Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-03
An rl.AdvIssd Revolt by a Portion Of
the Industrial Army.

The gigantic enterprise OF the Palace
Hotel affords lucrative employment to q
body Of vorkmsn than was pro-
baby ever before engaged on q single
building in the United States. The
wages paid are liberal, and the regula-
tons are believed to DO corrsspondingly
fair, yet, Notwithstanding. . small but
very important portion Of the workmsn
conceived that they had q grievance yes
tsrday which would warrant a strike,
and q consequent interruption to the
work and loss to themselves. There are
always those among o large body Of me-
chanics who consider the assertion Of
some imaginary right OF more conss-
quencs than the pursuit OF substantial
benefits, and are only content when con-
vsrting others to their way OF thinking.
and producing discussion and disaster II
possible. Under such unwholesoms in
fiuencs the bricklaysrs, to the number o.
about 40. were persuaded to knock OIL
yesterday morning. in resistance OF the
demand that they should complete the
ten hours on Saturday the same rs on
other days OF the week. The circum-
stances wore, that most OF these men
had bscn brought out from Chicago on
an engagement to work ten hours n day,
at a stated rate Of wages. Since their
commencement they have been permitted
TO knock of on Saturdays at o o'clock
in tho afternoon, q mere concession oil
generosity on the part Of the employers,
| but lately, with the anxiety to complete
the roofing in OF the sdifce before the
| Winter rains commenced. and with the
prospect OF being compelled to shorten
the time within tho next thirty days, IN
consequence Of nishtfall at an early
hour, Il was demanded that the mssons
should work every day hencoforth the
full ten hours. rs long IN practicable.
This was the ground Of dissatisfaction
on the part OF the workmen. and instead
OF returning to their work yesterday,
they assembled at the Irish American
Hall, and invited Ralston to hear their
grievances. That gentleman attended
promptly. and explained the understand
ing that existed ON the part Of the en-
ployors. and their reasons for demand
ing full hours ut present, a. stated
above. He had no dietation 10 make to
the masons, neither were the gentlemen
engaged in the erection OF the Palace
Hotel to be dictated to. The masons
were invited to return to their work at
l 2. NJ. and those who did not would
obtain no moro employment on this con-
tract, or on any other In which the m
ploysrs were interested. After hearing
the situation stated in this lucid manner,
the mssoas passed q vote OF thanks 10
Ralston, expressed themselves thor
oughly satisfied, and concluded to return
10 work ut l p. n. II was understood
that the little furry was started by dis
sension-breeding outsiders, and that the
workmen had been misled by representa-
tons made to them by these politico-
mechanics. The Palace Hotel work
now gives employment, directly and in
directly, to over ZOO men, and ut the
most liberal rates Of wages paid on the
coast. The payroll for last week re-
quirsd the respectable sum OF 81, 400 50.
distributed AZ follows: Masons, &c.
759 %; carpenters, 1880 40: hodmen,
$3.50 Go: laborers, 80. 793 %.
The scale Of wages paid is: For me-
IONS, 80 per day; carpenters, -; hod-
men. 50; laborsrs, under which head 10
included engineers, etc, 80 to ~. The
foremsn and sub-foremen are paid from
81 to IS per day. Tho Office OF the
bookksepers and cashier Is located on
the opposite side OF New Montgomery
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