New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-31


Stone cutters are divided INTO brSMnFtons .;
includes about all oi tnat cras ~
the cty-nsaIy has fund o. G Sss w whe% $
per week allowed 10 each man out The Initiation zee
is Is for boys who have served Their time mere S
for hers with monthly pay OF 70 cents IhoIo Is
no provision for the sick or unemployed, pus tncao 20
regular burial appropriation of $50 Aoou, @ her
ters OF the brown-StOno cutters idle, au ING
OF unemployed is not likely to diminish before
their busy season " IN the snnnsr ast Of them
have hushanded means In prosperous limos ino 70,
Sns 1879 ~ Or eiSa marble Cutters there are 100
Ia the city. but their organization seems 20 n' All ~,
late Most of the marble out in NewYork Is sent to
other cities and il cannot be sold at very gainu ras
because II prices ruled high the stone would DC CUT
browDstone cutters work eight hours tne maloc Unt
tiers WErS hour S Sso ter tho suS rate at
is from 81 Most OF the marble CATERS aro now Ius
of work aud prccarious circumstances Inc g'aI'o
cutters almost ali belong 10 one association. and are
ttle less than 200 in number Most OF tnoso wH Prbc
Works aud of Docks About one-haf lack work. but 90
not present OF distress Their wages are "
for eight year they were the same anu
In 1872 81 for ten hours. 80 $780,.
The stone masons have a single lodge with 800 mem
hers Rrckayers often do the work OF stone nasons'
ana for ts reason the number OF Ia the
city is often exaggerated There are Few non
win large und in the treasury from which donations
are made in OF grave Distress ana - weeh "
allowed TO a sick member over Onehalf of the stone
nasons are ont OF work Their nj present are "
for light hours chose In the employ OF commodore van
derbt work 10 nours. aud have been tho same oi TWO
me plasterers have one LODGE 1900 strong. and the
number OF non society men is not large The lodge mas
been considerably larger but have left the city
Nearly LOCO pasorers supposed TO Do OUT oI WoIA
but there wide spread severity OF distress among
them The wages been a. 80 for eight hours put
yielding the need OF the season. the 9dge .o
required standard TO 81 this month ana some are VOTE
i'm for less than that The lodge has iund or tsoC,
and extends relief I'm OF severe distress from Iaca
of work, on investigation by committee ny TINS uno
barrel of flour and tons OF coal are slven 10 the
widow of each deceased momber me weary asscss
ment in the lodge is -, and 81 for tho WIDOWS anu
Orphans Fund one year ago wages were ~ so for eight
hours and two years ago ~ for 10 hours nm ..
The painters have four lodges, win over 2oU ngi
bers While outside the society are about one-Ihra as
many. Probably three-quarters OF them are OUT oi
work Only considerable shop ~ the Guy IS pusy
with many employees. The lodges appropriate slo per
week TO a member disabled by accident, but nave no
rrovi,ou for sickness for dstressiul want OF WORK
me standard wages s. 50 for eight hours, aud mas
been the same for some years VI,
The estimated number OF the csrpeb&rs OF NeW,, VI
"a about 1000 There are three organic atoms among
them the Empire Lodge OF American Carpenters inc
limited Order American Carpenters ana Joiners, anu
the Amalgamated Carpenters and JOiners. The num-
hers OF these organizations have muoh decline TINS sea
SON from the departure Of men into tho country anu
from other causes In the Empire Lodge are now llU
members iu the United Order about lO)O ana III tIo
Amalgamated organization less than 800 over ohehali
~ fine socety members have work at tholr traue
Among the nOn-30ciety men the proportion OF unem-
Moved is not large but the work for less wages
81 20 and g. The society standard IS now " % Tor cght
hours while the best still get In January 1875 ind 10 "
the wages were 81 for eight hours Suffering among I'M
enployed carpenters not marked rs IN some other
trades. Empire Lodge appropates " per week lor u'
ufue members Ou WORK, aud the United order gives
relief where II II indispensable. Both societies nave
considerable funds III tho treasury Etch requires an
initIation fec OF 81, and ton cents weekly payment
There has been some division among the carpenters
which has impaired these societies. "hieh ha1 Iothosl
an aggres ate membership OF J'jOo
TUE WORKERS IN IRON.
In the iron works. both employees aud employed
speak in dscoura gng both OF the present and tho
future over onethrd Of the workmep have been idle
for several months and of the remainder the common
men are working largely reduced time. Inc rate oil
wages has down from 10 TO 20 per cent In some
estab shmeuts, while others have not reduced AT all
small mart OF the iron workers got work elsewhere
In good seasons rOn-mOlders on piecewolh average ~
per dav and pad by the day 5OtO ~ or 10 Doufs
t6cv are recelyug from S. 50 10 s. so the uishcr-
make the same wages helpers get from VI 90 to 81 30
and laborers from 81 20 To ~ 80 Mdcbinsts IN iron
works AVERAGE " 10 per day D1i'er :. 90 a'
with four branches aud an aggregate membership oi
about 600 but the organizl very compact
uoerfl and IL not able 10 prevent tho employ Of
society along with society men III the largest
shops of the city source u weakness to them is the
difference in numbers AMI pay between machiueri-
molders house-moldors and stoye-molders the hrot
class the smallest OF the three but objects 10 either OF
the Others taking large control IN the association
The stovemoders IN the city probably outhunOcr INC
machinery molders by two-thrd,. They make very
high wages III Summer. going as high o. S. ~. and
81 per day, but they are almost all lde mat there
Is considerable desiutiGn among the III the
iron trade Is generally admitted but special efforts
have made TO relieve IT, The average rlie OF wages
for those work is about 10 per cent lower THAN 10
The Union OF Machnists and Blacksnf1th has I'VE
divisions in this city. with total membership OF if0J
or 1000. THIS Union Is a very powcIIuI ana wen or
ganz d BODY with divisions throughout ire United
States and Canada, and WIN 'u aggregate 'hei,tlshP
OF 1900. Its uea iqual ers are AT cleveland ONO
where the various divisions send yearly nxed sum
Every member contributes certalh SUN t"hcn varies
according the OF the deceaSedJ 10 the iany ol
a member upon his death Tine payment by thIs mutual
Nfe-nsuTauce plan now averages about 5000 The
number of machinists and blacksmhs in tais city Is
estimated from 500 to i dae tlade mere 10 " o
account of the general DEPRESSION nearly onethrd OF
consideraSie time some for four months. some for
three months and some for two months AS tue trade
there ia not so much privaton among the machnists
and blacksmiths rs in some other classes OF woknen
of the employed are working reduced time, many
at eight hours The divisions Of the Union, unlike many
of the labor organizations acknowledge as their OBJECT
mutual relief a. well mutual protection. but have
had as yet few calls upon their charity That they may
mted that there is no hope Of the trade Improving
soon The average wages has been consideraoly cat
down. In 1872 and 1873 1t from - to 81 50 for 10
hours work; now Union men are working at from " Is
to - so, and nonsocety men at from 81 to ~ The d.
visions have usually moderate funds on baud One,
iV The Amolgamsted Society OF Engineers Machinists
Millwrghts and Pattern akers has two lodges in this
CITY, with 2l8 members TINS society IS International
and has its headquarters III London Every year there
rs an OF funds the lodges the richer
ones King donations to the poorer Inc aoages oGH
grave need to 20 unasssted Their officers state that
those in the who here from abroad are
discouraged and are returning wherever sDls over
bad with considerable distress about onethrd
ont of work aud continuous Overstock OF labor tins
average wages of the society rs per day. aud
show little decline from those OF 1873 and 1872
The journeymen horsesh0ers have = benevolent and
protective association 500 strong Very few OF the
society men out Of work for tho association assists
them to get employment. and IN OF distress Is
ready to give money. There have yet been hardly any
calls of this kind IL Il said that not more than 200 are
out of work in this city and wages high they can
bear idleness better than men In most other trades
Some Of them working hreequarters Time, d. inc
weather is unfayorabe for the longest activity. Their
wages average from 10 so for ten hours eight hours
on Saturday. hoormen getting from " 90 to ~. and IRE
men from 81 TO u So In 1873 were ~. %, and
o. 30 in 1917 81 Is and 81, with ten hours wo,a every
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