The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-11-15


We herewith present to our readers a
succinct account of the effect Of the panic |
on the industrial interests of the country,
as cleaned from the columns Of our ex-
changes
NEW YORK.
The rubber-comb factory at College
Point, l.. L., has reduced its time to four
days per week, employing 600 men.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. Five hun
bred men were thrown out of employment
by manufacturers here last week. Trade
is becoming more and more dull, and mer-
chants are cutting down expenses.
The BRIcKLAYERs' STRIKE IN NEW
YORK CITY The strike of the bricklayers
and laborers continues. Builders who de-
sire to carry on work are unable to find a
sufficient number Of men who are willing
IT, labor al the reduced rates, and il is not
unusual to see mechanics applying for the
work of an unskilled laborer In some
instances the substitutes for the men on a
strike have been induced to leave work,
the society men promising to furnish all
the money needed.
A later dispatch says
The bricklayers' strike continues with
success, and probably in few days will
have concluded in favor of the strikers.
Among the firms who refuse to make any
important concessions are those putting up
the Western Union Telegraph building,
the Tribune building, and DIR. Halls
church, corner of Fifty-ffth street and
Fifth avenue.
Six hundred men were discharged on the
9Th Inst, from the Brooklyn navy-yard.
1t is reported another discharge will take
place on the 10th inst.
The wages of the men employed in the
Rensselaer, and Saratoga railroad shops, on
Green island, near Troy, N Y, have been
reduced 10 per cent, and their time re-
duced to nine hours per day.
| The workingmen have resolved to petit
ton Congress to repeal the tariff ON hat
tiers silk plush, and have taken measures
looking to an improvement Of their condi-
ton in New York City. About 400 men
are employed ON the Post-otice building,
working under the eight-hour law, and it
is intended to keep the force up to this
number during the whole winter.
In regard to the situation at New York,
the Times, Of the Sd inst, has the follow
ing
The condition Of the working classes this
winter, and the privations which they must
encounter by reason Of money stringency
in all branches of business, must excite
attention and kindle solicitude in Their
behalf. Thousands have already been
thrown out Of work, and many more must
soon share the same misfortune and en-
dure it, in some degree, throughout the
entire winter Already the fact, in all it.
aspects, has been presented to attentive
observation, and extraordinary measure:
of a local character have been adopted fol
the extension of relief in various places
1t is gratifying to note these preparations
: though many are convinced that whatever
provision may be made, it will fall short o.
absolute requirements.
Groups of anxious men yesterday dis
cussed the probabilities, and the best
means to meet the coming wants. Hun
dpeds on Saturday were discharged from
; the sugar refineries and oil works at the
foot of Cherry street. In the former
place they only received - per week, ano
; those who were retained have been re
duced to Sc a week In the oil works al
operations have ceased. The majority o
the discharged men have large families :,
support 1t is claimed there is much worl
to be done in the city in the way of i'm
provements, which would keep many mel
, engaged this winter. Within the pas
month several workingmen's organization
have petitioned the Mayor and Common
Council in regard to the matter, but thu
petitions have not been taken into consld
Grafton up to this time. Important actor
was had in this regard yesterday, in tn,
Federal Council of the International Work
ingmens Association, which met in Tun
Hall, Spring street. The delegates repre-
sented German, French, Swiss, and Eng
lish speaking portions Of the laboring
classes A delegation from the French
revolutionary group was also present. Ii
was resolved to unite with the other asso
, Citations and call a congress, A COMMITTEES
, was appointed to draw up petition to the
Mayor and Common Council, asking fol
the establishment of markets where the
working classes could provide themselves
with the necessaries of life at cost price, il
! view Of approaching distress. The peti
ton recommends the appointment Of {
commission similar to the Chicago Relic
Committee in that city Attention il
called to the city's wants and the chance,
for work if any effort to supply them b.
made. There are, it says elevators to be
constructed, houses to be built, sewers tC
be improved, parks to be laid out, rapid
transit road to be constructed, and streets
to be opened and concludes with the as
sertion, "Relief we must have peaceably
it we can, forcibIy if we must" A mo
ton for its adoption was carried unani-
mously, and the committee was ordered
to present it today to the Mayor.
In July last the puddlers of the iron
furnaces of Messrs. Burden, at Troy, n.
". demanded Of their employers that a
foreman, who had creditably filed his po-
sition for some twelve or more years,
should be discharged The demand was
not acceded to. The whole body of work
men at once struck. and the works have
since remained shut down. All these were
at once paid their wages, and many Of them
found work ON railways and other jobs,
scarcely third remaining in the neigh
borhood. Before the strike was decided
on, a convention Of miners of an assocla-
ton, formed ostensibly To protect the in
terests of workmen in iron works, was
called together, and after much discussion
recommended the men to adopt the course
pursued.
| FROM MASSACHUSETTS.
BosToN, Nov. 8.-Therailroad managers
Of roads terminating here consider a re-
duction of expenses necessary The work
ing hours and wages in the shops will be
reduced. Also a number of trains when
practicable.
The Morgan Envelope Company, at
Springfield, will run only eight hours a
day IN all its departments during the pres
ent month. 1t claims that it could supply