The New York herald., 1873-11-06
but should business NOT mend by the perinnIng of
the new year serious changes must take place
LABOR PROSPECT In BRooKLYN.

A Blue Lookout for the Won king Class
es-"Thrcc-Quartors and Two-Thirds
Tfme,o with Hard Times In Antictpa.
tiOn-Splendid Opportunity for tho
Charitable to Exercise Their Virtue.
While the successful candidates are grnnng from
ear to ear over the bright prospect OF lucrative
terms OF ONCE, the great masses of their con-
stituency, the working classes, are puzzled as
to what will become OF them during the
approaching inclement season. Factories ana
workshops upon every side are curtailiDg expenses
closing their doors entirely. and the discharged
employees may be seen In groups discussing their
distressing position and wondering what is to be
done to maintain their families and keep the
wolf remote from the hea th The BROOKLYN
white lead works on Front street, which when
in full operation, give employment to about 15O
men, are now engaging less than half that NUMBER
and the hands are paid at the rate OF
two-thirds time. The indications are that the
supply OF white lead being ample for
the winter market the establishment Will
close In few weeks until business becomes
more brisk, At the Webster Manufacturing
Company, on Front street, there are 100 men and
boys employed In the manufacture OF silverplated
ware; but they are now working on three-quarter
time, and after this week the men will be employed
only iour days each week. orders here. as else
employers anticipate very dull season
and much trouble for the poor At
ing force has been reduced from l2o to rs and
next week but four days. work will be given the
street, have but 60 machinsts employed instead
OF 2OO the force before the panic. orders for work
are are, large at this establishment, but the
the reduction OF the force at this time. Applica-
tons Tor work at the olllces OF all these factories
are constant, and skilled labor may be had az
greatly reduced rates, circumstance which the
employers invariably remind mechanics OF upon
every opportunity AS for the laoorers. hod
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families depending upon their earnings for sub
sistence. their energy IN Cooking Tor job" is pain
efforts. 1t is pltiul sight to observe the weary
manner Of many OF these poor men as they meet
ready TO give iheir. services for half pay, almost
efforts to earn livelihood should meet with
refusal There are those who loudly pro-
where the food comes rom. If they cannot get a
chance TO earn II honestly they VIII provide them
seyes Vh oy some ha 4aer tbs p means = often asked
forward now while the weather is open?n Ii this
were done 1t would give employment to hundreds,
who VIII, later IN the season. become charge to
the Board OF commissioners OF Charities. This
Bureau anticipates very heavy draft upon It's
resources The savings banks tell OF small
accounts OF the working classes being drawn
wherewith TO provide the necessaries, at the ex-
pense OF their savings OF months. The private
and public charities alike anticipate an Increased
Held Tor the exercise OF their labors, and the st.
Vincent dc Paul Society officers are making every
preparation ior cleaning the fruits OF the
vineyard BY. earning the future reward
water In His name," &c. Economy is being
practised by the charitable, that they may have
more wherewith to remember the poor when
called upon, and the .outlookn warrants the pre-
caution.
At the Planet Mills, in South Brooklyn work has
been almost entirely suspended, thereby throwing
800 men, boys and girls out OF employment. At
the "Soothing Syrup Factory" Of the Winslow
estate, Third street, but little syrup is now in
process OF manufacture, although the article was
never more needed, perhaps, in the City OF
Churches by the defeated republican candidates
and partisan adherents this juncture. But 1t Is
not Tor either the loss sustained by the soreheads
which colhded with the ballot box and were
Knocked out OF time by the popular ver-
dict, for the infant victims OF the cohc,
that regret is to be attached to the
suspension Of this syrup factory it is because Of
the fact of the loss OF work by many poor people,,
The sugar refineries on Water street seriously
affected by the stagnatlon OF business. and have
been necessitated to dispense with the services
OF many workmen. The ongshoremen OF South
Brooklyn, too begin to complain OF the lack OF
labor. The ships have not been so numerous Of
late at the docks, and consequently there are
fewer cargoes to handle. The song of 'hard
tmes'' would appear be the best hummed air
Just now, and its application to the crisis is