New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-14
A WEEK OF PROGRESS.
TIE GRASS APPEARING IN TIE FAIR
GROUNDS.
FEELING OF wORKINGMEN AS TO THE SUNDAY
CLOSING LAw-CLASSES OF PEOPLE THAT
WILL BE SHUT OUT OF THE FAIR ALTO
GETHER-DEvICES SUGGESTED FOR

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| GETHER-DEvICES SUGGESTED FOR
| MEETING TIE DIFFICULTY
| Chicago, April 9.-The last week has been
| of decided progress far the advancement of
the work at the Fair grounds is concerned. The
| earlier days were dry and dusty. and the most
disagreeable conditions existed. Wednesday
| night and on Thursday there was rain, followed
| by extreme warmth on Friday. The result
| an almost complete transformation in the ap-
| pcarance of the grounds Immediately surround
| ng the main buildings, where grading and seed
| ing had been done. Tie young grass seemed to
| spring up almost instantly. and to-day
| beautiful slopes and plateaus of verdurc which
on Monday and Tuesday looked like barren
stretches of dry earth. Incapable of producing
vegetation of any kind. For the first time,
| therefore, the real beauty OF the work in its
| more advanced stages toward completion is made
| apparent People congregated on the bridges Of
the lagoons to the edges of which slopes of green
grass extended and seemed to enjoy the novel
picture.
There is undoubtedly widespread feel
ing of regret that after the LIST of
May the gates must, in accordance with
the provisions of the statute he closed against the
public on Sundays and hundreds Of thousands of
persons who could most advantageousy have
spent their time looking upon the aggregation of
interesting objects with which the buildings will
be filed must find other and in most instances
less beneficial occupation for the Sabbath day.
The mere matter of pecuniary gain 10 the Fair
organization Is rarely referred to when the sub
cct is discussed. The fact that the opporcnts 70
Sunday opening have been successful in their
final struggle is calling TO labor circles not
only here but elsewhere in the West While II
is generally known that the decision Is in 10
way traceable TO the influence Of what is dis
tnctively known as capital i'll the vocabulary
of the professional labor aeitator, that element
of society must, in n certain degree, Inevitably
have this additional grievance laid AZ its door.
1t is easier for the men to hold their old al
legged foe responsible than 10 trace the cause
hack 70 its source in religious zeal.
Hence an excuse sought for strike when
should cause embarrassment in the completion Of
the work The Building Trades Council III ad-
dressing the administration council of the Worlds
Fair do not present the Sunday closing feature
~ a ground of discomfort, but that has really
heon one great source of irritation. HE Work at
tho grounds has been carried on in recognition
of the eight-hours-a-day requirements OF laoor anu
the adjustment of disputes by arpltra'ioh an"
there is no insinuation of bad iaith on '"e
part of III, Exposition officials: Dut the "'''
have not consented to the discharge OF noi-
,r;or mon who have been continuously III their
employ since the work Of construction was peSu"'
aWbat il there in all this biz show when 'ic
whole world has put up here III chicago '"''
offers ANYTHING more in the shape OF 'cini''''o'
to wrong-doing the part OF thoSe ""o ''Y
likely to patronze it on sunday oah - INV ;,
% tho people who 60 there week days? ~
isn't a market place il isn't even Pao" Vi
.muson,cnt. | don't see what harm 1t Il soihg
:, do onvbody 20 walk around those grounhs an"
.h,oucb those buildings and look on the si3h's'
Tb chow il the same one day as another' dh"
10 tbere il nothing there TO shock the morainS
and refinement of the people who can aiio'" "
On during the week ] would like 70 Kho" """v
there is likely TO he there on sunday caic"ia'cU
"a demoralize the laboring man who can aioru
70 20 on week days
This opnon. expressed simply and quietly oy d
workman in his shirt sleeves, presents an epi'oi'o
NJ tbe views entertained by the masses IN 'hiS CITY
Tho neople have been 80 long used TO tic open so'
! the open saloon, the open theatre ana inc op,"
! music hall on that day that they are Ill '"'
more impatient over the acton oil 'o"s''''
;n,nos,no this restriction upon an element thaC
''II Ina n.culia,ly benefited by contact with
tho Influences of instruction and cn'crt'i'iin'"O
.hich the great exhibition will extend to all VINO
,.;s;t il, While it is possible therefore, tia'
| ,hr ,,oubles would have developed before 'iic
cnmulction Of the buildings, owing 10 '''c P;J
,inn Of contracts, and the establishment vi 1880
| ,rL.dulcs of wages by the dllefchI Idpoi VI
,;on. il is undcIiiable that discomfort anu d
sn;rit Of resentment have been klndieu ana ivm 'o
| Jrrcd alarningy active by the chac'nien' VI Wv
Sunday closing leatuie. ,;od uoro Labor
| ,,;nns for getting around the difficulty thIonH"
| anrecment. between employers ana chpioncu p.
vdng that the latter cIass "a ,lc Exhibition,
.in.' il On week DAYS and work on Sundays mus
| ,,;d;no loss OF time on either sac. Huon a., an
| aiId'i yyitLin a very limited field OF iappr
IL. success would also inevitably depend upon rim, tI
| ul,ncncss OF employers 10 acceuc " Iii
proposition. Undoubtedly may t,in' 9or week
PANT IN their employees opportunities loI W.T." ,,o
Iran, visits TO the Exposition but the percclIaso
nay i;LoiT 10 be small. Thousands OF raiifoan Up
~ whose services Will be IN unusual u ~
anS throughout the entire period Covered any
,ha Exhibition. and who could not, under any
possibility, attend on aI' o,I 70 "nrrendcr
ony mo' IF a visit to the Fair II Is ocd.fra
an an, ~. irritation will be very marked Will Will
thcse circles, and Will nave .lr meods a. Tine,
;n operatives TO extraordinary deiians a. ai thc
M ,hav can cause much embarrassment " !no
WIKI and damage, in tl' loss o. revenues forb
roads, unless . ~mm Of exhibits is, up
comimH crescent time, being effected wlthout any
d ;m of discomfort, or aei,a,nh ~ az" Ivy
| inult" Tho leaders know that nothins cou n NC
| kind. Inc r,"smit of a strike which would par
gained d. rxnositon machinery AT tbs stage. igr
aiihr; sympathy could not ne h ,,;dsrrenJ
the indiS Eecn said, the Fair is stared
as simple thing hi 9e.a as f'l s
SUNDAY closing feature IS s sor some special CON
as the basis , Of I the railway companies may may
m e to sr~t Sns
| hears in nisnH Lind will develop among thosc
trouble OF so service of the country during the
II, nro e,c Of the Fair
rr,rcsArnErs TO NAVE AN ES.h '.,ar,.,nmsn,
i". Work telegraph operators en,er'",," ,ns