ssocal and perhaps merCcss - Dives-may close his
ssabshment or factory, pace his surplus csp. n any
bank, and fare sumptuousy every day on the interest
He penopsd with wealth, and strike merely touches
the surface Of his What grave injury can PEN
nless artisan nfict . refractory empoyerf He may
be suf1ceutly rich live without the labor OF others
The Independence Of his workman however, may not
survive week. fL ls f...' S.. \.
There is NO truth more fortified BY experience than
the power Of employer TO avenge any disadvantage
70 which he may be subjected in strike he may nurse
his wrath ti . convenient season and then expend u
amply the leaders Of the movement who nnd them.
selves discharged at q time when work ID scarce and
men are timd and obscquioua And II his desire for
what he deems "rcrbution' 10 not sufficiently satsned
he may hiss been DONE give siRncant hint 70 other
employers that the expelled tradosmsn trouble.
sons and that strikes' were their Jcrte Every jour
neysn can relate instances In which the leaders Of
m0veent for Increased compensation were thus perse
cuted and s notorious fact that those who plan and
guide strike seldom reap tho advantages OF their Efforts
while AL who merely followed their leadership beng
Ices obnoxiou3 entny ID the reward als sut 49, II
How, then, IL may be asked may wages be incrcasrd
Has The artisan no rights which his EMPLOYER ia bound