The New York herald., 1874-10-26

| OF other rules equally strong. were introduced TO
these the boss coopers very strongly and decidedly
| objected and asked the men to tone them down.
| This was refused. and the consequences was thss
| on Saturday evening the men were notified In all
| the shops that their services were no longer re-
qured. on the other hand the men state that
| their business Is very precart0us means OF i've
hhood; that they only have work about half the
year; and that, as they are at the mercy OF these
spe hv ine ADDITION OF strnasnt rules which
must not be broken.
THE 'BossEs' WANT rHs UNION DISSOLVED
so as to have the men completely under them,
but under no circumstances win the men consent
to it. as the union Is one not merely OF business
reasons on their side. and taken from their par
ticular view both seem to be equally right The
as they Would be BY permitting sacn ridiculous
rules the men want to enforce. "For Instance,
said one to the writer N ma it 70 my interest,"
per 1000, instead OF city made ones. which
cost me iour times as much, am TO permit my
klnds The men say that they VIII not be the
slaves Of the "bosses." and that the making OF
keeping along IN the winter. In the summer
months the work Is very hard and precart0us.
When the bosses have got all they can out Of the
men they discharge them and send them adrift to
get on as best they can. The men are only running
themselves BY consenting to WORK on country
hoops. They stand out on this point because their
bread and butter depends on IT. and they can't az
lord 10 give way.
was, at all events, uectueO tn0t yesterday
meeting oil the officers OF the association should
be held to consider the situation and adopt some
means, II possible, oi coming to general under
standing.
took place at two O'Clock, at No. 1876 East Broad
way but was adjourned until seven In the even
Ing on account or the funeral or brother
member, winch all attended. At seven O'Clock
several OF the officers OF .Coopers No. z"
situation. Tney are determined In no case
to 90 to work again with the boss coopers THIS
show their employers tnat they mean what they
say. One OF the principal members said That the
whole system under which they worked was q
fraud. There was no necessity OF boss coopers,
who were only middlemen. anyway They got
the principal part OF the profit and over
several merchants had been driven to en-
pioy journeymen of their own and run
their own snops without the aid OF MD
dlemen, and thev had all protted by 1t.
Many oil the merchants would not have anything
to DO with these middlemen. There was no rea-
son why the men should not obtain direct employ
would find an immense difference. All those mid
dlemen, he said haG started without money and
in le years had made large fortunes.
Tnis dis cussion led to some talk among the 0fn-
coopers' union, which would be better lor the men
and better for the merchants, In which case no
such rules as the men had been obliged to adopt
with the "bosses" would be necessary. Until
this was done, 1t was said. there would be
peace between the men and the "bosses !"
as the present system was lalse one ana could
presence in the trade was totally unnecessary.
Hundreds OF thousands OF dollars were spent by
the merchants which there was no necessity OF
spending. IL was SHOWN, however, IN any such
cooperative movement as the one proposed the
bosses had the capital and the men had none. 1t
was finally resolved 70 nave general raj meeting g TO-
win 20 to work to-day The bosses are advertls-
Ing for nOn-soclety men.