The New York herald., 1876-12-11

Total.... .45,S7o
INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT
Mr.. Blair stated that tho mechanics so hard
pressed there wero thousands of families
the verge Of destitution, with the hard dlo winter
before them. Tho situation no said, really be-
coming desperate In response to the question to
what he would recommend TO be done Under the cir
cumstances he replied that he believed the safest and
way to meet the emergency to put tho
to work in the employ of the government The pre-
vaing duness in trade was not confined to any
large city any State; it was spread the
whole country. To give work to the
chanics and laborers, therefore,. would require
AZ this present juncture of affairs, the inter-
venton of the national government Public
work OF permanent utility should be started and the
men at once employed to them from hunger.
No. in the world men peaceabe, SO forbcaring
as the workngmcn OF this country; but, unor
public men avaed themselves Of these characteristics
OF our mechanics to ignore them utterly and to de-
vote time and talent vexed political questions and
to the interests Of mlionaircs and monopoes, feel
ing and knowing that the workingmen werc pationt
and would sarvo and wait Tho contractors In this
city were when they got the chance, availing them
selves OF the duness OF trade to reduce the
mems wages, and boys were put to work
In place Of men IN number Of shops
On the Riverside Drive tho contractors
one might see what condition this poor class OF
the community were reduced. or course II would be
said that cents day better than nothing.
So it was but could and his family live that
money or ought he to bo asked to do SO Mr.. Bla'r
then told the reporter that he had Tuesday
letter to Mayor Wickham in regard TO TINS matter be-
eving to be his duty President of The State ork
ingmen's Assembly to enter protest. The following
was the communication
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VI H. MckHAn k M, Aayor ns; ao nov n.na,o ,o.
fore You saist Messrs Martin and PARK Com.
RsD s
the aoosenamsd are respensloe Tor the
The charges enanated from citizens presumed 70
ters though clothed with authority that Of
as euen asa the executive Of trade Sssnso
.g.n.: watch these Shs main are mads
which they are PLACED before yS As o. shs
ready to labor day eanno.
and M want stare md II the face
and the Yene%sn persist lin pns"S aoor
must Bear The expense erecting aimshous.s
prisons Il has been s.asea That IL the
adA.s and criminal '' l. D doe. no. take smart Soy
nse iaSorers average ian.y' At Compare that
ns nns confess s s
facts that 81 day is little enough Tor days wages IL
IN the community shs, would place NO im below witch Is
o sSo nna 40 that .~ en m
meaning Those VINO do receive little encouragemens
which large portion OF this community. your
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state Of Now York.
AID FROM wRALrEr
| Mr. Blair further said that the workngmen wcre
willing to adopt any reasonable in terrible
situation in which they placed He believed tina.
1 nj tha hy of g.
mcnt failed 10 take any for the rcl.o un
employed, would prompt generous help. He fol,
assured that on the call from the unemployed IL
that call were madc in proper manner. an adequate
response would be the result He feared very much
tha, the aid OF tho would have to be
early day, as the majority OF tho men unable
longer to hold out. There WAS but httie in the
possession OF the workingmen's families The sttua-
ton, he said, might DO summed up BY saying the men
| and without credit.
A MECHANICS STARTLING WORDS.
The reporter had talk with carpenter, who Is an
old trades unionist and we'll known among mechanics
Hc said IL could take you TO the homes OF hundreds
of mechanics in this city and show you sights that
would convince you at once OF the great want that
| prevails among the workngmcn You would see
| scanty furniture, rooms almost BARE children but
| poorly clad a wife anxious looking and sad a work.
man out OF work and not knowing how he IS TO sup.
| por, his family. You would see at glance that
poverty was II is not difncult to tell. going
| into the few occupied by workingman's g
| family, whether there is comfort wapt know
myself dozens OF families who have sold tho best part
OF their furniture and who parted with whatever
clothing little vauabcs they possessed How clsc
could they have lived? | have been now
out OF work myself nvo months, and
though an unmarried have found
IL pretty tough time. can too well understand
how so s1ny mechanics have gone TO the Island for
shelter for the winter When there Is great desttu.
ton SO early in tho season II be easily imagined
how terrible will be tho suffering during the next three
or four months. cannot conjecture how the working
men are TO find shelter Tor themselves and their FAINT
lies while this duncss In trade continues | know how
IL has been with a number Of them so far tue land.
lords are concerned withstsudng the well known
condition OF affairs business, and the TACT especial
that the idle through aul. Of their own thl