New-York tribune., 1867-04-10
THE LABOR QUESTION.
THE CARPENTERS STRIKE.

THE CARPENTERS STRIKE.
The number of striking carpenters who daily as
sembe at No 27 BOwer 20 ascertain what progress the
strike is making is lessenng every day. and yesterday
Early Closing Hall was at no time half filled many Of
the mon who sat there throughout last week having gone
10 work at the advance which they demanded, a mum
Hall Yesterday morning for carpenters, ana were sup
Piled therefrom Among the number is MT Daniel %
tracing carpenters, and gave IL 90 the men who nave
been on strike for which act the journeymen awarded
NETTING or EMPLOYING CARPENTERS.
The employing carpenters of this city, to the num-
Der OF lO6 met at the Everett House last evening Mr.
willis Blackstone the chair and unanimously resolved
10 abide by thc resolutions which they published in THE
b6syejy decline TO concede the s. day which the
iourneynen carpenters demand Oralrepors were made
catlon and il was represented that who about
of the associates have been compelled 20 pay - day TO
be completed before the first OF May not solitary men
Der of the Society has paid the advance to jonIneymen
employed any other work. and not one Intends Ia pay
more than 50 so day Messrs. j. {. Hoe Co reported
that their employees had considerably annoyed them
g aud that until yesterday tho iOuTneymen kept sen
tries posted and regularly relieved inptary style near
away such carpenters might undertake to work at
s. day Messrs Ii. Co have not however petcelveu
the necessity of succumbng. Messrs HOFFMAN ran
ming promised TO pay their wOrkmen - day III h eNe
81 So Mr. G. W. Ford has 2j journcymen al work at -
day on job which he can complete WITHIN !Gt%gnt, %
@ d5 OUT c ne Ny G nU NIX Son have lad in their shop
men whom they thought worth 81 and 10 such they are
paying that sum to-day but TO none otncrs % anu IHT
for Sc 80 q day. Nevertheless their WOrkinen nave
70 lock the shop doors against the srikers committees
otd tot tbe owner ~ one lob upOn which he had been
al work had employed carpenters thereon and agreed
Ied to Close his sbop rather than ncccdG to the
mand of his S5 employees all OF whom had struck. Mr..
John p voorhees, has G5 men at work ana content WIN
s. 80 a day Mr. John Wheeler, jr. has II men employed
e. 50 day, and two at less money. MI II. = hongs
has only foreman left IN his shop, and MeSsrs j. j.
SchOonmakor A. Deinarest, ana others are IN IKE ght
plac5 MessTs. Gregory and Luyster employed man
yesterday morning. and while they were monentarily
absent the Society men persuaded him to take French
leave Messrs Keymor Van Houten lost Of their "a
wOren saturday, but yesterday they say more than
20 men offered TO goto work al 0a day
make ike reports II was broadly asserted that OF names
Of employing carpenters that have been published by the
Society men as having acceded to the demand ior an hu
vance AZ least dozen have not paid more than - %
day and place in tho city Directory II IS al
legged that the majority OF the carpenters tht are eI 20
be paying men who do their own work ana employ
not than from two TO four men each While some of
the number are masons or star builders ana otlefs are
architects. Messrs H. IyITell, ". j. Hotallng POWELL
r. c. Bagot emphatcay denied that they had Pad more
than s. 30 day Before the adjournment, Mr, Jqhn
the employers had not combined to crush the l91uey
hut rather 10 devise meas to keep the cost OF bud
ing within the means OF capitalists.
INSTITUTION or rEw UNION
Last nights new Carpenters Union was organ-
Mr. Lozee as President and Er Wood Treasurer. The
Union starts with membership OF about 90 ourneyncn
carpenters.
MEETING OF NEw-YORR ENGINEEi s.
The New-YOTk Engineers Protective Society met
yesterday evening at Military Hail. No l93 BOwery. In
consequence Of the resignation Of Nh. John A. Howard
President OF tho Society election took place 20 i'll
the vacancy Mr. John G. Wilson elected. This Is
new association having met for the first time the 2lst
OF March lis object is simply projections there IL
no intention the part OF the members TO strike for
higher wages. The main purpose would seem TO be 10
perfect arrangements by which ncOmpetent engineers
would be excluded from competition with those who
The Society viii meet again next
Tuesday evening and engineers requested 70 attend
DIsORDERLY STRiRERs.-Wilam Leonard. August
weegand Lorcensy Dorde, Conrad Wenselhan, Phillip
Korner and Gustavo Role yesterday arrested for
dsorderly conduct by the police OF the Fortyaxth Pre-
cnct, and required TO give bonds for future good be-
havor by Justice Walter IL that they had been
in the employ Of Henry Buppel shoemaker dong busi
at No "a Remsen-st Brooklyn e. D., and struck for
higher wages
THE IRON MINERS STRIKE.