New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-17

form 10 the agreement Kranich & Bach and James q
Holsrom said YESTERDAY taS' ,nt hem NC" Teev viii be
maid to-day for the work already DONE put VIII Do h''"
rh men en- pinyed in Ernes Gabl"Is mandatory DE-
cded a meeting neld YESTERDAY 10 pnt tus s'TP ~ r
hands nf he Executive Commit cot tht UNION n3
,..nrd mat they had been treated unfairly by GaOier'
George suck Co.'s men leaOlVtd hO 10 Ic'"" - ~
except IN a body.
Az OPI~yON AGAINST THE EMPLOYERS.
In smoking TO a TRIBUNE reporter yesterday of the
strike. John D. Townsend said:
eve have been called mpOn 10y one Of orr clients te
firm Decker BloheIs 20 eve cur oiin?l q, u t t
:loekou. laking plac. The firm IS not one 81 ,o
which bave locked out MS men, auu We nav @t'aVu
against It's So dong There salute making ms
demean0r for two Ol more persObs 70 cOhete 20 So,
NIT any act injurious to iade on comIeroe. we % a. 5
that OF the piano manufacturers IAN uhcI tha'
sWby /. anv more amisieIneanOr for manufaetur-
er 70 mite against workingmen than for work., gnen
10 mite against manufactured" asked the reporter
Ssooln gleiuway & Co. stand out as against tbelr
own workingmcu there Is 30 doubt that such aclOi
would be- strictly leci Innate, ana snOuu tne sTAr '"
lsnorers be against manufactures generally, conn
nation for mutual support would be necessary au IS
sonial for seii-prOts elton: Tns Is q uio,re.,
matter The manufacturers have been oschars is men
Woo are perfectly wiling labor aud whose WOfh lhey
absolutely require. merely for the purpose OF eonpti
seinway Co to return their employ. That we be
lieye to be clearly injurious to vadr' ana wlthOut
groundwork 10 sustain II; We gave Decker Biothers
Tins advice upon March g." , 49,
"Do you believe all the manufacturers VINO nave COIN
bined guilty Of misdemeanOrf"
don't ike TO answer the question as PM 10 tnal
1
ouly one OF companies and as they are nRh ing ne
own battle with Their wOrkmen, they are the Ohy
firm i'm the Union when will not be subject TO this
charge" ,r.t.r
One of the firm OF Decker Brothers. at No 33 Union,
sonaTe, Yesterday said that following the ADVICE OF
Mr. Townsend and for other substantal reasons thr
firm would 90 on steadily with its work The nm now
employs 200 men and il turning out from twenty-five
to twenty-five pianos WeeR.
EVENING WORK OF THE COMMITTEES
AT an evening session Of the subcommittee OF the
Unions Executive Committee, 1t was reported that all
the apprentices and Of the foremen had been n
duced during the day to leave the factories closed
against the Union Three non-Uni0n pOhshere
were reported at work for Billings & Co., and II was
stated that some men bad taken their tools from
the factories Of StecB Co. and Billings Co. to WORK
elsewhere letter received from the employees OF
the Mathushek PanOfOrte Company, OF New Haven,
promising assistance The report was brought III tha'
fteinway * Sons have 100 uOn-UnlOn men working III
their Astoria factory. IL stated tDa an ADDRESS
would be ready for pnbc to-day giving the Iacts
connected with the strike of the selnway men, ana az
tempting Justification OF the position OF the P"Do
makers. . ,., = 49,. ,,or,,,
met last evening at the Germanla Assembly Rooms
BoWery to start subscription listfor tue benen Oh ne
tahforuia WOrkin gmen's party. The meeting was pr
yste adinitiance being by card. Speeches were maui
by Gustav schwab and others denOunoing the OchVu'
by the piano manufacturers as tyrannica ana IeSo
ton was adopted mako weekly SUBSCRIPTIONS loI 'no
me Al lockout