The sun., 1879-05-27
'LONGSlIOREMEN IN COUNCIL.
THE NEWLY IMPORTED GLASGOW MEN
LISTEN TO THE STRIKERS.


They are offered Free Hoard and Free Pas
snEe Home ir they VIII Quit Work-Whnt
they Get from the CoHpanies-Others strikes.
Two gangs OF Scotch 'longshoremen Of
twenty men each arrived at this port in the
Anchor line steamer Ethiopia yesterday. These
men, together with those about to arrive. are
expected to take the places OF the men on strike.
Considerable excitement. therefore. was evncod
by the old 1onRshoremen. many OF whom
hung about the companys wharvos all day and
watched the Scotchmen handling freight In
the afternoon one OF the new arrivals made his
wav out into the street. He was the bearer Of
message to tho strikers asking them 10 ap-
point place OF meeting in the evening where
a committee OF the Scotchmen could talk over
matters with a committee oil the strikers to tho
ond that some equitable arrangement could he
made When this becatne known. the Executive
Committee OF tho strikers met and sent WORD
back that the committee OF the Scotchmen would
DO conducted In safety TO and from n secret
meeting that would be held in the evening.
This meeting was held at VGrick Hal, cornes
OF yarick and Grand streets last evening. ht
o'clock. Fully 1000 men were present. The
meeting was enthusiastic. and good order
prevailed. None hut longshoremen were
admitted. II was learned niter ths meeting
that the strikers offered the Scotch ,longshoge-
men their board free until the end of the strike
n they would refuse to work and come
out with them The Scotchmen said the Anchor
line had given them their passaRe free and
their labor. In the case OF married men, thoir
wives are allowed to draw one-hali their weekly
wages on the other side. Besides this, tho
company agree that the men shall mess and
sleep IN the fOrecastl,s OF the ships they may
be loading or unloading. and they are TO oe iur-
nished with two rntiOns OF gfOg per day. tho
Same rs that received by tho crews OF the ships.
The committee from the Scotchmen. WINS not
strikers. but simply t9 hear what they
a,o. Ind to Offer to notify them them ;,as' seS
the bread out Of their mouths. and then to ,ro-
turn. Before they left. they we're instructed to
inform their brethren that II they desired 10
remain at this port. whom tho strike WIS at nm
| end they should have their share OF the work.
they did not wish 10 remain, they would be
| furnished with a free passage home.
The meeting thoR elected two ommltieos, ono
to wait upon, the numerous societies that have aye
lrGnSsa bu econa n to wat MON tho ors
men Of the several piers and urge them to Co
| operate with the striking longshoremen. a
'Longshoremen's Union No. 2. which has
fund OF $4,000. has decided to hold
| age OF their fund TO assist the strikers. Yester-
! day the relief committee OF the 'iongshoremen
| decided to pay ench of tho strikers as many
dollars per week during the continuance OF tho
strike MS there are members of his family.
The strike among tho horgeshoers. begun BY
| those OF the Third Avenue Railroad. continues
\ and has not materially changed since saturday.
| The cross town lines are not affected by the
rdk as He1 Ieg @ Gpoy waSc ~ - 5n Ses
! day. A number OF the horseshoers OF the Third
] avenue line who wore engaged OnSnturdny bytho
went to work Yesterday morning. The Third
Avenue Company still refuse TO give moro than
| ~ per day. Thoy had Yesterday morning
seven new men at work ut the old rates. It is
| their intention 10 do the best they cnn with
| these until their number can be Increased BY
| others employed at the same rates. IL re-
| quires twcnty-onc blacksmths. besides q
forcman,. to keep their 1900 horses well
standing idle yesterday for want Of shoes. hut
| the company SO far have managed TO Keep al
tho cars that are needed on tho rond. The
Fourth Avenue Company are still holding out
| at t2 per day. They have but n few new mon en-
plQyed, and are IN consequence ppt 70 con-
| siderable Inconvenience in keeping their horses
on the road. The horseshoers say that rainy
spell will make havoc with the old shoes that
on the sixth Seventh. and Eighth avenue lines
wore at work Yesterday for s2.25 per day. the
sSmS she men ae rom ecR u
who are AZ :. WORK for t2.a5 are
Strike I Tor the wages demanded By the Journey.
men Horseshoers Association. The Belt Line
per day. which Is. they say as much Rs the com,
pnny can afford to pay; superintendent
"ro Ssqs Tho pces Of "eg the
men who we're on strike Tor an advance OF ten
cents on their wages Of tl.25 per day. are. the
cnty-hve OF the strikers have resumed work.
which is about half the whole number. The
lourneymen horsesboers held secret meetinR
last evening In the Germania Assembly Rooms
at seventh avenue and Twenty-sixth street.
The tapestry weayers. numbering nearly 200
women who struck against a reduction OF
wages in Il. 4. Higgins 4 Co.'S carpet factory
nt the foot OF West Forty-third street, last week
returned to the factory early yesterday. The
proprietors say that the women struck under a
mistaken impression that their wages were be-
ing reduced. Machinery has been introduced
that enables the same number OF employ
ees TO turn out more yards OF cloth
in 4 day than hitherto has been possible
The women are paid by the yard for weaving
The employers believed that the wages OF the
women were already high enough. ranging
from t22 to $50 month. and therefore the rnte
OF pay for manufacturing a yard OF carpet was
cut down an eighth. This the employers admit
cuts slightly under tho former rate. but moi
much. The women gay that they returned tc
work because they mad TO.
The strlkeoi laborers and helpers In ]. B.
J, NJ. Cornells iron foundry at the foot OF Wes
Twenty-sixth street is continued by about half o
the men who remained out on Saturday night
Some drilling and punching machines are idle
Foreman Reed says that fifty mon returned tc
work Yesterday morning. leaving about llty
men out