The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-19
Hayti-Anc.her Negro EMPEROR.

Hayti-Ancther Negro Emperor.
Our advices from Port au Prince are to the
effect that President Salnave has proclaimed
himself Emperor The revolution is not put
down; the foreigners are as little satisfied and
as much in danger as ever; but Salnave what
ever the final result of the present struggle is
to be, has made up his mind that his will must
be supreme in Hayti. 1t is further reported
that the Picos of the South were arming; that
the lazzaroni were threatening the foreigners
in the streets of Port au Prince, and that
Minister HOLSTER was indignant with the gov
eminent of Salnave because of The manner in
which Americans and other foreigners were
treated. Salnave, therefore, is not yet killed
out, nor has the world seen the last of black
faced emperors We hear great deal about
the questions of the hour; but really it does
appear as if the great question of the hour was
| the place to be assigned to the "nigger' and
the mixed races. The British have, it is
true, killed off Theodorus; but, on the other
| hand, the Mexcans have killed off Macmillan.
the United States have proclaimed the
''nigger" the equal of the white man, and now
|
dorus, no woolly head was adorned with an
imperial crown, has revived the empire and
raised Salnave to the purple. 1t may be taken
| for granted that Salnave will revive the homo
rary titles which gave a ridiculous prominence
to the reign Of SOulouque, alias Faustin the
First. Our hopes of Salnave as Emperor are
not greater than were our hopes of Salnaye as
President Hayti is hopelessly prey to the
worst kind Of anarchy; and, 80 far as we can
see, the best thing that can befall her is to
under the tender mercies of England or
France-that is, if the United States do not
Immediately take her in charge,
The strike Of the Bricklay ers-Suspension
Of the Building Trade.
From the reports published in the HERALD
from day to day of the proceedings Of the
master masons on the one hand and the brick
layers on the other. it is apparent that the
differences between these two cognate branches
of the building trade are assuming wider pro-
portions than either of them thought of at the
beginning of the strike II is no longer the
eight hour movement of the journeymen which
the boss masons oppose; they seem now de-
termined to fight against the whole system of
trades unions and claim to do so in order that
the employer, and not the employed, may regu-
late and control his own business. They com
plain bitterly of the assumptions of their men by
means of their combination in the society to limit
the number of apprentices, prescribe their quail
fications and forbid the master to employ
any without the sanction of the society so
that in fact. the person apprenticcd is subject
only to the commands of the union and not of
his employer. They also complain of the in
justice of the level rate of wages exacted by
the society, ''dwarling the ambition of the
enterprising while it insures premium to
laziness and equal pay with the best to the
laggard and incompetent. Hence the stand
now taken by the master masons is not against
the eight hour move alone. but against the
whole system of the workingmcns unions.
The journeymen, on the other hand, know
this change in the position of affairs fully and
appreciate its bearings. They are making the
most strenuous efforts to enlist all their fellow
workingmen of all trades and throughout the
country in their behalf, claiming that while
| fighting their own battle against the master
masons they are really battling for the prn-
ciple of the trades unions and for the rights of
| the workingman and the enhancement of his
| welfare What the result Of the strife may be
il is impossible as yet to foretell but il is safe
to assume that the loss to the country at large
may already be estimated by the million. Not
| only have more than three-fourths of all the
brick work contracted for in this city been
stopped in the midst of the best building season
| of the year, but everything connected with it
carpenter work. stone work. iron work, the
lumber trade in the city and country (embrac-
ing as has been stated, some thirty thousand
persons)-are more or less injured. II is to be
hoped, in view of these deplorable facts, that
these conflicting parties will speedily come to
some Just and reasonable compromise salts
factory to both sides.
THE WATERING PIAcEs.-The season has
been backward, but the late prolonged Egyp-
tan weather has induced forward movement,
| and yesterday, it appears, there was some
thing like an old-fashioned summer exodus OF
men. women and children, bound for ''the
Branch and all along the Jersey shore and
Staten and Long Islands, and up the Hudson
and up the Sound, and West, North and East
for the lakes and springs and mountains, SO
that, during the coming week the watering
places will begin to fill up and by the first Of
August they will be at high water mark. The
general impression is that their business will
be comparatively light this year from the
pressure of the money question; but much
will depend upon the weather.
RuPFIANIsM RAMPANT. ruffians Of the
J city and the suburbs, instead of being subduet
! into quietness by the terrible heat Of the las
week or two. seem to have been inspired by !