The New York herald., 1877-03-20
Alleged Existence of a Plot to Blow
Up the Foundries.
IS 1T DYN A MI T f p
Troubles Between the Union and Non.
Union Men.
A PERSEC TOR SHOT.


Tho alleged existence OF dynamite plot has brought
your correspondent 10 this OF tall chmneys and
ranges a letter like the following would under
ordinary circumstances scarcely lead person such
u dangerous spot-but to commence with the com.
munication:-
Troy. ~ Y, March IA, 1877.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
You Will be surprised At receiving this communica.
ton from Troy, and perhaps more surprised at the
fierce struggle has been for time carried be.
tween the mouders OF Troy and the propretors
OF some OF the oundrcs. As TO the right or wrong Of
either party do not intend to say word in this
munication But wish, II possible, to prevent fear
iui catastrophe, which may at any moment take place.
am no party TO the plot and as To how know OF IL,
or how got the Information, II Is not necessary
10 state know positively that both danimilo. or
dinamite, aud gycerne Is now scattered or hidden,
in small boxes, made of tin, In the sand In different
places in tho Clinton Foundry and other foundrics
where nvnunion men employed Those boxes
have been made expressly for the purpose aad
sructcd that II struck by shovel any hard nstru-
ment, they would at once explode and cause fearful
havoc 10 the uckless persons near the explosion. |
positive that more than 200 pounds OF such material
Is within the walls OF the Clinton Foundry and as
there are many honest innocent men working In that
establishment write this communication, hoping
they may II IN the HERALD, and by that means TO
adopt such measures would be Tor their own safety
To sign my name 10 THIS communication would
no purpose and might cause rum to myself | would
nave sent this to some paper in Troy, but they arc all
one-sdod, and select the HERALD ior its enterprise
and also It's unbiased advocacy for the working men.
Hoping this may be the means OF preventing fearful
p. S.-The boxes are covered with sand which is
made to adhere to them as 70 deceive the eye and
appear like clod or lump, and would require break.
ing before being put IN the flask, or would explode
under the rammcr have seen them.
IS IT "roo rHrS?"
On paying visit to the Chief OF Police I showed
him tho above letter. He scarcely knew whether to
believe 1t or not at hrs stating was oo thin," and
subsequently expressed his opinion that tho thing was
impossible. The ioundres. no said, were under the
constant surveillance OF special policemen and pri-
vate watchmen, and are nearly all walled IN. locked
and boted at night.
PRoPRIEToRs DO NOT BELIEVE 1T.
Prominent foundry owners state that. however
bitter feeling OF the strikers mono OF them could
scarcely be capable OF the insanity OF this scheme,
which would utterly ruin them. They claim that the
idea OF tho writer In sending 1t to the HERALD IN.
stead Of TO q Troy newspaper, was because he was
afraid the local journal would discover the fraud
in fifteen minutes; that the organ OF tho
strikers, II II wero true, would be only glad
it, and the organ Of the owners, tho Times
would make tho most OF It because OF the knowledge
that any such mad would result crushi ng
out tho Moudcrs' Union ''It was intended to
scare the uon-union men and boys are employ
ing" said ono employer; "but the scheme Is badly
stated. In the first place aasks not In usually
piled one above the other and any cartridge other
package OF suspicious character would DO detected at
once Then as to buryng tho boxes, all know that
man, when he has dried and put his mould together
and banked 1t ready to receive the hot metal the
blast Is Is not !koy to allow any to take tn
| work 10 pieces while he is responsible.
| NIGHT DoNx.
"Oi course a malicious person might put box of dy
Mantle In the hollow Of 'core that IL would gc
OF when the metal was poured In. He might, for thai
| matter, bury them in the loose sand before II 1.
brought In TO make the mouds that tho boys carry
| ing It ON TO tho floor Of tho foundry might bc de-
stroyed. But We hope there arc no such around.
Certainly the non-union men will not undertake ny
such business, because the man who makes q mould
usually manipuates the lade whom filing tho mould
and that position would be very disagreeablo case
a blow up, you know. Union arc for the
present. rigidly excluded However, they will be
watched" Thus 1t will be there Is q dsinclina
ton to believe that any such hellsh work that
dicated in tho anonymous communication is In con
| temptation.
TRADE
Tho manufacture Of stoves is tho leading Industry
| Of this town. Over score Of firms engaged IN
| the business. and tho number Of men they employ
and tho amount of money they put in circulation
are both considerable. From this time until May or
In The spring OF the yoar tho making OF stoves is most
active Through the summer 1t sackons of, but re.
wives in tho fall to drop away again during the winter.
Tho stove moulders are the leading class OF mechanics
In the town. and when large number Of thcm ou.
of employ and their money all gone business and
the poor rate feel the consequences. The pay Of a
mouder nowadays averages no moro than 5000 year,
counting good and bad seasons There was a time when
the stove business was hourshing In Troy,
averaged 1900 but now Chicago, Pittsburg and st
Louis have entered tho lists OF competition and are
turning out quito AS good and us cheap stoves this
city, which had monopoly OF tho trade and II suffers
In The rivalry. Prices OF course, have come down
business has diminished, anu moulders and other
mechanics have had TO bow to the inevitable. The
mouiders however. looked upon II ms tho last straw
put upon the back of patient endurance whom was
proposed by the employers few weeks ago that they
should submit TO a still further reduction.
STRUCK AGAINST REDUCTION.
They struck against the proposition and quit work
Subsequently they effected q compromise with icw
OF the 1rms, but the others have eternal hos
tity the UNION OF which the mouldcrs members
and tho result 's that an unhappy state OF feeling pre-
walls.
rho Clinton Foundry OF Fuller, Warren, Wells Co.
Is the principal and largest II took tho initiative In
the Of the moudcrs wages about three
ago and union m0uldcrs left but their places
soon supplied by non-union workmen. including many
boys, who were taken on TO learn tho business. The
feeling Of the union mouldcrs toward this drm Is moro
bitter than toward the others who have employed non
union moudera Colonel Walter 7. Warren IS booted
nj on the streets and little short OF bodily violence
offered him. EDDY, Corsc Co are employing non-
union men; SO with burdett, smith Co., Busscy,
Mcleod Co., stove AID hollow ware makers. NJ. l..
Fey, OF Green Island, and Foxail Jones' The lat
ter part OF February these proprietors placed their
patterns In their shops ana said to the men, effect
''ihat Is the work We want done and those are tho
prices we intend to pay" The prices we're twenty
cent under those OF last iai, and the men
consequently struck. They offered. however. to go
to work a comprom basis OF ten per cent, aud
this accepted by thrco cstablishmcnts--Hicks,
woIn Co. j. A. Wager Co. and George IL Philips.
The rest OF the manufacturers, except Mr. F,iey,
the men canno. return TO work with them unless they
abjure the union.
THE EMPLOYERS APT TO WIN.
Al the present moment the ioundrcs are doing
htte. aud they can give more time 10 teaching tho
boys that arc engaged, that by next fall they viii
be In a ,oeraby iair condition TO dispense with tho
regular workmcn who are on strike The i'm pres
siou Is that the employers will win Al the public
feeling WIS In favor OF the Strikers but change has
occurred owing to tho attacks that have bccn nadc
the non.union workers by, as II 10 generally supposed
the men strike This the latter deny, though lew
arc disposed TO give their dental any credit.
Tho President OF the union, Mr. j. J. Grace, entirely
disclams. on behalf OF that body, any design TO orcr
violence to any parties, and attributes the assaults
that have occurred to motives OF individual irritation.