The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-01
VOL. XLIlI.-N0. 322
MEN WHO ASK FOR WORK.
roRvaL y!sTr To THE MEN VINO
hNOV nov nor TO DO 1T.
Re.pon.ibihty shifted from shoulder 20
shoulder What the workinsmcn Might
have Expected The 'Longshore strike
what 10 Thought by the shippers

bnye txpecfed-The 'IOnRshOre Ptftke-
what 10 Thought by the shippers.
Early Yesterday morning the unem-
pllyed workingmen OF the city assembled In |
ANAL groups In 1ompkins square to take meas
ures for procuring work. and at 10 O'Clock MIR. |
John Ennis mounted a pile OF stones and called |
chem 20 order. lie counselled peaceful meas |
ufss A. 1t was his desire that they should show
psro1. In power the dignity Uf labor and the
good sense Of the working gnan, even undor ad-
verse circumstances. II was right that they
should petition tho Mayor to aid them. Tney
wrc not sctuated by any communistic notions,
nor by either political OF religious feeling; they
were simply starving men. anxious to Get work
MIR. Ennis read long preamble settling forth
tho depressed condition OF business, owing 70
Discussions among the heads Of departments.
The resolution demanded immediate legislation
ppon the public works, aud the issuing OF
procilm alton by the Mayor requesting the Alder
men to leglsllte for the benefit OF the working
man. The resolutions also request the Mayor to
use his influence In settling the difficulties exist
Ing between the departments. After the adop.
ton of the resolutions the workingmen formed
In procession, and preceded by an escort OF
police, marched down to the City Hall to lay
their grievances before the officials there and
request assistance. The body bore United
States flag part OF whose history Is told In the
following letter;
NHw fosk ,oyosS ors II9TSkf I9Sy q, h9yssE' Isygs'
fnrrNp GunBLHTox; il has been suggested that YOU
have come innueuti-l control OF some nags. BODY OF
present me@or.l the proper sltaoIiiles respect
b. che panser Of their co1ntry fsympsIhiss deeply
Win the ais,resses Of those who would honest
%ca' II Il S YOU viii furnish them Win the o,nn P'S ya
II lost or injured. Your friend, . -
: HEsRr A. ovNBLxros, ESQ.
Arriveh at tha civ Hall ha workinOn
Committee-namely ely, Chairma an John Ennis, aud
Messrs Roach. Egan, Burke, McGovern, OCon-
nor. Connolly, and Carroll-vslted tho Mayors
ofice Mayor wickham Is sick and has not been
n his ofhoe since 1hursdly, and Acting Mayor
Lewis was temporarily absent. Commissioner
Campbell then called on, and Chairman
Ennis told tho, surerioes of the unemployed,
and asked whether he could set some men to
work The Commissioner replied that the ap-
propriations for the year for laying pipe. paving,
grading. &C., had been nearly all spent, and that
all the work the remainder authorized had been
let out. He said he must be governed by the
law, and that he could Of himself give out NJ
moro work without authority. He Intended u
ask for larger APPROPRIATION next year. lie re-
ferred the committee to the Comptroller. In
answer to a question whether several millions
ere laying Idle in the banks, millions tnst were
raised by asses sment to improve Riverside ave-
nue. and Morningside PARK. Acting Mayor Lewis
then received the committee. He said that the
Aldermen would meet on Thursday. and that he
them The board had already passed resolu-
tions authorizing improvements looking to civ
ting workingmen employment, out the toard
had no power to enforce these resolutions In
ANY OF the de epartments.
once and after Mr. Ennis had stated the work
ingmen's case, Comptroller Green said that the
representatioLs made were OF 50 general char
. acter as to ma AXE IL somewhat oificult to know
how to respond. II was auparent TO any person
OF the least observation tnat many persons were
out OF employment. among whom very many
respectable MECHANICS and iaoorine men, VINO
were dss,sous oi wo,Sns sona,,on oS e1na ger T
of the city of New York, out OF every city and
ell over the country. Some attributed 1t to one
cause and some to another. 1t was apparent,
ness was on us, and that we mad to deal with 1t
as best we could. His function as Comptroller
OF the city was to raise the money and pay II 10
those who we're entitled to be paid. 10 cert In
departments was entrusted the management OF
certain works to be performed. These depart
ments mad the power to 20 on with the works.
and 1t was their business TO do so when they
Thought proper, and not his to emuloy the
iaborers and conduct the works. II the depart
ments went on win works, and the cialus were
mrnin ne nron ntiy ns,d. AZ lev slyays Ssd
been, II was MT true tnat moneys had been
collected from assessments fpr the improve.
ment of Riverside avenue; Dat Tuvi,-'-. s"s
work should be begun under the law the moneys
wuuld be provided 10 pay for IT,
Alter the Interview with the Comptroller the
committee returned TO the front Of the Ciiy
Hall. ana Mr. Enris having made his report the
work,nsnen quietly disp .rsed. Ihev will soon
have mass meeting in tue large hall VI tue
Cooper Union.
waAr THE woRKISGMEN STIRRED UP.
The question that the workinGmen wished
answered was " Why is work on the riverside
avenue delayed" The Commissioner OF Puoiic
work, anew nothing Of Il. Alderman Levi,
said that the board had . ssed a resolution urg-
ing the improvement, and Comptroller Green
said that he could not order The worN done but
that he had always Teen willing 10 pay Tor II.
When Commissioner Martin oi the Department
OF Public Works learned what had been SAID by
tbe Comptroller he siid
hot ltau ~ Of ha
has prevented MS beginning TINS work for ears.
le,al OBJECTIONS. We nave letters on file IN tnis
department. from MIR. Green in wuich ne refuses
to pay for The work autnoriLed, and -ais II We
d. % we sh al have 70 fight the claim through
the contractors. Finally we went to Albany aud
- urui June last did we succeed in gettins
slt41rltI from the Legislature 10 open the ave
iunc. Nf. Green was At Alo ny and he fought
ttnc b.l AZ every session and he secured the
in .eI'..n ia clause IN It compelling US 10 90
al RS hy contract. lhS bill was not
s.i' $ Auii. t-S days ago. Our engineers are
nv al work 7Nrveyiug anu we expect report
ir'm them 20 morrow. II everything IS satls-
L. 10y we sha iroceed AZ once, but tin :
a., ~ should not be doue oy cOntr CT But
a 10 Green h,lping "a IN ANY way, ! can show
" 10 every possible way"
LONdsHOREMEN oS STRIFE.
Between eighty aud hundred IOngshoremen
were II work Yesterday morning and informed
them ihet the members Of the Lougshoremt II q
NliNni were expected 10 IeRln a strlke Tor hd-
Nanced wag 8. AT many of the Tiers the men
al Onre knocked on wOtk, Out at Pier 20 Of The
Anchor Line aud Pier Of the New YORK and
UAvtrs Steamship Compan the labOrers TO
udined Al their places.
Segt. GHstlin Of the Steamboat squad tele-
graphsd TO Superintendent Mailiug tuat the
longshoTeuen had struck, and seventy i've *
ira police oticels were dis riGuted aluug tue
NOrin river front Hnd the reserves In tue sta
tons on tho west side were put IN readiness.
The strike did not extend 10 the Elst HyeI
wafer front where the majority Of the vessels
are sailing ships, and toe rates that OBJ
tAnrd before the iast strlke are stu . ID. The
sIrktrs say tnat at thirty cents sn houT for day
WORK nd forty cents an hOur at nlght they can
not earn $40 week, their work having been
dYinTd among the scores Of men who have
rswvied thrir ranks since Tue staRnutiOn IN bust
me- has been felt BY tue laDoring cl sses In
otHet kinds 4 WORK. " -Four days IN the week,
ga the .p"ke.m n II the group Of strikers,
"we lie idie al home"
me i"iEsuDtetntn demand for cents a hour
ioi 4ai MIX anG utN cents all hour al nignt.
~ "a" An hul ldie'. ll.r YES eruay the old
hhnds cOntlnurl - $50 k AZ thr Id pfices. The
tustilll OF inns linc g. ip u- unIuadt -1iy and
tA'r4 men are ~ be elupiY,el At the same rates
. lIcl tue Havana Iiue experienced u uIfii
c. "ltu tho old htu,s. 4 the Iuuan lln,.
v ff -feaIupT T. l. Ifl .tupl Il II ia