New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-30

members with fund OF some 5000 This If e1nsdereu
strong organization, and there are Few & w. n n,
pasterers in city who are not c0nnecteu WIN ~
Its leaders srenuOusy opposed 10 the teh-nour p
and have sent a circular 10 several master
OF whom it is said there about Sky In the Guy
asking their position IN regard to IT, The employers IN
this trade generally favor ten hours work though they
admit that ten hours pastering Il much more severe
than in many other industries hut yet many OF them
have declared without qualification mat they wiz carry
out the change In Nav. 1t IL probable, however, tna
some Will try it, whether supported by the rest OF inc
trade not nevertheless these say that ts se ,
of MAY ia an awkward time for them 20 make the enOf
because there great many Odds ana ends OF WoI
TO be done than in the slack tlDe IN iocAuu'
they would RELY bringing labor from outside the CIV
In stOnecuting trades so far as appears AT prs
ent, the ten-honr movemant VIII secure niue az
effort Some Of the masters favor nine hours anu some
ten hours thew say that work If so very nsI now
that hours OF labOrar hardly worth acontest II ne
could get enough occupy their men even eght
hours they would be well pleased The lOurleylheh
stone cutters have compact and weiimanageu s0eet
with which the masters unwilling "a conflict lucre
are no uOn-sOciety in the city. Inc Orgahlzitloh
claims about 1900 members now In the CITY, ana nas
fund Its rule has been 20 give ~ per week 20
men on strike But the society leaders ante no
trouble next month, while the masters wh9 iaVor zen
hours confess there is too little concert OF action
among them TO make successful 5truEele. Esen
II tho men yielded dn IN ' tha TenbonT system
when activity renewed. only sinall pIO-
nor;ion Of the iourneymen are at work. After the
chicago and Boston ires there plenty of work IN
those cities at high wages, but now there ~ uuloS
almost everywhere Clty Iaae ~ espeo 1 - yort
together with lower wages, prevail Inc Stone LOT ''e
new hotel on Fifthave aud Dr. Halls new cnrch y
cnt in Newark Many iourneymen have left the city
while many others cutting rough stone On PARK "a'
and on the Fourth-ave. Improvement ,,
OF iourneymen granitecdtters, there u only small
number now in the city outside OF the Department. OF
Doeks and other city departments They 1850
citation OF 200. Employers are not united some
would prefer reduction OF wageS-Whlcn are now ~
for eight hoursrather than an OF hours The
bluestonecutters number between 200 and 800, win
nearly a score OF employers These are nOhcOhihttd
and nave not taken any action together looking TO an
increase Of hours OF WORK. Nearly all the lourpeynen
are members % association, and are united against
the ;en-hour plan The masters say as they are suoOh
l fruef rqV "a
less "A movement had already set IN among the maste'
masons la marbe-cuttng the trade is very much DIS
Orrauzed and dull II IL estimated that there are nearly
$50 master maTbe.cuters in the CITY, Dnt most OF t
have a very small business, employing rev nands. TX
cep for inside" work the trade has dwndled away u
| very small dimensions. In marDle-tutting men are
working nine ten hours and sometimes more ana "a
| various wages, ranging from y 10 w. , ..,
OF jOurneymea painters there are -FOUR lohse- Win
nominal aggregate membership OF over 4ro WINE u.re
several hundred in the city outside the society
work very dull ana large proportion OF the men arc
idle. JealOuses and divisions exist among empoyt
ana there probability Of any general acuOh among
them eight hours. some OF the masters favor l'
movements, hut comparatively few OF them are WuIAs
! to risk struggle Tor Il.
The LabOrers Union the largest trades organization
in tine city. II las Is divisions, With uoina men
Dershp OF 1000 including most OF the aooIefa to
nected with the building trades DIVISION No. l. NhSl
u the oldest ana largest claims I,-' loA oeis anI
fund OF $500 It's officers say That ther meetings prh-
out BOO 800 men. The smallest division claims about
500 and the funds OF the several dVson1 var SCcOl
ing tn their respective Their rule mas Dccu Y
allow 81 per week to married man on strike or iocN
OUT and - to an unuilrrlel man: Tue Sou.iSl
@enting all divisions taken strong ground akds'
the eunour proposition, resolving 10 resist u Oy 4 '
means in their power and ordering lanorers not q
carry mortar. brick other stuff for brckayers wht
! are not society
Tie plumbers nave an association iOt about 500 Nhcl
has determined any eucrOachment on the elgn
hour system ami appointed committee % cOulel
with other trades upOn subject The starbuiider
society about tine same SIZE but II IL Rot consl
cred very compact powerful. The men IL the lroi
trades already working ten hours 80 that tne move
does not affect tnem IL ID Claimed by w0rsnsneu
that 10 iron masters ia building Industries Is due mucl
OF the influence toward teD hours because Jey dread
the effect upon their OF ldDUfing bv the SIDE VI
wOrkmen in other trades VINO eight hours while
/ they are at ten hours. They claim that the man
strength OF the teu-hOur effort Is among the iron met
and the manufacturers in carpentry ana star building