New-York tribune., 1867-04-24
THE LABOR MOVEMENT. :
80 sII1I,Ls-cO-orERArloN

THE sTl1kis--CO-oPERATICN
At the meeting at No. 27 Bowery yesterday, the
various committees having reported the situation III inc
shops where the advance is not openly paid and the o'
euss.on Of ways and means OF founding Carpenters
Cosycratiye shop having been resumed, Mr.. FarreD,
President OF the Strike, addressed his fellow carpenters
biefly renarklng that had become his firm conviction
that hereafter instead OF goiDgout on STRIFE w0lklhg
men must find In cooperative movements their remedy
for overwork or Insufficient pay Havlng soooa @ ous
three weeks, and entered upon the fourth at seon
when nearly the whole craft can find lucrative employ
ment in the small tobbing shops we viii not saa % re,
was first broached three months we had 10 man
contributed the ptance Of 80 cents each week towa NJ
carpenters Of the city had made this riimg gift to the
traaewe could have had, ready for occupation 1ouy,
and without the loss to ourselves and TO the community
of three weeks labor Of 400 men, large shop Mneh
would have rendered us independent OF our employers
must-wi be only the pioneer Of otheI, and perhabS
extensive enterprises OF the Kind %nen e VIZ M
sponded Wild the objection that the 1ourneyInan calpS
teIs might not be able TO compete with employers Wh2
tects speaker said "if You cannot afford the usua per-
ccntage TO the architects find among yourselves M %
Ter who become skul IN architecture, ana cI nu
of the cooperative shop company ana re require q
every individual OF me 70
to get work for the shop. II, when the common cou
n great shop employing hosts OF jOurneymen, and had
applied to the Aldermen for fair chance nc he cOnract
for he broadway bridge $4,000 contract could have
been effected with the understanding that the city
fathers TO aterth original plans az 10 enDe @ re
contractors to charge the city $1,000 for Ine wOIk to
conid have compelled the Common Council 10 make an
honest contract At a air price, Inc o. as VV
triumph OF cooperation; for these 900 men, sad tne
speaker mot only hold the market buildings @ r. ad rpo
nent" Mr.. Clark of the Committee on the Cooperatyo
shop reported an & T5S q @ IN '
At the mcetingof the Ca1pent"rs Union NO !, m Hayun
Manchester Hall last evening President John d. Ryan
itt fhe hal
employers TO them to confess the justice OF inc
onrneyInen demand voted down. and 10 was further
voted that the strike be maintained and an Intelligence
office kept a No Bowery until the three Carpenters
Unions shall formally declare t triumphant. Mr. Shaw
desired 10 make known that the Relief Committee have
ample means, and have rejected 9ut one ap
aa who PeriSGn Save TaG a' b dea@cd aGGr tS SSod
offers In hops That their former employers may recall
from the shops representative from the German TALL
ors Association roportea that resistance 70 Messs blo
kaw Brothet Sgm TO- .efSsc @ mds have ave not been e2
hausred It was reported that the cabinet mrkers nave
resolved that any member OF their e2ay kes w2k h s
shan he fined $40 and deprived Of all fire insurance anu
other benefits. Information was sent ~ IRON senor I
bl and the announcement was received Win NoeieIous
applause Before the adjournment the chair rgea oyGy
member attend the mass meeting Oh 1llnssday eltInhk
BURNIsHERs' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION -.
The Dpfhishcrs'. Assoeaton--e9mpQsed - OF -: -
TSacn sns etenn @ anu and ID Mr JOSIAH Newman presided
.GSN s-aaJks concerning the aetlon OF Mf nuhtlston
gSlsE no S's's sEe ressouton soS
We're adopted nyiing ali pescus in the trade 70 eHE2
the nsmes and leceme nfsf: 3 We YsSn1i,HsG E o1i,,sG
nni The socety shall have bean sufficiently strengthened
to be able TO carry its points It was ordered that tne
members OF the Association distribute the resolu,
tons in the varous burnlshers shops In New ork ana
BROOKLYN, aud the chair informed the 81 WonIcn WoI
and grs who had quit Mr~IIntlngtons shop that lhey
shall Dc supported they find employment at tho rates
demanded by the scale IL was added that the as-os.
ton m Justice their employers. will pay n Tngs 70
MIR uuntngtons men, they will come out MT buhtlhs
tOns b,ing the only shop that has attempted
The women having been urged 10 speak lor .hcnaS
Mis-, Plant said We took stand as soon as Ge hearn
he societys proposal, and since then We have been a
moved u unnnIncrcd Insults from the men who TOOK on,
eituatios one Of them having said III goto WOrh
ts oRly keep the girls out OF JoD we nish i uei
cat them: but We hope that We haN 700 mnsh
THIS neat little speech having been rnuhdly appaun.n
Messrs Danccy and Deming suggested ceoperaSh slo
AZ preventive of any future hticmP. "a .o tI,
90 reduce wages ana Messrs Albert Defining, iouVi MI
Cotton, John Duprcy, Martin otara' ahI ,,, tbc
liam Avery, were appointed Sonh.ltee ,, ~ 'sl' ,
shop. ard ascertain the views OF bgrnshers with respec
10 starting shop FOR lhemsfyes ~ was aso tova ~ t %
the plaeis Of this city and Brooklyn DC invited 70 Jol
the urpsers Association. Curously, here Is brahcn
Of human industry IN which no unjust INSTRUMENTATION y
made against In pecuniary matters Tie women
who outnumber the men, and receive when bush9s:
bri, from sS to m % TseE& & GfcSros aio 70 b5nt hS,
months in the ycarthey cannot average tg Mesh an.
OF underseng bis neghbOrs reduced the wages rom S
which have been paid since the reSlsl1n s
of prices In lsC3a revision when, nndcr mutual abI,e
menl, was understood TO be permanent
'LoNGsHORE sIiiP-pAISTrRs.
At the'meoting of the Longshore Ship-Panters
socloty last cvesing President Henry Lawson IN TIN
chair report was read from the committee which wa
appointed 20 confer With the Union Practical Painters
and the NewYork Practical House Painters Associations
The LoDgshorc shiPPainters get - 80 for pe hours
work day, and this scale they have maintained three
years The perfect sa factOn or both employers an'
cLpoyed The other societies work ten hours daily OK
cop on Saturdays. and pad ~, aud 1t II their deslr'
that LongshOre ShipPainters Society should uni'
with them and adopt their scale of time and remunera
tiOn The ongshOre Painters while pledgins themselves
keep off the other societies work. and entertaining th
kndllest feelings toward them, prefer not 10 make
change which. In their opinion, might unnecessarily
annoy their employers. Before the adjournment nonina
tons mado for officers 90 serve one year nom MAJ
| next.
| UNION COOPERATIVE BTILDING SOCIETY.
Tie object Of this society is t0 enable wotklngneT
TO become their landlords by paying dollar or tw
weekly into it, funds AZ the end Of each month th
amount thus collected disposed Of 20 the highest bidder
the party obtaining IL agreeing 10 use In the purchns
building Of house and to pay the proper rent of IN
into the treasury of the society until he cncels i
obligation The pr0ccss IL repeated at the end of eac
month until each member provided with house equa
in value the amount o the shareaken up by him. II
London there than hundred OF such socie
tiles, with membership Of over 5000 public meeting
or this society h 20 be held this evening at the Farmer In
slitute, No. 40 1udlOst, for the purpose OF eecni
| officers and enrolling members.