Call To Work Thins The Idle Army

From The [N. Y. "Journul," August 28, 1897.] Thousands of toilers, ia want six months ago, now find daily employmeut. Building trades booming and factory flres starting uj) every vvhere iu city and state. The vast army of wage earuers find work a plenty iu these stirring times of prosperity. Real prosperity has at laat struck New York. The laboring nianknovrd all about it, for he has already beguu to reap his harvest. There is employnient now for nearly all, and though wages have not been greatly increased, pa.v euvelopes are fatter, because artisaus work six days a week instead of halt' lime, as iiniiiy did six montbs ao. It is estiinated by labor statisticians, men who keep trackof the labor demand as closely as Wall street watches the raarket, that not over 5 per cent. of the working class is uow in idleness. Six montlis ago between 35 and 40 per cent. of the toilers were out of work, and in the dead of winter probably every other man who depeuds on his muscle to earu his livelihood was without steady employment. 1 There were then nearly 100,000 dependent on friends or charity, or drawng their little savings to get bread for themselves aiui their families. To-day less than 10,000 in the Greater New York are out of work, and some of these are of the shiftless classes, who would not work under any circumstances. #. ..Vflorney- How m&ny secret eocJieffies do ypm bata? to ? iWltmcss- Do I have ta amswer tliat queetitóm, Your Bonor ? The öo;urt - It oa.n; do na harm. WWlnceo Well, I believe to, tluree. Attöiiiney- Wtuat are tliey ? ..WülUness- The Odd Fello,ws, Kuights Ql l'ytihias and a, gas oompany.- Chitago, Tribumie.