New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-14


giish wOrkmcn were contendng for their rights and
privileges against their employers, German workmen
Employer On these terms the League and the Germans
fratezed and the passage Of the latter either to Lon.
"aae But they did not ali got t away WV '
TN, employers were Nv no means asleep whio the
They went 70 1ns To- Sr their
contracts. don't understand VEAL A1no VI eE pro-
is which thus 10 brought to bear for the
son ,a,r obtained These warrants are not
for breaches OF or TOT %as WE s he
70 consider thn sent to prison for
feTrl breaches OF contract. London workman
sentences Ss with william Wsrrants
are sned the oath Of an er that BE defendant
haa entered into contract to serve labcrer. and s
process as that to say will not be long be-
fore il is repealed The resort to such produced
H5 So ssaea f the warrants Was Mr. Morso w6o
as he is himself q large employer was clearly
SoT to be supposed that much u:ef" Work viii
got ont Of men who are thus chained TO the oenen O
deal of Indignation in Newcastle and wherever cse there
sTs wScb the Their
luck with the shrrwd Bcrincrs does not discouragr
most of whom arc likely to follow the Berlin exapie.
For the Of the League reach fer 10 those OF ge
more than s6o%o among their own men, and they
ready 70 pay as much more " need be- to Keep oSscss
invite.
For II weeks this struggle has gone on Neither sde
shows signs Of exhaustion, though the losses to hoth
must be enormous. But if one may hazard guess II Is
that the dong better than te masters nght
against the Trade Unions almost always losing at
There Ia not to-day an engnesh1p in ENGLAND %htre he
close sympathy and constant communication between
@ masters Ss s in England What tIer portsons Of
Labor amount to appears a'9yt oHgm eio"i ave
h large co ont F With with foregn have
helped by the loan of workmen from the arsenals and
dock yards of those Governments BIT such ala Is nec
Nor do the engineers of London aud other great ship
Large Meetings have been held resolutions Of
voted and Tsy ie TITS
MoirsOns warrants an effort to compel foreigner
underworld Engshnen as partisan act pn n r Si
responded to the pacards of the masters posted III
2oSo posters Explaining the cause and condition # the
strike, and warning mechanic against ensing with tlie
funds to carry the strike they resolved to hold
Of meetings in the various shipbuding districts
aces ag,insi the masters OF Newcatle The London
IRON have also bad meeting, between 40 and SO
stated that a National Employers Leagle had hcen
formed in Newcastle with members a IN LTas Lverpon
tons But it is pain there is no such solidarity be-
among themselves. After considerable discussion
large majority agreed not u intiIcre- truth being.
throws prof able contracts into the hands the Lon
doners, which they cotcnt for the present to enjoy
place Of residence There have been disturbances, as
there must be- with such NV bers o idr men about and
enough with all these; the magistrates syi.pnihcs be
ing seldom on the side of the work ;i in E,eamdo
employers Tie number Of men still on the books Of e
each man is 81 so per week and rs cents each chd
To-day there Il to be Seat IN, OF wolkmfn
wcasile TO be present and some 50 OF the best OF
them will come with their bundles on their shoulders,
make speeches in their own langnaGe and then march
of the railway station and start for home D.. W. s.
THE REFUSAL OF THE GERMANS TO suPrLANT
TIE ENGLISH wORKMEN.
The Goth ult. was a day of great excitement
in Newcastle, in consequence 81 the action OF the
turned out Of the Es%ick Works in wholesale %anSsf
Their conduct led to general pnsrttsment Of all the
they could have dispatched to their homes three
the town within the last rev weeks. The tale Of the
whole Of the men, whether they came from Belgium,
of affairs had been misrepresctcd to them; They
informed that there had been strike that 5000 men
had left the town. that only 1900 remainedn NJ wcas,lc
and that those 900 were anxious TO resume WORK. 1t was
on that considerable number Of new hands should be
employ ed 10 join those still left in Newcastle They
assured that as they arrived the 1900 would unite
with thenl and the work would proceed at reduced hours
from those TO which the men who had knocked of mad
the arrivals continue TO give, and they maintain that
hy % s r c R o as IN eGd to the
Newcastle The entire body OF Germans turned ont OF
proceeded to the headquarters OF the NineHmrs League
ami made application u thu Committee for the to
enable them to leave Newcastle They expressed their
readiness to go any place which the League might
think eXpcdient either back to Germany to London
any other place. 50 long they could get away from
Newcastle. Tea dozen Of them returned to work at
the EsWick factory next morning. out OF about lio but
they remained only till brrakGsttme, and then gave
UP their employ Dcnt. meeting of the entire body
held during the morning, and they elected represcI
tativ,s, who aitcrWard had Interview with the Off
cials OF the League. They Informed that the funds
which the League had at their disposal Lad been sub
scribcd for the maintenance OF their uorkme who
were on strike and that though they had been repeat
eddy applied to by the men who mad lecn brought fIOm
London lie batk again. they had refused 10 spend
single siXpcGce for such purpose, they salts
lied That the T.. ig sh hands inexperienced,
incapable uni wOrthy thd; the employers, they
believed would he only to- LAD to get rid OF them them
selves in week two The engineers. however, who
had come from Berlin of different Class They
skilled men, and not only capable Of working tLe1i
selves, but of teaching others and toward the cXrcnse Of
Sending them away from Newcastle the Ia agIe had pro
vidcd special fund.- and therefore prepared TO pay
the paSsa money of given' number Of skilled work
men. either to London, HaIabnra,or elsewhere tie
incn thIAselvoe might choose The proposal az
proved az b. The GefDanS. and IS of Them elected 10
TO London The iguc out Of the special fund r;triri
paa Of the most of these men, though
LlaIy .! ;Lel1 paid their own expenses.