, 1875-05-28

NllAut0 " LA0 AACk tuht $1&0 VARtOIuAIj aIIlUt
btrl&o had developed iteelf amoug tho laborers
In the Bridgeport brick-yatds, and, as tho indlcs-
tions wero found to DO Of stormy nature, = re-
porter WAS tlotnilod to visit tho locality, aud
await developments Il ID probably not goner-
ally known tl1st, the capacity Of the brick-yarls
being limited, only certain number OF bricks are
made iu day. aud tlat III this fact lies tho fasc
nation which the work Possesses for thoae wllo
engage in it. Their Days work being
thus cut and dried aud limited be-
fore them, thoy can ehooso thclr
own time to do It io, and DO 1t Just quickly M
they pleaBo consequently III theee long days
the br1ck.nnkals begin operations AZ carly 40 1
Or o'clock In tho morning, aud. working with
a,will. worry often get through thesr job by IL
o'clcc4. In The fdIl knowledge Of this fact tbo
reporter made his Why To the Ecene OF sroublo, and
arrived thtro Just about sunrise. His im.heIiato
destinaticr MAJ tho btick-yard OF Togtmeyer 4
Co.. On Cllman street, where he found alr. d.
Y. PnrInHtun. ouo Of tho partners, in charge
Tins gentleman verified the reports OF trouble
betwtcn lhe employers md the employed, but
stated thtt ho aIl not anticipate that It would
prove lastiug. What scolued to ailnoy him most
waB tho iact that tho day. mhirA promised to be
All unusually l'ac Que for brickmakiug, would
Fals4 by u,isnproved
rAE cArtz or TIE eTn1XR
VISA a dilfercuce of opinion between employers
aud eMploycH as tu tbs yaluo Of ths lattcrs
eersiccs, their iaoas ou tho subject being just
Is ceutB day apart. The strike has not EXTEND
cd TO tho men who work under Tho she'd but Is
confined u the pit-saorelera. who got s225
day /; tho naoders aad bumpers, Who got u;
l,ftcrB a,d truchors, who got $150, Which rates.
It iB clultued by tho e1nployers, ato shilling =
day more than was paia last year. They claim
@ shs e,Hsa sy pua I be lss.a raE to ssst hs
would be impossible for them 70 do 80
and continue 70 compete succussfuly with tho
North Hlde and Heat Side manufacturers, whose
rates Of wages are, on an ayorago, ono shilling
day less that, ll,oHo Of tho South Side manu-
facturc1s- While tho reporter Was talking 10
Mr. Purtustou humber Of tho hrick-makera
arrived cn tho yard, but tho presence OF couple
af ollcuIs from tho DecruG Street Station had
q tendency to keep them quot nnd orderly.
They e1prcssod their geadiuesu TO 20 to work for
"mute 11oney," and, When it WAS nlade known to
them that tLu!r wish could not be accedc1 To-,
they withdrew quietly 10 IN adjaccnt t'ell and
stat ted game OF baseball, which lasted until
b6taEfaet time.
IN CONFEDERATION WITH ONE or TIE srnlKEss
tho reporter 1oarned that their u1timntHln was
an advance OF rs centa day On Ill ciasees of
manufacturers ought to advance tho pt1ce of
brick sufficiently u cnAbe them to pay tha
waEcA demanded. How tar tho strike may
bpruad, sheto ia 10 mcans Of telling, but tho
yards over wlloHc machines at present tio2ts ths
symbol Ut tue u1alcontcuts in the ahape OF =
tuda!y collEsructod tia. are thosa OF Tegt-
meyer L Go.. who ensploy ninety mon; Kcn-
siollding K Harlem, who employ sixty mon; aud
W. J. Neobe8. nho employs fifty men. Two
steum- aEdH AID one Aorso-powes , AID in the Vi.
cinlty have agreed to pay tho wages demanded
rathor tAau stop work, and tbotE action In tho
strikers 10 hold out for tie increase rs long ~
possible.
THE rnoarkcT or PERSONAL VIOLENCE
btipE indulEed iu Ia not aa nnfayorAble ~ It
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