New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-02
w,,pV1vcNrY,s TROUBLES.


rms o.p,,vvps, srprxr-prTERMINED ATTITUDE
OF MEN AND FMPIoYERs-THE SPRING Trade
rsrrurp-DUTTRRNCFs IN OTHER TRADES
The unhappy condition of the labor harhc'
and tho insufficient employment In SO many u""o''
which has brought great many OF the laooI'hs
beg for work at any price, has not prevented erD"
ment in the relation OF employers and enPloy',
few departments OF labor. one great str'Ao 20 "
sress in this city, and there Is uncertainty anu comp
-. a, - -, ,ort .IseUberc. The revolt OF the cap
,,,ors q rnvorsal and seemingly determined ooine
200 in number including about 400 women anu k",
they have almost without exception leit tner s'op
,n,te IN a demand for largely ihcresseu N'sos'
This a,titu6e is partly due to a REORGANIZATION "n
,ont r,,co few weeks ago The strikers nave also vi
yaoi7ed nv shop sections, and these sectiohs nou NV
nendept meetings addition to the sessions oi ' .
-, ~ /. meeting az the Association was heid !"
the hoadouarters, No. SO Orehard-st' on Satuu's i'o
noon The proceedings were conducted III LEHMAN, "
almost all the capmakers arc OF that nat!ODalS oi'H
nv birth or parentage Reports were made rom
slop sections asserting thorough organization aou ,
solve TO hold ont till the demands maze "ro i"i,
ss,.ed Al saturdays meeting II was also ahhouhccu
the, loading firm had promised 10 pay part OF LUG IN
orssss al led but IL voted that nothing sho' " w
whole would 10 accepted 1t was also Vo'ou ,n'
st,ons from the employers must be p'auo ~ V' -
hodv and no, 30 a shop section. seNcrai 'pooo
D 80, 81, ooice,s and members OF the organization AZ
~. instice Of their CLAIMS, denounclng what u'eS
tlod grinding Ineanuess" In employers, ana pro
claiming a resolution 10 carry TO the emu "ia' ''
hesun The attendance Ut TINS mecuhB was ia' 80 -
,i,ny many hundreds. In this representative as
semby there was notable absence OF the hoo" i'os
p,ncbed with hunger. and the wretched atnfo "mcn
might have been expected from the assertions made py
tho officers OF the association md certain fahcirui re-
ports In the public journals together win the pi"i
scale put forward as received % ne one
strike. Saturday evening the presidents Oh tne WIZ
sections met at the headquarters At the eau OF w. ~
Ober President Of she Association Yesterday neeuns'
OF shop sections were held in various places
maj the striko must he settled hs week or the man
ufscturers and hands Will be much the worsels eVu9n
the Spring trade Is lust openns q, u
than last year and orders are coming l thouG my 30
heavily as in former seasons me opTin9
the best and not very lucrative 10 ,he
no put their main reliance the Fall busines III tho
shops are lido FOR week or Two, ms sphS tS" W.,
be crippled perhaps entirely DESTROYED mus Tue
employers say they can bear the strike uch man
the Inc because the latter could then get no Work tu
July when the Autumn trade sesin Inc strikers acKnoW
ledge that they have no tuhos on manu- 70 ~,
srike but claim that the needy Will ne supported ~
the contributions OF the rest This IS plainly preca'
-o1TTeR TRADES
Il Among tho cigarDskers there is small proportion
n who are in difficulty with their employers Soon after M
h panic began nearly all the manufacturers cut dow
H wares considerably with the understandings rs I'M
hands assert old rate should be restored as soor
as trade revived. Business has revived this month anc
IS reasonably brisk but number OF employees re-
fuse 10 go back " re OH schedule. In several shops tho
men are expecting concession 10 their demands 5000
| small shops they now strike. Since Herbs d
Spess No. IS Bowery granted the rates asked there
has been indication OF revolt III any large establish
there now any reason to look for hing
| Ike 81 general strike The empOyes Of Stockelberg d
! Co No. 257 Pear-si ana OF Bundy 81 Pulaski IN the
pOWery have been on ttfike Ter fCW days, nave
now made satisfactory arrangements wash their en-
TIE umbrella and psrasolmakers who are almost uni.
yersay women. working at low wages, are trying 10
| oppose general reduction OF wages which in sJme
houses been great 30per cent or even higher
cation which has fund $1,000 hand but they do
not feel strong enough TO ske and the step opposed
by their chief advisers Incy arc changing thelr so
cety into secret organization hoping 10 gam strength
thereby, and take measures 20 protect themselves
from what they declare To ne TIC oppression OF ihe
bosses who Llye shown themselves bitterly opposed u
in their en- ploy belonging and have tiled III
way iuuIe it, Ito officers hat some OF the bosses
patty with objects IN order that they might demand
relief from ITS und as soon az they were admitted ana
that in this way $500 drawn out. The hands
are willing submit 10 reduction OF 10 or 10 Per cent
il the state OF the trade demands IT, bu calm that tncr
carryng into effect is lnsuppOrabIe Nearly 100 OF them
from one establishment now out Of Work because
they Will not accept this decrease
WORKINGMEN INUNDATED.
Messrs. Henry Is. HeTts ~ Co. of No. s0G
Broadway began last week to rebuild their store, which
was burned two weeks ago. Their contractor employed
among his plasterers two Trades Union at IS
day, as well a number Of nons0ciety - the same
wages. Threatening notices were subsequently sent to
the ''society" men, warning them TO quit working
at less than the regular price, unless they were
willing to expose themselves to the vengeance Of
the Trades Union. The men desSted, but The
rest continued work On Wednesday groups OF men
assembled the adjacent streets and threatened every
engaged the work who dared TO accept less than
society wages" and members of these groups even
followed the their homes with threats. Word OF
state Of affairs sent TO Inspector Wding who,
Friday and Saturday last directed several officers IN
plain clothes 10 watch the premises ana be ready to pro
tect the men,
BROOKLYN OFFICIAL BLUNDERS.
MANY THOUSAND DOLLARS USLAwTULLY EXPENDED