New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-29
LOCAL MISCELLANY
THE DEMANDS OF woRKMEN.
CONDITION OF TIE STRIKERS IN THIS CITY-IX
roRrANr ACTION OF MATTERS IN NEWARK.

rORTANT ACTION OF HATIfsHS IN Ff@NAnA'
The strikes and labor troubles in this city and its
vicinity were not without new Developments yes
terday. Some 1T the measures which have been
nsed With success by employers .or.,n are
men with equal gain. Il has been the usual meth
Of firms that wished to break up shop organization
to discharge the who had been selected to lead
the movement for higher wages, OF laf-hohday.
This action on the part Of the employers often
had the. effect Of alarming the me men
gers of the half-holiday movement arc now trying
this treatment on the employers, and are selecting
firms that cannot sustain Themselves against tne
the hands g. STRIKE in these weak shops. Ia some OF
the large shops where the men were told that II they
was proved that the employers only made the THREAT
10 compel the to remain for they were not DIS
charged according to the announcements
TLesc features Of the haf-hoday movement, to.
grthcr with the largo amount of pccunary aid
which is being received from tho tradc-unlonso t
this city have instilicd anew lie into the m'n The
Journcymrn StonccuttHl's Union yesterday made
present of 800 10 the Society of Analgauafed En-
gnccrs 10 aid it III its work Of securing hai-hol-
day the wOrkmcn Of this country ~ IT has been
uonc IN England. The result of this will be doubt
les that The men Of some large shop will hc
ordered to take haf-hoii lay, with the promise
that they will bc supported ly tho society.
All the pattcIu-mak' r. employed IN D'rby's ma-
chine s!op, ut No. 5l1 West Thirty ond st are
still on STRIKE, an refuge 70 return to WORK uniii
their demand for a ha!f-hodly has been grantHl.
Most OF them have secured employment in Other
shops Ii has been impossible for the firm TO replace
the men.
The men employed IN the Clayton Iron Works, in
Watcr-St., brooklyn, were requested 10 return To
wOrG with their demands Tor halih0!iday CON
coded. They will uo 80 this morning. The black
smiths and iOrgcmcn IN the Morgan Iron Works,
VINO have bccu strike for some time, Will return
60 WORK this muInlng AZ tn oil rate OF wages
hut with al undrrl andlug thar they will have an
incrcasc sOul, Th1 maclunS:s Who struck in the
| nt"d States Electric Lighting Company's Works
at ScNrntcclth-st. and Avtnuc-B, have been
placed b. new men, Some time ago the COnfcc-
TONERS OF thus city, working at the show work
branch OF tn business, mtIc n demand for an in
crease oi . pcr ccnt. Two firms Positively refused
To give the advance and the men left work. AtA
meeting Of The confectionery last evening
s at Lincoln ,Ss. ha IN r I'aT "nv s,r WAS
from - TO - a week and that for"mcn received
81. The mcn have sufficient moncy.on hand 90
sustain "A strike for three Wrc>s, and Ii their demand
is not acccdcd To they will stop work. Onrrs Of
pccuuary assistance have been received from
several trade unions tact whicll makes the men
confident that tncy can successfully carry on q
strike maSs-mectng OF the Conle' TONERS will Ice
held next sunday at No. 2S Stan:on-si NJ Up. m.
The bcer-cllers held a meeting YESTERDAY after
noon af Turn Hail in Fourtk-St. The principle OF
cooperation was discussed at length and II was re-
gardcd with favor. IL was Thought tla' soon
cooperative brewery would hc established hut no
resolutions were adopted concerning the proposed
movement. At WrnHcls Assembly Rooms II was
reported yesterday that the list of brewery men now
ON Stnkc numbered 523
The Hat Fiuishers Union. Of Orange, y. j.. ono II
the largest and best organized trade societies IN 60
country. adopted Restitution last week that
none o. tn members should be- allowed 10 work IN
shops the prnprirtOr- Of which gave out work Ia he
finished in shops not under the control of Ga" ass"-
citation. and the cooperation of th" Newark >"rrty
was askc Q. The two associations plumber over loo
men Saturday the hn-llcis IN severn shops struck
turcrs OF Orange Terc affected by the action
If the men steps were taken Ia import " ioul in"n
from Philadelphia and I Connecticut and SEVERAL m
staimcntS have already arrived and wcr' put 10
work The Newark and Orange Hat FluisA"iN
Associations held meetings Monday night. The
Newark s"ccty declined To take action similar
ct l..fa A mil
compel the iuuncdiai" Abandonment "t work
by two thrrc hundred mcn In
the Newark District. ho result Of the meeting was
telephoncd to Orange, and the Ornrg" Trr'" -" riy
thcr,upon rrc.dcd from It's poHtlon and al ~ u us
members 10 gO Ia work IN the nt"thct.d 'H"pS.
The practice Of manufacturers wing Stops ar
" tar IA having cuinui,s Oh WOrN ZONE. M chraHr
rate, ~ foul shops ht' always been grlrfdn,o
with hatters ami the acton "i lh' Nv" tlidr
societies Monday night is regarded as an important
concession IN faN or OF the Ignt Of Manufacturer
to con ruct his own cuisines, without intcricrur,
Tires hundred and twenty men out of Ire 800
employed IN .hc refining works Of Edward lialha'h
a. son struck ycsicrday afternoon for = cent Hay
additional Wages The hTm REFUSED thrr d'ihdhd
ami the m'n lett work.
4 new src,ion Of tn International Iron Workers
Association wns formed last evening ut Ne. So
Fnlton-,t Brnoklyn. Addresses were 'NIrt -,
bnt the sneaker, refused Ia ndrcs- the n,n pres ui,
~ tncy feared their names wOui b published aud
they would be- Dismissed from work.
COWLEY NEITHER CRIMINAL NOR IMMORAL.
One of the clDrgymcr attached Ia S. Mars'1
Church. of which tIc Rev. Dr. Eyiauc" Is rector
was questioned yesterday ~ rrsrd To iiir drrt'.nn
of the comm ~-iuurrS ~ the uf ihr Rev. MI
CHwleV convicted col cruelty Ia Cmldrrn lie sad
that Il was not tue TINT the cN-Shrphcri had been
"cxonrrltrd from all wrong dong.' ~ claimed 10y
sour of h friends. IL was rilr of the Episcopal
hurch that q commission of three Crr4 men ana
two layncn shuuid hc appointed ~ th' hislnp To
examine INTO any charges that light hc preferred
against a member OF the clergy. Ih" province al
the commits ion was by a thrruugI investigation,
to find out whether the accused man had lrrn guilty
of crime or of immoral conduct. ii u should
lind hun guilty of either of these charRrS an cccl
.iastcal trial would follow otherwise there would
be no further proceedings.
The commissioners III Mr.. Cowlrys case. after an
exhaustive inquiry. reported la Bishop Potter that
they did not find the cN.Shcphrnl guilty "i
" crime" or Of immoral conduct They dld not
.hink that Mr.. COwlcys wr"ng-dolng could bc
classcd under either Of those Two heads. The
speaker SAID the claim hy some oi Mr. Conveys
friends that the Rev. Thomas VI. Peters was the
originator of tIs movement against hun, and that
Blshop Potter should bring Mir Peters Ia trial. MAS
anu d. Air Peters had simply appeared = "A wit
do anything q cp III cases whr9 formal charges
Of c!imo or -.Aoraity" were prcicrrcd
CARING FOR HOMELESS CATS.
Mrs. Julia Scclcy. an eccentric woman who Is
e,nnlnyed rs n servant in DR.. llornblowcrs family
room IN the lower part OF hOua- IN Cook ST., near
Uo1Oken-aVc. aud covered the iiSor with straw and
old carpets. which she made up into pallets. Then
she began to ill the room with cats ami every day
she brought one or two more to the place" until 1t
began " ill up. There were cats Of every drscrlp
ton but her special hOllctudC seemed 10 be Tor
vagrant homeless aud half starved cats, which she
found wandering about the streets. These she al
WAYS picked MP and carried To the Home" and
de vOtcu special attention 10 them.
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