New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-08
CRAVE AND sOMBRE ASSEMBLY.

,.nvpr,r.ps opG,X,zi>G A PROT: GIVE Assocn-
TIoN-wANTING THE CRfAM OF THE boS'Hh''
AND NOT SATISFIED WITH STILL
number of undertakcrs of New YORK anu pio Imo
l,n assembled last night in Military Hail. NO ~,
49, in o.iience 70 a call issued bv LeanderP
Richardson Editor of their trade Jonrna, a amc
>hioud, and signed by number Oh pro' ~ nnn.,Jcr
takers The jet of the meeting was 70 coiI p
rho advisobilt of organz ng an Undeitak"rs rIo-
tcctIve Union After considerable silent n'r rd;
lion. Joseph r. Reel WAS chosen temporary n Snil
mon palm WAGNER secretary. and Charles T. blaN',
sergeant al arms. Mr. Blake was lnSruce5 10 nt0
that noue but uudertakers IN appropriate H''>s W.
tered the r00m The chairman, upon taK'ns MS ST. ~,
made short and serious i aoH,vS' ,hr body,
gravity of the issues bri2re tn1 o vii
Some Of the gentlemen WHO hau s,%n'F me norma
were requested 10 cXnlan a." necessity VI =, &
nrnt orraIizq!lon T. q. Murphy said mat IL WAS WAS
absolutely nrcesslTy that underlak'rs Shuu'" wv; Wv
something TO protect themselves against uhIcc,,nii
I;varv stable Keepers who put out s,gns and called
themselves undertakrrs. George I. heilnIIVh n"ra
that there many SeXton6 III cnufcneS VIII s
NOT uudertakers. hut who went TO wnoleSae Iut
nishers and GOT them to carry Out iuueral arrange
ments These sections sometimes never at'tnucu
funerals at all allowing thc fnrniSners 10 u" 80 ~,
them. These men. Mr.. krndrlck SAID Were G'.,inS
the cream of the business; they took the krIncI;
leaving to regular uudrrtakcrs ONLY shell severn
motions and amendments were thcn mauc W ~ a.
to organizing permanently aud were gTaNeN u'H
cusscd Finally motion was made by Ho'hdtS9
Boy that the body ne known as me T hS'aii
and Brookynn The motion was carried by SILENT
consent. l. ,o,,1 .hor
Those present were then rcuNcStci W nd',' ny"
names and addresses 10 the secretary. Eacn iho"-
her advanced slowly to the desk, wearing the Gus
to,narv absorbed look Of his profession when oil,
Cdged in business and. depOsllng his card, ictiren
with nOiseess to0tstep to his seat. A motion was
then made that a committee OF hvc Shoiu ne aP-
nonted to nominate officers and report az inc hcAl
moeting Half an hour was spent III cdrriui con-
sheraton Of this question. which some OF me mem
hers regarded us shTouded in dltficuity ne room
M tins time had become partly filled win sihoke
from the cigar of a wholesale undertaken An I'M
dprtaker from Brooklyn, who wore a DlacK oipd'-
cloth suit of clothes, black nccktIe ana pack
olnyps arose and said that he Thought tha'. the
smoker was la king III respect for the dgaltV o thc
mrefing and the weakness OF his tellow-tlelnhciS
inuqs and reunested that the off slVo weed should
mot he creua{ed at that time. he chairman there
mon requested that smoking should he discontinued
The motion to appoint committee on nounnat'ohs
was carried and Messrs. Moran. kendnck. MURPHY
Ernest and Won we've named bY the chariiail' -
jeuce was once more obtained aud the meeting again
ln,lulred in q short season of undsturbed thousht:
A motion was then made to appoint committee oI
thirty TO draw IN a constitution and bylaws AlleI
some deliberaiOn il decided that rs ther" were
only sixty present committee OF ten WOMB We
sufficiently large. The chairman appointed MrSsiS'
Rrvan Patterson. Eickclberg. Henderson, fltld'
Uylcr Senior, Benedict Wood and Nnndrr, VINO
immediately retired to dark room to deInerate'
After a short silence. the organization ctcldru 10
Law all further business upon the table ana aJourh
tl Thursday evening, January 20. Inc rhtile pro-
credings we're orderly. Most oi those present wore
crane on their hats black gloves on ther huds ana
a mournfu expression Oh their faces.