New-York tribune., 1880-04-04
TROCBLE WITH WORKING.WEy.
AGITATIOyS IN OTHER TRADES.

Representatives from the shop-tallors of BlOm
Nicoll. IrucninR. King & Co.. lIammerschlag &
brothers. Stcinhart Il Oder, Yoge Brothers. Au
gust Beniheim * Co.. NIumburg Kruus Is Lauer
Carhart & Whitford, Datcn * Gloss aud Feck-
hcmcr. Encnscls AZ Co. held a meeting last evening
~ No. SO Aycnuc-A for the purpose of establishing
orgnnizations in each shop throughout tho city,
with the object Of making demand for an Increase
Of - per cent on tho present wages. strong pro-
test was also made against the alleged system Of
bribery by which cont rnCtOrs are sad To OBTAIN an
| unfair advantage over individual tallOTS
! The cabinet makers in the employ of Rausch d
! Mohn LAST week formed a shop OrgluZatlOn anu
through committee demanded an advance OF 10
per cent, and that payday be changed trom Monday
| 10 SATURDAY. Yesterday they wero Informed that
| the employers had acccded 70 The demand.
~ a meeting of the Upholsters Union It was re-
ported that the men IN the employ OF Atmann, IN
Fonrth.ayc. had obtained an advance of
| IL pcr cent. Those In the employ of
! Fourhuuf in Ludlow-st. continue on strike.
| The cabnet-makcrs employed in Sclrstigs fackoay
~ Satnr,lmy. Those employed IN Krlskop IL
Schrei6crs factory demand reduction Of The hours
| of work to iftv-siX hours week ut full rate of
wnGcs Those IN the employ OF Kembal y Cabus
are moving to abolish plecc-work,
day evening. with closed doors. The prcsl-
drHt stnlch to, a reporter however, that it
had been deeas zee @ 10 ask T lUr all m ersae sa OF wages
strike wa5 under way no trouble was an
iicipatcd with the. employers. subsequently
union who said that it had been resolved to demand
s:I 30 per day after April II, and If the increase
were not given, to quit work..
meeting Oi tho carpenters associations of New
York was held yesterday evening at Glass Hall No.
2lG East Thirty-fonrl-st. There were repre-
scnted tho Amalgamated Society of Carpenters
and ,JOineTs, the United Order OF American Car
pointers, and the Society of Journey
men Carpenters of Ncw-York; besides
many nOl-nnion men wcre present.
After making brief statement of the object OF the
meeting, the chairman called for reports from the
various shops md contractors, OF whom an increase
of wages from ~ 30 to SO had been asked
whenever favorable answer from manufacturer
wns reported it was received with the most enthu
siasiic applause. The one or tyo uniavoraOio i''
ports were listened 10 in grim silence. .onorta 10
After tho reading and discussing or the o TO
was decided thut tho men should reIttso Tii NOT
work on Monday morning In any shop snns a. rnenter
a1reo to pay IS day, for all classes VI WY
work, from that time.
FAG-END OF THE PIANOMAkEiISS 49, "nnaa:.
J. p. Hale, whose piano factory ,,. "y"o ""'
closed in consequence Of the recen' IvoAv|p
day sent notice to his workmel, ia ""'S o o"u 10
had from sense Of honor funIeu W ,n0 e''er 'ne
Terms o. hgl nt to employ his workmen Mt any
sIeLs - aes until the Steinway men returned
u w. runJo .nris " The notice further read; 80,
W ~ Shfs daV withdrawn my connection VIII
II, hhTtas hhTus ton above named would state tklt
IN ,no Monday morning next ct o'clock, l sbalii
,a ,n at NV factory prepared to negotiate .wit4
nv men for their services. Inc e0ntemplateu 9
ieegg0iv of beer or strong drink. In this con-
uphy td1p / would sugggest that some arRangement :
~ made mutually, to the effect that in tho event OF
nv future Disagreement arising, three months
otiSod lot nd Ie tSa the cYeSt Of trade be not disturbed
M m disadvantage rbgnlt TO the manufacturers,
1orkInen deslses. as has been shecase durns tho