The New York herald., 1870-02-19
THE SONS OF TOLL.

Gloomy Reports from Workingmen-Number
Out Of Employ mcnt md Europeans Imported
to Fill Their Places-P0litics and the Work.
ingmen.
meeting OF the members comprising the Work.
ingmen's Union OF New York, was held ast night at
their headquarters Early Closing Hall, 267 Bowery,
the president Mr. Nelson W. Young, In the chair.
Mr.. CoNSELLY, on behalf OF the committee ap.
pointed to look after the bills sent Albany by the
Workngmen's Union, reported progress.
Mr.. YOUNG, the president, reported that day or
two subsequent TO the adjournment OF the last
meeting OF the Union he was visited by committee
OF the umbrella and parasol makers OF this city,
who had refused to accede to the demands OF their
employers for reduction OF from fifteen to thirty
per cent on the rate OF wages formerly paid them.
The girls stated to him distinctly that on coLsid-
Grafton would they consent to work for the establish.
ments who wished for this reduction, and they
called on him, as President OF the Workngmen's
Union, to take the matter In hand for them and see
what could be done. They did not want money, bus
only the moral AID OF the workingmen's
Union. Tney also state that, whether the
employers would give them regular wages or
not they were determined form o Work.
properly organized. few days subsequently
he (Mr. Young) attended meeting OF these girls ag
Military Hall and found nve hundred present At
TINS meeting the girls subscribed three hundred dol.
lars Tor the purpose OF forming permanent organi-
cation, and at the next meeting he hoped to be able
to report that they had done so
The pianomakers at Steinwsy & Sons' were re.
ported to be on strike. as their wages were re-
duced from Sl5 TO $40 week.
The plasterers also reported tue extreme dulnes1
of times, as did also the. brick layers mas0ns and
other classes OF tradesmen. IL stated that fears
prove failure; that numbers Of men were waking
the streets without employment, ana that men were
imported In numbers from Europe TO work for
longer hours and at lower wages.
The regular order OF business was then suspended
for the purpose OF taking up series or resolutions
offered by Mr. Taylor to the effect That the Working
mems Union deemed IL unwlse to continue what waq
known as the "Joint Committee" and do hereby
erto connected therewith and that the Chair be now
instructed to request such represen nom each
trade here represented az are willing to enter Oh
such Q work will assemble themselves together
from Arbeter Union and such other working;nc1
may feel disposed to assist in the labor, create,
organize and set up such political organization -
in their wisdom they may consider necessary for the
termine the issues OF such questions as may arise
from time TO time and become politically OF vital I'm
p0rtance to the workingmen.
: A motion was made to indefinitely postpone the
above, on which discussion arose, during which
decision OF the chair ruling 1t out OF order was
appealed from, ana
M. YOUNG took the floor 70 explain his position.
He said that individually he was III favor OF tho
wOrkingmen forming themselves into q poll
tlcal organization for their own protection.
His organization, however, was opposed to thus, and
he was there to represent the organizations views
and not his own. He would wish. therefore, to have
the resolutions taken up and disposed OF &C this
meeting IN order TO throw this polucal matter out
Of the organization altogether.
The CHAIR was finally sustained and the rss0lu-
tions adopted.