The morning call., 1893-08-17

Is not above the wages the Chinese have:
been getting There is no lack of men to
take the Job at that rate. The employ.
ment offices are crowded daily with men:
anxious to find something 10 do. Many of
them are willing to take anything they
can get. no matter how little the return,
Last week sent half dozen men to
Colusa tO:e1ick fruit, said the head Of the
firm of .c{. Crosset & Co. "They are to
get $50 a .'onth and board. and they paid
81 60 far6 to get there There is no lack
for 1000 men in day here. All the men
required in Fresno at 81 a day and found
can be got without any difficulty. | have
been In the employment business twenty
wears, and never before saw such dull
ness at this season of the year. This July
and August have been worse than January
and February ordinarily are"
Nj. CrOSset spoke of a recent advertise
ment for 1000 men for railroad work, which
had been inserted in Spokane paper. 1t
told them to call on George Stone & Co.,
on California street, in this city. A great
many men came here in answer to this ad-
vertisement, Mr.. Crosset said, and got no
work. When Crosset & Co. applied to Mr..
Stone for an order to furnish the men re-
quired, the answer was given that none
were needed.
G.. Re- Hansen said that the Inquiries
Which udN0 Cbiuo " HIS d26UcI are LOT n
rate on about 500 laborers in the vineyards.
Mr.. Hansen expects orders for that num-.
Der of men to be filled on the Ist of the
coming month. he thought that plenty OF
work would be afforded during the grape
picking season at 81 day and found.
At Mr.. Hansen's office d. w. Parkhurst
manager of the La Marietta vineyard at
Fowler. Fresno County, was seen. He
said: -.
twelve or fifteen boys from San Fran
cisco are at Fowler shipping fruit for us to
the East. find they are better than any.
class.of Chinese. Now / am getting 100
boys. who are to be on hand when grape
picking commences, which will be in
about twenty days. There are about 250
idle men in Fresno who have reached town
from all parts of the country three weeks
too soon TO find employment. The vine.
yardists will require between 5000 and TO-
600 men in Fresno County to do the pick
ing. They will get SIS month or 81 a
day and found, as general thing The
picking season will begin in most places on
September l.
'.All the men must have blankets. All the
boys get must each have quilt, blanket
and towel. The vineyardists who have
been employing Chinese have not had ac-
commodations for white men, but l un-
derstand that great many have put up
buildings for them 10 sleep in. At least
100 vineyardists in the county will want
from twenty-five to fifty boys each. /
have been paying boys according to their
ages--$18 month to boy Is years old,
and so on. The vineyardists will all apply
! so employment agents for help, instead of
hiring men singly as they come along, as
they will all want a certain number of
men on a certain day."
Mr.. Parkhurst's estimate Of the number
of men unemployed in Fresno seems. from
all accounts, to be much too low. 1t was
learned that Mr.. Parkhurst paid boys 81
day and found last year.
Mr.. ID. w. Parkhurst has entertained
for some time the idea of making q colony
of deaf mutes in his vicinity to engage in
work upon his fruit ranch.
Mr.. Grady. a teacher in the Institution for
the Deaf and Dumb and Blind at Berke-
ley, and deaf mute, some time since
organized. among the deaf mutes of San
Francisco a branch association Of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
Some sixty. mainly graduates of the
Berkeley institution, belong. Mr.. Grady
is now attempting to obtain employment
for the mutes of San Francisco seeking il,
some Six OF whom have applied to him.
He has asked Mr. Parkhurst To give them
work in his vineyards in Fresno, not
segregated, but as other men are given
work, and with no discrimination as to
wages.
Mr.. Parkhurst asks for twenty-five or
thirty TO 90 as body with an interpreter,
expecting to do their own cooking and
furnish their own bedding. He advises
them not to expect too much in the way
OF wages. as already seventy-fve men are
applying to him for work. Mr.. Parkhurst
mas peen interested IN the Institution for the
Deaf ana Dumb and Blind for some wears.
ana Two years ago offered to furnish them
work. Inese men seeking work are
graduates Of their institution and have a
strong pride ID their ability to do an
n
man. and desire wages equivalent to the
wages of other men. the former offer of
work two years ago being at SIS a month
and board per man, which was rejected as
too low ard the work declined.
Murray d Ready said that they have re-
ceived inquiries from vjneyardists as ia
the state of the labor market here. The
bulk of the picking. they said, win be
done in few weeks. as il it is not one
fast when the grapes are ripe they spoi
n the vines. For this work the wages
they said, will be 81 day and found
We can get all the men required" the,