The New York Herald Newspaper, November 13, 1863, Page 1

‘ WHOLE NO. 9919. EW YORK HERALD. ‘THE LABOR MOVEMENT. PRL DID FORMIDABLE CHARACTER OF THE STRIKES BVERY BRANCH OF TRADE AFFECTED. THE RAILROAD DRIVERS OW A STRIKE . The Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Avenue Cars Stopped Running, Increase of the Pay of the Men on the > «second and Third Avenue Lines, Great Inconvenience to the Tra- velling Public, THE PROSPECT TO-Day, ae, a, ae. ‘Tho high prices of al) the neceesaries of life have occa- pioned a very widespread dissatisfaction among the Aaboring classes, and the consequence is that strikes” for bigher wages are being made daily. This movement for increased compensation has extended to almost every @ass of operatives, clerks ana laborers, and there is not ® day passes that a dozen mectings are not held in the podlic halis of the various wards. ‘The strikers seom to be desperately in earnest, though they conduct themselves generally in a quiet, inoffensive manner, confining themsclyes to calm discussions «pon ‘the ‘‘bard times” and the exorbitant prices of every arti- | @¥@ of food and clothing. When it is considered that wearly everyth ing which comes into use in every day life, end which can scarcely be dispensed with, has doubled, fmd in some instances quadrupled, in price, it is not fe Be wondered at that these strikes bayo aesumed the formidable character which they now present, and that quence of the determination of the poor, dependent ciasses to wring from their employers a rate of compensation commensurate with the enormous increase of the noces- @fcult to overthrow when they tell you that coal is Meven dollars per ton, boote ana shoes double the cost ey wore s year ago,and clothing ephanced in value f@ almost an equal degree. ‘;How can we be ex- pected,” say they, “to live now upon the same salaries we recelved two years ago, when things were nearly three times che per?” For months past the dependent classes, seeing that the ‘ime was approaching when thoy must act with determi- mation and energy, bave been !aboring to effect combina- Qous among themselves for the purpose of compelling papital to bow down before the demands of labor. }Hence {m every branch of trade we havo noticed that the ordi Bary, smooth course of business has boon temporarily in- ‘terropted by strikes, and that in many instances employ ere have perforce been necessitated to accede to the de- Saands of their dependents, otherwise trade would tave $e etand still, and irreparable losses would be occasioned. ‘umes the public work bas been suspended in G@engequence of these strikes, and the greatest inconve- (Gitnce has been felt by parties interested. SYRIEB ON THR RAILROADS. ‘But not until yesterday were the unpleasant results of Shese conflicts Detween labor and capital brought in a di- eet maaner before the public, which io general never pees much of anything in the way of private distress and puifering until it is made to feel it. Through tho medium ‘@f the press the public bas already been made aware of We fact that tho striking mania had seized hold of that very cseful class of men, the conductors and drivers on er city railroads. Deeming that they were not sufficiently for their services, they resolved time ago to petition the directors of the va- companies to give them o slight increase in their paleries. The drivers determined to “strike” in fase their demands should [not be granted; but the con @eetors, though sympathizing with their colaborers, ex- themselves as opposed to going to such extreme 8 with the movement. The drivers, however, ‘Sock to their original resolve, and determined to go in for an increase, with or without the conductors. It is due } the lattor to state that their positions, in some in- ances, are peculiar and delicate. On some of the roads, Before being allowed to become conductors, they are Pbliged to give bonds and to swear that they will join in eo strikes or violent proceedings, Hence their hands Were tied, and they were obliged to refuse participation ‘BW the movement for higher wages. Respecting the ether Ponductors not thus bound down, the drivers say tbat Mey will not strike because they “knock down enough’? W keep them alive, If they never get soy wages. WHAT THE DRIVERS WANT. On moet of the city rajlroad lines the pay of the con- @octors and drivers has been from ten ebillings per day © one dollar and a balt. The drivers on the Foarth Pixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth avenue lines de. Mend that in future they eball get not less than tw fotiars per day for their services, On the Second avenue Mine the men’s #olarios were raised on Monday last to poe dollar and seventy-five cents, although no petition for BR Increase had been presented. The action of the com any greatly elated the men, who went to work with ten Jimer more willingness, perhaps, than if they had esked for bigher wages and received thom. Ou the Third ay Bue line the drivors did petition for an increase, ut never threatened to striko, sated in some of the papers. The committee wh ferted the petition to the Prosident of the road et Sat they felt confident justice would be done them Jef the matter entirely in the hands of the directors. The Third avenue live behaved with a promptoces @yoA! to that of the Second Avenue Company, On Wed Beaday a Lew Poard of Directors was clectod, and almost ‘Moir first act wae te, resolve to increase the wages 6 as was erroneously pre a Metr condoctors and drivers. Yesterday tho following \e Rotice was posted up in & conspicuous place on the Third “venus Railroad depot, and the men were perfectly sa\i# =. om un toe *eternmination se UMCR oF THE Trann AvreR Raitnoan Coxtr ary, | . ¥ New York, Nov. 12, 1863. | j mck be 9 AND DRIVERS. ting, beld on Wed 7 resolution — after this daie will ‘The Board of Mrect mesday, ihe 11th thet 4 bb of conductors and dry eataneeh to thirty cents per urp lor forty-five conte per trip for the Hariem from Harlem ‘ifievn cents, and Yorkvil cent The Prerident desires to say that, a# this increase will Odd largely Wo the expenses of the road, now already greater han before, by reason of the bigh prices of feed and all ‘other articles 0 thelr business, be confident y reves upon » for am inereased vigilance and « r do Ties, ‘snd that he will require and exact the str idelity ‘et all (imee aod ander all etroemstances, in meet | by increased receipts the increased expend\tures WH. A. DARLING, President Ro mnch for the Second and Third avonve Bu @itngs did not work eo amootbly on the other lines, Ihe Mireetors, it was understood on Wednesday, intended not 46 accede to the comands of the drivers, They offered to eompromise by giving fourteen ebiltings; but this ihe G@rivers refered to necept. On the Fourth avenoe pay wes formerly eleven shillings per day, aod the men @emanied one dollar and cighty feven cents, On the jue Pirin Hine the old pay wae twelve shillings, The men it i} Ninth Shd Tenth avenue lines the old pay war the same on the Hixth avenue jine, and the men ask for Abe enme raho Of Meroaee A COUNCIL OF THE Dm fo this porture stood affairs oo Wodoerda y Pixth, seventh, Fighth, Ninth Tenth avenue } eue'hed Offered to give their drivere and conductors { Sbiliings per day, bot the directory of the Fourth ansraore hhad not yet come to a determination what to is the premises. "The tr fret rivers of the Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, F Aimy and Tenth avenve lines Pesoived to holt Aw 6 Wedsoiary night for the purpose of agrocine ymin san of proche! ing. The at's Hall, in Forty eisth street, between Dib avenues, sbowt midnight About one Y MOTDIDg LO Proved ingH FETE ODERED urd were the whole of society is ina state of agitation in conse- | Darice of life. The argument of the poor men is very | BTRIEK ON THE FOURTH, SIXTH AND EIGHTH AVB- NUE LINES. ‘The drivers exhibited some coveideration ‘for the con- venience of the business public in their manner ef pro- ceeding. They ran their cars unti! about eight or pine o'clock in the morning yesterday, as an accommodation to ‘the business classes anxious to go down town. After that hour, however, the strike The drivers on the Fourth, Sixth and Eighth avenue lines knocked off work simultaneourly, and the companies were taken very mucb by surprise at the Rome ye! proceeding. The confusion and indonvenience which followed can be more easily imagined than described, The t was’ in a decided fidget and stew, cursing both drivers and directors ip no measured terme, Groups occupied all the corners along the Fourth, Sixth and Fighth avenues, anxiously waiting for ‘Ubeir accustomed metbod of conveyance up and down town; but ‘nary a.car was there.” After looking up and down, and in every otber direction, the thought occurred to the watobers that perhaps al] was not right, and some ‘one coming along, who understood ai! about the trouble, explawmed in a fow words the delay of the cars, The groups would then break up or turn towards Third avenue, with the intention of footing it all the way to the east sido of town to get-a railrond conveyance, or possi biy a stoge. The Third avenue ears and (he etage lines made a nice thing by the strike on the other railroade, apd private conveyances were largely in demand. > Vi8 PHYSICA. ‘The superintendents were in @ muddle about how they should proceed. Privers were not to be had very readily, inasmuch as It is necessary, according to city ordinances , to have a license for every driver. The Fourth Avo- nue Company eucceeded in procuring @ balf dozen rai drivers, wbo offered to drive the cars for the usaal wages. Accordingly a fow trips, at intervals of about twen. ty minutes, were performed. But the old conductors £00n stopped the fresh hands by threatening to beat aud shoot them should they persist in running. After oye o'clock allthe Fourth avenue care were housed in the depot corner of ‘Thirty second street, and the business of the company was entirely suspended, On the Stxth avenue line but one trip wae made during the day, and the cars were all left ureless in the depot and on the etreet rails. The directors oftered to pay drivers $1 75—au increase of twenty (ive cente—but we drivers refused On the Seventh avenue line, after running until t o'clock, the cars stopped, just as on the other two lines ‘The whole block between Fiftieth and Fifty Brat streets was taken up with the cars. ‘The directors on this lin are willing, they say, Logive their conductors and drivers | fourteen shillings or two doliars per day if the other lines first set the example. A DRIVER DUCKED. ‘The Kighth avenue care stopped running about the same | time as the others. The Superintendent endeavored to | induce green hands to take the places of the strikers, Dut | the latter showed such @ determination to resist that | after a few vain efforts the attempt was abandoned by | the company. One driver who attempted to ron a car was apprehended by the strikers aud ducked thoroughly in a neighboring pend, The directors offered fourteen ehillings without tokers.? About one o'clock afternoon the strike sproad to the Ninth and Tenth avenue lines, which algo ceased run. y ter that hour, Thus in fact every live fn the city, except the Second and Third ayepue lines, was at a standstill. INTENTIONS OF THE COMPANIES. * The managers of the companies protest that they will ‘Ot give Ay more than fourteen shillings a day to their men. To dogo would be ruinous to their interests, ac. cording to their owu statement, and would actually cause & loss to them. The Superintendent of the Eighthavenue line aewerts that ‘‘he cvn figure it out to apy reasonable man in two minutes that bis vomp.ny cannot afford to pay the condnectorx and drivers two dollars a day for their services.” His reasons are, that to increase the pay of one branch of their employes would make it Recessary to increase the rest in a corresponding ratio, and to do eo would leave the company actuaily in a Position of not paying expenses. How this ‘figuring out” can be done, with the stock of the company at its present value, the Superintendent failed to explain very olearly. o ‘The true secret of the trouble is, perbaps, in the yory system adopted by those railway corporations im paying their conductors and drivers. They appear to regulate the ay on the theory that their conductors, by collusion with the drivers, will steal a certain amount, avybow, and therefore that the smaller the reguiar salary the better for the companies. ‘They seem to 1orget, however, that by paying small wages they offer a premium to their condustors {0 steal all the more. I! _ibete men, who ove. tainly as much honesty as the bu ‘mankind, Eo et et bot be but more virtue and integrity would exist amoug them than ‘s geverally su; under the it my’ tem. A good story is ‘about the tor of one of our oldest etage lines. Acoording to the anecdote, the proprietor referred to drew up bis pian for the governance Of the route, directing that ‘tain amounts should be paid to the various drivers, stablemen, hostlers, kc. A very sma}j amount was allowed to the drivers os their salary, and a friend of the proprietor remarked the fact, ay ing that be thought the pay too little altogether. “No, no,” replied the proprietor; “1 have taken all that into consideration, and calculated that the drivers will steal so much daily.” A sbort time after the proprietor acc) dentally saw one of the drivers counting out the proceed: of a trip in the stable. Listening attentively, he heard the driver indulging in the following solitoquy while sepa rating the mobey into two packages:— “One for me and one for the boss. One for me and one for the boss, One for me and one for the boss. (ue for me and one for the boss. No, stop. I guess I'l! take that ‘one for nyself too.” The proprietor could stand the sight no longer, and he grabbing the driver, exclaimed at the same time:— “Stop, stop, Jimmy, I'm willing to share equally with you, you know, but that's going it too strong altogether. The story hos moral in it for the raiiroad corporations. If they properly understood their own mtercsis they would pay their employes decent wages, and thus pre vent them from being disbonest; while they would be able in the Jong run to declare better dividends even than at present, It is the old story of “a penny wise & pound foolish.” THE DRIVERS DETEUMINED TO HOLD oUF The dv press themselves determined to fgh: Dattie out to the end. Up toa late hour last night the « had not resumed rupning ou the Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Fighth, Ninth and Tenth avegues. ‘The raiiroud directors | expect to have their car# running a# usual to-day as they will by that Lime have siceuses for new drivers from the proper authoritiee, They Intend to inveke t Aid of the police to protect the new hands in the discharg of their dutice. It is probable that a lively time will be witnessed to-day should the companies persist in thi de. termination. THE STRIKE OF THE MACHINISTS. The machinists of thie city, who have struck for higher wages, heid a meeting om Wednesday night, at No. 187 Bowery, which war largelg « by a bighly respect able body of mechsnice, ‘The binck list,” a document } containing the m some twenty-two of the trad who bad viciated thei promise to join in the general movement, was posted ail round the hal, in such acon spicuous manner that *he who ran might read Mr. Ceorge W. W et the chair the proceedings with a sbort address, in wt forth the aber necessity for demanding higher wai and hinieta, ae n body, to preserve the 0 matte | tated that the b ler wo velling public de 6¢ pened the reer ontracts exteu ety days, #0 os to euabie héin, by at ¢thetr w to bring’ the workmnen t ne, and not pay the advhnce asked for. There was be nul avery man wh tthe time of, the surik etwenry Ave per cent advance, Third, That @ who wieh mo. ts go io work in their respactive ships mer have the privilege of going elsewhere, so that they thay uot Preveni ines oh gin c(@e from going tO work, This even ing <8 mooi ing of Mach iniste is to be held at Harmony Garden, when Curtber action Wiil BY pet The macht wind twonty five per cent inereage ic their rate«s eilaries, apd this has been granted by the Srwe — Hi! FE. Prownell’s Iron Works, W Iron Works, Wildey & Bulger's tron Works, ‘ompany iron Works and Lee's tron W firme have refured to grant the reqoir ty Jrop Works, Allaire Iron Works, Dela # Jersey Ot Ine Works, Badger # I Telegraph Cable Ce Iron Works, Neptune tron Wor Works, “tover's Mach ne Work Works, Giobe Lron Works, Secor 0 Works, Keeve's Iron W npany, Hydraulic Works, Morgan's nen Murphy & Co '# Iron Works W tA Conan #, Lyon'e ‘orks, MoCullurn’s Goddard's Works and Underbill's |roo Vorts, THE FEMALES ON THR SraiKe. | c females f the metropolie—at least those wlomed iuduntrial pursuite—bave, t with the opporite sex, resolved t resort to & ‘string’ argument for the ‘procurement of higher | wages. it #8 well known fact that po class of the com munity hee £0 mach chum on the aympathies aud libern | ty of the moneyed few thas Our sewing girls whe | engaged in our varie wm manofactaring emtabienment | a rate of wages whi tally inadequate ab | common necerare: © ile now-a-days } Durst of the war * has t Warket In a nore exteonive {placer of the male dry groor fighting the pallies of | BY ® delexte ny mother and simter oF ent dependent upou he . | see of our my ‘ manufsctare of boop 4, af envelopes, kee. for Y receive not of t ' or oe den 4 by even the expert work wom of persene has a ch met tie there poor piri who t mp Hight, woth dimmed eye atet pallid cheek ‘ tance. The exorbitant prive , 7 other Y domert noomp ‘ ‘ per week «i y een howe ow . t _ ‘abor in the merket, and the employers would | re ail (be bands they couik erable diecarsion the following reeciution wr | Xe fret, Lat every m aged with wa in fuse pledge binaeif not ¢ work until every wer AR per Fesel | pod; Ther Ww rhs, Blstop'e | NEW YORK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1863. Jader—bave increased the number of working hours witb- ‘out giving them a singte cont of increase ia their pay. HAIROLOTH MANUPACTURERS, ‘The girls im the Baircioth manufactorics etrock lant Friday. Their wages amounted oaly Co two dollars and fifty cents per weex on the average, and as they worked by the piece they asked ap additional five cents per yard, whieh will y Oity cents more per week. There are Dut three of these establishments in the city, of which two have agreed to pay the advance: but Messrs. Johnson & Fortier decline, and nearly ail the employer have coased work. How the poor girls could find food and clothing for two dollars and fifty vente per week is nearly impossible to imagine, THE FAVE MAKERS. The Astociation of Bafe Makers, which s€ componed principally of those in the employ of 8, G, Herring, and a few other manufacturers, met on Wednonday evening at 193 Weat Twenty-irst street. Jt appears that on Satur- day @ special mecting was held in the cstablishment of Mr. 8. C. Herring, io relation to the propricty of striking for higher wages, when, after some discussion, it was decided to strike on Monday followin On Monday morning the men assembled at the shops and informed the proprietor that they would not go to work unless their wages were increased at the rate of ton, fifteen aud twenty-five per cent, according to the work. The proprietor at first refused to comply with their demands: but when be ascertained that they, In com- pany with others, bad formed & protective union, be par- tially acceeded to their wishes, but not to the amount they demanded, it was for the purpose of ascertaining whether the men would go to work oF not at his prices that the meeting waa called. “After some delay, caused by balloting upon the question, it was found that they wore willing © go to work for the wagesotfered by the proprietor Acommittee of three (Meesre. Farrel, Pontrell and Hudson) were appointed to draw up aconstitution and tories of by laws for the use of the association. ‘A large atnount of business of @ routine nature was transacted in receiving new members, initiation feos, dues, &€. After the conclusion ef which’ the meeting ad journed to further notice. THE LITHOGRAPAIC PRINTERS. The Lithographic Printers’ Protective Union Aseoe tion beld a meeting on Wednesday evening at No. 334 William street, to consider the ueceesity of a rite in the rate of wages. The employers submitted a scale of prices for adoption by the meeting, accompanied by a priuted circular, Which the men considered tyranpical. The effect pro: duced by the reading of the circular was anything bu mplimentary to the gentlemen who issued it, and very free and general exprossion of dissatisfaction was indulged in by the meeting in reference thereto, ‘The matter was (nally referred to a committee for further consideration, ‘The President read a letter from Verelste & Van Strydonek, No, 70 Maiden lane, repudiating all con. nection with the objectionable document. The following employers baye also repudiated the olr- cular:— ¥, Heppenheimer, William street; George Hayward, Pearl street; James H. Russell, Franklin street, W. W. Rose, Cedar street; Roby & O'Neill, corner of Diteb and John’ streets. Afler the travenc of the usual routine the association , tbe meeting adjourned ull Saturday even ing at baif-past seven o'clock. ‘The following is the circular alluded to-— ng of the lithograph ploy ers, hel Novem ble and resolution were ographic employers of the elty of New Der and necessary to Increase the prt paid n consequence of the Thercased p: of al fe, aud having agreed upon a sched of pr of work, formly enta’ ree these , therefore it ts hereby ‘Agreed, by the undersigned, that they will snaperid all work froi their printers who do not subscribe to the price Uist adopte yhic employers, and who dy not the shogray pledge themselves not to a! On the strike Snyder, Black & Storo Meyer & Uo., Hatch & © in apy way those who ace now Major & Knapp: Ferd. Siebert & Brow, Milles / Hen Boyle, Kortl Brow. ry ©, Eno, Cooper & , Jui Bien, ¥. Hepy A. Brown & Co.. A, Brett & Co. David MeClel! mel ie & Co. (ime work), EB. Wetzler, J. Sandmeyer, L. Rightmyer, George Schlegel, George Hay: ward, John H. Kassel), Thomas Wood, faust, 4 CARD, On account of the advance iu prices of all the common necersaries of life, the employes of the lithographers of tho city of New York have asked, and justly, the small vance of about twenty five per cent on their wages. Iithograpbers, with a few noble exceptions, have re- {used to accede to their demand, and threaten to suspend all work uniese their employes subscribe to their own price list and pledge thomselves to abandon the strike and those connected with it, The slight advance de. manded by the |\(hographers’ employes is their just due, and it is to be hoped that their employers will manfally and willingly accede to their demand, and not offer them the ipsignificant and paltry advance of about seven per cent, which they have unwisely resolved to do. We hope the lithographors wiil reconsider their rather hasty de. termination, treat thelr men as men, and grant them what jg their jest due. A MEMBER OF THE UNION, THE METROPOLITAN POLICE. A movement has been commenced amongst the police of this city to bave their salaries increased from to $900 per year, It is thought that this efort will prove succeasft!. PHE WINDOW SHADE PAINTERS. ‘The organization of window shade beld@™ meeting. Reports from the various shop com- mittees were presented, frem which {t appeared that all the employers, with a couple of exceptions, had agreed to advance the rate of wages twenty five per cent. SASH AND BI MAKERS. This body met on Wednesday evening, at 193 Bowery, and organized by electing the tollowtng officers:—Ben’ min Hail, President; Joseph Homan, Vice-President; A. D. Bogart, Secretary Joseph M. Moore, Treasurer. During the evening Mr. Roveman, and two other delegates trom the Carpenters’ Association, appeared and offered their vervicer in artisting the association to organize, GLASS CUTTERS These tradeemen held a large meeting on Wednesixy evening, at the Fourteenth Ward Hotel, Mr. J, 3. 0°Con chair. A permanent organization was formed opted. A resolution was adopted to ask ne of fifteen per cent oo the proent wages, which Are (rom eight dollars to fourteen dollars per week. The advance, if granted, will make from nine dollars twenty cents to #ixteen dollare ten cents. HE GOLD BEATERS corner of Broome and Mercer met at the Mercer streets, and endorsed the action 0 4 radesinen material which it was resolv Brant those t aid from thi f require: SINGER'S SBWING MACHINE BMPLOTES A meeting of the employes ol the Singer's Sewing Ma chine Company wae held on Weduesday evening at the Rowery Garden, 113 Bowery, for the parpose of taking some action ip relation to the strike now going ou among the machinists. Th about seven hundred and fifty persons employed by the company, some four bundrea of whom were present, ag also Meare. MeKenzie and Iroc tor, two of tb ors. The ri der of the employes | being at work not be present. The meeting was organized by electing the follow ing permanent oflicersi— M. Brady President: Peter MeCnnn, Secretary, and W Proctor , Treasurer Which it was re 1 wo give achinists, ehould they require tt PAINTERS. An attempt having been made by the boss painters compel the journeymen to work (tires quarter time (ove liar and sixty eight cents per day), ® special meeting held on Wolncsday evening. at the Fourteenth Ward material aid t , the President, Mr. 1’. Keady, ta the chair, the al tenor of the eonverration at tho meeting ehowot That this proposition would not be accepted, as the paint ers could not eup ui 4 hm scanty wance. The following resolutins were adopted:-— wived, That we will not work any three-quarter nor i any case for «jess sum than two dollark 7 lay, from seven till dark, That we, the New York paint ors, sympathize with our brother workmen, the machin eta, and that we will ald them, fluancully or viherw to the bert of oar ab ROAR MAKERS, (one hundred and fifty of these mea mot at Har tall 122 Hester street, dir. W. H DeMaze in Laver, Secretary, ‘The Chairman stated be for the purpone of torm ivg aad preservation, On mo ir, and F ct of the meeting t rn rit a of Mr. ¢ 0 wan App og of Me L. Stith, B. De Lar Je, Same! Kick! nd A. Beh! eff, who reported re. Solutions that the packers form a protective union. that eymen packers be inv all regular nization be formed, and Hist of prices be establiahed throughout the city CARAIAGR DRIVERS. These weo have made pd Ou their employers for ten detiare wetead of 9 amount they bave beeo receiving Tite owrev Among the nur NCES OF THE DRTG CLERES { persone who complain of the hardships of the times in a monetary point of vigw are the drug clerks, who certainly are as hard working In thejr way Aé are (howe connected with mechanics or other pireulte Among the numerous communications which we bave received tt reference to the labor movement b# one from a drag clerk, which sete forth the grievances of this partienlar branch of business, It appears that the droggiate’ clerks of New York are. as # general thing, paid the smal wages of from $16 to $30 per month. Gut | of thle they have t dress tastefully and otherwise rap and they now, in common eoek that con. aot port themeetves reapectably with the other strikers for higher wages ich th sideration irovw # employers w oxiger Wwe Umes demand comm ation from. ths Conductor aud Drivers of the Third Avenue Katl- 1 £DTTOR OF THE HERALD. d fool Encouraged through ube ki we which you ex he f this week towar ty tore irivers in your valuable journal, we the coductors and «Third Avenve r ' reanne, and aby Rallro the non! mn . the ductors an ‘ per day st xty L006 wtrows 4 t dey, * being aeked for, Thy tab Pirdtore will please receive our beartfelt thank New Yous , Nev. 12, # the machinists, after | | her mizzon | Engineer Minthorne super intend thata | PRICE THREE Sere CENTS. Leiter from a Mortified Citizen, TO TUB ROITOR OF THY BBRALD, Sup Avmncr Rannoap, New You, Noy. 12, 1969. pean iromeled yet built. For beauty of workmanship ‘and strength they are unsurpacced, Bow be coaled and provisioned, and then the crew will be placod ou board and the fimal arrange Being ® resident for some time of tho upper partof the | ments 20,thab it will be late in December before city Tam daily in the habit of riding im the Sixth ane | she gate, Fighth aveove cars, 1 war much mortiied and annoyed a a al RE ET oo my arrival at Soe depot, about forty minuten past | THE JOMNSON’S ISLAND PLOT. eight A. M., to see a iarge crowd congregated at the cor- ner of Forty-third street and Sixth avenue; and, upon azkingghe reason, wae told that the drivers and conduc- tors were on & for an crease of Upeo making anotber oqiry Tfound that they Dad pone their care down aud rewrn two Lrips and theu sipped: but mind you this was @ove by the adv ive and.quvgeas of the drivers, and for tauterost of those who are poor and are dependent om the daily salary for thelr supyort—that is, clerks, sewing men working nt daily iabor —who may at any time, By not being on time, lose thelr little pittance, NOt enough 40 support a family or a part of a family at the preaput rate of wages, 1 would now Fup. A case. Suppose & person, you yourself for instance, recelved a despatch from a city iaity of one hundred wiles from thig city and“kvew nothing of apy strike, aud no he Consp Tate Rebel Prisoners of wercmecie And Ogdensburg to be | The Defeat of the Rebels on Burned—Honcrable Conduct of Governor General of » dee. Wasuinaton, Nov, 12, 1863. Tt bas deem ascertained on inquiry at the propor bureau that there are vow over two thonsand rebel offcers on Jobnson’s Island, Sandusky Bay, togetber with forty-two others, classed ax guerillaw, Eighty officers, recently captured by Moade’s army, are now on the way the cars running, and i was a mattor of to you to | © Mhat place, Several duyr ago there wore indi. bot ime {oF the tesin; who would be to blame, the con | cations, or perhaps uspiciony, that the rebelR on : ductor oF the drive, oF the company? as the latter aro] that island contemplated a combined movement for the | MARROW ESC. muking the money amd not the former. To puta cago ip int, Which is the best off, the conductor and driver at w wages or the directors and presidents of the road, makiog their fortapes every day? Now, Mr. Kditor, a8 @ laboring class of men, world most respectfully all your attention to facts, an' wivetbem your mont favorable consider, The sixth Avenue Railroad Company bave had five days notice of the intention of the drivers and oondéuetors. and ov all Written by a -onntantly, the roads in thie! sities, and ean be com roborated by mawy @tizene in up town lovalities, STRIKES IN OTHER CITIES. Durpore of making their escape, and, on (hia information being communieated 10 the authorities hem, the requisite Precautionary mossures wero immediately taken, in- cluding the ordering of & gunboat to the vicinity to pre vent it, Therefore the prisoners could not leave the ieland were they to moke the attompt, Whatever appre housion may have existed on this subject ix mow perfectly qusoted. Wasmyctox, Nov, 12—F venta The facts contamed in the dexpatch vent from Wash- iwgton this morning with regard to the rebel prisoners on Jobnyon's Island, were obtained from official sources. But ince then additional Information, authentic in ite character, has been obtained, by which It oppeare that the Governor General of Canada bas given notice through lord Lyons to the Secretary of State of rebel plots hatched in the Pritish provinces to deliver the prisoners on Johnson's I#land, in Leke Frie, and barn Buffalo ana Ogdensburg. + Adoquate measures to de have been promptly adopted Tho comity and good faith of the Britlh authorities are highly appreciated It is not apprehended that apything serious will grow out of the affair, a8 the government was not unprepared for the disclosures made, Thé Strike in Boston, THR NAVY YARD SIRIRE. [From tho bostwn Evening Teavellor; Nov. 11.) There were this morning still only a few bundred men at work in the Charloetown Navy Yard. The great body of the others held another inéetiag on tho Common. In Charlestown, at ning o'ciock, but transacted no part lar business beyond completing the arrangements for sisting tbe poorer men among them Jt was stated thag one of the committees appointed by the Commodore to inquire into the arrangement of hours in outside yards had reported back to the Commodore, the chairman stating distivetly to the Commodore that the men’s views regarding the hours of labor were cor t the nefarions enterprises twas farther stated thet the Commodore intended to communicate with Wasbinglon before acting on the re ort. PA motion was made to keop away trom the gate of the yard at the ringing hours, aud declared carried, After which the meeting ajourned. ‘The Navy Yard strixors at their meeting this morning choge Jeremioh Hi. Remick delegate to proceed to Wash ington to represent their interests before the Bocretary of the Navy. Borvaro, Nov. 12, 1869. The following was received here to day:— Wasmixurox, Nov. 11—Midnight. To Tux Mayor oy Burrato— The British Mioister, Lord Lyony, hag to night officially notitied Lhe government that frou telegraphic informa WAGES AT THR NAVY YARD. ‘Tho following i the avernge of wages paid por day in the Navy Yard:— ¥iret claes cauticer and carpenters re. colve $F per diem. Diackstniths, machisinte, borer. | ton received from the Governor G of Canada, there bonthutiders, joiners and’ block weaker, $2 76 | te reason to believe that thore is a plot on foot by persone per day; plumbers, coppersmiths, tinners, sailmakers, | who have found an asylum in Canada to invade tho coopers, ropemakers, sparmakers aud masons receive $2 60 per day, and the painters $2 26 per day, (¥rom the Boston Post, Nov. 12.) The strike at the Navy Yard continucs. A mocting was held ou the Common in Charlestown, yesterday alter. noon, A. J. Finney presiding, The position assumed by the men was reaifrmed, snd will be adbered to. Jere on , to represen fore the Secretary of tho Navy. A fund has been raised to aid the needy. Out of the thirty ve bundrod work- men in the Yard, not above one hundred worked yostr United States, and dentroy the city of Buffalo; that they propose to take possession of some of tho steamboats on Lake Erie, to surprise Jobneou’s Inland, wot free tho prisonere of war confined there, and proceed with them to Boffalo. This government will employ all means in ite power to suppress any hostile attack from Canada, but as other the same dangers, it is deemed proper to communicate NEWS FROM THE SOUTH, Progress of the Bombardment of Fort Sumter. the Rappahannock. Capture of the Steamer Coruu- bia Of Wilmington. APE OF TIE BANSHEE, & &e., Ge. Richmond papers of Wednonday last reached Vortrom Monroe yesterday, and the following bas been received by telegraph from that point, The Bombardment of Fort Sumter. Cnayieetox, Koy, 9, 1863, Slow Gring has boon golug on all day on Sumter, Fitty- eight ritled shots were fred from Battery Gregg last night, all directed at the southwest angle, Sixty rifled shots wore fired to-day and twenty-fve mortar shells, of which Heven missod, The whole number of shot and shell fred at sumter during the bombardipent is aioe th and, three buadred and forty-ix, of wich seven thousand eeven hundred struck. One Monitor only was in action to-day No casoaities transpired. Cnancestox, Now, 10, 1868. The cuemy continues fring slowly. No report from the fort has beew received this morning. fxcoND DmwaTeH, Curnow, Now..10, 1863. 6g On Sumter to-day was at inter- Two Monitora came up and fired The firing from Gi vals of balf an hour thirty ahotw. No new movements have been mado, Defeat of the Rebels on the Rappahan- nock. The Richmond Kraminer admits a rebel defeat on the Rappabaguock, Hoke's and Mayes’ brigades wore cep tured. Capture of the Blockade Kunncr Corna- bie. Witaaxaren, N. 0,, Nov. 0, 1663. The Confederate States steamer Coroubia was captured yeeterday morning by the biockaders, coming io, The Bausheo narrowly escaped. Polttical Affatra, Joseph E. Brown was Inaugurated Governor of Georgia towns and cities on the shores of the lakes are exposed 10 | o the T1h instant, North Carolina election returns show Gaither ahead of fit is geverally believed by the workmen that their SS ere workmen that tbélr | thig information to you in order shat any precautions | pander, of wages, but 4 diminution of the hours of labor. which the circamstances of the care will permit may be THE @TRIKR AT BAST BOSTON. taken. A Private Rebe' View of atte neiermanenent Kast Boston, are stil on « strike, The Governor Geveral suggeeis that the sloamboata or 4 im the Sows employers refusing to pay wages demanded. vessels eune - RADGU ARTI, ARMY OF THE About twenty of the strikers left for New York yester- pion ia prophet pie rer Aamo , Nov. 10, 1963. } day. i a neers The following interesting letter was found opom the ‘You will please acknowledge receipt of this telegram, | 14, or a rebel soldier ot Keppabsnsock Station, The [Prom thaPaiedeipne Ags went.) end qeeneanelanle > Cis CaO ENEREON TCS bs sey regprpened if Ns a , A movement. je ‘on foot ibe mechanics ot | MAY BOW oF hereafter have on this eabject. . Youn Biermpay, Sept. 21, 1868. sulting nals Gy 16 form ‘Trades Union, for SORE th, OBANEON, Heaveleny of Car. My Duak Sox.—Rovert has got well, and he is’ all the the protection of iptereats Ta order wo seture Tt bs understood that othor lake cities have sims | tiune taiicing about you. Te is a brin sand wane to paw re en te ae Several | larly warned by Mr. Stanton. The information to the Koes Sr. n't Be Jakes prea a le. parole ce ee s a men Bouse corel and Walnut, SPrerRMeT come frop 9 bigh souroe. setters by Shas. "Wo Nave puaty ie ocr From OGG TBO Rew eBrerprime wir nd | , ‘. come bome and wil! aot dou! with that success which it deserves. The Dernor, Nov, 12, 1963. beck to the . A grent many have gone to main object of the association will be 40 regulale and do- | There is vory little doubt that a plot has been formed | Ficksburg and ct protection, The State haw gone termine » fair rate of wages that should be paid all work: | by tho rebel ret im Canada to make bostilo demon- | ander, and the oegroea have all Jeft and gone over to the men, and wo adopt such mensures sn sball protect both tbe | PY te rebel retuuwen in ts ; (J Yaokees, MY sou, it soon hard that you all have to employer acd employe. on the lower Inker. There is not, however, | sisy there and Obt for the rich man's property when enongh made public to make their designs fully apparent, but whatever they many be it is rafe to sey that our av. thorities are on the alert, and the conspirators will meet with a warm reception Sanpcany, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1863, The author of the Cineinnats despateher, under date from Philadelphia, has seen considerably more than any one bere, It i# pot likely that the rebel vessels will hover about Sandusky Bay while the steamor Michigan iw here Captain Center, her commander, in pot arleep. THE ITALIAN IRON-CLADS. Compiction of the He 4@'Italia—En: neers’ Trial Trip Down the Bay—The Brilliant Resatts 01 tes of the Foreign Ficet—Arrival of the ship in New Jersey, &e. ‘The new iron-clad frigate Re d'Italia, built for the Royal Ifaitan Navy by Mr. W. Hl. Webb, went on an engi neers’ trial trip down the bay yesterday. 11 was not intended to be @ trial trip when the vessel left the Novel- ty Iron Works dock, but, the day proving #0 fine, the engines working 90 smoothly, and the ship steering #0 it was deemed best to make a trial trip, although when she started it was the intention of Mr, Webb only wo remove to the Bremen docks at Hoboken, where she would have sufficient water uader her to e: ble her to take in her coals and provisions for the voyage across the Atlantic. At about nine o'clock in the morning the lines wo cast off, and with the assistamoe of four tugs the be Uifal ship was bauled out into the etream and her pointed down the Hast river, The Italian fag toate the glorious oid flag of Stare and was sot high aloft at the main, ike, the evgineer, crew and firemen were picked up hap hazard and put into the ship, so ae to perforin the rhort dutiea | from the foot of Teath street to Hob Captain Joseph Comstock commande a the ong Mush OPERA IN BROOKLT! There was a large and fashionable At the Brooklyn Academy of Magic tast evening te Verdi's groat opera ‘Ernani” sung by the Maretzok troupe, Mme, Virginia Lorini has beoa engaged by Ma rotzek, and last evening she made her first appearance for this reason at Brooklyo. We understand that Mme Loriu\ will wing pext week at our my of Most There waa considerable ie th of tb last eveuing that th now two Lorinis in the da dim Virginia Le ndience arrembled hear emwat creat minds audience by the fact reo feild, and tha twh wos the fp Mme © the § nda of the B ow operat maoy j¢r at ulty b in whie stripes Wa ret | tr donna Owing to the at pe lat winter Kiyo p u ue nad rn of Everett, ie an Amerie r ba MeGinn piloted the ship, The 1 ‘opgaboremen, Several eng't among the number being Mr Iron Works, San ith: others. Mie. Webb, of couras, was there offtigers attached to her, of whom the follow a lint 1 bat Mare Cayptun—Duee lnbert, | ma ! Av mg Commander-—Carlo Alberto Bacel nantt—Guiseppe Dente, Ga crew wa pote wore of the and denen ter —Franeisco Bapoli | weil know Bonupe, w ars nau © Oriando, racke gb im her professwn . Chaplain—Leaarde Gigante. rie Amerioan lody, wh c an Matier—Vracciees Osteasin. eetaliie tat the swe Limutenant of Marines—Woreoo Emelio Velli (ala eset wily in ' . « vel Engineer —Fordipando Garqo) 0 Barcelona Pre to ber arog toniy Mine A Captain beleonto, her soperintendent. wis also prevent. | Lorin nang with great ean Ame i Steam was raised on oly four of ber boiers. but sb n * ' rer easily, and in every respect suo roou gave em atte oing made 1 of epeet aud of attaining that required by the ¢ which in twelve Knots. The eng worked ‘ Leroy bas . anny exsily, and by the time she had reached the lattery the ‘ t 5 tgs Were cast Off, and, uDAEKisted, Khe proo-ied t 7 . the bay, avaworing ber helm Wke @ pilotboat, Alter hearty -t . the toge let go full spend was givoa 1 od the Acade the screw soon ran up to forty two re In the firet ‘ t ship ing & large ten knots, . . C aert * ruuping fall eleven knots. It must be cod m rhe bal only three quarters preesure of on, #how ne. Lorini) aud the King . og conclomively that with «fall bead of atoam she can — consfuily rendered . y tnake herdwelve Knots easily and some to pire Ae len}) was fendered with « it's wns, the tugboets could uot keep up with ber going down — pression, and war much apps bi, " both acted and» ire We have te . The beautifal appearance of the veusol atiracted ihe st — ubix firet act uy tif, . ee (he pasrenger ep mere, sod lag evening the delicate hondkerchiet® w ere wa seer’, thir fourth at her ax ® wed swiftly and grandly t nthe wa eat, Tus * looking like **n thing of tite.’ Nothing of ote occur | the constant applause © during tbe trip. At the Nerrows the ship w pow the ecorte of ali Ube artists round and beaded upstream — She turved o warned ilo @otuetding ik answering ber heltn @aaily, and, 16 fact, in a menner 4 The grand & mirpriming (OF 80 large & weasel, ver falln te Yt j ming Up the Bay, she moved along, watched # th bt, ove f the great ntereat by (he Officers of at how i last evening with admirable the harbor, Spygiaases were le . © created quite a furor . she bove in sight, and groupe of interested epects Leming the Bocen » en f watched her comlog with more than ordinary lot-re# wel) with plearure t that eth Aa she came up among the lower part of the vet, # home we pow bave walivs Arties worthy ty rank w ned of Frevch veenpis, the colore were dip.ed « Terognized @a at (he Lead of tbete provens xn . wered. The Fumeiane ales « . d the New World mowic by their bands, and the !ialie ght we are have at oor my tM p gave the salute. nnn arn) with Maw Keiowg ae Amat ‘ teamed throogh the Mr. Gree ayia : reating & profound sensation o admirats ‘ arden t on a her baller, Ik was ove of ( oo he piven, & « La Favors a Webb's life, aad weil nt opere Mile 8 Leauty Im OFOry Fenpect, and by . any of omen aes te . The Prine Offteer ‘ wr eard @ tee Veet ate one sed by sey Por they will not themselves fight for it @ are pom rich moo who are gentiemen, aod go in with thelr a 1} where you find one who does this you find tea who do 4. These meu are @ dead it W) the contiederacy We bave got some men here rol and doing more damage Wu Yankeor would have done, They are making tore Culon mou then Lincoln ever could make. It is beyond description We caunot believe all we sce in the ewspapers but what I neo with my own eyes | can believes f Daye mace » quod crop of core and beme cotton, and if they burn it | shall most sasurediy go to the Yankees and claim protection, aed | know | ain as good & “outers rights man a¥ anybody, The rich population have run into Texas, leaving the poor people anh ey burning up their cotton aud tall afning up all the houses + will make war among usathome. * * © My son, France and Kagland will divide the Cojted Stater. In Wino parish there are wix bondred that will not tore out—that ia, with the deserters. They are doing eomething in the Union way. They are Crying to get them t go back, threaten tng to barn their houses, but the Yankees are bo near at hand that it Keeps oor army bere busy © p out of ' skees are mar oT at four They will have Sine there back vo Loomane stripped of who have bet their property These afe the Myon awe ond os, F in, twenty Hataon It Fr bolt Vickabarg it ‘Out men many have gone bark to t up drunk, vat they will t K/eat inna y men bere the we wy murt come * < ’ rtiy. Your aflec WS FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA. The Mecent Vt O Metal De t Oreop Mountain— mi Kelley— tory spacch from G Capt of a #temd Three Pleces of Avititery One Hand * + Now. 1), 1808 My 1 f awiebarg ie that Gem. Averiil'a vebry © ‘ Moonta. The . ‘om 7 selenow . re) ¢ artery, » ‘ and wagons j rd ier Cener a Fortress Monroe. para KP oRN , ee ts Yourkne Moweon, Mew 11, 10 Mavor ( 4 pall lott here ati « v ive o . Martin The follow sy aha th New York wher ‘ , ' r init, die © the Pourth Ward Homitide=The Ac <4 Tailed ° whe are cher get © were ee wuty y . 5 ‘e wt e wes eek ew © 4 eed we nine wore orm pe + wt een de