The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-30
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The house painters Of New York comprise .
vsry large number Of the workinsmen who look
cd forward eagerly 10 the employment which
they were led % expect they would have on the
wofid's Fair buildings and would hsve had II
| u Piatt fsssett b Co had not seen NJ to send
the Fair TO Chicago
It e estimated that about 5000 house paint
I efs were thus disappointed By the PIaft- as-
eett trtechery. II 10 surprising that MI. Platf.
who has been credited with being IN sstute
politician. should have braved the storm OF IN
dignation which was sure to follow the disap-
pointment OF so many Thousands OF working
| men. .4.
The house painters generally have pretty
hard time Of It In winter. Outdoor work 10 Al.
most entirely suspended. and the amount OF
Indoor work Is always restricted by the gem
eral practice Of the housebulldinG trade 70
avoid winter work az much as possible Many
men In the house painting trade are almost
always compelled to look up some other occu-
patton In the winter. and 10 live upon the saw
ings Of the summer. These men looked for
ward to the work on the Fair as On exceptional
boon. They knew that the work on the Fair
would be imperative. and that It would AFFORD
employment for all the house painters OF this
vicinity.
While the house painters are thus blaming
Plat. Fassett Co for their Ill luck. they
know that Mr. Flower did all he could to give
them work By bringing the Fair to New York:
that he Rave literally from his purse and de-
voted great deal OF time to the work OF get
ting the Fair here: that II was not necessary
for Plat, FAssett & Go. to do anything In the
matter. but only to keep their hands on and
let the Fair take its natural course. which
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set not only the house painters, but men OF all
other building trades to work. But Plat. Fas-
set & Co. went to work. both in the Legisla-
ture and in Congress. regardless Of the inter-
or and he F Ssn
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was But Carrying out lis custom. as Old as his
pSsltSb e .avo one Of ss
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and when think Of The men i9 my o y city
4 good dinner for themselves and their fani.
rate Of wages Which psevaiIs. when read Of
handkerchief to school to make believe they
st5ss t carr ride would cost, ! am sad;a
Au0 nouoo pbiuteTS ioOk AZ INC Situatlou III
trades view 1t. The Sun has already shown
counties from New York to Albany: that the
ironworkers are indignant ut the cruel disap
poinsment Of their hopes; that the carpenters
and others IN the building trades h4ye also
so%e to grief through the tlssehery q Fessstt
Pack Ss es %oad u waSa b
1QQ.OOO majority.
Mr.. Depew's prediction was that the men
who defeated the Fair would be showed under
at the first election where they show them
have shown themselves. aud therefore, the
had to get square with Plat. Fassett 4 Co.
The culprits evidently calculated on the for.
getfulness OF the people and the success Of
denying with e1rontery that they had done
the workingmen such wrong. Secretary stokes
the Of Fassett for The
that Tom Plat put Mr.. Root on the State Com
mittee and did what he could to defeat Warner
Miller. because that gentleman supported the
bill for the Worlds Fair In the city Of New
Il is true that the trade union denunciation
Of representative labor bodies are concerned.
affiliations with rat printers and other oppo-
nents Of trade unions But, in the rank and
Pile both OF organized and unsktlled labor. the
feeling has been generally expressed that
out 70 the traitors, who left New York working.
heartless work, notwithstanding the dust they
kick up In the hope OF escape The house
painters are after them.