The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-29
MORE LABoRERs AGAINST FAssKrr
Irea Workers Joia the Precessssu A9aiast
the Worries Fair wreckers

There is long procession OF workingmer
bitterly complaining Of the loss OF work b
them by the treacherous work Of Plat. Fasset
Co. in depriving New York Of the world'i
Fair. despite the efforts Of Roswell P. Flower Il
keep 1t here. One Of the trades that suffered
the greatest loss was the iron workers.
The numbers In this trade have greatly In.
DDS Of building. The nature Of the buildingt
proposed to be erected for the Worlds Fall
was such that there would have been a great
demand for iron workera All the furnaces IL
the vicinity would have been kept busy In get
ting ready the beams. rafters, and braces. and
small army Of workingmen would have been
required to do the fitting. The iron workers,
therefore. looked forward to the erection OF
the Worlds Fair buildings as sure means OF
employment this winter. Tho expectation was
to them the more welcome because OF the dull
ness Of work at this season Of the year.
About 10000 iron workers have thus been
cruelty disappointed by the Platt-F assett
treachery to New York. These men are not to
be sppeased BY abuse Of Tammany Hall. They
are not to be diverted from the real question
By 1ippant talk about tho Tammany tiger.
The very excuse put forth by Plat. Fassett l.
%. for sending tho Fair to Chicago. namely. to
many. only shows the trenchery. in more
eonto The Fair there Would nos Ss
$1,000 Idle men In this State at the beginning
would not Be counting up their savings st to see
whether they had enough money to tide their
famtlies over until spring.
Platt's friends in the tennessee Coal and Iron on
twenty to sith 0 the
ppbIlshed n TIE SUN and other newspapers
told Of the sufTerings OF the oyerworEed con.
sSe The Ps Mr t Pat Sna
bis !riends Tor this heartlese treatment Of Ia.
Dor tS %tout tb has
when the cruel disappointme nt caused BY loss
an '9s P the sss
Pee becomes heavy one. and It Is not to be set
Tho plain question put to the iron workers
now Is ISL simply whethe. they shall vote for the
they are toId that there is plenty Of work IN
Chicago. but that does not feed them and their
he ssr and the
their knees and nd thank the men who cheated
Plat to cheat New. York out 81 the Fair. even
pew and others. that the men responsible for
that ,a cheat would be showed under by 100000
The wonder of II. Is. In the face Of such a
n having the Fair in New York, that PIatt and
Plat openly declared that he would rather have
the Fair 60 to Chicago because he feared that
men would fes sontrGi Of # H.
He went on with his treac6ery. while M.
bring the Fair here and to insure good VIM
ter,s work 70 the laboring men of New York.
Il 5 sss 59R how w" Pst Fasso. Co.
With the slightest hope Of getting
that Tammany Hall was to DC feared Is absurd absurd
TIE record shows Tint at the great
ort tSs sadee 81
majority of the committee was composed Of
developed in the exposure Of his henchmen's
iaet that after the Republicans on the e1 CONS ane
vent on to defeat the hopes Of New York. not
His measure of the worth OF a
rends 81 The Tennessee cos and arY Iron CONS
psy fsp fG frotS ssis
Tho real facts OF the case The undisputed |
lct remains for the consideration of the iron |
workers that but for Plat; Fassett t. Co. |
10000 OF their number would have had re- |
work for more than Il year. They |
lave this fact before them. despite the Platt |
md abuse Of Tammuny. Plat, Fassett & Co;
rot they have the amazing presumption to ask
he disappointed workingmen for their votes
There Is no indication that the worklngmen
yill be 80 forGiving. There Is every indication
hat the men who took the Worlds Fair from
new York will receive severe rebuke from
ut this election. and that the dis
appointed and cheated unemployed and en-
,loyed iron workers will do their full share in
he work Of Furnishing tho traitors and snow
ng under Mr.. Fassett OF Chicago.
lp Of hS IS Il favor
soswsIf r Flower. said: I'VE viii finish the
uildinR two months before the President Is
dominated and close the Fair before election"
his showed that there was neither the inten-
lon nor possibility OF making political ma
hine OF the Fair. But In this election the Fair
a great factor because the loss OF 1t has boon
bitter disappointment to many voters. most
fthem Democrats because they are working
len. and they are intelligent enough to know
HON to punish. The man whom the iron
'Orkers will punish Is Mr.. Fassett, and the
ian whom they remember with gratitude Is
Denocrats In the Lyeeum Opera House.
Tho mass meeting held In the Lyceum
pers House at Thirty fourth street and Third
venue last night, under the direction OF tho
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