The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-01-08
JHE IRON mOULDERs, syRIKE.
Eyepioyers Consta ptIy Advertising for Cheap
Labor IN Castle Garden-How the Men
gheckmats Them--CNpitnl against Capi-
4 Il No s.ar

Gheckmats Them-CRpitnl against Capi-
fni this time, and No surrender.
On the 18th of December Meesrs. g. X. Jack
sco Burnett Co., Of the Excelsior Iron Works,
undertook 10 reduce the wages OF their employees
tcn per cent The firm then paying less
than tue u. ua rates for similar No,h about town,
pr in Other words from g. to $3.50 per day, instead
1880 To 81 -
! Eleven Of their woTkmcn, members Of Union No.
% Of the Iron Moulders International Uniou-s
body that numbers about 1000 members, and has
lie rsmi1catons all over North America-r"sisted
this reduction, and stopped work They hrst tried
90 explain 10 their employers that business being
falr, and their household expenses at his season
belug largely increased, q more iDoppoftuno time
Tor reducing their wages could not be chosen. The
reply OF tho firm was that are worth far more
In summer than In winter. The workmen say they
cannot understand the philosophy-oi this remark.
',nAsmuch as hey are required 10 turn cut the same
siyie and amount OF work at one time as we'll rs at
enother
The society mon claim TO have another grievance
nancy, ubi instead OF adyci nsiug for men when
she arm want. them, they keep pllcard hung up in
Castle Gnrdeu, auI thGt wa procure cIeap
European IA or to compete with them, and then try
20 reduce their wages To tue level Of those which
the Others accept. But the Union men soon gather
eli such m,cLanics into their Associations, aud
thsreby procure for them STANDARD waS,s.
any urdnc cdysbtaec OF ,hclr employers, but thty
ins%t In av,nF justice done To Themselves. Since
ttrlhe DtE IN Commlttecs nave Dten Wdtcn-
7pg Tie ioundry and TersuadLg the men
who cont uued to work at ieduccd rates,
20 AbaucUn It and enter the hrht with them.
In this lhey have been Tart ally successful,
hut icw days ago, when two of the strikers At.
tempted 20 intercept couple of men on a railrosd
ear, tney were arr, sted under the unreposled and
obnOKiUOs Conspiracy laws, end were locked up all
night. N5It day they were taken before Ju tiee
khsodes, At Essex Market Court and were By him
IrQmpi! d cnargcd.
Last ey' o'ng The Union, which numbers 600 mem
hers. m-' rty OF whom are 10 good standing on
tts booka. and nearly all Of whom now support
Ing the strke, met In Fullcrs Hall, IN Ayonue b
and Tenth street. The meeting unsr rImously applo
prsted $500 to sustain tie strike, and spponted u
romm.ttee with power to dlsburse this fund and 10
oder reasonable propositions 20 the mon VITO
now "scsbbiui" IN the EEcelsior Works A
committee was also appointed TO " atch the shop
II was sisied that Mr.. jack son had made over
bures 10 OF his men, pat hey don't propose TO
roenter nis employ until their ju,t and lawful de-
MAIDS are complied with, or un'l their funds give
put. But ~ they memhes OF an international !
Dniou that has already expo ndcd nearly two millions
Of dollars on strikes and has come out o. the hght
the posso-sOr OF fourteen cooper ltye foundrcs
h. different part. OF the country they have no i'm.
mediate rear OF defeat Besides thor own lcsl
funds, the IotcrDntonSl Unioa has flnd o; about
ssoo,p Nhch WI! be placed At their disposal II re.
hniryd,