The evening world., 1915-02-04
AID ALE MEMBERS
OUT Of WORK; 15PER Cent.
MORE IDLE THAN IN 1914

with iis.ooo members. third an
out Of employment. according 10 Hus.
seli Tompkins. the Secretary and
TREASURER. In normal times. from II
70 - per can't. are out Of work, bui
normal unsmpioymsnt 70 only ten.
pcrary. due 70 emitting u Jobs. and
falls lightly on the full msmbsrship
At the present time the unsmpioy.
msnt p chroatc and affects - - Per
cent Of the men IN the buildins
trades. who are unable 70 set any
work at al.
~UNioMs GAMING ron TngiR
OWN" oAvo oecRgrANv.
Mr. Tompkins was sssn By an Eve
ming World reporter to-day IN his
Office IN EAst FIFTY fourth Street He
We asked what the labor unions arc
Going 10 help thoss Of their msm-
ssrs who form part Of the army Of
unemployed.
that's . fair question. and u will
oet . fair answer" rstortsd Tomp.
kins. ''Ths answer y that Of the thou
ssnds Of unioa men In Greater New
York now out OF smpioymsnt. not
ess from the Building Trades Com.
sl has yst applied 70 organised char.
~. - the Municipal Employmsnt Bu.
rsau OF anywhere save TO bic own
Snipa Yor help.
- ~s1Ne vWleWs ars sarlws Ssr thele
evsW. AM ! woNt - ten yev that
u@employsWew4 esN6ltleWs In NOW
yesh City % pcoosWt ars, ssvte.
cer-svo eeeW kNsektWo srevNd
THE elty % . vWlsN 'waN SSr
scicSxc g s.sS ss1.,.. ";vs. s..: :s: !:
SiaWSi ovSsl1ees.
,s,S sHs rsiless2 s"S !" :s:.~:h;c ans
sHSs 3SSe,SSc IsC:ss.ss ss'ssssss ssss
vvaNted IN New vsrt. ovbwsys
wsre % ~ BUILT. Al kIWds q
vVsii, 4 scrke1. crswS: bssS"
NeeesoWV kere from ether otaNpe
eNd etkee eheeee. rhey 0lvltod
the eltve employment waVket.
Ire rh9 FLOATING WHO kgGP
UNION MEN OUT OF WORK.
They have bsen pouring In ever
elnoe then right here 70 New York.
Theo. Whea they began buildins the
eubways. they wouldn't pay union
ratoe ana the uuiVa men oouldn't
sXnd. ;nind you, mos, Of the d,.
esrving workers In New York were
union men. No aotsam and jetsam
among them. They were the men
who made the city their home. They
'loaters' came and crowded them out.
''Thsrs's your unsmployment prob.
nm In q nutshell. The uusu who are
suffering In this city are the very msn
who've helped TO build up the city.
And those men are not Gstting any
Of this charity money tha: V bsinG
dung around.
''Thines were mighty bad here whom
the war broke out. They're tougher
now on account OF the cold weather.
] hope NO are passing through the
Worst Of u. but. want 20 tell you,
some big changss have got TO b.
made-and this Isn't threat By Q co
called labor agttAtor.' This II solemn.
gospel truth.
.tks.s ss.s.!m.c!s.. s.sg!s
"a: Z ~ 1sv:',"al !: "a, 1:w" ::.:I :: ~s.ty Smy
css;riSstsS Ssr sKs SScmescyc3,
ssrssscs sc1 q cSwcs SssiIsS
thlWOe while deosrvlWo. psepls
starve, deWt kNsw. wksvs Whist
X, ~ d. [ ssy..aWd m ~ Svoev
level. .koa1sd New Vorkoe wll
tesk ne W IN lt-ehat oRy tvWd
See eMs.lty sveht Wet v y sa.
peN6e4 IN even Q manner that u
eesee U ee~te - Give sway. ~.
t$ew ehsvSd u b spsWts JWst
::rip ths police Oh al around sSs
city. Tell them 10 look out for casoa
ef poverty -dessrvtne cases. II Nro,
brown sees that Mrs.. Jones, whoso
husband " out Of work. 10 starving
with her haky. shs'il tell PollcssnAs 9
Flynn. and pollcemAn Flynn'u tell
the Captain. and the Captain will
oend word 70 the proper persons With
the money bags and then they can n
right out--in the patrol wagon, n
necessary--and help Mrs. Jones. \
EASY 70 % cHAA,vAULG WITH
ovHgN PgoPlG'e MONEY.
.Thsvs real charity. ovs dsav
iT 81 men S wssri~s cissr "sv: sut..
way eeats end siIk hats wine
thele eyes With clean haNdkcr.
ehless. blow their nsses and then
take we weeks 10 kslp Mee,
yeNes With ether peoples money.
Why. the psse lady has starved
70 death bsssrs hslp has reached
.ic ether werds, ,st', nav.
charity with the punch 70 u.
Look Mt tho way the unions arr
doing Il. And look at what they ar,
| up against. Twenty-Five thousa ne
union carpenters In Greater New
York. seventy per ccnw OF them ou
OF employment. Fourteen / o,lsant
painters: 10 per cent. out Of work.
"oWs hundred and tittssN thsv.
ssNd useNbsrs registered In the
ouiidiau Irades Council. Thirty.
three and ens third per cent.
idle. IN normal timss from 70 te
% per cent. are idle. Out the
leber uNieWs ere tidiNo over the
Idle ones.
"Rsesntiy the ~smhsrs S the
tilemskers' erVanisatieW vetS2
Voluntarily sseh 10 give enc dsys
/ pay . week Ter . fund 10 helu the
Idle union men and thsir Ssssiiies,
And they've been keepiNo u ~.
! cell that . sssri6ss-a WsSlo
enc.
swell. the poor fellows who are nj
against II come TO headquarters ono
!. week and quietly have what's CON