New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-28
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
HIGHER PAY FOR WORK OBTAINED.


u.cCrss AND SATISFACTION OF THE PIANO MAhEh9
-sIRIEFs IN MANY OTHER TRADES.
The second week of the lockout of piano makers
which was ordered to make the Steinway men re-
turn TO work closed with the establishment OF
satisfactory understanding between the Messrs.
gteinway and their employees, and the advance OF
the wages of the men of SOhmer a. Co., D. a. "
Fischer, George Steck & Co, Kranich q Bach' W.
+. Wheelock James & Holstrom and Billings u Co
The lockout has left TO Albert Weber and D. I.
Hale the legacy of a strike by their men 1or an
advance of 10 per cent. The Hale men had no COM
munication yesterday with their employer ou' VIII
meet on Monday.
The employees of Mr. Weber met yesterday after
noon, and were addressed by number of speakers
who talked of the advantages of unity OF nctloh
among work men, and ascribed tine sweeping victory
of the pianOmakers solely TO their union Inc
opnion of the men was unanimous that In future
they must act as one man in making demands OF
resisting unsatisfactory regulations me Hee.ing
adjourned for one week, win lHe oerJ fnr an
that the should adhere to their demand ioI an an
advance OF 10 per cent, ana 10 tneT IcSolu.loli W
hold no communication with Mr.. WEBER eXee,e
through the Executive Committee OF the union AS
is usual in such cases. the Hale and Weber men
have gwen notice that they nIe on STRIKE ana
warned workmen not take tnelr places .
George Steck q Co., who had before YER
bally promised advance, yesterday re,
peated the promise in writing, ana Tue men Noeeu
were received by the Executive Commlitee ycSteI-
dav among them a GIFT of $l25 from tne Si9t 5o
Cutters Protective ASSOCIATION ana guy va "a a.
from the SOcialistic-LabOr party 1t has Deen oe-
cided that though the pianomakers OF Ne"-iV Vi
are to parade Monday with music ana escort ,no
Eteinway men IN triumph TO the factory. no banners
with inscriptions will be allowed in the procession
Ii is expected that between 1000 and 3,oQo men
will take part in the demonstration SeVeIaI man
uf,ctnrers when spoken to yesterday about the
coming parade, appeared to regard u very Roo9u
nauredly, saying that they suppoSeu ~ "o"'"
please the men and hurt no one.
The cdbinetmakeTs, carvers, turner's XarrhI9Heia
and uachiuists employed by Gichrlng az HllDranut
No. 80 Ann-st., have succeeded III a ihoNeuleht 10
have the working hours reduced 10 nitV-sN I'D nv
week without suffering reduction OF wages. me
laborers employed in NAL KING improvements at the
Navesink Park near Red Bank \. ) have struck
rich of Milestone n. j.. have struck for an ADVANCE
Of 10 per cent. 1t is stated that the urn VIII III
plov Chinese rather than grant the denahu' me
Muscians' Protective Union has fixed the rate 20
be asked at the hotels at Coney Island ana hochc
away this season at S2S week lot g.. 90 V f a. -
musicians An effort TO fix the rate at T3O Tor nlst
class instruments aud $2S for those OF the second
The Central Committee Of the SOciallstic-l.abor
narty has recommended to tho worklnen III New
York breweries 10 form Union the better to pro-
feet their interests. The amalgamated lrade anu
Labor Union. whose leaders hayc recently beeh &C
tive in efforts to extend the Influence OF tlG oream
ization Announce a mass-meeting OF wOrklhghSn
at The Cooper Hnl9n iqeS Wy, 6te of
The striking cigarette makers OF +. Lombard ~
Co. it was stated Yesterday, have Determined 4pon
ogTressivc action. they have decided to distribute
TOO 900 hahdbiils in York, BROOKLYN and Jer
sey CITY, upon which will be printed the regnatlons
insisted upon by the firm and me resolutions l'Jcc'
INC those regulations In addition, the various
Trademarks used by the firm will be produced IN
fac-simile and an appeal to workingnen not 10 use
tohaccos so-narked will be made. The German
fresco painters met last evening at No. 200 Ihird-
ave TO make final arrangements TO Join i'll the gem
eral strike. which will begin on April J. unless "n
advance of wages is granted by that date.
A BARRIERS union was formed in Union Han III
Mescroe-st. Brooklyn, Friday evening, tine mem
beers agreeing to charge not less than ~ cents lor
shaving and 10 cents for cutting hair.