, 1879-02-11


1cc's' WIN respect, your lfSnsi; ,
W. !. sHhRAANs
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GETTING no WORK.
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ANo Meonnnlca' Long stfaSs'o WIN the
Hard 1'mes-six icnrs of Id1rnr*s' Fol"
lowed by ttcnerai Hesstnt of Industry.
/. A sure Indication Of returning activity In
trade Ia the dtlninutlon in the number of uncm-
n,oyrd ,noc,on,rs T,,c e,cr. ~ H.. ,i,n.. ora
H.. ,ss"a.Ms. a,, ~ n~ -. VIZ 1.s ,,na ~
t'at gc"ufal resya' N a'l branches oi Industry
has fafrly set iu. Taking tile years usc by uno
since tho great panic of 1873 vorkfngmcn hive
rcason now for the frst time 10 look lmpetully
~ ~ w w iusu'e' lnIee "!"'e,h aso '"c'e "e'e
6U,on Idle men In this city. thousands VI
families had been reduced 10 poverty by want
tn, ali ,,,nv ,,nt N nr brc,1 fron, lac -, ,,,,
,nR ~ wy LII" " p"t ote.u '5os'' my ~ ua5'
iet tnc Hie a''a Suherlhe eiosscs rceoe"'zen t''e
TACT Tint the merchants md capitalists of New
York we're not 10 blame, mud the only public
actlon on their tort WIS to pc,,t}on the Mayor
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~ ~. t'sn W "o'N ~ p''u''e '''p'o'sh.en.+.
ow s a'.e %9rs. W., ~, ~ owl " tnr,,
have bceu among the most general sufferers by
Tic hnrd times. fhrir s1Ipn,rt tiepgujinr mainly
on On lnboring men mud 'ia woi.,c,,. ~ '
caaizel. s fnsy strusred for a. tse H, t., show .s
solid front and 10 exercise power Which they
Ind hitherto believed would bo ncruct,lal, bus
discovered IL tlu end that, without ..thc sia-
cwsH Of war, war could not be ,natntatncd.
They even begun to learn that lie enemy was
an Invisible one, md cuui nut be n,ct In OMEN
bower bower In thts clty. They Jictatel tcrn,s fl I ,tis
most arbitrary manner, u,li were of COURSE
uscd by politicians fur political purposes. rl,ey
might bayc rUnc Of. increasing In ,,owcr Ind not
fow OF thrm .tlli lloid olt. As tic Years wupt
uu. litter the nani,: tl,o question, was not n,
mucl, what slc rate of wages should
bc as how 10 get any work at III. alcchntl.
ia sycrc piab 10 wDrk fur nIt1net nnLj}utt
md nj any kfnt, Of c,npioyfncnt. The wear be.
forn Inst thcir conditldn IA, simply tus1,rratc,
! Last year II itnnroyed considerably, hut The u-
ynntapu rnlt,ei was pniy such wtcu compared
viii, tic stats of labor during ,l,r fcw urccrliur
v"nru. All branchra of intIutIry mad hcrnm,n
naralyzel. In lhc spriR OF 1873 tlitrv wcro
niorc Lppcf.l ssns In Lighter industries women
l,a! better cllacc To make living; the lurgo
stnrcs Of liz civ fell tic confidence wIfcl, va.
growing throuIhout tic cuuntry: there wny
,nnrr med for helm generally among The 1nrn.
tieo bciofo the panic was out u vogue. There
wss M law by wlir., t,,crtap(c could nit u
nricc on III, siny's work, liz took Whit he
rnml ret. undcr tIe co,nt,,,tsion Of staryatt.l,,
| ~ far durfnE tl,s s.lard titnes''
| tI,,+ th.v anncnrca iu tho noilco "r.1r,s,
| osIi,o ~ h. rrut IN thr t,laII tn aynM
sI,Im~ in ~ thH e,rcnts. II wns ns bal. II not
| .rnroo m, Lila If Srw YorL. 1Tn.re wns ,,ot
snnng snirit tcYt II, tl,c men ta h,,lti out IN
cnnts.I Sith em,,lnycrs. uur cuuut,t, 1nsucy 10
hn h., frnm onv sn,rrn IN krpn til in rotptr In
nnnns;tian. Tiyc Hstr;kcti nlwa,a ended II MI
nRnutin,t .un,,v IF wiling hautls In wi,rk for M
| Itttin a.. wD,,hI kcc,, hmjy nul sn,t tnyethrr
| Xii f,nnc RI hetn~ hl)n II, rnrtro1 Tho iton.r.
r.'tthlr laws mhlT,, were swnyintr t>r fortunes
~ ptra,,s ,sas nnr,lonrffs .,mi n,rchanics mnliy
smhmitfca' nwnii,r ti,,. return OF Im.ttrr t1ays.
'ina ,nn,,tI, NJ Frhrnnrv Ia tl,e ttu1lcst ri fLa
,ntirn ,""r IN ,hr wnrkinr cfnssrs. hut Il mr..
crI.s {ha .,,,eninx OF string trutlc, uni tt,c
wrL,,vn,c,, h"nrin In lot,k fnr,yorfl fnnfuily Tn
.,c.'iv wnrk IN IN, f,,t1,r... In thn meantime.
/ i,.,s"yysr How H., III. ,,nrnninyeG mamma 70
v"t 4, n'nw H. .intrd 40 q fnrt lint i.,r thc
MAJ ,,n-t ths families ri itn n,,rhu,rs arc
| ,t Htn"S ttfs rc,r hv ,jnritni}c .tn.i,itre t,nr
~ ,.nats ;,n"o fron, III. wriI.fndo T
~ aio n~s in ain,c IN ,slvEn0 M MIRA
80 tia .mtii.. ~ iiia ,vnrkinr tnsn In t,. Tr.t
aa" ms ,p,rats ~ s,itv ,e. ns jInw nw i" NIX
r"a Xxi 1hr sMf"r,nr fanilies: nl,tl, secun.liv.
th".n .aonin s%~nt Irn,r tv,,.,i, nttt.,,tin,, ~
thet +s,'s H nj. ti,cv nrr hninr,f ~ T.,
s. '.,eI r.nr. hr thnfr r,ar rnr,nratr frlnn,1s
~ M'.,,,, H., di,i,cmit ~ l,;yr In wrnrroi war'
.nw orn,an,ih,n ~ 1,nw tl'Js mnttnl heln II
AZ .saI tt."r,h sac,, Intyvi,luai "usi, In. n ht.
-s ~ 4. hm" 1nIr a MINORITY nf iir urn,s
rf'ia hoy ~ Inv t}.tr ,,.t,t tnns nj iI,t, ,fnr.
~ ahe s,."t,,o .rI.ttc. 11nnniiy' In t, ht,rr
t9,,s. 4t,s. M, rnmt,,T t,ir nnfcr ri nj, rnssas
- ..e,s ",,t ~ wmrt. wlli i ~, fnr tlfni fsbri
H.. III -, '.,.s,rirs ~ ,t itv vii Nv nI, t., ~,
nstn,sh thrir hcnryt,icnt aasurfatfons. md thus