People's voice., 1895-05-09

bhNlfSf 81 lblNE.-NNe nuuuTeu OF lne
girls employed in the shirt department Of
Woods overall factory, in this city,
struck on account Of a lO-cent reduction
made in the price paid per dozen for the
manufacture OF shirts A compromise
was effected by the price being raised 5
cents per dozen ard the speed Of the ma
chimes increased go stitches per minute,
after which the strikers quietly resumed
work.
Providence, n. l.
MILL HANDS LOCKED 0UT.-When
the 800 intending strikers at the Atlantic
mills, in Olneyville. went TO the works
they were surprised to find themselves
locked out The doors were locked, and
notices posted on them impaired the in
formation that the mills would be closed
until further notice. At a meeting last
night the operatives voted TO go in this
morning and strike after working fifteen
minutes. The closing of the mills throws
out Of employment $500 people.
0ttumwa, Iowa.
MORE MILITIA WANTED.-Ca Capitalist
papers report: The coal mining situation
at Cincinnati is growing alarming The
miners congregated there say they will
get the Cincinnati men out at all hazards
Maj.-Gen. Prime and Adj. Gen. Prime Of
the State militia are on the ground, and
have asked the Governor for more troops
The Sheriff is swearing in deputies on
all sides. 1t is said the minesr have 20
Winchesters and dynamite bombs. At
Forbush a number of men who have gone
back to work are also in danger.
New York, n. Y.
MEMORIAL TO THE BOARD OF Ed
UCATIoN.
To the Honorable the Board Of Educa-
ton:
New York, April 10, 1895.
Gentlemen: The New York Central La
Dor Federation is representative body
Of delegates from various trade organiza-
tions, the membership OF which aggre-
gates over 1900 persons working for
wages in the manufacturing and mechan-
ical industries Of this city. These wage
earners are for the most part heads of
families, and with their wives and chill
dren constitute nearly one-tenth OF the
total population of the metropolis. The
net wealth which they annually produce
that is, the value added by their labor to
the materials OF industry-reaches in nor
NAL times the amount of $4,000 900, while
their gross product is estimated at SOS, =
900. when computed on the basis OF man.
ufacturers' prices, and at double this
sum on the last market, where the profits
Of wholesale commerce and retail trade
are added.
In the proportion that the above figures
bear to the total production Of wealth in
this city the wage-workers represented in
the New York Central Labor Federation
contribute to the support OF our munich
pal government, since governments, like
individuals, solely derive their means OF
existence from the labor OF the indus
trious. But the chief, and we may say
the only benefit which under present con-
ditions they receive in return from that
government is public education; for on
the one hand .hey need no costly protec-
tion Of any sort for their property, which
consists Of few articles Of furniture and
the clothes on their backs, and on the
other hand the squalor OF their crowded
tenements affords ready pretext for the
filthy state Of the quarters in which they
must Of necessity reside.
This single boon Of education, however
they prize highly; for it is clear to their
minds that they can better afford to raise
their children in poverty than in the slav-
cry of ignorance, through which they may
continue, as a class. in a state Of social
inferiority, and economic dependence. AT
any rate, they are determined that II
shall not be taken from them, or cur
tailed, or in any way tampered with.
Great encroachments have already been
made upon It and greater ones may be
contemplated. For the purpose Of guard
Ing It in the future, and, IL possible, i'm
mediately restoring It to them In Its full
integrity, the Central Labor Federation
has instituted a permanent Committee on
Education
beg leave to submit here, as the first
result Of the initial labors of this COM
mittee, few questions to which I re-
spectfully request an early reply:
l. What steps has your honorable board
taken to enforce the so-called Compulsory
Education law?
2. What provision has II made to suppIy
the extensive school accommodations alb
solutely required for the practical en-
forcement Of the said law?
g. Is II fact-as we find from statis-
tical data chiefly furnished by the reports
Of your department-that already In iso-
10000 children were denied admission to
the schools for want Of room. while many