The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-21

ocsks yheiv business being principally cash h,wevsr
msy DO some Time JET before they sin DO serioasy
Effected ~ no Tovunton Many NJ the plAcn thA' Arc
now employing portion Of tnsiz hands iessnd dsohare
g hem hf week, or 40 soon a they bring In the wo'k
cork keep whs hands they usually had smploys ysa-asa
are know 10 be good wofhmcn- engG I'D ON baR N anfd
tine giving to each man htso sork Just sufficient 70
keep tue ana their fsmis from strv aiou although ~
ccng shey ocmpeiled 70 use mp PARTON Of wnas
cspi'a they nase on hsnd Oher places are Keeping
Of the OF their cutters although there s roning
r them 70 d. in hoves tina. In ihs OF few weeks
they may be Sble 70 80 on again 10 visiting
the varias e.tsb nnen's soroSgooas me GUY our 70
others he sas, although In very many nsAaoe
may DO imperfect and u,sasfactory, Ing 70 toe very
be,s emplc, cd ny con yao'ovu. sa1d above. From
Or ca Information oould DO had, however Is ovfent
ttas the ana women IN tnn sssn OF ~aae are
present ano III ely 10 be, the oost class OF
sseyers IN our cisy, and In fact throughout ooantry
during ,he Or ming winter and some provision shoaid
once be Ia OF the really
10 the vade sctasly suffer h, or life
Il yesly affecting eaterdaY snd day bsoo she
large number d poor working women VII, crowded
any or tEe down town stores early In he morniug,
sestips for work. each In turn pcA1ing sher
their families cisoumsaDceo and beggiu~ for some
in snme Instances ~acrr hoy hap ened to na.w l,rsIs
money la the savipss' oanbs fariDg 10 sei In 81,
even t~eve months for ,h.r pay, they could only DO
pi,yed and knos that they were earning ,masaiug
The poysrs were, bowevef In nearly every iDstsnoe
shuusb iD mf1 cases very reluctantly cealet 10 turn
deaf 20 The rumeYow entteaes for work which
msae to them, In By and tried and-, ~ho
had VII ked or hen, for ten t- enW years. without
sc,rcels hcsing dsys' tine. AZ tue penonS having
work out bring u In oompets. they mort rene ally
TO bat they canpos have any mere, and tnei soouns
beng sea Cd iher nrn vi ssd hearts and leave the
pr vision for themselves and families, to say no
thing 1f The Isx. months' rent, ID coming from
Very nsns Of the girls have sought 10 vain for wo'k
a pg Tho ha!bam street stores fter being die chsrsed
fcm the Wholesale s'cf ~; but ser going nroush chat
ham and other streets. from end the oaheY, they
have, some insiar css ieusned their old ,ores ana
nj that snav hnua
sdnirg that they have been unable TO get work OF
hind uness they would oon,eu to take shirts from ho
stores In bau 81 and mako them A four osnts
each but two cs which .ney could maso In the
of das by bard and constant sewing What adds
g'eAS 70 me amour. OF misery Tx rescs 70 ne Per.
during good times the wages made by the hsrds
pcy cd ny 'he shops including cutters ard
male IN fe nnowili not average over I'VE dollars
= week ai round while perhaps the amount ernet D'
the second hands vii rot average over half that amount
per weey which presecss v~r bad appearance for ha
future, psrcuarlg whes !! Ia reooeced that Of
these employees are wiccss with II nly Of fatherless
children, or young gs WITH perhaps, aged mother
father and ytupg bro hcrs snd sisters TO sup ort and
xho owirg 70 the piaances resolved whom king,
jus bled 70 live from week 10 another, without
seinE ate Jay By cent or make any pfovdon for tho
IN rbis ast csss much more numerous 'hAn II
Grit mis- ht be ypo&ed and In many irxsn,es al
ready rty destitute Of The acua necessaries OF hfe
although be. 10 some Instances, have mos been over
we.k Or Ten days ont OF employ mepI
There appears 70 De Sut scrtueut prevailing among
tho business and faourers IN regard 10 the
Of the relcp On anCa arrangement and dcuhv whiCh
h, ihN Is i directly racesble 10 sma number OF stock
rbrK spculaso's bsasers and cspi asl, shn like the
Fsrber ss tho far. table, becoming Desperate in Z
sudden N OF despair ventures everything the nyniSg
OF ,he cco card ana lcsipg mot only ruins hmseli
but all coz peCted xiih iira
From he satis ios ' hcb are Of hand, from various
ou,oes, 10 arc enabkd 70 oompe'e the following 70
capslaion table, gvg the namo Of oaah m, the stre~i
N vhch situated She usual number Of hAnos employed
the present number retained The numbe, already dis
charged far a. hnown, although tho agures In etnev
eaas mum be remembered, are By DO means ~ high
no aoual humber for tho vsason sbovc gvcnshas o
employ ing 20 arfo Bombey o: second hands Sn The
numbers sufficiently largo 10 show tho serions effects
sfoaty experienced, amnrg th'ne Who gain thotr dauy
bread BY plying the rtedle by ybe money oras
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