Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-05
CITY NIGHT T0ILERS.
A RESPECTABLE ARRAY WHOSE
RANKS ARE INCREASING.

Newspaper Workers Take the Lead tn
Numbers-Ways of the Printer-Rakers
and Their Hours-In the Telegraph Of
ficcs--Other CaIIincs.
Who and how many are there of those who
turn night into day-who labor from sunset
to sunrise. and sleep while the great masses
are toiling' Quite respectable in numbers
when all are taken into account and their
ranks are daily increasing as new Industries
spring up or certain lines of business prosper
ami demand more help for their develop.
ment.
In the lead in numbers are the newspaper
workers-printers, editors, pressmen, re-
porters, mailing clerks, stereotypers. proof
..e.aaers and other branches of the occupa-
o n. The tive morning newspapers of Chi
oo7 79 employ well up in the neghborhood Of
PERSONS each in their various dapart,
49, 20 that here is in round numbers n
u,'iia men and boys-for the softer sex
49, ~ unately kept comparatively clear of
- "ork, and though plenty of women find
81 ,h-&i~iin various ways at printing. it
isss!&rs -Hdecd that one can be found con-
IN such way that the burning of the mid
night oil is demanded. In many cases, too.
there is not demanded Of the man who earns
his lvine ON any of the papers strict night
work. The afternoons and evenings are
taken up by editors and reporters. but long
before midnight the maj ority haveconpleted
their laborS Still there is remaining by far
the greater proportion of the employees who
are on duty into I'm. carl,, ,,,o,.,,;r -
The most numerous of tbese arl. [T c1,rs,
the printer.
TINE rpr,rpp,s ,,,,,,s
Oii pcople are some of tbas, ,,rf,,+,,, .,,s
full Of fancies Int MS r,,Ia sohar n,,iat
decent ramhcr. az societv Tho ti,ra hoe
gone by yynon + , bn n rrinta,. If r,as o,so NO
eSSary To ~, t,.5r,prbI, f,,,,iIia,. ,,.J, a.,
various bra,l. 81, Eg,,or ..+ tba'aI1 ,i,,i. W
looms or to mt n, fI ,iav AZ tho I,oln. ~
after a night at the .cascn The ..b,mn
printer has no place in Chicago offices TODAY
There has be-, a., rerolpri,o ard ,,i.,,a,,t
any cris> ier5i t,runeranca reform hos s+,-,,,t
! away such of Tho old timers os nod no, st,c
cutnbed 10 earlier excuses. and II is 50 we'll
recognized that sohrietv is ESSENTIAL 10 secur.
ing and bnllinv situations tb.t few nov-,-
DAYS venture IN oyarstap The borr,ls R,t
as stated. thore are odd characters here and
there among them. Superstitious in a degree
are some. Their dreams are fuil Of mean
Ing, and thgy pin their faith so firmly To
these visions Of sleep that many a dollar has
gone to The policy or lottery shnp on the
strength Of certain numbers that had passed
through their minds in the midst OF their
slumbers To speculate is a ruling passion
ton in cards or dice, the printers own raIpe.
known as 'jeGiuy, and which is simply not
to be explained to the outside world. has in
times past had its udhererts bv hundreds.
and though now tabooed in all well regu-
lated Offices Is S;lIl talked Of iingeringly and
lovingly BY Is former devotees
Next to Inc printers the bakers form per-
maps the m7sl numerous class Of all night
WORKERS lhene IN chicago about 100 oil
those who are employed in the night time
PICTURESQUE figures they make, too, covered
with Hour, white aproned and white capped,
ana WIN iooA ABOUT theln-deSplte their
late hours OF laoor-which speaks well for
tine heaithiH- nature OF their calling and their
regular habits out ~ service. It is Il strongly
marked fact that there has been a revolution
in the ways OF the bakers as well as the fol-
lowers OF other occupations, and that the
moral standard has been elevated in recent
years, The men are sober, industrious and,
as a rule, saving; they look after the welfare
of one another in sickness. and have an in
surance system and burial fund, which fur
nish relief for widows and orphans Their
hours are somewhat lengthy. but are in re-
atty much shorter than demanded of dav
workers, while the pay is better. In fact, it
might be stated here that the average ''dav-
of all night workers does not exceed eight
hours, and that the compensation is more
than propordouateiy increased.
THE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
At the Western Union and ros+.1 +aIo
granb Offices thara are Iar,,o for,as a,,,,o,-ol,
az ,;,,,,+ il, bo,l, ;rst,rcS
80 .L,If -. tt,,,,,r,,1 ,s l -,
of hrsinaes hours ov,. the co,,r,ts,,. ,Ft,,.
o'cIocl, in the evening Tho ,-.ao+ ,--1,,,,,C ~
disratcbes handled for the ,,or,i,,,-- ,,s,,s
rorers too racrire many i,tsl1i,,s,,+ "a
fast operators, There are abont a5o nip-ht
onerators in Cbicaro The rnaiorifvarp ,-oIIn,g
MON bu- some cre ,-rav b.iroj ,.o+oro,,7
who's years of sarvi@a M rb,. te,- ,,,,,bt -
demand their retirement on a pension roIl-
something ROT vet established Inv tho r.av
There is a fascination in rounding Pho ~,
or trspscribfp- lis cIieLinos n ra1ar ,v,,e,,
the world Is slaar,ire- tlt,+ .Tar+s :, ,o+art or,
influence that tbese veterans carnot hrest
oyvay f,or, u II be,-o +.fsl TO- go lie
dozen times said one. but | corIJ,'t acrns.
tom nvsals IN the increased ,vbfr and ra++Ie
and activitv. 50 elyars d-if-ad hac- IN tlf
old wav have crown nm in that yrav !
was a r;,bt rressonrar tn,, in Now Wi
wears AGO and hive Held down rigb+ sits al
most continuously since that time 50 tba+ il
isn't to be wondered at that love the eiar!,
ness and not because nv deeds are evil
either
The hours Of the NIGHT taIa,rr,,,be- mr..
short Seven and q half hours. i,bn. vvin,5.
him IN. and ali vv,r,, aftar fba+ i MID 70,
at an EXTRA rate
There are "a brrr,lrsJ 10. NOR. ~, r.
stands scattered around over the city
Strange STORIES they could talI-romonces
stories If wild raralrr +aIae NJ crime, ,,,o-
they not Close r,ortf,s,I nd cla,,,i.I, q, = -