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

thc Eiitur p the woEAtNeS ~ Advocate
LABOR MOVEMENTS
The hors,shocrs strike il almost At an
end The men have stood nobly by each
other, and the result Will be that before
this gains the public eye the strike will be
all over. The following, clipped from
morning PAPER, viii give you some idea IF
how they are progressing:
Full fifteen hundred stalwart horsrshoers
in shining silk hats glistening regalia
and polished boots, collected at the Ger
mania Assembly Rooms yesterday morning
for their annual parade. II was he TWEEN
ty-second anniversary Of the Journeymen
Horseshuers' Protective mon ana Beney-
client Association The Brooklyn, VII
liamsburgh, and Jersey City societies were
on the ground Ia force. just "a the pro-
cession was forming twenty nun-socIety
men from the car companys shops present
ed themselves as candidates for member
ship They we're welcomed to the ranks
and given place ia the parade
Al half past ten the procession moved
At its head were the matshals Owen Crit
fifth, John Reilly. and James Hines. Man
ahau ) band of twenty five pieces. the Pres
Iucut Daniel kvrwm, and the Board of
Directors. carrying official emblems. ana
! 900 members followed. The BROOKLYN
and other societies, led by Myers band
followed in order. The large sin banner
of the society was hoT.. hy SIX men. On
one side of 1T was the title of the society,
ana painting of a sick brother. surround
"a by his fellow-workmen on the other
a painting Of the village blacksmith Each
member wore an apron typical of ms pro-
fessional garment, III the centre Of which
was the figure IF horseshoe embroidered
in silk After parading the avenues to
Forty second street by the Sixth avenue
car depot To Third avenue. and Bowery to
Canal street, then to Broadway and up
Seventh avenue again to Forty-sixth street,
they returned To the Assembly Rooms at
Seventh avenue and Twenty-slxth street
and dispersed
TOKENS ~ WELCOME
At Earys Hotel. Seventh avenue. the
green hag was waving, and at several places
along the route the procession was greeted
10y waving handkerchiefs and flags The
muscular Pat Kelly. who is a horseshoer To
all the blooded and fast stock in the city.
and whose shoulders are broader than those
of any other man on the island with John
Cory, another private employer, joined
the procession in a carriage, and the two
we're quickly promoted to a position ia
front OF the band
At the close Of the FIVE hours parade the
Brooklyn society passed between the files
Of their New York hosts. and were saluted
by the raising Of hats After the cheers
the marshals disbanded the tired men All
the blacksmith shops IN the citywere closed
III honor of the parade, which was larger
and stronger than ever before
rHE POLICE IN CHARGE 81 HE RAILROAD
SHOPS.
No compromise has yet been effected he
tween the journeymen horseshoers and the
Second, Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and
Tenth avenue Railroad Companies. The
police are still III charge Of the shops, and
will probably remain on duty until all
signs of trouble shall have disappeared The
COINCIDENCE in ultimate success is much
stronger than heretofore, and the workmen
hope that before saturday nigh5 an AMIGA
bic settlement may be effected The Off
GERS Of the journeymens association say
that the parade must have convinced the
public that the horseshoers are a respecta-
bic body Of men. They add that the or
ganization IS stronger now than it has ever
been during the past fifteen years. lester-
day afternoon. Immediately after the pa
rade, Superintendent LeadDeater, of the
Broadway ana Seventh avenue line, sent
word to the headquarters of the organiza-
ton that he would pay the ~ a day de-
nv L.. .I.. Il.
the large gang Of workmen at present en-
gagged by the companies who refuse To &C
cede tn the demands Of the men. cannot
perform the labor which was done by half
the men now on strike After a trial Of
nearly week, in which it was expected
according To the officers Of the railroad
companies that all the new men would
acquire experience sufficient to enable them
to DO the work it turns out that twice the
number Of green hands are not capable If
shoeing the same number of horses a day
which the strikers were accustomed 10
shoe.
The officers Of the Eighth avenue compa-
ny take the strike very coolly, and profess
to think that they have the public Oh their
side. The strike Of the men employed BY
the Dodd's Transfer Express Company has
ended, the company having acceded to the
terms demanded, namely, - for a days
work.
ANOTHER MEETING oF EMPLOYEES.
A mass meetiog of the employing horse
shoers was held last evening in Academy
Hall, 800 Third avenue The meeting was
called to order at . O'Clock by the Presi-
dent Mr. George Garland who said that
he wanted every man to give expression 70
his feelings on the question whether they
would pay the men - or not.
One Of the men said that this was
matter for each man to settle himself tie