The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-05-17

did not believe that they could bind the
horseshpers tO pay certain amount. ~ a
man could be secured who would work for
az they were at liberty t. pay him that
amount if, however, good workman de-
mands 50 II IS for the employer {" say II
he can afford To pay him.
The President said it was for the meet
ing to counterfeit the righteousness Ut the
jOurneymen. lie supposed tina! the en-
plovers would be compelled t. give ~.
Another man proposed that the employ
ing horseshoers should cooperate with the
rrllrnad companies. This was received with
a storm Of hisscs. and the mover had to
withdraw ms motion.
John Rennet was ia favor Of paying the
men what they ask They could charge
their customers accordingly Ii they could
not a. this it would be well for them to
abandon the business Four dollars a day
was very poor pay for the work that must
be done.
Mr. Murray the oldest horseshoer in
the city said that he could not get more
than - set from his customers. lie
would be willing to pay his workmen - a
day If an increase of fifty cents set could
be charged.
IL WAS dShtu bl dIblutI employer
whether the men We're willing 10 close their
shop for month. When answered BY a
laundering "no by the audience, he said
that this must be done if they would not
accede to the demand u the men
MIR Rogers moved thai the demand e
the men be resisted When the question
was put to the house, the vote was about
equally divided, but when division of the
house was called for, l54 were found to ia
yor - a day, while Gully SIX were in favor
Of resisting the demand. This was the sig
nal for prolonged cheers, first for the Pres
ident, then for the Secretary, Mathew
Montgomery, and finally for the Journey
men.
Mr. Murray moved that no horse he
shod hereafter for less than 80. % a set in
stead Of 81, the price heretofore paid
Carried
The meeting adjourned at midnight
THE KESoUrES ~ THE NEN
The horseshoers of the city number
] 800, employed ia 100 shops They have
a cash fund uf Sl9.OOO with which to pay
the men if the strike should become gen
eral. In many of the shops the 7ten earn
g, while III others their pay is but -
]
cents less than the fireman.
THE PRIVATE SHOPS.
| All the private shops are now paying 81
/ per day and eight hours work. The rail
road shops cannot hold out much longer
I They are now compelled to get their dri-
vers To shoe their horses These men 40
not know how to drive a nail and always
\ drive it into the flesh Of the animal, there
\ by manning H.
I The mortality among the company's
\ horses has increased sinccthe strike There
was some rumors Of a riot yesterday, but
\ u cannot be traced t any reliable source
THE SHORT HOUR NoyENEor.
Since the early part Of the spring, there
y has been a movement on the part Of about
I thirty four boss carpenters u effect q re-
turn 70 the ten hour system, but il has az
ready been steadily resisted by the United
Order " American Carpenters and Jomers
and the Amalgamated Society " Carpen-
tiers and Juiners. Private meetings have
been held to consider the action of the en-
pleyeTs, but 50 far nv decision has been
reached
1t is understood that the employers are
anxious "a compromise ON nine hours, but
the men are not willing u concede tO it.
They clam the Plasterers are receiving
- % and the bricklayers "a % for eight
hours Per day. and they are receiving only
y 20 Per day. A collision between these
parties is imminent Ii is believed that
some " the shops are running short hand
ed because they cannot get the skilled
men 10 work ten hours The men claim
that the fact Of the ten hours shops paying
fifty cents less wages than the eight hour
shops is-cnnclusive evidence that the best
men will not work ten hours. Yours. &c,
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