The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-08

Meeting Of the Master Masors.

Meeting Of the Master MasOrs.
The master masons were again In consultation
yesterday afternoon, Mr. John T. Conover president
and William II. Jackson secretary. The minutes Of
the previous meeting having been approved, Mr..
Ross for the committee reported that the Building
Committee OF the New York Life Insurance CON-
pany had consultation with the architect and with
the contractor, Mr.. Conover the chairman, and in
consideration Of the difficulties with which the
work was being prosecuted at the rate Of ten hours
as q days labor, the brickayers being beset by
strikers and the aborers Influenced to stop work, it
was resolved to stop work altogether, and the con-
tractor was authorized to discharge his men last
night. Another boss mason, Mr.. schaeffler in
formed the meeting that by direction OF Mr.
Anthony Dugro, the owner, the buildings on
the corner OF Fifty-elghth street and Third
avenue a, will instead OF brick, . have brown
Several other members stated that fronts OF houses
intended at first to have been OF brick, Will now 60
up with marble Hence 1t is again that "it's an Ill
wind that blows nobody good for the stone cutters
and stone masons win have the more to do
Mr. EIDLITz read q list Of houses which have here
tofore been laid up on account Of the strike but on
which, In the course Of the week, work has been re-
commenced with ten hour men. The list comprises
depot, 1OOxl25; four dwellings, FOrty-sxth street
and Fifth avenue; two stores, Howard and Crosby
Streets four stores, Nos Duane street: store
IN Depeyster street; two houses, West Eleventh
street; ten houses, Fortyeghth street and Seventh
avenue, through to Broadway; one house on Seven.
Charles and Fourth streets; three houses, Forty
second street. opposite Reservoir.
Mr.. Ross then asked Mr.. O'Brien to read report
IN paper OF yesterday referring to the inclination
or the master masons to listen to and accept COM
promise, II one be proposed by the bricklayers, and
all SUCH reports were declared to be unf0unded, In
asmuch the master masons had no cause either to
accept or offer any compromise A number Of re-
ports from different master mas0ns were handed In
as 10 the number OF ten hour men they each employ
and the secretary announced that dfty-nve bosses
are now at work on the ten hour system. An anony-
claiming to write in the interest Of clerks and other
persons In moderate circumstances, In which the
association was urged TO hold out against the
ton was ordered to be spread upon the
minutes. Mr.. Sayres then announced that he had
South, especially from Charleston, all "tptopn
bricklayers, and that more will come next week.
Mr.. TosTEvIN, at the request OF member, then
read lengthy statement he had prepared, intended
TO give TO the public true representation of the
grievances Of the master masons and the causes
is written in forcibe and argumentative style its
statements being cOrroborated by statistics. After
ordering it to be published in the HERALD and
solving TO adhere to their original resolution
ploy none but ten hour men, the meeting adjourned
to next Monday.
Labor Prospects In the Pacific States-Rates
Of Remuneration for Mechanics and Work.
ing Men-Statistical Review of the Labor
Market.
SAN FRANCISCO, July Is, 1858.
Within the past six months many letters have ap-
peared in Atlantic newspapers relative to California,
some Of which represented the State to be almost
workingmans paradise, while others represented 1t
to be one Of the very worst places to which strangers
could emigrate. One New York paper had long and
very attering description Of labor and other pros
poets In California in May last while few weeks
later ridiculous letter from San Francisco appeared
in the same journal, which stated that there were
out Of employment; that California was
one OF the worst places for strangers that in
quence Of want Of employment suicide had assumed
an epidemic form here, and the monstrous assertion
was made that within o few months seven hundred
bodies had been found floating In our bay.
Thousands OF persons In the East are now contem-
plating journey to California. and hundreds are
landing here from New York each week. 1t is there
what prospect there is here for the immediate
and profitable employment Of new corners. The
people OF the East want facts about this mat
ter, and not the unsupported statements Of often
reckless correspondents and facts propose to give
them. The following table, furnished by the mana
ger OF the lately established Labor Exchange shows
how many strangers have been furnished with en-
ployment during the past month. what the occupa-
ton OF each was and the rate OF wages ut which
each was engaged. The table also shows what kinds
Of workingmen are in most demand here. He who
does not follow some one OF the occupations named
below has not II may be generally stated much show
OF employment In San Francisco All the rates are
OF course In gOld:-