The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-23
STRIKES ABOUT THE CITY.
'LONGSH OREMEN, IRONMEv, IND HORSE
SHOERS STlNDING OUE.
One Hundred and FIny Of y. ". - j. VI. Cor
ncil's Men Want Higher Pny-A Smaller
strike Affecting the street Car Companies.


ncms Men Want Higher Pny-A Smaller
strike ATectinE the street Car Companies
The iron foundry Of Messrs. J. B. & J. NJ.
Cornell Mt the foot OF West Sixth street is one
Of the largest in the city. For tho last three
months or moro business at the place has
greatly increased through orders for iron col
urlns and girders for the two elevated roads in
this city. Tho work has furnished employment
to large extra force OF men. For some days
past several OF the new hands have felt that
they were not receiving sufficient pay for their
labor and they sought 10 have their fellow
workmen unite with them in demand
for higher wages A number OF tho more
dissatisfied waited on Mr.. j. b. Cornell
the senior member OF the firm. while
ho was in tho foundry on Wednesday morn
ing. and informed him that they were as
sured OF better pay. They said that what they
were getting barely afforded their families a
living. MIR Cornell told them that he could not
do any better for them at present. but that no
would raise their wages just as soon as busl
ness advanced. The men replied that they
would rather remain idle than work for the pit
tance paid them. Failing to arrive at any sat
isfactory understanding with their employers.
they began to knock of work and quit the shop
in groups Of ten and twelve at a time.
Yesterday morning. whom the foundry opened
several hundred men were assembled in the
vicinity. Many Of them were idlers. attracted
thither through curiosity. Some accounts
placed the number Of men in the strike at 800.
They fingered around the place all day. behav-
ing in an orderly way and combining the OK
preston Of their feelings wholly to arguments.
| Tho only cse OF violence attempted was toward
| anew hand. who refused to join the others in
their movement. 1t was reported by those IN
| the shop that he was mobhed and stoned while
going from his work to his home on Wednes-
| day evening.
Mr.. J. b. Cornell said last evening that the
| firm had In its employ about 800 men. and that
| OF this number - only had struck. because
| they thought their employers ought to pay them
as handlers and boilers. Their leader was
German who came to the foundry about year
| tute. Mr. Cornell claimed that the dis
content was confined to only twenty
and promises. gothic other i25 10 join with
| them. Many Of the latter called on Mr.. Reed.
| the foreman OF tho foundry. and assured him
| that 1t was not their desire TO strike but that
| they were made 10 by threats from some of their
| fellow workmen. Ihey SAID that they would
gladly come back to work when they felt that 1t
Mr.. Cornell explained that most OF the strikers
| bad been recommended 10 the firm by benevo-
| lent persons and they had ooen given employ
ment to keep their families from starving.
Many Of them were frai bodied and in poor
health. and had found II impossible to find
eysd 1.if II55resd ,5S day m Mr. 'FS5i GoSe
GREETED that they were paid so little. but
SAID that it could not be helped. The
| elevated railroads at low rates. 10 prevent the
work from going out Of the city TO foundres in
| Pennsylvania and New Jersey. As soon as
| there WAS revival In trade. symptoms OF
| which were already seen, the firm would re-
6er wages E so whst o dy hS' m pay rass s
| regular hands all the way from fl.50 TO IS
day, some OF them have been in their employ
The men claim that the firm can afford to
| grant the advance asked FOR. and feel confident
There was but little change in the position OF
CHAIRS among the longshoremen yesterday;
| discussed their prospects u ending the strike
successfully. some OF the younger men were
| somewhat impatient however for the rumor
| had been circulated on Wednesday that the
Anchor line was about TO return t. It's old rates.
| Such an event would. probably. end the strike
| would follow suit The Anchor line. however.
| has no intention, whatever Of yielding.
| The steamer Victoria, OF tho Anchor line is
| lying At Pier 46. Yesterday morning a small
| tugboat steamed up TO that pier landed about
| AT onee went to work on the Victoria. and a. the
news OF their arrival spread along the, piers.
ners hurried 10 Pier i6. They were not allowed
| 10 speak TO the new arrivals, but were told that
| they came from Philadelphia, and that more
| would follow soon. They were experienced
| 'longshoremen, II was said. and were working
| Tor 70 cents an hour day or night. Tho strik
| ers eyed them from distance. noted their style
| o. work, and laughed uproariousy.
The sailing ship Romsdal. belonging TO James
| ana Alexander Allen oil Glasgow, ana assigned
| 70 henderson Brothers. the agents OF tho
| Ahrhor ,!ne ls ylng al mo 1907 ot Eleventh
| street. 1esterd'N she was being unloaded by
| hcr own crew. AS she IL very last snlleri II is
| thought thM henderson Brothers Will load her
| win some OF tho perishabe freight that has
| Accumulhteu on their hahds' anu SEND her 10
| VmsgQw. r,,,
| Ihr horseshoers employed on the Third Ave-
| hue hhllroad nave oeeh w9rklnE lor " DAY.
mere are sixteen einpIoyed IN the SHOP ana to
krep TIE large numbered horses we'll 7hoi keeps
! uW'm pusy rom morning untl hlkht. On
| neuhvsuay .nlrH nhue uemhhn lor an lncrehse
Hl wntes 10 s1'2o per az. ana 2h their demand
! nrlhE relusei lhcy ,qut WORK lcsrrdAy morn
| NE my were On Huhd I'aiy 70 I,9uln" work
al 80. INC sugIrhleHdcnt refused u ac-
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