New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09


\ century and q half ago it> owner. a pious woman,
Transformed IT into convent. and for many years
il wa, occupied 10y gentle uUa, and ~" scholars That
Hooked t. their tuition. Then the owner di'd ana
bcqucathcd the luidin, TO 'h' city Of Paris. bound
hy III, perpetual condition that however ID" intcrior
might b. rcmodclcl t. SUR nov lists. III" outer WALL
should be- preserved intact. TIL, injunction Wa
faithfully REGARDED. Ia" nunn"ry WIS transformed
into a crcu-. 4 theatre. drinkinehail hni i;s "N
iciior aspect wa unrlinsi The Free Nn~ons took
It for Temple lp' touched not .ipu" Of g. ancient
walls, md 80. throush many generation, and many
vid,,it.dc- # hl- stood unclaimed TO tA, day.
THE iIr,r LABOR ENrHAN@E
Twenty six or tw.riy seven years ago If viii d"
remembered. the pin hh'ck iupir" then to'''rnt io
it, I'm ,iro,c tp orsiuilr "N,hlns" for labor. or
AT lca,, - general registry on'" for worhn-m'n
csiDn-iblv hi, was 10 show a." Governments I".na
Interest i'm tho vcIrcr, II 'c blouse Practically r.
was II So # ,nl. De-. make t,"lf ~olid7 vih Va
classes who wore beginning ~ assert t'r dominant
y ,wrr I,nt the sIrcwl blouse w'ar'r. feared ih'
Empire though bearing gift. ani declined t' b' led
into the fairly LATED trap =, On" Bur'au d" Pl'o"
mcnt7 wa, Ignored summed hy tee v"rf c'--", 10
whom It appalled,. and The project cam" 70 n'nslt.
What labor declined. however. to accept from ~"
Fn1ldr. thon f. twenty year later attempted to >'
cur, FIR r-.lf through IT.. own efforts. Trad unions
sprnnc into h,nr everywhere ln each lml"r
,ont town th..c union, formed a general s'rdicltr
Paris if-tlf J. Nt~ l'dNN'n 10 iih' -''l'IHi
union that should dominate all labor organizations
throughout tho Republic. Ia" Municipal Council ~
the CIV always In sympathy Will ID" pro"t1r'- fell
corflalv In with ia" -c."tn". Nnd presently " CAV"
70 the trade, union. Of the DIV this famous oil nun
hool-thoatre- temple fl the Rue Jean h'qn",
Rousseau. for general headquarters Tor or
eani1cd labor
The city gave the u,r Of the buldln;. the furniture.
the nch,ng and heating. repairs and -aari", Of III"
necessary officers. All thee running expenses did
rot amount 10 much perhaps not NOR" iIan
$1,000 n wear. Lut the ~ieninmnt
thing was that Their. regular Labor ~ lahrr.
ana thar under official auspices. tn" old buidni
was Gloomy and mnyliing V"niln'ion Was bad
The LIZ hall would not hold more than thou,ini
people Aud 20 liiue faith had the worlnem"n Of
Paris I'm the scheme tlai only some fourteen ultn-.
Of all In the great cry. deemed II worth while 10
pa,ronikc II. But these few found II good thing.
and soon movement wa made for great enlise
mon. Of the novel enterprise
or THE PLACE DE IA ITPrnLIQrE.
This first Bour,c du Travail stood stanc.-
close hy the great central market, Of Paris fu
when the Municipal Government decided TO build
new and larger II c"-" lite three mil. away
I'm a different quarter Of the city. plot Of ground
WAS selected facing on th" great squire WHO'RE hacS
The colossal allc,orical grc OF tho R"pulliqur The
ground Itself cost not les than 100000 on u "a
,ne huildIng seven stories high, Wa erected. Il a
cost Of 900 moro. maliac round million MI
this was paid hy IN" municipality Of Par out Of M
public treasury. from the taxes lad upon tue people
Of the CITY More. the municipality pays the cot Of
licb,Ing heating. cleaning and generally maintaining
tl, building and also the salaries Of III" SIX seer"
iarc, who drcc' II, general operations. Tia" Elrsr
din Travail l., therefore. practically department Of
the loc, government, sort 81 Industrial ann'N 10
the Hotel de Vile.
mi, great iuding seven stories high bears IN il
. .rtv EmIulitV ~
this 1. no formal boast. For within Il, wall, cIrty
indeed prevails 10 "A sometimes startling degree. More
,lan 200 labor unions belong 10 the Exchange. with
fatal of nearly 4OOO 900 members. What Is the stock
ar Produce Exchang. to thatl Well, and VIII, are |
,hcvy What Is "a lnborerl Practically all men who |
earn their living from the world eligib" 20
bershlp. Dramatic and musical artists. for Exam
nl. are on the list at one end and ragpickcr, and
,cuycnrers are the list at the other end AMI both
meet here on equal terms
TIE WORK OF THE EXCHANGE.
This Institution opened for work only n NTH |
more than year ago. About 200 labor unions then
Joined H. Now, said above, they number more |
than 400 with well on To 100000 members mcl and |
c,.nen There are six general secretaries pad w |
,bo city, IN charge OF the Exchange. But each union
has It's own special Office. and It's own subsecre,ry In
CHARGE thereof, 10 whom II pays small salary What
,re This secretary's duties To SIT In his Office all
dnv long and act RS an intermediary between en- |
n,over and cmploye; between the would-bc en- |
porcr and vould-be employe. Men and women |
Of that particular calling come In search OF pblces
They register their names and addresses ana IN. |
secretary gives them Information Of places thst are
offered Other applicants reach him by mall or by !
telcgraph similarly employers In quest Of help AL
ply 10 him. II H. In fact. well organized ana dis |
Dlercsted "intelligcnce oihce.'
The variety Of trades AMI callings belonging to the
Exchange IS mnrvclousiy great. The ragpickcrs have
a neat and clean Office with waXci hardwood floor |
and rcscoed walls. SO have the street swecpcrs and
the gasughters These last two are public servants
and there was AT first GREET cutlery against their
forming union. But the clnmor did not deter them
and now II IS half seriously predicted that the police
and fremen will before long form labor unions too |
There is no distinction here between men and women
Some unions formed OF the one, SOME OF the other
and some OF both Nurses, Mattresses, cooks d. |
nestle servants all are patrons OF the Bourse dl,
Travail.
Naturally the growth Of this Exchange has mill
tated SusnEy aKsnst theJSriyate enployfnent sgen