New-York tribune., 1900-04-29
PARTISAN POINTS OF VIEW.

the incomplete condition of the Exposition grounds
! Eight thousand Paris washerwomen have struck
Tor higher wages and shorter hours and serious
convenience has already been caused. The hotel
managers and keepers of restaurants bitterly com
plain that half their linen is from
wash, and private families also are feeling the
pinch The strike began at Boulogne- Seine
and spread to several other environs where laun-
| dries are situated The laundry work people
around Paris number between 1000 and $4,000 and
II tne strikers succeed in securing their adhesion
the mass Of Parisians will have go with un-
washed clothing. The fact that the influx Of
visitors to the Exposition has begun. making heavy
demands the laundries. gave the washerwomen
an opportunity to put the their
pioyers. who naturally much incensed by this
attempt to force their hands now. when they have
already concluded contracts in many cases with
hotes, restaurants and other establishments for
IT,. Lne EXPOSITION season at determined rates The
the strikers thus far have refused to compromise
Bands of workpeople gather in the neighborhood
Of the laundres where work is still partially con-
o1 Them ana ny to persuade the nonostrkers to
RHa fRe Of PGG ar n osd and @ qetafn &
talk OF the strikers marching into Paris urge the
COxey's march Of washerwomen on Paris. This
trqcfon w WI i no p PIODe an % a.
selves will be the sufferers by the strike
he piper # the e@p0yeFs and thsraselSes SRS
LABOR CRISIS FEARED.-This ebuliton of
labor difficulties calls attention the serious pos
sibliry OF much graver disturbances arising from
the throwing the labor market of thousands Of
workmen by the completion of the Exposition and
! Of the central portion of the new Metropolitan
Railway These great undertakings attracted to
| Paris vast numbers Of provincial carpenters,
masons. painters and unsknled laborers and the
/ problem the Government has now to face is the
dispersal Of these through the country in order
! avoid great labor crisis in Paris the conse-
quences of which it would be difficult foresee. The
| first measure of the Government has been TO post
| al all centres Of work placards enumerating un-
| dertakings in the provinces directed by the Min
/ stry OF Public Works 1t is estimated that these
/ demands Will absorb about twelve thousand men
Free transportation will be given to the places
wnere f men are required There still, however, re-
ItIas large reslduuIn for whom jobs are wanted
/ The acting secretary Of the Labor Exchange est-
! last year OF this number perhaps two-thirds in
! tend to return to their homes. The secretaries of
! the several trades unions take a pessimstic
view OF the situation The secretary of the paint
competion Of the Rxposon w ea9 ov tae 6
/ thousand painters alone unemployed, while com
| siders that the number of that class who Will be
! thrown on the streets will reach twenty thousand.
/ few of whom will consent TO go TO the provinces
This latter reluctance Is important factor in the
/ ter or the metropolis, are disposed TO hang
! long as possible
| PROGRESS IN EXPOSITION.-The fortnight's
| work on the Exposition since the opening
! has done much to bring order out OF the
! chaos which obtained when President LoUbet de-
| cared the Exposition opened. Perceptibe progress
| is being made daily and sghtseers can find sufh-
cient to repay them for the trouble of visit. The
galleries are filing up with the exhibits which are
being rapidly installed. The foreign sections, in
| Lnls respect are further advanced than Frances
ing well abreast Of tbosn f othar co,1c5ri e Hg NJ
! OF the foreign national paviIions are now the
! Bosnla and Hungary being the latest TO uncIose
tfTiors and are ~ - OF ea IN
| representative of their respective countries.
! PROHIBITION OF SMOKING, Two .~,,1, 47r.s
within the Exposition grounds have caused an out
! cry from the French and have brought home to
| the Administration the danger of q confederation.
| In view of the meagre facilities for fighting fire,
measures being taken TO remedy this stu
alton. One outcome OF this agitation has been the
! enforcement this week of the bylaws OF the Ex-
| position prohibiting smoking inside the buildings.
| this offence one case came before the courts
Whicn @ decided against the Exposition authorities
ILIS sIonu 10 Inat ine FFetect or Police alone is en-
powered TO regulate this matter. According TO
these illegal arrests. has rendered himself liable
| penal servitude This eventuality. however, is
lkeIy 10 ral to the lot OF the controlling mind of
the great Worlds Fair.
| THE WORLD CONGRESS- ES.-The side of the
Exposition which will probably be productive OF the
most beneficial results to humanity is the series
| Of World Congresses, embracing every branch Of
m human thought. which will be begun by the opening
| congresses Americal will be worthily represented
| OF men and women renowned in their respective
| branches Of thought.
| CARDINAL RICHARDS ACTION.-A fresh con-
| hict has arisen between the Cabinet and Cardinal
| Richard whose action the time of the Assump-
tonist Fathers trial brought him into serious
trouble with the Government. He was a notable
absentee from the inaugural ceremony Of the Ex-
position, invitation having been sent him. He
| was indignant over this neglect and referred the
matter the Papal Nunco here Monsignor A Ri
naldini, who declined to intervene. This week Car
dina Richard announced his intention TO visit the
| Exposition in order bless the pavions the
Catholic Missions. The Government refused him
permission do so. according TO the Clericas at
| merce, NJ. Millerand, who is said have Charac-
terzed the Cardinals intention as a nantes ar
tack upon the Government and d Clerical protest
labor nocv WardnaI Rnbar3 d viii VII nov nas 20
/ the Vatican, whose action Is awaited with interest
CLOSING OF CAFE PROCOPE.-The Oldest cafe
| in Paris, the Cafe Procope. which founded in
1883 by a sician. closed its doors this The
cafe situated in the Latin Quarter, and at
one time a great political centre and later
artistic rendezvous. Among it's clients Vol
tare and Rousseau and Marat, DantOn and Hebert,
who used II a revolutionary club The marble
table used by Voltaire formerly shown TO
visitors, with fracture in II made by the Of
Hebert. while standing the table delivering a
fiery speech. Napoleon frequent client. and
there Gambetta. Floguet and Ferry often spoke
were the poets Paul Verlane and Paul Arene. The
cafe had fallen upon evil days and was obliged 10
literary and political landmark that attracted pill
grims from all countries.
MAY NOT BE ALLOWED TO LAND At NOME.
Vancouver r. c.. April 2s-Two United States
revenue officers from Portland, Ore. started from
here yesterday to look after the Canadian steamer
Alpha. which sailed from Vancouver three weeks
| ago with passengers. freight and United States