FARRIERS' STRIKE. 
579 
For Saddle Horses , per Set. 
Fireman making 2 pairs . , 
Fireman fitting 2 pairs 
1 Doorman striking for 2 pairs 
1 Doorman knocking on 
4 ft of Iron, at 12s. per cwt. 
30 Nails, % ft, No. 8’s, at 4s, 6^. per thousand 
Set off 4 old shoes, 3 ft, at 4s. per cwt. 
d. 
. 0 
H 
. 0 
5 ? 
. 0 
4£ 
. 0 
6* 
. 0 
D 
. 0 
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2 
3f 
. 0 
1* 
2 
To the above there must be added something for rasps, slack, 
rent, wear and tear of tools, book-keeping, collecting, bad 
debts, interest on capital, &c. The above calculation has been 
made with the greatest care, and its correctness is vouched 
for; it is, therefore, self-evident that the men's demands, 
viz., 2s, per man per week in addition, could not be complied 
with, and, it being resisted, the withdrawal of every man 
from each veterinary establishment was at once determined 
on, and on the 25th of July the turnout was complete and 
general. The turnouts have conducted the strike in the 
most orderly and systematic manner, having full confidence 
in their perfect combination, coupled with a resolute deter¬ 
mination well worthy a better cause. They have had recourse 
to every legitimate expedient that skill and cunning could 
devise. They had their scouts or pickets formally placed and 
replaced by regular relays of men, at every railway station, to 
intercept every shoeing smith, and to watch every avenue 
leading to each of our establishments, so as almost effectu¬ 
ally to preclude the possibility of a stray applicant when 
reaching his destination. So industrious and persistent 
were these turnouts, so vigilantly was this picket duty 
performed, that it is said fifty smiths were intercepted 
during seven days; they w r ere either terrified or per¬ 
suaded to return to their homes. Many of the largest 
establishments had not a single applicant for work during an 
entire week, and in one forge alone, where the men were in 
the habit of shoeing thirty, forty, and even fifty horses per 
day, there was a sudden and perfect cessation of work, not a 
single horse being shod for the space of an entire week. At 
one time it appeared inevitable that the masters must 
succumb. The struggle was a legitimate trial of strength, 
and but for this association the masters must most certainly 
have been crushed. There is a large town within an hour's 
