New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-25
woRKMEy SEEKING EASIER TERMS

number. held a meeting Yesterday in Beethoven
Hall, to consider measures OF satisfying hr q, us
which the iOurneymen bakers have made rgutlhg
the reduction of the number OF hnhls III u uaN. >
work and the privilege of not boarding with thelr
employers unless they wish TO DO 50. various snt
rcstons were made for the adjustment OF the exist
ing troubles but no definite conclusion was reached
A committee appointed to confer VIII the Jour
neymen TO learn just what they expected rs the re-
suit of their demand.
The jonrneymen bakers held n meeting yesterday
at Coucordia Hall in Avcnuc-A 10 take hnal ACTON
in regard to their attitude toward Their employers;
There "A stormy session oi nearly hNc h"uIS
length in the course of WhCh the grievances al me
bakers were stated and their ilturc action was lN
decided upon. IL twas stated that the bakers nave to
work from sixteen TO eighteen hours day, leaving
them no time TO devote To their faulesor for recTca
ton; that many OF the men were Obliged 10 h"Ar9
with their bosses; aud that for their long hours and
submission Ia arbitrary rules the Workineu were IN
adequately paid There are 800 bakers IN the
citv and about One-half of them arr members
OF the two bakers organizations. with ~ strong
n union il was deemed feasible To make demand
upon the bosses for fewer hours work ana an IN
crease of wages. Ii was decided that hist theF
would ask for "a reduction TO twelve hours iOT day
work to take effect May p. If the bosses refuse 10
make this concession Il stlhe VIII nc OiutIeui AL"
the men will quit work. $500.
The turner's held a meeting yesterday at No. 95s
Ninth-aVe.. at which the trades OF wood IRON ana
brass turning were largely represented Ihc OBJECT
Of the meeting was to organize the men Worklhg al
these trades into union, by which II II hoped mat
their condition may be Improved; Ko1cri 5hS>ert
made an address, and spoke OF the advantages ot
such n union. 4 large number of members was
enrolled. and arrangements were made 10 hod
more meetings and take definite steps toward de-
mand for increased wages.
christopher l. Anthony and Charles !. Reid, the
leading spirits in the strike among the Third Avenue
Railroad drivers, who were arrested SATURDAY ior
intimidating another driver, Joseph i. Cunning
ham, and forcing him To join with them IN thc
strike, were arraigned before Justice hlbreth III
the Yorkyille Police Court yesterday. Both were
represented by counsel, and the attorney OF tue
Third Avenue Railroad Company was present. The
latter statedthat the company did not intend TO
deal harshly with the prisoners who were guilty oil
violating a statute passed January, 1870, ma king
n mssleIEcanor TO interfere with the running OF
railroad cars Justice kDbrcth accordingly dis
charged the prisoners on their own rccogMancc,
after warning them not TO interfere again with any
of the companys employees. The strikers gave no
indication Yesterday of continuing the strkc The
drivers. with the exception of the five or sin who
quit their cars Friday, kept steadily AT work and did
not seem disposed even TO talk about their grl"y
ances As a precautionary measure, several police
officers were stationed at the Harlem terminus Of
The road in the forenoon, but they were Withdrawn
in the afternoon. 1t rumOred last evening fh
Anthony and Reid were still dete, mined 10 car q
their point, and were engaged IN arranging iOi
meeting of cardriyers To be held this week.
The Newark Bakers Union has decided 10 tab
mart i'm the proposed general strike on May for Oh
reduction OF TIA. hours of labor To twelve hours q
day- The brewers of Newark began Organizing
Yesterday, preparatory to making the same do-
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