Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-06-25
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR.
This Afternoons Dispatches.
associated Press Reports.
TIE GREAT STAKE IN LANDON,
eoinainafion OF Twenty Years Agsta-

THE BUILDING TRADE Ak ON STRIKE Ann a
LOCKOUT OF 7 THOUSANDS Os w0RKNFS
NEW YoEK, June IA SPECIAL IRON I'm.
don OF the 24th Saws: The strike OF the Ioncrn
building trade l. the result % twenty yearS a.i-
talon, begun IA iSS. In iS5s demand was
mace by the men tor reduction OF the hour
OF labor rom ten hours Cay. 10 lSJ9 a me-
Moral nuE2erousiy xned was presented % the
masters. u shott struggle ensued, and the MAJ
appeared on the scene 90 lead tie men. lie
commenced sgitatlug and was successful IN the
country towns, and formed o trades union. La;
year The engineers AL over TIE country rose Al
New Castle. Sir William ArmsIToag's trni
was the special object OF attack. The master,
teught stubiornly, but the men conquered. and
The Zine hour movement was conceded 20 tn
men everywhere. The caTIentgrs and ioluars
determined 10 follow their example, sent an a.
tma;um 10 the London maSters aud applied tie
screw by Withdrawing from two lag bruas
Tho masters threatened n general "loriS-ort : ~
Tire men dbl not return o. their work. The raen
refused. The masters proposed arbitration sud
neIninatfd Lord Derby and the Marquis 0gSal-
istury. The men refused and there was a gen.
erai lockout" last week by which twenty tnou-
sand men were thrown out of eTarIoYmfr,t
Masons and hTieAsAyers were thrown out also.
mr. Flupkett, member OF the firm of Cuhitt IA
an interview, said he had seen three strikes He
employs three thousand cSQenterF. masons ana
bricklayers. DE would not deny that the
strikes tenaed ID raise the wages, but the re
sut threw many men cut OF emplovrcut
Though the cost OF building labor hadadyarnss,d
10 FER cent IA the last twenty years the demand
Va iheH N.AS AL nOlrs' WORK lflStea
OF tity-si and n hall, and the wages a shilling
mere. The masters viewed the subject simply
as question OF supply. They believed the de-
mand was not warranted by the condition OF
trade and TeCkoned oh proving this tc the
2rbtratoTs ii any should be appointed
The masters dfsllked lockouts as much as thew
Gid strikes, but they were generally compelled
to adop, them. They did not object u the
mems unions Three ,nasOns az a small pnb,ic
house declined to give heir names. for fear Of
the consequences. They said that in isS2 the
wages were i've shiliugs per day, i'm 1850 six
pence more, IN leGl, seven pence an hour, and
1os5, eight pence an hour. The reasons given
Tor the strike are the dear rates of living in
LoDcon and the long distance 70 out of door
jobs, TO which they were obliged 70 walk in their
own time There is no fear OF men being broa PIT
ncD the country, as they are better OF there
Iwo-thircs OF tie masOns' society are sanCuine
Of success. Financially they are strong, being
helped hy ether trades. Nine hours a dag aud
nine pence per hour has been determined rpon
and there viii be NO surrender.
The L9ndon fimss considers the inevitable
result Of the trade disputes TO be an incroiible
Inere ase IN the prices OF products with which
England supplies the world; that the consequent
loss TO England viii make coal and iron dear
and that III consequence England will lose the
advantage Of her resources and products.