New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-16
TtUvANy,S VICIOUS METHODS
THE WAY IN WHICH 1T Is iAhiN"
BREAD FROM THE HUNGRY.
prsr.r,r or THE VILE "PADRONE" SYSTEM OF
EMPLOYMENT-IT RoBs THE fOof'
PITS MONEY INTO TIE POCKETS OF

RESULT OF THE VILE IADHD-'"
EMpLoYMEXT-Ir RoBs THE POOR But
PUTS MONEY INTO TIE POCKETS OF
wIGwAM GO-BETWEENs.
The Tammany Hall system of employing men Il,
,ba v,rious departments was severely condemned
Yesterday by all classes of citizens who peeVe that
the work which the municipal government mas -
dispense might be given out in way '"il 49,
M terially alleviate suffering ana deSutu'ioi'
practice Of the Street Cleaning Department il" car
ing upor Italian padrones to furnish CONTRACT Id
bor was regarded as both Objectionable ana inde-
fensible Such work. IL was asserted might DE as
tribu,eI among all nationalities and not cohHheu "
the Italians Besides It is well known that inc pun
men who DO the work swlndled out OF Il iae
percentage OF their wages by the contractors VINO
furnish the labor and who are the persons ie10e
nzed by the department in making payment
Some of these padrones, in trying to excuse thein
selves for large share Of the earnings they hic"
from the laborers make the defence that they nav
to give up on their part to Tammany ran n ol
cias nder me present conG ihe Sisreet Cleaning
Department ana other proper places ana prisIi ne
pointed TO heavy fall Of snow. would have prougns
10 Mr.. Andrews for employment plenty OF men ID I'd
who would have been glad Of the opportunity 81 Q,
earning few dollars. But TINS way Oh uoi"6 - :,
tr1ct,rs nor for the Tamrnany go-betweens;
The Tammany scheme Of issuing "employIIheit,,
Central and other parks. to be Distribute atnons
WlSwam dependents ana rumshop hangers-oi WI
also severely criticised 1t takes from honest ann
bOna-flde workingmen the chance for work WILL VIII,
ought to be reserved for them alone Az tne n en
Department II is said that no more >, EN-
p'oyment tickets" will be issued except fQr dis.ri
button through regularly recognized labor anu
charity organizations But the Tammany leaders
threaten - find some way 10 abrogate the rue.
Controller Fitch had Mr. Leary the speedway
contractor al his office again Yesterday and stirred
the contractor up again on his failure to employ
The worklngmen ne had promised Leary PLEADED PLEADED
;he weather and the deep snow. but the Contr01ler
was not satisfied with this kind OF excuse gu on
knew that we didn't have summer weather IN
New-York all the year round when you SAID that
YOU would put on several hundred men as soon as
You got the contract" returned Mr.. Fitch How
many men have YOU at work today? near tnat
Won have Only a couple of dozen"
That's ali wrong responded Ieary. II have
nearly go men at work Anybody can see them II
he viii take the trouble to look along the water
front"
what are thew doing"
They are building retaining wall. That's about
all they can 10 in such weather. As soon as the
weather will permit, will put on as many men as
/ possibly can" .
After Lca-y had departed the Controller said
that he would what power he possessed for
removing a man who seemed determined to do moth
ing until he got good and ready. Leary, he said,
had wholly exhausted his patience.