The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-17
TIE ToILING MASSES.
Another Effort at Or.anization-shall
the Movement Succeed ?-The Success Of
the Horse shocrs and Crfspins Assured.

Another Effort ut Organization-shall
the Movement Succeed 3-The Success Of
the HOrseshOcrs and Crispins Assured.
me workinsmen OF New York seem thoroughly
determined to keep the questions which they
champion before the people. Another great mass
meeting Is TO be ned might at the Cooper lnstl-
tute, which the workingmen and women OF the
metropolis have been invited Il attend The object
seems TO be a more thorough organization between
the various Unions than now seems possible; for
while it Is clear that the stronger or
ganizatons such as the carpenters coop
ers or bricklayers are able to take care
OF their interests without cooperation, tho
weaker trades unions are not sufficiently wealthy
or influential to cope alone with capital The late
strike OF the gasmen Is instanced the failure OF
8. deserving set oil men Tor want OF cooperation
from thetg brother laporcrs IN other branches OF
| industry.
| the present condition OF working women is such
THAT they are utterly at the mercy OF their EN-
ployers, AID are forced TO accept Just sucn hours
ana pay as may re given them These results, It IS
believed, can be ayerted by general lund, 70
MhIch all VIII DC asked 10 contribute according to
lneir ability ana by means 81 which the weaSer
can De sustained during their strikes by the
leasty cooperation OF the more powerful organi1a-
tons. Ihe elevation OF the working woman
6:1.tt-st. ana no aeans should Is lett Unemployed
whereby she snail receive Just compensation Tor
her labor. Tie developments recently brought TO
poor seamstrcss, upon the charge OF completely IN
Il recent murder case, have shed more light upon
that overwOfked Class OF suffering humanity than
all The pamphlets and tracts that were ever writ
ten There Is no DOUBT that the good hearts OF
the metropolis now throb with sympathy for tiis
wretched class anu at the meeting tonight 1t is To
be hoped that much substantial neadway VIII be
made towards bringing about better order Of
things.
HoRsEsHoERs STILL CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS
Meanwhile the horSeshOers aud CrspiDs are
practically testing their strength with the monopo
~ n
The General Committee OF H0rseshOers were IN
session yesterday, as usual, at their hall, on Sew
enth avenue. The men were quiet and orderly
ana seemed to be engaged in their task OF receiy-
ing reports and despatching orders with genuine
ment OF non society men Is sure TO prove nature
as In several shops they have been
discharged Tor incompetency All the pr
yate shops TOUR excepted, have acceded TO the
demands Of the men, and now pay "a per days
work. rms leaves yet about three hundred men,
who are thoroughly united. and who assert that
they have more than $4,000 in their treasury. 1t IS
privately asserted that the railroad comp anies are
suffering severely by the lamng or manning OF
their horses by inexperienced men employed to
supply the places OF the strikers. 1t believed
yesterday by the men that the strike cannot con.
tinuc much longer, but that all the companies VIII
be forced to accede to their demands.
THE STRIKE OF THE CRIsPINs
may already he considered q success, as all the
shops which rate first Class have agreed to accept
the rates as laid down by the United order OF
Crisplns Several second rate shops are making
determined resistance to the demands OF the men;
but the General Committee, which sat at No. 10
Spring street yesterday, declares that these shops
snail not have good workman in their establish
ment so long they refuse to conform the rates.
The committee claims 10 have and certainly has,
exercised the power to compel each ana every
society man employed in every shoe shop in the
city TO quit work until the difficulty Is settled.
me third rate manufacturers are next to
be taken in hand and, from present appearances,
there is likely to be more opposition from this
quarter than from any other. several OF this class.
anticipating further trouble, have come forward
ana accepted the terms that their men will
continue at work. The committee complain that
the very shops which have been most obstinate in
denying the rights of the men have been the very
first to raise the price Of their work 81 each pair
OF boots The General Committee are very conf
dent OF ultimate victory and point with evident
pride to the partial success already achieved.