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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-01

England for each person Caken from
reports published by PariamenD is about
$50. Il difference in favor of America
of SOS per capita. Now there are thou
sands of people in England who do not
receive one-half this $3.50 We pay our
angle iron smiths 81 per cent more than
they are paid in England; our black
smiths. 102 per cent. more; our boiler
makers, ~ per cent. more; our brick
layers, 10 per cent. more; our boiler
shop helpers, 30 per cent. more; our
carpenters, 165 per cent. more; our con-
ductors Ton express trains). $40 per cent.
more; our locomotive engineers, 101 per
cent. more; our police. 260 per cent
more; our telegraph operators, 1903 per
cent. more: our train dispatchers, 316
per cent. more, and our common labor
ers, 15S per cent. moro. The difference
- Ell classes of labor is the same as
these examples | mention.
The engineers who run the fastest ex-
press trains on the road in England get
but S10.S0 per week for ten hours per
day. The fremen get 1892 per week or
9S cents per day. The guards (who
correspond with our conluctors) get
from $50 10 S6.12 per week. The por-
tiers 1--WE call them brakemen) get S4.56
per week. This is sample of the pay
of English labor. Our engineers in
America on the express trains receive
S3l.5O per week. our conductors S26
and our brakeman S13. We pay more
than double the wages paid in England,
where railroad fare is higher and the.
coal cheaper than in America.
The following table of wages answers
all the free-trade fallacies Of the Demo,
cratic party and cannot be disputed:
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are occupied by poor people from Tho
sums. | was informed that many sa,
tnere the whole night. so | arose oo H. 81.
the next morning and went ocrosS 20 ,hs
sea,s ana found that 30, II of whom,
were women, one with child had sat
' ,nere nll hlght because they had moi Tho
necessary cents for n bed '"e
The trade of Manchester il vor,. o,.
Impressed at present-awaiting tho nras'
imrential election in the Tniiod ST.
ne merchants OF the United States arc
NAMING very small purchases now he.
iuusc they Tear new tariff bill ond
uec1use American consumption is loss.
ene g through the idleness of the peopje
sao, ,nclr inability to buy. The manu-
anr anu shippers here do not want
tariff. But tbn m sne present American
nave mckinley for President than Rry.
sn' lor u bryan,is elected and n silver
sandard declared in the limited Statas
tney cannot sell their goods Mt ali ~
snerica. Yet they despise McIlinley
do ,, "s Ihe London Times stated n few
ISL MS infamous tariff BILL"
rade Paralysis In bradford.
leaving Manchester, I visited Brad.
Iord, winch is the largest wooden and
sho19y manufacturing district In rho
Moru. Trade Is paralyzed there as far
ns oniteu states shipments are CON
cerhed az present. The manufacturers
are awaiting the election Of the Pres;'
dent OF the United States, TO know
whether he will be free trader or n nro.
tectionist The merchants are very m,,cb
agltated on this account-for they can
get but few orders from the United
states. j said TO one Of them: sYou
have now the whole British empire lin.
Guiding India. with n population of nj.
most 350,OoO,OOO controlled by her males
v' 10 supply; why are you not satisfied
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-01

This court" was horseshoe pattern
and contained houses-1S dwellings
d on one side and on the other, and
these three closets were all there was
for this whole court"
Board and Lodging.
These novels are inspected by the po-
lice. | found a certificate i'm the hall OF
one of them dated March 90. 1893. and
signed "A. 4. Wood, chief police super
intendent." These certificates are signed
at his office. and probably he never Vis-
its the places.
One man told me he had for his break
fast bread and butter and tea-no meat
and for his dinner bread and bacon,
hut meat was luxury he could not af-
ford. The tenants fiocked around me by
the dozen i'm Millers court. l would
have been glad 10 have taken some pho.
tographs of these scenes and courts,
but the weather was too cloudy for any
satisfactory results.
passed from this court TO another,
and, going TO door, | asked. What
do you do for a livingT The man there
answered. II take in dodgers"
What do you CHARGE "Fourpence
Is cents per night or sevenpence ia
cents couple" (The man saw there
were two of u.s.
Passing on. we came TO the largest of
its kind, containing 800 beds. On the
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-01

ground floor of this lodginghouse is n
large room for the men to sit in. The
kitchen below contained large closed
cooking range, which was red hot, and
the odor of the cooking going on made il
anything but cnviable to be in. The lodg-
ers all cook for themselves and have n
variety of things To cook and they are
not very particular as TO how many diff
ferent things are cooked together in the
same pot. We went upstairs and saw
30o beds, which are let at three differ
ent priest, . and II cents per night.
The 12.cent lodger has a place boarded
oil to himself-no water, no towel.
Wealth and Poverty Mixed.
Manchester, with her 800. 900 populo.
ton, boasts of her wealth and manilfac.
turing resources and one would suppose
that all of the people alike lived i'm nal.
aces; but 10 examine into the exact con.
dition L find quite the reverse. Thou
sands of these people live on alcohol
When they earn any money, it goes for
alcohol chiefly.
Coming back to my hotel. the Queens
racing one of the finest streets i'm Man
chester. is the Royal inlirmary. all along
the front of which there are seats which
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two) and he told me il was his wife,
who was very sick. All around were
signs of poverty. IL was not ht for hui
man beings. Ii made me chill with
pity as looked on this terrible scene.
Going through a little court about lOx
10 feet, in the rear of this house, came
10 the shop where one of his daughters
makes chain with another woman. l
asked her name and she told me Cara
Boxley. Her age is ID years.
She has been making chain for i've
years and receives from S1.Io TO STU
a week for her work. She makes three
eighths inch chain and is paid ST. Tor
III pounds. For breakfast she has
bread and butter and tea and sometimes
n piece of bacon. She told me she
worked from Z o'clock in the morning
until in the evening; that the only rea-
son she staid there was because she
could rot save enough money TO pay her
fare away from the town.
The buildings look as if they had stood
for centuries, and as i passed through
the little court leading into the house
and which Is walled on every side by
houses l counted fifteen little children
from ? to q years of age playing to-
gether in all the filth that could sur
round a blacksmith shop in this district.
Across the alley was another shop where
another daughter was making chain.
She is married, has one child and makes
50. 16 per week.
She has been making chain for twenty
years. having commenced when she was
II years old. Her husband. a chain
maker also, earns from So TO $3.50 a
week.
Mrs Polly FowLes has four daugh-
tiers making chain. She is ~ years old
and has made chain since she was Z
years of age. but is now too old 10 work
at il any more. Each of the daughters
makes from Sl.20 to Sl.50 per week.
They live in little old house. with
stone flooring. Here they cook and eat
and live in the same room all huddled
together. The girls are very smart at
the forge. | set five girls to work in
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IClAsK WISE NJ.

with n table, a chair, thing called n
ped and a few pots. These rooms are
sublet Tor il cents a night for two
size IL by Nowhere people eat. cool,
and sleep. ! entered some of these
houses-if such name could be given
20 the novels l saw-and in one asked
do you rent this?" Eyes" was the
reply: ~"
What do you pay for it?" -Four and
six l$1.0S) a week"
Have You the whole house," "No.
sir; only this room" )Size II by 1O)
DO you sleep in here?" "Yes, sir:
we sleeps, eats, cooks and everything
here"
You have a room above-up the
stairs mo, sir; that's another par
tvs" '"'
Can ] &c, .up?" "Yes. dare say he
Before go up ] would like 10 ask
What do you do for livingT" my
husband sells sandstone, sand and blue
mole, or he gives the stone and gets
rags, bottles, bones or old iron for
them"
what does he earn in n week."
At this question the woman smiled.
"Well, il depends-sometimes more.
sometimes less. One day perhaps n sbil,
ling ga cents, another day 1 and @
t36 cents) and so on"
] should say here that the agent finds
the pots. pans, bed and fire. such as
they are. for ! will not attempt TO de-
scribe them. This ! will say-no dog
of mine should ever be allowed 10 sleep
on what is called bed in those places.
The whole outfit was not worth 10
cents.
Have you n back yard?' "No, sir"
Where IL your closet, then? D.
There. sir" pointing TO three closets
In the street.
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the blacksmith shop. They worked 30
minutes and made me II pounds of
three-eighths chain. Each piece was
over two feet long. and they worked like
beavers to see who could make the long.
est piece. They work ten hours n dav.
l gave them shilling apiece when they
all came. into the room, and | asked
them how long it would take to earn
that amount. They replied. 1T would
take more than a day" Ito earn %
cents. l thought. Miserable England"
Women Coal Miners.
i did not visit Wigan this time las |
have done twice before), but there is M
change in labor there; the poorhonees
which described and reproduced I'm lS02
still stand. Ii is n pitiful sight to viii.
ness the poor women there, half starved
of the pits for the small pittance Of
40 TO 30 cents for ten hours work
reproduce here cut of the shoes that
are worn by the women in these dis.
tricts, heavy clogs with big nails in the
bottom. wv
The situation has not changed vet. As
,ong as there rs coal in the pit there will
be women to wheel il. AT one time tb;s
class lived and had their families N The
coal mines. but Parliament prohibited
inns, ana now they do the wheeling on
the top of the pits. With this cheon
labor no wonder coal is cheap in this
country. This coal is used on the very
steamers and vessels which carry Ens.
lands free trade labor product 10 Amer.
ca to compete with our labor and mann.
features.
- Charles l.. Snowden of Brownsville
Pa, writes me: Eve pay our miners ~ |
cents cent per ton, or $500 per 100 bushels |
lio pounds TO the busheD. One man can
put from 100 to 200 bushels per day |
and can earn from So to "a daily' There
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-01

are running full time our people are idle
Today the goods that are being made i'm
Leeds and in Sheffield would. were it not
for the Wilson bill. be made in the
United States.
| spent day in Birmingham. which
is another thriving and prosperous manu-
featuring center. Here also the people
are very DESTROYS that no change he
made in the present American tariff
schedule which would result in depriving
them of our market for their goods.
The British Chain Gang.
After leaving here | went to Cradley
Heath-among the women chainmakers
and women blacksmiths-to witness the
misery there which l had visited in
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-01

1883 and in 1892. There are women
there by the thousands who make chain
for living in old, low buildings adjoin-
ing their houses.
One man, William Boxley, said he
was % years old and earned GO cents
day as a laborer. when he could work.
He has five daughters and five sons.
Three of this daughters are chainmakers
and one works in a brickyard, carrying
brick. l went into his house. On the
lower fioor was n room with n stone
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-01

There are 519 friendly societies Of
trades unions In Great Britain with A
port of House of Commons) Several
of these societies are located in London
and include some of the trades enumer-
ated in the Booth table. The societies
control the wages of their various trades
and were IL not for the stand they take
their wages would be reduced by the
manufactures TO a lower standard than
they are at present. which is less than
one-half of what is paid in America.
Higher Wages IN America.
Our last census report of 1890 rave
MS 4.T12.622 people employed i'm mann
featuring, the average yearly earning of
each person being $4SS. The average In,
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One pauper 10 every 81 persons. Twenty
eight paupers TO every 1000 persons.
annually. .................... s5T. s25. lT5
the royal family. .'.. w.. s2,oo3. no
Cost 10 maintain the president
and his secretaries. ............ $4,000
The population of the British empire,
including India and the colonies, is 346.-
100000. There are 80 colonies and 40
distinct governments.
Life In London.
arrived in London August 2S. and
made a visit to Whitechapel. visited
lodging house on Osborne street. |
asked for the proprietor and was intro
duced 10 him. They call him ''the gov
ernor" to distinguish him from other
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-01
FREE TRADE MISERY.
Nathaniel Mckay Tells of His Tour
Through British ManufaC-
turing Centers.
PEEP AT POVERTY IN LONDON.
Working Women at Masculine Labor
Stern Facts for Our Wage
Farmers.

Free-trade slavery still exists in the
British empire notwithstanding the re-
duction of the American tariff, which
benefits the English manufacturer, but
does not reach the British workman.
Eight years ago | visited England for
the purpose of studying the condition Of
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-01

floor and an old-fashioned fire,looo
with ovens on each side and n nlaca Tor
coal In the middle Back of this was n
little space for a washroom where there
~ room Tor only one person. In the front
room all the cooking Is done and n IL
also used for n living room and dining
room. Upstairs Is a room SKIP feet
As ! entered here ! noticed woman
lying on one Of the beds there were
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-01

are no pocrhouses in Brownsville staring
.nese working people In the face. They
make from six TO eight times the w,go,
OF the poor people at Wigan. and there
nre no women at work wheeling coal in
the United States. 'o"' y"
Psupers In the British Empire.
Population OF Great Britain and
pann.rs ''''''''''s........... 31,I32, 900
'""pes' '''''''''''s......... 1,0lS,02s
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a day; American. 10. 10 10 hours
Cheapncss will he still more desr,x
bought by the American ware'earncr
lea. '''' w amer
:, present this statement 20 the Rcpph-
mean national committee, free of charge
ana trust they will attend TO the dis,
London. Sept 4. 1896.
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at the expiration of which time they are

at the expiration of which time they arc
discharged.
Nobody is allowed TO come to these
places more than once a month. and he
can stay no longer than the time pre-
scribed. The ward | visited accom-
modated fifty-fve men and thirty-two
women. The beds consist of n narrow
strip OF canvas stretched like hammock
between two iron rods about n foot from
the floor. The applicants are admitted
after u y. m. In the summer time and
after 4 p. IN. in the winter time. AS
soon as they are admitted they are given
bath in one of the six baths in the
ward and their clothes are fumgated
and disinfected. After the bath they
have their supper Of six ounces of bread
and pint of Cruel. For their bed they
are given three blankets. For breakfast
they receive the same food as for sup
per. For dinner, in addition to the bread
and Cruel. they are given III ounces of
cheese. The total cost for caring for
these people during the period of their
confinement. including the five meals, is
cents each.
Advice to Americans.
My advice TO every American working
man is, as | have said before, TO pro-
tcct his own rights aud the rights and
privileges of his family and not To fol-
low the whims, cries and falsehoods of
the frec-trade politician who seeks TO
have goods imported into the United
States which are made by cheap manner
labor because he thinks the goods can he
sold cheaper than If they were made
in America.
If the wages of the American working.
men are not reduced to the standard Of
those In England, and the goods arc not
made in America, he has no money
to purchase these cheap goods with. Re-
ing deprived Of work. where are they IN
get their money to make their purchases
with?
Labor In London
The following statistics are taken from
Booths Life and Labor of the Peoplc
of London" showing the number of neo-
pie employed in the various lines in the
city of London:
Tailors.' ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 0I.s7o
noot anu shoem"hers' ''....'...... o6.014 |
Dressmakers and milIners. ..... 40.
Shirtmnkers' '''''''''''.......... 1895 |
uhchihistr. ....ssss........... G71h L
Diapers aud holsters. .............. 3js5y |
cierks.. ....,. 1900. ';.............. ISL $50 |
uhnmen, coavnmen, pusmen, etc., 26l 4O0 |
nanMhy se''ce' 'aoor' etc. ........ 92S2s
Dock service, labor. coal beavers. ''"
porters, gaswOrkers, etc. .. 90 M,
General labor, factory labor ots s0s
Engine drivers and artisans. .... ass"S
m v 's .......... 1.20l .2t1
All other classified labor not in.
c'"ded ABOVE ''''............... 71i.24o
Grand total In London. IoIo 400
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pears in another part OF this paper 'Lo-
retto" is not dead, but has only been
IN - a~s.h. ha-aafter tn
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-02-11
Are Doing Nicely.

Frank Zowada and Paul Kobe, who
are at the Calumet and Hecla mine hos
pital, are both doing as well as could be
expected under the circumstances and
are now entirely out Of danger and rect
ing nicely. Some fear was felt for IOWA
da when his leg was amputated, but he
went through the operation very SUCCESS
fully and his condition has improved
very much 10 the last few days. Kobe's
leg ia fractured just above the ankle and
be will probably be laid up for some time
as the wound 10 OF a serious nature.
William Higgins, who fell down the ele-
vator shalt at the machine shop a week
or 30 ago, ana who has been at the hos
pital since, has improved very much and
was removed to his home last week.
Steven Agnitch, who has not been able
to work for the past three months on ac-
count OF an injury and pain in his heel,
was taken to the hospital yesterday to
have an operation performed, az the
physicians at first thought there was n
loose bone 10 the heel which should be
cut out, hut after another examination
the condition had improved 40 much that
this was deemed unnecessary.
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Large posters are ont announcing the
grand annual concert aud ball TO be
given next Friday evening at the Opera
House by the Fifth Regiment band. The
bank announces several specislties, To-
Guiding descriptive selections by Gil
more's and Sousa's famous bands. An
Indian war dance by a score Of. Abort
gines viii be among the features and
several styles OF dancing from the war
dance to the medicine dance will be
given, Oaly the local talent OF The high
est musical excellence will assist in the
concert. Seats can now he reserved
without extra charge at Fichtel's drug
store.
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Prof. Thomas Wills, Jr., gave his grand
stereopticon lecture aud entertainment
at the Calumet NJ T. church last Satur-
day evening 10 a good sized audience
Mr.. Wills with his royal photo opticon
illustrated scenes from the life OF Christ,
including the erucfixiOn and ascension,
concluding with aud Illustrating while
being sung. Crock OF Ages" La addi-
ton, numb r OF beautiful views Of vari-
Gus places in Cornwall, Eagland, were
shown. The texture was given under the
auspices and for the benefit OF the Ladies
Aid society, and the society netted a neat
little sum. The lecture was very inter
estiug and instructive throughout.
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TWO CHILDREN INSTANTLY KILLED
Tammany Does Honor to the Late Head Of
the Organization.


NEW YORK, Feb. i0.-Richard Croker,
the ex-chief OF Tammany Hall, was given
q dinner at the Hotel Savoy. The event
was unique in the history Of Tammany
politics for never before has the organlza.
ton seen the voluntary retirement of la
leader, and never before, 1t Is safe to say
have so many Tammany braves con.
tributed to a dinner. tho cost Of which
was $40 plate. The feature of the dinner
was the presentation Of q loving cup To
Croker by his successor, John G. Sheehan,
on behalf OF the Tammany leaders.
This loving cup stands thirteen and a
half inches high, will hold two gallons
and weighs 2lU ounces. 1t IL composed OF
solid silver. Etched round the body OF
the cup Is an ornamental Indian belt OF
elrdle. above which Is the inscription
Presented to the Hon. Richard Croker nj
dinner rendered him. Hotel Savoy
Feb. 1896" John &. Sheehan, tho new
chief OF Tammany. presided, and among
the guests were nearly all the prominent
Democrats OF the city and state.
While Croker was speaking there was a
vigorous demonstration against Shechan
az chief OF Tammany. among the kick
ers" being John Reilly, City Trustee
Fitzslmmons and many others, who cried
out I'VE don't want Shechan." Croke,
said that Sheehan had q OF the 20 vote.
cast at the election and the majority, how
ever small it was. must rule.
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Died OF CONSUMPTION.

Sophia, the beloved vile of Mr. Isaac
Niva, died at her home in the Finnish
Hall building on Eighth street this morn.
ing at O'Clock Of that wasting disease,
consumption. Mrs. Niva has been a sui
ierer from consumption iorthe past three
years and was taken very much worse
last week, aud her death this morning
released her from earthly pain.
Mrs. Niva wac 40 years OF age at the
time of her demise and leaves several
small children and loving husband TO
mourn her loss. The funeral services
will be held Thursday afternoon az 2
o'clock and the remains will be laid at
rest in the Sehoolcrait cemetery.
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Rather Chilly sIeIshrlde party

A party Of about twenty Young people
hired Manner & Hunts large sde-seated
sleigh TO enjoy ride around the county
last night, but before they returned they
experienced one of Lake Superior's old
time storms. The party left early in the
evening and drove To Houghton without
feeling much OF the cod, but ON the re-
turn trip the roads were badly blocked.
the wind blowing about sixty miles an
hour and the thermometer towering IN
the vicinity .oi zero. The party cid
not reach home until 6o'clock this morn
iug and many report frozen hands and
faces.
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ii. c. Claton, who keeps the restau
rant near the noughton railroad depot,
has been arrested for killing. his step OF
adopted daughter between and years
of age. The child was found dead this
morning With marks on her throat and
while the doctors were examining her,
Clayton was running around with a gun
IN his hand threatening TO commit sui
eide. An inquest was held this afternoon
and il is supposed the child was killed
while the father was suffering from a
crazy fit.