New-York tribune., 1867-04-19
THE LABOR MOTEMENE
rnE CARPENTERS sTRIKR.

TuE CARPENTERS STRIKE.
Instead OF considering the possibility Of failure. the
journey carpenters who yet out on strike are
planning to make their separation from their late employ
r permanent and yesterday IN pursuance Of their PLAN
subscriptions taken FOR fund wherewith TO cstab
lsh IN this city Cooperative Carpenters shop. They
estimate ihe cost OF y Sorts.QP Ol g,'dts ~ ,n
sum which they can raise among themselves without
drawing than 500 each from the savings banBs
DOubtcrs are pointed 10 the Troy Cooperative fouhdey
an institution which was started az the result OF
i'm shares Of si6O each and which has been a
triumph ~ cooperation from the beginning Its
first report dated Jan l. 1861, shows the net profits on
five months labor 10 have been $500 Besides the co
operative OundeTy kept It's employees at Work dung the
weeks The prime movers in the SewYork cooperative
scheme that il IA business requiring 80 much capt
tai as IN iron moding tho ourneynen can become their
employers surely the carpenters, whose business
awaiting the beck OF the employing carpenters OF this
city At last evenings session Of the Strike Committee.
necrsstaed 20 apply for relief that not more than half
the fund has been consumed; that an abundance OF
on Saturday night, and that wherever an ap,
peal has been made to wokngmen they have responded
calculated 10 the strikers one speaker said:
1--WE find from the authenticated reports from the yari-
shops that all Of the employing carpenters who are
striving 10 keep our wages down are crippled ana thht
have only about 100 men out desire 10 say 10 inc
public that the large employers, who working on
costly buildings, have employed Inferior mechanics hnu
mat The hest carpenters are to-day to be found In the
iobbng shops; therefore owners who want good work
viii do we'll 10 patronze the iobbing shops. II threat
encd that work be stopped Il we persist In demand
ing s. u day Let us start cooperative shop, ana We
will see about that. insist that this strike
which, by the way, is the most successful that
but strike OF the landlords who have advanced rents
and cOerced into asking more money To enable US 10
keep heads above water" other speakers reported
the names Oi carpenters belonging TO the Employers AS
ISOLATION who alleged TO be openly paying ~ day,
This the os Io Prove speaker advised
refuse to pay than tho usual hadoar proft 10 the
men who are pretending 70 pay thef f1hS m law oa
that there not than % employers who arc
not, directly or indirectly. paying the price demanded
for rstcIass worknen aud were supplied. Adjourned
to 0 o'clock this morning
THE PLAsTERERs.
The Plasterers' Association-the strongest labor or
ganzaton In this country-are awaiting Gov Fenton's
disposition of the EightHour bill Should he affx his
signature. they Will not ask advance OF wages other
wise they Will.
THE sHIP-JOINERs.
Al the meeting Of Manhattan Branch Of the Ship
Joners Association last evening resolution passed
warning the craft to interfere and counseling them
to give the carpenters fair field
THE TAILoRs.
At the last meeting of the iourneymen taors. it
WAS reported that many employers will not yield the two
hours which the workmen demand Saturday, and 10
was therefore resolved that the alors organization VIII
not those shops which require full hours OF
service that day. mass meeting ID TO be held TINS
evening.
THE MoNtAUK IRON AND STEEL COMPANY.
The Montauk Iron and Steel Co. are again about
starting their works, which have been idle for long
time bese works are situated In Mott Haven the
bridge of the Harlem Railroad Co. Mr. VIM Rider has
been elected President; Joseph Yates, Superintendent,
and Mr. Cheever Treasurer Mr. Yates has taken charge,
and has already set at work. This establishment
will give employment TO large number OF men,