New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-28

Ill, .orn ca a week But they won't work
asint Monday must be kept, and SATURDAY very ii'
~. ork ,s done and tie result is as large manu-
s.eturer told me the other day, that the employers
obliged 70 send thousands Of dozens Of razors to
Germany in blank to be ground, while Sheheld
,.en are drinking. dog fighting and betting. They
.eem TO have little care for the future. Meny OF
them contribute to Burial Society and SICK
Fund.' and they know if the worst comes to the
worst the workhouse stands ready to receive
them"
"Why not bring the Germans herei"
"They would kill them"
AFTERWARDS put this question to Chief Constaoie
Jackson who is the officer that broke up the secret
assassination society of Sheffield in 1857
would they murder foreign workmenf said l.
The Chief Constable replied with signihcah'
nod: THAT is rather broad question: Dut 'neS
would probably crack their heads"
Its hardly probable that the spirit of fifteen years
ago has wholly died out In Sheffield. Then, II
workman had made himself obnoxious TO the ie"uoiS
of the local trades-uniOn, 1T occasionally h"pp
that some sudden and signal misfortune oeioH n,~
Perhaps his house was set on hre perhaps
of punpowder was exploded under his WINDOWS vi
- I'll constructed internal machine was flung
It,, h;s badroom at midnight. Men and women
.r. actually murdered and the organization OF
Iaborp was simply vast conspiracy not unlike tnat
recently discovered in Ireland. Shetfeld was the
town for the carrying on of this fearful work-tne
aorl narrow streets and courts, the low, wretched
bouses the extreme difficulty of policing and light
ing the city and of keeping the peace ali addeu 10
the difficulty of unearthing this plot Indeed some
parts of Sheffield to-day have not greatly chSnSeu
since the beginning of the century, when tne euV'oiS
of the houses with protruding spouts discharged
IL fha hQQH Of
when the distant lamps dispensed but a 1eeoe nen''
Tn those DAYS Sheffield was " poor, nttle' on'y'
meon-built town: the streets were badly pltcheu'
The sewers running down the CENTRE anu puV 40"
causewavs were tagged" The old quarters OF 'ne
CITY have not changed much since then. MosC Vi
these miserable slums belong to the Duke OF NOT
foIk whose total annual rental from Sheiheld
aggregates over one quarter o. the uuo i"'"o
value of all the property NTH township Oh 0lei"0i'
In this calculation have added Twenty-Five PEI
cont nm the ratable value of the property as re-
turned for taxation in the report OF the Loca' gov
eminent Board. The total annual rental OF .nS
. mike is nearly 81 100000 Instead OF building
comfortable homes for the thousands OF WORKING
man who are his tenants he let's them I'VE Ill
tho rookeres described. In fact, all enterprlslhg
men avoid the Dukes land. and the city Is eAVou
ing IN other directions among the Deau'lui n'i',
while the thrifty mechanics have opportunities OF
finding better homes away from the old part ol ''e
town which is deservedy falling into decay =,
of course the description have givenonly apphes
TO old Sheffield. Besides the new part OF 'he 'o""
there are many beautiful suburbs, when make ca
calIeut homr for those who can afford to hive out
side of the town. 1t cannot DE SAID that ohemeA"
has any handsome public buildings. Unlike It's
sister cities Leeds and Bradford, 1t does not run
mueh 70 town halls and high spires, but contentedy
;oos along with an inferior, gloomy-loOklng Town
hall. which has been added to from time to time as
the growth of the town required. Inc DuAe VI
Norfolk has erected an enormous building, useu az
a public hall and as offices for - the Norlolk
Estaten and which stands out In bold reneI III 'no
midst of the broken-down one-and-two-story oi"cA-
stone-and mottled-p plaster buildings OF MS tenants
Fer mindful of the needs of the toers who live IN
ill-yentilated and unrepalred houses ne mas plo-
vided in one corner of his great public building
,,o,osons gin-nalace. the stained glass gliding,
brightly painted barrels polished brass and pewter,
and claring streams of light from which tempt ms
tenants from the shades of their dismal homes anu
cheer them with beguilng gin and beer.
lis a very difficult task 10 say exactly what
Sheffield man will earn. have already shown tha'
what he can earn is one thing and what ne ooeS
oo,p 10 anotber-that the difference is generally
about SO l3 per cent. That is TO say, gr'uo' VIM
can earn Cos. a week. or 49, earns about SLIPPER
800 toking the year round less than that The
,aborer in Sheffield earns from les. to ~week'or
from 81 oS5. The figures which shall present IN
the following tables based upon statements
originally obtained from the counting,house OF the
manufacturers by DR.. Webster, the United states
Consul. They have never been printed before ana
the Consul kindly permitted ME to copy them rom
office records. BY inquiry OF manufacturers ana ny
verifcation in my conversation with the worRinen'
and comparison with some recent returns maui
H., Tho Roard of Trade. have revised them and
+b;nk the following may be said TO be the average
present weekly earnings Of thethrifty workman Oh
The Sheffield district who works full time:
IRON-FOUNDlNG.