The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-27

Arron, Of ,he hoas with suite of three rooms and
B-Room from tn hail. no window.
t-SDcond room. no window
two windows
In other words the ono way by which light
AMI air are To be- furnished To- tn three rooms
IL 10y the two windows in the third room. the
front ut the house being absolutely shut of 10y
hallway and three other apnrimrnls, Entering.
well dressed and Intelligent. she mad" no oh
lection To- our inspection. In the Hrs! room
wore bed. two or three chests. and some
ki men war IN the second two feather beds,
TIED up. a hrd cage. and one chair; in the third
a stove bed two chnir~. two cnnilnsticks, and
somhr" youth in velvet breaches WIS playing on
an accordion. In recess stood the work
There they slept. ate drank. cooked. made
cisar~. lived and carried on the panorama uf
eNisi.n'e. unying 81 month for rooms which
would he dear at ~. and making u miserable
pit,aneo lay their toll.
A. with thos" - II was with the rest In each
suit" " re found spec al development Of course
A sick hihy not long 70 live added sud element
age roupl" certainly iXty- five n seventy years
od. -1t ia another. and with iilrm their sons
waiting ior ia" Marshal's rdict. all wondering
whrre this strike would end,
porter i-tod that great f"ntIr" of the STRIFE.
IN" relief stores ON :" ond street The reader
ncvol"nra basoi in snlf-r.-rcrt nnd a dotrrmi-
nation g. stand ont ana NJ fur their cuu-r
ms. II VIII Gee f'm"mh req. ~ tlH seventh week
~ "a widr~rf'hi movement, strike IA winch
eleven Thousand human beings ar" vitality inter-
ct "a. and which Is, hy no manner Of means
crushed or ended. Thcr" are three relief shops
100. 2lg. and nj Second street-where ench
day Ia the week fifteen hundred families. equal
SAY To- seven thousand five hundred persons urr
fed and furnished the necessities 81 life. One
OF them IL set apart for tnos" who need help
only once "A week the others distribute daily
A. the reporter looked tine crowds began to
assemble. Il was sight for the phi lanthrnp 81.
text for thr prra'h'r.a lesson iYr Div1sa suE-
l. Strihutlns Committee roc..iVed the ti'knt-
~ they gave forth the breai and meat and nour
ful hearts were satisfied. On II carefully pre-
pared s.ale this "n-hant'd aid Is admins
trrcd., To,Gach person half pound Of met. a
pound Of -four. quarter of pound Of coffee
and the same Of sugar, and in that proportion
t. men and women, representing iamilies
place. no crowding or lostlng. Nor was thcrc
Mood Of policemen. or official interference of
any kind. That vast "A charity oan be- con-
du'iod daily hy unac.usiomci Committeeman
among thousands of bohemian work people.
without causing disturbance Of any Kind Is
sum '"nt answer to the critics who dehor
against the strikers rs men likely 10 break the
So far rs could be seen and detected, the meat
was the best quality. il was carefully cut hy
professional hut hers hired for the work. and
wns gwen out in no stintng spirit hv huNom
Bohemian whose sweet face and mothrrly way
won all hands. and kept order better than a
dol'n clubs could. she was ass Si"d hy two
stawart men. There was NO loud talking. no
swearing. but mn n excited discussion and
Characteristic gestlculatiun.
In tho other store the reporter ate tn" bread
II was capital. couldn't be better; tasted the
sugar LOAF sugar Of the best quality. and tried
matter. II was noticed that the weights We're
over rather than under. Every one seemed
perfectly satisfied. and all went away with
grateful smile and n full basket.
All this time the rain was falling in torrents.
nnd th' Marshal was lartakinE II ham sand
LOWING them Their, tn" writer won't with tho
Chairman g. thr hrailunrt"rs oi the uuiln.
tonrurlia Hal, whrr" Mr.. A. SIrasser, the
President. krrl, opnu house.
4 number of IN" committee were In session.
ana when representative OF The Sun Mn~ an
Luun.rt. greeted hun with c"rdla!iy. 50 did
an exceedingly beautiful young woman, cigar
mixer, who ~ one of the STRIKERS. and means To-
hold out forever and "A day. In fact, while there
arr several thousand men in this trade. the MAJ
lurliy are girls Hnd women, some Of whom are
very beautiful and the very last people We
would pick out ms dealers in that Kind II weed.
Said Mr.. Harris, a MD ilr-agrd man II re-.
markah.e Intelligence, " ser VH SuN allowed
story WHY. they say that lao girl apprentices
malr l1oWD cigars last w'"k j. amt b" done.
| II would take the best work of the most rN-
p"rcu"l mon To- do surh an amount I.,y
say that th,r" green giris m9ke from w sli
| porion. ed men. would bee satisfied with less thnn
! that. That's what we are striking for Why,
| the lnast experienced Of NJ has been in bus moss
| som" five or SIX years, ana nave been IN H. Tor
| twenty years. and wrcan't make such pay The
| average was hut 80 or ~, and the exception Is
or 80. Then they say lhrir Customers lIkrthe
| did they get their cigars into the Gust m r.
! hands $50 soon. and If 50, what DO they mean hv
| saving they 1T them try their hands ~ yet "n
| only poor uuhtcuY Tnis Is talk aud ruiz ia 1T
! that. A. in thor wnsting ouN a pound nl i0.
! hnr 20 t. ulu r,urs-Why. OFT nan Is du u- bad
/ ar mat. Th "a they makra point On our oa. IA
/ having fWnuty-iiNn ri surs % WHrk. That so.
| lut Vs. had to nuke twenty hv" extra for lno
/ hussrs! And prrAapS the gus don suokr q.
but til.ir lovers lo, and wini. tine DIN r'n.ta ~
R"portrr-ls it true that 400 Union men have
| let Nuu
Slr. Harris Nothing Of Tie sort w know Ia
| a man the number that have lrft. Tn r. arc
exactly twenty OF them, and we have the uamv
| Oi each.
4 feeling Of defiance and ~ entire satisfaction
| with the situation poryadrs the strikes. Even
the families who were turned out and those
who are Ia be- turned into the street are happy
and contrntrd, heruu-e the oommitte" stand Toy
them. and have provided them with better
quarters. and ut reduced rates AeommOdl-
tons are provided for twenty five families IN
All Fifteenth street, and several others IN the
Eleventh Warl. Before the week CLOSES all the
striking families will probably be ejocted and
resettled in their new homes. Contributions
are received from all parts oi the United States