New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-16

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} Isqss' S. s.: SO 81 s s SO SO
Aasle ron ron workers 5sSs S Ssi l. 90
f i'Gi.''ss rnachidists IS SSi Is 90
Ap%sa'Icc.. after seven years s c!,o 70.
:3::#" s. s.. $ 81
Bcssei@d,rs' (siisI' after four years -.
neosb.aicr. while learning s 70 IS
A HARD TASK TO KEEP ALIVE.
OUT, meagc as it was, how they spent it, II was not
dhcun iask E'tiy penny MSAi 10 r hrrP i''0
visited boennakcr. who earned in week OF sixty
r. b Ta bdase sP bai a o TWO rooms on The third floor
and two above FOR this he pays 3s 90 cents, per
and WIFE, beside, himself. The "pallor' is where ihcy
roo and live through the day. Il ha, stone oor
around the liable at meal timc and a wooden, bench
serves for the children. What deception 10 "a hungry
ifom his table For breakfast h, has penny's worth
Of cheese. bread with butter II he can afford II II n2
p - bi day foI win even q smell Of Juicy steak
midday meal if Al an that h, gets meat. and then i
~ lis home al night he has set before him herring
perhaps an esq butter, bread and tea. I'M, man
considers himself as well of as any IN Manchester
and he tOld me that it ccst him sos. "a 80 per week
10 keep his family. That would leave him exactly =
go cents outside Of his bare living expenses. supposn
tha' BE worked The fun sixty hOus every week. What
ihc sad.womcn in Manchoscr get from l2s. Ids
as - 5O) per week IN the largest retail places
for holidays the smaller place, they get from IS
l. *. les Nigan is Of the oldest b0roughs in
line Of he Northwestern hallway. 1t has about
Co.oOo people. and as manufac turing place IS about
A. productive any other town OF It's size in Great
britain ] asked the engineer with whom travelled
on the Northwestern road what he earned lie said
l. laIl 4gF ytlrlf forty
pool To London, and received IS. (31 49, per day OF
en hou work 1t s fireman ga g got 4 cr Engineers Gag
Arriving a; Wigan I found myself in the midst
Of such desriution, squalor and wrechcGness as
% The mechanics and working people in this prosper
homes OF the mechanics are mostly built in rows cx-
tending an entire block. They are Of brick two
high and face stone paved courts streets.
one block that l visited contained thirty-twO tcnc-
ments. cacn having four rooms yard extends the
entire length Of the block in the Of these houses
50 valuable is the property. however, or greedy
Is the landlord that this ward Is only three feet nine
inches wide You enter the ground floor Immediately
from Tho street and find yourself I'm the living room
j. is the largest room in the tenement. II IS
nineteen feet square and measures seven feet eight
inches from floor ceiling n has only one win
dow which IS four feet long and feet six inches
Lleh' Inc sun has hai'' time, J suppose, IN hnuLns
N climate OF England the window Is subdVided INTO
it'ry paneS OF elass With its mcarpctcd stone
,oo i,,.rnts uictl1re fo hc eve abonf as chee,fn
a. dungeon in The Tombs prison in Ncw-York city.
J. more 'han can tell M Tie cooking IS also done
IN Ills room. for the apartment back Of II IS scarcely
I.cm ro aq b I,ct o Of III, n ra'o9 anu s,, TS,
leads mp 70 the two sleeping apartments. which are
enc Of Hose f a. y ,s r iE H To rs N.
for = tenement like This IS 3s Sd. per week.
THIS MAN SURELY NEEDS PROTECTION.
family of ten occupied ono that Inspected. ard
thcy had lived there fcr twenty years. The hus-
bond well to 90 mechanic as that term goes in
Great Britain. earning what he thought fairly cccd
wages and having fairly good table. lie told M
Hat brcaAfas for The entire family consisted Of about
onc-ha!f pound OF porA-cancl hv them bacon-somc
bread AID butter and tea without sugar For dinner
they Lad two eggs. with only quarter Of a pound Of
lecOn, bread and butter with some milk and water.
When butter happened to be scarce a cheap Kind Of
lard substituted. 1t wa seldom that they had
pork or other meat for supper On Saturday they
usually purchased four pounds OF beef 81. QG cents
per pound. for SUNDAY dinner should any be left
over 1t served for Mondays breakfast. No other pur
chascs If meat however. arr made by the average
mechanics % Niean during ihe remainder Of the week.
and many, my informant said. could not afford the
quantity b" ga once q week. Sometimes" he
added, Il may have extra pint Of milk head of
ca oagc that costs penny. We don't have that
regularly, Though. J live well any man Of my
cla,s for pay no more rent than others. and can
cam 2s,. 90 per week That IS above the average
Clothing docs not cost much have no coat for !
Tia, have 10 wear, and they cost me follows
Trousers and vest lbs. Cd.
t.osaiS a. a. "a
g '""U''S o. o.
sc,yf vcr, instead Of necktle which no Engll-h
uccha1ic can do without 2S3d
total cost OF clothes. rs. I'd, or 81 in our money
THIS man lad suit Of undcrcOihing. but did not r.
member the price Of H. No American wOrkngman
"oNF wear 'h'9c cIo,i's eNcn ~ LIZ 9ait,VP' -,
% ' ,,t GU ,~,rl ht mo ,iace srd syc"oc.
30 superintendent Morris told me. 10 TO l. shi1ings
al 10 - 20 week re IaboicrS fcI . shiheS 90
sd - 1euS S OK to RI crnis1 pcr dar Tbese coers
live IN miserable shanes, and their staple food is
Dd anu 1a'i'T VI ia an H oa tho I,ad ava I
~ porton Of fbcir food is scsufv have been lucky
to get II twice week. said one Of them 10
M r, ,,s, osI ~, IA, r,i,i, coaI minor ,,,efs,s
n butcrmilH or tea and piece Of bread which he
carics 10 his work every morning IL is possible that
pa auncay De feels able 10 by small piece Of meat
but not one day ID me month dOcs he get II except on