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


the Fourteenth street, Erie, Thirty-fourth
street, and Blocker street ferry car lines
have also acceded to to the strikers de
mands, and the Second avenue line are
expected to comply this morning. At
Milleman's Hall, Seventh avenue and
Twenty sixth street, the Executive Com
mittee were i'll session for few hours, and
received unimportant reports from the va
rious works With the exception Of the
West Side car lines and the Fourth avenue
stage lines, the horse shoers will resume
work this morning at - for eight hours
work
CONFIDENT OF FINAL SUCCESS.
The President Of the society, Mr. Dan
iel Kirwin, expressed his entire belief in
the movement. He says the non society
men are not competent to fill the places Of
the men that left the FORCES, and that, not
withstanding the bombast of the Superin-
tendents, he is sure they will come to grief
He maintains that the strike Is half over
now, and few days will find the men
back at their FORCES The reports of vio-
lence are denied by the President He
asserts that he gave strict orders to the
men to refrain from all violence, and OBJ
serve the laws.
THE PRIVATE SHOPS.
The men are favorable to the private
shops and will not strike in them unless
they undertake to aid the car lines, in
which case the strike will become general
They consider they have no cause Of com
plant with the private shops as most Of
them are paying four dollars and fifty
cents.
THE CRISIS REACHED
1t is considered that the crisis in the
strike is reached, and that the employers
are about to give in. There are fourteen
hundred men in the society, and all are
determined to make it a success. The Su-
perintendents Of the various lines have
found it more difficult to get men than
they at first thought Many of those who
at first tiocked to their shops turned out
To be no horse-shOers at all, but merely
men who were out Of work and willing to
do anything to keep oft Of jail.
BIDGooD' THAT WAS NOT COOP
PROPHET.
"They are the best paid workmen ia
New York, said Superintendent Bldgood,
Of the Sixth avenue car line, in speaking
Of the striking horse shoers. "A suit Of
clothes lasts them year every hammer
and file is furnished them, and they are
paid s. % day. All they have to fur
nish is a leather apron, and the Lord only
knows how long that lasts them.
Nu,.h u tha lapu1aUp pf man yEbpst.
| living depends upon a generous public.
and is trying to increase his own pay,
which is now more than he IL actually
worth, by keeping men under him at star
vation rates. The same gentleman says
1 that there are three non-society men wait
ing for empty FORCES in the city. 1t IS well
the company does not reply upon his We
racity. They have found out the value Of
/ that commodity to their cost, and ere long
will find a more reliable man
| THE PRIVATE SHOPS SHOW THEIR HAND.
! Such was and is the pressure On the car
I lines, that the hOstlers were sent with the
| horses to the private shops To have their
| horses shod, but were turned oft, as many
| of the employees had been society men and
refused to do the work, thus compelling
the companies t. % from place "a place Il
have their work done, which il causing
more inconvenience than profit Tie
strait the companies are IN may b,
/ Judged from the fact that III the larger
shops an average IF sixty set If new shoe.
must be set in day, and two men are sup
posed to shoe eight horses.
CONDUCT OF THE MEN
The men strolled III and out VI Mill.
mans Hall, Twenty-sixth street ycstcr
day, and were confident If success Eight
nOn-society men, one morning during the
week, came down from the Eighth avenue
| works i'll answer to an advertisement III
| the Sun, and said that they were willing t,
quit work If the society men would sup
/ port them. This was agreed to. and theN
departed happily. The strikers are ready
to pay wages u any non society men VII,
| will quit their work.
! THE ENPLoYING HoRSESHoERS' MEETING
At the meeting last evening Of the En-
| ploying Horseshoers' Association, President
George Garland said that he thought that
1 Mr. Wilson, Of the Eighth avenue line
was responsible for the strike i'll the rail
road shops He said that the joIrneymeI
of New York, Brooklyn, and Jersey City
were to parade on the 18th inst. lie
moved that all the shops he closed that
day. A communication was read annOun-
cling an impending strike i'll Brooklyn
FINALE OF THE sTEIKE
! The boss horseshoers met tonight to de
eide whether or not they would yield to
| the demand of the men on a strike. 4
\ few employers were in favor Of holding out
against the men, hut the large majority de-
cided to accede to the demands of the men,
so the strike may be considered over.
| Thus ends one of the great strikes i'll new
| York, adding another laurel to the eight
hour movement.
The triumph of the horseshsers is owing
chiefly to their perfect system of organiza-
ton, and being possessed Of a fund ready t.
meet all emergencies.
Men who were willing TO be good men,
but who had not the means to remain idle,
were paid the same wages as if they were
at work; and this is as it should be.
There are other n eyements AfoOt, but at
this writing | am not prepared to speak Of
them. j. NJ.