The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-03


who employ hands but work for wholesale houses
70 vet them 70 Join In the strike by demanding the
same increase OF rates for their work that the Jour
neymen talors demanding. No new cfoth,hg
firms were visited ny the committee ana ne o'ne t
firms beyond the fcur already menloneu nave d. 'e'
agreed 10 the Increased wages. ou,.
To-day the STRIKERS INTEND TO return az tue wore
they nave in band totneir employers ihF@s piesen'
The condiuon OF some of the iourneymen taiiors
and their famihes is stated TO be pltuul' OWING u
the poor rate VI wages heretofore PAID,
Two women. wives OF jouraeymen tauors, were
among those standing guard yesterday over the
shops on bsualf OF the strikers
The Shop Tniiors' Strike.
Bul verF little progress has been made by the shop
,aors il their strike. The committee sat all day at
AZ avenue ana several shop meetings took place
last night but the men seem TO see that the fight
before them Will be long and severe and the main
business transacted was the thorough organization
of the shops on a war footing. II was an
pourced last nignt that Devlin had shown
sigcs OF relenung, but no satisfactory In
formation can be obtained till to-day, when
q committee viii wait on the firm and arrive at
something definite. Fechheimer & Goodkind sent
fer their men Yesterday but when the committee
with thus shop are IN stdtu quo.
The following is list of the firms who have re.
fused 10 sign the price bills:-Devlin Co., Grand
street; Fecnheimer 4 Goodkind, Murray and Church
streets; Hastings Heustng, 265 Broadway; Strauss
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Kndskopf Water street; Langstreet, White street;
Ehued n Levy, Church street, ManersSa, 20
Church street; SonneDorn, Church street, Hamer-
Tough, 4oS Broadway; wolfensteln, vesey street;
Bernhelmer White street; Baum i Schrler, Hoff-
mann d Grlesnann, Worth street; DAYTON, Cham
bers street; HircnSlnd Adler, White street.
No new acts OF violence against watchmen have
been reported ana this due mainly TO the fact that
wives toact detectives in their stead and these
female detectives do their duty.
New strength was gained by tae strikers yesterday
faclurers, who viii strike to-day. Several Of the
manufacturers themselves have promised aid and
nrpis have agreed 10 close their workshops TIL
the cotnlers give IN.
New Currency Printing-The Government
and the Plate Printers in Accord-NIutual
Case of More s'Stamps,' Wanted-The Bank
Note Printing Companies Agree with the
Government, Yet Disagree with the Printers.
With the exception OF the five dollar national
bank notes, which are printed by the Continental
Bank Note Company Of this city, all the printing Of
United States currency Is done for the government
by the National Bank Note Company, of No. Wall
street, and by the American Bank Note Company Of
142 broadway. large part of this class Of printing
was formerly done at the government works in
Washington, but when it was decided to issue the
new ten, fifteen, twenty-five and fifty cent frac-
honal currency some Of which is already in
circulation, the authorities at Washington found
that the work could be done more cheaply by the
firms in New YORK than by the government them.
selves. Hence contract was concluded by which
the two companies above referred to should print
the whole Of the new fractional currency, and they
have been OF late pusily employed upon the work.
The recent STRIKE however, Of the greater number
OF the plate printers Of the National Bank Note Com
pany, and commotiOn among the printers OF the
American Bank Note Company, have threatened to
do fha rViO ont nf fhaca octoxv $ha
United States government. and consequently the
issuing, rapidly as desirable, Of requisite
amount OF the new fractional currency. Most of the
men employed in this class OF nave been appren-
tees of these companies. and have been employed
by tnem for years. The wages paid them are much
mechanical workmeD. The work IS paid for by the
piece, and as there is always an abundance Of 1t TO
be done fair workman can with about eight hours
work a day earn forty dollars OF more week. Each
Ol the TWO COMPANIES At present engaged In print
hand 10 Keen thea enre 1oce f fny G
ayear, even should no further orders come IN during
that time. Both companies execute fine printing
for mercantile nrms 30 that the government print
Ing Is, after all, cut minor though very important
part Of their business. AT the time OF the strike
the National Company seventy-six men were en-
poyed there.
THE STRIKE AND IT'S IMMEDIATE CAUSE.
The plate printers have for three years past been
paid the same scale OF prices from nxed tariff; and
as the wages earned were unusually good no de-
mand for an incre se had up to the present strike
fractional currency are two inches wider, but one
inch shorter and it s said require more time and
labor 10 pr { from than those with which the men
mad preyioUsy been accustomed to work. When the
printing OF the new currency was begun COM
pant seems 10 have been made on this ground; but
last week movement was started among few Of
Tie plate printers OF the National Bank Note Com
aiming the men to make them feel confident of
success III making demand for an increase
o. wag oS Se q !u a
crease OF ten cents additional for every 100 impress
slons made oy the new plates, was sent In. These
men, who seemed to be the prime movers in the
movement which threatened a strike, were imme-
diately dismissed, and the remainder OF the men
were informed that any grounds OF complaint they
might have the score OF wages must be repre-
nted from them as body, and laid In proper form
before the directors Of the company tor their de-
tnlzed with the three who had already taken the
initiative, and struck on the 2Sth OF July The strike
grounded entirely on the fractional currency
work which at present Is being paid for at prices
based on that paid for legal tender work. which is
printed from pates OF fourteen by nine inches
inis decisive action on the part OF the printers Of
tie National Bank Note Company caused naturally
some conmotlon among their brother printers in
the American Bank Note Company. Tue men who
led the movement which brought on strike In the
closing OF the government works in Washington,
come to New York 70 work. TheI residence at the
headquarters OF diplomacy seems to have given
sharp conception OF 1.-THE SITUATION for they
argued that as the government was anxious 70 get
tue new currency into general circulation as quickly
contract for the printing OF 1t would be
compelled to yield to The demand OF the
men rather tnan break their contract with the gov
eminent. This OF the case was probably i'm.
pressed on the minds Of the printers OF the Aneri-
Can company but 1t met 30 promptly by Inc
latter that Tor the present the movement towards
strike seems TO have been entirely checked com
muncatiou was addressed TO the secretary OF the
latter company, asking for similar advance and
based the same grounds as that of the printers OF
the National Company. On thursday last the
American Note Company replied that In view Of the
agitation just commencing within the Office and OF
the circumstances when mad already trauspired II
became necessary 10 know nc once who
WAS willing 10 stay and who desired "a
g.. No increase In wages could be
granted, and those who we're dissatisfied
with the prices now paid at liberty 20 90 else
where. IAis mode Of putting the case entirely
quicled whatever agitation mad arisen and wlthou;
any further parleying the question or an increase OF
wages was dropped. The uiumatun vi More pay
we STRIKE" had not been Presented by the PRINT
ers Of this company, as Is had by some OF those IN