The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-25
IN DANGEROUS TRADES.
MIN WHo FJGHT IN AFFAIRS FOR
WHICH THEY CARE NOTHING.

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ers and Nur-ss In su,si,-pox Hospitals
In consequence OF the hard times employer
find that they can get better men for love-
wages than has been possible for years Ever
where the work man is exposed to special dan
ger there are more good men applying fol
places than there are places AS soon Al
It became known last fall that men were
being shipped on the Brazilian cruisers to &c
to Rio Janeiro the Offices OF those concerns
which we're engaged in fitting out the cruisers
were thronEcd with able-bodied men OF deter.
mined aspect who insisted on being engaged
TO fight with weapons unfamiliar to them in n
war the merits OF which they know nothing
about II tho Brazilian insurgents had been
after men to fight against the established Gov
eminent OF their country. there Ia not the
slightest doubt that they would have found
plenty right In New York ready to risk their
lives for wages.
Even in the best Of Tines there is no DIM
Guilty In getting able bodied men to undertake
any hazardous and unpopular task at wages
only a little greater than they could make
without risk. The Pinkerton Detective gency
has no trouble at any time to get men to go to
| Homestead or anywhere else when u strike Ia
| on. and fight with Winchesters or do guard
| duty. with almost certainty that some one
| will be killed. One who used to work for
Pinkerton says he pays only from S12 to S19 q
! week for men to do guard duty. and that the
men on strike at Homestead we're most OF the m
actually refusing larger wages than the Pink
erton mon were working for. Yet nobody has
ever accused the Pinkerton men at Hon estead
OF not lighting with courage and effect.
There are always persons enough to act as
nurses on the Quarantine islands and whea
| cholera was expected last summer there were
! physicians who volunteered to take their
chances OF living or dying In the hospitals out
there. They were willing to lay down their
! lives II need be. for the good Of humanity. but
| who shall say that the humble nurse may not
| have az high a m olive as tho educated man OF
| mcdlciue2 In the same way the small pox
| hospitals are always provided with q full corps
| OF attendants. The Department OF Charities
and Correction has it's pick OF applicants for
positions as keepers in the insane asylums.
| and as orderlies and guards In the work house.
penitentiary. and other institutions on the
| islands In the Fast River. There are men In
plenty to bury the dead In Potter's Field. To
some OF the underlinRs about Bellevue the
keeper OF the Morgue Ia high Official and an
| object OF envy. No convicted murderer ever
went unhung for lack OF n haneman.
A we'll known physician OF this city says
elements OF danger In them runs up into the
hundreds. Hntters. for instance. are exposed
TO the dangers which result from inhaling the
dust that arises from sorting and cleaning tho
hair OF which felt is made: to the poisonous In
fuence Of mercury. which Is used to separate
tho hair from the hide: to acid fumes from
dyesturs. and to odors moro or loss offensive
from the glue or size used In stiffening tho
felt Iron puddlers are liable to rheumat ism
IL. n
heat and cold and from excessive muscular
effort. as we'll as to injuries to the eyes from
Tying bits Of molten metal and the dazzling
glare when the metal IL run out.
Workmen engaged in tho manufacture OF
melenite and roburite. the newest and most
risk OF being blown to pieces at any time. but
they become poisoned with the vapors Of picric
acid They g, suffer loss $50, Of appetite their skin
enaa and Wi k Is an antd Ia ieh Tor
eminent allows every workman in a melenito
factory a regular allowance Of milk.
to the evils resulting from acid FUMES. These
are catarrh. spasmodic asthma and form OF
the latter sEmesimsH bringing on mercurial
chlorine gas. which causes bronchial catarrh.
dinrrhra, and dyspnTa. Those engaged in
are often especial sufferers. Makers Of 9uinine
suffer from sTuptions on the ssin. Makers Of
e%rtsre separatag "a. nostrs ana G uc ths
it is a matter OF congratulation that recent
machinery used in almost ali the dan s i
occupations. Gliding used to be one OF the
Now it is generally, done by electricity. and
when. because it produces the best results the
old process is used. the article to be gilded is
closed In an air:tiGht receptacle, which pre-
brcathsd By the workmen. Formerly there was
danger OF mercury poisoning among workers
IN nio 81 and nd Smatey
process has been improved by enclosing the
mirrors when bsing heated. The use of silver
mirrors is safer for the Torkmen Makers Of
sulphur matches used to succumb to diseases
crosis OF tho Jaws hut this trade has seen a
vast Improvement in recent years.
In wall paper manufactures the use OF arse
ME used TO be u source OF danger. Arsenic |
Is not now used In coOring. The manufacture
acter OF all the products Of their mills in order
TO Sell them. The clerk who gave this informa-
earring on piece Of yT n n.d ,o S
wall paper and putting IL on his tongue, a pro-
eeedinS which suggested that his was peril
truth The foreman OF tho cooring depart
ment said that green's were formerly got by
dozen years non poisonous substitutes had |
hoen employed in all the mills il was agreed |
which abounded. and from changes in tenn |
erature as we'll as from accidentally getting |
caught in the great printing machines.
In every occupation where dust is raised. |
unless the dust IS that OF wood or tobacco.
there /, danger OF diseases of the throat and |
lungs. The particles Of dust actually psne-
trate the tissue u the lungs, resulting in per-
mRnent inflammatury processes. Especially |
hazardous Is The Inhalation OF dust arising
from, grinding steel. glass. or stone. The
knives, needles, and pin points become stud
dsd with black Knots, varying in size from that
OF u pin head to that OF "A nsA- The eyes OF
grinders are burned with flying sparks and
their bodies are mHngled by bursting
grlndstones. In former Years in England
the average ago at which grinders
died was 30 years and months. but mo-
where have greater improvements pesn made
In machinery looking TO the health OF the
operAtiyes ;ha4 IN that used by metal grind.
ers. saws aud other coarse implements OF
steel are ground on wet gIindstones. when
prevent tho dust from mixing with the air.
hero II is necessary Ia use the dry grind |
stones. patent respirators have been provided
Tor those ~ the workmen who wish to wear
them. But thsGrsateSt Improvement is the In
PRODUCTION OF the force draught The gTInders
vince! Is enclosed In a narrow shute. through
which a swift current OF air IS kept rushing
away from the grinder. and tho draucht
carries on the particles OF steel.
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