New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-26
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE npu.Nns FOR HIGHER PAY.

THE DEMANDS FOR hlOfif-h i"i'
SUCCESS OF THE PIANoMAKKRs STILL MORE SWEEP
ING-sTEINwAY SONS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
IN BROOKLYN.
Tho d;oicnlties between the pianomakers of New
York and their employers are believed to be very
NEARLY over. Yesterday Steinway g. Sons sent
xvritten communication to the Executive Committee
of the emnlov6s In their New-York factory, to the
following effect:
We hereby inform you that from tomorrow morn
ing Friday March 26, the advance askeu TX
ell branches except machinists ana
he paid as viii also the demands OF the machih'stS
and the rates asked by the vanishing pranEn' h
the men in our Astoria factory VIII a aM4
tbev have been so Informed. We have decided
20 grant the desire of our New-York men, although
we are convinced that our offer, made SINCE ne
strike began-that is TO distribute the 10 per cent
through the various branches-would nave p sn!
more inst We desire TO recall 10 nina JUG az i!
that since the advance of 10 per cent, laG az;
Fall some branches have received speclal, IN IN
crease making a total advance OF 20 per CEN; I'm
present advance of 10 per cent puts tne ~ q L.
advance at 81 per cent and the MAXIMUM ~ {" no
per cent. Owing to this advance lust giah'eu' "o
will be unable to continue our export trade.
As the yarnishers had made different demands
through different committees they were reoues'o"
10 put in writing what they asked. ms was uone,
and was found to be an advance OF from IL 10 10
per cent so calculated as to give each man "no LAO
earned wages amounting to full number OF uoii"i'
an advance q
earned wages amounting TO dollars and parts OF a
dollar will have the fraction advanced 10 uo'i''
and receive another dollar besides. This demand was
.ron+oJ NV the firm. The concession made by Stem
NOV g. Sons was reported to the Executive COM
mittee of the Union last evening, who advised the
man IN return TO work at once. The Steinway men
will therefore meet this morning AT turtle Day
Hall and vote on the question of accepting the ohel
of the firm.
William Steinway said yesterday afternoon TO n
TRIBUNE reporter: 1.-The money demands OF our
omDlov6s which were substantially granted from
the first day. have now been wholly granted
cannot say whether the men will return TO w"rh III
once or not 1t will depend entirely upon "haU thcy
decide with respect TO the so-caIed sc"os'
There will be work enough III the factories for all
and we do not intend to discharge any OF our en-
ployesn Mr. Steinway added that the strike aud
its results had benefited the piano manufacturers IN
one respect, as it had given them legitimate rea-
son for advancing the price of pianos.
w T. Wheelock informed his men yesterday that
he had concluded to grant their demand for an adj
vance of 10 per cent, and would pay tho increase
from April 5. J. & c. Fischer, whose men went TO
work on Monday without conditions, were informed
Yesterday that the firm had advanced their pay ~
per cent. beginning to-day. Tie employees OF - +.
Hale will meet this morning and consider the notice
that the factory is now open for their return Ihey
anticipate trouble before terms can be arranged.
The Weber men do not meet until tomorrow. AT
the rooms of the Executive Committee OF
the Union last evening, the opinion was
freely expressed that the troubles grow
ing out of the strike five weeks ago by the
Steinway had been pretty well settled and
that before Tuesday Of next week all the factories
IN New-York will be IN operation, excepting the
Weber and Hale factories. There was no dlsposl-
ton shown TO express an opinion with regard 10
g tTQn
sums VARYING IN amount from - to 600 were re.
ceiyed Yesterday. The Amalgamated Trade and
Labor Union will hold a nass-meetlng at the
Cooper Union on Tuesday evening next to condemn
the lockout. This Union has prepared to assist
the bricklayers in case they find 1t necessary to
strike on April TO secure an advance oil wages
The cabinetmakers of Henry Hermann met at
the Germania Assembly Rooms yesterday morning,
and. after hearing frcm their committee that MI.
Hermann had welded to their demands, voted to
march to the Mott-st. factory IN body. portion
of them went at 10 work, While others decided
not TO begin until after Easter Monday.
On Wednesday the journeymen tailors employed
by H. Y. Cooper, OF Broadway and Fiith-ave, struck
for an advance of 10 per cent ID wages and re-
adjustment of the scale of prices. After they were
ont a day their demands were granted.
The furniture manufacturers Nathan 81 Co. have
agreed to pay their upno lsterers the advance IN
wages demanded by the Union.
The Butler Street Police, In Brooklyn, were called
on Yesterday morning to prevent an outbreak be-
tween some longshoremenfron tins city and the men
engaged in Brooklyn to discharge the cargo OF the
steamship San Domingo. lying at Robnson's Pler,
MT the foot Of CongTess-st be vessel is one OF a
line which plies between this port and several
points in the West Indies. About fifty men are
EMPLOYED in unloading her, and yesterday
morning a number of the lOngshoremen who
are usually employed on the steamers OF
this line in this city went to BROOKLYN
10 discharge the San Domingo's cargo. They de-
manded however 40 cents an hour instead Of 30
which they have received hitherto, but the steve
dore refused TO make the advance. and engaged
about forty unemployed men in Brooklyn to do the
work The men from this city attempted 10 prevent
tie Others from going to work, and when they did
not succeed threatened them with violence when
they went to get their dinners. The men who
fused to work were not allowed to 20 upOn the pier,
and when the police arrived at 10 o'clock they were
collected in q group at the head of the pier The
police quickly dispersed them. and renamed on
guard to protect the Brooklyn men III going from
and TO their work. No acts of violence occurred.
The coopers employed in the barrel mandatory
of the Standard OH Works, at Bayonne CITY, have
refused to work unless Robert Mann. one Of the in
spectors is removed. Ii is alleged by the men.
who number nearly 200, that Mann condemns per
feet barrels and that he has boosted that he will
not allow certain men to work.
The shoe manufacturer William DOrsch, in New
ark " j. has advanced the wages of his employees
from 8 to % per cent
MR.. NORRIS DEFENDS HIS STATEMENT
President Morris. of the Board of Aldermen, still
asserts the accuracy of a recent statement made by