The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-29
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
THE WEARISoME STRIKES IN NEW
YORK.
Hard Times for the Laboring Men out
OF Work-Captial,sts Defiant-Grant
and ~uIte in New York-Touchfng
Rem mtniscences-Public improvements
Going on-The Dramatic Future.
[pRoH OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

[HRoH OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
NEW YORK, June rs.
The strikes are bearing more heavily on th'
workingmen than on the masters. Yer.
many of the former are now actually suffer
Ing, for the weekly pittance doled out by tn,
trade leagues Is not enough to meet all the
necessities of existence, even with the prac
tice ofrigtd economy. What is working mos
against the strikers Is the season. During
the summer months many kinds of manutac
turing business are dull, orders are slack, and
the masters are rather pleased to get rid o.
the expense of keeping their hands In work
They can afford to be independent just now
The leaders of the strike encourage their
followers with the hope that when activity in
bYBiness Is renewed In the fall the employ ere
Rll have to come to terms. On the other
hand, the capitalists believe the men Will be
starved out before then.
The large houses in the manufacturing
trades are themselves combining against the
labor combination. The piano-makers. for in
stance, are about to form an offensive
and defensive alliance. MIR. Steinway
Is at the head of the movement. His
employees have all returned to work on
weeks. Forty-one of the leading iron works
houses have signed pledge to employ no men
who will not agree to work ten hours at the
old wages. It should be said in praise OF the
strikers that generally their conduct has been
peaceful and dignified, which, In view of the
straits to which most Of them have been
reduced, is rather remarkable. No body OF
workingmen In England or France would be
likely to keep as quiet under such circum-
stances.
The President, Mrs. Grant an6 the military
secretaries passed through the city on Mon
day on their way TO Boston, tor the purpose
the Herald says-"of hearing the big drum"
The Presidential party dlned at the FIT b Ave.
nue Hotel, and took passage In the evening
boat of the line lately managed by Jim Fisk.
When the President and Jim Fisk were on
terms of familiar friendship and partners In
certain Wall street schemes, the former used
to get free passes over the line. The whole
illustrous party, the President, the Admiral,
(as ne was then called,) and the satellites OF
both went to the Boston Jubilee In 1869 to-
gether. Fisk In naval blue and brass buttons,
and Grant In plain clothes, appeared 10 CON-
paDy at the Coliseum, and the ex-pedler I'm
pudrntly bowed to the applause which was
undoubtedly Intended for the ex-tanner.
These "reminiscences are interesting now. as
the surviving member of the firm Is starring
it again at the Coliseum. I accidentally
his way to the boat on Monday. His face wore
that same cold, pitiless expression saw in the
wlk DAYS, when he was dOggedly slaughtering
the soldiers of both armies. For wonder he
had no cigar prUtruding from hts mouth. He
was dressed In neat suit of black clothes,
and behaved himself quietly.
There are many pubic improvements going
on about the city and suburbs which deserve
notice. The Brooklyn tower of the great
bridge has risen to the height OF seventy teel,
but 1t Ia only halt finished. The New York
tower Is not yet visible above>the surface. 1t
is said that over three millions of dollars have
already been swallowed up by the bridge
makers. Another bridge from Long Island to
this city Is about to be commenced higher mp
the East River. 1t is to have a central sup
port on Blackwell's Island. and will be OF wire.
The board of directors organized on Monday.
The magnificent new p0stofice at the lower
end OF the City Hail Park ls now nearly t1n-
ished as far as It's third story. We can get
already some idea of Its architectural character
from what can be seen above The htdeols
board fence which surrounds 1t. No doubt 1t
Will be the showiest public building 10 thu city.
At the upper end Of Printipg-House Square,
on the site of the old Tryon row, the imposing
gray-stone front of the new Staats Zeitung
building is going up. In time, In front Of this
building. the bronze statue OF Horace Gree
ley, now already subscribed for, will be erect
u,
be an appropriate Offset to the other end,
where the earlier Franklin is entrenched.
A conspicuous cdifice on the corner OF Broad
way and Ubion SquaAr, known for many years
as the Roosevelt Mansion, IL being torn down,
aud will be replaced by an architectural won
der suitable for business purposes. The pro-
cess of rebuilding Union Square Is still going
on, and the place Is becoming one Of the most
Striking, architecturally considered, In the
metropolis. On the corner of We'll and Broad
Rtreets, opposite the treasury building, u4{e
Ii an enormous hole in which hundreds OF
workmen are laying the foundations OF mon
ster banking house. Every few blocks along
Broadway travelling is impeded with the de-
bris of some falling house, which was vacated
last May day, and is giving place to something
grander and better. The work Of rebuilding
Niblo's Theatre Is rapidly progressing. aud the
temple OF the muses. will rise radiantly from
It's ashes for the third time In time for the win.
Ter season.
The dramatic prospects for the fall and
opened BY the old managers, Jarrett and
Palmer, with spectacular pieces. The grand
Opera House passes into the hands OF Angus.
tine DAILY, who has imported from Paris the
famous land, 1t is said, ipdelicate) spectacle
play of Sardou's, entitled liking Carrot" 1t is
tractiveness. Daly's other place, the bijou
Fifth Avenue Theatre, will continue TO be de-
voted to genteel comedy. The new Union
Square Theatre will also become a comedy
shop-a rival as well as Delghbor Of Wallack,
and will have q company composed of such
people as Mark Smith, Vining Bowers and
Agnes Ethel. The Boucicaults are I'M
der engagement for this place. The
Olympic having been given over three
years to "Humpty Dumpty," will be
turned into q home tor the melo drama,
Fox, the clown, having finally taken himself
off to the provinces. Fechter will be back
from Europe In few days to De ready for the
opening Of his own house, the Lyceum
Theatre, formerly the Theatre Franchise, In
Fourteenth street. James Wallack will open
the season at Booths with q new London
sensation, 'The Bells" Booths will present
grand tragedy and drama during the season,
but Boolh will not appear. Wallack's Theatre
sRill be taken possession of by the reconstruc-
eted Lydia Thompson troupe now on its way
over the ocean from England. The Theatre
Comiqne, Woods Museum, the st. James
Theatre and the numerous minor houses are
brushing up for their winters work. Alto.
gether there will be-great and small-aome
sixty claces of amusement open in New York
and Brooklyn when the amusement tide sets
In In October MN.
Il GAY LOTHARIO.