, 1870-12-09

Whs VIII stick Quite th1:*sLast 7s,-
fEfccs IN NeNv York aua Elsewhere
s-LAsEo stock on HaudA= Winter
.ComfnK =, and Both a.aFt1ss' oonai.
dents :. "i:7.;' r
Fsos ths Etss York 8s1a,d, Dec>7.
A Herald reporter succeeded ii paaainR the
lines. and had q abort and pleasant interview
The leader Of the boeses & Mr. John h. Burt,
gentleman blessed with u sssmile that Is
child.Lke md bfxnd,," and 4 world OF keen
calculation behind It. He clanis to have loat
$25, 600 IN: tie shoe bnsinasa some time ago,
petent sufbo1ity, prono1nced to b. The Teri-
table "head centte " Of necret order OF boot
bosses, which turns out to be = wheel within
the wheel on the New York Boot and Shoe
Board. This organization has its headqua1-
tens at No! Warren street, and Its consttu-
tioD deeaates Its object to be .'tto foster and
sfYozding facilities for frequent meeting znd
exchange OF v1ewa Of persons engaged there
.Int and fot general cooperation il Ill matters
affecting its varied interests"
- Among fla various committees IL one Of i've
on "1ahor," who +" shall hare charge Of Al
tween the members OF the association md
theiF employee" This committee, 1t Wis az
planned 70 the reporter. Is : I" dead :" one, foz,
ehoe jobber4 being admissible to member
ship, It WAS thought BEST that st mxnufsctur-
eEs" aloae. should belong TO H. md from
this fact and, - they allege, the pressure OF
The cfiapins, 1t put, on mask and adopted
grips and passwords, In imitation Of isB
bzawny md myriad. listed opponent. In oth-
er vnrdr, one aeoret society hAs created an
other. Tho bosses mInEie. An nsshetie bun
gering After intellectual communion with the
stern Necessities Of their case, and aympa-
thixing wofld ts called On to pity the bosses'
f1nF AA kEn{A
report Of the iucossant application which
they "teat. themselves to-" No wonder
that, In tone uf iof,yt hoping after bstter
things to follow, they write - follows: q
"8uch persistent confinement without the op-
Rse' To # Z eD59s ' as ses<
away from the sight OF boots and snoes. mu1t, In
nea,ly an cases, belItt1e the mind and tne better
fealtn9B Of our nature"
The reporter could now no longer restrain
bfa desire to see one Of the Rsthe'io "boardA.' ri
He selected the principal "bossn in tbs ven
a1ahle peraon Of Mr.. Edwin @. Burt, of n
Pa1k row. 4 number OF herce-looking C1is-
pins stood gesticu1ating upon the sidewalk,
. and naar by we're some list1ess CHspins look-
ing silent and doleful - u they bad little
Of winter,
Nj. Burt hiss ssfrsnk, kindly face, and
seemed deeply interested in the question. he
evidenced quite paternal feeling for his
men. and kaid that, previous to the formation
Of the Crispins, he nevarhad sny difficulty With
his BE paid the best prieea and undertook
none hut hrst-class work. On being pressed
a. to the cause Of the proposed reduction Of
15 per cent On the present wagea, Mr.
Burt eaid the canses we're many. He first
! instaneed the fact that at Newark the C1ispina
were content to work ut wages va1ying from
eighteen to twenty dollara week, while the
eociety wages In the city were tweuty-sou1
dolAr1. He showed the reporter his books,
and they exhibited an average Of twenty 1--we
and Syracuse, and other pisces, obtaining
their work at lower rates, we're gradually
taking their business away from them. THIS,
combined with The dn1nees of the 14te season,
caused loss to the manufacturers, and they
bad resolved to appeal to the men to help
their employers out OF their difficulties BY
conaenting to ! reduction. Of wages, other.
tai. Last year, in the slack eeason, he offered
them the alternative Of reducing the hands
or working On short time The men cTedita-
bly, choee the latter In answer 10 question
L aR TO- whether any compromise had bear
agreed on ho s11d his hsnda hid met hin
about half IN hour previous, but Only offered
high quality Of bih work. they were charging
one branch OF work
In reply to query whether he would bacl
down II tho C1ispins showed strong front
be said: ':No, have plenty Of stock ,oz
band. and. although wish 70 employ th'
| would serve both, I do not take position t,
.rccede from it afterward."
II, as it looks at present, tho CEIspips A.
obetfnate and still defy the Nemesis OF tn
"hesshen Chinee," It Will then be queatio1
which H1n stick to the last.