, 1876-05-04
THE CUSTOM HOUSE.
u1oditntivo Strikers Seated en q
WoOd-pilc.
Superintendent Burling'a REASONS for
tho Roduotion In Wages.
Tho Progress Of The Work viii Fot D.
Interfcred With.


Iouss, uhero they remained during ths greAtsr
portion Of tho day, contemplating with rueful
ktAuoos tho scenoa OF THAR formor labots, and
yct maintaining with aomo force their own viowa
II tho atrko. They wero about forty-1yo In
.umber, and sWore to man That they intended
10 stick by QUO another, and not roturn 10 their
work On tho Cueton-Houso until their wlgoa
we're brought back to tho old Ngare-&1.75 per
day. They nero particularly anxlous that Tire
TntpuNE reporter who Haw them should correct
tho statement Of morning paper that several
their work. They wanted IL understood
that when thoy struck they inside
up their minds that \ was the
crawl on tLar bands aud knoes or bog for t .holf
old rlAces 1t reduced wages. Ona of the Com.
mittee which watod OIL Superintendent Durling
Monday morning. Matt Hand, was prescott, and
seemed to 30 tho coolest and moat Intelligent
man In eho lot. uo cIatnod tint thoy did not
strike for higher wages. but simply inaiated on
being paid tho old rates, ut which ono Of the
ho7s remAflod: "Ycs, wo's didn't do sho ssrik-
Inv; II vss them as wanted 10 cnt ns down that
struck" They thought the rcdrctton unfair
becauso 1t was unequal. Tho ntone-outtora,
who werc making 8A dhy, should bo reduced
greater por cent than thoy who weso only get
ting u. IS day. Tho olalm that plenty Of satl-
reduced rates vas all abanfd. Tho saitora waro
paid et.50 q day, thoy said, nnd wore
fed bostde, while thoy woro only to b
paid Sl.60 day at tho Custom lousc and
unmarried mon, but tho strikers woro mon with
families to support, md tho ratio was ndtculous-
II small in any caso. They had
BEEN 10 SEE mn. LII MoYNE,
but had not oxtinctcd much comfort from the
visit that geutloman having told them that they
had mnde msatnlio Ill not sticking to their job
even ut reduced rates. until the matter could bo
referred 10 the Department at Washington.
L. tv1,n fs $H. a.
however but thonEht thoy Lad been too haYty,
ard that when other meu had boeu hired 10 take
thor places She Government would not inter-
fare. The atrtkera also advanced tho theory
connected With tue NOW Custom-uou build
ibg, arc interested tn private coutracts and
that this reduction .wns sesortod To tn
order TINT 1t might bo used ns an Argument
against paying this class OF lahorara more than
s1.6o day, and ole at,ikar went 30 far III to
say TINT ha had just hoard Of reduction In
mother part OF tho city on the strength Of tho
reduction ns tue Cuatom.Houso. They had no
desire to tntinidhte anybody who wanted 10
work at the reduced wages, aud did not ~ far
IA tho reporter could SEQ.
Whilo they were quietly, but earnestly, d,s-
cusspg tho question aud smoking their pipns OIL
sat's otaco came oyor and Informed them that
thoy wonid receive their pay for Monday and
half Of Tuesdsy ns 10 o'clock this morning. This
announcement seemed to remove a linsetinR foar In
them their "a time"
SEPT. Bun11N0
Wa found Ia hia ouice auiatly engaged IN drawing
warrants 10 pay tho stikarB. Thu amount due them
IL sIsogesher somewhere between *16 and yloo. Ia
snawcr to from TIN reporter the
ssn,. s OF the aR'ke and s' probable effect s nufns
These men sre called ,iseers. hut In reality the,
are unskiuca labor They hays Eetaasd to go 70 work.
enough truth to mako thsm 1asa muE,or. There win
be no diicils3 at al in supplying The llaces Of these
fnar ThArA hhta hnnfI MT tAuAt ftH Hnrpn
: NJ mor1lna, out Of which nnmbor I havo hirod
aooat tMentJ.ase, meat o. thetn men who havo
been working on the lakes, but ara what Wo ca ill.,
akilled labor: This reduction Ia general We have
bcRn EAytng hfger Mages than ~aa warranted IN pay
49, en9 \ va t!!ne 10 81 pau. Iho baper1nteu-
stt Of printed Instructions which arc very clear in de-
nRln4 our duties IN teAtI to hhor Thsy 40 not al
and, In vicw Of th.s, th'4 question came u and cor
respondenca wsa had with tho Department at Wash.
y ss o hs aleG 70 &C.
body n inlustsec, thts Thing Wa very casof!llly
ssOsa a. into INK sh Il f'foTecs to th ths MARKET
saa a. va ssesg!.insa ~ Stssss, @ soaIi nSs =
dek 70 ee syena little more tb,n Just. nxed The
T.ass u q l69. before W. ws I'D leon paying ths
layers for szsmple. who ha1o been receiving $2.75
E s .sS &; ID ut ss vii ss
ousa tSers Ds e
|ust as much ny t,uty % do that !:
=. to DO ?. Anyth'nx slo l. ! am called
sss went tho and tried tSaa e sss ts
tint e. went 70 .hem almpy 70 san infotm..lop,
you might almost Tried 70 shirk my duty BY ~
fsIsns ths whols :, matter to Wssh'neon and ths Ds.
referred me TO my instrietons. toll 1ou sho Gov.
etnnens dos3oI want to cypress NY oao hut simply