New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-28
THE PRINTERS STRIKE.

THE PRINTEItS BIKlhE
The statement in some of the papers yester
day that all the leading printing houses had acceded TO
the demands Of the striking compositors is not borne
out by action OF meeting Of these firms held yester
day This meeting resolved that the increased wages
demanded could not and would not be paid The follow
resistance to the strike: q A AivOTd John + TEoy
Co. o. JENKINS MSs,Sou CO. GndS Frane;
Hart Co. Reed j. n PTn MGcrS9 s MIiGF'
IovSoy Oliver SOW VIM Ma Rir" Beside these Fms
Gray & Green, and the New-York Printing Company,
though represented I'm the meeting do not the
increased prices. Harper Brothers, and Applet0ns,
however pay according TO the new scale but they stand
on different groundfrOm the aboyenamed firms. being
publishers and doing their own printing only There are
also few exclusively Jobprnting establishments which
competent 10 earn them. The position OF the employing
printers that they have for two years been paying ten
Phadeipla houses and they cannot stand the burden
Of any further increase OF their expenses over those OF
their competitors in other cities No advance IN prices
has yet been effected by the coDpOsiors I'm those cities
out against 1t in sedeense. The meeting Of employers
yesterday decided recognize the difference between
Cents neI thousand on solid matter THIS it is asserted
the only and last concession that will be made TO the
on the other hand learn that large and enthusiastic
meetings OF the strikers were held at Botanic Hal yes
terday William Stirk, esq President OF Typographical
Union No. 6. presided The following resolution was
Os5sa ana aPS. 10. apD aSSPSq m
tive the E gOag 10 TOE 6oo aud job Offices h city
Of sam'y to Typographical Union No g. ard 49,.
bsesn this Union and the employers there
R>'olS,d sal. contained the first
.sni demands, and will continue 80 to DO until She scale
Rsou>d That body rendered daily papers
q tbs city generally for their impartial reports In regard to our pro
The scale OF prices as adopted on Friday last was
unanimously adhered to- Reports favorable TO the move
ment received from the various offices In the city,
and it was generally believed that the strike would be Of
short Duration and that the employers would soon accede
The following Arms have already agreed TO the scale,
aud the have returned to their work: Harper's,
Appleton's. Francis Loutrel A. W. Hines Madden &
Co., Economical Printing Co, RusselPs. Dodges Hol-
mans. j. J. Reed aud BassfOrd Cummins.
Letters and dispatches yesterday received from
associations throughout the State pledgng their hearty
sympathy with tho movement. and rendering moneyed
with cheers. and ordered TO be placed on file. Upou
the meeting adjourned, to meet at IA noon, to-day,
at Botanic Hall
THE sEAMEN's STRIKE.
The efforts of the seamen of this port to
obtain fair remuneration for their labors. continue
abated They held what may be termed conference, at
an early hour yesterday morning, after which they
other visited several docks in Brooklyn and NewYork
whence hips whose are said to have been shipped
In the vicinity the ship Lookout the Brooklyn side,
is Of the police were stationed to guard against
the instructed TO act orderly and respect
the laws meeting was held yesterday between II Nha
Itary Hail. tho BOwery, at which the rates mentioned
m TIE IhngSG o, YESTERDAY wgro SSopted "
Rogi That any landlord shipping under the above wages
Tine shipping masters we're almost unit acquieseing
in tho rates adopted by the house s9epeF od
upon by many virtually ending the strike but later
movements dispeed the illusion Last evening, Military
Hall IN the Bowery was crowded To its utmost capacity
with the seamen OF this port. me meeting was helu
under the auspices OF the Ocean steamship OrganlLa-
ton. the members Of which reside mostly on the
west side OF the city. MIR. John Campbell presided.
The first speaker Mr. Atchson, said. bootblack
can spend more than u sailor, lie earns more wages
Almost any ono can ROB the sailor When asnors anu S
tho society Of thieves lie furnished on leaving port
any Cheap John establishments for rs Is The shirts
with which he is furnished by the master at exh3rOitant
alot He 10 shipped ~ Frisco (5an Francisco and on
his arrival paid with mir From Frisco he Is "Shang
haed by the oily tongue OF the Boarding Master when
his advance Is eaten up Inc speaker cohtihnuins,
said now tho time To stand resolved 20 gain tue
rights taken from them by runners agents ana shpPs
Consgnees cannQt delay In sending their goods put NIL
tell the owners that they must snip tner goods ~ not
worth cents The speaker concluded VIVA oo
OF voyage from Leghorn. when he had ts yG Sa tno
Coffee Without either milk or moasses an on The na
became so scarce that the were thnnng On Tue o
cossity OF eating another. The otner spoaAos' WI
asV N fho work The Treasurer then called for
a supply OF money to hays Dis r ..o
rate Oh waSeS sad that she bills would be printed forth
with and would be posted by - stout men, VINO wealo
that they were ps Ssntle%sn o the CbaWharo of
Soaroe 10 lay before the Congress OF the United States
The nScsssity OF establishing Government shipping offices
Ter nroteoon Of the merchant MARINE and resolving that
thei wages he regulated as follows TO Europe or the
vance TO any OF ts West Indies, " the United sates
oFRrltsh North America, Gao per month sne hal
ga on this AIDE u tho Capes, t5 per month and one
months advance TO any port TO the southvard OF tho
Cape OF Good Hope or Cape HoIn $50 per month andowe
months advances
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