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

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and provision branches employers complain on duness'
and talk OF general reduction Of wages large pro
portion OF tho piece WORK ny plscowSas
and day pay the society men average from 10 10 Tn
ton hours and the non society men consner'oN io' "
1873 and 1879 the average was from - 70 ~, ~
Tho ship carpenters. caukers ana o Nan ne arst
New-York number together about 1,iDo nrn tl' u.s.
named being about COO strong the oapse's ~ @ 40
sparmakers little oyor 100 r9s sr,ds tn" initiation
IL % and the monthly payment 10 oonts, 1ds mon
fund OF over loo. of work No dosii,ution
exists In either Of the three Glasses Oh o Limos,
rss1ycy IN rsparinr and rather uncertain one
DAY nearly all are At TsrA fS anu wass are hs
nine hours, aud have boon the same ID 'n' "S' '"'
| years. A., =. association, INT
either It has OSen sp or has lost ia
There about 600 IL the clty sms IN sprins
they look for occupation IN repairing e
summer work TSo lsa and 1873 the average
was o. So As they are commonly pfo''uon' GLASS;
| they show little distress
| CONDITION LoSdsuoREmSN' cIoAasANE6'' AND
cRIsPfss
I'll, lonxsboremen Of tho city number nearly $500,
with three lodges which include tho whole OF the class
No i, by far largest having over $500 members
and fund OF moro than 10000. year ago In TINS
month tho mon had oil tho work they could do but now
they say that near oneha are ae. Some slevedores.
On The nd assert that the number out OF Work
nor much greater than 1t usually has been ana Is reey
made up OF tue least competent There can be no ques
nn boyeyer that those who discharge sailing vessels
are 10 considerable extent, unable to get work, whle
the steamer IL much lighter than ~ bas Deen
But there appears 10 suppose very extensive
or severe restitution in this class Ihey arc now IN o
Ter opposition the principal firm Of steyedores ana
are making efforts that merchants and Others shat aeai
directly with them Instead OF through te W @
Their lodges have never aimed AZ special enore W TO
eye dcstitution II any exiso ana nave maze no uona
tons for that purpose this Winter Their initiation leo
j.; * and their monthly payment Is cents. They appr0
pirate $50 for the burial OF member or uop ,oIa
wife Their wages now the same "a In 1878 anu ioa
Al cents per hour and double pay after M ont they
complain OF unprecedented eAactOhs ON INC part VI COT
'' the oirarmakers make up OF the most numerous
trades IN the city OF thom exceeding 5000 or
hall Of the whole females and It viii probably not
be many years before they VIII take up the whole on9
ncss lodges exst among them, divided by nationali-
| ties into Engish-speaking, German, ana Bohemsn.
THESE Included onehrd OF the whole puhDei, ouI
nave become much dIsoreanzed, losing large proper
tOn by non payment OF dues THESE sociates nave snau
funds and have been able TO 90 very iistie lor .nS
snnpoTt OF strikes to MAINTAIN society scale Oh
pfces They have kept out the women, whose hunDets
and wages large az those oil the men. hn eiort
- now making to combine these organizations into one
| large organization, which shall admit women. Inc
cigarmakng business Is much more actlVe 'ms montn
than before the situation Is hopeful Tor employees
| In December more than onequartet OF them were rae
now not moro than onetenth cannot get work In the
Fa and early Winter there was much distress III tins
class for which the societies could 10 nothing from
iS of means even il they had the will Because OF the
| manic many employers cut down wages 70 per cent.
few have now restored the former rate. In the high
sll per week but the general average Tor the clty
much lower ranging from s6 to as la .S,J the aver
age OF wages apout % per cent hlgher than al
Tbe Crisnns are a nunerou. body with considert-
bls proror,ion idle vsriousy estimated at from one
fourth TO One-tnrd Most OF this class are mrnb,rs OF
Inc Jnurneymeu CordwaneIs' Association. which has
n lodges Tho organization Is In rather loose cond
ton with a considerable share of s members remiss IN
he payment OF dues. Most OF the Crispin' do piece
work and the depression has affected them rather by
esscnng their supply rather than their rate OF pay.
Tue Society standard OF pay mas canEeh Is III ,io
Ia,t two years, hut the grade o many shops bE Dren
chnuged forcing theu TO come INTO classes ~ VINO, ne
rate shIgher Tho business in the manufactures has
much improved this mouth two large establishment
having started again without reducing w'gys. one OF
the principal establishments mas hot Deen ci9Sc1 a. aug
! lime. When the depression btchms mlrhcd ine pro
pretor called bis enploj eS togciner dhn o 'e wa,
he could not go on unless lhel "ouu dslro ~ agp 20
or 30 Der reduction of wages 1G'y consented duu
The men time received ~ per week ana the glrN ~
The present averages for the several cssc' OF Iflsns
are for bottOmers Custom WORK men poo- ana shoes
wagcs Sl factories (men, boots aud sh"r' upper cut
ters, 81 per week. on piece work. -, 10 ~ P'',Dnr,,
employed filters $40 TO >i per week; on ''', ,ho,,
uer cutters SO TO S24: bottom cutters, tS 10 *2F .rl
| liter. s. to Sl3 trimmer,, SIS to >G per wcfR
| mn MAKERS AID CUTTERS or CLoTHISG.
or jourueynen t1ors there are two classes IN the
city, those working for the readymade clothing shop,
aud employed by the merchant tailor' The for
mer are by far the more numerous numbering nearly
1000 There il organization among them, the New
York Taor, Association. which included 500 Of them,
having dissolved years ago. In this class exists
deporabe OF pryaton, although few are ont OF
work. Tue employers have SERIOUSLY reduceu ths Ia's
OF pay which mSeraby low before. Tho labor Is
all piece work, and the j0urneimen nv WORKING IL or
hours can only make from 81 10 - per week. They
com plain bitterly that, they are making up clothes to
lee sold III the coming spring ana summer LOT which
1he e np so narh Last year their weekly average
SO to s2, ana In 1872 from t2 TO Ni From 10
20 shugs now paid for making coat, ana IRON
three 10 sllugs for vests and trowsers The trade
much Oyersockcd III tins clty where most Oh the large
wholesale houses have their work done. Some have
their labor IN Newark ana other places III NowJeisey
and IN Wlllialisbufgh
800 in the city, lI65 OF whom belong 10 the New
York Taiors' Protective and Benevolent Union, which
inc tlIga man Df eel
Few of this class idle but very only get
partial occupation The trade is however, improving,
and the employed much better off than III the Fall.
There has not a really healthy season for two
years, and with families are suffering some privs
lion The Union safety fund Of $1,000 and burial
OF $00. hut gives All az an organization TO the
unem ployed Its officers that the have been
good and the must provide for themselves. The
standard OF wages SIS per week for indoors work and
men on WORK; at we sor,ey sanusr', r va" mari
many shops is under the standard raugn. from SO 10
5 per week The standard has been the same for the
last years but shops cut under II than formerly.
the society cannot enforce its rates during the he
or clothing cutters there about 1890 IN tue city.
1900 OF whom are organized IN eight lodges; No 2.
members with fund OF $1,000 the money IN the treas
of the Others from 5000 10 500 over
third Cutters out OF work, including io
society men. but the trade now has better look than
for six months past and many of the men are getting
back work. There Is little suffering ~ This class. -
their wages have been good and somethln. mas been
laid aside The lodges reserve their funds for proec
ton and make no provision Tor sickness or want OF
work Wages have been reduced during the depression
from 81 to SIS aud go per week The STANDARD IA Janu-
airy 1873 was va and IN 1872 VIZ per week
CONDITION OF MATTERS BRUsHNAKERs PRINrERs, AND
PIAsO-NAkERs
There an association OF hatters in New York called
the Trade Association Of JourDeymen Hat Fiuishers,
.95 strong which includes all the silk workers OF the
city There is very little uoue upon felt hats IN New
York The journeymen hat hnishers have 4 strong
organization with lodge fund reserved for the con-
tngency OF q strike. The business has fallen on much
OF late years The 80 per cent duty on silk plush which,