New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-21

40 mart ~ the population o. this city takes
- interest in the Russo-Japanese War than
,te e-1igrants from the Czar's empire who nave
-,..les here And yet no class Of New-Norkers are
= sfo-,etricaliv divided in their synpathies- All
..-t those who come from the heart Of Russia.
= rso belong 70 the branch ~ the Slav race
s,cb has conquered the rest. support the cause Ok
Japan - ,,.,.......,. .,. -.
--s from al parts Of tho empire feel that the
s,,-,rh ~ the Nikado over the Car would be
-.t,-, oyer the principles ~ oppression. autoc-
-. and secetfri diplomacy" Tho true Russians.
II +Ae other hand. who are members Of the Ortho-
,.~ o- State Church. 81 which the Car is the
Ia believe that the Czor is simply doing the
-l ~ God. and the fight is ono between Christian
49, .-s Magnetism. II fs Russla's sacred mission
- ~,rouer the lands ~ the inddels Russia viii
,,..- give W n 5ot % her sacred soil Ia the Far
-. ~ anywhere else said tho pastor - the
-,,,s,,- church in this city. in ibis sermon last
sunday
,,.,olrr tho inhabitants of Russia proper num-
to- eicft--inths the population % the Russian
r--7ri-e IN Europe they are represented ny Few
,--,rts here or thc 10000 NeN--Yorl1ers who
,,--,er;y lived in the Russian Empire. less than
o.. thousand are true Russians. The majority are
-r-s who have fed here from the teeuling ghettos
-,,,,r the Russian pale. and who have poured in
=. -a-Isr, or recent wears that they now number
"a ,o6 The rest are Firms. Poles and natives 81
,,bs- conquered States. Last year Russia sent 10
49, 7,-ftad States $4,000 souls. OF whom 5000 were
lev. or nearly tv-o-thirds the number OF Hebrew
,,-s-+s from all parts Of the world. Thirty-nine
.tof,sand were Poles. 1900 were F1nns ana Only
.rao mere true Russians.
49,. - these erniErants az true Russian blood
70 reasants in their native land. They come
.os ,,neouipped 10 battle with the life 81 the New
v-o-ls except by means q. sheer Drawn. or the
: 20 who landed here last year. more than 2oeo
--s-a trnskilled laborers. About Eve hundred had
,..-,.s q trade and only sixty-six came prepared
- enter profession. About one-siXth Of them
.o,nd homes IN this city. and one may see them
carving hods Of brick and mortar. digging in sewer
.-srrhes shoveiinc snow into wagons OF the street
Cleaning Department after storm. when extra
,sbo-ers are needed. or handling the heavy steel
-sue where repairs are being made street
-e1usv They find themselves far outnumbered by
he Italian Ia borc-s and they work silently. with
certain sort of sadness which contrasts sharply
with the demoanor Of the gay ard talkatiye sons
o. the South.
Among the Russians who come here equipped to
work at a trade the majority tailors or the
as skilled laborers who came last year there were
II masters ~ the needle and scissors. The rest
are carpenters. storekeepers, workers in metals,
shoemakers and sailors. IN the first OF these oc-
equations sixty-seven came last year. in the sec
ond. hfty-eight the third, thrty-nine; the fourth
and fifth. thirty-eight.
The Russian mariner. however. is an aristocrat-
He does not 5on the crew OF workaday. COM
rnonplace. neuial ship He prefers rich mems
yachts and. general thing. he obtains work on
the pleasure vessels which one may see moored at
the various yacht club anchorages In the East
River and the Bay. Almost the whole crew OF }.
Pierpont Morgan's Yacht. the Corsair, one summer
was composed OF Russians.
The poorer classes Of Russians when they began
70 engrate 70 New-York about fifteen years ago.
made their homes in Cherry-st. and the neighbcy-
hood. Here the tailors turned their homes into
shops where they did piecework which they
brought from the clothing manufacturers. Now
they are scattered throughout the lower East Side.
Since The outbreak Of the Russo-Japanese War the
Russian tailor has been IN sorry plight His
employer is generally a jew. and the natural en-
nifty born Of the traditions Of the home land is only