The national Republican., 1869-01-29
The Labor Movement-The Printers
and their Empleyers-strike OF the
! AAlloKs-The RlAaforara ~.

s.u "RHoyeEn-btEIko OIL Hme
sailors-The Plssterers. as,.!
The book and Job printers now on a strike
for higher wages held sessions at Botanic
log; si,s,sSoG .sss, and eysoini; 70 The hoTsias
having given their sdhsrcnee TO the nsw terms
shca.,nd On. Ier loaded matter and % y eepais pt.
AZ the sfternoon meeting a committee, ap.
pointed the day before to see the Board o.
procure an Interview with the Individuals
therefore, to be discharged. A long debate
were used against the New York Printing
Company, which does the city printing. The
committee was discharged, and another ap-
action Of the New York Printing Company,
and animadverting upon the conduct OF the
Common Council for giving business to aa
s s ss sayssss Ss'sS 10 ss as uoiS.I %s oS% snS
mittee was also named to wait upon the com.
psny Immediately.
ported a. having agreed 70 an advance Of three
cents per thousand ems on solid matter.
In the evening the following names were
msndedi MsedonaiI 4 Co., A. w. King, J. w.
Pratt, Bachelor, Polhemus Oobbs, Peek q
winchsll, Francis Hart 4 % , Douglass Tsy.
Pfntins % s Sompsny Bso Gsa .aS GS0eS%iss Ss.ii.i
H. Jones. Those reported In the Timss or
yesterdsy, were franoi. 4 Loutrell, Brownell
fS,.ss esSSaiss sss sml,S MsSk.
Barron, Harper Brothers, Sun Job oficc,
Epening Post job once, Holman, Nesbitt, Ap.
gleton, Russell MetIopolitsn Job Once and
John ]. Reed. These firms comprise the entire
list, though number Of small establish ments
are understood to have followed suit without
their names having been given In BY their
The oommittee appointed In the sfternoon IN
walt upon the New York Printing Company
had nothing dennite to report, but hoped
An unofneial statement was presented, to
the enect that a. The meeting OF employers
during the day the following scale OF prices
u cents for solid reprint, 90 cents for solid
manuscript, and ~ cents for leaded m manuscript.
II was also added that II q compositor was an
p to psg him 49, sso sesf for Zen soas. aas
labor, II not efiioient, they would give him
what they chose, A motion was made to lay
the report under the table, which was received
The following resolutions were then read,
after which the meeting adjourned until noon
Whereas, A statement has appeared In this
yesterday mornings Tribune relative to the
strike now going on In the book and job offlces
10 this city, which from its tone, show. 4 to
have been written or dictated BY a spirit Of
0; and
Whsreas, Such statement Is calculated to
Il issue bstween tBis Union and the employ
ersi and therefore, be II
Resolved, That so much of said statement As
10 contained In the hrst paragraphs, from be-
ging to end, 10 untrue in every pasieular, and
that we stand arm In our demands and will
continue so to do until the scale IL complied
with.
Rsiolpsd, That the thanks OF this body are
rendered the daily papers OF this city gen orally
for their impartial reports In regard to our
The s%piqyIas printer. me, yesterday.
represented; o, A. Alyord, John y. Trow, L.
a,ilcIhS IlsTsinSs Ssser Ms.,s0s, aSodnwin' Wy9koGP
| tin, Francis Hart h o., J. J, Reed, J. p.
Ptsil, M. W. siebeIt, J. W. oliver, ]. y. Bald.
win, MeCrea Miller, Smith and MeDougal,
Ths employers decided that they could not
| accede to the demands Of the Printers Union,
the rss,on th na,ne:, ,S gpsia not Tsr
had been paying for two years from ten TO
twenty per cent. more than was paid In other
Of work hsdbeeS sent elsewhere fof exec ution,
| owing to the high prices ruling here, and they
| were certain that no further advance could be
paid without great detriment to their bust.
| ness.
Reports were received from nearly all the
pricipAl establishments, and II was ascertained
that only one e or tive Of these, belonging 70 pub
| clusiyely job printing establis ments, and Ac-
| ceded to the increased rates demanded by the
lourneymen. II was also reported that the
prices had not been advanced In Boston and
/ Philadelphia.
The employers decided to recognize the dif-
ference between solid and loaded matter, and
| to offer three cents per one thousand ems more
for matter not loaded. In all other particulars
Of any Importance they decided to adhere to
The resolution not to aeeede to the new rates
proposed BY the journeymen was passed unani.
mou.ly, and DETERMINATION expressed not to
reeede from the stand taken. 1t was stated
| plenty Of hands at the old rates.
| There 10 no comprehensive Organization In
conneetion with the strike Of the sailors. A
Franklin square and the Battery, within the
last few days, but any resolutions they may
| winter approached, ESQ . month was paid
| them for European voyages, and t2o to t26 for
| since the cold weather set In, men have been
shipped at ti6, and were glad to receive the
employment. Many captains have adopted a
shipping on board their vessels before giving
him an order on the owners to be allowed to
,ien articles: I'll. TIL ls much complained Of
| which amounts to u day, and their food.
A land la6orer receive, ti.Soto "a day, find.
Ing himself, and there is no reason why man
| ceiye an equal amount
The plasterers working In the employ OF
tsnains be sT.etion Of er nfnoa sGS oonstsss
new store on broadway, struck a week or
more ago, on his refusal to employ them at
1nS hSuf S..n Day Which was tss limit they
procured q number Of non-sooiety plasterers,
who were willing to work ten hours day,
his needs. &c CoHover IN @ Is the only 1o employer YER
under whom plasterers have lately struck
/ N. Y. Times, 2sh.
An EXTRAORDINARY WILL CAsR.-Surro-
| gate Tucker 10 now examining q singular will