Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-01-03
UNIONS TO ASK AID
Central Federation to Draft Plan
for Relieving Distress
BREAD LINE LONGEST KNOWN

Winter 10 MIId--Many Who Have
Lost Employment Enabled TO Live
Thus Far on Their Savings.
New York. Jan. with 10000 per
sons out OF employment In New York
city, the Central Federated Union has
declared that Il IL time for the govern
ment to come TO their relief.
The city's army OF the unemployed.
say labor leaders who know what Is
the actual condition Of industry. IL
from three to fouE ttges as large az
It usually Is at TIM season, A con-
sentative estimate OF the Idle Is given
a. follows:
Skilled mechanics. Is, 600; ;miscella'
nsous trades, $4,000: unskllcd labor,
80, 600
Every winter New York has thous-
ands out OF work, not because WORK
Is entirely lacking, but from unwill'
ingness or inability OF many to do any
thing except the task to watch they
have been trained. But now Il Is diI'
, ierent. Thousands OF men, young,
strong and willing TO work, are walk
Ing the streets, unable 70 find enough
TO do to keep them out OF the free
bread lines. Two thousand TO 2,5OO
men. With 500 10 900 turned away.
testify to the condition OF many OF
the poor.
Statements Of some Of the union
delegates concerning the conditions IN
their trades revealed a percentage OF
idleness OF which the public mas re-
ceIved no lntlmaiiOn. Delegate Gross.
man. OF the international WoTen's
Garment Workers Union, said that 30
per cent OF the members Of his union
are idle. OF twelve big garment fac
toriee run under union rules five are
closed altogether and the rest are on
part time or have reduced forces.
The bread line o. the BOWery mia
sion, fed from funds collected by the
Christmas Herald. 10 more than double
lts usual winter length In the las,
two weeks increased donations have
enabled the miasion to feed from
100 10 I. 200 nigbuy II had been
feeding I 900 every night. and for the
first time In It's history has turned
some away.
The open winter alone has prevent
I'd suffering. 90 far there hAs been
no Evidence OF actual want Charity
workers and labor authorities concur
In this statement
All Of the thousands out Of work
are living on hope. The reason for
their Discharge vas almost Invariably
not ovsrproduotlon but Inability 10
obtain cash n pay them their wages
BuIldsrA FhpsO operations have been
brought nsaFeT an absOlutc staaastiil
than u any time since the depression
Of 1898 loek for easier money 70 en-
able them 70 resume after tie hot
days. Manue1etuFeTs plan 10 resume
gradually. Mechanics and lsboFsrs
, Who we're laid Oft beoauss the rail-
roads we're unable 70 procure money
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